Our Generation Doll Omaha Flea Market Find!

Greetings Doll Friends.

Uh Oh. I think I have a problem. I just can't stop buying dolls. Perhaps I should start a chapter of D.A. (Dolls Anon) and make a support group or something? Teeheehee. Kidding! Not trying to make light of anyone who suffers with addictive tendencies at all, that's no joke. However, I do think I am the tiniest bit addicted to buying dolls. I tell myself "That's IT. No more new dolls for _____ days/weeks/months"  Untill..... I find another one for a good price or just too pretty to pass up and... Well... You know...

Here is the latest doll to follow me home. I tried to stop her! Haha. After church last week my daughter and I decided (since we didn't have the guys with us) that we would stop into one of our favorite treasure hunting venues, The Omaha Mega-Market Flea Market. There is a vendor there called "Toys and More" run by a sweet woman named Karen Ramos. She has a really great selection of toys and nearly all the time she has at least one or two 18inch dolls or sometimes clothes and or accessories. So she's a great shoppe for me and my daughter is always on the hunt for clothes for her BJD doll or for Littlest Pet Shoppes and she often finds such things there. So if you're close to Omaha Nebraska, you should stop in and see her!

I hadn't planned on buying a doll when I walked in... I was more looking for just clothes because I was 'trying to be good'. Then I saw this little lady.... I won't lie, what drew me to her was her awesome outfit with the India/Yoga motif. As you know, we love yoga in the Doll House and so I had to have this outfit for my Heather doppleganger doll!

After really looking at the doll though, I decided I thought she was beautiful too... Uh oh... 

She reminded me a lot of Adora Doll Lola which was one of the Adora dolls that wasn't available when I happened to find them on sale recently and got a few of them. So, it was like fate giving me a second chance for a doll with Lola's beautiful color hair and eyes. Nice! Karen generally marks her dolls $10 (I've seen one or two with fancier outfits that were more) and they are always in lovely shape, as are all her toys. I think that's fair, don't you? I still haven't decided what I am going to call this lovely doll but I am sure she will let me know her name soon. 

Better run! 

Till Next Time!
XXOO
 Heather

Omaha Flea Market BuildABear! Clothes fit American Girl Doll 18" Dolls!

Greetings and Salutations!!

I was chatting with my daughters friend the other day, about dolls, specifically American Girl Dolls, since she is a prior American Girl Model and has six of that brand of dolls. I figure this makes her an expert, right? She advised me that Build-Bear Fashions work pretty well for American Girl Dolls! Interesting information, I cataloged it in my brain for future reference. 

As I mentioned, Dear Daughter and I went to the Omaha Flea Market this past Sunday. (See last post) As we were walking out, well pleased with our purchases, I walked by this stall.

I'd walked by it often, thinking it was cute but bears have never really been my thing... Except now it took on new meaning!! The clothes fit American Girl Dolls huh? Uh oh... This could be dangerous information!! Ha!! Just kidding, I am focusing on making my own doll clothes. However, not every Mom has time or inclination to go sewing doll clothes, even if it is easier by Upcycle. So an inexpensive doll clothes source? You betcha I am gonna pass on that information!! Now... I know at the mall those little outfits can cost a bit of money... So I asked the proprietor now much each outfit was, without the bears? They are $5 each!! Being that it's a Flea Market, I am betting if you want to buy several, you could probably even get a discount (don't quote me, I didn't ask but it's a flea market and bartering is the name of the game!). 

Look at the selection!! I don't plan on ever buying pre-made doll clothes again or I'd have been very tempted myself. Especially with the TKD Outfit that comes with all color belts! Cute!! Now... I haven't actually tried any of these on a doll so it might do to take your doll with you and try on or buy one or two and see for sure how they fit. Also, being as they are made for bears, they often have the little 'tail hole' but that can be stitched up in no time or even safety pinned closed. Worth it for $5 an outfit! They seem to be reasonably well made, for premade doll clothes. (I am not thrilled with the quality of premade doll clothes available but that is yet another blog post!) I am a tough critic and I'd buy them should I be in market for new premade ensembles for my dolls.

I suppose there are some of you who might actually want to stuff a bear or animal and get outfits for it and that is ok too. We are a doll blog but we have nothing against Stuffed Critters either. At $15 for the entire package, you can probably afford to go get a Happy Meal too! 

I realize this blog post will only help Omaha locals but it was too good not to pass on. The Flea Market is open Saturdays and Sundays by way. I am also not connected to them in any way other than a shopper... I realize I plug them a lot but when summer comes, I'll be 'plugging' Garage Sales then too. I am all about the second hand market for dolls and toys...! But that's another post!

Have a fantastic day! See you next time I hope!

XOXO

Doll Orphan Joins the Doll Posse!

The Omaha Flea market, I took DearDaugter there this past Sunday in hopes she might find an acceptable doll in the Doll Section. That is where I found her 'new' BFC INC doll Saturday and instead of taking every cent of her ~$40 in Christmas and Birthday money to Target to buy ONE Monster High Doll like she wanted to, I wanted to show her the power of her dollar in the second hand market. 

We hit Doll Section there and low and behold she is able to find FOUR dolls she is pretty thrilled with for under $20! All fashion sized dolls, which DearDaughter is really into as much as 18" Dolls. She was happy and she still had half her money! 

While she was shopping, I glanced around. Hmmm what is that laying on the table over there?? Looks about same size as the BFC Doll I got... Perhaps I had missed one yesterday?

I go pick her up. She hadn't  been cared for well all that well...

 

She has makeup all over her face, even on her teeth...

Her hair is a total frizzy mess braided into a huge braid...

Her torso was also a bit 'loose' at her chest 'joint' and so she had trouble holding herself up strait on her own.

Still her dress was pretty and her shoes were both there and her face, despite the makeup, was very pretty. I decided she was worth the $6 the proprietress at the Doll section was asking for her. 

We took her home and washed her up with warm washcloth with mild soap. We took out braid and slowly (slowly!) worked doll brush thru her hair. She has an interesting hairstyle in that she originally must've had a bun or pony tail on top of her head. So she has a small, shorter, bit of hair right in crown of her head. So I can see why a child might've struggled to keep her hair tidy. I actually even trimmed a bit off bottom of her hair because some of it was very jagged at the ends. DO NOT CUT DOLL HAIR WITHOUT PERMISSION KIDS! Ok? I figured I could risk it because she was only $6 and how much worse could I make it? 

Then, around her wobbly chest level joint, I performed a bit of Doll Surgery! Yes, that's right. In the form of (pretty blue) electrical tape applied around her to hold her erect. Kind of like fusing her spine because she now can't move in that joint area but it keeps her from being a hunchback! I, after taking these photos, wrapped a bit more of the tape around and it looks like a blue bra to match her painted on white panties. 

Moment of truth!! Put back her original dress to give you instant clue who she is because the yellow dress is pretty well known...

Here she is! Belle from Disney! She didn't come with pink coat but it's winter and it looked cute and accessories make the outfit, right? 

Apparently Disney released a whole line of 18" Princess Dolls! I was completely unaware of this! No judging, it is in best interest of my pocketbook that I don't have such information. Trust me. 

The original line of dolls looked like this. I will be looking for them in future when I am happen upon a second hand doll selection! They are very pretty!

Being Belle, she wanted to set to reading immediately! Here she and Isla are reading together.

She seems to fit right in. Here she and Shuri and Rose are wearing their new night gowns for bed. 

Then she set to modeling new items I made almost immediately! I am so glad to have her because her body type is nearly just like the BFC INC doll we recently got, which has become a favorite of Dear Daughter. So I have a 'fit model' and she still had the other one in her room to play with all the time. Win win!

Here she is, rocking a new ensemble I Upcycled from an OshKosh dress!!

She fits right in with the Doll Posse!!

Thanks for visiting! See you in next post!

XOXO