Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cabbage Patch Kids on October 31, 2013| Leave a Comment »
This cutie patootie is named Miles. I’ve had him as long as I can remember. The sailor outfit he’s wearing is homemade by my mom, and I’m pretty sure he stole the jacket from my sister’s doll named Cromwell. But I’m not sure, because I can’t remember what outfit Miles came in, so it could very well be his jacket. Doesn’t matter. He’s cute.
Happy Halloween everyone!
Posted in Uncategorized on October 30, 2013| 1 Comment »
Another new member to my dolly family is Michelle. I got her at Cracker Barrel! I love Cracker Barrel, but we don’t have one anywhere near here(last I checked the closest is in Missoula which is about 500 miles away). So I walked 1.5 miles when I was in Albuquerque and waited 45 minutes for a table. Totally worth it.
But a 45 minute wait for a table gives you plenty of time to wander about the “Old Country Store”. I found a dolly. She has a scooter on her t-shirt, so I bought her the Our Generation scooter on my next trip to Target. I’ve been eyeing that scooter for months.
So cute!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged american girl, mia on October 29, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Mia was the lucky doll that accompanied me and my friends to a special event at American Girl. It was free, reservations were required, and they had lemonade and chocolate-covered strawberries. And there was a drawing at the door, and they gave us a goodie bag with a Saige poster, another Saige t-shirt, a copy of American Girl Magazine, and a book called Express Yourself.
They almost didn’t give me a goodie bag because I looked like a child. Since we were unsure what they meant by “refreshments”, we didn’t eat before we went to the store. So after we went the the Old Spaghetti Factory. Yum. We got to sit in the train.
The best part came the next day, when Becky won the drawing! She won the dolly daybed, the dreamy bedding, the blue pajamas, and a night at a hotel in Lynnwood. She called the hotel and booked New Years Eve!! And I get to come! Girl of the Year 2014 here we come!
Let’s find a few more photos of Mia.
Mia was Girl of the Year 2008. She has a bunch of brothers and loves figure skating. Conveniently, I love figure skating too, so I love Mia.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged madame alexander on October 28, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Another International Madame Alexander, this is Mexico. I got her last year on ebay
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged my melody, pullip on October 27, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Melody is a Pullip and she is dressed like Sanrio’s bunny named My Melody. Here are some photos that I’ve posted previously:
And here she is today with her hood off:
I adore her pink hair, and I am a Sanrio fan, which makes Melody a perfect Pullip.
Have a nice day!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged madame alexander on October 26, 2013| Leave a Comment »
This is Melanie Hamilton-Wilkes. Like from Gone with the Wind.
I once heard characters in a book or a movie talk about how Melanie in the Gone with the Wind movie was too pretty. And I finally read the book last year and I understood what they were talking about. Scarlett is always talking about how homely Melanie is. Then I decided that movie Melanie (played by Olivia de Havilland–we share a birthday!) is supposed to be pretty. Melanie is actually beautiful and nice, but Scarlett just can’t see it out of her jealousy. That’s my theory and I’m sticking too it.
If movie Melanie is too pretty, then so is this doll. She’s so pretty. And her dress is fancy. I got her for Christmas when I was 7 or 8 I think.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged american girl, mckenna on October 25, 2013| Leave a Comment »
McKenna is the Girl of the Year from 2012. I bought her at the Seattle store a few days after New Years, and a few pieces of her collection were already sold out. That’s why the next year I went on New Years Day. I still got the last copy of the Saige Paints the Sky book, and we had to take it out of the hands of a little girl (“Are you going to buy that? No? Can I have it please?)! Those American Girl collectors be crazy!
McKenna has nice, straight hair. That’s a big reason she got picked to go with me to Chicago this summer. So here she is looking cute in Chicago:
For Halloween she is dressed as Princess Jasmine, in an outfit I bought at Disney World in 2009. By the way, I’m going to Disney World in 11 days!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged a girl for all time, matilda on October 24, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Matilda is the first doll in the A Girl For All Time line. She lives in Tudor England. Her cousin is Katherine Howard, the 5th wife of Henry VIII, and she is invited to join her court. Here she is in her costume for the masquerade ball:
And here is her new friend Clementine (who finally arrived last week!) and her Victorian friend Amelia, all in their fancy costumes.
Isn’t Clementine’s boa adorable?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged maru on October 23, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Maru! One of the taller dolls in my collection (I think she’s 21 inches), I got her earlier this year. Here are her gorgeous “day she arrived” photos:
And here she is getting her Flamenco on for Halloween this year:
Maru is an amazing doll. She gets my thumbs up.
Posted in Uncategorized on October 22, 2013| 4 Comments »
Marta is one of the few dolls I have that I had to name myself. I named her after the Dutch girl that Chandler and Joey fought over in an episode of Friends (the One With All the Football). She is a Tonner doll and she is adorable. I got her on ebay for about $60 (original price $125!). I was so excited to have a doll that commemorates my favorite ride at Disneyland.
Well, last week the Disney Store released a whole line of It’s A Small World dolls! I love them. They sing in 2 languages (except the English one; he only sings in English), and they fit in nicely with the international theme of the majority of my doll collection (American Girls, Canadian girls, Australian Girl, my Madame Alexanders, etc). So I bought them all. They were just under $30 a piece. They arrived in a giant Disney Store box last week. They look adorable in pictures, but their hair is really cheesy, and they can’t really sit down, and some of them have trouble standing on their own. They have weird body shapes, owing to the singing mechanism and push-button bellies. They would not stop singing as I tried to take them out of boxes. I finally found the off switch after I got the first doll unpacked.
And look how cheesy the Dutch one looks next to my beautiful Tonner doll:
Wow, she actually photographs pretty well. You don’t notice her wonky bangs so much, and her yellow hair comes out a bit more mellow than it is in real life.
Here are the other 6:
India, England, Kenya
France, Japan, and Hawaii
Which one’s your favorite?
my dolly addiction 