Leonie Takes A Walk On A Foggy Morning!

Greetings And Salutations Doll Friends!

Happy Friday!

It has been far too long since I got out to take Doll Photos...

This morning while I was out on my walk it was very foggy out, just beautiful honestly. 

So when I got home, I grabbed Leonie and took her out to take some photos of her in the fog in one of my favorite local parks. 

Here are two photos I took out on my walk and as I was taking them I decided it was too pretty not to take doll photos too. 

I think I got some great shots of one of my most beautiful dolls.

 Isn't she gorgeous!!

Hope you enjoy the photos. 

Have a fantastic weekend!!

XXOO,

Heather 

 

New Dolls In The Doll House; Maplelea and Me Doll and Heidi Ott Little Ones!

Greetings and Salutations Doll Friends,

This blog post has been in the works for months and months... I've been struggling to keep up with 'regular' life (you know, working, laundry, dishes, grocery shopping and that sort) and my poor little blog here has taken the hit in neglect. I am often writitng blog posts in my head and have oh so many of them planned or partially done but... Well... I am hoping that someday I'll get back in the swing of things and be more regular in posting again. 

On to the post though... Upon discovering late last year that Maplelea Doll Company was going to update its line of Maplelea Friends Dolls to the new Maplelea and Me Dolls I knew that time was limited for me to be able to pick up my wish list dolls from that line. So, upon getting some money for my Birthday last November, I decided to pick one up before she was gone. (Which she is now...) I mean there are a lot of really pretty dolls in the lineup now but... I wanted this one. She's got the same face sculpt as the Maplelea and Me Doll I got in October of last year. So beautiful!! 

So the poor dear has been sitting around in her 'meet outfit' for months and months waiting for me to take her first portraits! Heather Doll got changed into the same outfit so they could be 'twinsy' dolls for the photos. So, I finally got them taken yesterday! 

I haven't named her yet... I'm leaning towards Kathy because she really reminds me of a friend of mine who has that name. 

She and Heather Doll decided to have a Tea party by the fire with a pretty cake. 

Since I am so far behind on posts, I decided to make this posting about another doll purchase I made late last year as well, on eBay. I have loved Heidi Ott Little One's Dolls ever since I bought one for my collection years ago. However, they are usually very expensive and had to find! They were on my eBay watchlist though and low and behold this really cute sibling set showed up for auction, both new in their boxes (which I apparently forgot to take a photo of somehow?!)... They were priced at $49.99 for both of them, including shipping! Which is not nothing but it was a really great price and so I put in a modest bid amount and... I won!! I got them for the $49.99! I was stoked! 

They are so adorable! Here they are meeting Kathy!

So, so fun to get new doll's in the Doll House!! 
Do any of you have either the Maplelea and Me Dolls or The Heidi Ott Little Ones in your collection? If so, leave a comment and let me know!

I better run! 

XXOO
Heather 

 

Maplelea Doll's Less Expensive Purchased Thru Their Website! **Updated**

 

Doll Friends!

I've always always always wanted a Maplelea Friends Doll with this face sculpt. However, they never were available via Amazon and I had long since given up on ever getting my hands on one. However, recently, on a flight of fancy, I decided to visit the Maplelea Doll website just to take a look at them again and admire them. On a fluke, I decided to just add one to a cart and see if they even shipped to the United States... And... They did!! Shipping was only $9!! So I threw caution to the fourwinds and just purchased one. I had wanted one for ever so long and it I just couldn't help myself! So... Imagine my suprise and delight when I noticed the amount taken from my bank acount was a whole lot less than the $124 I thought was going to be pulled (The dolls are $115 plus $9 shipping). Instead, only $96.29 was pulled! What?! Then I realized that the reason was that the $115 on the Maplelea Website was in Canadian dollars!! So, when converted to US Dollars, it was quite a lot less. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not happy that the good ol' US Dollar is valued at so much less than the Canadian dollar but I'll take my blessings where I can find them in this crazy year of 2020. 

So not only did I get a doll I had wanted for ever so long, I got her for a whole lot less than I would've paid should I have even ever been able to buy her on Amazon.com!

 Hallelujah! 

So if you're a US resident who has also wanted one of these beautiful dolls, might I suggest you go buy it at the Maplelea website itself! 
You won't be sorry. They are really top notch dolls! I love every single Maplea Doll I have in my collection and am so glad I have this new one! 

XXOO
Heather 

**UPDATED 10/4/2020**

So, Reader... 

Math has never been my strong suit... 
LOL

I had a reader point out that if the Maplelea Dolls were priced in Canadian dollars at $115 and they ended up being less then it would mean that the Canadian dollar is the one that is valued less, not the US dollar. Upon hearing this I was like "Oh, duh, that makes sense!" 

So... Sorry for any confusion! 
Like I say, Math? Not my strong suit. 

:) Heather