My Life As Doll Mini Doll Drawing Giveaway and Clothes Set Review!

Greetings and Salutations Doll Friends!

As I mentioned in a recent post, I was lucky enough to find some My Life As Doll Mini Dolls for only $2.50 each recently! So I bought four! Why four? Well, two for here at the Doll House because I have a lot of dolls who need doll friends! Then of course I bought one for my sister friend Frann because she and I love to have twinsy things. The fourth? Well, to give away in a drawing here on the blog!! 

That's right! The little School Girl Mini Doll will be given away in a drawing! How do you enter drawing? Easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy!! You just go and 'like' the PCR American Doll House Facebook Page and share the post there about the contest on your own Facebook page. That's it, super easy!

 I will draw the name of the contest winner on Sunday September 3, 2017 at  6PM Central Standard Time.*Contest only open to people in the United States or APO addresses due to postage costs!!*

(Sorry international readers, I only have so much money to devote to my little blog here)

One other reason I bought two of the mini dolls for the Doll House was that I wanted to be able to change clothes between them and the two American Girl Doll Mini Dolls I own. I don't need a ton of clothes for them but an outfit change here and there might be fun. I actually bought one of the new My Life As Doll Mini Doll clothing sets the same day I got the mini dolls for same reason. 

This is the set I picked. I love the little horse shirt and the boots! So cute!

Here are my two American Girl Doll Mini's alongside one of the two Mini's I bought for the Doll House. One thing I've never really understood about the MLA Mini's is why they decided to make them an inch taller than the American Girl Mini's and the Our Generation Minis? It's one of the reasons I never bought one before. I've decided to think of them like Karito Kids of which I have one in my own collection. They are a smidge taller than 18inches so it makes total sense. Right? Hahaha. I am such a dork sometimes. How I have to have 'stories' for all my Doll House residents. Teehee. 

However, even though they are a smidge taller, I thought they would likely still be able to share clothes. 

So I went to changing the clothes one of the new dolls I'd opened (the second will be opened by Heather Doll in an upcoming blog post!) and the American Girl Mini's. 

Not before I took a bunch of photos of the four Mini Dolls. They are just so cute!

Here is the back of the boxes. 

And here are the dolls all changed into different clothes. I was super sad to realize that the red shirt my Julie Mini had been wearing had stained her arms red. Boohoo. I hate it when that happens. The clothes fit pretty well despite them being a bit different in height. However, the shoes were not a perfect fit fot the American Girl Minis. The MLA Doll Mini shoes are too big. As you can see, I put the boots on Julie anyway and they look pretty cute and you can't tell they are too big. The slip on shoes though won't work at all for the AG Mini's. Bummer! Oh well... The good news being that the school girlie I am having the drawing for comes with black boots! So, if you have an AG mini and are the winner, you'll be able to share the boots on that doll with your AG Mini. How fun! One of my favorite parts of doll collecting is the fun of having them share clothes and accessories. So it'll be fun to make a scene of Heather Doll and Frann Doll playing dolls and changing out their dollies outfits. Of course that'll be a future blog post...

Well, I better run. Good luck in the drawing!
Have a great week!
XXOO
Heather

Even More Thrift Store & Goodwill Sights and Scores For The Doll House!

Doll Friends!!

I just can't seem to stay away from the Thrift Store and Goodwill... But how can you stay away when you find fun stuff like this and for mere pennies really. Obviously, I can't. Hahaha But check out the cool stuff in that top photo! I actually got all of that a few weeks ago and realized I'd forgotten to post about it when I went 'looking for' the post and there was none. Teehee... See the little doll in the photo? That's an American Girl Doll Mini Doll of Kit Kittredge and she was only like 25cents! Sure, she's missing her dress and shoes but considering they are alike $25 new, I was stoked. Not to mention, I have lots of mini-doll clothes in the Doll House and so am sure I'll find her just the thing to wear. 

By the way, I am not 'actively' collecting the mini-dolls as dolls to my 18inch dolls (Did that make sense?) But when they 'find me' I don't leave them, forlorn and sad, in the shop! Oh no, I do not. 

Anyway, so you probably saw the little cornucopia baskets if you saw my Thanksgiving Post. The purple and pink blanket is a MLA blanket, the little pillow is an old one from Battat, the little gold gift boxes will be lovely under the Christmas trees in the doll house, the little 'Elf on the Shelf books' are blank inside but oh-so-cute. I might print book covers that aren't Christmas themed at some point but... Who knows. The little "Merry Christmas" book is actually a pop-up book and that will be fun in photos! 

I love the little cross-stitched 'bags' of coffee, beans and sugar... One of these things is not like the other... I don't know if I could live without coffee or sugar but beans...? Well, I guess you gotta eat something. Hahaha. 

So the reason I went looking for the post I forgot to make (LOL) was because I found yet another American Girl Doll Mini Doll! This one is Rebecca Rubin and she's retired so finding her for 25cents when she's in her entire meet outfit, well, that's awesome! So now I have two more historical mini dolls for the Doll House! 

This I had to buy... It's a bit tall but I plan to use it as a Barbie for dolls... I think she's probably from the 1960s and might even be a 'real' Barbie? I am not sure... I plan to research her... when I get a clone to help me manage my life... KIDDING! But not really. Life is so busy in December! (and all year, who am I kidding!) 

This doll is likely going to be a baby doll for my dolls... I think it is also vintage and I also want to research to find out more about. For 10cents!! Unreal.

Some of the things I left behind... This cool jewelry box had a radio in it... How fun!

This wooden doll was about 18inches tall.... I guess I forgot to take a photo of her tag or markings but I think I've seen one before and posted about her... I'll have to get my clone to look that up too... Haha. Kidding! She's got such a cute face!

I gotta run! Where does the time go?

XXOO
Heather

Mad Money Doll Shopping Spree Haul From This Past Weekend!

Greerings and Salutations Doll Friends!!

So this past weekend my husband, being the sweet guy that he is, hands me some money and tells me I should go on a dolly shopping spree. Who am I to say no? So, on Saturday, I made the rounds of two Walmart's, two Target's, one Goodwill and a Toys-R-Us to see how far I could stretch my money. Teehee. Like a challenge, even. 

I found so many amazing deals!!!

I specifically told myself when I set out that I was not allowed to buy another doll. I have lots of dolls...!! But I never had Kyla!!! She was only $12.98. This is not my fault. It had to happen! She practically followed me home. I have no regrets. *giggles* 

What was I saying about not buying any dolls? But these don't count right? Because they are dolls for my dolls and so kind of like accessories, right? I found these marked on the shelf for $4 each and picked up just one... When I rang up though, they rang up for only $2.50!! So, naturally, I bought four. Hahahaha. Only two of them are for me to keep though. One, naturally, is to be sent to Frann, one of the twins in the PJ's. We get a kick out of sharing dolly stuff and having twinsy stuff and so that had to happen. What about the fourth? Well... I think I am going to have a little drawing for that one!! The little School Girl dolly will be given away in a contest. I'll try and get the details posted about that as soon as I figure them out. Haha. It will involve finding my Facebook page Facebook Page and giving it a like and probably sharing a post from there. I'll come back and update this page with details when I dream them up. 

Then this is a new item at Walmart! It's clothes for the Mini's! The set was $9.98. As you can see from the post about doll tea party I have a American Girl Doll Julie Mini I got at a Flea Market and another American Girl Mini that looks just like my Lilly Doll as doll for my Heather Doll and Frann Doll. They didn't really have too much in the way of outfit changes because I knew Frann loved mini dolls and forwarded on the Our Generatio Mini Doll and Wardrobe on to her a while ago. I have a TON of doll stuff and so I was happy to do so! But when I saw this I thought it might be fun to have a few little outfit changes and more shoes for them. You know, so Heather Doll and Frann Doll can change out their dollies! 

I hadn't ever gotten a My Life As version because, lets be honest, I am cheap and $10 was always more fun to spend elsewhere. But four for $10? That's a fun price! So I bought one for Heather Doll, one for Frann Doll, one for real Frann and one for the drawing. All for $10!

When I went to the Target stores (I really did go to two different ones on either side of town!) I didn't really see much new... In fact both Target's I went to were very lackluster regarding selection. I was feeling the pain of the people I read about in my Doll Groups on Facebook who say they never have anything good at their local stores. Yikes! But I did find these two "Todays Special" sets. Why two? Because if you're going to have a diner, you need more than one table, right? So of course you need more of one of each of the napkin holders and condiment bottle holders for each table, right? As I said the other day in another post, I think that the Our Generation Diner at Target is neat but it's so huge that I think setting up a diner with my own furniture and these accessories will be just as much fun. 

I almost fell over when I found these sets marked for $4.00 but when I rang out they rang up as $2.00 each set!! Awesomeness!! I've always thought I should have more tacos than the two who came in my origial Fiesta set and now I'll have six!! Perfect for a fiest party now!! The baking set never really appealed to me at regular price but I think the apron is certainly worth $2. I was out of time and it was my last Walmart and stop or I might've braved the crowded line/store and gone back for the rest they had but.... I was done for. Don't think it won't haunt me. I could probably get three times that on eBay in the coming months. But lets get real, if I buy them, it's not to re-sell.
*giggles again*

I also got this hat and 'fur' collar set for $4.99. You can get one too, they are same price on TRU Website right now. 

I think the most exciting find of the day after Kyla was the My Life As Doll bed. I forgot to take a separate photo of it but you can see it above in top photo. It was only $5.00!! I've thought having another bed in the bunk bed bedroom would be a good idea because I have so many girls in the Doll House needing to sleep somewhere for sleepovers. So this will be great. Not totally in love with the color and may get brave enough to try and paint it at some point but... For $5.00 I'll take it. If they'd have had two I would've bought two because they stack! I should've seen if they were compatible with the newer My Life As Doll bed in white because they did have a few there but I didn't think to. If I run across one soon I'll measure and see. Because it'd be fun to have another set of bunk beds in that room!

OH! I nearly forgot! I got the Star Wars R-4 toy at the Goodwill for $4.00!! It's gonna be great to go with one of the dolls on Halloween!!

Better run!
Till next time!
XXOO
Heather

Mini Our Generation Doll Wardrobe Options and Ideas

Greetings Doll Friends,

We found an Our Generation Mini Doll at a Garage Sale for a $1 and so naturally we brought her home. I haven't honestly been too interested in the mini's if for no other reason is the last thing I need is one more 'size' doll to start collecting things for. Teehee. I have to admit though, she is pretty cute. However, they don't really make a whole lot of clothes for this size doll and so the only way to get other ensembles seems to be to buy other 'mini' dolls from either OG or AG and... Well... That isn't an option. We will get more mini's at furture garage sales perhaps. In the meantime, girlie needed some clothes.

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Luckily my dear daughter has been collecting dolls, fashion or otherwise, all her life. Maybe due to having a doll loving Mom... Maybe not? Who can tell. Teehee. Suffice to say she has a rather extensive wardrobe for said dolls. So we just dug into the big suitcase of clothes with 'mini' in mind and this is what we came up with. 

This robe actually came with those soft dolls are about the size of Barbie but more for little girls... Can't think the name of them. I have two of the 'baby' variety in the doll house and I'll have to look at their tags when I get them out of storage and come post here. (Side note, this is being written September 14, 2015. I just posted the photos in like April. LOL)

A cute flowered dress and hat.

The black shirt was actually a 'Ken doll' shirt and it's long enough to see under the skirt but we thought it looked cute together. 

She came with the green shoes by way... 

This outfit always looked a bit 'too short' etc for fashion dolls but looks so cute on her!

See how many outfits we were able to come up with!? Go look through your Fashion Doll clothes and see what you can come up with for your mini!!

That's it for now Doll Friends!
Have a wonderful day!
XXOO

My Life As Doll Items On Clearance At Walmart!

Hi Doll Friends!!

In my last post I told you about the Dolls recently having some adventures at the beach. Well, in some of those photos you may have noticed a neat beach lounge chair that Spectrum was sitting in? Well, part of what inspired me to do the beach scenes at all was that I had gone to Walmart and that little chair was on clearance for only $5.00. My only regret is I only bought the one... But I am always worrying about space in my Doll Room and trying to be reasonable. 

Here is the chair right after I got it home. As you can see, it's made very much like the 'real' chairs of the same sort. 

It was only after I got the chair home and looked again at this photo that I thought "I could've stacked them and two wouldn't have taken up much more room than one!?" Blah. Oh well, I have other beach chairs and honestly I'd have to set up a pretty huge beach scene for two of them to fit in well...

They also had a few items for the mini-My Life As Dolls on clearance. 

This table and chair set is so cute! But I am determined not to 'start' collecting 'mini-doll-sized items or I will certainly run out of room in the Doll House!

I love the colors of this kichen... When I got mine (which has since found a new home with a good friend for her granddaughters dolls) it was in purples and I think these colors are more 'realistic'.  

This was cute and on clearance too but... too big to store I think!

Several dolls on clearance... 

Then I looked at the non-clearanced MLA items... I think this is a cute set but I already have a picnic table from Our Generation and... Again.. Space. Lord help me if I ever get a huge house because all bets will be off and I'll have all the things! 

Heeheehee.

So many cute outfits!

And other cool doll items...!

Another thing I saw was something I'd seen recently reviewed by Kewpie83... Hello Kitty and Care Bear motif ensembles for Barbies! I wondered "Would they fit the mini dolls?" Hmmm...

Here are some of my favorites of what I saw...

So I bought this one... To see... I haven't opened it up yet but I'll let you know what I find when I do. So cute!!

And speaking of mini-dolls, I did find this clothes pack for them and bought it. It was $7.00 and I have the same set for 18" dolls so I couldnt' help but buy it. Now my dolls and some of their mini's will be able to wear identical outfits! Fun!

Better run!
XXOO
Heather