American Girl Doll From Goodwill Finally Gets A New Wig

Doll Friends!! 

Remember the American Girl Pleasant Company Doll I got at Goodwill late last year? 

I got her wig on! I think she looks fantastic!! 

I have no time at all (I should be getting ready to go out tonight... Teehee) 

but I just had to come show ya'll!

XXOO

Heather

Happy Chinese New Year 2020!!

Hi Doll Friends!!

Happy Chinese New Year 2020!!

Hope you have a geat one!

XXOO
Heather 

PS

All of these gorgeous dresses have been gifts from my sister friend Frann!! 

They are some of my most cherished doll items in my whole collection! 

Thanks again Frann! I love you to the moon and back! 

They didn't want to mess up their hats when they ate so they took them off for the party... I just remembered to add this photo! 

Our Generation Deluxe Farmers Market Set

Hi Doll Friends!!

As you may know if you read this blog regularly, the last six months of 2019 were, well, no fun at all for the most part. I guess there are just years like that and I'll hope that was the worst of mine going foward. However, during that time, I had a birthday (in November)...And with some birthday money I got, I bought this adorable Our Generation Deluxe Farmers Market Set. I sort of bought it and then let it sit, in it's box, for when I felt I'd actually get enjoyment from opening it. I finally got it unboxed this last weekend and had some of my newer Our Generation dolls model with it to show you how adorable it is. By the way, about the doll models above, they've yet to be named... I am leaning towards Sookie for the one on the right who is named Ivory from Our Generation. Sookie after Sookie Stackhouse from the book series and show. I loved the books more than the show but I loved Sookie in any case and have wanted to find a doppelganger doll for her. I think I decided as I am typing this that is going to be her name. Heehee.

 Also, when I posted this photo on Instagram, more than one person asked me about the outfit that Sookie is wearing. I am planning a blog post about that soon (got the photos taken, just need to get it done) but... The outfit is a 'one of a kind' outfit I bought from a local lady in my town. I'll try to remember to come back to this post to give you a linky to that story but if you're reading this six months from now and it's not there, I am sure that post will be of the next few. 

I really think Our Generation has stepped up their game in the last few years and their accessories are absolutely on par with American Girl Doll, which is so often considered the industry standard in this doll size. The lovely thing about Our Generation is that you don't have to mortgage your house to buy them. Teehee... Or maybe that's just me and my own doll hoard collection. 

I think this set is going to be perfect for Charlsea's Farmer's Market's  in the future. I love the tomatoes and peppers! They all are singles and come out of the boxes they are in. I think the bundled carrots and turnips are adorable too! I love that it came with a blueberry pie because I can use that in other scenes as well. Oh, what can I say, I love the whole set! The apples don't come out of the basket but I am good with that because that would be a mess and I have lots of 'single' apples anyway. So, I'll look forward to incorporating this set into my Farmer's Market Youtube Video and to use the veggies and pie in other scenes as well. Great set! 

Well done Our Generation!

Better run!

XXOO
Heather

Our Generation Jeep and Scooter Thrift Store Find

Doll Friends!

I went to a thrift store in a small town a few weeks ago and I noticed this Our Generation Jeep and Our Generation Scooter out on the 'porch' of the store. It looked like they'd been stored out on a porch for a while... Pretty dirty and faded like they'd been in the sun. Still, I asked how much they wanted for them. When she told me $2 for the Jeep and $1 for the scooter... What can I say? I couldn't say no! I plan to powerwash them and, with the Jeep, experiement with some plastic spray paint once it's nice enough to do it outside. I am thinking I'll make it white. Like my real jeep in the real world. 

How fun! 

I think the scooter I'll just leave alone... It just looks like it's a pale pink scooter even though I think it probably used to be a bit darker. 

I better run. How is it nearly 11pm already! Good gracious time flies!
XOXO
Heather

Trying A New Beautifully Custom Wig On My Madame Alexander Doll

Hi Doll Friends!

I got my Beautifully Custom Doll Wigs recently. I decided to try one of them on a Madame Alexander doll I have. I think she looks so pretty! I haven't decided if I will keep it on her or not. I like it well enough but... Well, what do you think? One reason I'm not positive is because the wig, because it's high quality, is kind of heavy and so it nearly pulls her over and makes it hard for her to hold her head strait. I might put it on another doll and put the brown wig back on tihs one. 

I love doll wigs.. It's so much fun to give a doll a whole new look!

I better run! I keep thinking I'll get back to posting more often and more consistently but... Well, life is a lot... A lot! Haha. I'm sure you know what I mean!

XXOO
Heather 

Surprise Doll From The Husband And One I Bought Myself With Christmas Money!

Hi Doll Friends!

Just a quick post here... 

I love it when my husband surprises me with a new doll...

Some guys bring home flowers but my man knows what I like best. 

So mid week this beauty made her way to my house:

Then around the same time, this beauty arrived in the mail:

I went back and forth with myself if I should order her... 

But since I knew she was going away I had to have her. 

As you can see, she's not available to ship anymore on the Target Website. 

I am obsessed with this face sculpt! So gorgeous!

I even love her shoes!

Gotta run!

XXOO
Heather

An Updated Tour Of The Doll Room

Greetings And Salutations Doll Friends!!

So it's been several years, apparently, since I posted a 'room tour' of my doll room. So I was working on moving things around the other day and decided I might as well take some photos. I was kind of waiting until I get it 'perfect' with regards to storage and organization... But lets get real, if I wait for that ya'll never see it again. Hahaha. So, without further adieu... 

The Doll Room:

This will have to be a mainly photo tour... As you can see, I took the photos around New Years because here are Heather and Josh Doll posing for their photos. 

Behind them is the doll kitchen (see in the corner there) surrounded by all manner of doll furniture and accessories... All of hte dolls in that grouping right behind Josh and Heather Doll? They are all, every single one, dolls that have been thrifted lately (in the last few months) and who are sitting there waiting for their makeovers. I don't know if you can see her but I even have a nearly new JoJo Siwa doll in there. 

To the left of that is the Beach House and some cubbies behind it holding a ton of dolls shoes, pets, baby siblings, winter coats etc. etc. etc. 

There are also the doll carrying cases, most of them with dolls in having been on an adventure or are going on an upcoming one... There are various empty doll boxes too. Just doll stuff doll stuff doll stuff...! But I need lots of doll stuff because I have lots and lots of dolls. Right? Teehee. 

A closer look at the kitchen area... When I do scenes, I move all the stuff out and set up the room. I used to keep more rooms set up all the time but I need the space to store stuff more now...

To the left of Josh and Heather Dolls portrait time is Heather Doll's Bedroom. That is one room that never comes down... And right now it has a whole bunch of dolls standing in it. Hahaha. 

Then next to that I have another shelf with bins for doll clothes... The top left bin is doll tights and leggings, the right top is PJs, the second level is shirts on left and skirts on right and bottom is pants on left and dresses on right. Those are the clothes I don't have enough space to hang up... 

There is a short 'half' closet there that is full of doll stuff... Stuff for the upcoming store and on and on...

Here is one of my doll storage areas. I have them all on top of a table in bins... See the fabric 'runner' sitting on their heads, I keep those on top of dolls often to keep the dust off them. It means you can't alway see all of them but it's better than dusty doll hair!

Here they are without the cover so you can get a glimpse of 'who' lives on the top of the table. 

More of the dolls on the table...

And even more...

Then to the left of that is.... More dolls...

Hahaha. 

Another half closet also holds doll stuff... See the shelf with the old school Madame Alexander doll and Gotz girl in a wheelchair? That's just a standard three shelf bookcase with shelves removed and turned on it's side. It's where most of my Madame Alexander 18inch dolls live... I do TRY to keep them in groupings by doll manufacturer because I, when I set up scenes, try to pick a group with one doll from each type, as much as is practical anyway. That way I don't usually end up with duplicate doll face sculpts in one posting. Or that's the goal anyway. If I have one. Hahaha.

Then there are two bins of mostly Our Generation Dolls although I see a few other brands have sneaked in to the group... 

Then there is a shelf that I converted to a Doll Closet a few years ago... On top are most of my Journey Girl Dolls.  

If you turn around this is what you see... I have a doll closet made out of one of those foldable dryers made for real clothes but that makes a nifty closet. I need to get more hangers and hang up more of the clothes in bins. Always something to be done when you're a busy doll mommy! Eh? I also store a lot of the furniture and obviously the awesome doll car I got from the lovely Frann as a gift. 

As you can see, I keep all my little sister dolls on top of the cupboards here. I have the 14inch dolls in front and then the shorter 12 inch dolls in back.. Because the ceiling gets shorter towards the wall and they all fit better that way. As you can see, I have a runner on top of them too. Where do I get these runners you ask? At thrift stores... They are meant to be a fancy runner on the middle of a table but I use them for this and they work perfectly. 

Here is a closer look at the doll closet. 

Here is the runner on top of the shorter dolls. As you can see, it doesn't cover all of them perfectly but I rotate them enough that it does a good enough job of keeping dust off my lovely dolls. 

Here they are without the runner on top. 

Then on the other side of the cupboards is the staircase downstairs and out of the doll room. As you can see I have dolls hanging on the wall on hooks... I may or may not have a lot of dolls... Teehee. 

And... That's it. I am sure there are more questions raised by this post than answers so be sure to ask questions, if you have them, about doll types and whatever other questions you might have. 

Happy Friday! It's snowing here right now so I am looking forward to staying in at home and staying warm. I hope ya'll have a great weekend!!
XXOO
Heather