'My Fashion Doll' 18inch Doll by LOTUS Comes Home to Doll House

Greetings and Salutations Doll Friends!

As I mentioned in my post about my Gali Girl doll I have really begun to love the LOTUS 18inch dolls. They make them under several different names; Gali Girls, My Sweet Girl, The New York Girl  and many others I am sure I haven't discovered yet. That includes Newberry LOTUS dolls (I posted link to my favorite one but there are several) that are sold at Sears in Canada that I would love love love love to get one of... But alas, I don't live in Canada. They are sold by Sears even, which just seems so cruel, being as we have Sears stores here in the US and why can't they carry them too. Oh well, I am sure there are plenty enough dolls in the United States to get me in trouble... Speaking of... 

My latest LOTUS was on my Amazon wish list for a while... Just kept being drawn back to her sweet face!

Isn't she adorable??!

Her box is pretty standard...

I just adore her cute shoulder length hair and freckles!!

Her outfit is adorable too and really well made.

She had a few little strings in her hair on the left hand side of her face (you can see them in photo above) to keep her hair from flying everywhere...

Very simple to get her out of the box! Just undid the twist ties, unbound the band around her neck and viola! She was outta the box!

So stinking cute!!

Here she is with my other new LOTUS Doll.

And all my LOTUS Dolls standing together for a photo!

More on LOTUS dolls soon... Have about ten drafts in my Blogger app just waiting to be finished... So... Keep checking back!

See you soon!
XXOO
Heather

NEW Lotus Kindred Heart 18 Inch Dolls From Amazon! Just Like Journey Girls!

Greetings and Salutations Doll Friends!!

Lotus 18 inch dolls are one of my favorite doll lines (I know... I know... I love them all don't I? But they are all special in their own way, right?). I love both the Journey Girl/Espari type and the Newberry type because I think their face sculpts are so lovely. Recently, I decided to Google 'Lotus 18 inch dolls' you know, for research... Low and behold what popped up in my search engine but... Kindred Heart 18inch Lotus Dolls...? What? Who? Are these new???

So... Naturally.... I ordered one. Here is 'Paige' on the far left in the cute plaid jumper. Isn't she adorbs? I have my recently acquired Bumble Berry Girl Juliessa and Pamela my Lotus doll that most closely resembles 'Paige' who will be re-named Lisa... Long story but Pamela Doll is the reason searched for Lotus Dolls again and then ordered Paige/Lisa Doll in the first place... I'll have to tell you that story in another post because time is not being my friend this morning and has decided to go too quickly! Aren't they all three beautiful! See what I mean about their gorgeous face sculpts!? So, being Amazon, Lisa (Paige) arrived two days after I ordered her. Like magic! Especially when you live in a small town and going to the store can be a bit of a production.

Since they are apparently going to be sold on Amazon, they designed the box without a 'window'. I know that they'd likely never sell like this in a store front but I kind of like the box this way. I could use it to mail a doll if I needed to or to store one. So, that was a nice feature. I am kind of surprised they didn't print photos of the doll or doll line on the box but... Again, mail order customers being their target, I guess you've already bought the doll by the time you see the box so they don't need them. Interesting in any case!

This is the back of the box. 

One side...

And the other...

The top of the box...

What you see right after you open box...

She wasn't secured in any way other than the little cardboard piece you see in top of box when I opened it. She wasn't fastened in at all. Which, given the slim box, didn't really seem unreasonable and talk about an easy un-boxing! She just slides out of the box in the plastic bag you see here. 

Here's the back of her...

They might ought to have secured her hair in the back with an elastic so hair wouldn't get in her face like this... Poor dear. But small matter especially considering that 'hair whats-its' are such a pain to get out and often leave kinks in the hair. 

I about laughed myself sick when she came out of the bag and had electric hair! I am not sure if you can see it but it looked like she'd stuck her finger in a power outlet or something. Hysterical because I knew the fix but it might be a bit disconcerting to a small child who pulled out their new dolly to find she has spazzy hair! Still, I'd almost rather have this than the hair kinking whats-its. What do you think?

I just took a 'spent' (meaning it's gone through the dryer once) dryer fabric softener sheet and ran it over her hair and brushed it and it was lovely. 

Still, pretty funny.

I just took a quick peek at her body to quell my curiosity and she is designed exactly like Journey Girl and Espari Dolls. In fact, if I hadn't pulled her out of a Kindred Heart box and didn't know better, I'd tell you that's exactly what she was. 

Her back 'mark'.

Her neck mark....

Her flat 'bum'. (LOL Journey Girls and Espari's always have very flat bottoms too)

Her tags...

Not one word to differentiate between her and a Journey Girl or an Espari really... I am going to have to pull out a couple of them from my collection and give a closer look to their tags. I can't recall if they are specifically marked as Journey Girls or Espari Dolls or not? Hmmmm...?

Here's me comparing the two I thought were most similar right after I got them out of the box. Going in I thought they were nearly identical but upon closer inspection, I think the Kindred Heart Paige/Lisa has a more 'mature' looking face and Pamela looks more like a girl, if that makes sense. Both gorgeous but certainly not identical. Right?

There seem to be five dolls in the line... All looking exactly like Journey Girls and Espari dolls... 

They have a line of clothes and accessories too! All, it seems to me, to be about 25% cheaper than the Journey Girls and more than that for Espari Dolls. Interesting! I love a couple of the clothes sets!! 

So... Let me know if you buy a Kindred Heart Doll and which you get and what you think of her!

Have to run! 

XXOO

Heather

Lotus 14inch Bumbleberry Dolls On Sale At Amazon!!

Doll Friends!

So last weekend I was shopping researching on Amazon and noticed that the Bumbleberry Dolls by Lotus were on sale...!? They still are and nearly all of them are less than $15 each. So, when I noticed the sale, I put one of my favorites (and the cheapest priced of them at the time) in my cart to 'think about it'. Later in the day I forgot about it as I got busy with other things...

Low and behold but what does my sweet husband walk in with after getting the mail on Thursday? The doll I put in the cart!! He was shopping on Amazon over weekend too and noticed the doll in the cart and decided to surprise me with it. I. Love. That. Man. He is so good to me. So, here she is!

She comes named Cassidy but that is not going to be her 'for keeps' name... I haven't decided what her name will be but I'll let you know when I decide. She's my third Bumbleberry Doll in the Doll House. I think they are so cute and well made for the regular price of $19.99 so when they put them on sale they are practically a steal!? When I put mine in the cart she was about $15.50 or so... 

 

Now Cassidy is only $12.13 (what a strange price, right?) and I most of others are less than $15.00!! I will be hard pressed not to go Buy. All. The. Dolls. at that price. In as much as I know I don't need every single Bumbleberry Girl they make, at that price it's practically worth each additional doll just for the adorable outfit, backpack and shoes the dolls come with. Top notch all around!

So here are all three of my Bumbleberry Girls... Paige just came home recently and Juliessa was the first one I ever got. As you know if you read my blog with any frequency at all, 18inch Lotus Dolls are some of my very favorites so having 15inch Lotus dolls as little sisters for them. So fun! My 18inch older sisters in this photo are Radel, Debbie and Frann. So, Lotus Dolls are some of my favorite dolls... I just think they are sweet. 

So if you've been considering bringing home a Bumbleberry Girl Doll to your Doll House now might be a good time to do it. I'd always love to see photos of your Dollies and so if you have them send them on! If you do please also let me know if I can post your photo to the blog and if you want 'public' recognition (Not everyone does so no worries either way). 

Well I better run... Time sure does fly in the morning!

I want to take some more photos of this group of dolls so I can create a YouTube video of them! That's quickly becoming one of my favorite things to do with regards to dolls... To tell little 'stories' in progressive photography... I don't have the time or patience to make the actual 300/frame/min commitment to make those so instead I just make progressive photos... 

So I'll come back with a linky if when I get that video made. 

I love this photo of Debbie and Cassidy playing with the AG Doll brand dog I got at a thrift store for like 50cents a while ago... (Probably meant to post about him and then forgot... I do that sometimes... Teehee...)

Radel is reading a Mary Engelbreit book to Paige. We love Mary E in the Doll House! She's just got a whimsical flair to her art that makes me happy. In fact, I imagine about half of my decorating style in the Doll House are patterned after her style. Lots of rich patterns and testures and cozy 'plentifulness' of books and pillows and... Well, I could just live in a Mary Engelbreit picture and feel right at home, lets say that. 

Better run! Till Next Time!

XXOO

Heather

My Lotus 18 inch Doll Colletion... So Far...

Greetings and Salutations Doll Friends!!

In my continuing series of 'My Doll Collection So Far' posts... Here is one of my favorites. Well, I suppose they are all my favorites but I do love Lotus dolls quite a lot. They are on the market under many different names... I think Newberry from Kmart is likely the most well known. I have Lotus dolls that have several different brand names though. I have a Today's Girl (Frann), a Gali Girl (Cat), My Sweet Girl (Lisa, from Kmart but not called Newberry), New York Doll Collection (Debbie), a My Fashion Doll (Sharon) and of course Newberry as well... So, here is my current Lotus doll collection. Mind you this doesn't count the Journey Girl's and Espari which have nearly identical face sculpts but totally different body types.

So... Here they are! I am just going to put their photo's here since I linked the stories of where they came from in the last paragraph. If you have any questions about any of my dolls, please ask because I forget to tell details sometimes.

Better run or I'll be late to church!
Have a great Sunday!
XXOO
Heather