I have the worst timing!

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I decided to paint again, did little orders in lots of places and now BB is having a body sale! Grrrr… if things go the way they do then tomorrow they will have a sale on the kits I kinda like after I have placed my order.

I just ordered a little on sale baby I have never painted Oaklyn. I usually avoid babies with eyes that are close together but I am going to give it a try. Anyone else painted this little baby?

I just realized I have painted every single Realborn bountiful baby ever made (open and closed eye versions some many times) except Mary, Carol, Trent and Ethan, have not painted them yet. After I place this order and they go on sale, I may have to grab them! :confused:

I have never taken to the open eyed versions, I have painted them all but none I have loved. I always love sleeping versions, have my favorites and have my not-so favorites. I love the big fat chubby babies with chunky thighs and kissy lips but they take so long to bake and big babies need rooted hair, that is way too much rooting for me, but they are so adorable.

I notice all kinds of silicone action. So many people on the Sili train, so many kits and supplies available. I took a class several years ago and I have forgotten everything I learned, I have notes somewhere. I am not sure I want to dump a bunch of money into the process when I only have a limited amount of time to paint but it seems exciting.

For those of you who are new-ish. I have been on a little baby hiatus but when I am back on forum I am chatty. It is so quiet here we need to make some good trouble. Maybe I will do a fun get-to know-you poll and see who is who.

Karen, Sheila, Michelle, Jenni, Cherie, Pia, Cierra… and a few other long timers are lurking around, pick their brains, they are reborn encyclopedias, some of them were making reborns before bountiful baby! They know things, lots of things! (all the gossip too, and oh there has been a lot of that!).

Joy is my neighbor, nice to see her sculpting and doing well. This is the first time having a dolly artist close by. It is strange knowing we can borrow a cup of emergency glass beads in person. I will be painting one of her kits finally, it will be fun for sure.

Let’s liven things up around here a little. It summer, sales are slow, lets play.

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I have not liked the open eyed RealBorns. Their eyes are opened by someone on the BB team and they never look right in my opinion. Presley Awake is the only awake one I ever painted. I don’t do many BB kits - they don’t sell as well for me as the artist sculpted kits by LLE, Cassie Brace Love, Bonnie Brown and others.

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The open eyed Realborns look bug eyed….
I have done 2 Johannah awake and with her flat face it’s soooo hard to make her eyes focus right. :winking_face_with_tongue:

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I don’t care for any of the open eye realborns.

Hopefully there will be a sale sometime soon. I’ve been watching for a while and only see select kits going on sale, none of which I want to paint

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Glad you’re making babies again! As frustrated as I get with slow sales sometimes, I can’t imagine a world where I’m not painting babies so I just keep doing it.

I love Oaklynn. I have painted that kit at least 5x and every time I tell myself that’s the last one. I wish it had a COA; it doesn’t. I prefer chubbier babies; this one is a scrawny little thing. I don’t especially care for the mouth and I prefer a sleeping, peaceful expression. Hmmm…so I keep painting this kit??

There’s something about it that draws me in, obviously. I love this kit as much as I love sleeping Ashley. Maybe because I was a preemie, 7 weeks early and feel some sort of primal connection to them. OR…I especially love their feet. I do enjoy painting feet and they both have cute ones.

Whatever. I think you’ll love Oaklynn.

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Good news @Gabriell, you don’t have to live with regret. :sweat_smile: Here is today’s sale:

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I decided to pay for my order this morning and this baby was off-sale! grrrrr…. I will paint her another day. I did buy a lot of bodies. I always tell myself, “there will be another sale” but when you don’t have the body you need the train stops…. and paying full prince gives me a sphincter cramp.

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I love Oaklyn too. Yours are gorgeous.

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Thank you, @pschomaker Phyllis :heart:

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Just sweetness!!! The photo of her in green is gorgeous.

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Thank you, @Gabriell Gina :heart: