Frann Sends Frann Doll and Friends To Live In The Doll House! (Part One)

Hi Doll Friends!!

I've been meaning to post about this for months and months... Being the perfectionist I tend to be, I wanted the post to be perfect and complete. I wanted to get a second set of photos done that just haven't happened yet. Finally, I've decided that perhaps if I post the first part of the story, it'll give me more inspiration to get the second half posted... 

So here I am, with the first part. 

A few months ago, my sweet and wonderful sister friend Frann sent me her Frann Doll so she could live in the Doll House! She's a beautiful doll, she's the twin to my Frann Doll but she's had a face up so she looks like my Frann with makeup on, applied by an expert.

She's just gorgeous!

At the same time Frann sent her Frann Doll she also sent me two other 18inch dolls she had in her collection who'd also had face ups... Here is the first one. She's so lovely. She's a Just Pretend Doll I'd sent to Frann quite some time ago that she had made over... So incredibly touched that she sent her back to live in the Doll House! It was so fun to see her again! 

Then she also sent me a third doll! This one is a Journey Girl Meredith who'd also had a beautiful face up by the same artist who'd done Frann Doll and the Just Pretend one. Isn't she just so pretty?!

 

Here is Heather Doll welcoming Frann Doll right after she arrived... She pulled out a Twinsy Doll dress for them both!

It was so fun to have them together! Almost like a visit from Frann herself! 

They just look so cute together with their identical dresses!

So, now that I've gotten this Part One posted it'll give me incentive to get the second set of photos done. I want to take photos of my Frann Doll and Frann's Frann Doll together... 

So... Stay tuned! I'll get that done as soon as possible! 

In the meantime, I hope that this finds you having a wonderful day, dear reader, and know that it means so much to me that you're so devoted to reading my little blog here! It brings me lots of happiness to see the 'visit' numbers and read all your amazing comments.

  Ya'll are the best! 

XXOO
Heather 

 

Frann Starts A School At The Doll House!

Greetings and Salutations Doll Friends!!

First off...! How embarassing! I didn't realize this 'draft' had posted before I even wrote anything! Yikes. Suffice to say that this past week has been a doozy and I guess I just hit the wrong button and viola, ya'll got a 'photos only' blog post. So sorry about that! All weeks have both their blessings and their challenges but this week was heavy on the challenges side of things. So, thank goodness it's the weekend!!

On to the blog post...!

As you may have already seen in just photos, this past week, Frann Doll started Frann's Korean Language Academy at the Doll House this week with smashing success!!

She even had a waiting list of dolls who didn't make it into her class! A couple of them even opted to just come anyway and study on the sofa's without a desk so they could join in. Frann was so happy and eager to get started!

Here is Frann Doll and Angela Doll at the beginning of class... You can see Electra Doll and Vicky Doll in the background. Angela and they are the ones who opted for the couch because all the desks and tables were already booked. The whole class booked up in less than a day and now there is a waiting list. Frann was so happy! She loves to teach and is so good at it.  

When she mentioned to Heather Doll that she'd like to have a Korean Language Academy she said all she really needed was paper, pens and enough copies of one book for all of her students to have a copy. They each needed their own copy so they could all work on translating the same things as a group but also take the books home to work there. Heather had a fantastic idea! She was a bit of a collector of Bibles because, well, Jesus is Heather's Dolls favorite! So whenever she is out shopping at Thrift Stores and see's a Bible, well, she can't help but to snatch it up. She was postive she had plenty of copies to go around to everyone and she was right! She even had spares in case Frann decides to have a second class of students. Hooray! So all they needed then was to have a sign up for the class... As I mentioned, it booked up almost immediately and she has nearly enough on the waiting list to start a second class! How exiting!

Here is Frann Doll sitting in her desk before class, taking roll. So who all signed up....?

Well, there was Skywise. He was the very first to sign up and so he was one of only two students to get an actual study desk... There are only two in the doll house other than Frann Doll's Desk. 

The second to sign up was Tam Doll. She was so excited to learn a new language!

Then we have Bill Doll, Rachel Doll, Mary Doll and Twin Doll already opening their books at the start of class. Frann Doll decided they would start their translating practice with the Gospel of John because it is Heather Doll's favorite of all the Gospels and she knew she would get a kick out of it.

Speaking of Heather Doll, here she is with Josh Doll at the start of class. They signed up together and plan to be each other's study partners! Behind them you can see Tyler Doll and Handra Doll.

So everyone got started copying the translations they found on Google from John 1:1. Their assignment for the week was to write out the first two scriptures five times each just to get a feel for how to write the letters. 

Tam got started right away. She thinks the letters look so awesome and hopes her penmanship gets better as she learns.

Everyone busy at work!

Frann walked around the room helping everyone and checking their work. 

A few students decided to work on verbal pronuciation first as Frann told them this was an option as long as they had a partner to practice with. So Handra and Tyler decided to try and say the scriptures out loud to one another after listening to it several times on Google Translate.

Tam was making good progress on her writing and Skywise was nervous so, seeing Frann with another student, she went over and helped him get started. 

Frann was glad to see her students already working as a cohesive class! Only the first class and things were coming together beautifully!

Twin Doll is working on her printing and Frann comes over to encourage her.

She also listened to Tyler and Handra working on their pronunciation and thought they were doing pretty good for just uttering the words for the very first time in their lives.

Tam had to take a selfie!!

Vicky and Electra decided that,since they didn't have a desk or table spot anyway, they'd work on pronunciation too. They were having quite a nice time practicing together. They loved the way the words sounded as they listened to them over and over again on Google translate and then tried to recreate them themselves.

Angela was a little too shy to join in trying to say the words but appreciated that Vicky and Electra didn't mind her just listening to them attempt to speak correctly.

So it was a lovely and successful first class! Everyone agreed it should be a regular weekly class and several of the students made plans to get together in between to study together. 

Frann is such a good teacher, before we know it the entire Doll House will be fluent in Korean! Or, at the very least, better at deciphering at least some of it and developing a better appreciation for such a beautiful language.

Have you taken any other languages? Do you speak more than one? Let me know in comments. I am always envious of people who are bilingual! So neat to be able to communicate in more than one language!

I better run!
Till Next Time!
XXOO
Heather

Frann Doll Goes To Target!

Greetings and Salutations Doll Friends!!

It's that time of year! The time of year that stores clear out last years styles and designs of toys and bring in the new items. It is a very exciting time for us Doll Collectors, eh? Exciting and expensive time I should say!

Why expensive? Well... Did I mention they clearance out last years styles and bring in new ones? Exactly! So you're tempted to 'Buy. All. The. Things." on clearance but are equally drawn to spend all your Doll Mad Money on the new items because "Oh. My. Cute!". You see my conundtrum?

As Frann was walking into Target she, of course, had to stop by the Dollar Spot! She found the Dr Suess books that a lot of doll collectors use both as Dr Suess books and to cover with American Girl Ideas printable book covers. Since we already had one of each 'title' (they are blank inside although they do have real pages) we didn't pick up any. Still, so cute!

Frann also spotted these doll sized magnetic letters. Aren't they cute? I am sort of regretting not picking up a couple of packs because they'd look so adorable on my my Mom's Vintage Wolverine Toy Fridge. Oh well... Maybe next time I am in Target they will still have them?

Frann Doll also saw these neat dinosaur bone kits. If you had a doll classroom they'd be really cute in it. 

Frann spotted these doll sized laval lamp nightlights. They'd be cute in a doll house if you pointed the 'plug' part away towards the wall. Added bonus being you can actually plug it in and have a nightlight. A bit spendy as a doll toy but still cute!

Frann was so excited to see Barbie!! She had to have a photo with her! Right?

It was so much fun seeing the Heart 4 Hearts Dolls on the shelves again! They stopped producing them for a while but due to market demand, they are making them again!

I kind of giggle to myself when I realized that I have (I think?) all of these in the doll house already... I can't help it. I love dolls. 

The smaller dolls by Our Generation and all their accessories are cute but... I am so not going there. I have enough stuff in my house with just one size doll (14 to 18inch dolls). You know what I mean? Still I know a lot of my readers might collect them and so Frann wanted to take a photo. Don't get me wrong, I have a few of the smaller dolls in the doll house but more as 'accessories' to my other dolls. 

This one item was enough to make me really glad I took Frann in! It's the Retro Convertable Car . It's one of those items I would never in a million years probably ever buy. Just because it's ginormous!! Also, not cheap although the price is a steal compared to American Girl doll items of the same sort. So it was super fun to get to take photos of Frann Doll in it. Doesn't she make the best Doll Model?

I am telling you, if I were to become really rich, I would have to buy a much bigger house if only because I might just have large items like this coming home. Because: Oh. My. Cute. The radio even works!! So fun. It seems really sturdy too and there is room enough inside for two dollies. As it should be!! I find it so annoying when a doll vehicle only has space for one. Who rides in a car alone all the time? A passenger is so much more fun. From what I understand, this car has a little trunk where a doggy friend can ride too. Awesomeness!

There were also doll scooters!! Again, if I had bottomless pockets of money I may or may not have a little fleet of these because they are totally adorable! So probably best my doll budget has parameters because otherwise I'd never leave any toys for the actual kids. Hahaha. When I saw Frann Doll on one of the scooters it made me chuckle thinking of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis's Downtown video  where they go scooter shopping in the beginning. I can't help it, that video just makes me chuckle, it's like a little movie! 

So. Totally. Adorable!

Why yes, I'll take one of each, thank you. Hahaha. The colors are scrumptious... So glad they are starting to get the message that, just because it's an item for dolls, it doesn't need to be in a garish color!

See this Jeep? Cute enough but I don't think two dolls fit in them very easily and for the price I'd just spend a bit more and get the convertable. But that might sound like a horrible thing to say to all you Jeep people out there. You know who you are. (Says she who drives a Jeep). If it fit two dolls maybe I'd feel different. Not to mention the convertables dashboard lights up and it can play actual music.

Again, so much fun to get to show Frann in these larger items I'll probably never actually own. Who knows, Garage Sales happen but even then they take up so much space. The little RV is cute and, I think, might make a good option for someone who wants a doll house but don't have the space or budget to make a whole doll house, this would give a lot of play opportunities in the same way. If that makes sense. 

This Horse Stable is so utterly adorable. I actually had considered buying it several times because I have a lot of horses in my collection. Then I found my American Girl Doll Stable at Goodwill and it became less tempting... But I still think it's fantastic. So sturdy and so many cute accsessories... American Girl Ideas did a review of it and ever since then I've thought it would be so fun to own. But again, it's ginormous! So the AG version is likely much better fit in any case. Not to mention $80 is a huge splurge and would wipe out my Doll Mad Money for like a month or more. So... I am glad I got to take a photo of Frann Doll by it. Isn't it cute?

These are so utterly adorable. Ironically enough, I didn't buy one. I'll probably regret it at some point because I'll bet you dollars or donuts this will be one of the hottest items of the new OG collection and they'll go for a million dollars each on eBay. But... I guess I just wasn't in the mood to get one that day. In hindsight I totally should've gotten the turtle or the ferret. Oh well, maybe they'll be there when I go some other day? They are $6.99 by the way. Here are close-ups:

I had seen these pups before but never one that I wanted... Until I saw they had a Boxer! I totally bought one. So see, I did get a pet after all. 

With a couple of the new STEM dolls. I don't want the dolls but I totally want their accessories!! Haha.

New fashions!

New style ballerina... Such a pretty outfit!

"Um, yes, I'll take one of everything please." Hahaha. 

Look! They finally have proper doll hair brushes! Good price on them too. Well done Our Gen! Love the school set!

This teacher set is adorable too! Perfect for a Doll Classroom!

More cute new styles!

Another new style doll...

A shoe store!!! I don't think I'll ever buy it but I am SO making a shoe store scene soon. All you'd need is little shelves and shoes and I have both those things!

CUTE sleepover set!

Adorable retro set...

I think I showed this to you already. Oh well, a second look. 

This one almost made me spend with reckless abandon! I want this set!! Haha! Maybe I'll ask for it from Santa. The skeleton is awesome!!! All of it is awesome. Too many cute doll things!!

Obviously these handbag sets weren't a hit. I have plenty of doll bags and even a doll and matching 'real' bag I got from Frann once. So, I wasn't tempted even at 70% off. Neither, it appears, was anyone else? Can't win them all!

However they did have a few of last years accessory sets on clearance! I already owned the Bongo drum set  and so wasn't tempted even at clearance prices. 

There were also a couple of matchy-match sets for girls and dolls. I might just need to get me an outfit to match a dolly at some point... even if it's just a tshirt. Because fun!

I saw these Battat veggies (they are 'real sized' scale) and had to take a photo. Battat is the maker of Our Generation afterall!

This retro Strawberry Shortcake Doll made me smile. I had a ton of them when I was a girl!

I have to run! 

Happy Sunday!

XXOO
Heather