About Karen Whitmore

Custom Reborn Doll Artist

I have always had an absolute love for babies. They have always been amazing to me and from a very young age I have understood what a true miracle each one is. At any given opportunity, a baby was in my arms for as long as the mother would let it stay.

Even as a young girl, I would study the features of each and every baby I would hold. I would try to etch the details into my memory because I realized how fast they would change and how quick their tiny features would disappear.

Then came my children, and oh, how I did not want them to grow! But as the days passed and I would look back at their pictures, I knew the baby that was in that picture was gone. It had been replaced with an older and more wonderful one. If you are a mother, you know what I mean.

I began to buy infant dolls. I just wanted one that would capture the true essence of a newborn child so that whenever I missed my babies, I could hold it and hug it, and even change its outfit if I felt like it! But no matter how much I paid or which doll I ordered, I could not find one that looked or felt real enough. That is how I became the founder of The Neverland Nursery, my reborn doll studio.

In January of 2007, I decided I would make one myself and boy did it turn out to be a grand adventure! God has truly blessed me with beautiful talents. I had the opportunity to spend the first 30 years of my life as a ballet dancer and teacher in the performing arts. Now I am blessed to be able to direct my talents in visual arts toward my love for babies. What could be more fun than creating beautiful replicas of the most delicate and precious time in life - infancy! My undaunting quest to find a "lifelike" doll has led me to a new & exciting era in my life! I am so excited to be able to create these precious liitle ones and I am honored that you are here!

About reborn doll artistry

All of the baby dolls you see on this site, with the exception of the Kool Kids, have been created through the delicate and beautiful arts of reborning and newborning. A reborn doll indicates that the baby started out as a finished manufactured vinyl doll which had to be stripped of all factory coloring and hair in order to transform it into a lifelike baby doll. Simply put, the baby has been "reborn."

Newborning is the term used when a blank vinyl doll kit has been used. Since the finished baby is "new" and not re-done, it is considered to be "newborned."

Having said all of that, the term reborn has become the most commonly used term for any of these types of dolls, therefore, I will refer to all of them as reborns on this site.

Please browse my reborn doll nursery and feel free to contact me with any inquiries, or to be put on my waiting list for a custom doll of your own!