New Here Today!

,Laurie.. , Ladies this is my very good friend Laurie, she is suffering the growing pains of reborning..LOL I hope we can guide her first steps carefully and lovingly..LOL
ok, girl, jump right in and go check our clases and tutorials.. and anything like always yell for me..
hugs and again.
Carmen in nj

Hi Laurie! Welcome to the forum I am sure you will love it here and find so much useful information. I am looking forward to seeing some pics of your first baby

Hi Laurie!! So glad you are here!!!
Can't wait to see your first baby all finished! Anything we can do to help, just let us know. Everyone is very helpful here!!

Welcome to you! You will find alot of helpful ladies and information here! Lara is an amazing teacher!

Thanks to all of you for the warm welcomes! I really appreciate that. I'm so glad Carmen steered me to this site! What a sweetie she is.

I finished rooting the hair on my poor little baby last night. Came out pretty well I guess for my first time. I have to say I really enjoyed that process and am even thinking of trying to root the eyelashes rather than using the ones that came with the baby. And I'm also thinking, now that it has hair, that "he" might just be a "she"! Does that happen to anyone else? You start out thinking this baby is going to be a boy and then you think it might be a better girl?

Today I will put in the eyes and hopefully get the baby fully assembled. Will post pics if I get brave enough!

Laurie



www.laurieslullabies.com

Well done that you have almost finished him/her I have had that happen a few times where I would think it would be a boy, but sometimes when I put the eyelashes on or root the hair, it looks more feminine. Would love to see some pictures if you decide to post them

Hi Laurie and welcome!! It's so nice to see the forum growing! The ladies here are super sweet and Lara is so talented! I know you will enjoy it!

Hi Laurie! If you are new to reborning, then this is the place for you. you will learn a lot here from the ladies, and a wealth of information from Lara if you take one of her classes!

HOPE YOUR LABOR GOES WELL WITH TANNER AND THAT YOUR DELIVERY IS SMOOTH AND EASY!!

you will find several nurses and retired nurses here. I am a retired RN myself. I lived in Pittsburgh for most of my life before retiring to the South. So my weather is nicer than yours :flower: But I am often "with child" now and loving it!

Samuel was born at 11:30 last night. He's far from perfect, but I love him to pieces already and he will always be my special "first" baby. He does have a few boo-boos and hopefully I will have learned from my mistakes and not repeat them. I have to say, I thoroughly enjoyed the whole process and can't wait to get started on another one!

Problems that I had:

1. Too much blue inside his head, made him look rather cyanotic but that got much less so after several coats of paint.

2. Don't let the baby's head touch any part of the oven while it's baking!! Samuel has a big "birthmark" where his head was burned. That area wouldn't take to the microrooting either, so he's got a bald spot on the left side of his head. The boy will forever have to wear a hat!

3. Eyes are harder than they look! Had a devil of a time getting them in the sockets and then trying to line them up evenly. Finally got it done, and they're very close, although not perfect. But you'd have to be really close to notice.

4. Eyelashes are even harder than eyes! Wow - such tiny, intricate work. One of them is not quite attached to the right spot on his eyelid and is a little off, but I don't think I can fix that now.

5. Legs go in the bottom holes of the body - not both on the same side!!! (Thank God for spare cable ties!!)

6. Don't overstuff the baby! I did, and it's too late to change that, so Samuel is rather chubby. But he is great to cuddle!

7. Hair - well I know I need a lot of practice and it looks thin, but I wanted it to look thin and wispy. I'm pretty sure I'm doing something wrong with the rooting, but can't put my finger on what it is exactly.

8. Back to painting - my veins practically disappeared after all the painting and heat-setting was done. I think I need more paint in the thinner. Probably made them too thin.

9. Use VERY little paint for milk spots! They look more like pimples on this baby!

OK - so here's some pics. Please let me know what you think, honestly, and don't be afraid to hurt my feelings. I live for constructive criticism and there is always more to learn!

Thanks for looking, and again, thanks for all the wonderful, warm welcomes!!

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PS - OK, I can't figure out how to add pics to this post, so here's a link to my Webshots album. Hoping this works!!

DUH me!!! I forgot to add the link to Webshots. This should take you directly to Samuel's album.

http://community.webshots.com/album/577741882rUYEMK

Thanks again! Laurie

He is so cute!! I think you did a fantastic job, esp for your first baby!!! Well done I had to have a chuckle that he had two legs on the same side of his body hehe. You must be very pleased with him. Have you decided what your next sculpt will be?

Hi Laurie... I am an RN also. My best friend of 42 years is also named Laurie... You will learn something from every baby... I did that once on my first milk bumps. I went back and added paint over it and they came out better. That was the hardest sculpt I ever did. Mine looks like a little old man! Welcome to this group. REAL is a great group.