Christmas Sweater Ornaments From Target

Sweater, shirt, and hat ornaments from Target

This year Target is offering the above sweater, shirt, and hat ornaments for $3 each.  These were the only styles the Target nearest me had, but I have seen photos of other styles as well.

The hangers can be used as hangers for Barbie-size clothing or refashioned into jewelry.  The gold and silvertone hangers are made of soft wire.  The black hanger is firmer.

The hangers were easily removed by snipping away a loose stitch inside the sweaters and shirt.  Before snipping it off the top of the hat, a faux suede string created the ornament hook.  The same type string was attached to the hook of the black hanger.  I saved the hangers and even the string to use later.

The sweaters, shirt, and hat were tried on a Tall and Curvy Barbie and are a nice fit.  Classic Cool (Caleb Craig) can wear the shirt but the sweaters are too small for him.  The flannel hat is a little large for all.  It will probably fit the head of a 16-inch doll much better.  Everything is modeled below:

I removed the hot glue that once held the flannel shirt permanently closed.  Above left, Emoji Fun Curvy Barbie wears the shirt over her Black Dolls Matter T-shirt.  Above right, she added the matching hat.

Caleb tried the shirt on for size, which he keeps closed with double-sided tape; it fits well.  He exchanged his Chuck Taylors (worn in the photo on the left) for a pair of black boots (worn in the photo on the right).

Fab Fringe (needs a name), Nina (Music Barbie), and Rainbow (Glam Boho) were eager to model the sweaters.  I was surprised that Rainbow could wears the ivory leggings, which were made to fit more slender Barbies, Fashion Royalty, and Momoko.  Stretch fabric is so forgiving!

Nina wears the green/white/gray Target sweater with a pair of gray leggings and black boots.  She presents her new love interest, Caleb, with an early wrapped Christmas present.  He seemed a little disinterested at first but eventually warmed up to her.

After Caleb claimed the flannel shirt, Emoji Fun felt left out.  Since the other three Target sweaters were spoken for, she found a sweater from Michaels that was purchased a couple of years ago.   The opportunity to wear a sweater and one with a red-nosed reindeer motif cheered her up.

Looking festive and dressed for Christmas, they all posed for one final photo.

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This year Michaels store has a nice assortment of ornaments fashioned in the style of winter coats, vests, and sweater hats that playscale dolls can wear.  These are only sold in Michaels stores, not online.  If there is a Michaels near you and you're interested in dressing playscale dolls in wintry fashions, see what your Michaels has in stock and don't forget to visit Target to check out their sweater ornaments.  

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Fashion Swap, New Shoes, New Name

Music Barbie and Tropi-Cutie wear Sparkle Girlz fashions with shoes from Barbie accessory packs.  Earrings were added using quilting needles for Music Barbie and a pair of gold dangle earrings made from "human" dangle earrings are worn by Tropi-Cutie

I do not usually name or rename my dolls, because remembering the new name would be difficult for me (I would have too many names to remember).  If a doll reminds me of someone or if it is tribute doll, I will name it. As a rule, they maintain their manufacturer- or artist-given names.

In the case of Tropi-Cutie, a name that begged for replacement, because of her Afro hairstyle, I have decided to name her Pam after actress, Pam Grier, who sometimes wore an Afro in the 1970s blaxploitation films in which she starred.  Grier is also a current favorite actor of mine, earning this status after I viewed the 1997 movie, Jackie Brown where she ultimately becomes the victor, outwitting the males, all of whom had their own agendas that would have caused unpleasant issues for Jackie Brown.  In a male-dominated society, I always root for women.  This movie is one that I can watch over and over again and still want to watch more.  Thank you Pam Grier (and I guess Quentin Tarantino for writing and directing it just for Grier to play the role of Jackie Brown).

Pam Grier in a 1970s photo, possibly from a film in which she starred.

Anyway, Tropi-Cutie's new name is Pam.  I googled photos of Pam Grier to find a more appropriate Pam Grier-ish fashion for the doll to wear and found the above photo.  (Blog reader, Bailey, found and shared a similar image with me as well after I discussed with her off-blog that I was renaming this doll Pam.)  The halter blouse influenced my decision to allow Pam, the doll, to swap clothes with Music Barbie (who also needs a name, but I just cannot think of one that I will remember.)  The two are shown in the first photo of this post.  Pam (the doll) needed Music Barbie's fashion, so the two agreed to swap.

After the swap, (seen below), Music Barbie chose not to continue wearing the orange high heels she had worn previously. She opted for a red pair of heels from an older Barbie accessory pack, which also had a red clutch in it.  The red shoes and now clutch do more for the new-to-her floral blouse than the orange shoes.  See how she pulls it all together in the next photo.

Music Barbie now wears the cold-shoulder floral blouse and denim shorts that Pam had been wearing.  Because she has high-heel feet, the two could not swap shoes.   As indicated above, she wears a pair of red heels from a Barbie accessory pack.  The orange shoes she wore previously are now back in the shoe stash.

Pam is loving her new clothes and enjoys showing off her belly button.  She's pleased she was able to continue wearing the black Roman sandals with this, too.

After the fashion swap and shoe change, the girls chat a while.

Both are pleased with their new clothes.  Pam is delighted that Music Barbie was willing to part with and swap out fashions with her.  Pam is also happy that the name, Tropi-Cutie has been laid to rest.

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