Pamela and Juliessa Doll Visit Cabela's!

Greetings and Salutations Doll Friends!

I don't know if you've ever been to a Cabela's store but they are really pretty neat. I'm admittedly not much of a sports enthusiast but I used to take my kids there anyway when they were little bitty because it's just a neat store to look around in. They even have an aquarium and a waterfall! I've been thinking about taking some dolls to the store for a while now but the opportunity just never presented itself. So, last week when I was in town, I just planned it, packed up Pamela and Juliessa doll and went after work. I got some pretty fun photos and want to go back again sometime and get more with other dolls in the future. Doll photography has become one of my favorite aspects of my doll hobby and there are just so many great photo ops to be had! So, here are some of the photos I took. I also made a Youtube video of all of the photos if you'd like to see them you can find it here. Posting all of them here seemed a bit excessive because I took at ton!

Time to go home! (They both fit inside the OG doll carrying bag pretty well.)

Hope you enjoyed the photos!

Have a great Wednesday (or whatever day you happen to visit!) 

XXOO
Heather 

American Girl Doll Sized Shopping Buggy Goodwill Find!

Doll Friends!

Oh. My. Cute.

I found this adorable shopping buggy at Goodwill for only $3.99. How could I not? Right? Walmart has a My Life As Doll Shopping Cart but 1) it's $12.99 and 2) I don't think it has a 'seat' for the baby doll? However, for $3.99, I couldn't resist.

This baby is a Circo baby girl doll that I added a wig to. I nearly giggle every time I look at her cause I think she's just that cute. I need to find a tiny bow for her hair. Isn't she adorable just chillin' in the buggy?

Isn't it adorable? I'll have to see about getting a 'grocery store' background someday because that'd make some really awesome photos. Everyone's gotta eat, right? 

Better run!
XXOO
Heather

Bumbleberry Girls Jaimee Arrives At The Doll House!

Greetings and Salutations Doll Friends,

I never wanted to be one of those bloggers who apologizes at the outset of every post with a 'My life has been super busy and I'm sorry I haven't posted in a while' paragraph... Yet here I am. What can I say? Life moves fast sometimes and then sometimes you get hit with a double whammy of back to back illnessess in the house and, well... You've become the 'apology' blogger. Oh well, what can one do but pick one's self up, dust themselves off and start over again as they say, right? 

Last weekend having been Easter, the Easter Bunny (Ok, my husband) gave me $20 in my Easter basket for some fun money. So what was the first thing I thought to buy? A doll. Of course. The only question then was "which one to buy?" Because now there are two different varietys of 14inch dolls on Amazon that you can get delivered to your door for only $20.00 (saying you have Prime and if you order much from them at all why wouldn't you? Eh?). So I went and looked at my doll wish list to see which I might like to bring home this time. Given that I already have three Glitter Girls in the Doll House, I decided to get a Bumbleberry Girl doll. I have one already named Juliessa and think she's as cute as a bug. The question was which one?? Because, quite honestly, I think they are all adorable. So I kind of eeny-meeny-miny-moed it and which one won? 

Jaimee!! Here she is with a few of the other dolls from the Doll House after she arrived.

Her box was much like the Kindred Heart Dolls that are also made by Lotus Dolls. They must've designed two different kinds of boxes, one for mail order only retailers and one for display in brick&mortar stores. Makes sense... 

Here is the back of the box. Not a lot different than the front. 

And side of box (Alternate side was exactly the same hence no photo)

This is what you see when you open top of box, a cardboard insert to hold her in place.

This is how she looks right out of the box. I have to say I really kind of like this way of packaging because there are not any whats-it's sewn into her hair. They are always exceedingly difficult, I think, to get out. I can't even imagine what a pain they'd be if you had an eager child waiting while you did it. Yikes. It makes me understand how, sometimes, I'll find a doll at the thrift store with all of her whats-it's in her hair still... Someone just didn't care enough to even take them out. I digress...

Here is her sweet little face. Don't laugh but it almost makes me panic to look at her like this, even in the photo. "Get the bag off her head! She will suffocate!!!" Right? But it does keep her nice and scuff free during shipping so hiphiphooray for bags. 

She did have some pony tails in her hair to keep it managable but even still she had the 'stuck her finger in a light socket' look to her. Hahaha. Too funny!

Here she is with some other girls from the Doll House. Back row is Eunju, Batgirl (She will get a new name...?) and Saila. Front row is Juliessa, Emerson (may get new name still) and Shara. She fits right in!!

I realized when I went back to link to the post about when Juliessa came home that I'd never done a proper 'look' at Bumbleberry Girls on the blog yet. So... Another post I need to work on. I guess that is the sign of a good hobby, right? Always something else you want to get done for it. 

So I will have to work on that post soon because I don't recall if I've seen another doll blog do a review of them? *pauses to DuckDuckGo it* Oh! Here is a video review of one Bumbleberry Girl Danica. I didn't watch it but I forwarded through the thumbnails and it doesn't appear that she shows you the body type and such but it'll get you started. I love the channel's name "Fierceplastic"! I love creative monikers to be sure! Hence the name of my blog... Maybe someday I should write a post about how the name Penniless Caucasian Rubbish was born. See? Always something needing written!

Gotta run!

XXOO
Heather

Sophia's 18inch Doll Grocery Basket Accessories Set!

Greetings and Salutations Doll Friends!

Boy, does Amazon ever have my number or what? I am shopping for some perfectly grown up and responsible item and ready to ring up... And then Amazon says "Hey, did you see this cute new doll accessory (or outfit or doll itself or or or)?" and before I know it, it's 'added to cart' and on the way to my house. Clever Amazon. Clever. Case in point? This really adorable Sophia's Grocery Basket I just got in the mail the other day...

I'm not sure if it something new from Sophia's or if I've just never seen it before but it really is pretty adorable. It is only $7.95 snd would make a cute gift for any doll loving person you might know.... Even if that person is yourself. Teehee. I am as bad as Amazon!! 

Here's what it looks like in the packaging. 

It reminds me a lot of Walmart's Grocery Basket in price and size. I like this one because it has lots of 'exotic' fruit and more veggies so I think owning both isn't 'overkill'. Which is good because I think I have two of the Walmart variety. (Don't judge! One was a gift! Hahaha!)

The fruits and veggies remind me of the old fashioned 1970's plastic fruit people used to keep on their tables... It's hollow and the stems are all 'removable'. They could be crushed by an overzelous child and might present choking hazards to younger siblings in the house... In fact when I put this banana in Pamela Doll's hand, it left little dents where her fingers were 'holding it'. All that being said, they are really cute and realistic looking. 

The peach even has fuzz on it! So cute!!

I love the starfruit and the peppers! There's even an eggplant! How fun!

The cardboard box items are also very 'crushable'. If I were going to be giving this to a child I'd probably stuff them with cotton balls and reinforce them with packing tape to make them more sturdy... For an adult collector like me they are perfect as is for doll photos. 

There is a clear plastic insert to hold the groceries up when they are in packaging and as you can see in this photo, there is a package of silica gel you'll want to make sure you remove before you hand it over to the kiddoes. 

All in all a cute set. I need to make a 'grocery store' or a 'farmers market' scene sometime soon. That would be fun! 

Better run! Time always flies in the morning!

Have a fantastic day!
XXOO
Heather

Happy Easter From The Doll House!

Greetings and Salutations Doll Friends!!

He is Risen!!
Hallelujah!

Coloring Easter Eggs! These are actually the same 'eggs' I used last year. I kept them in a sealed Tupperware so they were perfectly preserved. Haha. 

They all dressed in pretty Spring colored dresses! All ready for Church!

Blue and Amy thought they looked like Twinsy's of sorts! They are really enjoying the Doll House! They fit right in of course. I am pretty sure one of the things they really like the wardrobe available. Hahaha. What girl wouldn't, right? It's grown considerably since that post... I need to do an update apparently. I am always out of room to hang up stuff. It's ridiculous. I keep thinking "I should weed out some doll clothes." However, when I go to do it I can't seem to get rid of much. I have lots of dolls and saying I want to dress a group of them in a 'theme' I need lots of each kind of outfit available. Right? I need these doll clothes. My dolls can't go naked afterall!! I am digressing big time here... But I'll leave it cos I am also laughing and hope you are too. 

I've collected quite a few cute baskets since I started this Doll madness Blog. I know I have more somewhere that are 'actual' Easter baskets (wicker but painted you can see in this post) but couldn't lay my hands on them. I suspect they are packed in the 'holiday themed doll accessories' box in the basement but I was running late on everything this year and just pulled out what I had in the Doll Room. I still think the little scenes were cute with what I found. (I do have a few Doll Accessories in the Doll Room though, lets get real. Teehee)

Naturally Heather Doll has a Hershey's bar in her basket. It's been my favorite candy bar since I was kid... Although in recent years, for some reason, I've changed to Reeses's Peanut Butter Cups. YummO! I fasted chocolate for Lent this year and so I plan to have a Reese's (or six) today. I'm not Catholic or dogmatic in any way, I just like the idea of giving up something for Jesus before Easter so I'll remember Him even more. It totally works. I like chocolate a little too much and so everytime I would think of chocolate I'd think of Jesus. Genius, really, Lent.  

After eggs were dyed, it was time for cupcakes and tea. 

See their Easter baskets? 

It was a fun Easter Party!

Happy Easter Doll Friends!

XXOO

Heather

UPDATE April 11, 2018: I finally got the Youtube video to post. It would just NOT upload for days and days... I finally removed the word Easter from the title and it posted immediately. Not trying to be a tin hat over here but given Google's history of hating Easter, perhaps I am not so paranoid afterall? Who knows. In any case, I got it to upload by using an alternate name for Easter. There's more than one way to skin a cat.