My name is Gloria Balcom and I am the artist behind the Newborn Wonders Nursery. I’ve always been involved in some type of craft or art starting way back in grade school.  I used to make my own doll clothes and then through high school moved up to making my own clothes. I have always loved babies, I guess that’s why I had both of my daughters before I was 23, I couldn’t wait to have my own. Now they are both grown and supplying me with grandchildren and hard for me to believe… great grandchildren.   

I had watched my youngest daughter for several years as she created the most beautiful reborn babies.  She always got so much joy out of the art; I admired her for all the time and detail that she would put into her creations.  As a Mother’s day gift she gave me my first two reborn babies, then another one for my Birthday and another one for Christmas. I now own four of her reborn babies, but still had never thought that it was something that I would be able to do… For years she tried to convince me to give it a try.  In June of 2007, I went with her to the annual IDEX Reborn convention in Las Vegas. I enjoyed myself so much and met so many wonderful people that shared the love of the art, when we got home my daughter tried one more time to get me to try reborning. 

Finally this time I agreed and with that first baby, I found the joy and wonder that you experience as you watch the doll come to life.  When they start to develop their own personalities and really speak to your heart, it was then that I understood why so many people loved this art. So now I was hooked!  I have now created 10 babies and each one has given me the opportunity to learn new techniques. I have to give credit to my teacher, my daughter Shelli Sebring, the artist behind Almost Babies Nursery.  She has always been my teacher, mentor, biggest supporter and best friend.  Thank you Shelli!