Fancy Hair

We were getting ready for our Spring/ birthday photo shoot last night. I was so in love with my three original girls' outfits and hairdos that I had to share some photos of just them. First of all I love that each of them is wearing pale pink dresses with white pinafores! Aren't they to die for!!!!!!! They look so sweet and feminine. I spent quite a bit of time on their hair creating fancy braids so here is a closer look...

First is sweet Kirsten.

On Kirsten I did two small inverted french braids starting on either side of her part. When french braiding I only picked up and added on the hairline side. I followed along her hairline and stopped picking up more hair just below her ears then did a simple braid with the remaining hair. I then wrapped the braids to the opposite sides, tucked the ends in, and pinned them in place (kind of like Marie Grace's hair but with french braids). It ended up making a perfect circle for her daisy garland to fit around! :)

Next, we have darling Addy. 

Addy is sporting a similar styled braid but it continued to the back of her head and sits higher on her head than Kirsten's braids. Once the french braiding got to the back of her head I finished them by doing simple braids and wrapped them to the opposite sides as with Kirsten's. Then a topped it off with a big pink bow which was fastened with a bobby pin.

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While we are talking about Addy's hair I'd love to get feedback from you about something. I have done A LOT of playing with Addy's hair over the last ummm almost 20 years (that's scary to think about!) and she has lost a lot of hair over the years. She has some pretty bad bald spots making me consider re-wigging her. She is a pre-Mattel and I worry that re-wigging may devalue her. Not to mention a few bald spots makes her more "real" like the Velveteen Rabbit so I get sad thinking of her not being 100% original. Then again a fresh head of hair sure would be fun AND nice to play with. What are your thoughts? Have you done this? Is it worth it? Does it take away from her value? Pretty please leave me a comment on this topic :)

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 Lastly, we have the lovely Samantha.

With Samantha's hair I used two small sections on either side of her head and fishtail braided them by adding  little pieces of the sections at a time (like french braiding). I let the sections come together low at the nape of her neck then continued fishtail braiding without adding more hair and tied it off with an elastic hair tie. I set her rosette garland high on her bangs then tucked the ribbon under the initial braid and crisscross wrapped it over the rest of the braid and finally tied it in a bow over the hair tie.

I had so much fun playing beauty shop with them! I hope you have been inspired by our fancy hair. Thank you for viewing and please don't forget to share your feedback below about my re-wigging dilemma! 

P.S. I don't want you to think I have forgotten my girls' birthdays! We have a very exciting birthday party planned!!!! The preparations are still in the works (these outfits are part of the preparations). Look forward to seeing an awesome birthday party post in the near future!!!!