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Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Christmas Dolls 2021 Part 2 of 5

LOL Surprise! Present Surprise

This LOL Surprise! Present Surprise doll was shipped to my PO Box from an Amazon fulfillment center in Arizona without a note from the sender. It arrived a couple of weeks before Christmas. I had to ask individual members of my doll group if they had sent me a package.

I didn't have to ask too many people before I found the identity of the person who sent this to me.

I kept the box unopened until Christmas morning when I found the following items that were inside the tiny colorful box.

The adorable 3-inch LOL Surprise! doll was in the box with six paper-wrapped items.

The doll was enclosed in a tiny paper bag along with the above-wrapped items and stickers.

The doll and accessories celebrate graduating from the "Class of '707."

This miniature doll has a dress, shoes, stole, cap, a puppy, a water bottle, and a bouquet of flowers to hold. Inside the box (not shown) are a "congrats" background for photo taking, a punch-out diploma, and punch-out flowers.

Also in the box:

An LOL Surprise! Present Surprise brochure with the identities of all the dolls in the series identifies this doll as PS 305 Grad Q.T. According to the brochure, this doll falls into the popular category, which means more quantities were made than the others that fall into the rare and extra rare categories.
An instructions booklet that describes possible features that the dolls will have was also in the box.

Some of these dolls have color-change and other special features. The dolls either cry, spit, urinate (the booklet reads "pee"), change color, or glow in the dark. I have not determined which of these features my doll does except the hole in her mouth and the one between the legs indicate she can drink and wet.

Thank you, Sharon Rainey, for my LOL Surprise! Present Surprise P.S. 305 Grad Q.T. She was truly a pleasant surprise!

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Tuesday, January 4, 2022

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.