Adora Amazing Girl Zoe Purchased With Birthday Gift Money!

 

Doll Friends!

I didn't plan on buying another doll...

Honest! I know I have enough...

However, when the perfect storm comes, what is a girl to do?

What do I mean by perfect storm?

Well, when one is gifted a birthday gift certificate and then Amazon makes me an offer impossible to refuse. Haha. Or at least it was for me. I love Adora Dolls. I actually already own Mia, which is what Zoe used to be named...

But Amazon put her on sale for $17.09!! What?! Zoe has a regular price of $59.99. So how could I not pick her up for less than $18?! I mean her adorable outfit is worth that really!

Sadly, by the time I've gotten here to tell you about it she's back up to over $40 even on sale. 

Here is the box she arrived in.

I love that she's able to 'stand up' strait in her box unlike another Adora Amazing Girls Doll, like Sam/Dallas, I've purchased where they arrived with their head tilted to be able to fit into their box. 

I just love her face sculpt! Given that I have two dolls with same sculpt and hair style and color now... I think I'll likely 'customize' one of them at some point with a new wig. I'll probably give the makeover to the older doll since her hair might have a bit of dust in it whereas the new one won't. 

I love that they protected her arms from dye transfer from her clothes with paper. 

Well done Adora Dolls. 

I love her little t-shirt! 

I love that they use white ribbon, not zip ties, to attach her to her box insert. 

And that they give each of the girls a little personality story. 

So, I'm happy to have her in my collection! Do you have any Adora dolls in your collection? Let me know in the comments below. 

XXOO
Heather 

Adora Amazing Girl Sam AKA Dallas Arrives In The Doll House!

Doll Friends!

Amazon has my number! 

Their suggestions get me in the most trouble... Case in point? Adora apparently released a doll line called Amazing Girls that are an Amazon exclusive. I'd seen them before... However, I already had, I thought, all the face sculpts from Adora though and when I'd initially looked at them it looked like they were basically the same Adora dolls I already have but with different outfits...

Until... This lovely little red head popped up in my suggestions... 

What? Who is this??

So the moment I was able to scrape together enough to buy her, she was on her way home to the Doll House!

This is how she arrives, in a cute pink box with polka dots all over it. No window to see her in because obviously, being an Amazon exclusive doll, she won't be sitting on any store shelves. 

The side of the box...

The back of the box...

I'll have to remember to look them up on Facebook and Instagram...? Who knew!?

Pretty "girl power' tissue paper lines the box...

And there is a little card that introduces who she is. 

I am not keeping her name so this story will not be my dolls... 

I am naming her Bryce Dallas after Bryce Dallas Howard because I think she looks just like her! I am going to call her Dallas or Dally as her nickname. 

The other side of the intro card...

When I opened the tissue paper I literally gasped. 

Her head was all askew?!?! 

It took me a moment to realize they'd actually packaged her that way!!?!

WHY ON EARTH?!?

Interestingly enough she was also shoeless when she arrived. She doesn't have her fingernails and toenails polished with clear polish like my prior Adora Dolls.

Despite being appalled at them shipping her with her head all wonky, I think she is a gorgeous doll!!!

The way she was held in the box was nice, just ribbons you need to untie.

And a little elastic band at her neck. 

Her feet had tissue paper wrapped around them... 

Or actually both of her entire legs were! How funny! I assume to make sure the clothes don't have dye transfer so good on them. 

Here is her back ponytail. 

I just got a new phone and this one has a portrait function!! So Dallas was my first doll to be photographed with it! We had a bit of a blizzard and I had her looking out on the storm! Isn't she beautiful?!

Then I used her as a model for a dress I recently created by upcycling material from a child's sized dress... I'll be making a separate post about that. I love how the dress looks on her though!

Here she is with Alyssa who is modeling another dress I made over the weekend...

So all in all I think Dallas is a lovely doll. Sadly she has a predisposition to having her neck crank to that side anytime you 'shake' her it falls into that position. So annoying! All for what? To save one inch on a box? I really don't understand it? What are your thoughts? 

Better run!

XXOO
Heather

My First Adora 18inch Doll

Hi Doll Friends!

So, in my research about 18inch dolls, I often run across a type that I think are lovely but immediately dismiss as a "maybe someday for a big gift request at Christmas or if I win the lottery (helps to actually play)" type of thing. 

Adora 18" Dolls are one of those dolls. They generally cost about $70-80 new and that's just a bit beyond what I like to pay for dolls. When you can get three dolls or one doll, I can't help but usually defer to the three! Teehee...

That being said, I keep those type of dolls on my eBay saved searches in the off chance that one will come across my radar that I can actually deem affordable enough to purchase...

This little lady proved to be the one of that variety. Her auction starting price was $9.99 shipping was $11.00. I decided I'd put in the minimum bid amount and just see what happened. 

I got her for $9.99 that's what happened!! I mean, of course shipping was $11.00 but she came with several outfits. 

Here is what she looked like in her auction photos.

See? She came with three outfits, two pairs of shoes and a pompom. The clothes and shoes alone were probably worth what I paid for her. 

Ironically enough, Brandi (May Lee) just came home to the Doll House recently and she could totally be cousins to this doll. In fact, the outfit the Adora doll is wearing was Brandi's 'meet outfit'.  I am trying to think of a name for the Adora doll but haven't come up with much yet...

She really is well made. I realize that she is one of the older face molds from the Adora 18inch doll line. You can see the newer ones here and a review of the newer variety here.

I can't really decide if I think it's just some rather strange blushing intentionally put on from the factory or an odd stain? She has the blushing on both her hands and her feet and, strangely enough, on her forehead.

She has a few nicks and stains inherent to previously loved dolls, but I think it just adds to her character. 

Blush or no blush, what cute hands and feet she has!

From what I read in the Doll Diaries Blog post I linked to above, her body type is different than the more recently released dolls.

She is shaped much like American Girl Dolls and Our Generation Dolls in her legs but is more like a Journey Girl. She has a chest plate but it is attached in a way I've never seen before. It's like it's sewn on with stitches. She feels very sturdy and you can tell she is a higher end doll just by picking her up. 

She does have sleepy eyes that are in good shape.

These are her tags. She was one of the Girl Scout variety of Adora dolls although she didn't come with any portion of her original "meet outfit" despite having such a great wardrobe for a $9.99 18inch doll on eBay irregardless of her brand. 

She is a wigged doll and her wig seems very nice quality wise. You can tell she was a well loved doll and her hair is a bit courser than I suspect it was when she was new but it's thick and nice. 

You can see she has a few 'rubs' on her cheek and there is that tiny stain I want to go after with a magic eraser when I lay my hands on one. I didn't realize we were out!

All in all, I love her! She is a great addition to the Doll House!
Any idea's on name? Leave it in comments.

Till next time!
XXOO