Fabulous Box Of Amazing Fashions From Auntie Megan!

Greetings And Salutations Doll Friends!

Happy Friday!

As most of you well know, one sure way to my heart is for people in my 'real' life to even notice or take note of the fact I love dolls and obsess run-us-into-the-poor-house collect and blog about them. So an even more sure way is when someone gifts me something doll related! 

*hint-hint* 

KIDDING 

(seriously, that was a joke...! Well, unless... Hahaha! I'm in a goofy mood, apparent?)

But I do ever so love to get gifts from people that are related to dolls. Because, honestly, while most of the people in my 'real' life have a bemused amusement at my preoccupation obsession  fascination with dolls, they really don't understand it much less contribute to it. 

But when they do...

I love them for it and really appreciate it all the more than if they'd given me 'grown up' gifts. 

Eh?

Case in point? 

A woman I know named Megan...

 (whom I've known most of her life and so my inclination was to say "a girl I know" even though she's in her 30's and married and has children... I digress...)

A woman I know named Megan, whom I've had the pleasure of getting to know better and become better friends with recently, found out I write a blog and told me she enjoys it even though she's never really had a thing for dolls.

 Aww! 

I mean several people I know and love know I write a blog and listen to me talk about it because they love me but... For someone to actually read it is a rare thing honestly which would seem strange except I know the same to be true for most doll and/or toy bloggers and/or YouTube creators and/or Instagrammers (is that a word?) So, that always makes me smile to hear they've read it. 

But Megan took it a step further and now notices doll things at thrift stores...

And even bought me something she found!! 

This whole box of amazing doll fashions!!

They were obviously the well cared for collection of clothes for some lucky doll who's owner must've gotten 'too old for dolls' (what does that even mean?!) and so they donated them to thrift...

Where Megan found them and purchased them for me for a song!

They were mostly Our Generation with a few American Girl Doll clothes...

And hangers and shoes and some accessories...

Awesomeness!!

So of course I had to make a little progressive doll photography story with them and some of the dolls!!

Here is the YouTube I made from them.

And of course I am sharing a portion of the photos here! If I showed them all this would be a ridiculously long blog post. 

Aren't they so totally awesome!

THANKS Megan!!! I love them!!

Have a fantastic weekend ya'll!

XXOO
Heather

So... Target Had A Sale On Our Generation Doll Stuff...

Doll Friends!

It's not my fault!! I couldn't help it! Target put all of their toys, which of course included Our Generation Brand doll stuff, on a really fantastic sale! First, everything was on pretty good sale already and then on top of that, if you spent $100, you got $25 off the top! And free shipping for orders over $35! So, like, practically free even. Ok, well, maybe not. However being as it was just after the first of the month, I'd just gotten my monthly Doll Mad Money allowance and... Well... I'll probably be out of said Doll Mad Money by, I dunno, tomorrow (Kind of depends on happenings in eBayland... teehee *crosses fingers-eyes-toes*) but I'll be happily so...

Because. 

So. Many. Fun. Doll. Things!!

Here is Sueretta in one of the swimsuits I bought. Isn't it adorable. You can see the box for it below... It comes with a cute beach ball and some adorable accessories. I thought she looked really cute being a model with the Life Guard Playset.

Side note: See her fantastic gladiator sandles? They are some I found from My Life As the last time I went to Walmart for milk and did some shopping research in the doll aisle. I only found the one pair or I'd have probably bought one or two more pairs because they are so cute. Then I found out they fit my Adora dolls (who's feet are just a tiny bit too big for most standard 18inch doll shoes) I was really sad I'd not found more. So, I'll be shopping researching for them every time I go to Walmart for the forseeable future. I digress. But don't they look totes adorbs with the new suit?

You can't really tell from this photo but this box is huge.

Here's the swimsuit set that Sueretta was wearing, it's called Beach Belle. I love the sandles and beach ball! So cute! I will have to set up another Beach Scene soon to showcase these fantastic sets!

This is a set I've wanted for a while but just wanted to wait for a good sale... So... Here it is. I unboxed it already but haven't taken any photos with any of it yet. It's super realistic looking and adorbale and it's going to make for some fantastic doll photos!

I got a few other sets too but they are being slower to arrive than these were... I have the Deluxe Riding Outfit and the Deluxe Retro Beach Party Outfit on the way here.

I also got a second Ping Pong Outfit and, as I just went to look for a link to it from Target, it looks like it's no longer available. What?! I really only threw it in my basket because it was on super low sale (like $8.09 or something) and it rounded out my $100 order. I said 'second' Ping Pong Outfit because last year in my big Our Gen order for my birthday I got my first one. So I thought I'd just link to it so you'd know/remember which I was talking about. Only to find I don't think I ever posted specifically about that set back then. Ooops. It looks like I did a 'here is the first part of the story on this shipment of fantastic OG items' and I never made it back for the second post. Tsk-tsk. I tell you, I lose more trains of thought than I catch lately. In any case, I guess it's good I ordered two because it is a super cute set and it also will be a second chance to show it to you properly. So... I'll be back. Hahaha. (Yeah, I know, that's what I said the last time!!) So... *crossing fingers-eyes-toes* I'll remember! Oh! and the grand total of all my fabulous items? Only a little over $80.00 with tax. Fantastic!

Have a great day!
XXOO
Heather

Heather and Frann Go Play Tennis!

Hi Doll Friends!

Heather and Frann were looking through the sports equipment in the Doll House and came across the tennis rackets...

So naturally they decided to go play! They were delighted to find the two tennis outfits in the wardrobe too! 

Don't they look cute? Unfortunately they forgot to grab the camera on their way out the door to the tennis courts! They had a wonderful time though! Frann had more experience playing tennis than Heather and she gave her some great pointers! 

What are your Dollies up to today?

Better run!

Till next time!

XXOO 

Heather 

Our Generation Doll Clothes Ensembles On eBay!!

Hi Doll Friends!!

As you may know from reading my blog in the past, I am a huge fan of Our Generation dolls, doll clothes and accessories. However... They are sold at Target. I don't shop at Target anymore. I am not going to say one more word about it as I try not to get political on my little blog here. However, since deciding not to shop at Target anymore a few months ago, I have really missed being able to buy Our Gen stuff!! 

So, as I've mentioned lately, I went on a bit of an eBay spending spree recently. (I get windfall gifts of money and it all goes to the dolls... Hahaha!) While I was looking around at doll clothes, I noticed a few auctions for doll clothes ensembles that looked just like Our Generation doll clothes ensembles... I was intrigued... So I bid on a couple to see what they were. I figured I would probably be disappointed and they'd be like cheap knock offs of the clothes I love so much.

Until the first one arrived. Oh. My. Cute!! Top notch all around and as best as I can tell, they are legitimate Our Generation clothes. 

I ordered three ensembles originally as my 'test' order. They are the one I showed up there on Patti and the soccer outfit and striped shirt/polka dot short outfits here. The other dolls are also wearing eBay finds. Myfanwy (Madame Alexander doll on far left) is wearing a blue leotard I got for like a dime with a skirt I made, then there is Patti (Vintage Engel Puppen) with the OG ensemble, then Heather (M.A.) is wearing a leotard I got with a skirt I made, then Frann is wearing an actual American Girl Doll dress I got on eBay that you can find all the time. I finally ordered one and it is really cute, with snaps. The boots she is wearing are also a recent eBay purchase. Then of course, there is Kristi in the soccer outfit and Jennifer in the striped ensemble on far right. 

See how little I paid for them!? More than I generally bid on 'eBay Doll clothes' but just in case they were actually Our Gens, I risked it. After I bid I read the description and was chagrined to see that it stated "If you don't tell us which of these dresses you want, we will pick and send it to you" and it was a photo of the standard eBay dresses I've told you about a few times most recently here. So I was a bit nervous as I waited the standard few weeks between when you order and they arrive in the mail...

As you can see from these photos, they are all 'current' Our Gen doll clothes styles... Not discontinued or past year styles at all but stuff that is on the Our Gen Website right now. 

One thing you may note though is that none of them really come with the shoes or the accessories that come in the ensembles you get at Target. Like this ensemble, on eBay, only came with the black shirt, tights, shorts and hat, no skateboard or tennis shoes. I have a few doll skateboards and a lot of doll shoes so I don't care... But I figured I'd better mention it. 

See? Here is the dressy outfit I got. So cute. You can find it if you search "American Girl B515"

I will say that there was a flaw on the 'hoodie' that came with this set... it had a bit of a stain on it... I have it soaking and hope that it'll come out. So, not quite perfect... But for what I paid for the set, the shirt and shorts would've been enough really. This soccer set will work for boy dolls... Well, the shorts are purple, but I say still it works. Haha! You can find it under "American Girl B517" (the baseball outfit I haven't bought yet but it's on there under "American Girl B521"

So then I set about tweaking search engines and digging in to see what other OG ensembles might be hiding out there in eBay...?

This is what I found. See above for the larger photos... I found them mostly on BuyItNow's that I found reasonable and took away the pain of waiting for bids to end. From what I could tell from my researching the 'ended' auctions, they generally ended up about the same price at the end of all the auctions that they were on BuyItNow (sometimes auctions went for more! Always look for a BuyItNow peeps!!). 

So... I went a little nuts. I've been drooling over the OG doll clothes for a long time which is probably why when I saw them on eBay I was like "Hey...! That looks like OG!?" Because it doesn't call them that in any of the descriptions. 

Another interesting thing is that it appears that maybe the sellers have a 'source' of OG clothes but aren't perfect at matching up the ensembles correctly. If you look at the one ensemble with the pink jacket, blue striped shirt and red skirt you wonder if perhaps they even looked at them... But like I say, I know me my OG Doll Clothes and so I knew basically what they were from looking at them...

It's this skirt, this shirt and this jacket.

  

They seem to have gotten this one spot on....? You can find it under "American Girl 

This one is under "American Girl B518"

In the auctions, I they paired this yellow sweater with the pink skirt in the blue striped shirt ensemble...

I really like this one... "American Girl B524" is what you need to pull it up. I inadvertently ended up with two of these I think... Ooops... Oh well, I kind of like having duplicate outfits so I can 'twin' my dolls up. 

This one, on the auctions, was just the coat. But that coat!!

Another oddly matched ensemble... The plaid skirt above was paired with a black and white striped tshirt.... 

This is one I've wanted a long time!! Search for it with "American Girl B522" and it'll pull right up. Another favorite OG outfit of mine that is dressy is the cute one named "American Girl B525" but I already owned it because it is Our Gen Maeva's meet dress and I own that doll. 

I just couldn't stop!! The 'jean and blue long sleeve shirt' up there, you can see it's "American Girl 523"

They paired the blouse in this one with wrong skirt... But you can find it under "American Girl 514"

And this dress appears to come with a different over coat...

This was a last minute find... It's got bears on the shirt... SO CUTE!!

So... They are on their way here! So excited! So... We will see when they arrive if the ones I ordered later are the same high quality of the first three I got. We shall see! 

If you want to find them yourself on eBay, for the ones I haven't figured out a 'number' for, just take a look at the descriptions on the auctions I won, type those exact words in and it'll probably pull it right up if there is one for auctions right now. Also, play around with "American Girl B---" by adding random numbers to the end and you'll find all manner of auctions that are 'standards' and find favorites to add to your saved searches. 

Happy hunting!

Till Next Time!

XXOO

Heather