Vintage Precious Moments 14" Vinyl Doll Sara and Abby: A Review

Hi Doll Friends!!

I used to really love Precious Moments. My mother had a gift store in my teens where she carried a lot of their figurines, cards and stickers. I recall seeing dolls of Precious Moments back then too, not at my mothers store but at the mall. Cute but not my thing because they had fabric faces. 

Fast forward 20+ years into the future. My daughter and I are at a garage sale that was a lot more like an Estate Sale. They had lots of dolls but mostly they were porcelain and, as I've probably made you aware, I have a real disdain for porcelain dolls. I can't help it. A doll you can't actually play with makes no sense at all to me. I digress...

Then we found this cutie and her blonde variety marked for $3.99! These were made entirely out of vinyl!?!? I had to buy them just so I could look the over!!

So I started taking photos for a review of them and the week that I did, we had a sudden acceleration of the time line of our move and I, in a scramble, packed these dolls up. So, a real review won't be happening until we get moved. That is supposed to happen around the first week of November so... We will see....

These are photos of the pack of the box. They were produced in 1991, which is the year I got married and also graduated high school. So, it had to happen... 

And I took one photo of Sara and Abby (the blonde) and a shorter Precious Moments doll my daughter found at a thrift store recently too. I am telling you, dolls just FIND US!? We can't help it!! They follow us home! Well, sort of. 

They really are pretty cute. 

That's it for now Doll Friends!

Till next time!

XXOO

Our Generation Beekeeper Doll Melina Arrives At Doll House!!

Greetings and Salutations Doll Friends!!

Happy Wednesday!! When I got my Juliet Doll, I loved her face sculpt so much that I knew I'd have to get the other doll that OG put out with the same sculpt. Naturally, once I decided I wanted her, she became nearly impossible to find online. She is the Beekeeper Doll from OG's Professional Doll collection. Her accessories are nearly as cute as she is! So I took to 'checking' Target online for her whenever I checked my emails etc and made the 'rounds' of my phone. (You know, Instagram, my blog, email, Pinterest, favorite blogs, Facebook (when I am weak, LOL I am trying to give up), etc etc etc.. you know, the rounds of modern day life.) So the other day I checked and there she was!! So, despite having gone a tiny bit bonkers in the arena of doll buying lately, I snatched her up without a second thought, chose 'ship to store' to avoid shipping costs and waited. She arrived Monday and I was able to swing by and pick her up after work yesterday. I am so so so glad I bought her. She is totally gorgeous. 

She arrived in a clear plastic bag...

Here she is early this morning... I needed to photo her in the box before I opened and then I forced myself to come and write this post before I allow myself to unbox her... So this post might be short. Hahaha!

At Target these beds were 50% off! I don't need another doll bed or I might've snapped one up. So cute!

This is a new motif in their other kind of doll bed. I think it's cute!

I saw the hotdog cart and even though they currently have a BOGO half off sale, I am proud to say I didn't buy it. I am sure I'll regret it at some point. It is really cute.

I want these twins!!! I keep talking myself out of them because I have so many dolls but I love that they are sold 'as' twins and have a whole story about them and being twins. How fun!!

Is this a new face sculpt? I couldn't decide. At first I thought she was the same old one but... Looking closer I am not sure. Her nose seems thinner?

Not a new sculpt but I love her ensemble!

I think this gal might be new too? Do you guys remember?

Naturally I stopped in to a couple of Goodwill's enroute home yesterday too... I saw these chairs... I don't need any more doll chairs at all... They were marked $3.99 each but are pretty top notch and so I didn't think that was too much... But I don't need any doll chairs. So, I compromised and bought two of them. Bwahahahahahahahaha. Seriously though, do you know how many dolls I have? They need to sit somewhere...!

Also saw these cuties... Love their outfits and their cute faces but... NO. I left them there. So cute though!

More sad collector dolls at Goodwill. *sigh* Poor dears.I actually have a few of the Precious Moments ones and I think they are really really cute. But they are in the basement in the 'get rid of' box because, ultimately, I had to choose a 'type' and stick with it. Or I'd own every Precious Moments doll ever made before I knew it. Hahaha. But they are so cute!!

Then I saw Jesus. It was all I could do not to bring Him home!! Had to keep reminding myself "I don't collect figurines, I don't collect figurines...." I love Jesus! 

Better run!!
XXOO
Heather

More Thrift Store Finds and Left Behinds...!

Doll Friends,

I am so behind on... Everything. This week was the first week of school for the kids and I've just run run run and still feel behind on everything. Am sure you can relate if you have kids! 

Just a moment here but wanted to shout out about my recent thrift finds and left behinds... 

First, the finds. I found these cute little baskets for only 50cents each. I think they'll look cool in a Farmers stand scene or something...

My daughter thought this one looked like a hat... Indeed, it kind of works! Here is Vicky Doll showing it off. 

Here is Syracuse with a bench I found for only 50cents. I think the heart on it is funny! It's all lopsided. I think I like it more than normal boring hearts... I bet my own heart is lopsided too... LOL Kidding! But I like the funny charm of it. 

Then there is the left behinds!

(AKA things I didn't buy but thought you might find interesting or that I might have bought if I had endless space and money! hahaha!) 

I almost bought this.... But... Space...! I can't go buying a whole new doll size of display scenes. Although, as per my usual, I am kicking myself at I type this... It could've been a store display for the small dolls... Ugh. Oh well...

These Precious Moments Dolls were adorable but... Again... I don't need a whole new type of doll in the Doll House! I have bought some Precious Moments dolls in the past but I've since weeded them out... So... They sure are cute though!

More sad forlorn porcelain dolls... 

These three little porcelain dolls were totally adorable though!! I don't buy porcelain or I'd have them right now... The face sculpt on them all is adorable!! 

I bought this bench by the way... It was only 99cents. How could I not? 

This is the mark on the neck of one of them... I can't even read it...? 

This dresser was kind of cool... 

But kind of nasty on the inside... I guess it could be cleaned up but... 

For $9.99, I left it there. 

Another kick me moment!! This fold up rocking chair is adorable and I should've bought it. 

Ugh. Oh well... Can't buy 'all the things' can I? 

Cute porcelain boy doll... 

And two more... 

This one rode around in my shopping buggy a while... Ultimately I put it back... As I look at it now I am like "Why??!?!" Hahaha! It would've been fabulous in an arcade scene! 

I thought this was interesting... It was like a wall plaque. I probably should've bought it cos it would've been good for scenes but... Maybe it'll be there next time. It's kind of a strange item. 

Cute but incomplete doll sized tea set. 

A cute little pram (I should've bought! Why do I talk myself out of so many good things?!?) and a cute littel apple dresser... 

Another cute dresser...

A cute doll bed... 

And this little lady had the most compelling face... Don't you think? 

I guess she wasn't that little... Probably 20inches tall... Pretty doll!

Gotta run!

Have a great weekend!
XXOO
Heather