The Adventures of a Doll Doctor in Canada

Your favorite childhood doll or toy has just been found stuffed away in a box in the basement? It is cracked and dirty and your family urges you to throw it out. But it is full of memories and despite its many flaws, you just cannot discard it. Doll doctors and restoration artists can help. Many of the saddest dolls and toys can be restored. I restore dolls from my home base in Ontario. Wintertime however, finds me packing up a few projects and fleeing to Florida to work in the sunshine!

Wednesday, December 27, 2017

A return to Effanbee Lovums

This is the 'before' picture of an Effanbee Lovums doll who I started renovating in Florida. She got put on pause a few times and now is finally nearing completion.

These were her eyes before.

And these are her eyes now......

Unfortunately Lovums' lambskin wig was in poor shape and missing some chunks. Under the wig is molded/painted hair. Many Lovums were sold wig-less. It was easiest for the factory to churn out a line of molded/painted hair heads and then just plunk some wigs on a few of them.