W Club Integrity Toys Carry Trunk

My W Club Integrity Toys Carry Trunk arrived this week on the weekend so I finally got around to taking photos and staging with it. I really love this little trunk as they offered it in black to the regular members as the first one was offered to convention members in white. I have wanted a simple little trunk like this and at a push I think you could squeeze two dolls into it. Below is the W Club stock photo of it open.

I used my Peace N Harmony Poppy Parker and her accessories to show how you can display a doll and clothing and shoes , the drawer on my case does not open easily and the ribbon slide thing does not open so I just tied it. So there are some problems with my trunk. I could not get the drawer to open , so I will have to figure out if somehow the drawer is glued shut , the handle almost came off when I tried to open the drawer. This made me a little pissed as the ribbon that ties the doll- does not flip open to thread the ribbon through to secure the doll in place- and the drawer is faulty. Having paid a significant amount of money for this case, I am not pleased with their quality control. This is one reason why I have become more and more picky what I buy from the W Club. But otherwise, I will have to play with it a bit and see how it works. All for now. Lisa 

 

Thrifting for Dolls at Arc of the Thrift store

Today I had some free time and I had alot of errands to run as well - and one of my stops was Arc of the Thrift store. They were having their annual Warehouse sale for Fill A Bag for $5 and I found some neat stuff- not much . I found out much later that they were giving items away for free on the other side of the building but was much too tired after shopping in the main store. I found three new books, some new scarves, a pair of navy pumps , and two Madame Alexander dolls- one with her tag. These were Wendy dolls. Both were marked $10 and came with their stands. One is a Little Women Beth about 1995 and the other is a Little Red Riding Hood, both from the Storybook series. 

Little Red Riding Hood, with the Maggie face mold, she even came with her basket!

Little Women Beth (1995) she still has her storytag on

The store had a selection of Barbies, but there were only two or three I contemplated on getting- and sometimes their prices are outrageous. They had a Sapphire Barbie for $99 ...they get these dolls in all the time, from collectors , it was like Barbie Palooza, when they asked some of the Club collectors who were pretty knowledgeable to help with pricing and they went behind them and escalated the prices on the dolls. I think I had to pay $30 for a Christmas Barbie at that event, but went ahead and paid it because it was a doll I was looking for and would have paid that with shipping. So more later!

 

Barbie Miniland Playsets

I have seen these in the store for a while now and never really thought much about them until recently -- they came out with the Barbie movie. Lately, I have come up with some ideas for scenes that these can be used with as minis with the dolls having their own dollhouses or doll room. Some of the items were on sale my local Walmart but practically most of the sets were gone so I purchased the last two dreamhouses, and a couple of other items in this line. I hope to get more. Below are the four items I got today. 

 First up, I got the winter dreamhouse with snow slide and snow on it. There is also a playset with a pine tree. It comes with a little figure and a snow glider thingy. 

                                      

Next up was the dreamhouse with slide and a surprise. 

                                                                                     

                                            

                                                 The last item is a mini Cutie Reveal, #3, which I am curious to see what this looks like, since I have some of the normal ones. I am sorry I haven't purchased these before. These are going to be fun to open and rearrange. 

Mini- Convention Tote Bag favor Fashions

With all the things that have been going on, I have just got around this weekend to unpacking and playing with the tote bag favor fashions that two of our ladies, Nita and Scarlett, gave us at our Mini Convention that I posted about last week. I posted about one fashion that the officers contributed to, but I needed to dig and find some dolls that would fit into these fashions. With the W Club dolls, and the Tommy dolls coming in the mail, I had not decided which dolls would look good in these fashions. On the right, is the fashion from Scarlett, with belt, shoes and cabanna dress with fringe which is really cute! She showed us a picture of what the dress really is- it is a wine bottle snuggie! I used made to move Barbie basics look. It fit her perfectly. Nita made these handmade fashions with hat and tote bag in map fabric that are really lovely- it looks perfect on my Barbie Basics The Look brunette. So glad I got around today to re-dressing these dolls and taking pics. 

 

New dolls have arrived!

I have had some new dolls arrive this week. Two were W Club dolls that were on pre-order and two were some Tommy dolls that I found for my Kelly & Tommy doll collection. 

First up was the Art of Versatility Evelyn Weaverton. She comes with a 'mirror' which was no impressive. I will have to tape the back of mine since it essentially reflective cardboard. The doll is lovely. 

Next up- Peace N' Harmony Poppy Parker Giftset. I had forgot I had this one on Pre-order. She is an amazing giftset, then remembered that I had ordered her because she would fit in so well with my Malibu vintage Barbies.

Next up were two adorable little Tommy dolls that I ordered from two different sellers on Ebay. I wanted Tommy dolls to go with Kellys I had but I wanted them with outfits that had shoes, which was hard to find that did not cost a fortune. Tommy dolls have gone up in price, so you have to shop around for a good affordable price.

I already had the one in blue and white overalls but I had customized him for my Louis Charles - Dauphin for my customized French Royal family in an outfit that I had sewn on the doll and did not want to change it. These little guys look so cute with the Tynitoys car I found at Oddballs collectibles when I was shopping a few weeks ago with my friend Allison. Enjoy!

 

Va Fashion Doll Clubs' Mini Convention- Travelin' With Barbie

Every year during Barbie Convention- which just ended this weekend in July, our Va. Fashion Doll Club began to have its own, 'Mini-Convention' for those members who could not attend the Barbie Convention. We usually make reservations at a restuarant, and it is on the weekend of Barbie Convention. All attendees who attend bring a tote bag favor for each attendee and the committee who plans the lunch also creates the 'centerpiece doll' which a lucky attendee wins. This year's theme was Travelin' with Barbie. Below are photos of the doll with luggage that was worked on by Janice, Jodie and Allison. 

Nita was the lucky winner of the centerpiece doll. She was so cute!

Besides bringing tote bag favors, we were instructed to bring a doll dressed for travel, and a nude doll to dress. Here are some of the dolls dressed to travel.

Our group photos above-

Jodie's doll. Jodie gave each of us the bow place holder and let us each choose a placecard that we would like to go. Jodie chose London.

Linda's doll, this is a Catwoman doll restyled. I forgot to get her placecard.

This was my doll- Poppy Parker Suited to Travel. I had chosen Bavaria, because I have never been and because there is a restuarant here in Madison, VA called The Bavarian that has authentic Bavarian German cuisine that my husband Chris has taken me too. 

Scarlett's doll- I believe her card says New Zealand

Nita's doll- her card says Kyoto 

Allison's doll- her card says the Netherlands 

Now onto our outfits for the nude dolls-

We received a pair of black pants from Allison, a crocheted tank top, belt and shoes from Jodie. These were lovely and so we dressed our dolls we brought and had a photo session with them together. 

After lunch we all had dessert and the desserts at the Henry Clay Inn are amazing- all of the foods are gourmet and handmade. I had the cheesecake, there was key lime pie, Coconut cream cake, raspberry sorbet, a huge cookie, chocolate lava cake.

Overall we had a great day and a great event and alot of fun!