Grolier Books: Barbie & Friends Book Club Books Part 2 continued

I have added a great deal of the Grolier Barbie Book Club books to my collection and have alot of photos to share! Unfortunately, one of the books - Barbie: The Silver Deer, has a page that was ripped out and I only discovered this after sitting down to receive it, otherwise it was in pristine condition, no writing, nothing and I did not discover the damage until I came to the torn out page. Such a bummer. Now I will have to replace the book because I want the collection to be as mint / pristine as possible. The photos in these books are simply amazing from a diorama perspective. 

So Here are the photos with some of the interior photos of the pages as well- Barbie: The Silver Deer

                                                   Barbie: The Turquoise Trail Mystery 

                                                         

                                                       Barbie: The Class Act

                                

 

                                         

                                           Barbie: A Change of Direction

Barbie: High Sea Adventure

Barbie: A Special Ballerina

Barbie: Safe and Sound

Barbie: The Giant Panda Problem

Barbie: D is for Different

Barbie: Double Trouble

Barbie: The Legend of the Pink Pearl

Barbie: The Show Must Go On

Barbie: The Search for the White Star

I hope you have enjoyed my review and cataloging of these beautiful books of Barbie and her stories from the past. Mattel no longer does high quality items with painstaking photos of dioramas using the dolls, everything is cartoon/ Al generated today, because it is "cheaper" but in reality, cheats our kids, and ourselves of the magic of miniatures, dioramas and dolls, and imaginative play. 

I will be having more books and photos coming soon. You can view my album of these books and my doll collection on My Flicker .

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day! Here are some new, and old dolly photos to celebrate the holiday!

                                                             and from the archives-

Happy Mardi Gras!

 Laissez le Bon temps roulez! Let the Good Times Roll!

Happy Mardi Gras!

New photos of my custom Mardi Gras doll. Here she is in all her sequined glory.

Suited To Travel Poppy Parker

Suited to Travel Poppy Parker has arrived! And I have pics!

 She is perfectly lovely, and well worth the wait. She comes with two sets of hands, one of them 'gloved', two sets of jewelry, a travel bag, and extra floral skirt, a purse, and is simply gorgeous. She reminds me of Barbara from PBS new tv show Funny Woman. This 1960's look is why I collect Poppy and this style of bygone fashion.  Some of the newer fashions of the Fashion Royalty dolls that the W Club puts out on the newer dolls just does not appeal to me and why my purchases are few and far between now.

Enjoy! Lisa 

Valentine's Day- new pics!

I have new Valentine's Day photos of the dolls up, in celebration of the holiday. 

I am also working on Mardi Gras photos of my fabulous custom Mardi Gras doll by my doll club friend, Janice Weaver, that is so beautiful. I want to do a really great backdrop for this doll and am taking my time for the photos. Mardi Gras is this upcoming Tuesday so I am looking for props that might make the photo 'pop' even more than her costume. One thing I have always wanted to do is use her as a centerpiece for a table setting- a Mardi Gras/ Shrovetide table setting with my Bubblecut emerald green glass plates, and my green boopie glasses,  but I need to create/find purple & gold placemats and napkins. As usual, I am somewhat late in the planning.lol.

Here are my Valentine's day photos-

 Happy Valentine's day! Enjoy! Lisa