Christmas 2021 Dolls Part 4 of 5

Melissa Minikane by Paola Reina

I was enabled to ask for this doll for Christmas after receiving a link to the website that sold Melissa Minikane. The link was to another doll, Nora Minikane, with Melissa being a suggested purchase. I already have a different Nora than the one the website offered, but I had been wanting a redheaded Paola Reina doll and had seen this one, dressed differently, over a year ago on Amazon. I was hesitant to buy at that time. Later, when I reconsidered purchasing the Amazon Melissa, the doll was no longer available. As they say, "you snooze, you lose."

But after I was "enabled" by the other collector who was interested in Minikane Nora, I sent my husband Melissa's link and asked him to buy the doll for me for Christmas, and he did.

Melissa wears a pink orchid (mauve) double-gauze cotton dress, white panties, and white slip-on faux leather shoes. I wanted the doll dressed in this yellow dress, but that one was sold out.

Because the dress color is so drab, I looked for something else on hand for Melissa to wear, and I ordered a dress from Etsy on Christmas day. Melissa tried on the following knit fashion that was made to fit Tonner's Lizette. The knit fashion better complements her skin tone, auburn hair color, and gray stationary eyes.

Melissa looks adorable in this knit ensemble of a hat, faux-fur-trimmed top, and pencil skirt.

Melissa strikes a cute pose.

She has such an adorable face with features similar to Kaavia James Union Wade's (Gabrielle Union and Dwayne Wade's daughter).

Lizette's dress looks nice on Melissa, but I decided to enhance her original dress with buttons on the bodice and a pink ribbon waist sash. 

Three mauve buttons were sewn to the bodice of the dress as shown.

A pink ribbon waist sash and headband add more enhancements.

In the next photo, Melissa posed with another 13-1/2-inch all-vinyl Paola Reina doll, Maylin, a 2020 Christmas gift.

Maylin and Melissa Minikane

While this post was in draft mode, the dress I ordered from Etsy arrived. It was made for Minikane dolls and uses the same double-gauze cotton fabric. 

The light blue color looks better than the pink orchid on Melissa.

I enhanced the blue dress with blue buttons and a pale blue ribbon waist sash and matching headband. 

Melissa chose to wear this dress for now.

The last Christmas 2021 dolls or doll items will be featured in part 5.

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Christmas 2021 Dolls Part 3 of 5

Kelsey is a Siblies doll by Ruby Red

By the Sea Maya needed a companion. So, I asked my son to buy Kelsey for me for Christmas and, of course, he did. She is shown still attached to the box liner in the first photograph.

Additional In-the-Box Photos

The top of Kelsey's box reads: Stand ~ Pose ~ Style.

Still attached to the box liner, Kelsey is standing, posing, and styling.

Along with Kelsey, the other Siblies (Bailey, Rory, Sydney, and Callie) are shown on the back of the box.

Kelsey is 12 inches tall and has 9 points of articulation for different standing and sitting poses, as indicated on the back of the box. She has a black non-removable wig with ombre lavender underneath and lavender highlights. Her inset eyes are hazel brown with painted upper eyelashes and eyebrows.

Additional text from the back of the box reads:

Welcome to the world of Siblies!

Siblies are Sisters and Brothers and Besties!!

They love music, dancing, sports, friendship, and fun.

Siblies are 12" tall, are fully posable, and can even stand on their own.

With 9 points of articulation ~ they are ready for any adventure!!

Come celebrate with the Siblies!

Out of the Box Photos

Kelsey wears a black orchid-appliqued T-shirt, white and black orchid shorts, and purple star-printed leggings. She has sparkly purple flats and an orange belly bag. 

The Siblies use a Dianna Effner sculpt.

Siblies are distributed by Music City Merchandising, LLC (Nashville, TN) / Leannie Global Limited (Hong Kong). 

Kelsey poses with her big sister, By the Sea Maya. Maya is from the Ruby Red Fashion Friends collection and was a UFDC convention exclusive sold by Happily Ever After.

A close-up of Kelsey and Maya illustrates their lovely faces and how well the two display together.

Christmas 2021 dolls will continue in parts 4 and 5.

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Christmas Dolls 2021 Part 1 of 5

The dolls shown are most of the Christmas dolls I received in 2021.

To give each doll the attention needed that one blog post cannot do, I will write separate posts for each of the above dolls received for Christmas 2021. From L-R, they are a 12-inch cloth doll by Anna Shitova, a Russian doll artist who owns the Etsy Shop, AnnyDollArt. Kelsey, the boxed doll with lavender ombre hair, is a Ruby Red Siblies doll. An LOL Surprise! Present Surprise doll is in the small box. Melissa is a Minikane doll by Paola Reina.

This first brief post is devoted to the AnnyDollArt doll that was a special gift from a special friend.

This lovely 12-inch tall cloth doll has hand-painted facial features.

The wig, which is as soft as cotton, is made of natural goat hair.

It is styled in two side ponytails to which I have added light blue ribbons as shown in the final two photographs.

The full description of this lovely doll is recorded on the 2021 page of my Excel doll inventory workbook as follows:

12-inch cloth doll, hand-painted face, black wig styled in two side ponytails made of goat hair, has applied cloth ears; wears a brown floral-print dress with cotton lace-trimmed sleeves and hemline, white knit panties, white cotton socks, and beige leather slip-on shoes; has a beige leather and jute shoulder bag that has a gold-tone strap. The dress has jute bow accents at the sleeves, above the hemline, and a jute drawstring at the back of the neck. The neck and hemline strings are adorned with brown wooden beads at the ends.

I added light blue ribbons to each ponytail.

A final close-up of her lovely face

I was first introduced to AnnyDollArt by Betty Ativie, the friend who purchased this doll for me. One of Betty's dolls is an installation in the one-of-a-kind category of DeeBeeGee's Virtual Black Doll Museum. 

Visit the artist's Etsy shop here. 

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