Countdown to Christmas! Day One!

Welcome to Countdown to Christmas! This is Day One! 

We are showcasing Happy Holidays 2025 Barbie & Ken today to kick off our Countdown to Christmas! Stay tuned in the next 24 days for more NEW photos this year of our Holiday dolls until the big day!

 

Our Blog Anniversary- 17 years!

Today is November 30, 2025- 17 years since I started this blog on 

November 30th, 2008! So many years ago since I started this blog and I want to thank my faithful followers on this journey. Soon December will be starting and we will begin our Annual Countdown to Christmas!!! Tomorrow-

Here are some highlights from over the years-

Thank you for following my blog and I hope you enjoy our Countdown to Christmas starting tomorrow!

Happy Thanksgiving!

 I am late with the Happy Thanksgiving photos! From the archives-

New Hallmark Barbie ornaments

I have some more Hallmark ornaments that have arrived- 

Hallmark 1997 Barbie Happy Holidays ornament 

Hallmark Barbie Gay Parisienne Ornament 

Hallmark Chinese Barbie Dolls of the World Ornament 

Hallmark 2005 Celebration Barbie Special Edition Bob Mackie Holidays Ornament

I was really lucky on finding these on such great deals from the same seller I purchased from previously on Mercari, quick service, fast shipping and her items are in fabulous condition. She specializes in Hallmark ornaments- all kinds and other kinds of collectibles. I like these ornaments to come with the box in the event I have to store them for some reason, take them down, and know they will be safely stored until I put the tree back up. Sometimes people go overboard when listing these items and while some may be worth more than others, like the rarer ornaments, not all of them are worth some of the over inflated prices I have seen. Enjoy!

 

Creme de Cressis Gene Marshall doll

Creme de Cressis Gene Marshall doll arrived and this lovely doll was won on the 

The Studio Commissary  message board when they were having Halloween events. I won her in one of the game events I entered and it was unexpected. She is very lovely and I am so pleased to add her to my collection. 

New Barbie Christmas Ornaments arrived!

I have had two orders of Christmas ornaments arrive, and I was waiting for the last squee! order to arrive as I wanted to do them both. This last order I got on Mercari at an incredible deal for all three- One was Step In Style Barbie Accessories,  In the Pink Barbie ornament, and Delphine Barbie ornament. The wonderful thing about the last two is they actually come with replica Silkstone stands just like the 'real' Silkstone dolls! I was totally blown away by the details on the ornaments and the box graphics that Hallmark did on these! I got all three sets for $21+ shipping which came out to $31+ dollars. Since I have these Silkstone replica ornaments on my grail list, I immediately purchased them when the seller sent an offer. 

The other ornaments that had come in before these were Perfectly Pink Silkstone Barbie ornament, Roman Holiday Barbie, and Sophisticated Lady Fashion Barbie ornament. These were also purchased on Mercari as well. 

I hope you are enjoying the collecting journey of another aspect of our love of 'Barbie' by having a tree devoted to her. My husband loves the tree and the colors of it and how well the ornaments coordinate on it and makes suggestions on placement so they look more appealing and eye catching! He loves Christmas and themed trees, no matter what the theme, and loves to help with the planning of our different themed trees. I eventually want to have a 7 ft pink tree that stays up all year round in my larger doll room covered in the Barbie Hallmark themed ornaments as I enjoy it so much. Enjoy!