Heads Up on Those Nude Dasias!
IMPORTANT: If you purchased one of the nude Big Beautiful Dasia dolls that I posted about here, be careful in choosing the color and type fabric used for your clothing selection for your doll. The...
View ArticleButtercup Trixie Post Inspires Two New F&B Purchases
Black Grumpy is shown on the far left in the red floral-print dress with Effanbee (F&B) Patsy family dolls (Photo courtesy of CLF Doll Collection).The photo shared by CLF Doll Collection, shown...
View ArticleTheriault's Upcoming October Doll Auctions
An American Childhood, upcoming Theriault's doll auctions: At Play in a Field of Dolls and The Blackler CollectionI received auction catalogs for two upcoming Theriault's auctions: At Play in a Field...
View ArticleTwo More Patients for Doc G.
Two early Ginny dolls have come unstrung.I discovered these two limbless Ginny dolls when I retrieved my 1913 Grumpy doll to photograph for the Grumpy post. Since their early 1990s arrival, they had...
View ArticleBarbie Best Fashion Friend Nikki is Over 2 Feet Tall!
Barbie Best Fashion Friend Nikki is over 2 feet tall (Internet-captured photo)Have you seen her? I was just informed by a Facebook friend about Barbie Best Fashion Friend Nikki. According to Just Play...
View ArticleA Collector's Review of Barbie Best Fashion Friend Nikki
Best Fashion Friend Nikki poses with a My Size Barbie for size comparison.As a followup to yesterday's post, fellow doll enthusiast, Onlyalisa, was able to locate Barbie Best Fashion Friend Nikki at...
View ArticleLithographed Dolls That Piqued My Interest
After receiving catalogs from the two Theriault's auctions that took place on October 4th through 6th, I updated my Proxibid account with intentions to bid on one of two actions. I did place an early...
View ArticlePrettie Girls Dolls including Kimani and Dahlia @ Zulily.com
Today would be the day that I decided to delete my Zulily.com email notification of special sales items before opening it to view. I have been purchasing so many items from them lately, I decided not...
View ArticleFuture Redressing Fun for One, Maybe More
New dolly fashions from ShashaThree beautifully presented envelopes arrived from the Philippines this week from Shasha of atelierniSHASHA. Unfortunately for me, I have absolutely no time for doll play...
View ArticleStacey McBride-Irby revolutionizes the doll industry
A great interview of the designer of the Prettie Girls dolls from Lioness Magazine can be read below or at the provided source link: Stacey McBride-Irby revolutionizes the doll industryPosted on...
View ArticleI Can Be Great!
I received a very special art doll from artist, Wyatt E. Hicks. I never imagined I would own one of his three-dimensional works of art, but now I do. It was made especially for me.After his...
View ArticleBarbie Best Fashion Friend Nikki's Makeover
Nikki before (far left) and as she is now after a makeover by Onlyalisa.Onlyalisa gave Barbie Best Fashion Friend Nikki what she describes as a quick makeover.She explained:I wanted an urban natural...
View ArticleDolls Featured on Recent Episodes of Iyanla Fix My Life
If you have watched this season of Iyanla Fix My Life (IFML), which airs on Saturday evenings on OWN (the Oprah Winfrey Network), you have probably seen the 34 dolls used to represent a man's 34...
View ArticleA Warm Thank You From Pattycake Doll Company
As a result of my previous post about the dolls featured on Iyanla Fix My Life, I received an unexpected "thank you email" from Pattycake Doll Company (the source of the 34 dolls used on the show)....
View ArticleAsk and It Shall Be Given
... if it is meant to be.Postage stamps from SpainFellow collector "Bego," who authors the blog, Mis Barbies Negras (My Black Barbies), and I are members of one of the same Facebook doll groups. Bego...
View ArticleCute International Travel Friends by Madame Alexander
Madame Alexander Travel Friends are BOGO (buy one get one) 25% off until October 31, 2014. The dolls are 7 inches tall, vinyl, jointed at elbows and knees, priced $16.95 each and 25% off when the code...
View ArticleJanay's New Fashions, a Mini Photo Shoot
There is so much mixing and matching that can be done with the tunics and leggings I ordered for Color Infusion Janay from Shasha of atelierniShasha.The items purchased were revealed in a previous...
View Article♥Jazlin and James♥
Jazlin and James, photo courtesy of fellow collector, DawnFellow doll collector, Dawn, shared the photo on the left of Jazlin and James, 14-inch anatomically correct, all-vinyl dolls made in Spain....
View ArticleGuest Post by The Pattycake Doll Company
Why Do You Do What You Do?Guest Post by The Pattycake Doll Company When we asked Debbie what kind of post she thought her readers would like, her answer was along the lines of “just tell...
View ArticleSeptember and October Dolls
The dolls featured here (among others) arrived in late September and October. I recently took the opportunity to enter them into my Excel spreadsheet and decided to photograph and share their photos...
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