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We love hearing from our customers and seeing the dolls they have customized. We sincerely appreciate our customers' business and devote this page to their artistry and comments. Please be sure to click on pictures and links to see additional views of dolls. |
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May Hall loves to knit and the outfit she made for this little Disney mermaid Kelly shows just how a passion to create produces truely lovely work. Kelly dolls are tiny, standing just around 4" tall so you can imagine how tiny May's knitting stitches must be to keep the outfits sized right on the doll. May says that she uses size 0 knitting needles. To see more of May's work, which she sells on Ebay, check out her About Me page there. To the left is the Kelly as she bought from DNB. To the right is her lovely creation. |
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Award winning Canadian doll artist Charie Wilson took my 18" tall Lady Linda Doll by Mego and turned her into this gorgeous OOAK. She rerooted Lady Linda's hair with soft, curly, white mohair, repainted her face and her entire body, created a dazzling costume and even made her shoes and pantyhose. The cape is entirely edged with hand sewn seed beads. Be sure to click on the full view picture to see more pictures of Lady Linda's costume. To see more beautiful OOAKs and art dolls by Charie, visit her photo site at cw2205 at PictureTrail. Her pictures are accompanied by the prettiest music. |
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Barbara Small of New York designed and created the beautiful outfits above. She tells how designing silk and velvet scarves lead her into designing Barbie haute couture. "I make middle to high end silk and silk velvet scarves and sell them mostly at craft shows and boutiques. I have probably made more than 5000 scarves and whenever there was a small piece of silk left I saved it. I have a lifetime supply for Barbie outfits and costumes. In addition to my own supply, friends in the fabric business know I rescue old Barbie dolls and they give me more beautiful pieces of small fabric. I have been saving for years and never knew why I was keeping it all. When I started working on Barbies, it all began to make sense. When my 3 year old niece showed me her Barbie dolls, I noticed that the sewing was coming apart and the fabrics used were very poor quality. I offered to repair all her dolls' outfits and realized that I should put the time into better fabric. The first gown I made was a white silk wedding dress with pearls and a veil. My niece loved it and that's how I got hooked on Barbie dolls." I think everyone would agree that Barbara's niece is one lucky little girl! |
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You may have noticed from time to time that I depend on Eric for help in identifying my Disney dolls. It turns out that he not only is an expert in the subtle differences in all dolls Disney, he's a terrific pattern maker and customizer, and is expert in reproducing Disney outfits as the pictures above show. Eric told me that the Eric outfit, on the male doll to the right, "... was supposed to be a prototype outfit. I make my own patterns so I always make a test outfit first. I ended up liking the first version so much I didn't even make the second one. The shoulder decorations are the biggest difference. The Ariel outfit is loosely based on the Pink Diamond fashion that was never produced." | ||
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Chamela Stevenson customized these Steffie faced dolls from dolls she bought from DNB. She rerooted their hair, painted their faces and designed and created their outfits. The brunette doll to the left was a Perfume Pretty Whitney and the Titian haired beauty to the right used to be a bushy haired Cool Times Midge. I think you'll agree that now they are really pretty. |
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"Hi Barb, I got the dolls yesterday. Thanks again. I would like to start another list already! You seem to have a doll I am interested in every time I'm at your website." from Cheryl B., Breckenridge, TX |
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 From the look on this little cupid's face, I think her arrow hit the mark! Mischief and laughter is a-foot! Kelli Getchell created this winning little doll named "Baby Kisses" for a Valentine Contest. She repainted the Kelly doll's face giving her great big, wonderfully expressive, brown eyes, a pert and stylish hair cut and a darling pink gown with gossamer wings covered in kisses. To see more of Kelli's artistry, check out her web site at Whimzee's Cottage. |
Tammy Fuller of KS turned this contemporary Black Barbie doll into the most fashionable spear holding, knife wielding, Sabertooth tiger bejeweled native you'll ever find. Her choices of color are brilliant against the dark skin tone of the doll. With stick-straight hair before Tammy went to work on her, she now has long, shiny tendrils that any fashion savvy native would die for! |
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Brenda Giguere's fine artistry turned this common moderate-smile faced Barbie into a beautiful high-couture beauty. Besides the doll's beautiful eyes, notice, in particular, the changes she made to the doll's mouth. With a little word-play on the famous title 'Academy Award,' she found the perfect name for her doll -- 'Alchemy Award,' and created a stunning gold dress for her reflecting the process of turning a plain, common Barbie doll into gold -- art! |
| "Barb, the Skipper came yesterday. I'm VERY pleased with what I recieved. I wanted to thank you again and let you know that I'll be stopping back at your site on a regular basis. You've been the easiest person to buy from..." from B.J. J., PA | "Hi Barb, Just to let you know, I got the pony yesterday and she's great! Thanks loads!" from Sally E., England |
  "Just letting u know George received the goods, he was very surprised. We all got a good laugh out of it! We can now put to rest the disappearance of Junk Yard Dog. Thanks again!" from Peter G., Australia |
  Emma C., England, recreates the gowns from the movie Titanic for Barbie sized dolls. The gowns are exquisitely hand beaded. |
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| "...I had a wonderful surprise when I got home yesterday. The blue haired doll was there. She is so beautiful. Can't wait to make her a dress..." from Carol M., CA | "Hi Barb, I received the dolls today. They are sooooooo gorgeous. Thank you so much!" from Chris M. UT | "Be certain I will be raving about your site and service to my friends, and encouraging them to put up links to your site." from Craig B., NY |
 Debbie Phillips, from MI, enjoys experimental doll art. This line up of excellent dudes are named (from l. - r.) Jude (a Generation Girl Blaine doll), Anthony (Dylan McKay from the tv show 90210) and Carols (John Smith from the movie Pocahontas). Debbie perfected a cut and fit method of hair application to get Anthony's realistic and contemporary hairstyle. Click on the picture for a close up look at his face paint and hairstyle. |
 Debbie's talent as a doll artist extends to the girls as well. "I just make them for fun," she says. She also does miniatures. "I make everything you can think of including guitars, car keys, and CDs all scaled to Barbie." |
| "Dear Barb, I received a package from you and found the awaited item arrived safely. I am very happy. Thank you very much!" from Hisae T., Japan | "Barb: Just wanted to let you know that the order arrived this morning, and everything is fine. Thanks again for your courtesy and efficiency in our transaction, and I hope we'll do business again!" from Jay B., NY |
 Emma restyled a much-loved Island Fun Skipper into this darling. |
 Emma C. from England tamed DNB's Jeweled Secrets bushy locks into this beautiful doll with lots of curls. Be sure to click on the picture of the finished doll to see her hairstyle from the back. |
 Horse Loving Skipper looks much better with this new modern hairstyle by Emma. |
| Linda Holman brought this 18 inch Pocahontas to life with a little face paint, real eyelashes and a lot of hand beading on a great custom Indian outfit. To see more of Linda's work, visit her web site Holman Designs. |  Click on Photo |
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A lip and eye repaint turned DNB Dolls' crown-less 1976 Ballerina Barbie head into this graceful beauty by Brenda Anderson. |
| DNB Dolls'1982 Dream Date P.J. became Deborah Martin's reproduction of her and Sylvia Campbell's prestigious 1999 BMAA contest winner. |
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Barb, site owner of DNB Dolls and Toys, customzied this Courtney doll for her mom. Courtney's outfit is similar to an outfit Barb's mom made for her when she was 12 and just learning how to play a clarinet. | |
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--- Tim McGraw
