Happy Thanksgiving 2023

Happy Thanksgiving Doll Friends!! 

Hope you have a beautiful Thanksgiving!

Here are some photos I've taken lately with Thanksgiving in mind. 

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Our Generation Festive Feast Playset; A Review Three Years Later

 

Hi Doll Friends!

It's almost Thanksgiving!

How does your family celebrate? Tell me in the comments? What is your favorite tradition or food? I love Green Bean Casserole myself... And dressing!! Not stuffing, dressing! I moved to Alabama in 2020 and discovered the difference. I never liked stuffing but dressing..? I could eat an entire 13x9 inch pan of it all by itself. Haha. 

Speaking of Thanksgiving... It's been over three years since I originally bought a really cute set from Our Generation called "Festive Feast"... Or actually I apparently bought two of them. I unboxed them at the time and put them aside to take photos of and write a post about them. Then... My life sort of fell apart and I ended up moving across the country... Well since I've been slowly putting my Doll Room together again I want to show you some of the fun stuff I've found in the unpacking. 

This set is so cute!! 

I guess I must've really thought so since I bought two of them for some reason. Hahaha.

I seem to remember I wanted a whole 'set' of the dishes, enough for a four place settings. 

When I unpacked the sets I kept the little cardboard cutout photo from the box... Then put them in this little plastic storage box and didn't open it again for over three years. 

Life is so funny sometimes, isn't it. 

Here it is, packed in it's little box. 

And here are Gasper and Robyn are posing with it all set up on a table in the Doll House. They are both wearing dresses made by the talented Goofy that I got years ago as a gift from Frann. 💗The background is, you may have guessed, from Temu. Isn't it pretty?)

So... There is the Festive Feast set. 

Sadly I am not sure it can be found anywhere anymore... 

I looked on eBay and couldn't find it... 

Target didn't have a listing for it when you click the link from the Our Generation link. 

So I hope I'm not being rude showing it to you now... 

"Oh look! Isn't this set neat? Too bad you can't get one!" 

Lame? I hope not. 

But it's too cute not to show it to you. It's a quandry. 

I better go!

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American Girl Doll Mini Doll Molly Thrift Store Score!

Hi Doll Friends!

This past weekend I went to a local thrift store and was so stoked to find the mini Molly American Girl Doll for only $2.99! She's the older version with a different outfit that the current version and I like her outfit better than the newer one honestly. So that was awesome. 

I also got an American Girl Doll tshirt for 98cents and an Our Generation Equestrian Doll Jacket that comes with Lily Anna for $1.98. So, fun finds! 

I also saw these doll sized chairs and a cute little cabinet but didn't get them. You know, only so much space!

I saw these little rocking chairs, but again I left them there for some other doll loving girl to find. 

So I think that's likely what I'll do. When I find 'small' doll items at thrift stores I'll likely pick them up but bigger stuff will have to stay at the store. 

Better run! 
Hope ya'll all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

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Happy Thanksgiving!

 

Happy Thanksgiving Doll Friends!!

Hope you have a wonderful day tomorrow!!

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Pleasant Company American Girl Doll Score At Goodwill For 99Cents!!

 Doll Friends!!

My sweet daughter and I went by a Goodwill on Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving... And low and behold but what did my clever girl find? An American Girl Doll for only 99cents!! I am sure the reason she was marked so low is because she is marked Pleasant Company on the back of her kneck instead of American Girl Doll because I think she might be one of the original Kirsten's from back before American Girl Doll was even called that. Pleasant Company is the name of the company that became American Girl Doll. 

So it was even more of a score!!

She was in pretty great shape too! 

(She was naked when we found her but I threw on a robe so she wouldn't be so cold!) 

As you can see, her limbs are pretty tight... Only one leg droops a bit... 

See here is the mark on her neck...

The fabric of her body is very top notch and her limbs are a bit different plastic than I've seen before...? They are more sturdy feeling but also have a tiny bit of 'give' to them, like they are part rubber? I don't know... Maybe I'm imagining it? 

No 'side tag' on her... And see what I mean about the fabric? It's very very sturdy muslin!

And there is her tag, 99cents!! Amazing! I suspect one reason she was on the shelf is the day we went was the day before Thanksgiving and I suspect that most people were out at the grocery, not the Goodwill! So I think I am going to make a tradition of going to Goodwill the day before Thanksgiving every year! 

Here she is all cleaned up!

I am going to give her a new wig... And low and behold...

Beautifully Custom had a fantastic sale on Black Friday... Above are the three wig's I thought might work. I sent them in a text to my daughter to have her pick because she found the doll! I assumed she'd pick the middle one but wasn't sure. 

I liked this one best of the three...

Sadly the one she liked best was sold out by the time she texted back about a half hour later and told me. Rats! So... I bought both of the other two. Haha.

Since they were selling like hotcakes I decided to buy a third on an impulse. This one is really pretty and honestly would likely be the one that makes the most sense on the doll... So we shall see what I do when I get a chance to try the wigs on. 

I wrote the bulk of this blog a few days ago but am just getting here today to finish it up. So many blog posts in the works, just in various stages of completion. I'm determined to eventually get back to writing more often but this has just been a tough year. So glad New Years will be here and we'll get a fresh brand new year!

I better run!
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Recent Progressive Doll Photos From The Doll House

Greetings And Salutations Doll Friends!

I'm sorry I've been so sporatic in my postings the last few months. Suffice to say that 2019 has been the worst year of my life and that, my friends, is saying something. I certainly won't be sad to see it draw to a close next month. Here's to 2020 being the best year yet. 

I took these photos a while ago... No specific reason I chose these particular dolls or anything, just got in the mood to do a progressive doll photo shoot and chose three dolls at random to be in them. 

I really like the way they came out. I really do love the backgrounds from My Life As Doll that I used in them. Speaking of, I haven't seen them release any new ones this year which bums me out because they are fantastic. Lucikly I have quite a few of them because I bought the ones I really loved at full price and got the others here and there as they went on sale or clearance. 

I have so many drafts to be turned into blog posts at various stages of readiness. My life has just been, hmmm, unpredictable might be a good word for the last few months. Makes it hard to plan and get a set schedule to write. 

Trust me though, Doll Friends, my love and enjoyment of dolls hasn't been affected. I still love them as much as ever, in fact my hobby, in the instances in which I am able to partake of it, have been some bright spots in otherwise hard time. 

So I hoped you enjoyed seeing them as much as I enjoyed taking them. I plan to make a YouTube video of them (and others) soon, I'll come back and make a linky when I do. 

Have a fantastic Thanksgiving Doll Friends!

I don't know that I'll get my post for it together in time so here is a linky to my Thanksgiving posts from past years...

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