When I was in Japan in late 2005 I bought many vintage Licca friends and family dolls. I haven’t been able to share photos of them all yet due to major camera troubles, lack of free time and a computer meltdown so severe that I had to buy a whole new system. But that should change soon since my camera has been fixed and I finally got a Photoshop update.

In the meantime I recently sent my vintage Lady Licca and & Licca friend Harumi Asaoka to Japan to visit the super talented Mikiko who I’ve admired for a long time thanks to seeing her wonderful work in magazines like Bean. Mikiko was kind enough to restore my Lady Licca and Harumi Asaoka dolls and now they look better then ever! She also kindly made my Lady Licca doll a cute little dress for her journey home. Here are a couple of before and after photos (please excuse the horrible quality of the “before” photo which I took with the camera on my computer late at night since I didn’t have a camera!).

Before . . .

After . . .