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| Most of my unwrapped doll-related Christmas gifts are captured in this photo. |
CAUTION: This is a long post.
I had another doll-filled Christmas this year. It began by
redressing a few dolls in my collection. These were placed under or near the Christmas tree. One was placed on the
fireplace hearth.
Two were displayed in my doll room and have already been redressed in their original clothes.
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| This is an after-Christmas photo of Christmas-dressed dolls. |
After Christmas, the 18-inch dolls and Kissy gathered together before returning to the doll room to return to the clothing they wore before Christmas (one had already been dressed for Christmas since last year!).
A week to 10 days before Christmas I purchased the following dolls as Christmas presents for myself.
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| Lorna Paris one-of-a-kind girl and boy painted cloth dolls |
Imagine my delight when this pair caught my attention a week or so before Christmas. Made in 2003 by Lorna Paris, they are both one-of-a-kind hand-painted cloth dolls. See the link to their museum installation below.
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| A 6-inch girl and a 12-inch fashion doll arrived after Christmas but are still considered Christmas gifts from me to me. |
A 6-inch jointed little girl doll and a "European Fashion Model" with African American skin tone were both purchased from a China-based website that will remain nameless. (There are often issues with their products and/or shipping methods. Although I might buy from the site on a very rare occasion, I don't promote the site because of known problems I've had that I do not want anyone else to encounter because of my influence.)
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| The little girl has dimpled cheeks. |
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| She is jointed at the elbows and knees and her clothing is removable. |
The above individual photo and a close-up of the little girl illustrate her dimpled cheeks and cute face. I'll write a separate post about the fashion doll.
Doll Gifts From Others
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| Barbie You Can Be Anything Doctor and Fashionista #221 Barbie |
My husband doesn't usually buy dolls for me unless I ask for a specific doll. This year he purchased two without consulting me. Unfortunately, both are duplicates of dolls I already own. Fashionista #221 is a triplicate. I am keeping that one because she is fashioned after the first Black Barbie. The doctor is being returned. I considered deboxing and redressing the doctor, but she's going back. He said he chose these two because "they have Black women figures." (The Fashionista doesn't, but the doctor is on a Curvy Barbie body.)
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| Clothes, socks, and shoes for 18-inch dolls |
My husband also purchased a T-shirt, socks, and shoes made for 18-inch dolls. The T-shirt is Angela-Davis-inspired. All of these items will be useful.
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| She's That Girl Reign |
She's That Girl Reign is part of a new line of 18-inch dolls designed to inspire young girls to be bold and authentically themselves. Reign was a gift from a friend. I took several photos of Reign and will include those in a separate blog post.
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| Several dolls and doll-related gifts were in this shipping box. |
I am always impressed with the beautiful gift-wrapping paper my friend, Debra uses. For this year's gifts, she used vintage-inspired Christmas wrapping paper. I took photos of two gifts to capture the beautiful paper.
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| Vintage-inspired Christmas paper with a white background features women dressed for Christmas, wrapping gifts, or holding gifts. |
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| Vintage-inspired Christmas paper with a green background illustrates couples and other people in Christmas scenes. |
The following are doll gifts from Debra.
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| Barbie Rewind 80s Edition Slumber Party Barbie |
After she asked me what was on my wish list, to give her some idea of what to buy me, I sent Debra the link to the Barbie Rewind 80s Edition Slumber Party Barbie.
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| The colorful graphics on the back of the box illustrate three dolls in the series. |
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| Barbie-sized accessories include a pink TV, a rotary phone, lipstick, eyeshadow, a hair brush, a cassette-shaped doll stand, and a travel tumbler. |
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| Barbie Rewind 80s Edition Barbie close-up |
This lovely doll uses the retro Christie head sculpt that I have grown to love. I missed out on buying it when Amazon discounted it to $12 several months ago. Now I have the only doll I asked for for Christmas this year.
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| Inside this box is a Barbie Style fashion that I've wanted since it was released in 2023. (I did send Debra the buy link after I saw it on sale shortly after she asked "what's on your wish list?") |
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| Each piece of the Barbie Style Urban Chic ensemble was individually enclosed in plastic envelopes. The fashion includes a certificate of authenticity. |
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| This is the Urban Chic ensemble. (I could have made this a separate post, but I was on a roll.) |
Designed by Suim Noh, the Urban Chic HJW95 Gold Label Barbie Style fashion includes belted wide-leg gray pinstripe trousers and a sleek white button-down cropped top, sneakers, sunglasses, a clutch, and a silver-tone bracelet.
Barbie Looks #21 (a doll I already had) wears Urban Chic as illustrated next.
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| The fashion is worn with the sunglasses on. |
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| She removed the sunglasses for this photo. |
Not doll-related, but there are Princess Tiana dolls. So, next, I've included a photo of the lovely Princess Tiana travel tumbler received from Debra.
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| Isn't it beautiful? |
Last but certainly not least, the last and heaviest gift at the bottom of the huge box of gifts from Debra was a doll I had recently searched for on the Internet to check the secondary market prices. Just as I suspected, the prices were through the roof, and I thought, "I should have bought her last year at the retail price." Well, who knew that Debra knew I wanted the 12 Days of Christmas Barbie! I didn't tell her, but somehow she knew.
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| Barbie 12 Days of Christmas has a poinsettia-themed slide-off box cover. |
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| With the box cover removed, 12 numbered drawers containing the doll and accessories are revealed. |
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| The lovely Barbie that uses the Vintage Barbie sculpt was in drawer 1. |
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| Barbie 12 Days of Christmas is seen in a close-up. |
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| The back of the Barbie 12 Days of Christmas box illustrates the doll wearing the vintage-style green dress and modeling the extra red dress that is included in one of the numbered drawers. The other vintage-inspired surprises are illustrated on the back of the box. |
The above Internet-captured photo of Barbie 12 Days of Christmas better illustrates the contents of this elaborate gift set.
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I am grateful for family and friends who understand my doll passion and know that (unless it's a duplicate or triplicate) I will always welcome another Black doll, and sometimes I'll keep the duplicates and triplicates.
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Debbie, it was such a pleasure to read your post! I treated myself to a few of the same items you showcased. I am still eagerly the arrival of my fashion dolls from the nameless Chinese site. I purchased the other 2 fashion dolls (braided and curly hair) as well as the little girl. It's a relief to see your photos of her because I was a little concerned about her size. She's adorable! I'm excited about the fashion dolls because I would someday like to get a high fashion Integrity/Fashion Royalty doll, but they are just so expensive. I saw the White versions of this doll on the site and wished they had Black dolls in the series. A week or so later, I checked back and the Black dolls were available. The quality looks good and they should scratch my high fashion doll itch at a reasonable price. I'm looking forward to your review.
ReplyDeleteLike you, I do not collect the holiday Barbies, but a do have a few select ornaments. I bought this year's ornament because her plaid dress complements my tree decorations. Happy holidays and peace and joy in 2025!
Hi Stacy! I'm interested in knowing your opinion of the fashion dolls. Hopefully, they will arrive to you before our next chat, if you attend. Guess what? After seeing another collector's photos of all three AA versions, I succumbed and purchased the one with the braided hair because she has a darker lip color. They are all beautiful dolls, and knowing me, I might eventually add the third, but I want to examine the quality of the braided hair doll first. I ordered that one from a different seller after viewing a YouTube video review by a guy who encouraged XianXian to add dark-skinned versions. They asked him for design input which he provided. He shared a link in the YouTube video description to a store where he purchased his. From that store, in addition to the braided hair doll, I ordered three outfits that include shoes to fit their feet. Here is the link to the video. IT-like Fashion Dolls and clothes.
DeleteHi Debbie, Thank you so much for the video link. I have it running in the background right now and I'm waiting to get to the part about the clothing and shoes. I'm not thrilled with the light pink lip color on the doll with the curly hair and purchased it with a plan to darken it somehow. I have a feeling I'll end up buying the doll with the straight hair as well. She's a bit hard to resist. I just ordered an outfit on another Chinese site with I wide red hat and a doll with straight hair will have to wear that. The outfits on the video are lovely! I have lots of different sized shoes, so it will be interesting to see which ones fit. I'm definitely going to keep an eye out for affordable Fashion Royalty sized outfits online. I generally purchase more casual everyday clothes for my dolls, but I might have to step it up a bit for these ladies!
ReplyDeleteI don't recall him mentioning the shoes in the video. I stumbled upon the clothing that comes with shoes after I followed the link to the store that he collaborated with. Your mention of the fashion with the red hat led me back to the general site (that I won't name) where I found a couple of fashions that come with hats.
DeleteI prefer casual clothes for my dolls and for myself, too, but I don't mind dressing dolls like these in more stylish fashions. It seems their preference would be not to dress down. :-)
WOW! You had a great Christmas! I have that possible efl (the white one) and thought about purchasing the black one. I too have had issues with orders from China. I understand! I have a Hallmark store near buy but lately that haven't had anything Barbie. All of this must give you hours of enjoyment!
ReplyDeleteYes, I had a wonderful Christmas, Ms. Leo. I received the boy and girl Elf on the Shelf last year. I wanted them because I've seen so many people creating cute shenanigans with them. I've yet to do that. Maybe I will next year.
DeleteI have had hours of enjoyment with these gifts, and I haven't even opened everything yet. Feeling blessed.
Hi again, I wish I had checked my front porch before I responded. The dolls arrived! The fashion dolls are gorgeous! I love the little girl. Her scale fits perfectly with my small doll family - Mego Facts of Life Tootie, Big Jack (Big Jim series), Cub Scout Dave and GI Joe Vietnam Nurse. And you were right about the shoes. He did not mention them in the video. I confused the video with your comment about your new outfits. Looking forward to discussing these in the chat!
ReplyDeleteCongrats! I'm glad to hear that you're pleased with everything.
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