The Dilemna of Unboxed dolls..

The dilemna of unboxed dolls... that is my subject for my blog post this morning. 

This weekend I was doing some sorting of dolls and thought I should do a blog post and start de-boxing my 'new' 1990's wedding day Barbies and Midge dolls and 'found' more dolls that have not been freed from their boxes. The list is long and worse, I have two dolls from the W Club awaiting payment that will be arriving soon and they will need to be de-boxed as well. I am a little overwhelmed and attempting to figure out what and where I am going to be putting them as the circus dolls have been deboxed but- their boxes need to be organized. Right now, here are the dolls  waiting to be de-boxed...

My Poppy Parkers- Sweet Sixteen just arrived a couple of weeks ago, but the Stand Up and Cheer! and Glamour Poppy arrived like- last year? and I still have not deboxed these two. Somehow, they are just lovely to look at and I cannot resist Poppy dolls with ponytails. They are so adorable. 

 

Then, there was this Fresh doll and this other doll, Fresh Squad Anthony and Jr. Rainbow High Bella, I think the name was. She was in that cute bunny outfit. I purchased them both on sale at insanely low prices on an impulse buy and have yet to debox them. I should have at least done the bunny at Easter, but forgot. I think I have another Jr. Rainbox high that hasn't been deboxed yet either. 

Then of course, the 1990's Wedding Day Midge and Alan , Barbie and Ken, Stacey and Todd dolls that I purchased some at Arc of the Thrift Barbie Palooza and the rest on Ebay. I had this whole blog post planned with a wedding diorama- totally dropped the ball on that one. 

So right now I hope to get to organizing and de-boxing but in the meantime, will be preparing for some fun Independence day/ Fourth of July photos!

Va Fashion Doll Club June Meeting

I had a very busy weekend- with back to back doll club meetings- The Dorothy Coleman Doll club meeting on Saturday, June 13th at the Legion , and we celebrated World Doll day by swapping dolls that day. I and my good friend, Allison Jewel, who is also a member of the Va Fashion doll club, were going to have dinner after the meeting, and we also went shopping at Oddballs' Collectibles. Allison found a cute vintage bubble cut raven haired Barbie in a sheath and I found a 1968 vintage cookbook for Chris and a Little Tykes trolley that will fit Kelly and Tommy perfectly. They had the Barbies more organized and I really wanted a few but held off buying any- they had a few wedding ones I wanted. I do not have photos from this club meeting, as we mostly worked on club business and if we are going to have our club luncheon in 2027. Allison and I after shopping at Oddball's then went on to Arianna's for dinner in Lakeside. The restuarant seems to have changed hands but the food is still really good. 

Yesterday on Sunday, June 14th was Flag day as well as our Va Fashion doll club meeting and we were celebrating America's 250th celebration. Most of our members in July will be going to Barbie Convention and we will again have our mini Convention for those members who do not attend. So this meeting we had a theme of  a diorama presentation for something that celebrates the history of America. My diorama involved the research on my 4x great grandfather, Christian Eckert Mauney who was in the Colonial Militia and his home is the historic site of the Tryon County Courthouse in Gastonia North Carolina, and the site where the Tryon Resolve signing took place on August 23, `1775, 11 months before the Declaration of Independence was signed. Chrisitan and his three brothers, Valentine, Peter and Jacob Jr. were all present at his farm when the signing took place, and he was considered a patriarch and pioneer. I did not get photos of all the dioramas, unfortunately, since they took up alot of space. The above was our display table we do of dolls in red, white and blue with Jodie's gazebo and I also brought my Jim Beam model T car which Debbie, the club president asked me to bring. 

Linda's mantel decorated with her dolls

Our food and refreshments I brought the salad and dressings and homemade croutons 

Some of the diorama presentations 

                                                                           

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