My love for Esme Eagles is REAL... Funny Story.....

Happy Monday everyone.  As I was preparing to ship out one of my Esme sculpts, I realized that I seriously went insane when it came to this sculpt.  I literally lost my mind! lololol

Well, let me explain....

As the days led up to the pre-salel of Esme, I became paranoid that I wouldn't get her.  I dreamt about this kit for 2 entire weeks!  I became so paranoid that I decided that I needed to take off of work to ensure that I would be sitting at my computer in time to press the "BUY" button at EXACTLY 12 pm.  Taking off of work STILL didn't ease my anxiety of not getting the kit so I decided to enlist some help.  I needed some WARRIORS to fight with me for her!  I needed some troopers who were willing to sit at their computers at least 30 minutes early to hit the "BUY" button.  I needed to find some other people who happen to be just as insane as I was to understand that this was not a game! This was serious business & I needed some ride or die-ers in my camp.  Because on this day ESME WOULD BE MINE!!! lololololol

Well,  the ladies on the forum that I belong to always meet on pre-order days & we help each other get kits for those that may miss out.  We look out for each other that way.  Well, I enlisted 1 person from my forum to ride with me.  I enlisted my husband to ride with me.  I enlisted 2 of my sisters to ride with me & I was riding for myself!

I called everyone on pre-order day to remind them of what their duty was.  NOTHING else mattered that day.  (Mind you everyone was spread across the Country).  I gave them all the speech!  FAILURE WOULD NOT BE TOLERATED!  At least ONE of us would have to get this kit because she was IMPORTANT to me!!  As the clock ticked down, my legs became numb, my heart rate became accelerated & my adrenaline was out of this world!  ESME WOULD BE MINE AT ALL COSTS TODAY!  5 minutes until 12 I started hitting the refresh button!  Zoned in on the spot where the Paypal button would be.  I must have hit the refresh button a gazillion times!!  But I didn't care! This was WAR!

When the Paypal button finally showed, I hit the Paypal button immediately & within seconds BAM I was out of there!  I managed to get 2 kits!  My girl from the forum was able to get me 1 from Mcphersons.  My husband managed to get 2 Esme's & my sisters all came thru in a crunch.  All I was hoping was to just get ONE kit & ended up with a whopping 11 kits!!!!!!  Every single one of us was able to grab at least 1 kit!  I couldn't believe it!  I was sooooo happy!!!!

I managed to sell 3 of the kits at the price I purchased her for & traded 2 for kits that were on my wish list.  I'm currently working on 1 & still have 6 untouched kits left.  To be honest, I love her so much that I don't think I'm going to get rid of any more of them.  One will be a keeper baby for me & I have at least 2 other skin tones in mind for Ms. Esme.  The others, well.... I may just wait for a rainy day.  

I know this post is silly, but I just wanted to poke fun at myself.  There are so many more important issues in the world than purchasing kits, but my love for this kit is REAL!  this was MY baby & I was going to do whatever I had to do to get her & I'm so glad I did!  Please enjoy the rest of your evening!

AA, Ethnic, Biracial Quinlynn by Laura Lee Eagles is ready for adoption

Happy Saturday everyone. I must admit it's been an exhausting week!  I've been having problems getting messages from my Blog. Please don't hesitate to contact me on my WEBPAGE or FACEBOOK page with any questions. In the meantime, I wanted to give u a Quinlynn update.

I'm finally ready to put Quinlynn up for adoption.  She's $1800 & will come with lots of extras.  I must admit, I almost kept her because I fell in love with her & everyone knows I NEVER collect my own reborn babies.  Here are some updated photos of her.  If she doesn't sell within the next couple of weeks, she'll be off to eBay.  Please know that I do have a very flexible layaway plan.  She will never be duplicated, so if you love her, please purchase her.

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Please more photos HERE or check out my Facebook for Work in Progress photos of this little one.  

AA, Ethnic, Biracial Esme Eagles WIP. I'm totally in love

I finally received my Esme kit by Laura Lee Eagles & she is everything I dreamed she would be & more.  I'm currently working on an Ethnic, Biracial, AA one & I love her progress.  I can't wait until she's finished.  Sneek peak below...

I still have lots of detailing to do but I'm loving her progress

Lotus Stoete now Cai Quiao - SOLD

Hi everyone!  I'm just dropping in to give a quick update with the Nursery.  I'm finally feeling better & I've been painting like crazy & finally finishing up some babies.  If you remember I started rooting the Lotus sculpt months ago.  She's just been waiting for her turn to get her eyes set & put together.  She has "porcelain" skin tones.  Which I interpret as not much mottle & very soft pale skin.  She's finally completed & is SOLD.  Her new mommy wanted a name change from Quiao Xing to Cai Quiao which I think suits her perfectly.  Here are some quick snap shots of her.  The quick photos make her appear darker than she is because the sun has been missing for the past few days but she will have a proper photoshoot soon.  I hope her new mommy loves her.

AA Bircial Ethnic Rainer Day 2 WIP

Just a quick update on Rainer Stydom. This is day 2.  If you follow me on Facebook then you know how nervous I have been regarding painting Rainer. I searched for this kit for over a year!!  The reference photo that I'm using has a filter over it so I'm making small adjustments.  I still have a long ways to go but I'm happy with her progress.  Have a wonderful Tuesday!

Combination hair (Painted & lightly rooted) completed- Pic Heavy

Happy Saturday everyone.  today is just a quick post on Quinlynn's hair progress.  I'm happy to say that   her hair is completed & I absolutely love it!  She is extremely lightly rooted.  Progress pictures below.  What do you think? Yayy or Nayy?  I'd love to hear from you.  Please follow me on Facebook for more photos.

Commitment to better photos....

Hey guys.  I know it's been a minute since I last posted but I've been sick as heck!  I'm still under the weather but I'm feeling a tad better.  This post was supposed to be up last week but it's better late than never right?  Today I'm going to talk about photography.

Have you ever seen photos of a reborn baby and just fell in love with everything about the pictures?  The pictures are perfect from the pose, to the clothing, to the lighting to the background, to the focus and exposure??? Just everything about it draws you in???  Now let's be clear.  I'm not talking about photos that have a bunch of filters or edits on them.  I'm strictly talking about just great pictures.Well, I have and I'm making a commitment to learn how to take better photos.

Step 1 was getting a better camera & I have.  I've upgraded to a Canon 60D.  And to be honest, this is probably the highest I'll go as far as a DSLR camera.  I'm not a professional photographer & this camera should do more than what I need it to once I learn how to use it.  I've had people from Facebook & ARC cheering me on & helping me thru this process & to be honest, I can really see a difference.  Thank you Kristen (the "Torch" really helped--:::::inside joke::::).  Cherie Ann & Lil Jo--I appreciate you guys so much.  There have of course been others, but these are the ladies that are constantly helping me.

Step 2 is practice, practice practice.  I was trying to practice every day just to learn the settings & see what they do but unfortunately I got sick. I'm going to get back to that as soon as possible. Anyway, I wanted to past a couple pictures of my progress.  You can checkout my Facebook for more progress photos.

As you can see, I'm getting a little better.  I'll post more of my progress later on.