Reborn Baby's ~ anyone here do this?
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Comments (18)Maggie, That pic does look like a baby peony and it is very cute! Now I cannot be 100% sure because I've personally not grown them from seed, but I've grown many plants from seed and that is what I would imagine a baby peony to look like. :) Your beds look tidy and pretty much full. In other words, the perennials you have planted will probably fill in the space in those beds, if not perhaps outgrow them eventually. I think the small peonies that you've circled look like they are already spaced pretty well. They are not fast growers so they won't overwhelm that space any time soon. They might be fine where they are? Maybe move the one that's closest to the big peony a bit farther out. My thoughts as for why you would have seedlings suddenly germinate. Seeds can lay dormant in the soil for many years. This is sometimes called the "seed bank". Some seeds have a durable seed coat that protects the embryo inside very well, and so they lay in wait in the soil. Digging or disturbing the soil can bring seeds to surface that have lain dormant for decades - literally! it sounds like the previous owner may not have bothered to deadhead the peony. It may have flopped over and gone to seed and dropped the seeds in the immediate area over the years. Perhaps when you dug and expanded the bed, you inadvertantly brought seeds to the surface into a position where they could readily germinate. But this is just a theory. Gardening is often a happy and interesting experiment!...See MoreAny FlyBabies Here?
Comments (13)Alas, mopping is my biggest chore as I have only tile and wood floors in the downstairs of my house and 3 furry shedding dogs. (My solution to cleaning the upstairs of my house is to pretend I don't have one.) I use a dust mop to get under stuff followed by the vacuum, followed by a microfiber string mop (Libman Wonder Mop) that can be tossed in the washer after. A divided mop bucket is a thing of beauty, as you're not dipping your dirty mop back into your cleaning solution. A male mop attachment (AKA husband) is also a beautiful thing, but if anyone has figured out how to get those to work I'd love to know. I bought 3 roombas a few years ago, and all of them have been escorted to the curb. They got stuck under things so I was constantly chasing beeps, were a major pain to clean with the forky thing and hours of that constant hairdryer-like hum got old. The batteries all died within a few months, and replacements are almost the cost of the unit so we parted ways in a Flylady Fling. So Scooba? I dunno...not for me, but you'll probably hear from others who have had great experience with both....See MoreChristmas baby getting here tomorrow
Comments (6)Believer & Sweeby, thank you for the good wishes. Haven't heard anything yet. I told DS & DDIL to have someone call me WHEN they wanted me to get there. Also told DIL if she needed me to do something to tell me, otherwise I would visit for brief periods. There are no hard feelings between anyone but we all know how overbearing her DM is. I just let her do her thing. They don't really want her there during labor but my DIL is so sweet she doesn't want to hurt her feelings. She did tell her when things got further along she would be asking her to leave. When my first one was born I just didn't call my parents until it was over because I felt that time should be for just parents & baby. Just to give you an example ~ her DM told her she would be coming to their house every morning but would have to leave to pick up other g'kids from school, would take the baby with her to do this, then come back with the 2 boys and stay the rest of the day. DIL told her the baby wouldn't be leaving the house and it would NOT be necessary to come back. My thoughts are that a new baby that may have some minor problems don't need to be around school children to start with. DS & DDIL have finances under control even though he isn't working right now. She plans to stay home for 3 months. My son hasn't asked for anything since he graduated high school and got out on his own. Doesn't mean I haven't given them things but he is very independent, thank goodness. When you have as many as we do it's not possible to do too much even though we're retired and living comfortable. DS's bio-dad has big $$ but my son doesn't want any part of it. Sweeby, that's a good idea to fix some meals and honestly I hadn't thought about it. I seem to just have baby on the brain right now. With the previous grands I wasn't nearly so excited. And my count was off (easy to do when you have this many). This will be 8th bio, I wasn't counting the 2 greats. Yes, I'm ancient at 66....See MoreAnyone Here Remember Baby Sage? Her Grandmother Posted Here
Comments (142)I can't believe no one has mentioned "Doggie"!!He wasn't around long I think Spike banned him over something...I just remember when his wife came in and posted that he had passed away suddenly...He wrote the most incredible poem...I'll share it with ya... "Doctor Time" When we lose a loved one and we're in despair Doctor Time is already there He's treating us all, we're unaware When our loved one is gone and on their way Doctor Time helps us move on day to day He treats the anger, grief and sorrow with a medicine he calls "Tomorrow" As the days, weeks and months go by we just look back and wonder why Such a beautiful person had to die But deep inside we feel okay We have lived to see another day He's calmed the anger, grief and sorrow, we took the medicine he calls "Tomorrow" Doctor Time has one thing to say Time heals all wounds day by day I remember he posted this poem to someone's post who had lost a loved one and he died shortly thereafter......See More- 19 years ago
I make them!
They're cute...but it IS an expensive hobby. A lot of time goes into making one. I'm not sure the people that buy them realise this, but it's true. The hair is inserted into the scalp with a thin needle and that takes a LOT of time.
The paints have gotten better over the past year or so. Used to be they were all oil painted which took a long time to 'cure.' But now a lot are using Genises paints which can be heated in an oven to dry a LOT faster than the oils.
Here's a couple of pictures of some I have done...
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This one I was proud of the fact that her picture was used in a doll magazine. (Doll Talk)
I sold her..but I hated to because she looked just like my youngest son did as a baby. The woman that bought her said she bought her because she looked like her daugher did as a baby. lol
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I am a reborn artist. I love making these lil babies, I have a full dedicated nursery. There are many forums for reborning where you will learn all sorts of tips and tricks when starting out. There are also cd's, books, dvds that are for sale that will get you started. Bountiful Baby sells complete kits with doll, dvd and the paints to get you started.
I must point out that the original poster said "a doll for a child", no these are not for children, they are adult collectables and NOT for children to play with.
Here is a reborn baby I just finished, she is currently for sale on ebay
Here is a link that might be useful: Link to auction if anyone is interested
This post was edited by onkyokoi on Fri, Nov 14, 14 at 14:26
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