Adora Doll Jasmine Takes A Walk! Doll Photography!

 

Hi Doll Friends!

I recently took a trip out to my brother's place and so decided to bring along Adora Doll Jasmine with me for Doll Photographs. I think I got some pretty great ones. 

Hope this finds you having a fantastic day!

XXOO
Heather 

Meet Frann Dolls Husband Frank!

Greetings and Salutations Doll Friends!! 

As I've mentioned in recent blog posts, I've begun to feel like I have a few too many dolls. What!? That's a preposterous notion isn't it? Is there such a thing even? Never! Hahaha. Kidding. I honestly don't really thing there is such a thing as 'too many dolls' honestly. If you have the space, the money and the access to them, you're not hurting anyone, right? It's actually not due to the space or the money that is making me feel like I have 'too many' though. Although, lets get real, space can be a problem when you have over a hundred a lot of dolls! I actually don't know how many I have, I haven't counted in a while... Teehee... No the driving force behind my feeling like perhaps I have too many is that because of that, some of them just sit and collect dust. Literally. I do try to rotate them in and out of the Doll House scenes but I do have favorites (don't tell the dolls!!) and naturally those see more 'play time' than the others. So... I've begun to try and weed some dolls out. Is it silly that I feel kind of guilty every single time I get rid of a doll? Like I am a bad 'Doll Mom' or something. Isn't that silly? I mean I know they're all just made of plastic and fluff but I get attached anyway. Such as the life of a doll fanatic huh? 

So... I started basket of dolls I wasn't totally in love with. Just set them aside at first... You know, to mull over what to do with them. I am the laziest person in the world when it comes to eBay because the parceling up and mailing always seems so difficult to me. So my thought is usually to just donate the dolls to Goodwill because nine  seven (?) times out of ten I will have gotten them at a thrift store anyway. 

One of the dolls I put in the 'pile' of possible orphans was my very first Adora doll. It wasn't that I didn't like her but I had the newer versions Adora dolls and I had to weed someone. I wasn't particularly attached to that doll and since I'd originally named her Fongtan after one of my favorite co-workers, I just stole the name and gave it to the newer Adora Doll that arrived named Jasmine. As I looked at my original Adora though, the more I looked, the more I saw why I wasn't in love with her. Because she would be much more loveable as a boy!! So, I set to work. I decided to just cut his hair myself and see how it came out. If it was horrible, I was planning to order a wig. However, much to my utter surprise and delight, I really love the way his hair came out!! 

Doll Friends meet Frank!! He has come to the Doll House to be Frann Doll's husband and fella. I decided to give him an American name to match Frann Doll's because I a terrified I'll spell his Korean name wrong every single time and I know I'll say it wrong too. I can't have that! I am so happy to have Frank because now Heather Doll and Frann Doll can go on double dates!! Fun!!

Here is the happy couple Frann and Frank. Aren't they fabulous?!?!

Here are Josh Doll and Heather Doll all ready to have a fun chat and coffee on a double date with Frank and Frann. 

Naturally they decided to go to the Sweet Shoppe for a coffee, sweets and a chat.

Say cheese!!

Time flew and soon enough Annie, who was running the Sweet Shoppe because it was Lisa Doll's day off, brought out their Bakery orders to go. 

Josh and Heather had ordered some more of the Strawberry Shortcake Josh had while they were chatting and Frann and Frank ordered a strawberry-rhubarb pie because Josh recommended them and they'd never had one before.

They had such a nice time they decided they must go on double dates more often! Frank told Josh that they would have to go out golfing because that was his favorite hobby.

Here is Heather Doll paying for Josh and Heather's part of the evening.

And here is Frann paying for her and Franks. The girls were treating for the evening because they had helped them with some studying earlier and wanted to do something nice for them. Isn't that sweet?

Naturally the boys carried the boxes because they are gentlemen.

So that wraps up the fun first double date! Everyone had so much fun!

Better run!

Till next time!
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