MARIE'S PROJECTS AT PEACOCK PARADISE! !

 
NEWS FROM 

PEACOCK PARADISE...  

 *** BABIES, BABIES & MORE BABIES! ***

 

Look at all of them... ELEVEN! Four of these 

wee ones were adopted by this mama 

when their own mama abandoned them. 

Their adopted mama has blended them 

right into one happy family.
 

There's a white baby in front that Marie 
is in love with along with a white one with 
specks of bright blue on his head, very unusual. 
They grow up fast but that 
gorgeous display of feathers takes three
years to become the spectacular show we 
associate with peacocks. 

*** TOTAL SWEETNESS ***
THE "ALEXIA" DOLL

Here's Marie's daughter, Alexia,
coming home from the hospital 
41 years ago!

Look at the adorable outfit Marie 

dressed her in for her first trip. 

Alex is so beautiful!!
 

Marie has saved that sweet outfit & blanket, as 

many of us have done, for the sake of sentimentality. 
She was looking for the perfect size doll 
to display Alex's clothing on and be able to enjoy 
looking at them again. 

Finally the right doll came along that was
the perfect size. 
She is a 2000 Heritage Mint Doll.
She's just too cute isn't she? 
The dress was purchased by Marie's 
Mama and as you can see her favorite 
color was orange.
  

Look at the adorable little baby shoes 
she has on! They're pale yellow to compliment 
the orange dress. (The hat is from another 
baby outfit that Alex wore. 
Marie still has that sweet outfit also and she'll 
show us in a future post.)
 The blanket is the one Alex came home in.
I love the colored stripes! 
The pacifier was Alex's very first 
and the pink rattle was her first toy. 
The little giraffe was among her first toys 
also. I told you this was sweet!! 

*** A BROKEN UNICORN ***
 

A friend of Marie's gave her a beautiful Fairy 

Doll and the White Unicorn. The unicorn was in 

a crippled state having a badly broken hind leg. 

Not an issue for Marie. The repair was easy 

for her. But then she added something that 

took my breath away, a LACE saddle! 

It gives the illusion of an intricate 

saddle fit for a Fairy!
 

Very creative Marie! What a great result 
from "thinking outside the box"!

*** "LOIS", A 1970S WALKING DOLL ***
(IN NEED OF LOTS OF LOVE!)

Marie was going on a group venture with 
her Busy Bee group a while back and 
noticed that everyone was stepping on 
and over a doll that was laying on the 
vehicle's floor. One of the ladies said 
the doll was for Marie to see if she could 
do anything to "save" the doll. One of the 
other ladies said " It looks like it should 
go in the garbage!" 

Marie thought "Oh my...the poor doll", and 
graciously took the sad looking mess. 
She had NO eyelashes, mildew 
in her eyes, layers of dirt and scum all over her...

and NO hair! 
You could say Marie had her work
cut out for her! The doll, "Lois", started 
with a major scrub down. We're not talking 
a bath, we're talking heavy duty scrub brush
and good old fashioned elbow grease. 
Then she had to take a trip to the doll hospital 
to have an eyelash transplant! 

It's a delicate procedure...
 

thank goodness it was a success! 
Marie found new hair for her on Ebay and 
gave her a gorgeous hairdo. 

You'd never guess she was the same doll 
would you? 
The floral crown came from 
the Dollar Tree along with 
the fluffy white bunny. 

Lois' clothes came from Fred's Store 
for about $6 and her shoes were $3. 
 

The transformation is amazing! 

Absolutely Amazing! 
Nice makeover Marie!! 

*** HARRIET HUBBARD AYERS 
DOLL RESCUE ***

(Are you detecting a pattern here?)

This doll was made in 1950.
Marie has named her Priscilla.
The doll was in the back of a closet 
at the house of Marie's mother-in-law.
It was incredibly sticky and almost 
felt like it was "melting". 
(No before photo, our apologies!)
 This was another job for the scrub down! 
Priscilla's hair was even sticky and a lot of
 her once lovely ringlets had to be cut off!
Marie gave her a new hairdo with what was 
left of her hair and I think it looks great.

Her original dress was still in decent shape 
so Marie laundered it and made it look 
fabulous. The little doll in her hand is a small 
Dorothy doll that was given as a toy at 
McDonalds years ago! Marie thought 
that Priscilla's dress looked a bit like 
Dorothy's dress style so she put them 
together to make a darling doll duo!

*** SEYMOUR MANN DOLL ***

Another rescue? Yep! 

These two dolls were filthy! Marie had to... 
you guessed it, scrub them and scrub their 
clothing!  
(You can see the "before" of the Dorothy doll.) 

 The difference is amazing!

Once again Marie has totally saved 

a doll without a home. 

*** BYE-LO BABY DOLL ***

Bye-Lo Baby Dolls were one of the first 

truly realistic baby dolls sculpted. 

Grace Storey Putnam, 

a sculpter from 1877- 1947, created

 this revolutionary doll in the early 1920s! 

No doll looked this real up to this point. 

How did she do this? 

She studied a real 3 day old baby to come up 

with her design.

Why tell you about the Bye-Lo baby? 
It actually starts with an antique crocheted 
baby's gown and hat. It was made by 

the mother of a friend of Marie.

Marie's friend was looking for a home for 

this baby set, made in 1890. It was stained 

and no one in the family wanted it. 
So Marie became the new owner! 
She was 

in search of a baby doll that would do 

this little outfit justice. Bye-Lo Baby was 

the perfect size! Marie got permission 

from her friend to tea dye the antique 

crocheted baby outfit which camouflaged 

the old stains. 

Here's the result... 

the perfect pairing!

So beautiful Marie!! 

*** REVIVING THE PRAYER CHRISTMAS 
TREE DOLL*** 

Oh dear... this is a doll Marie made
a while back for a friend of hers and is 
now in need of a good cleaning! 

This is a fabulous doll and Marie 
wanted to bring it back to it's 
original beauty for the owner. 
 

The result is incredible! Look at her shine
and sparkle! 
 

 The Prayer Christmas Tree Doll 
lives on to delight it's thankful owner! 

The Prayer Doll holds a tiny Bible & 
a rosary in her hand. A very sweet 
creation. 

You are amazing Marie! 

Thanks for stopping by to see all the wonderful 
transformations that Marie has been working 
on these days. We appreciate you taking the 
time to take a few minutes to visit and say "hi"! 

Blessings, 
Marie Antoinette & Edie Marie
xoxo

Makeovers by Marie Antoinette
Post by Edie Marie

Stop by Marie's Etsy to see her beautiful 
Theater Dolls & Paper Dolls for sale! 
It's a treat to see her talent!! 
(I know, I'm partial, can't help it.)