Thrift Shop 18 inch Doll Quilt Find!

Hi Doll Friends!!

I've been wanting to make or find some bedding for the beautiful doll bed I got from Frann!

I love quilts because my Grandmother made them her whole life... So when I saw this 'wall hanging' quilt at the thrift shop for only 50cents, I knew it would make a perfect quilt for the doll bed! Isn't it lovely!??

Now I have to find some vintage pillow cases to make some sheets to match!

I think it looks perfect!!

Better run!
Till next time!

XXOO
Heather

Horse Sleigh Goodwill Find!!

Greetings and Salutations Doll Friends!!

Well this week is flying by! Wednesday morning already! So... Yesterday being Tuesday, I went in to town for work and naturally dropped into a Goodwill on way home. As I was saying to a lady in line there when I got to chatting with her, "It's the thrill of the hunt! You literally never know what you're going to find!" What did I find yesterday you ask? 

I found this amazing doll sized wood horse sleigh!! It is fabulous!! It was only marked $5.99 which kind of surprised me because it's a heavy wood item and beautifully crafted. Score!!

I won't lie, I had a moment of hesistation as I grabbed it up and took it up to the register... I do try to be realistic about how much doll stuff I can fit into my house and not look like one of the people on Hoarders. Haha. No disrespect!! I know it's a compulsion some people can't control... Myself included obviously to a certain degree... I joke my doll's are Hoarders because it's beginning to be that they have one of everything. Teehee. At least it's all doll sized right? I literally very rarely have urge to purchase 'real' sized whatsits' now, it's all about the doll house when it comes to decor. I've been married 25 years, my house was decorated long ago! Haha. 

Anyway, back to the sleigh... It's so neat! It only fits one doll in it comfortably. I tried to sit two side to side and no dice... I might try some of the HeartForHeart dolls and see if two can fit because they are smaller. 

Frann Doll was the very first doll to try it out! She was excited! She's always had an affinity for horses and a sleigh ride in the snow sounds amazing! Heather Doll said "I know just the perfect thing!!" and off she went...

I pulled out the horse while she was off on her errand. *wink* and it was a perfect 'fit'! I am going to have figure out some manner of harnessing to make it look like they're hooked together and obviously in future, more detailed 'scenes' I am going to have to take of the saddle... LOL I looked at photos to edit them and I was like "well, it's obvious I am not a horse person or I'd have noticed strait off that the saddle looks silly with the sleigh there..." But then I figured that perhaps that would solve the 'problem' of only one doll fitting in sleigh! One can ride horse and one can ride in sleigh. Perfect! 

Heather Doll came back with a cute Christmas pillow and blanket to make it cozy for being out in the cold and snow! The 'blanket' is actually a placemat but I thought it looked like a small lap quilt. Perfect!

Frann Doll tried it out with the blanket and pillow and reported it was very comfortable!! Isn't she cute!!??

By the way, the horse is one I got this summer at a Garage sale and he (she??) has been tucked away in a closet awaiting a proper review ever since... I want to do good photos but I can't figure out what manner of background to make for photos with a horse. I mean ideally the photos would happen outside and the background would just be nature but... That's never as easy to orchestrate as you might imagine! Especially now that it's going to be cold. So I need to think of a good background to make for indoor "outdoor' photos. What do you think the background should be? Clouds? Clouds with grassy stuff at bottom? Maybe some trees? I haven't a clue and can't get a picture in my mind of how to pull it off and so poor horsie has been living in a closet. However, now that I had the sleigh, I figured I'd just do a plain white background (well, with quilt blocks) and maybe I could 'pretend' to be in a barn or something? Haha. Maybe that's the ticket! Do a 'barn' background!! I literally just thought of that as I was typing this out! I think I'll try it... Only now to figure out what a background of the inside of a barn would look like? What do you think?

Thanks, as always, for dropping by! It's so much fun to 'talk dolls' and even better to have people who 'listen' sometimes. So, thanks for that. Have a great day!!!!! 

Oh, and Jesus literally just whispered inot my mind (Holy Spirit talks if you can learn to listen to Him) to remind you that He loves you with all of His heart. 

Better run! 

Till Next time!

XXOO
Heather

Heidi Ott Faithful Friends eBay Score!

Hi Doll Friends,

It's been a bit since I posted... 

Life has really been... Well, hard. Life has been hard. 

I mean 2020 has been hard for everyone though right? 

Everything I ever thought life would be or become has been turned on it's head this year. 

Every. Single. Thing.

Perhaps my problem was having expectations in the first place. 

I don't know. Suffice to say I've been struggling to deal with the reality of my life and my sweet little blog here is feeling the hit. So, sorry about that. 

Well, I should back up and thank Jesus for even getting me to this day. Because without Him I might've just lay down on the bed and quit trying at all. 

So praise Jesus!

So, when trying to keep my head above water, I often go out 'researching'...

Or rather keeping an eye on my 'watched' items on eBay. 

Teehee. 

Mostly I just look for deals that are unheard of which are much more rare now than they were like 20 years ago when I joined eBay...

But sometimes...

You find a great one. 

So when I saw this Heidi Ott Faithful Friend doll listed on an auction for $5.00 starting bid plus shipping... (And reasonable shipping at that!)

I knew I had to at least bid on her!

So I did. I bid like $5 and change. Figuring I wouldn't get her but it couldn't hurt to try and then...

I won the auction!! I was shocked! 

So here she is. Isn't she beautiful? I love love love Heidi Ott dolls. I have several as you can read about here.

Most of the Heidi Ott Faithful Friends I've gotten in the past I've given body transplants to because I don't really like the body type they came up with on these dolls. But I also love the sculpt on the hands and feet of them and those are lost when they get an Our Generation Doll body... So I might just let this little lady keep her original body... I don't know, time will tell. I do know she's going to get a new wig though. Heidi Ott Faithful Friends were very well done in most every detail, their costuming was amazing and of course the Heidi Ott sculpt is gorgeous. But they wanted to make them afforable to the masses and, I think, the one place they had to skimp on quality was on the wig. 

In fact, as I am writing this, this little lady has already gotten a new wig... Teehee. She looks amazing in it too! I'll have to show her to you soon. Here she is dressed in some contemporary clothes. 

Isn't she cute and pretty? 

So I am so glad to have added her to my collection. 
Side note, the quilt she is standing in front of? My Grandma made that. Isn't it BEAUTIFUL? It's one of my most precious items in all the world. 

I better run. 
XXOO
Heather 

 

Months And Months Of Thrift Finds For The Doll House!

Greetings and Salutations Doll Friends!!

So... As I've indicated with my last several posts, 2019 has been a rough year... The last six months especially. I've been doing my best at treading the waters of the storms that keep rocking my ocean, if you will, but with only marginal success more often than not. My poor little doll blog has suffered dreadfully from it. I am slowly beginning to see things turn and can see a light at the end of a very long dark tunnel though and am hopeful that 2020 will be much much better. To be honest, I've been sunk into a depression, really, for months and months. It's only as I start to come out of the fog of it that I can realize exactly how dense the fog had become. Yikes. But it's nice to be coming out of it and slowly becoming myself again. 

During my dark months of depression, one thing I that brought a small measure of light was to stop into thrift stores and hunt for doll sized treasures. I'd buy them, bring them home, and add them to the pile of things that I would get posted 'someday'. It was honestly telling that I had hope enough to buy them, like deep in my soul somewhere I knew it would be temporary even if I couldn't feel it at the time. 

So... I finally pulled out the rather alarming amount of bags I'd accumulated in my thrift-purchases-to-show-my-sweet-doll-friend's-pile the day after Christmas. It was fun to dig into all of it, like a second Christmas really... So, I might have inadvertently included something here that I've shown you before....? I think this is all stuff you haven't seen but just in case I am wrong, sorry for the repetition. 

I love love love small books! I have so many! But I can't resist them when I see them anyway. I love books in 'real life' size too so how can my dollies not have a proper library?! All the little Christmas books you see here were 25cents each this summer at a garage sale. I love love love the Nancy Drew one!

I have several of these small tea sets... They are actually the right size for the dolls dolls. I need to pull them all out and see what all I have in total because several of the sets have a broken item or two. One thing at a time. 

So much stuff!

These are all ceramic and doll sized... I plan to put them in a doll room on a shelf as a 'collection' of one of the dolls. Aren't they cute?! For only 50cents, how could I not? 

These little quilt 'wall hangings' will make fabulous quilts for the doll house. I love quilts!

All these shoes for only $1.00!! I love my little towns thrift store!

Poor baby on the right is pretty much done-for... Not sure if I'll even try and do anything with the poor dear... I might just exchange the head with the one on the left... Especially if the 50c written on the forehead won't come off. Brown eyed Circo babies are more rare than the blue eyed ones and so... 

A whole bunch of plates... I bought them because they were priced as sets and so cheap. Sometimes they'll price by the 'eaches' and I generally leave those type at the thrift shop. 

These clock ones would make fabulous ones for a New Years Eve party at the Doll House. I'll have to see if I can pull of a small one so I can use them. 

Sushi Plates!! How could I not when I have doll sized sushi? I also have the My Life As Doll Sushi set but perhaps I didn't make a post about it? Golly... So many balls dropped over the last year. Yikes. 

These square plates are neat, eh?

Couldn't turn down that Build-A-Bear Christmas shirt... They are not a perfect fit for the dolls but the shirts work pretty well as is and other can be altered. 

This made my day the day I found it... It was one of the last things I found at that store and, after finding it, you can bet I went back thru the entire store to make sure I hadn't missed any others!

Here is what was inside!

I've researched and I think that the outfit is actually a Bitty Baby one but the shoes and headband are for the 18inch dolls and the clothes will work for them too. I'll have to take a photo of a dolly in the outfit for you. I love the shoes!

The charm was even in it! Still sealed shut!

I've been on a bit of a doll sized bear spree apparently. So many people seem to be dumping their entire Boyd Bear collections and their Ty Bears too. When I find them for a dollar or less (or sometimes a bit more if I really like the Boyd Bear) I can't help but buy them. I love Teddy Bears and so should Heather Doll, right? Haha! If you look close though you'll see I also found an American Girl Doll Bitty Baby Bear too! Score! I think he was only 10cents!

This Boyds Bear Mohair Bear is probably my favorite of all of them! It's like the old school bears back in the olden days. He's not 'soft, but rather has a sort of hard body and I love him! 

And this mini Boyds is pretty fantastic too! I'm sure if when I get my store open, I'll be selling bears for the dolls there too(and in the Etsy Shoppe that will be part of my business...) so I'll keep buying them when I see them! 

This cute little table was $3.00! The little sculptures were too cute to pass up. I think they'll make great decor when I have asian themed parties for the dolls!

Well, I'm out of time. If you have questions about any of the stuff I posted here, please do ask, I am happy to share! I just sometimes forget to mention details or don't have as much time as I'd like but I don't ever want to leave you with questions either! 

XXOO
Heather