A few weeks ago I purchased another American Girl Doll on Ebay. This American Girl Doll needed a lot of TLC (Tender-Loving-Care). I purchased her for 32.07, which was a REALLY good deal! I also, really wanted to make this doll beautiful again! :)
This doll is a Pleasant Company doll with brown hair and blue eyes (American Girl Doll of Today). She has marks, spots, and stains on her body and arms and legs. She also had a bandage on her leg (Don't know why.) and had Really messy hair and might have been cut. Both her fingernails and toenails are painted with sticky nail polish. One of her legs was unattached and the other one was held only by an elastic cord/string.
When she came I got all excited because I hadn't recieved Abbey yet. To my surprise it was this one! It came just as the seller described.
Here are the pictures on the day I got her:
Here she is! My sister named her Megan. :)
She needs alot of TLC.
Stains on the body.
More stains.
Some purple spots.
Her face is a little sticky.
A little closer up photo of the face and eyes. (The eyes aren't droppy though.) She has no face paint or lip paint. :(
Sticky finger nail polish.
On the other hand too.
A Pink stain, maybe a highlighter?
Pleasant Company mark.
Her leg with bandaid and more finger nail polish on the toes.
One leg not attatched and the other held only by the elastic cord.
The other Leg. (The white cup in the picture was in the leg. It is used to attach it.)
And her messy hair.
My sister and I just had to try to fix her up, at least a little bit. So, that day when we got her we did a few things:
We First had to clean her up and try to get some of the stains and dirt out. We used Mr. Clean Magic Eraser and it really helped! :)
Then my sister Hope and I took off her head and Hope brushed her hair.
Then we decided Megan needed her hair washed...so we washed it with conditioner.
Then we took out her stuffing and I tightened her arms with rubber bands (I will do a page on how to do this soon.), and Hope brushed her hair. I also took off the other leg held by the elastic cord too, as I had to do this to be able to replace the legs sometime.
Her stuffing and body.
Her clean and conditioned hair. :)
Then once I tightened her arms, We stuffed her up. :)
Once she was all stuffed up and we put her head on, Hope dressed Megan into one of Samantha's dresses. :)
She isn't all fixed up yet, but she is feeling better! :)
To be continued...:)
Wow, you did an amazing job! Where did you learn how to fix up an AG doll that well? Good luck on the rest of your journey!!!
Brenna ;)
Posted by: Brenna :) | September 16, 2008 at 02:51 PM
Did you decorate a doll tee at Michael's today? I did and it was a lot of fun!
Posted by: Brenna :) | September 20, 2008 at 04:22 PM
Hi Brenna! :) Thanks so much for the comments! :)
Well, I learned how from a few sites and also American Girl Playthings forum. (I have it on my other doll links page.:) Thanks for wishing me luck! :)
Also, yes I did go and decorate a doll tee today and it was A lot of fun! :) I am glad you had fun too! :)
I hope you have a Great day and thanks again for commenting! :)
~Liz~
Posted by: Liz (An American Girl) | September 20, 2008 at 09:29 PM
I just decorated my A.G. dolls christmas tree , it looks awesome! that is an awesome idea!
Posted by: carley | December 17, 2008 at 04:05 PM
Wow!! You did a great job fixing her up! I'm going to fix my friends AG doll up for her too soon!
Posted by: Anne | December 23, 2008 at 11:10 AM
WOW! You and your sister did an AWESOME job!!! I'm very impressed! Did the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser leaver a shiny residue on the doll? My BFF has a doll with some stains and I wanted to recomend that idea (using the Magic Eraser)to her. Are you going to name the doll and keep her?
Posted by: Savanna | December 26, 2008 at 03:13 PM
You did a really great job, Liz and Hope!
Posted by: Quinlyn | February 05, 2009 at 01:12 PM
Wow! That must have took a long time!!!! Good jobbbbb! :)
Posted by: Holly | February 08, 2009 at 05:28 PM
ohhh i thought that dolls name was abbey
Posted by: imari | February 12, 2009 at 04:27 PM
You should start a doll cleaning business! You could make a lot of money! :)
Posted by: Tess | June 18, 2009 at 10:38 AM
you and hope make a great team in american girl bussiness
Posted by: JOMARIS | July 20, 2009 at 04:30 PM
are you two meagan and liz like twins???
Posted by: Angel | January 25, 2010 at 07:40 PM
Megan looks great now! The person who owned her before you sure did a great jod DESTROYING her! You and Hope sure worked hard to make her look pretty and you did great!
~Lauren~
Posted by: Lauren | July 02, 2010 at 11:17 PM
i thought her name was abbey not megan?
Posted by: Angel | August 03, 2010 at 05:12 PM
wow you did a super job on her!! I should try this.
Posted by: eilime | August 13, 2010 at 02:11 PM
so megan is hope's doll? and abbeys your doll right? I'm confused. I thought this was your doll. Please help!
Posted by: Emma | November 16, 2010 at 02:31 PM
Abbey is Liz's doll Megan is Hope's doll shown here. They are different, but both cute!
Posted by: Madeleine | February 10, 2011 at 08:29 PM
you guys are sisters/twins? cuz you look like it
Posted by: ♥julie♥ | January 21, 2012 at 07:34 PM