Two More Beautiful Paola Reina Las Amigas From Frann!!

Greetings and Salutations Doll Friends!!

As you may recall, recently my beautiful sister friend Frann sent me two beautiful Paola Reina Las Amigas Dolls to live in the Doll House! They have since gone on to have many adventures and are sure to be in many more to come. Knowing how much I loved the first two what did Frann do? She sent me two more!! They are absolutely stunning and I love them! Thanks so much Frann! You're so kind to me!! 

Not only did she send me two new dolls, she also sent these exquisite one of a kind traditional Korean dresses!! So beautiful!!! She has a friend who makes them! I'll have to see how to get a link up if she is ok with that. Frann had two dresses made for her and her beautiful dollies and two for me. Twinsies!! I love our Twinsies Doll hobby! It's like playing dolls virtually even though we live so far away. How fun is that? 

The dresses are so beautiful!!

And so are the dolls obviously. I love this one's adorable bob-with-bangs hair!! I think I've decided to name her Palakine. It is Hawaiian for Francine and since I named Hekele after myself in Hawaiian, this little beauty can be named after Frann in Hawaiian. Perfect! Right? I think so anyway. 

I'm not sure what I'll name the other beautiful doll she sent. She's Hekele's twin only she's been customized into the glamorous beauty you see here! So gorgeous!

I'm sure I'll come up with something... I'm considering Hali... Hmmm...

No matter what I name her, isn't she gorgeous? She's dressed in a Wellie Wisher outfit and some cute sandles that Frann sent along with the dolls and dresses! They match perfectly I think!

Here is Hali and Hekele meeting for the first time. 

Of course they were instant friends!

Carla came to meet Hali and Palakine too!

"Carla this is Hali, Hali meet Carla!"

"She just stepped away to powder her nose..."

"Maybe Hekele can model the other beautiful dress?" Hali suggests.

"I'd love to! I'll go change right now!" said Hekele

Meanwhile, Palakine came back from the powder room.

"Hi Palakine! I'm Carla! Nice to meet you! I love your dress!"

"You're going to have such a great time at the Doll House Village! We have so many adventures and slumber parties and barn adventures and trips to the Diner and and and...." gushed Carla

Hekele looks absolutely stunning in the blue dress!!

What an amazing gift!! Thanks again so much Frann! I love love love them!! 

I'm sure you'll see all four of these beauties in many an adventure going forward... 

Better run... 

Till Next Time!

XXOO
Heather

American Girl Doll eBay Clothes Score!!

Greetings and Salutations Doll Friends!

Just in time for Back To School, I found some great deals on eBay for some fabulous doll clothes from American Girl Doll!! And at prices I still can't quite believe!! M.J. (girl on far left) is already wearing one of the outfits!!

See what I mean? Notice the last one for $21 was for four outfits!! One wasn't American Girl Doll but otherwise everything is! 

I've always wanted Julie's Meet Outfit!! I am 'borrowing screenshots from American Girl Wiki to give you information about the outfits. Some of them were mismatched in the listings but I got some amazing pieces!!

The sweet seller said, since I was paying so much shipping, she was going to throw in an extra outfit and it was this adorable cat costume!! Awesomeness!!

A lot of the items I got I stocked into this Doll Wardrobe that I got at Goodwill recently for only $5.99. I'll have to make a blog post about that soon! So much fun because it means I can kind of make a 'walk in closet' for the dolls and stock it with different seasons of clothes! How fun! I added a lot of clothes I already owned and some from my recent Craigslist AG Score so I would be a good closet for back to school! I've made a few videos about dolls getting ready for school for YouTube and this was a really fun prop for that! Here is a link to Alyssa Getting Ready For School and for Angie Getting Ready For School. How funny, guess I didn't mean to choose two dolls with A names, it just sort of worked out that way. Don't ask me 'how' I choose which dolls will be in videos and/or blog posts...? I mean I obviously have my favorites like Josh Doll, Frann Doll, Vito Doll, Lilly Doll and Pamela Doll and and and... (Since they are based on real people I love I can't help but love them a little more, eh?) So they are frequent flyers in my posts but otherwise I just sort of glance around the Doll Room and consider who hasn't been in a post in a while... I do try and rotate them fairly and I can tell from how a doll is dressed when the last time I added them to a post. Rambling. But that's how I choose who get's to come out and play, totally randomly. Teehee. 

The shoes and the boots are AMAZING!! I am so totally stoked. I can't wait to dress the dolls in these amazing American Girl Doll items! What a great score!!

XXOO

Heather

Our Generation Gabe Arrives At The Doll House!!

Hi Doll Friends!

Our Generation keeps outdoing themselves. Just when I say/think "That's it, I have all the Our Generation Dolls I think I'll 'need'..." They go and come out with another adorable one! This time? Gabe the newest boy doll in their line. I ordered him, literally, the moment I saw him online. He's even cuter in person than in their stock photos! Perhaps one of the most handsome 18inch boy dolls I've seen yet, actually. Well done Our Generation!!

He arrived late last week but it was a busy weekend and so I didn't get a chance to post until today...

So handsome!!!

When I ordered him I thought I wasn't going to keep his name... But once he arrived I decided he just looks like a Gabe. One of my favorite angels in the Bible is Gabriel and this kid looks like he could be the modern kid version of him. Eh?

I love his hair! 

And he's outta the box!

The girls came to welcome him! I'm sure he'll be very popular... Hahaha.

Billy came along so the poor fella wouldn't feel totally alone with the girls!

I think he's going to make a great addition to the Doll House! Can't wait for the upcoming Homecoming Season so he can get dressed up and take one of the gals on a date!

Oh, and guess what? I checked back on Target online a bit later in the week and darn it if they didn't release a new girl that hopped in my shopping buggy and is on her way home... Her name is Lake and she's adorable!! I'd considered Kay earlier this year when I brought Juliet and Amy home... But I have so many red headed dolls in the Doll House already that I just never did make the purchase. I am so glad because Lake has the same sculpt and I love her eyes, hair and freckles!! Well, in order to get free shipping I had to buy something else and since I've seemingly thrown all caution to the four winds with regards to restraint in doll population... I ordered another doll I thought of last year too! So Manuella is on her way along with Lake. Hahaha! I think she has the same sculpt as well but I can't decide for sure. What do you think?

In any case they are all beautiful and I am excited for Lake and Manuella to arrive!

Better run!

XXOO
Heather

Craigslist American Girl Doll Clothes & Accessories Haul For The Doll House!!

Hi Doll Friends!

I very rarely check Craigslist for doll items... Just never have had good luck finding much on there. However, I was going to be off work last Friday morning and was going into 'town' so I figured I'd look and see what Garage Sales were planned. The first thing I do when I do go to Craigslist is to put 'American Girl Doll' in the search engine. If there is a Garage Sale with AG (or other doll line) items I want to be sure and go to that one first! So I didn't have any 'garage sales' come up with AG items. However, I did find a listing from like a month prior with an amazing amount of American Girl and other premium doll lines for only $35.00! I was kicking myself because if I'd have been watching the posts I would've gotten it. I half heartedly wrote the seller and said "I assume this is sold but if not be sure and let me know!!" It wasn't a half hour and she wrote back that it was still for sale!! Woot!! We met at Target Starbucks (cos Craigslist can be scary, I always go inside a public place!) and here is what I got:

So. Many. Amazing. Fun. Things! 

It even included Julie's hat and belt from her original meet outfit!! SCORE! I had been looking for those very things to finish the outfit! That alone would've made me happy but... There was so much cool stuff!! Meatloaf the AG dog was originally like $22.00 all by himself!

Everything was in pristine if not nearly new condition! 

Well done to the original owner!! I'll take really good care of all of it, I promise!

There was an old school flip phone which made me smile. Technology moves so quickly! I am sure it was the top of the line thing when the 15 year old girl who sold me the stuff was playing with her dolls. I think it's fabulous. I am going to give it to one of my dolls who are based on an 'older' person and make the story line that they refuse to move on to Smart Phone technology. How fun.

There were four AG earrings... Now I'll have to pierce some doll ears... Hmmmm....

The shoes!! Worth every cent I spent just by themselves! I've wanted those SophiaDoll's plaid shoes!! I love the canvas sneakers... I don't think I've ever seen them before. The awesome 'knit' boots are also American Girl Doll brand. So adorbs! I have a pair of the True Spirit brown boots but they'll be perfect for Twinsy outfits!! The hiking boots are going to be perfect for my boy dolls!

The girl had kept all her doll items carefully in the American Girl doll accessories boxes she had gotten a few of them in. (Julies casual outfit and Meatloaf the Dog were the boxes, in case you're curious like I would be) I love how good a care she took of all of it. Makes me smile.

Here are the outfits... Some of them are American Girl Doll and a few are Sophia's Dolls.

With a few Battat thrown in...

Along with some hand made dresses... The amazing coat is by Sophia Dolls!

The PJs are cute but are actually Circo dolls baby doll clothes. I am sure I'll pass them on to a friend who has granddaughters that love doll clothes and have a whole lot less than I do. Teehee.

Such a great find!! I am going to check Craigslist more often going forward I think!

Better run!
XXOO
Heather