I like the design, but, after inspecting the quality of the bag, I'll pass. It will take too hard of a beating and I'd be sad after it wore out.
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| Barbie shopping tote |
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Barbie shopping tote
Spotted at Meijer in Monroe, Mich.: this Barbie shopping tote for $1.99.
I like the design, but, after inspecting the quality of the bag, I'll pass. It will take too hard of a beating and I'd be sad after it wore out.
I like the design, but, after inspecting the quality of the bag, I'll pass. It will take too hard of a beating and I'd be sad after it wore out.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Blog Action Day 2011: Barbie's Easy-as-Pie Cookbook
Blog Action Day is an social media event held annually since 2007, with the intent to have as many bloggers as possible from a variety of topics and perspectives, and as many countries as possible, discuss the topic of the day.
This year's Blog Action Day theme is food! While there are certainly some very serious discussions taking place about food today, I decided to write a fun post for my doll blog.
I happen to own one of the most popular collectibles on the vintage Barbie market, and it is Barbie's Easy-as-Pie cookbook from 1964.
It originally belonged to one of my cousins. By the time she decided to hand down her 1960s-era Barbie toys, I was too old for dolls. But I did admire the pieces and my sisters played for hours with everything in the collection that included a fold-up Dream House.
One of the pieces was the cookbook, which I thought was adorable even before I started a Barbie collection. I eventually asked for it, and it became mine.
Each chapter has a short story in which Barbie is planning or working on a menu such as refreshments for her club friends. They are all very simple recipes intended for a young girl to make with adult supervision, and with very little adaptation to today's cooking styles could still be made today.
At one time, the book was worth about $120 on the second-hand market. These days, it would sell for about $60.
When anyone asks if I own any vintage dolls, as in the 1960s-era dolls, I say no. But I add that I do have one vintage piece, and that is this adorable cookbook.
This year's Blog Action Day theme is food! While there are certainly some very serious discussions taking place about food today, I decided to write a fun post for my doll blog.
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| Barbie 1964 cookbook |
It originally belonged to one of my cousins. By the time she decided to hand down her 1960s-era Barbie toys, I was too old for dolls. But I did admire the pieces and my sisters played for hours with everything in the collection that included a fold-up Dream House.
One of the pieces was the cookbook, which I thought was adorable even before I started a Barbie collection. I eventually asked for it, and it became mine.
Each chapter has a short story in which Barbie is planning or working on a menu such as refreshments for her club friends. They are all very simple recipes intended for a young girl to make with adult supervision, and with very little adaptation to today's cooking styles could still be made today.
At one time, the book was worth about $120 on the second-hand market. These days, it would sell for about $60.
When anyone asks if I own any vintage dolls, as in the 1960s-era dolls, I say no. But I add that I do have one vintage piece, and that is this adorable cookbook.
Friday, October 7, 2011
I love the Barbie Dream House ZipBin!
I saw on another doll blog the Barbie Dream House Zipcase. I happened to be shopping at Meijer in Monroe, Mich., today and saw the piece on the shelf. It's only $13!
You would spend about that much on a plain box to store the dolls - why not get one that's cool? And if you are a little girl, this is a perfect pack and play house.
You would spend about that much on a plain box to store the dolls - why not get one that's cool? And if you are a little girl, this is a perfect pack and play house.
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| Barbie Dream House Zip Bin |
Thursday, October 6, 2011
$10 off coupon inside this Kmart Barbie flier
Did you see this flier at your local Kmart? I saw it in Monroe, Mich.
There is a coupon inside the flier for $10 off Barbie product purchase of $50 or more, Oct. 9 through Oct. 31. And just in case you need some suggestions to spend it on, there is a selection of dolls and toy sets featured.
There is a coupon inside the flier for $10 off Barbie product purchase of $50 or more, Oct. 9 through Oct. 31. And just in case you need some suggestions to spend it on, there is a selection of dolls and toy sets featured.
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| Barbie Kmart flier October 2011 |
Halloween 2011 drugstore Barbie: eh
I saw the Halloween 2011 drugstore "pink box" Barbie at Rite Aid in Monroe, Mich.
I'll pass on getting one. I already have three Halloween pink box dolls in my collection and at $14.99 a new doll in the same genre better scream "buy me." This one, eh.
I'll pass on getting one. I already have three Halloween pink box dolls in my collection and at $14.99 a new doll in the same genre better scream "buy me." This one, eh.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
The ZipBin Barbie "house"
You need to see what Pimp My Barbie found, and what it's being used for: The ZipBin Barbie Dream House
Saturday, September 17, 2011
The dolls that don't go on my desk
Here is a snapshot of the majority of my international / Dolls of the World. There are about 15 you don't see in the photo because, well, I need more shelving.
These are the dolls that don't go on my desk in the newsroom.
Most of them are not worth much - even if I had kept them in their boxes, which, I don't and that allows me to find dolls on the cheap. The known exception is Princess of the Nile doll, which is worth about $65. That surprised me greatly when I thought that would be fun to showcase that doll in honor of Elizabeth Taylor.
The reason these dolls stay at home is that the international dolls started my collection; and there's a lot of time and effort put into assembling this set. I still have a few gaps in the early years and with at least one of the known variations.
The separate pink box doll collection started specifically so I could put a doll on my desk.
These are the dolls that don't go on my desk in the newsroom.
Most of them are not worth much - even if I had kept them in their boxes, which, I don't and that allows me to find dolls on the cheap. The known exception is Princess of the Nile doll, which is worth about $65. That surprised me greatly when I thought that would be fun to showcase that doll in honor of Elizabeth Taylor.
The reason these dolls stay at home is that the international dolls started my collection; and there's a lot of time and effort put into assembling this set. I still have a few gaps in the early years and with at least one of the known variations.
The separate pink box doll collection started specifically so I could put a doll on my desk.
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