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secristdollco · Member

Welcome!

Buffington · Guru

PLEASE: read the rules before posting in forum! idea

There are very few here but I will post more if we have some people who are not listening. We don't want to be meanies about it but it is for the benefit of everyone!

Yes, also remember that you may post a "link" to your baby or auction but not a picture. You may post a pic in the new Artist Showcase (but read the pic posting rules there PLEASE!) We must be considerate of others and give them the choice to look at your pic or not. Also, some people still have slow connections and it takes time to download things (especially pics) and we don't want them to have a hard time loading the forum and the pics too!

Just an FYI, if you don't want to log in each time, you can click the "remember me" box and it will log you in automatically each time. That way you don't have to remember your password (but write it down anyway!).

Play nice with others. No sniping furious

or I'll have to send you for a time-out! lol confused

Please be careful where you post your threads as I would like them to be where they go, not just any ol' were (KNIM?) so that everyone can look at them.

We don't want people posting the same questions several times in different locations so please be considerate and only post it once PLEASE! On the old forum people would post and post and post (get it?) the same questions in other topics and others would not search the forum for the answers to questions. They just posted them again, so PLEASE SEARCH the forum for your answer BEFORE posting! It will save us all a lot of time and you will get an answer faster.

I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH... PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, SEARCH THE FORUM BEFORE ASKING YOUR QUESTION!!! It might just already be there!

Danielle and I are new at moderating a really fancy forum like this so please bear with us if we boo-boo now and then weirdface

(OOO I just love these little guys)!

So now, go forth and ask/answer questions and lets have a really good time doing it. YAY!!!! biggrin

-- Edited by Buffington at 20:20, 2008-07-05

-- Edited by Buffington at 18:16, 2008-07-19

Mumzie Wumzie · Newbie

Hello everyone, this is my very 1st post to my very 1st forum.....ooOoo scareeee! I've read the rules & regs like a good girl (of course!) & I promise to be on my best behavior.

You all have so much talent....your babies are so beautiful. I'm looking forward to being a part of this community, & with your guidance to new/reborning for the 1st time. Thank you & God Bless, Linda

Cuisle · Veteran Member

Hello Linda - no, not scary at all. Quite the opposite, in fact. These people don't want a nasty forum - and I'm pleased they don't. This Forum is absolutely awesome, lovely people and no nastiness - just perfect, in fact.

You'll enjoy everything about it.

-- Edited by Cuisle at 02:05, 2008-06-04

Buffington · Guru

Welcome Linda to our new family forum.

Yes, we do have a lot of very talented artists, also some wonderful newbies like yourself who can come and learn, and also give us some new insites on the newborning/reborning world. It's always nice to have new blood in a group!

Also, as Cuisle said, we don't get nasty here (as some other forums do) and if someone does, or causes a ruckus... they are sent to their room for some time out! lol biggrin

Date: Jun 17, 2008

I,m not very internet wise and I didn,t read the rules till now. i,sorry I posted in a couple of site but didn,t mean to, I still have to go round in circles to find the forum, but I think tonight I got it right. I hope some of the replys I,ve posted have been helpfull as I am quite conciderate of others, and do enjoy looking at what is being discussed onforum ,Nite, weirdface

June from Oz

Buffington · Guru

We appreciate all your posts and if anyone posts in the wrong spot or posts pics, we can deal with that. I won't send you to your room for a time out hehehe lol!

Date: Jun 20, 2008

Thanks for that, I realy do like getting onto this site, to see what the other ladies have to say. Funny thing is, how many men get on here, as there was one gentleman in my porcelain doll making classes and he was O.K. at it. weirdface

June M from Oz

Buffington · Guru

I had one or two in the old forum, not too often though. I find that there are some very talented male doll sculptors out there who also like to paint their creations. But most of the ones I know are famous!

I had a guy in my doll class years ago. He did ok for himself. I wish we had more in here.

Sweet Baby · Member

Buffington

My apologies for not reading the rules. I'm used to other forum formats that allow and share pictures. I moderate on other forums and understand that rules are made to benefit the well being of all members. Please remove my photo from my post as I know that pictures within a post does require extra bandwidth. I agree about posting the same question in different areas. Reading is knowledge so searching out information within a forum is a must. Please except my apologies again. I will be more observent from this point on.
Sweet Baby/ BDF

Buffington · Guru

It's all taken care of :)

sallywat · Newbie

Hi,
I am a new member and I have just started this wonderful art of newborning/reborning dolls and I love it! I am working on my 6th doll now and I think I am slowly making progress. I hope to learn a lot being her and at some point maybe I can offer help to someone.

TinyEarthAngels · Guru

Hi Sally its lovely to meet you welcome to the forum hun (((hugs)))

Buffington · Guru

Welcome to our family forum Sally. Glad to have you! You will find that everyone is helpful and friendly here! :)

I have sent you a pm regarding your pic in your post.

Sweetsensations4u2 · Member

Hello everyone, this too is my very 1st post to the forum.....not scared but very, very excited and honored to be here. Sooooooo many talented artist and newbies like me to meet and share ideas with. My daughter turned me onto "Reborning" and I love it. I just finished my first baby.."Tina", gave her as a birthday present to my Aunt..she always wanted her own baby. Now she has one and she loves her. Hopefully I can post a pic of her and get some feed back. again..just want to say..."I'm sooooo happy to be here".

Buffington · Guru

Welcome to our forum Sweet. Nice to have you here!

cara · Newbie

Hello to everyone,I am totally new to this, so please be patient with me. Cant wait to get to know you all. My name is Cara, i live in Glasgow in Scotland and very pleased to meet you all.
I am a total beginner and am probably typing all this in the wrong part, but anyway cant wait to get to know you all and tune in to all your helpfull hints, god knows i'll need it.
Cara

Buffington · Guru

Hello and welcome Cara! :)
There are lots of helpful forumers here and lots of subjects/threads for newbies to read (and of course the rest of us who tend to forget lol).
Scotland, wow!

Since you are a "total beginner" at newborning, may I suggest looking over the site to see all the wonderful things we have to help you? ;)
Our best and most helpful dvd made especially for newbies is the Beginner Classroom Training. I do believe we still have some dvd segments online so you can check it out before you buy.

We have the very best vinyl and it's non-toxic! We offer a one-stop-shop so you don't have to run all over to get what you need.

again, welcome and happy reading (and posting of course when you're ready). And yes, you did post in the right place!

Sugardu · Member

Hello-
How soft is your vinyl if there is no silicone in it?
I didn't know you didn't have silicone in it, and don't
like hard vinyl.
I was looking forward to using the new paints.
Can they be used on silicone/vinyl?
SugarDu

Buffington · Guru

Our vinyl is soft enough to not need to be heated to root! And our new vinyl is even softer. No, we have never used silicone in our vinyl because it is toxic when heated.
I know, I don't like the hard vinyl either, I can't stand to do my Knoops cause she's like a rock! lol

Yes, you can use the new paints on vinyl/silicone mix kits. I haven't had any problems with that or heard of any.

3crazykids · Veteran Member

Hi my name is heather i just started reborning , got everything i will need i cant wait to start.
im a little scared, i bought paige by tasha edenholm from bb, sorry i could not choose a secrist kit i want them all. iam also form north carolina and have 3 kids 5,8,10, they keep me busy. cant wait to start

Buffington · Guru

Welcome hun. I'm sure you're going to like it here. We're all warm, friendly and helpful!

Date: Jul 20, 2009

Several years ago I took my daughters to the home of a lady and the girls were able to construct their own babies on site, picking out eye color, hair, clothes, etc.. It was a special day. Now I would like to do the same thing with my granddaughters. The dolls were Secrist and the company name was "Remember Me" (I even have a catalog and the name of the lady who serviced us), but it appears that the format for making the dolls has now changed. Does "Remember Me" still have an aspect of their business that offers the "build-a-doll" concept? I live in Michigan, actually very near the site of the original Zook doll factory.

Buffington · Guru

That dealers business may no longer exist. If they were the Apple Valley Dolls (sister company of Secrist Dolls) that would be very easy to do. You could order everything you need online (I do offer everything both websites offer on my website) and have it either shipped to you so your granddaughters can make them with you, or you can again, choose everything you need and have me put them together and they would then come with an outfit and be ready to play with.

Here is my website: www.timelesstreasurebabiesnursery.mysite.com

If that isn't quite what you wanted to do you may look in the Secrist site and AV site to see if your dealer still is in business. www.avdw.com or www.secristdolls.com

If you need any more help with this I would be glad to assist you. I have been with AV and Secrist for over 19 years. I live in MN so you couldn't just pop over, but I can still do it by mail for you. :)

sage brush nursery · Guru

i know what you mean about being excited,i'm still useing rescue dolls as my family calls them -so i make my mistakes on them but can hardly wait to do my nity-nite doll.my daughter wants to reborn one as a vampire furious

yours sage biggrin

Buffington · Guru

It's nice that some people are still "rescuing" dolls and giving them a new outlook lol

prdiana1 · Newbie

Hello to Everyone, Wow, im glad im here! well im a newbee too. I ordered a starting kit but im still waiting for it to arrive, its comming from Canada and I live in Puerto Rico. Ive been searching and watching tutorials like crazy im all bottled up with info. but im sure when its time to begin Ill be confused. I started sculptingoook minuture babies with prosulpt clay a month ago, Went to visit my daughters in Arizona and my oldest was starting to sculpt Mermaids for some reason I was interested in babies, I love newborn babies so she gave me a piece of clay and iI started sculping on the plane on my way back home. My first sculpt looked like an old man but ive done 4 and they are looking much better and im sure with time I will improve. All my babies are bald and nude and still not painted I used prosculpt baby so at least they have a bit off flesh color If anyone outhere knows how can i put some hair on my baldies please let me know im kind of stuck with this. Im looking foward to share with all of you
Thank you

karitiara · Newbie

hi my name is kari im from norway and really glad i found this site there is almost nothing on reborning in norway i just starded reborning i have painted 2 baybys and are trying to root haire on one, boy its hard but i will get it..... bleh thank heaven for all of yous and the help i find here . hugs from norway biggrin

Buffington · Guru

Hello Kari and welcome to our family forum. We're really glad you found us! We have lots of talent in here and lots of people struggling with things here and there. But everyone is friendly and helpful, and willing to tell you what works or doesn't work for them! We share and play nice :D
One of our old moderators, Danielle, is from Holland. And my great grandmother was from Bergens Norway!
Again, welcome! HUGS

karitiara · Newbie

hi thank you soo mutch i struggeld a littel bit to find the message lol , im soo happy that i did find you,s . you have norwegian in you then ,thats nice ,

Buffington · Guru

Its always good to remember where you posted your message. Then you just go back to that topic thread to see if someone answered your question or made a comment. Then you can post again :D
Yes, I am mostly 4 ethnicities... Norwegian, Swedish, German, and Irish. I am also little bits of other things too but mostly these 4. :D