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 

 

Heidi Ott Faithful Friends eBay Score!

Hi Doll Friends,

It's been a bit since I posted... 

Life has really been... Well, hard. Life has been hard. 

I mean 2020 has been hard for everyone though right? 

Everything I ever thought life would be or become has been turned on it's head this year. 

Every. Single. Thing.

Perhaps my problem was having expectations in the first place. 

I don't know. Suffice to say I've been struggling to deal with the reality of my life and my sweet little blog here is feeling the hit. So, sorry about that. 

Well, I should back up and thank Jesus for even getting me to this day. Because without Him I might've just lay down on the bed and quit trying at all. 

So praise Jesus!

So, when trying to keep my head above water, I often go out 'researching'...

Or rather keeping an eye on my 'watched' items on eBay. 

Teehee. 

Mostly I just look for deals that are unheard of which are much more rare now than they were like 20 years ago when I joined eBay...

But sometimes...

You find a great one. 

So when I saw this Heidi Ott Faithful Friend doll listed on an auction for $5.00 starting bid plus shipping... (And reasonable shipping at that!)

I knew I had to at least bid on her!

So I did. I bid like $5 and change. Figuring I wouldn't get her but it couldn't hurt to try and then...

I won the auction!! I was shocked! 

So here she is. Isn't she beautiful? I love love love Heidi Ott dolls. I have several as you can read about here.

Most of the Heidi Ott Faithful Friends I've gotten in the past I've given body transplants to because I don't really like the body type they came up with on these dolls. But I also love the sculpt on the hands and feet of them and those are lost when they get an Our Generation Doll body... So I might just let this little lady keep her original body... I don't know, time will tell. I do know she's going to get a new wig though. Heidi Ott Faithful Friends were very well done in most every detail, their costuming was amazing and of course the Heidi Ott sculpt is gorgeous. But they wanted to make them afforable to the masses and, I think, the one place they had to skimp on quality was on the wig. 

In fact, as I am writing this, this little lady has already gotten a new wig... Teehee. She looks amazing in it too! I'll have to show her to you soon. Here she is dressed in some contemporary clothes. 

Isn't she cute and pretty? 

So I am so glad to have added her to my collection. 
Side note, the quilt she is standing in front of? My Grandma made that. Isn't it BEAUTIFUL? It's one of my most precious items in all the world. 

I better run. 
XXOO
Heather 

 

Syracuse Meets Some Of The Doll Family!

Hi Doll Friends!

Syracuse recently arrived in the Doll House (Lotus-Onda Newyberry type doll) and so of course I had to take some photos of her meeting some of the Doll Family!!

Here is Syracuse is in the parlor...

She is joined by Kaleo Doll. By way, I looked and looked and looked for a post about when I converted Kaleo to a boy doll but couldn't find anything so... He is a Heidi Ott Faithful Friends Beth head and an Our Generation body. I love love love the face sculpt on Heidi Ott Faithful Friends but really dislike their body type because they can't stand on their own. So all of the Faithful Friends in my collection have been made over in to OG bodies. I digress... But I wanted to tell you who this doll was because I don't think you've seen him before? He's named after a group who's music I love... Kaleo is a band from Iceland and I discovered them right about the time I converted him and so it fit. 

Of course Frann Doll was there for to meet her! 

Then Heather Doll welcomed her. 

Kaleo, Frann and Heather talked story a little while until...

Josh Doll arrived to say Hi. 

The dolls in the Doll House didn't want to overwhelm her with too many hello's at once and so they just stopped there...

Syracuse thinks she is going to love the Doll House!

XXOO
Heather

Laura Ingalls Wilder Settling In To The Doll House!

Greetings and Salutations Doll Friends!!

Where does the time go? How can it be Monday again already? Right? Speaking of time... Our sweet little time traveler, Laura Ingalls Wilder, is settling nicely into the Doll House Village! I am working on a YouTube video of the story of her arrival... It's going to be a long one I think. I am going to have the girls all welcome her to the Doll House Village wearing dresses and not using any 'modern' devices around her at first so as to not give her too much culture shock! I mean, she is still in the midwestern United States but, well, it certainly has changed a bit since her time here. 

In keeping with that story line, I re-dressed her in a dress I had in the Doll Wardrobe from one of my Heidi Ott Faithful Friend dolls. The Queen's Treasures actually makes a American Prairie Dress that is rather pretty but, knowing I had this dress that absolutely never gets worn by my more modern dolls, I knew I didn't need it really. I do like the Prairie Calico Dress they sell though and it's a bit less than the other one so.. Maybe someday. 

Doesn't the blue dress really bring out her eyes?! 

I also gave her a calico knecklace because I thought it would be time period appropriate and, when she starts to wear more modern fashions, it'll be a bit of her history in the outfit. Teehee...

I decied to have Diane welcome her to the Doll House. Real Diane love love loved Laura Ingalls Wilder so, how could I not? 

Diane asks her if she'd like to change into some clothes that are a little less warm for the season...

"Is it ok if I leave my doll here on the chair...?"

Stay tuned for the rest of the story...

Teehee.

XOXO
Heather