Misplaced Miscellaneous photos...from this year and my AA dolls.

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Grand Intentions, or, I took photos for a reason and then didn't use them. I have lots of senior moments. 

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Remember the days when You were YOUNG...like pre-teen, and you all piled into a friends house and had an impromptu lunch...probably sandwiches and tomato soup...but it wasn't planned, and it was great.

Piles of kids clothes in the livingroom.

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Chelsea is hostess and next to her Auntie Chris.

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Sister Barbie, friend Mellissa, Skipper and Scooter (cousins).

Not enough photos for a story---but still cute....don't know what I was thinking?

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Random photo of my early TNT...don't know if I have shown her here before or not. I have quite a few pieces of clothes that were for TNT's...and I paired the vintage jeans with a new shirt..FAB! I think she is. She's lost a click in one leg, but that's it and is in very good condition otherwise. 

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I also worked on some new dolls. This is Rainbow...she has the crazy cheetah head on the side, but she is cute and well, we do have all kinds in my doll world and she is different.

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Another new guy, Walter, or Walt. He has clicks, but will set him aside for maybe a new body. Bodies and faces from the past leave a lot to be desired, but he isn't too bad. Besides, the female to male ratio is definitely out of whack!

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This handsome dude has been named Mark---reminds me of someone from high school. He's one of the shorter GIJoes, so he will have have to find a short girl...lol. He may need a toe trim...as his feet are huge. otherwise, he is in excellent condition and fully articulated. Upside he will fit short slacks with the short legs.

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I named the BTS doll on the left---BOWIE..someone messed with his hair for sure, then I added, and I may fool around with it more. This is the third one of the group I've found in his original suit for under $3.00 each. Rainbow, on the right, was new Extra doll and she will be fun to dress Hippie style...!

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This gal is going to be Cherilyn...been picking up these Extra dolls for under $12.00 here and there...which is cheaper than ordering MTMoves for bodies. But, I get them home and get charmed by their faces, not to mention the crazy clothes and long hair.

Cherilyn, will be repainted to CHER...I don't think it will take much, maybe some cheek shadow, and eyes/ deep dark red/brown lipstick. She will also have a hippie vibe, which will be a nice addition to my doll neighborhood. I can't wait to get her into some yellow bell bottoms! 

During Black history month, I decided to go through my dolls and eliminate duplicates and let some go. 

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Here are theAA's/Black dolls I'm keeping.

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Some are duplicates, mostly because there is a mjor hair/ or makeup difference. 

Left to Right back row-Whitney, Kathryn, Shyla.

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Zara, Dee-Dee, Carmel

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Cece, Jacquie, Carly

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Carly got cut off in the last photo.

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Darla, Vanessa or Vanny (Jacquie's daughter), and Lanise(short hair)

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I know these three gals are the 'same-ish' The first one is Marly---Carly's first cousin, the gal in the middle is Nikki---the original Nikki from  "In the Dreamhouse", so this is the only shot you will ever see them all together. Hair and makeup styles are different, Marly is streaked wiry hair and has eyelashes, Niki has very soft Dark hair, and Carly has an orange tinge to her medium brown locks. These girls are all fully articulated except for feet, which is fine.

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Opal, who is Colette/Callie's nemesis cousin.

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Of course, Colette and her mom, Ella. Both Divas and lots of fun to work with.

Added in My Black history post for the Billie Holliday special was Jennifer---loosely disguised as a Chicago local girl made really good in the music world.

She definitely put Colette's nose out of joint, which maybe good for future story fodder.

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Jennifer....hmmm-mmmh! We will have to see more of her!

I have a few more dolls that are in the transition pile, needing bodies or may be leaving. I would love to find older AA's, or even repro's, and AA guys are even harder! 

That's all that was still lingering in my photos---and now they are neatly filed away and used.

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Recently Acquired Dolls: Old- thrift store and New- from the Box.

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I have so few 'grail' dolls on my list...and one of them has been one of the Hudson Bay dolls. We had several antique Hudson Bay Blankets in our family, which I eventually sold, (I'm terribly allergic to wool) for a very pretty penny. And, I have regretted it ever since. 

Hudson Bay is part of our countries' history, both Canada and the US. Ever since the very North America's earliest fur trading, these iconic blankets have been treasured and kept people warm.

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About 5-6 times a year, I get to a Tuesday Morning, and look what was lurking behind all the dolls way on the back wall. Snagged her for $29.99. 

Love the box, packaging and everything else. Couldn't wait to open her and get her out of that box.

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OMG___what a pain. Since I seldom buy a boxed doll-most of mine are thrift store finds and are naked. This one was a REAL pain...! WHAT is the purpose of sewing hair to a hunk of plastic????

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I do love the box back and saved it in my diorama background stack!

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Okay, I finally got her out of the plastic and removed all the rubber bands and threads and then the hat and glasses were really sewn on her head in three places---with icky brown thread? WHY?

I felt like a surgeon with my surgical scissors trying to clip all that. There were also 6 plastic tabs imbedded in her head___SIX! Those had to be clipped down to the skull several times.

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She looks cooly relaxed after all that---I tucked her hat into her fanny pack. Who wants hat hair? LOL!

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She's got a different sculpt and a bit of slant to her eyes which are 'hazel'???, and a bit of teeth showing, and some major eyebrows. Love the details in the jacket, well worth the purchase price, with the matching oar!

I haven't named her yet, trying to figure out where she might fit into my doll stories, in Chicagoland.

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She has that soft highlighted saran? hair. There were lots of odd bits hanging here and there, not trimmed well at all. I did snip those strays off. Would she be worth the price floating around on the secondary markets, I don't know. But $29.99 was palatable.

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I got this guy last fall and he was stuck in his box, and I don't think I have used him at all. Do you ever not bond with a doll? I have found it hard to warm up to him. His complexion is very light, with that scruffy face and light blond hair...he just seems uninspiring-and pale. I dressed him in some brighter colors? 

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I don't know if I would have ordered him if I had seen clearly how the back and rest of his head was. The flocking is a bit bizarre---and you can see a Letter Number impression in the back of his head through the flocking- GTD50 or SO?? Really, I think that is...just a bit weird. 

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I do like the body on these dolls and for $19.99 they are a good investment to re-body for other dolls.

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Well, adding a bit of color helped  his personality.

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Then I stood him with Hudson Bay girl and they might make a very nice couple...maybe they will be newly arrived Canucks to my Dollstories.

Now, that the HFIM house is dissolved, I have to come up with a new name for the neighborhood???? 

Well, back to thrifting. 

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My son and daughter-in-love showed up with a box of dolls. I picked three out of the box...and this little gal was in there. Mattel made, and she is a Ginny or Hermione? 2012 from the Harry Potter series...gosh, time flies. 

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She was naked and her hair was a fright, but she didn't have a mark on her and her joints are all nice and tight. Those freckles and smile...love it. The hair needed more than a good brushing....and it still a wild child's hair, and needs a trip to Jacquie's for a trim.

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I have the other HP girl also...so they will fit right in with Skipper/Chelsea girl group which has become a gaggle at this point.

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I dressed her with odds and ends from the 'young' ones  box. All clothes for this size dolls are found in thrift bags or made by me. She looks pretty cute in this cobbled outfit and barbie tennis shoes. I know there are Bratz, Monster High and EverAfter clothes in that box, but some fit nicely---just hard to figure out what they originally were. I do love the Monster High/Bratz accessories.

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This 'KEN' guy was in the box from my kids (PS_--they took 10 of my stray blonde wonders back with them out of my stash in trade to resell, a definite plus!

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This is the first time I have seen this guy up close. He's a very dark vintage 1970's Malibu Ken, in perfect condition, but was naked. I thought he had been re-bodied, but the color was too close, That miss-connect on his head to neck bothered me, but researching, I see that all of them look like that.

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No wonder he wore turtle-necks at that time, clearly a miss for Mattel on a whole line of dolls. This is a contemporary Ken shirt from a few years ago--and it is really tight on this beefy dude!

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He's very muscular and his legs click perfectly---and no slimy plastic. He's different and I will eventually use him in stories. The tan is definitely out of place in Chicagoland--we are all pale this time of year!

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Another boxed doll, she even came barefoot, like real dancers in Thailand perform. 

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From 1997, she was 'win' doll group prize.  She came in the box, Thailand dancer from Dolls around the World. I quickly checked her legs as she is from that time when the legs disintegrated in some dolls trapped in boxes for 30-40 some years. 

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Her legs were perfect, so I carefully stored her authentic costume, and redressed her, with thrift store finds.

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Her hair rubber band had dissolved and was all stuck to her glued hair. I brushed it out...so the rubber wouldn't disintegrate even further. 

She's really lovely, such a pretty and vivid face paint. 

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I'm thinking she may become  one of a flock of Filipino nurses I may introduce in Dr. Ken's office. We have so many lovely Filipino nurses in the Chicago area-so efficient and caring. Her arms are an issue for me in posing,...but her legs bend perfectly.

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My last two, Liam Neeson on the right arrived with the outfit on the left. I picked him up at an antique mall for $4.99. His outfit was clean, super boots, but the details (belt, weapon) were missing. He's very beefy-even for a GI Joe type doll and has a great head of hair. I did color his too light skull (hair is done in far apart layers) with gold sharpie which blends in nicely, now. His rubber band had disintegrated also. I may trim his hair a bit shorter ---we will see, but he has a mature look, which is always nice to add to my group.

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This handsome guy is a later action toy with gloves that are removable and I will have to find him hands. I need to do a longer search and a good scan of his info on the back. I think he may be an 'assembled' action figure---with different pieces purchased to make him...we will see? His head does match his body color, very well.? 

Always a puzzle tracking these guys down.

Meanwhile he came with the clothes on Liam, which wasn't much, snow patrol pants a turtle neck and an old US Army shirt, and great boots, he is still wearing.

Have you found any Doll BARGAINS or Thrift Store Finds this winter?? 

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