Adora Amazing Girl Aurora Comes Home To The Doll House As Easter Gift To Myself!

Greetings and Salutations Doll Friends!!

 I couldn't HELP it... 

Seriously!! 

I couldn't help it! 

I, innocently enough, went to do some shopping researching on Amazon recently... 

You know, to stay abreast of the lastest developments in the Doll Market... 

I do it all for you Dear Reader, don't you know? Teehee.

 So anyway, as I was researching, low and behold what do I find but that Amazon's Amazing Girls Doll Line had expanded to include more dolls than I'd seen before... 

What?! 

Of course my eyes were immediately drawn to the girl with the silver and blue hair! Ever since I got one of my very first dolls named Electra with silver hair, my eyes are always drawn to dolls with that hair color. 

So I go to check who she is and when I found her she was on sale!! For like $40!! Since they are normally like $59.99 I popped her into my cart immediately but... just let her sit, you know, to think about it. Then the next day, she was marked down to $39.56... Still, I tried to be good!! THEN they marked her down to $38.60. I just couldn't help it! Before I knew what I was doing, I had 'gone to checkout' and she was on her way home. Teehee. Sadly, and I hate it when this happens... when I just went to Amazon to post that link (above) I found her back to $59.99. Who can say what rhyme or reason they have at Amazon. I mean Mia is, as I type this, at $37.79 but who can say how long that will last. I wasn't tempted by her because, while I love her dark hair blue eyed combination I already have a doll in her face sculpt that I had to give teeth to because I didn't care for the 'duck bill' look she had without them. I do have another doll that has the same sculpt as Aurora... Dallas came home to the Doll House about two years ago but what can I say? I'm a sucker for 1) a sale and 2) silver haired dolls.   

Also, Easter was coming up and I figured she'd be a fantastic Easter gift to myself and she actually arrived the day before Easter! Perfect! 

So the rest of this blog will mostly be photos because it is the same, really, as my post about Dallas. 

I still don't understand why Amazon packages them this way? What, to save a few inches on the box size? Just makes no sense to me. Otherwise I love the way they are packaged, with the pretty paper around them and the white ribbons to tie them in and the shoes and such packaged separately so they don't stain the dolls... So why have their head like this? So weird. 

I should note that the boots were pretty hard to put on. Almost like they were made for a standard 18 inch doll but Adora Doll's feet are a bit bigger. See how you can see her toes pushing out in front? I mean if I were taking my child to buy shoes and they were this tight they'd be getting the next size up. Just saying. 

"Up up and away!!"

Here is Dallas welcoming her to the Doll House. Aren't they both so pretty? 

When I went to change her clothes I noted that the belt comes off so you could feasibly use the dress in 'non Super Hero' situations. I think perhaps I'll sell the outfit at some point to offset the price of the doll since I doubt I'd use it again except at Halloween perhaps. Perhaps. 

She comes in undies which is always nice. 

And here they are wearing Twinsy Outfits that were one of the very first gifts I got from my sister friend Frann. 

Aren't they adorable?! Get it? 

Adorable? 

 

Well that's it for now Doll Friends!

 I hope that you had a fantastic Easter! 

XXOO

Heather

 

Our Generation Yanira and Maddie Come To Live At The Doll House!

Greetings and Salutations Doll Friends,

This post is long over due... Last fall when I was in a bit of a depressed mood I did a bit of retail therapy by going to the Target website and...

I saw the beautiful Yanira and Maddie.

This face sculpt is my undoing... Just when I think "No more! I have enough!" They come out with a new one and I'm buying her! Our Generation Dolls are just so affordable especially for being, in my opinion, on par in quality to much more expensive doll brands. Anyway, so it wasn't too long before they made their way home to the Doll House... I actually had Yanira in a prior post already for those of you who might have noticed her and that I hadn't 'introduced' her yet. 

I am kind of 'all over the map' with my posts in trying to catch up or keep up... So thank you, faithful readers, for your patience and loyal readership! Also, thank you for every comment made! I read them all but just don't have as much time as I once did and don't always get a chance to come here to answer them! 

I better run!
XXOO
Heather

 

Amazing American Girl Doll Scores At The Thrift Stores!!

 

Greetings and Salutations Doll Friends!

I've been meaning to come here and tell you about these amazing 'score' finds at the thrift stores over the last little while. I kept thinking they each needed their own post. However, the posts just haven't gotten done. So I finally decided to just do a combined post for all three of them. 

The first one is this Felicity Doll. I actually got her nearly a year ago and the poor dear has just sat in her abused condition all this time waiting for a makeover. I think by doing this post I may have inspired myself to get her cleaned up because picking her up to take these photos made me pity the poor girl. I got her for only $1.99!! I have another Felicity in my collection, she was the first American Girl Doll I ever found at the Thrift Store. However, her wig was a nightmare and so she eventually became Prism. 

So this one seems to have a bit more workable wig and so I am thinking I am going to keep her as Felicity! I'll work on her this weekend, I hope, and come show you the outcome when I get her make over all done!

The nest American Girl Doll I found was this sweet gal... I got her for only $1.99! She is going to get a whole new wig because I don't think I can fix her hair. I'm not sure 'who' she was originally? Do any of you know? 

She's had her fingernails and toenails 'polished' and so I am going to have to do something about that... But I think I'll be able to get it off. 

The last American Girl Doll I've found at the thrift recently was this Caroline Doll I literally just got this week. She was in her original meet dress even!! She was only $3.99! I took it as a sign because Caroline is Felicity's best friend and so I really need to get them both cleaned up and made over so they can be comfortable and have a proper tea party!

Her wig is actually in pretty good shape considering and so I am going to try and keep it and restore it. 

So those were all just amazing finds!! I don't really ever have the impulse to buy new American Girl Dolls anymore because they are so expensive and I think the quality has come down to be just about the exact same as Our Generation Dolls which are like a quarter the price even when they aren't on sale. However, I will likely ALWAYS buy them when I find them at the Thrift Store because they are usually the ones that were made before they made the changes and...

How can I not!?

Have a great weekend Doll Friends!
XXOO
Heather