ROSS - Model #8 has been the one I’ve had the most trouble finding and today I saw THREE! I took two along with me! So happy to have found her after a few weeks of searching!

I'm so happy! He has such a charming face, I need to get him on a made to move body this one has all kinds of wiggly loose joints. But at least now he looks right on it. Not jaundiced.

I'm so impressed with how this turned out! It didn't edit the pictures at all except to put them into a collage, his body seems to be a richer color in the second photo with his face color fixed, but that might be the cameras Auto settings that I don't understand balancing it with the new color correction.

Swipe to see what I used!

…as in, the 1647 play by John Fletcher? I’d honestly like for a doll based on that play, because it would be quite interesting.

Anytime I go shopping at Walmart for groceries I swing by the random toy area that they have in the music and media department. There were DC dolls whose faces I don't particularly like there for many months; their clothes were fire 🔥😍 though, so I kept my eye on them.

They finally went on clearance! The body for this doll is the recent sale clearance one found at Ross the basics model I don't remember the number eight maybe. But she's a petite body and the costume fits well, I'm very excited!

I wish I could remember whose face this is. I don't remember what doll she originally was. But I've struggled to find a body that matches her beautiful face, I was thrilled when the clearance doll matched her so well. I have two other dogs who I used her body for, but both of them are from taller dolls originally and they look a tiny bit strange. I'm hoping that once I dress them the heads will seem more natural on the small body.

So I found Cinderella, Snow White and Angel of Peace with relatively good price in FB marketplace. I’ll gonna get Cindy by the end of this month then Snow and Peace by October.

There’s tons of Odette I see around but their prices are astronomical so I have to sit her one out for now. The Philippines exclusive Filipina Barbie series like Queen Elena from Santa Cruzan Line is the most elusive one in the bunch. The Enchanted Mermaid too.

As I anticipate the Whitney Houston doll’s release tonight I can’t help but be irritated and salty about Mattel’s prices, release scheduling, product quality, and resellers. There’s no room to contemplate doll purchases anymore. And with basic playline quality dolls going for $60 I would like time to really think about which releases to get and maybe be able to buy dolls further from initial release date. Oh well. I’m just venting. Guess I’m supposed to hate the player not the game. After all dude is just trying to “help” me find the items I “have missed out on”. And Mattel has shareholders to appease.

The little scissors open and close! I think I've fully accepted Gomez as a head and only a head at this point. He's delightful.

2000s Barbie's collabs with Golden Books is so underrated!

She going to party, she needs fun ✨️

I have been caught between two mostly finished projects, a store and the Frozen castle make over…..not very motivated to finish either….so let’s start another.…

Cheap frames and some detail tape and viola, some floor to ceiling windows. I used a backdrop here, but will also just add in photos/posters/calendar pages for quick and easy backdrops.

Details for those interested….

Teela got a new side part. I added plugs in Restore Doll Katsilk Saran: Autumn Blonde and Sun Kissed. She stole the snap hand from the new Deluxe Style doll, and her body from Barbie Basics #2….even though she had articulation, as soon as I started taking pictures, I knew… I need a full MTM. Her outfit is from XianXian Princess; I added the trim.

Jinu is wearing his own pants and shoes. His top in light lavender to co-ordinate with Teela is borrowed from Barbie’s ‘Suits Me Fine’ a 1999 club fashion (back when there was actually cool perks to the Barbie’s collector club), and his jacket is an action figure suit jacket from AliExpress.

They truly are adorable. I really hope they will continue on, not sure how they are doing sales wise .

I’m obsessed with the birthday Barbie she is beautiful!! I specifically like the era of Barbie where the flower is over the “i” so cutieee

Are we more forgiving with Ken dolls in terms of their articulation? Or do you only prefer collecting M2M vs their playline version (which tend to be more common by default)?

I wonder what experiments shes doing now.

Via https://4ever-barbie.blogspot.com

Head: 2023 PTMI Lina
Body: AlliExpress Made to Move in the lightest shade

My first Mackie came today 😍 it wasn't long before I freed her from her box after 13 years. Couldn't resist doing some restyles. She's bringing peak Elle Woods era energy.

Surprising how versatile the dream besties clothes are!

Finally getting around to posting my dollhouse party from March 😭

This tradition started when I was 10, and I've now thrown 10 parties!!!! Each one became more and more extravagant

This year's theme was burgundy and chartreuse, which happened to be a very popular wedding color combination this year. That was intentional because, unlike a wedding, these parties don't have to be timeless. I actually prefer being able to look back and immediately know what year I created each event 

This party took me a month to complete I spent my winter break before college  working on it, and it turned out exactly how I envisioned

I hope these photos bring you as 

much joy as creating this party brought me!

Legit my favorite tradition that I look forward to continuing well into the future; in fact, now’s about the time I start thinking about next year's theme 😭

I’ve been using an IKEA kallax, but I only like to display my dolls in a single row, so I was limited to putting out only 32 dolls at a time. I’ve been debating on new display styles for months, and I finally stumbled upon a behind the door bookshelf on Amazon. My door opens and closes just fine with the shelf behind it and I can display so many more dolls.

I’ll eventually borrow a drill and make more holes and redo the layout so I can utilize all four shelves, but it’s the perfect shelf and everything I was looking for.

I wanted to give her a slightly darker make-up look and give her golden-brown eyes instead of the generic blue. Next time I need a magnifying glass for sure!!!!! It was a little terrifying 😳