Emily Rose Doll Clothes Value Bundle From Amazon!

Greetings and Salutations Doll Friends!

"Hello, my name is Heather. I am a doll clothes-aholic"

Hello Heather.

Hahaha.

Kidding!

Kind of.

So, I was on Amazon recently shopping researching and what did I come across but this 

Emily Rose Doll Clothes Value Bundle.

Well, I had to see what it was all about... You know... For the blog... For research!

I do it all for you dear readers!!

Teehee.

Well, I do, sort of. I do want to show ya'll when I find good deals and exciting things in the 18inch doll world. My dolls just happen to be the lucky benefactors.

So, this set is marvelous! 

I mean, really, it's lovely. The quality of Emily Rose Doll clothes is spot on and the price of each outfit in the is doll bundles works out to like $9/outfit. 

Only one of the outfit's has shoes that come with the outfit but one of them comes with a cute backpack and there is also a head band included.

How can you beat that? 

So, do go treat your dollies to this fabulous set if you're looking to get them some cute new outfits!

Better run!
XXOO
Heather

 

PZAS Winter Wardrobe Set! Five Complete Outfits In An Amazing Set!

Hi Doll Friends,

I've purchased PZAS Doll Clothes in the past... I've always been very happy with them! 

One of the sets I've looked at for ever so long but never taken the plunge on until now was the 

Winter Wardrobe Set!

Now that I have it, I don't know what on earth I waited so long for. 

It is fabulous!

Now, don't get me wrong, the $49.95 price tag is a bit daunting to spend all at once, at least it was for me... 

Well, unless you compare it to American Girl Doll brand clothes and then it seems downright inexpensive honestly. 

It comes with five complete sets of clothes! 

When I say complete, I mean really complete!! 

Each outfit comes with a pair of footwear appropriate for the outfit and even accessories! 

They are so cute!!

They come in these adorable gift boxes and so they would make wonderful gifts for any doll collector!

See, here are the cute shoes, boots and skates! They even come with an umbrella!

Here is all the comes in the 'Sweet Little Feet' box! Two pairs of adorable dress shoes, two pairs of adorable boots and a pair of ice skates along with the umbrella I already mentioned. 

This is what you see in the second box containing the outfits. Each of the ensembles is packaged separately in a clear plastic package. So, feasibly, saying you have five little girls to purchase gifts for you could even separate the set out and gift each outfit individually too. 

Honestly,  any one of the outfits would be a lovely gift in itself!

Here is the back of the box. It shows each outfit and what's included. 

This is the side of the box. 

The opposite side looks exactly the same or I would've photographed it as well. 

This is the first outfit, the winter 'ski' type outfit. It comes with a snow jacket, snow pants, two hats, a pair of mittens and a scarf... And it even includes a little snowman! The white snow boots are meant to go with this outfit. 

Then there is the 'dressy' outfit. As you can see, it comes with the pretty dress, a little 'case', a hair bow, a necklace, a bracelet and even a set of cute little cupcakes! The pink flats are meant to go with this outfit. 

Then there is the raincoat set. It comes with a reverse-able rain coat, a white A-line dress, a pair of socks and the cute little doll you see here. The clear rain-boots are meant to go with this outfit along with the umbrella. 

Then we have the skating outfit. It includes a blue leotard, a flowered skirt, white mittens, a white scarf and an adorable necklace with a skater charm. Obviously the skates are meant to go with this outfit. 

Last but not least there is the walking coat outfit. It includes the plum colored walking coat, a gray A-line dress, a pair of gray panties, a scarf and a necklace. The gray boots are meant to go with this outfit. 

I have tried most of the outfits on dolls... I just haven't had a chance to get them photographed yet. 

The quality of these outfits and items is just so amazing. Really, they are made very well! The value of this set is absolutely spot on. 

I highly recommend it!

Then, as a surprise I didn't even expect the set also included this cute little drawstring bag that, I presume, is meant to hold all the little accessories and such when they are not being played with. 

Fabulous!

So, if you're looking for an instant winter wardrobe for your doll, look no further, this set will cover all your bases! 

Better run! So many blog drafts to finish now that I've found a spare moment to work on them!

XXOO
Heather 

PS Update, these are the photos from Amazon descriptions of the outfits. 

I thought you might like to see them. 

 

MIA; Making Doll Clothes & Surviving Winter... Introducing PCR Doll Rags!

Greetings And Salutations Doll Friends!

Oh. My. Goodness.

I feel like I've just returned to planet Earth after having been away for... 

Weeks? Months? Years? Decades? 

In any case, away so long I feel like I've neglected ya'll and my little blog here despite all my wanting to get here and make posts the last few weeks. I've just felt like I've been slogging through quicksand or something. At least when it came to my entire grown-up 'To-Do' list of basics...

However, one thing I kept hearing from the Spirit as I was trying to keep my head above the water/quicksand was 

"Just do what you can do and do it as well as you can..." 

So...

I sewed in an attempt to keep my rattled nerves from coming apart at the seams! Also, to continue to teach myself some quick techniques and inexpensive cloth source options so I could pass the techniques and cloth source option ideas along to you fine folks, my sweet readers..

Another objective of my weeks months (?) long sewing frenzy was to start making a few of said doll clothes to sell in an upcoming Etsy Shoppe!

Or that's the plan...

My Doll Clothes 'line' is going to be called 

*insert-drum-roll-here*

Penniless Caucasian Rubbish Doll Rags!

Cos I have a weird sense of humor and it makes me giggle every time I think of it and...

I'll take my giggles where I can find them, lately. Eh?

The idea behind them is to sell very simple basics that can coordinate with other simple basics so, together, the items can help bulk up a doll wardrobe and provide as many style options as possible from each item. Therefore, most of the items will be separates, tops and bottoms or skirts and I want to try and make a great deal of it reversable as well so you can get two looks out of one item! So that's my working concept anyway...

One inexpensive cloth option that I took a bit of a risk with but was happily surprised by...? These 12x12 inch quilters blocks I got on Amazon. You get 50 different squares, no duplicates and mostly small and unique patterns. The only tricky part is that this size of fabric doesn't really lend itself to any manner of pattern sewing unless you're just going to use a 'chunk' of the fabric as an accent to a fabric you have in more abundance... You'll see what I mean by that in an upcoming post when I used one panel to make two bodices with coordinating fabric otherwise...

For now, I wanted to see what I could do in a really simple way to use the fabrics by themselves... And... I came up with a really simple skirt you can make using the blocks.

. Quick caveat: mind you I didn't pre-wash the fabrics... That may be a huge no-no but all I read on the reviews of the fabric on Amazon said that they frayed rather badly when they were prewashed and so I decided I'd sew with them first, using the zig-zag to keep any frays from ruining the finished product. I hope. I haven't laundered any of the finished skirts yet but plan to soon just to see how they stand up... But for now, especially if you're an adult collector like myself and likely won't need to launder your doll skirts very often, this might be a nifty way to get cute skirts in fabrics I literally don't think you'll find anywhere else. Fifty unique skirts, if you're willing to make that many, for less than $22!! (Well, not counting the thread...) That's not bad at all... Eh?

I, of course, fell in love with the kookiest of the bunch and set to work right away!! I literally giggle every time I look at the bear fabric you see above and hate to report I'll probably have to keep that skirt for myself because I just love it.... LOL 

That might be a problem actually with my upcoming Etsy store plans; 

"Oh I like this one too much to sell!!?" 

Just kidding!! I'll be good! I'll post it for sale and if it doesn't sell, it's mine! 

Oh wait..... LOL LOL LOL 

Can't tell I've been locked in four walls too long can you? I've begun to LOL at my own jokes. Thank goodness it's mid-March. 

Actually the winter has thawed but now my whole state is flooded... I am lucky, I am one of the few without problems other than taking on a bit of water in our basement... Pray for Nebraska if you don't mind, ok? I can't even wrap my mind around all the destruction the water has created. Mother Nature can really be a monster sometimes I am telling you. We are supposed to be getting even more rain today... So, yes, please pray if you're so inclined to be a praying person. 

(Which I highly recommend because Jesus rocks! but I digress yet again...)

Anyway, so back to the skirts... What I did was... 

I cut them in half exactly at the middle which made two 6x12 inch pieces, then I sewed the two pieces together to make a really long 6x24inch piece, see below:

Then pressed my seams open (because my Granny taught me right and it makes the end product much nicer and makes running the elastic through the eventual casing much easier! 

Next I zigzagged around the entire outside perimeter to prevent fraying and so that I would not loose as much length in the skirt from having to turn it under twice when hemming and/or creating the casing for the elastic at the top of the skirt. If that makes sense at all. I suppose you could also use a serger (spell?) but I don't own one nor do I know how to operate one and just looking at them kind of stresses me out... How do you even thread all that thread and where? So maybe a serger owner can help me by clarifying it it would work the same? 

So here you see the bear fabric all zig-zagged. 

All of them zig-zagged and ready for hems and casings... 

Did I mention I generally always sew things at least a few at a time. Having been a prior rubber stamper, I got used to doing 'productions' of things and it just seems nearly as easy to make 2-4 of an item as it is to make one... Right? Not to mench, the upcoming Etsy store will not stock itself. 

I sewed the hem 1/2 inch and the casing 3/4inch. I used the Dritz Easy Hem I got at a garage sale once... they work like a charm! Well, at least they make hemming a lot less annoying!! YouTube likely has lots of videos explaining how they work so I'll let you check them out if you're interested. 

This fabric was another favorite and one I'll have a hard time selling... What can I say? I love kooky and strange and wholly original fabrics and how much more original can you get than these whimisical kitty cats on bright yellow background? I love it!

Here's a better shot of the bear fabric one... I just love it. 

Here is Layla showing you the other 'side' of her reversable top... That's what I mean about wish that Penniless Caucasian Rubbish Doll Rags will be able to have as many of the items be reversable as possible. What could be more fun than having two tops in one? Eh? Well... I suppose there could be a lot more fun things than that but... Still, nifty and something I would've loved in my doll clothes as a girl. I had ONE reversable cape my Granny made and it's still an all time favorite of all my doll clothes. 

Here are Carissa, Taryn and Harper modeling more tops and skirts. 

(The pants Harper is wearing and leggings Carissa has on are ones I purchased, I didn't make them... I do plan to attempt pants soon though...)

I've made a few blunders... If you look at the fabric on Harpers top? The pattern is upside down. Ugh. I did that more than once and on more than one kind of item. You'd think it'd be a mistake you only make once but when I end up cutting like six items out at a time, I sometimes get in a hurry and... 

Upside down birds happen. 

Oops. 

Did I mention I am going to keep my mistakes? LOL

Maybe it's on purpose afterall? 

KIDDING!

Second batch of skirts...

And some of the finished products that I just didn't get a chance to have the models put on...

(I showed more about the top in this post,)

So I'll keep you posted about the Etsy Store as I work on getting it up and running!

Once again, I am out of time!

Better run!

XXOO
Heather

More Gorgeous Dresses From Dresses For Dolls Etsy Shoppe!!

Happy Friday Doll Friends!!

I am so glad it's Friday! I am taking the day off with my husband today and so am looking forward to a three day weekend! Woot! 

A little while ago I told you about some lovely dresses I bought from an Etsy shoppe named "Dresses For Dolls". They were amazing little dresses and I am still blown away by the price of them! Many of them are only $5.00 each! So... When I got a bit of Christmas money, I had to go order a few! They actually arrived more than a week or more ago (I really don't remember, this month has absolutely been flying by!!) but I only got a chance to get them on to some dolls and photographed yesterday. 

Here is the lovely Saila wearing a dress I bought with her in mind... She comes from very cold snowy country and I thought it'd be perfect. Her boots and funky socks are perfect for it too! They actually are from the meet outfit of another Maplelea Doll, Taryn, but they were perfect for this outfit I thought. Maplelea Dolls are very similar to American Girl and Our Generation but their feet are just a smidge slimmer and longer so shoes can be tricky! I digress...

Here we have Jazz in a pink dress with cute dancing monkeys on it. This dress just made me giggle and so I had to... 

Juliet-Olivia is wearing a lovely feather motif dress. I think it's such a cool print I'd even wear a dress like out of this print in 'real life'.

Nanea is wearing a dress I bought just for her. I love the Hawaiian print of this dress. It's styled a smidge different than the other ones I've bought and so was a $1.00 more... Still, a steal!! And absolutely perfect for Nanea as well! Gorgeous!

Then I noticed when I was shopping that she'd added a few other styles of dress. On a total impulse (literally) I bought one...  

Due to more fabric and likely more work, this beautiful dress was $10.00. Still an absolute steal but in hindsight I am actually surprised I bought it because I have, in recent years, begun to prefer contemporary fashions for my dolls. But it is just so beautiful, blue being my favorite color and all. So it'll be great for a Halloween costume or an outfit for a costume party though, eh? 

It looks fabulous on Leonie I think. She has a 

Better run!
Have a great weekend!
XXOO
Heather