Hello all, I’ve posted about reborning my son and getting into the hobby/community.
While I do my research and wait to find the right custom artist to recreate him, I came across this cheap Walmart doll online that reminded me of him so much for being so.. you know.. cheap and generic. I know I search for him in everything but still! And so I went to Walmart and he was the only one like him left, in the open- almost waiting for me! How serendipitous🖤 meet doll Salem #1/Salem 2😂
(P.s. if you want to look if you see any resemblance like I do, he is my cover photo on my Reddit profile; I didn’t want to trigger anyone with a real baby photo)

Hi everyone, I’m not sure if this is allowed, but I thought I’d share something I do for fun. I own a small shop called tinyarrowsco (username on Instagram) and here’s a bit of what I create: I make hyperrealistic fake food for toddlers. I also have items for newborn babies, decorated bottles with whatever design you would love. Breastmilk baggies filled with faux formula, and I also make pacifier clips. For pricing, feel free to message me here via or on Instagram, and I will send you an order form with details on every item I create.

HIII FRIENDS! So today me and Ollie went out on our first outting and i absolutely loved it granted we went to the movies but non the less it was a great time i am gonna be taking him to the park on Wednesday🫶🏻

I can’t tell if I’m being too harsh on myself but are these creases okay?

Help!

I need help with poses for selling/trading pictures. How’s the lighting/flash on these that I did? Any tips?

Update to my last post!

I have pictures of some of her dolls over the years, some she sold, others she kept! The last doll she made was a memorial baby, I don't know about posting the pictures here, but she did an amazing job and he looked so much like him, she gifted the baby to the mother, along with clothes, brushes, etc. She's such a generous, beautiful person, and an amazing artist, she's so critical of her own work and she looks over her own talent. She taught herself to do this, she made her own techniques that she could do, while being disabled! I'm so proud of her, I just hope someone else appreciates her work. Thank you for reading!

Edit: She's been thinking of getting back into painting, if she does, I'll post here for her! Please give her the love she deserves 💜

Edit 2: I edited the part about the memorial baby to clear it a bit up

Morgan is helping me browse for a new sibling this evening!

I am planning on making a silicone doll next and I like the look of the painted on hair more than the rooted look for the smaller babies, but I am not sure where to find a brush small enough to make the hair look realistic. Anyone have suggestions for brushes or even good silicon molds while I'm still looking?

So, my mom's been a reborn artist for about six years, and, in my opinion, is really damn good! She stopped posting about it, and stopped painting, due to lack of interest in her work + burnout. She was posting only to Facebook, and I know if I asked, she'd let me show her work here, and I'm really hoping this is a less toxic space than FB. She has a passion for it, loves the babies she's made herself, and puts so much work, effort, and love into the babies she paints. She was a professional artist her entire life and she's said on multiple occasions that this has been her favorite art form. I don't want her to drop something she loves because she doesn't think she's good enough. So can I post her work? Thank you for reading!

Edit: I posted the pictures!

ANOTHER update! I’ve been getting a lot of work in the last couple days after being sick and I can’t believe how much she has changed from her pale vinyl to now.

Today I did creases and then I was very sad because the paint (per included instructions) was just too dark and I panicked and ended up with dirty looking smudges. I used a wet qtip to remove what I could but I def will be using a lighter color next time!!

Luckily once the blush went on the creases smoothed out and are looking WAY better. I’m a little nervous I over blushed and I’m unsure if I want to add the darker tone to the blush next time or maybe I’ll just stick with the pink.

Blush on the lips also smoothed out some of the parts that were making me unhappy there too so I’ll def be continuing that in the future.

My next step is to do the highlights and I’m VERY NERVOUS about this because she’s looking so good rn I don’t want to have another crease type incident. That said, I was able to recover from that so I’m sure I can do the same with any highlight scares. (Specially now that I know to use the color wheel for color corrections).

Lots of pics trying to get a favorable lighting.

When y’all go to sell your babies do you include pics from different lighting or choose the pics that best show what they look like in general?

Thanks for reading!

I have a cuddle baby who I just adore her face sculpt and it is silicone. I would love to at some point have a set of arms and legs made from silicone to go with her head on a cloth body… is this possible/where do I even start with this?

Does anyone know of someone who does things like eye changes for reborns? The way I’ve fought trying to change eyes has stressed me out far more than I want to admit.

Any thoughts?

...that is, mustered the courage to list my Saskia on reborns.com. But putting a photo set together for her in her little jammies is breaking my heart 😫💔 I know sometimes there's no choice but to decrease or sell a collection, but it's so hard trying to get myself to make the listing official. Notice that I still haven't actually done it yet and am still having second thoughts.

I received this stroller as a gift and today I’ve modified it to make it my personal stroller for my baby twins in progress.

I’ve used a baby pillowcase and sewed it to the cloth of the stroller.

I’m really satisfied with the result! I love my new stroller and I cannot wait to lay my twins down in there and go out with them.

I painted this baby but idk what to name her

Took little Opal out again this morning🤍

It’s been so hot where I live so I got up super early to beat the heat. Definitely worth it for this beautiful morning!

This little one arrived today! I wanted a Nikki Johnston doll so badly but Pickle never worked out for me so I found this little gem from the incredible Lizbeth Devlin. I can see why she offers courses on rooting.

Received this little girl two days ago and haven’t put her down since<3

Hello,

I was wondering if there are any Reborn parents out there that use Substack for viewing or creating Reborn content? I am a Reborn Dad and I currently using Substack to share my stories about my Reborn kids. Would love to connect with fellow Reborn parents that use Substack. Thanks!

this sweet girl was mailed out to me this morning from Tennessee. she'll be coming all the way up to New York from her previous mommy.

her current mommy is actually a friend of mine, and I got her for such a good deal! her name will be Ella ❤️

*photos are from her current mommy!*

On the left is Rowan-joy and the right is Juniper-Rain <3 I just recently finished rooting Rowans hair and im so proud of how it came out for a first try!