Jenell became interested in dolls and their history when she inherited her grandmother's dolls. From that small beginning of 3 dolls, she has built a business making, repairing, refurbishing, appraising, buying and selling dolls.
Specialties
Jenell's Dolls at www.Jenell.com now includes a doll hospital where she repairs and refurbishes different types of dolls from antiques to composition to modern American Girl dolls. She also enjoys painting antique reproductions, creating one of a kind repaint dolls and painting face-ups on ball jointed dolls. You can find more information with pictures at www.Jenell.com or www.JenellDolls.com.
Over the years, Jenell has:
Since 1985, collected extensively, participated in doll study, and learned about a wide variety of dolls, doll history, clothing and fashions, manufacturers, and artists. In 1995-1999 and 2009-2011, served as president of the
Austin Doll Collectors Society's Facebook link (ADCS),
the Austin, Texas, chapter of the United Federation of Doll Clubs (UFDC).
Checkout the ASCS's blog(ASCS's blog).
From 1990 to the present, studied bisque doll making and repair, and built a reputation for fine repair. Since 2001, became a top rated eBay Power Seller, with the ID Jenell-com (Jenell-com current auctions link) In 2012, earned a certificate in "Complete Composition Repair" from Attic Antiquity Dolls (www.dolldr.com).
