About

About Us –

What started as a painting table tucked into a corner of a little apartment has grown into a thriving business! Adorable Silicone Babies Dolls ships out hundreds of kits and dozens of finished babies every year all around the world.

  Adorable Silicone Babies Dolls was founded by Manuela L Grover back in 2009. Manuela was initially exposed to doll making from a very young age, as her mother both made and collected porcelain dolls. She first became interested in the world of reborn dolls in 2008 when looking on eBay for Christmas presents. She recalls having decided on a whim to sort the dolls by the highest price, just to see what the most expensive items might be, and, there they were—reborn dolls! Vinyl was the most common medium of the time and as she browsed through those dolls, she had the thought, “I think I could do that”, and so she did!

She began her career with vinyl dolls, selling them on eBay and also through private custom orders. She worked for years, built up her skills, and made HUNDREDS of babies! As silicone became more and more popular, she again thought to herself, “I think I could do that”, and she did! Manuela has been casting and painting silicone dolls now since 2015. She has grown her artistic abilities through years of practice, picking up new skills both through classes and trial and error, developing her own methods along the way, and has become one of the top silicone doll artists in the industry.