#4) How Do I Know If My Doll Needs A New Wig?

We can help you decide by our viewing a photo of your doll.  We have salvaged many original wigs which always adds value to a vintage doll and helps to bring back your memories of her when she was new. If she once had Rolled Banana Bangs and you cut them short or off, IF we have her hair color here in the Saran, we do make "Banana Bang Hairpieces" that you will not be able to tell are not her original. (this is an extra fee not recorded in our information at this time) 

You will be the one making the final decision and if you do decide you want the wig replaced we can recommend your visiting Online http://monique.com  We are very impressed with the quality of these wigs. You are responsible for the cost of the wig and their prices are not bad at all. (I might add that we receive no monies from any transactions) For Shirley Temple Wigs we suggest:  http://dollsparts.com If you should purchase these or from anyone else, tell them to send the wig to our address:  

The Scripture Tree Shop

c/o Sheryl Black

2309 N. 5th Street

Duncan, Oklahoma 73533

Just a little bit of information for a 22" Saucy Walker's new wig.  Her size is 14/15   Also: To put a wig into braids is not suggested.  A Wig that has braids already is the best because there needs to be a seam down the back to separate the braids.  I have done this for an owner once and the braids looked okay but actually it is best to buy a wig suited for braids.

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#5) Who Are You And Who Is Dr. Hubby?

Smiles cross my face as I make an attempt to answer this particular question.  We both are Christians and love our Lord with all that we are about.  In the flesh we are decent folks who tend to be very much the perfectionists.  So much so that we may add a week to your doll's shipment back to you in the slight event that Dr. Hubby finds something he was not aware of on your doll and refuses to let her go until that problem is solved by him.  He wants you to know that he will let you know what she needs on her body and if he finds something on her he will then tell ME to talk to you about it and just about insist that you agree that he should repair whatever it is.  We answer to God alone so no fear of anything being created by us for any reason or any extra fee.  Believe me, we do fear the Lord.

Let me begin by telling you that I, Sheryl Elaine Hale Black, am a Web Designer.  I have been for ten years and have founded a few sites such as http://scrollcardsonline.com  and http://thescripturetree.com and http://houseofproverbs.com and http://thescripturetreeshop.com which now is http://saucywalkerscorner.com and have created web sites I don't even remember for others over the years.  

I turned The Scripture Tree Shop into mostly carrying the dolls now because of my mother's passing in June of 2008. I started this doll Web Site in the memory of  my Mother, Mary Nell Hale. She loved these dolls and through her I have learned that they are precious and really do have a spirit of their own.  I have also learned that the world of dolls can actually bring happiness to women and from that joy that we feel, healing is possible for our bodies.  Look at them close and see the joy they have brought to a child who imagined them to be real.  They may be old, but their spirit is still alive. My prayers go with each and every one I have restored, that they might bring joy to their new owners. It is my guess that as long as I live and while there are still dolls on this earth that need our help I shall by the grace of God be able to continue along side my husband, Caroll Don Black, lovingly known as Dr. Hubby or Cary to restore them and bring loving memories back to their owners.

Now who is this husband of mine?  Caroll Don Black, Cary and or Dr. Hubby? He is the most amazing and intelligent man I and even my own mother, who lived with us, have ever known.  Mom was quite the intellect all her life until she met her match...her son-in-law.  My heavens they would talk for hours on end.  I have had an office at home for ten years and Cary, as he was known by Mom before she passed would walk straight by me sitting at my desk, not a peep from her to me, straight to Cary to ask him or tell him the simplest thing.  I would sit there with mouth open as my eyes followed her to him here in our shop and from him and back out the shops' door. One would think her mother did not like her daughter?  Not really. she so admired her son-in-law called "Cary" that I thought mostly how blessed I am to have a man in my life so close to God and who would be the FIRST one I had ever seen her be so taken up with. I truly am grateful.

Okay, now who is he vocation wise?  He is a specialist machinist, working and wanted by many companies from coast to coast because of his expertise. We did do our share of traveling over the years.  He is also a man who worked along side the crew that created the Hubble Telescope at N.A.S.A. at the The Redstone Arsenal located in Huntsville, Alabama. This is one of their locations, they do have quite a few.  Now think on this:  He is also a man deeply in love with guns and knives?  Does this give you an idea that this man with this background could EVER want to work on dolls? HA!

When I began this business, I would spend anywhere from 12 to 14 hours every day of the week for one year UNTIL a few months ago as I was finishing the first Shirley Temple doll repair on our site's front page.  This is when I began to feel a wee but strange.  To make a long story shorter, my Doctor's frank and unyielding suggestion to me was to STOP IT!!  Either I Stopped the long hours or I would end up with either a heart attack and or a stroke.  This man I call "My Husband" and lovingly now whom I call "Dr. Hubby" immediately came to my rescue or this business and the new lives of many dolls would be out the window.  So thank you Dr. Hubby!  God's love shines brightly through you each and every moment of our lives together.  Here is an e-card that I wrote because of who he is:

"I See Him There Within You!"

Although he had helped me with the Shirley Temple doll he had not fully gotten into the Saucy Walker Dolls as I was until now.  So for those of you who care to know who does what here: I am the repairing of the eyes specialist, I also salvage the wigs, I clean the faces and I re-string the arms on the Saucy Walkers and the whole bodies on the composition dolls. (Well I use to re-string them...Dr. Hubby just took away my re-stringing job as well..hum? That is okay..He Cannot Repair The Eyes...that is my secret for now anyway...I will jump up and down for joy if he ever sits still long enough to learn that one!!) I dress them, and make all the bows and stiffen them for display.  I order supplies and do all the web work. I also spend two hours packaging the doll for shipment, each doll.  My daughter will paint the mouths if needed but Dr. Hubby" Does the rest which is taking the heads off, sanding, fillers, cracks, seam splits, painting with the ""Air Brush" gluing, blushing, eye shadow, and  he takes the walkers apart to make sure the walking mechanism is perfect.  Now his son Bryan is helping him do everything...Oh how fun!  I knew we raised these five kids for a reason. giggle

Click Here To See Saucy Walker's Corner and Dr. Hubby's Doll Hospital

We have five adult children and three granddaughters and one grandson between us and two Boxers and one Black Lab that are large dogs and one spoiled Shih Tzu and a home that has for three years housed not only us and our business and tons of vintage dolls but a few adult kids and a grand daughter and a son.  Our daughter and granddaughter now have an adorable house in town and one of our son's is now living with us.  So that is who we are all in a nutshell, a rather large one at that.  God Bless you for taking your time to read this small book.

 

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#6) How Do I Pay You And When?

We prefer checks, money orders, cashier checks, or Paypal.  Either one is fine with us.  However, we prefer that on our repair dolls that you send no more than $100.00 for the down payment on either of our Prepare For Display Packages until we finalize her/him. Then we will send you an email Invoice or Paypal Invoice, which ever one you prefer for the balance, depending on the package that you have chosen and or whatever else you have requested.  The shipping fee is separate and we can let you know how much it is when we find out, then you can pay us anyway you find the easiest to do.  (Shipping can be paid anyway that you can find possible before we send the doll because we are only able to Lay-A-Way our time spent on the doll and not money spent on shipping.)

Keep in mind we do have very easy and simple Lay-A-Way plan on repair dolls as well as dolls that we sell.  We will keep them up to 4 months or more if you request us to do so. We prefer the first $100.00 on our repair dolls and you pay what you can and when you can.

LAY-A-WAY POLICY FOR SALE LISTED DOLLS...we ask 20% down and we let you know what is due the first week of each month (for 4 months after down payment is paid) till the balance is paid in full. If you should change your mind as time goes by, we keep the down payment up front money and send you back the money that you have paid us in payments. Your doll will be shipped to you once the balance is paid in full.  We are adding all shipping now in the price of the doll so no extra invoicing for shipping will be needed.  We always ship USPS Priority to protect the dolls against postal damage.

We have a doll room that is temperature controlled with a lock on it so no one bothers the dolls.  They are always stored with your name and information in plastic except for the vinyl faced dolls and composition.  We cover vinyl and composition dolls in cloth. Plastic can create moisture build-up.

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#7) How and Where Do I Ship My Doll To You?

To box up a 22" Saucy Walker and protect her face and eyes you can use a  long rectangle box to lay her on her tummy with her arms outstretched to keep her face away from the bottom of the box and the fillers OR or a square box to sit her up in.  

She needs to keep her eyes open during shipment.  She also needs her face make-up protected against any fillers that you will be using.  You can tape a plastic bowl to her head (Keeping the tape off of her face at all times) and we will return it to you.  One customer cut out a piece from an egg carton for the eyes.  If she has all of her original lashes it is so important not to have anything rub against them as well.  When we send her back to you she will have one of our strong paper masks that we make and resemble a 'Deep Sea Diver".  You may laugh when you see her.

We need to beg (can you see us on our knees?) for you NOT to use the popcorn fillers as they fly all over the place and our time needs to be used to hug and kiss and pray for your Baby doll when we first see her.  giggle.  Most all the dolls we receive need that prayer pretty quickly.

We use tons of pink tissue stuffed pretty tight around the dolls and you can either use tissue, paper towels, Walmart bags if she has no vinyl face nor is not a composition doll...in which case for them, use paper or cloth or cotton. People have used newspapers and crunched up paper of any kind in the past.  We do not make judgments on your wrapping ability, we are way too busy concentrating on the doll you send.  You can also use the small bubble wrap around her but please do not roll her up like a mummy...just stuff the fillers around her.  God Bless Each and Everyone of you!!

A Customers doll that came in.  Good Idea!!! A Cool Whip Container would work. hum?

See the nice plastic bags and no popcorn peanut fillers?

ALSO:  Shipping Policy For Dolls That Are For Sale:

USPS Priority shipping costs and handling fees are included in the price of each doll unless otherwise indicated. 

Our Shipping Containers: All of our Saucy Walker dolls or other vintage dolls for sale or repair over $100.00 at: "Saucy Walker's Corner"  are shipped in either the three sizes of custom boxes. We have a 16" With Lid, 26" With Lid and a 36" double walled corrugated box for the larger dolls. Our packaging is among the best you can receive. We use our theme pink and white polka dot ribbons on most boxes, some may have a pastel plain colored ribbon.  The box looks like a gift when it is shipped.
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Boxes With Lids Look Like This.	Our 36" Double Walled Corrugated Box.

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#8) My Question Is Not Listed Here.

If you find that your question has not been asked in the list, please feel free to contact us in email: info@saucywalkerscorner.com

 

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#9) Send This Page To A Friend.

 

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#10)  Do You Offer Refunds On Your Sale Dolls?

Absolutely, however,  Only if we have grossly misrepresented the doll in Description. We take many photos of the dolls and we want you to know what you are gaining for your collection.  We are perfectionists that take many hours restoring each doll.  If something is wrong with her in any way that we are aware of, we always explain the problem. Example: If the 22" Saucy Walker doll does not cry and we fail to make you aware, please be aware that 90% of the Saucy Walker Dolls coming to us do NOT cry after 50 years or more and unless we tell you she has a crier that still works, we seldom mention that she does not.  We tell you if she is a good walker most of the time. If she is not a good walker we always let you know.  We take pride in our dolls and we never have had a request for any refund at all and do not expect to.  Again, we will determine the fairness of a refund upon the grounds that we have grossly misrepresented her in Description only. We do not take responsibility of the doll being damaged in shipping in anyway. We always insure the dolls.

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#11)  What Is Your Privacy Policy?

We never disclose any information about our customers.  We use Paypal for our money   transactions and we never take credit card information.  If you chose to send a check, we will not ever give out that information. We do unto others as we would like for them to do unto us. When we record the owner of a doll in our repair service we always use their first name on the web site, never their last names.  If we request to record an email of thanks on any of our pages and get the permission to do so, we will not record email addresses unless asked to do so.  

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#12)  Our Shipping Packages

Our Shipping Containers: All of our Saucy Walker dolls or other vintage dolls for sale or repair over $100.00 at: "Saucy Walker's Corner"  are shipped in either the three sizes of custom boxes. We have a 16" With Lid, 26" With Lid and a 36" double walled corrugated box for the larger dolls. Our packaging is among the best you can receive. We use our theme pink and white polka dot ribbons on most boxes, some may have a pastel plain colored ribbon.  The box looks like a gift when it is shipped.
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Boxes With Lids Look Like This.	Our 36" Double Walled Corrugated Box.

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