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The Holiday Barbie I Had to Have
2018 Holiday BarbieI had seen this pink box Holiday Barbie a couple of times on Facebook in late November/early December 2018 but didn't feel the need to buy her then. The week before Christmas, I saw...
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Blessings from Beautiful Blessings Dolls
Polka dot and Camo Dress are fashions designed exclusively for Beautiful Blessings dolls.The lovely Raveen James, founder of Beautiful Blessings dolls blessed me with the two Beautiful Blessings...
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Aria and Froggy Fresh Dolls
Fresh Dolls Aria Deluxe Set and Froggy Fresh Deluxe SetAria and Froggy Fresh arrived in late December. I had preordered Aria in March of 2018 before the dolls were produced. Froggy Fresh was ordered...
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Bea's After Christmas Fashion
For Christmas, Bea (Barbie Fashionista #82) was dressed in this blue and white Mikelman Christmas gown.It took me 11 days after Christmas to take the holiday decorations down and store them. I had...
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Ruby's Repair
Ruby Bridges by Karen OyekanmiMy Ruby Bridges tribute doll, first seen here, had a mishap. The day after she arrived, when positioning her for display, I noticed her left arm was not in the arm...
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Malia's Quick Redress
18-inch doll fashion by Adora in an Internet-captured imageI purchased the above fashion in June 2018 from Zulily.com for $9.99 (now sold out) with plans to redress Brains and Beauty Malia (one of the...
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Kuki's Redresses, Wig, and Dr. King
Kuki by Annette Himstedt is shown in a prototype headshot in the above photo. My doll entered my collection the year of release, 2003.Kuki wears her original clothing, headscarf, and leather...
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First Dolls for 2019
Team Stacie scientist, a boyfriend of Chelsea, and ChelseaRecently, I saw Ms. Leo's post about her Team Stacie scientist. I looked for the doll on a recent trip to a Target store where three were in...
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A Parade of Black Dolls
Rub-a-Dub Dolly by Tyco is one of the "Dolls on Parade" featured in April's coverage of the Chesapeake Doll Club's MLK Day Luncheon.Fellow blogger of "Of Dolls," April Perlowski, wrote a review of the...
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Former Banner Image
Circa late 1990s greeting card that I named "doll lover."I used the above image as the banner for this blog prior to using the current banner image, which is a digital painting of an actual photo of me...
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The R.Q. Five
Five R.Q.-marked dolls - Photograph courtesy of eBay seller, shadowsamThe above five Leo Moss-type dolls were offered recently on eBay. They sold for $395.00.After the auction ended, the doll...
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14R-Marked High-Heel Fashion Doll
1960s 14R Miss Revlon-Type Fashion DollAfter sharing a link to my blog post "2018 Dolls Given and Received," which includes information about an 18-inch circa 1960s high-heel fashion doll, the...
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Simple Justice 1993
Dolls Test Dolls from American Experience Simple JusticeOn January 18, 1993, episode 8, series 5 of PBS's American Experience was titled Simple Justice. The documentary starred Peter Francis James as...
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Blogging While Black-Doll Collecting
The recent occurrence of white people calling the police on black people for basically attempting to enjoy life has led to monikers, memes, and social media shaming for these 911 callers. A few of...
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So It's Great Work Now
The review of the citation this blog received from Google for containing allegedly dangerous or derogatory content is copied below. The specific name of the program policy is blotted out.Dear...
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Happy Valentine's Day!
Now that the inconvenience is over, blogging will resume here, for now. Thank you again to those who read about the situation in my two previous blog posts and for the encouraging words and sentiments...
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Black History with Dolls by Joyce Finley-Stamps Part 1
Long-time doll group and Facebook friend Joyce Finley-Stamps who, in addition to being a doll collector, is an appraiser, lecturer and also genealogist. Joyce has shared daily Black Doll History photo...
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2019 NY Toy Fair
New York Toy Fair is being held at the Jacob K. Javits Center from February 16-19, 2019. Below is a link to one video and two embedded videos of some of the new dolls and toys that are being...
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#SnapStar Dawn
#SnapStar DawnThere are some new articulated 9-1/2-inch all-vinyl dolls by Yulu on the scene called #SnapStar available at Walmart. My doll's name is Dawn. She has the deepest complexion of the six...
View ArticleTOY FAIR 2019: ALL NEW Disney Descendants | Disney Princesses | Hasbro
In this Toy Fair 2019 video, Froggy and Little Froggy share new dolls from Disney.dbgThere is always something to collect and write about. Black dolls chose me. __________Thank you for following,...
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