Hi doll friends Soon, the 2022-2023 Promoter Search for Pumpkin Doodle Babies will be underway. I can’t wait to see which new team members I’ll get to meet. I thought now would be a good time to share my experience about how my year has been as a PDB promoter and what it was like for me. If this is something you may be interested in, keep on reading! Last year around March or April, I participated in the Pumpkin Doodle Babies promoter search contest. It wasn’t exactly a contest, but mores an application process. I applied via Google form and answered basic questions like: What social medi ..read more

About The Artist Hazel and Blues Reborn Nursery is based in Sorento, Louisiana (USA) by artist Stephanie Boyd Frederic. I met Stephanie via Facebook and we became local doll collector acquaintances. I had the pleasure of visiting her in-home studio and learning about her inspiration for reborn doll painting through her love and care of fostering children. Stephanie is a faith-based Christian doll creator who infuses love and passion into each of her reborn babies. Her specialty is creating ready-to-ship, affordable, life-like cuddle babies for children and the elderly. Occasionally, Hazel and ..read more

Hey doll friends It has been two weeks since Tapanga Mallory returned home to my reborn doll collection. I wanted to share more about this beautiful reborn toddler doll and how she has found her way back home to me! If you haven’t watched her unboxing video, you can check it out here: Guess Who’s Back?! on my YouTube Channel, DollieLovex3. How The Story Begins… I purchased this toddler doll as custom in 2017 as a birthday gift to myself. She is created by Kory Fann of Pumpkin Doodle Babies. Kory was such a sweetheart to work with (and still is!) and allowed me to mix-and-match the limbs and f ..read more

Hey doll friends I have some exciting news and updates to share with you! This past February I entered a contest hosted by reborn doll artist Kory Fann of Pumpkin Doodle Babies. I never expected to be selected as a Promoter for this artist and her beautiful work, but I was and I couldn’t be more excited about the opportunity. Thank you to Jazz Marshall for sharing the contest with me and thinking I’d be a good fit for this program. What’s a Promoter? My job is to share Pumpkin Doodle Babies artwork with both new and seasoned Reborn Doll hobbyists. I aim to share information about the artist ..read more

Today’s Youtube video upload features my sweet reborn baby, Courtney London. Courtney is the Realborn Johanna Asleep sculpt by Bountiful Baby and reborn by artist Cat Johnson of Cat Creations Reborns & Silicones. She’s such a treasure to have in my collection. As I’ve often thought about parting ways with this hobby, every time I look at Courtney I know for sure that I could never give her up! (And trust, a lot of collectors have asked!) I decided to try out a new look and use Adrian‘s belly plate on Courtney for some bare-tummy photographs. Since Courtney and Adrian are both painted by C ..read more

My two love birds, Sebastian (Bash) and Mei Mei. Sebastian is an authentic LUTS Senior Delf Loid and Mei is a recast (replica) Volks Lieselotte. Forbidden love, some would say. If you’ve been in the reborn doll hobby or ball jointed doll hobby for awhile, I’m sure you have felt the shift in things lately. Everywhere on social media seems to be involved in an on-going debate over fake/real dolls. In the last week I’ve even lost a friendship over the fact that I owned (and shared online) recast ball jointed dolls. I’m honestly tired of the debate. I want to be happy and I’m protecting my sanity ..read more

About two weeks ago, I shared my video Unboxing: My First SD Size BJD, in which I shared happy mail for my two new large sized ball jointed doll girls. Today, I am introducing one of my girls to you as her look is now fully complete! I’m so happy with how she came Shout out to my fiancé for helping me choose a sweet name for her Meet my BJD SD girl, Mei-mei Since the box opening, the second doll (that I was on-the-fence about) has found her a new home! I’m glad her new owner is so excited for her. I think after trying two Fairyland recast dolls, it’s quite clear that I’m not a fan of this st ..read more

I was just thinking about the early beginnings of when I first started collecting reborn dolls and blogging about them. I had so much fun (and still do!) taking photos and then creating posts. Today I wanted to share a few tips that I’d like to pass on to other doll collectors, in getting that perfect reborn baby photoshoot! Here’s also an excuse to share some adorable new photos I took of Hayden Hayden and I sitting on my sofa near a window with natural light coming in. The best time for me to catch natural light in-doors is in the mornings starting at 8:00 AM Tip #1 Lighting is your friend ..read more

It’s Monday! That means a new video has been posted to my YouTube channel, DollieLovex3. Over the past few weeks I have been doing my best to upload every Monday. Sometimes I will feature a “bonus” throughout the week, but it’s important that I stick to this newfound schedule. I want to make time for the things I enjoy doing around my responsibilities as an adult (bleh ), so sticking to a schedule helps. Today’s upload goes along with this post: Unboxing My First SD Sized BJD. I’ve done a lot of selling and buying lately to curate the collection I’d like to have. Not too long ago, I introduc ..read more

Hey friends Today I am sharing details of my anime-themed ball jointed dolls that I purchased from AliExpress (HeheBJD shop). I’ve found such an admiration for these anime style girls and have decided to collect them in all of the colors that this shop offers. In doing so, I have found new homes for my bear-girls Teddy and Behr, as the collection will be more cohesive with human anime girls exclusively. You can still watch Teddy’s unboxing video, though on YouTube (A BJD From AliExpress?) What is anime? DEFINITION – [ˈanəˌmā] noun. a style of Japanese film and television animation, typically ..read more