Guys! You Won't Believe What Happened...

(Ahem, sorry, I didn't know what to put on this picture, so I quoted a song I like XD )

 

Oh my goodness guys! As you may have figured out from the title, something crazy happened..... Something I had dreamed would happen but never thought it would,

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I FOUND AN AMERICAN GIRL DOLL IN A THRIFT STORE!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

 

I seriously can't believe this! Ok, so this thrift store I go to is run by an awesome lady that loves dolls as much as I do. The proceeds go to support a no kill animal shelter that holds a craft show (The one I sell at and was preparing for the last two months) every year. She saves dolls that get donated so I can look through them and see what I can fix up and sell. She's so sweet and always gives me an amazing price on the dolls. I was told by some people at the craft show who work at the thrift store that they were holding a bunch of dolls for me, so I went yesterday and the lady who runs the store brought out a huge laundry basket of dolls! I was so excited! As I looked through the bin I reached deep in and saw long legs. Thinking it was just an 18" doll I pulled her out, and when I did, I thought I was going to die! It was a Truly My #27! I never EVER thought I'd actually find one in a thrift store, so I ended up taking the whole bin and as I went up to pay for them she told me it was a gift from the thrift store! I was blown away, it was a huge amount of dolls! So I got all the dolls, including the American Girl, for free! Thank you so SO much Miss Katherine ! I can't tell you how much I appreciate all the dolls :)

 

(Image via American Girl Wiki)

If you're awful at remembering the Truly Me numbers like I am, then here's a picture of her.... My thrift store dolly doesn't look much like the picture anymore does she? XD

 

 

Ok, so let's get to the condition of the doll! She is definitely a TLC doll, most likely owned my a younger child.

 

 

Her face is in very good condition, her eyes work perfectly and she still has eyebrows (That's always a bonus right?). She has a very small shine mark on her forehead, and a slight dye bleed off on her nose. Her nose will need to be sanded a bit, for her nose is a bit scratched up. Probably dropped or banged up against something rough.

 

 

Someone definitely cut her hair, and did a pretty bad job of it.

 

 

The previous owner tried to give her some bangs, which resulted on a nice patch of wig showing through...

 

 

Right there  ^

(LOL That's not a bad camera angle going on here, she is shorter than Kit XD)

My Mom and I think they were trying to make her look like Kit, if they'd done a better job on the hair cut and added some freckles, then she would have been a dead ringer! Their hair is pretty close in color, they have almost have the exact same color eyes, and they both have feathered eyebrows! But unfortunately the hair cut was done very poorly, and the wig will need to be replaced.

 

 

Her limbs are very loose, as you can see above.

 

 

Excuse the weird scratch on my hand, I honestly don't remember how I even did that XD. Anyway, this is the arm, I can literally pull them out of their sockets!

 

 

And the legs are even worse.

 

 

I can bend the leg down and out of the socket with ease, she'll need to be restrung. She also has dye bleed off the back of one leg.

 

 

Her arms are also a bit shiny.

 

 

There's a light stain on her upper body. This doesn't bother me because she'll have clothing on, but if you find a doll with this problem and want to fix it, then simply untie the neck string, take off the head and unstuff. Then wash with water and soap and let dry, but be careful of water getting in the limbs.

 

 

LOL the proof, THE PROOF!

 

 

The strings are perfect, not stretched out or anything.

 

 

And last but not least, there are a few random marks, like this one, I think might be blood... Believe it or not this isn't the first time I've had to clean blood off a doll, it's not fun.

 

 

And this mark under her cheek.

 

 

Now after all that you're probably like, "HOLY VANILLA BEANS GIRL! That doll looks worse than Avery's hand when it's un-bandaged!" But she has so much potential...

 

 

I mean look how adorable she looks in this outfit!

 

 

Doll: "Will I be pretty again?"

 

Me: "Of course you will! You already are beautiful, all you need is a little work and you'll be stunning."

 

 

My Mom also got a doll! She was also in the basket, and since my Mom loves Madame Alexander dolls, I told her that I could fix it up and then she could have her. She was pretty happy, she named her Janie :)

 

 

Now this girly is in pretty rough shape, someone got a little crazy with the scissors and now she has barely any hair left!

 

 

Her hair is cut here,

 

 

here,

 

 

And quite a bit here, she'll need a new wig.

 

 

She was beaten against a wall several times and is very marked up on her face. She'll also need her limbs tightened.

 

 

I think these little ladies have a lot of potential. Stay tuned to see them as I fix them up and for tutorials on how to remove scratches and shine marks, restring limbs, re-wig, and clean your doll! Have an awesome day everyone!

 

-Katie :)