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Monster high animal ear earrings

Working on earrings today with my “tiny treasures” collected from the under $1 ebay auctions over the years. I’m using plastic earring backings that can be bought for a dollar for a 100 and gluing 4-6mm flatbacks and findings to them with e6000The fruit  earrings are made from slices of fimo canes cut with a craft knife to about 1mm – not the precut nail art because while that’s perfect for nails it’s too flimsy for doll earrings.

You can cut the stems to size or add silicone backings to secure them to your doll

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Neck grafts to make a doll head fit a different body

This is 80’s – early 90’s Steffi by Simba


Like many Simba fashion dolls she comes on a body with a large spherical neck knob like this:


Which means that when you rebody her on standard fashion doll bodies modelled on Barbie, her head is too low down on the neck:

Enter Fakie who’s neck fits but who has terrible face paint, we’re going to cut out her neck with a craft knife and whittle that down until it fits in Steffi’s neck hole.

Here’s neckless Fakie and her whittled down neckhole fitting neatly on Barbie’s neckpeg:


Now using tweezers or a toothpick to push down the sides we insert the fakie neckhole into the Steffi neckhole – Ta da! As you can see, it holds well but you can glue it if you want it to be a permanent fix.

And here’s another fakie with a smaller neck grafted into Midnight Magic so she can fit on a monster high body     

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Making a cheap doll stand sturdier

Review of “Adjustable Doll/Bear Stand Display Holder 8.7-13.4? on ebay for 1.60$ free shipping.

Well made, nice and sturdy, fits Barbies but nothing shorter than classic Barbie without bending the (very hard) wires.

The plate is slightly domed and the smoothness of the plastic makes it a little slippery for some barbie shoes such as high heels.

I added old hard drive pieces with E6000 to add heft and stability because they need to be solid enough for the weight of a Pullip in a heavy wig on a desk that wobbles a bit. You could also layer a couple of CDs   .

Cheap fully plastic stands tend to warp under the weight of a Pullip leaning back on it.

Jewelry pliers were used to change the angle of the gripping wires so that they could accomodate Obitsu 27 and a barefoot Liv.

The stand will not fit Skipper, Obitsu 25 or Licca without more serious modification of the thick metal wires (you’ll need a bench clamp/vise + proper pliers)

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