Gorgeous Porcelain Dolls And Much More at the Thrift Store

Greetings Doll Friends!

Just a quick hello here to show you what I've seen lately at the Thrift Stores...

As you may know, if you've read my blog long, porcelain dolls are really not my 'thing'. I mean I usually think they are pretty and that they have pretty clothes but a doll that can't be played with seems sort of... odd to me. To each their own, I know lots of people love them. Although the alarming amount of them I see at thrift stores speaks of the hobby growing out of fashion sadly... I say sadly because all 'doll love' is good in my opinion. So, since they are so plentiful and not my thing, I normally don't even bother to photograph them or even notice them usually because they are usually in a different part of the store than the regular 'play dolls' I have always looked for. However... this time... Right by the register... There was this whole rack full of some gorgeous porcelain dolls. A few of them were ginormous too! The largest was like three feet tall!

That would be this one... They marked her $99.99 and I'm a tiny bit skeptical that they will get that for her but you never know. This isn't my type of doll so I have no clue as to the 'value' of them. I had to take photos of them because they were just so pretty though. I couldn't help but thinking it would be nice to have these same sculpts in play dolls. Haha. Cos we all know I need more dolls. Or not. 

See? Isn't she just lovely? 

Ands he came with a white rabbit even. Maybe she's Alice In Wonderland? 

I didn't think to take photos of many of the tags cos it was right by the register and I was on my way out and to an appointment and I didn't have much time. This one had her tag right there though so as you can see she is a Seymour Mann doll. I just googled her and sure enough, she's Alice In Wonderland with her sneaky white rabbit. 

This one had an interesting sculpt... She looks so uncomfortable in her box! 

I honestly don't think any of them had ever been removed from their boxes... Which seems a bit sad. Why buy a beautiful doll and keep her boxed up in a closet somewhere and never even see her. Here is me saying this when I know some of my dolls have been boxed up in storage for a while now so I get it. But still, at least they've been unboxed once upon a time... Open your dolls folks!! Maybe it decreases their 'value' but... Why not enjoy them? Just my opinion. 

Another pretty doll... I am betting she is Goldilocks but am not sure. 

Just look at that beautiful dress!

I couldn't really get a good photo of this one the way she was in her box but you can see how pretty she was... 

Got a photo of her tag though...

And same story here... Such pretty eyes on this one!

Here is the whole display of them. The photo doesn't really convey how large the ones on top are but trust me, they were big dolls!

Had to take a photo of the tag on this one... Makes me wonder if she'll sell for the $99. or if she'll sit till she goes on half price... OR if she will somehow make it to 99cent day... I doubt it but if she did I'd be tempted to scoop her up on pure principal so lets hope she sells at the half price. Hahaha!

There are a few I didn't get time to photograph,.. Just didn't have time. I'm betting this was someones whole collection. 

As you can see, there were quite a few 18inch dolls at the store this day (see top shelf). 

Again I was in a hurry so I just took a quick snap of groupings of three of them...

Here is one of those creepy talking dolls... Just... Why? LOL

A package of doll shoes that actually rode around in my cart for a few minutes... I ended up putting them back though... I have boxes and boxes of doll shoes even though all my dolls have a pair on their feet so... Despite there being some really cute ones in there (I almost bought for the Wellie Wisher boots!) I decided to leave them behind for some other doll collector who might need shoes for her dollies. 

I found this little fella interesting... He's about the same size as my other 'baby sibling' dolls...

His face seems so sad!! Poor guy. 

He had sculpted hair and his little outfit seemed to be 'part of him' and not removeable. 

Here is the mark on back of his head. 

And his tag... he's a Uneeda Baby doll made in 1998.

This was another HUGE doll... I'd guess she is from maybe the 1950s?

Don't ask me why I say that... Just a guess.

She is also a Uneeda Doll company doll. 

This was a cute little doll... I think she's made of vinyl... It seems like my daughter might have had one of same sort once... 

This tea set was cute...

And once upon a time I would've bought these for the Doll Sweet Shoppe but... My stuff has been packed up for so long and I doubt I'm going to have the time and space to set that up in the near future so... I left them there. 

The one thing I did buy was this little grab bag of dolls for $2.99. Most of them were McDonalds Madame Alexander Dolls. My daughter used to have a huge collection of these! I think they got donated to the thrift at one point or another and they made me nostalgic so... I was weak and bought them. LOL They'll make fun dolls to add to my Dolls Doll Collection. Eh?

These two were also in there... Aaaaand they got donated right back before I left the store. 

Well Doll Friends, have a great weekend!
I hope you find all manner of fun stuff at your thrift store! Tell me about it in the comments (that I always always read but just never seem to find time to answer... I appreciate all of them though!!)

XXOO
Heather

 

Months And Months Of Thrift Finds For The Doll House!

Greetings and Salutations Doll Friends!!

So... As I've indicated with my last several posts, 2019 has been a rough year... The last six months especially. I've been doing my best at treading the waters of the storms that keep rocking my ocean, if you will, but with only marginal success more often than not. My poor little doll blog has suffered dreadfully from it. I am slowly beginning to see things turn and can see a light at the end of a very long dark tunnel though and am hopeful that 2020 will be much much better. To be honest, I've been sunk into a depression, really, for months and months. It's only as I start to come out of the fog of it that I can realize exactly how dense the fog had become. Yikes. But it's nice to be coming out of it and slowly becoming myself again. 

During my dark months of depression, one thing I that brought a small measure of light was to stop into thrift stores and hunt for doll sized treasures. I'd buy them, bring them home, and add them to the pile of things that I would get posted 'someday'. It was honestly telling that I had hope enough to buy them, like deep in my soul somewhere I knew it would be temporary even if I couldn't feel it at the time. 

So... I finally pulled out the rather alarming amount of bags I'd accumulated in my thrift-purchases-to-show-my-sweet-doll-friend's-pile the day after Christmas. It was fun to dig into all of it, like a second Christmas really... So, I might have inadvertently included something here that I've shown you before....? I think this is all stuff you haven't seen but just in case I am wrong, sorry for the repetition. 

I love love love small books! I have so many! But I can't resist them when I see them anyway. I love books in 'real life' size too so how can my dollies not have a proper library?! All the little Christmas books you see here were 25cents each this summer at a garage sale. I love love love the Nancy Drew one!

I have several of these small tea sets... They are actually the right size for the dolls dolls. I need to pull them all out and see what all I have in total because several of the sets have a broken item or two. One thing at a time. 

So much stuff!

These are all ceramic and doll sized... I plan to put them in a doll room on a shelf as a 'collection' of one of the dolls. Aren't they cute?! For only 50cents, how could I not? 

These little quilt 'wall hangings' will make fabulous quilts for the doll house. I love quilts!

All these shoes for only $1.00!! I love my little towns thrift store!

Poor baby on the right is pretty much done-for... Not sure if I'll even try and do anything with the poor dear... I might just exchange the head with the one on the left... Especially if the 50c written on the forehead won't come off. Brown eyed Circo babies are more rare than the blue eyed ones and so... 

A whole bunch of plates... I bought them because they were priced as sets and so cheap. Sometimes they'll price by the 'eaches' and I generally leave those type at the thrift shop. 

These clock ones would make fabulous ones for a New Years Eve party at the Doll House. I'll have to see if I can pull of a small one so I can use them. 

Sushi Plates!! How could I not when I have doll sized sushi? I also have the My Life As Doll Sushi set but perhaps I didn't make a post about it? Golly... So many balls dropped over the last year. Yikes. 

These square plates are neat, eh?

Couldn't turn down that Build-A-Bear Christmas shirt... They are not a perfect fit for the dolls but the shirts work pretty well as is and other can be altered. 

This made my day the day I found it... It was one of the last things I found at that store and, after finding it, you can bet I went back thru the entire store to make sure I hadn't missed any others!

Here is what was inside!

I've researched and I think that the outfit is actually a Bitty Baby one but the shoes and headband are for the 18inch dolls and the clothes will work for them too. I'll have to take a photo of a dolly in the outfit for you. I love the shoes!

The charm was even in it! Still sealed shut!

I've been on a bit of a doll sized bear spree apparently. So many people seem to be dumping their entire Boyd Bear collections and their Ty Bears too. When I find them for a dollar or less (or sometimes a bit more if I really like the Boyd Bear) I can't help but buy them. I love Teddy Bears and so should Heather Doll, right? Haha! If you look close though you'll see I also found an American Girl Doll Bitty Baby Bear too! Score! I think he was only 10cents!

This Boyds Bear Mohair Bear is probably my favorite of all of them! It's like the old school bears back in the olden days. He's not 'soft, but rather has a sort of hard body and I love him! 

And this mini Boyds is pretty fantastic too! I'm sure if when I get my store open, I'll be selling bears for the dolls there too(and in the Etsy Shoppe that will be part of my business...) so I'll keep buying them when I see them! 

This cute little table was $3.00! The little sculptures were too cute to pass up. I think they'll make great decor when I have asian themed parties for the dolls!

Well, I'm out of time. If you have questions about any of the stuff I posted here, please do ask, I am happy to share! I just sometimes forget to mention details or don't have as much time as I'd like but I don't ever want to leave you with questions either! 

XXOO
Heather