Thrift Finds And Left Behinds! American Girl Doll Julie and Styling Caddy & Vintage Doll Sized Books!

Greetings And Salutations Doll Friends!

Just here to report the latest Thrift Store finds and left beinds lately... 

To start, the finds...

I got this American Doll Julie for only $1.99! I mean, clearly, she needs a spa day makeover! Since her wig is so far gone, I plan to give her a new wig which will likely give her a whole new look!!

She didn't have any clothes on when I found her, I slipped her into this little yellow dress for the photos. As you can see her neck strings have been cut. I think a lot of people do that not knowing they were intentionally left long so the dolls head can be removed to tighten her linbs. I'll probably need to do that during her makeover because the her limbs could afford to be tightened. 

She actually wasn't marked when I found her at the Thrift... I think her price tags were attached here but someone ripped it off. So I just took her to the front and asked how much she was. Given she was so dirty and pathetic looking the clerk said $1.99? Of course I said "Sure, that'll work!"

As you can see, she is really dirty! Poor doll!

Then I also found this fabulous American Girl Doll Hair Salon Caddy! It didn't have anything in it but it's still a great find and will look fantastic when I do Hair Salon photo shoots in the future. 

I also got these fantastic vintage doll sized books. The covers of the 'Tales of Peter Rabbit' and 'The Velveteen Rabbit' were a bit rough but I think it just makes them look like 'antique' books. 

They actually aren't antiques, just vintage. The Velveteen Rabbit was printed in 1989 and The Tales of Peter Rabbit was printed in 1991. 

The Tale of Peter Rabbit even has color illustrations! 

The third small book was a modern book called Love Letters. It's the Love Letters of many famous writers of the past like Anais Nin, Franz Kafka and Jack London. 

Sorry for the doll nudity! But I found this My Life As Doll and she came this way. Now normally I wouldn't buy a My Life As Doll in such bad shape... However, this doll had the new sculpt from My Life As Doll that they, for some reason, haven't really featured on any but their deluxe dolls like the Scientist and the Blogger and Donut Shop Owner. So... I couldn't help myself since she was only $1.99. 

She needs a lot of work though, poor thing. She has ink pen stains on her upper chest.

When you lay her down and her eyes close, you can see her eyelids even need cleaning up.

So, yeah, she needs a day at the spa!

I found it a bit ironic that she was wearing this little hand made bracelet saying "LOVE".

So someone cared for her once at least a little bit. 

Now we come to the left behinds!! I put both of these beauties in my cart for a bit when I was at the thrift... Their bodies were junk but the face sculpt was so cute!! 

For some reason I can't now recall, I talked myself out of both of them?! Probably because I have way too many dolls and I need to thin them out, not keep adding to them! Won't say I'm not regretting being so 'logical' at the store. 

So pretty!

They were marked 2010 New Adventures LLC on a tag on their sides.

I also found this little bag with a pair of boots and a pair of Madame Alexander shoes with a small handbag as well. Even though it was only $1.99, I left them because, again, I have so so so many doll items already. 

Aaaaand even though she was still in her box and I don't have her in my collection and the little outfit would've probably have been what she was marked? I didn't buy her. Was another day that I was feeling like I should be clearing dolls out not collecting more unless they are higher end dolls or more rare dolls for a great price. 

And last but not least? This one came from eBay and not from the Thrift. 
However, I recently moved and had to pick and choose the most important bits of my doll collection to bring with me and space was the issue. So, one of the things I didn't keep was my My Life As Doll Dance Studio. Aaaand, I've regretted that decision since then. It's such a great item to use to photograph doll clothes when they are being modeled like the outfits I sew for my dolls in this post. . 

However, it's not something you can buy at Walmart anymore because they discontinued it. So... I've had it on my watch list on eBay. Aaaaand finally one was listed that I got for a pretty good price especially considering it's discontinued. I paid $36.00 plus shipping. I mean, sure, I was kicking myself for having gotten rid of the orignal one but I am glad of eBay so you have chance to replace things if you want to. 

Well, that's it for now... 

Hope you're having a great day!

XXOO
Heather 

 

Dolls Dolls Dolls... Thrift Store Finds I Could Not Resist!

Greetings and Salutations Doll Friends!

I was weak! How could I not?!

Recently I went into a thrift store and low and behold what did I see?

Someone had apparently donated their entire collection of My Life As Dolls!

Or that's what it looked like! They all had what, it appeared to me, their original 'meet outfits' on and had been played with very little. 

What?!?!

Before I knew what I was doing, the entire collection of them was in my cart...

And then being rung up at the register...

And in my Jeep!

But seriously...

How. Could. I. Not?

They were all marked $3.99 each! Their outfits alone were worth that!

Seriously, how could I not?

There was even this little gal... I hadn't planned on buying any 14' dolls but...

Knowing this was one of the City Pals and knowing, now, that they were likely a 'one off' for just the Christmas season they'd been released and sold at Sam's Club, again... 

How could I not?

Not too many days later in a different thrift store...

(What can I say? They are a weakness!)

I found these two Our Generation dolls. 

I didn't think to take 'before' photos of them unfortunately, this is them after I'd cleaned them up. 

Sadly, that thrift store writes the prices on each item with permanent marker...

Why??!

I am going to try and get it off with some zit cream at some point or another.

This little guy has a mark of ink on his face I couldn't get off too...

At a different thrift store a little later I found this My Life As Doll Boy. 

He had no clothing on and only $1.99 and... Well... I was weak and bought him. 

Then just the other day (these finds have been over the last several weeks, mind you...) I found this little gal!! I almost fell over the same way I always do when I find an actual American Girl Doll at a thrift store. Better yet? She didn't have a price tag and I asked the clerk how much she was and she told me she'd let me have her for $1.99!! 

Wow!

That's a find!

So... This is how I ended up buying a gaggle of dolls from the Thrift Stores recently.

What can I say? 

I love dolls. 

Better go. 

XXOO
Heather

 

New My Life As Doll Items and Dolls At Walmart! Hello Kitty and Unicorn Tamer and More!

Greetings Doll Friends!

So recently I told you I'd gotten the My Life As Doll Scientist Doll on clearance at Walmart. I knew since they were putting last years stuff on clearance they'd be bringing out the new items for this year soon. So every time I'd stop into Walmart, I'd go have a look-see to see if they'd started putting them out yet. This last weekend I wasn't disappointed!

The very first doll I noticed was a new one with same face sculpt as my new scientist doll! I wondered if they'd release more dolls with this sculpt because it is so cute! It appears that they are keeping the sculpt, thus far, for the premium dolls. In this case, for the 'Donut Shop Owner'. She's very cute and her outfit is adorable! I doubt I'll get here though since she's basically the same exact doll as my scientist one but the outfit is really too cute. 

The other doll they used the new sculpt on is this 'World Vlogger' Doll. She's got really cute accessories! Vlogging is a big thing with young people and so I think the theme will be a popular one. 

Another new doll that I am sure will be very popular is a Hello Kitty doll. It's a bit more expensive than the other dolls from My Life As Doll in same way as the JoJo Siwa Doll was.  

Here is the back of the box for the Hello Kitty Doll. 

One thing I noticed was this photo... I am guessing they'll release a Hello Kitty Bakery set which looks super cute but I didn't see it at the store. Now THAT one might be hard to pass up because it's super cute! 

Another new doll was the 'Unicorn Trainer' Doll. What a funny job that would be. I think this one will be very popular! It looks like she has a blue streak of hair in the front. Very cute!

Here is one with dark hair and blue eyes...

Then there is a new outfit for this years Ballerina Doll. 

I like the name of this one... "Horse Whisperer" They are coming up with some really clever names for the 'professions' of their dolls this year. I like! I also love her little boots! 

It's so funny how different hair and eye colors and adding freckles can really make a doll look different. Even with the standard My Life As doll sculpt they've had for years, this one really stood out to me. Isn't she pretty?!

This one is a 'Foreign Language Tutor'. What a clever profession that is! My sister friend Frann is a language teacher in Korea and so it's the profession of one of my very best friends!

Dream Team Captain made me giggle. That's a profession I could get into. Hahaha.

Here is a photo of some of the new line dolls from the back of the box. I didn't see the one with the winter gear on... I imagine she's a ski instructor? Then it looks like they've come out with a new hair and eye color for their boy doll but I didn't see any of him in the store I was in. 

In keeping with the unicorn tamer, the new Vanity Play set seems to have a unicorn theme. 

The Desk Play Set seems to have new colors too. 

And the Loft Bed has a mermaid themed fabric for its bedspread. 

In the lounge pillows they had a Hello Kitty themed one! How cute!

And in the folding chairs they have one that looks like it could be for boys and an owl themed one...

And a donut one to go with the Donut Shop theme! very cute and clever!

These Mermaid Blankets were adorable. I was almost tempted to pick one up but I wasn't too flush with Doll Mad Money that day and so I refrained. 

They had lots of cute new hats...

And cute new outfits too! This Unicorn Themed one is adorable! 

As is this mermaid themed one. 

I like the shirt on this PJ Set. 

This Ice Cream themed Swimsuit is super cute too. I think they should've had sandals instead of these slip on shoes but the sunglasses are cute! 

I always love Panda themed outfits since they remind me of Panda my daughters very first American Girl Doll that she got when she was four years old and chose that name for. 

Another cute swim suit. Also, if  you look below, you can see the ear of the new pet pig they had out. I meant to get a photo of the pets and thought I had but apparently I didn't. Oops. 

And a cute hiking outfit. 

And last but not least they had a couple of new boy outfits that I think are pretty cute. 

So that's all I saw that I think are new in the Walmart I stopped in to... 

Have you seen anything new in yours that I didn't see? Let me know in the comments!

I better run!

XXOO
Heather