Welcome Joe! A New Custom My Life As Doll Boy Doll Moves To Doll Village!

Hi Doll Friends!

I recently found a doll at Goodwill who'd been, well, let's just say she'd had a hard go at life thus far.... Being as she was only $1.98, I couldn't help but bring her home to see what I could do. 

Here she is as I found her (well, she was naked a jaybird but I had to give her some dignity!). The photo doesn't really show you how much of a mess she was. She was very dirty all over her skin and had ink marks of various colors all over her poor little body. No matter, we'll fix that.

As I was considering her hair, being in a tangled mess as it was, I started musing which doll wig I might change her to... Didn't want to take the time and patience it entails to sort her hair out if I ultimately was just going to chop it all off. Eh? So I studied her face and then studied my 'list' of people I've been intending to make a doppelganger doll of and... Suddenly it occured to me who she'd be perfect as! And it meant she was going to become a he... So from this point in this blog and going forward I plan to use his new pronoun. Just to keep you from being confused. 

See that hair? I've seen worse but... Still, why do work if you're going to just cut it all off, eh? I decided that, since I knew it was all coming off anyway, for that to be the first thing I did...

Just trying to show you how dirty he was when I found him. 

Here he is with his first application of zit cream... Zit cream you ask? If you have ink stains on a doll that won't budge any other way, this oftentimes will get them off. You slather zit cream onto the ink stain and put doll into the sun. I happened to have an overcast day when I wanted to clean him up and so I put him under my Ott light, really close and... It seemed to work! I am sure the actual sun would be more effective faster but, hey, in a pinch you improvise, eh?

You may notice the super-duper-close shave on most of his head? I got a fantastic idea from a great doll friend and reader to use disposal razors to 'shave' off the short hairs and it worked like a charm... I still needed to trim the ones by his ears but I got them later...

I got his wig from Lolly Lu Stephens that I'd purchased for a 'Joe' doll a while ago, just waiting for him to show up. LOL I also trimmed his eyelashes just a bit... 

And...

Welcome to the Doll House Village Joe! Isn't he fantastic? He's made after my brother in law and so it's perfect because he has the same sculpt as Josh but blue eyes. Perfect!!

So, when you see him out and about in the Doll House Village, you'll know who he is. 

Better run!
XXOO
Heather

Posh Furniture Goodwill Score! A Fold Out Couch, Table, Chair and Dresser For Less Than $20!

Doll Friends!

I know I should stop going to Goodwill. I have way too many an abundance of doll items and don't need any more... Probably ever. Then again, need is a relative thing right? I digress. As I said, I should probably stop thrifting and Goodwill shopping. But... 

How. Can. I. Stop. When. They. Get. Such. Amazing. Stuff. In. Every. Single. Day? 

and they so totally do... You've seen some of the fantastically amazing deals I've gotten... So, every single time I am in the vicinity of a Goodwill, I can't help but think that my next McKenna or Felicity/Prism or bunk bed or vintage American Girl Doll clothes sets or Our Generation Camper or Our Generation Kitchen or Our Generation Doll Bed or Our Generation Ice Cream Truck and Jeep or..... Well... You get the idea. 

I try to just look away when I see large horses. I may or may not have five already...

I have two white horses... They are different types though! LOL

Chairs.... I have thing for doll chairs... I have a few... Teehee... So I try to walk away from them too...

Ouch! I want this chair! But I already own it.... But... wait... 

There was something buried under all these forlorn and forgotten porcelain dolls... See below...

Some of their faces are rather cute...

And some... well.... Less cute... Wait... What's that table??

I found a couch and chair and table next but didn't think to photo them while still on shelf... I was too busy chucking them into my shopping buggy!! Teehee, you'll see them below. This little fella's costume was totally amazing. If I didn't know it'd be a bit too big for 18inch dolls I might've bought him just for his costume. Teehee. 

A chair I decided to leave there. 

Another chair I left there...

Another dresser I left there. I liked the legs though...

Just to show you I don't buy every single doll I see, here is one I left for some other lucky little girl. I had her in my cart for a few minutes because this is the one Springfield doll I don't have and she'd have made a great boy doll but..... I recently did an inventory of dolls and lets just say I need to stop bringing home all of the dolls I find. Teehee.

Here is the AMAZING couch I found in that bin... It was only marked $7.99 and I am convinced if it hadn't been covered by the forlorn porcelains, it wouldn't have been there for me to buy. So glad I always go check out the forlorn porcelains!!

See? Amazing!

Here is the table and the chair I mentioned, they were also in the bin. 

Only $3.99 each!!! Wowzers! How could I not?!

This one was found out amoungst the shelves and I didn't photograph it before I put it in my buggy. Isn't it awesome?!

What was I saying about not buying any more large horses... Well I shouldn't be buying any more ponies either because I have, like, four of them already too... Teehee... But... How cute was this little fella for only 99cents? I couldn't help myself. I don't have any gray horses or ponies!

He is pretty scuffed but.... We will see what we can do...

Here is Audrey on the couch... Guess what... It folds out! I didn't realize it until I had already taken the photos so I'll have to show you a bit later... Isn't it fabulous!??!?

Also ran by Target... Look at the grills in Dollar section.

CUTE!! Maybe someday....

Such cute shoes too but... I passed on them... I did get....

This Lori doll.... Cos she is SO ADORABLE. We also ran by Micheal's and for some reason these doll boots were on clearance for $1.97. So I bought the only two they had left. Cute right?

So... I might need to build a bigger house if I keep going to Goodwill Stores...

But I'll have the coolest Doll House I could even imagine!

Better run!

Happy Friday! 

XXOO
Heather

One Sheep, Two Sheep... And a Goat For Good Measure...

Greetings and Salutations Doll Friends!

Well, you can't very well have a calf and not have sheep and a goat to keep her company now can you? So... How could I not?

I didn't realize it when I bought them but apparently the goat is named Empress and she, Kam and Loops (the sheep) are pets of Charlsea... Or I would've had her at the box opening along with Saila and her sister. Oh well, she will have plenty of time to spend with them going forward, right? 

This is what they looked like inside the box.

"They are so cute!!!" 

So no wonder Charlsea was so totally elated to see them when she walked in... I think they were pretty happy to see her as well. 

We are going to have so much fun with all our new animals!!

"I can't wait to tell you all about them!!" said Charlsea.

They also came with some journal pages about them to add to Charlsea's journal. 

Aren't they sweet?

Better run.

XXOO
Heather