Midge Life in the Dreamhouse!

Hey Gang!

Back several years ago, I purchased Barbie and Midge Dreamhouse set at T.J. Maxx.
The box was horrible! but the dolls were in good shape!

 Promo Photos courtesy of Mattel

I got them for the bodies but when got them home, the Midge doll caught my eye

I love her red hair! I must admit to being a sucker for red hair and the Midge/ Steffie 

head sculpts! So while the blonde head is up for sale with a few other life in the 

dreamhouse Barbies heads, I had to keep the Midge!

It was confusing for me around this time. I kept see different styles of Midge, 

Life in the Dreamhouse the set like what I purchased and the single!

Life in the Dreamhouse two dress set!

There was also a Glam Style Midge out too.  All of this doll had the larger head.

The hair eyes and lip color was a little different. They all looked similar to me at first but some 

time online showed me the difference!

Dreamhouse-a really red redhead

Glam Style- a strawberry blonde

From looking online, I knew that I wanted the Dreamhouse Midge but I wanted the 

Glam Style outfit! So I had the doll and was able to find parts outfit on Facebook!

She is now happy living in Johnston with her family! Say Hello Charlotte!
Charlotte: Hello! Nice to meet you all!

She needed a husband! So who should be the husband of Dreamhouse Midge?

Why McDreamy of course!

or Robert Phillips doll from Enchanted

I will be featuring him again in May!

So here is Charlotte with her husband Dr. Patrick McDreamy!

The McDreamy's

Charlotte: Say hello to the nice folks honey!

Patrick: Hello! 

Honey I have to head out the the hospital! I have a early morning staff
meeting. Charlotte: OK, see you at home.

If you are follower of my blog, you will know that I made them a couple
back in April of 2014 when I found Patrick again in a thrift store.

OK, Thanks for looking!

Thrift Store Puchase For August Part 2

OK Gang!  Here Are The Dolls!

I moslty buy dolls at thrift stores for four reasons: the price, the lack of 

packaging, their bodies and their clothes. 

You can't beat thrift store prices!  If you find something too expensive at a 

thrift store, you can sometimes talk them down.  That is hard to do at a regular 

toy store.

Packaging is minimal at a thrift store.  The packaging on some toys is so hard 

to get into. At thrift stores  they know if you can't see it you won't purchase it 

(except for the mistery box) and in the words of Flip Wilson ..."what you see is 

what you get."  If it is broken... you see that.  If parts are missing, you normally 

see that and if the legs don't bend, you see that too!

In purchasing from a thrift store you have the opportunity to get outfits and/or 

dolls that you didn't get a chance to in the past.  I have found vintage dolls and 

clothes in a thrift store and sometimes there is a great surprise waiting for  you 

there!

OK! First up is this lady.  She is a My Scene doll.  I am seeing a lot more My 

Scene dolls in the thrift stores.  Now this is unscientific but I normally find that

 the lag time of when a doll comes out and when they appear heavily in thrift 

stores is 8-10 years.  That is the time that the child is no longer playing with it 

and mom needs to get it out of the house!  If my memory serves me correctly 

the first My Scene dolls had feet that you put on like Bratz dolls.  So I'm thinking 

this doll is a second issue  of the doll.

I'm not big on big head dolls but I like the dress/nightgown.  When I needed 

non-articulated bodies I would have kept her body but she will go up on my 

dollpage-nude.

She has a cute face... you might want to check her out!

Next up is Mel-B from the Spice Girls.  AKA Scary Spice.  I am not sure if
this is an original outfit or not. I already have one Mel-B   She is a little different
that this one.  The hair on mine is in better condition.  This girl need to go over
to Chyna doll for a deep conditioner!

She will also go to thedollpage... nude.

I have been wanting this girl from Only Hearts Club for a long time.  She is 

missing shoes but hey, this is a thrift store! She costed a little too much when 

they were new but now she is mine! Briana Joy!

I found another My Scene girl .  I told your they were show up a lot!  Now 

I really have plans for this top and skirt.

 See that! She is trying to hypnotize me into to keeping her!  I... must... resist!

I haven 't been to a thrift store that sold toys where there wasn't a blonde Barbie 

and this is another cute dress.  This doll is going up for sale.

Hey, why does my listing say I'm a cheap blonde?  I'm not cheap...I'm 

Barbie darn it!

Another reason to shop in a thrift stores is to rescue dolls.  This doll needs saving 

in the worst way.  I don't know who she was but her hair is a hot mess!  She 

needs a wig from limbe dolls in the worst way!  I need you to email me limbe dolls!

Scary isn't she! Her hair is a matted mess.

Group Shot!

Oh, and Sharpay was there too!

Stay tuned for part 3!  Yes there is more!  Part three will be my last post 

for August.  I am trying to be good for September!

Thanks for Looking!

April's Thrift Store Hunt!

My thrift store trip yielded some really good finds! I’m always on the hunt for articulated bodies now. Thrift store are cheaper than purchasing
a new body! I will accept articulated arms only but if I can find legs and arms,
that is a plus. I came across two dolls with articulated arms.

First is a SIS Grace! If your saw my last post, I had a lot of Cara heads.
That is because more of my dolls are Cara's complexion that any of the rest
of the SIS dolls. I could use one or two more Cara bodies but I will take
the Grace.

I think her top is PJs and the botton is some type of pants but it has velcro in the back.

Maybe something attaches to the bottom of the pants.  It seems a bit strange. 

 You may note that most of these dolls do need hair attention!

I also, found this doll.

Vacation wear?

I have noticed this face sculpt more and more in the
thrift stores. She must have been popular. I purchased her too. I have another
doll with this face but I can always use her body.

The outfit is kinda cute!

This doll was there too.  I am not a fan of My Scene dolls and their large heads.
I could use the outfit and the legs might be part of a future leg transplant.

When I first started collecting dolls, one doll that I saw on the net but never
saw in person was Donny Osmond. I have thought about purchasing him
back then to add to my collection of men but never did. The price always
seemed more that I wanted to spend.

Well, look who I found in the thrift store for $ 3.00.

He went in my basket too. His head seems a little small for his body but the
ones on the net did too!

This was one of the few dolls Mattel made like this. (Some others were
AA Malibu Ken and Rocker Ken) I don't like the whole bent arm thing.
I might put him on a different or smaller (HSM) body but right now
I’m glad to add him.

I found this Teresa. I was on the fence about her but it seems I was in a
spending mood. She went into the basket.

Sadly, she hs the big feet!

Now to move out of the doll section and into the nic-nac section to see
what I can find for dolls there. I saw this table. I thought it would work.
In the basket it goes.

I like the top of it and for a $1.00, I couldn’t pass it up.

Ms. D if you would please show us this item for scale.

Ms. D : It is a great item for any home!

Ms. D:  It could also be a workspace.

This was my best find.

It looks like a doll dresser or a buffet! It is a music box and my dolls will
love this. It is a great dio piece.

Ms. D: Aspiring models, the key to modeling with something like furniture

is to showcase the item and keep it looking classy!  I bet Tyra never told

you that!

OK that’s my haul!

Thanks For Looking.

Her Time In The Sunshine Is Over!

Gone But Not Forgotten!

She was one of the most beautiful women in the world.

She was both famous and infamous. She was a child star

and then an adult star. Star of films, the stage and commercials.

She lived many places, she was said to have a temper and

she had her own perfume.

Married many times. She lived her life

on her own terms... always!

Her time in the sunshine is over.

Rest in piece Liz

Elizabeth Taylor

R.I.P.