Thrifting Lately; What I Left Behind and What I Brought Home!

Greetings and Salutations Doll Friends!

I generally pop into my two favorite thrift stores every time I head into town when I go in for other errands or appointments. So this post is to catch you up on things that I've seen while out... Mind you, this is over several months, so keep that in mind because to have seen all this at one time at one thrift store on one day would've been out of this world. 

As you can see above, I saw this gorgeous Journey Girl Doll but... Given that I have way way too many dolls at this point and have about three Journey Girl Kelsey's in my collection at this point. Seeing the photo right now, I am having a tiny bit of regret because she's so pretty and had such a great outfit on but I'm sure some other lucky doll collector found her and was just as thrilled to get her as I might have been should I not have so many dolls already. 

I very often see Doll Horses... I don't really have room to store them anymore though so they always stay at the store. Maybe someday I'll have more room for such things again but as it is, I just don't have the room. I'm also trying to stay off the Hoarding show too! Hahaha. 

These two little dolls (above) were so cute and while they aren't the type I collect I just had to snap a photo because they made me smile. 

Oh my goodness it was hard to resist buying these two lovely ladies. The one on the right has the beautiful recent sculpt from Our Generation but... again, I have more than a few of that sculpt in my collection already and I only have so much room. Then there is the City Pals 14 inch doll... It was hard to resist buying her because I don't know if they will ever be released again. However, I already own every one of them that was released and... well... I only have so much room... 

 

You can also see that she had a hole in her cloth body... I could've mended her but...

Only so much time and so much room and I have more than a few dolls awaiting makeovers in my Doll House already! 

This doll was in her original meet outfit... It always surprises me so much when I see a doll that's never even been changed out of her meet outfit! I imagine it is when a doll is gifted to a girl who just isn't into dolls all that much.... What?! But I guess that's a thing. 

Hahaha. 

Again... 

This doll was so hard to pass up... She, again, has that gorgeous new sculpt... But again, I have loads of this sculpt already. 

Holy moly... This day that I went it was crazy how many 18inch dolls there were!! 

This is the My Life As Doll Washer and Dryer set... Again... NO more room!!

Another scooter... I love the colors on this one, purple and orange! I love when they don't make every single doll thing PINK. 

I love the little lockers but this one had fur on it and... Well, thats kind of weird. 

Another horse...

This doll made me smile! I had her when I was a girl... She is a My Baby Beth, a Fisher Price Doll. I had to take her photo so I could show her to ya'll. 

This was tempting because it was an actual American Girl Doll Salon Chair. 

Sadly it was broken. It was super heavy and just so cool... But, broken. 

Yet another horse...

Dolls dolls dolls!!

These were porcelain dolls, not my thing at all but so unusual that I had to show them to you!

Pretty cute face sculpts!!

Now.... For what I have bought...?

I bought this bag of cute sheep... It'll be great for Becky's Barn or to go with Charlsea's pets for photos someday...

Oops, this is out of order, I didn't buy her... Cute outfit though! I almost did!

Now this one is one I did buy and one I didn't. I didn't buy the little dresser but I did buy the doll! She's an older version of Our Generation Doll that I don't think I have her face sculpt in my doll collection and so I couldn't resist! I'll hope to get her cleaned up and give you a better look at her soon! 

This I couldn't resist! I plan to hang it in the Doll Room! It makes me smile every time i look at it... I love that they are praying, that they are a doll with a photo of a 'real' girl' in background. It reminds me of Dare Wright's photos!

Lastly I had to buy this little tea set. It only had one cup but the shape of them was too unique to leave them there. Can't wait to set up a Tea Party to put them in the photos! 

That's it for now sweet Doll Friends!

XXOO
Heather 

 

Zita Elements 14inch Doll Clothes Set From Amazon

Hi Doll Friends,

So my 14 inch dolls needed a wardrobe infusion...

So I went shopping researching on Amazon to see what I could come up with. 

So I ran across this set of 14inch clothes from Zita Elements and decided to give it a try to see what it was like... Cos, like, dolls need clothes right? 

Now from the photos on Amazon, I really loved the styles and the patterns on these clothes! 

And with regard to the patterns and styles, they arrived and were spot on. 

The only thing I didn't like was that the bottoms of the dresses were not hemmed. Given the type of fabric it is I don't think they will unravel or anything but it's a detail I thought I should point out. 

Still, at less than $3.00 an outfit, they really are pretty cute. 

They come in this little bag that says "Enjoy your gift" so they'd make a great present for the 14inch doll lover in your life. Or, they are all individually packaged inside the bag too so... Really, they could be given as gifts separately too. They could even make great party favors for a doll party! 

I took some of the dolls out to model them for you this morning! 

Aren't they adorable?

So if your Wellie Wishers or Glitter Girls or City Pals need some new clothes? 

You can't really go wrong with these. 

Till next time!
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