Do you want ideas on how to organize the doll clothes, shoes and accessories?
Pink and Green Mama has a tactic that takes a bit of time to set up, but it will be easy to keep up! Go see Getting Organized: Doll Clothes for the American Girl show and tell; and Getting Organized: Storing Barbie Doll Clothing for the fashion doll show and tell.
Monday, June 18, 2012
Friday, June 8, 2012
How to annoy your co-workers with just one Barbie doll
This just for fun post requires an explanation.
I live near Detroit and most of my co-workers are avid Detroit Tigers fans.
They have learned over the years that I root for Cleveland sports teams.
To make that point on a week in which Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians played each other in Major League Baseball, I posted this doll display at my desk.
Ooh, it's been quite a while since I've heard so many snarky comments about a doll display.
My comeback line is that if they can find me a Detroit Tigers doll outfit, I will happily play along and put that one on display sometime.
So far, we haven't found one.
This Cleveland Indians outfit came from a craft show in northeast Ohio about five years ago, and cost me only $1. It was one of several doll outfits I bought that day. Yes, one of the others was a Cleveland Browns dress.
It'll be traded out for a pageant doll soon enough. My pageant friends are in state competitions next week.
I live near Detroit and most of my co-workers are avid Detroit Tigers fans.
They have learned over the years that I root for Cleveland sports teams.
To make that point on a week in which Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians played each other in Major League Baseball, I posted this doll display at my desk.
My comeback line is that if they can find me a Detroit Tigers doll outfit, I will happily play along and put that one on display sometime.
So far, we haven't found one.
This Cleveland Indians outfit came from a craft show in northeast Ohio about five years ago, and cost me only $1. It was one of several doll outfits I bought that day. Yes, one of the others was a Cleveland Browns dress.
It'll be traded out for a pageant doll soon enough. My pageant friends are in state competitions next week.
Finding furniture and accessories at the second-hand store
I'm documenting my dollhouse renovation on my main blog, Monroe on a Budget, because I'm explaining my frugal hacks along the way.
Do check out the latest episode in which I show how $4.50 worth of Barbie furniture and accessories are filling in some missing details in my dollhouse renovation!
What did I start with? This pile:
Do check out the latest episode in which I show how $4.50 worth of Barbie furniture and accessories are filling in some missing details in my dollhouse renovation!
What did I start with? This pile:
Monday, June 4, 2012
Dollhouse inspiration from A Girl and a Glue Gun
Would you like some DIY dollhouse inspiration?
A Girl and a Glue Gun has a show and tell of how she made a playscale 1:6 dollhouse for Barbie and friends to enjoy. She's using some of the same techniques I'm using on my dollhouse, but, all I have so far are some sneak peeks!
A Girl and a Glue Gun has a show and tell of how she made a playscale 1:6 dollhouse for Barbie and friends to enjoy. She's using some of the same techniques I'm using on my dollhouse, but, all I have so far are some sneak peeks!
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Dolls magazine report on 2012 Dolls of the World
The Dolls of the World series is my favorite one of the Barbie line. This is what brought me into Barbie collecting in 1995.
Dolls magazine has a report, Globally Gorgeous: Mattel expands Dolls of the World Barbie line, listing the 10 dolls that are in the international run for 2012 and the new features we are seeing this year.
Dolls magazine has a report, Globally Gorgeous: Mattel expands Dolls of the World Barbie line, listing the 10 dolls that are in the international run for 2012 and the new features we are seeing this year.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
My new fav: Fashion Designer Barbie!
This is a doll that the Project Runway fans will love, but I suspect my crafty and frugal friends will enjoy her too!
Fashion Designer Barbie is one of the newest dolls on the shelf. Barbie announced this doll in January, and I found her this week at Meijer in Monroe, Mich.
Fashion Designer Barbie is one of the newest dolls on the shelf. Barbie announced this doll in January, and I found her this week at Meijer in Monroe, Mich.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Barbie is "cool" again with the older girls
Mattel had quite a struggle for a time with how to market Barbie to its original demographic: older girls who had moved past baby dolls but still like to play.
But according to industry reports, it's cool again to be a Barbie fan in the age 8-11 bracket. IOL has this report: Barbie bounces back.
But according to industry reports, it's cool again to be a Barbie fan in the age 8-11 bracket. IOL has this report: Barbie bounces back.
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