Alexis At Target On sale!

Finally, I found the Alexis from Target on sale! It wasn’t
the lowest price I’ve seen but Alexis doesn’t stay around
long enough to make the first( $9.79) mark down let
alone the second markdown in my area. I had to drive
a good ways out to find a Target that had her on sale.


Strange, there are two version of this doll. One is a lighter
complexion and the other is darker. Maybe it the beginning
and end of summer look. I don’t know why but I purchase
the darker one in hopes that she was closer in complexion
to the doll that I have. Most of my dolls are a medium
brown or dark brown. They are between Grace and Kara…
strange too. The store had two so I bought them both.
If I did like them, I could sell them but I didn’t want to
kick my self for not buying both later on.


I also got a shoe set with heels. I needed heels
for these Liv bodies. They were marked down to $2.98.


When I got her home, poor Alexis got "The Borg"
treatment. Her body went to….

Wild Bunch Francie.


She is one of my favorite dolls and needed a possible
body for play. I will keep my original Francie bodies.
One never knows. If you are counting, that is two
Francies with Liv bodies. One to go.


The body is slightly lighter but it will work!

Francie and Puddin' in the park!

Francie can now move around and sit like a lady now.
The Liv swimsuit
went to …

Fiona. She needed a more matures looking swimsuit
and this one fit the build. The wig? Well that is up in
the air.


Dominique grabbed the wig for the
Sports Mag Swimsuit Issue shoot.

This shot made the cover!

The head will go on the dollpage soon.

The Heels!
Fi in heals.



She is going to a wedding!

She loves that now she can wear heels. She loves heels and
couldn’t wear them before.


Wonder what Ian will think of these.
OK! That is it for my budget for now!

My First Attempt At Dreadlocks!

This is my first attempt at Dreadlocks! It was not
the first look that I thought about for this doll but
it was something I could try without too much expense.
Also the Cali line of dolls are the same complexion as the
light AA dolls in the Barbie line. He has the same
complexion as the AA happy family father. I guess you
can say that the Cali line was Jerseylious! :)


Cali Blaine

Jake Belle

I gave him a little mustache too! I like the way he
turned out. There are something I would do differently
next time. Not bad for my first attempt.

I will probably taper the ends of his hair.

He has a different look than before.

StudMuffin! I think will be Dr. Jake Belle. He is one

of those doctors without borders types.

Liv Sale At Target!

I found these items on sale at Target!
First, is the Spin Master Making Waves Cabana. I had my
eye on this one for a while but didn’t like the price. Good
things do come to those who wait. It was on sale for $6.44.
Sweet huh! This will get added to my St. Malcolm props!



Also the Making Waves dolls, the ones they had left
were on sale for $6.89 at the second mark down. The first
was $9.98. I got another Hayden for my Smashin' Satin
Francie. I still need a Katie for my Glad About Francie.
Finally, these Liv coats were on sale for $2.98. I
stocked up!

The claiming started the moment they came out of the bag!

What I have noticed is that different things are on sale at
different Targets. I can't figure out why. In one target store I
found summer play sets (cabana and others), some clothing
(KiKi’s dress from previous post) and swimsuit dolls on sale.
I picked them up and I am glad I did. At another store I
found only coats on sale. So, I picked up 3 coat sets. Coats
were on sale at my local store yet but play set weren't on
sale at other store. I guess I need to make the rounds!
Alexis wasn’t on sale at either store. She is who I’m really
looking forward to get a hold of on sale.

Temporary Head Swap!

Temporary Head Swap
I just tried this temporarily to see how it would look.

Steven/Jamal doll and Twilight New Moon Jacob doll.
The complexion is not bad and it could be done
permanently if you had to/needed to.

Unfortunately Mattel never did a Steven doll with
a swivel neck in the same complexion as Barbie
Basics #17. Doesn't that just burn you up. I guess
we will still be waiting for a body to swap his head
with. :(

Backgrounds and Artwork!

In my last post- Experiments And Test Shots!-Updated, I
used a few different backgrounds for my shots. It gave each
set of pictures a different feel and was different from the white
background I sometimes use when I am comparing dolls.

I got some comments about the backgrounds and it was
taking up far too much space to answer the comments,
so I decided to blog about it. Thank you Tracy India,
Karina, dbg of Black Doll Enthusiast and Frannie for
inspiring this post.

Here is what I used and my sources:
Beach scene is a poster I got from Big Lot for $2.99 last
summer. They may still have some. I haven’t been there
in a while. I got that one and









He autographed this one for the family.


Beach is used a lot for St. Malcolm scenes.



the mountain scene one in Tour of the Pacific Rim Dress
Rehearsal. It was some of the best money I’ve spent.


Café is a picture/poster I purchased from Wal-Mart a week
ago for $1.00. I just love it! I have stores worked around
this French Café’.

Now Ms. Leo is cheap and believes in using what is free
or what you already have. The azalea scene and the garden
beach scenes are calendars!


Careful placement of doll and furniture keeps you from
seeing the date and month!


This is a calendar....

this too!

I have even cut the small pictures of what each month is and
used them as calendars or art. In Khadijah’s first Valentine’s
Day and My Sewing Project I used thumbnail month pictures in
the scene. I also use post cards as artwork if I like the pictures.



Artwork is from the back of calendars thumbnails
and postcards.


Finally the brick background is scrapbook paper that I
purchased from Joann’s fabric for .25 a 12 x12 sheet. I
purchased 8 (should got more) and have used them for
everything from Renee and Etienne’s home (all 8),
background for Barbie Basics #17 to the backstage
for Woo and Dallas. It is a must have!



So cute... all he needs is a wall!



Not used in the test shot post but used often is a roll
(like gift wrap) of paper with a blue background and clouds
use for all my sunny day shots! I got that at Michael’s for
about 4.99 and have only used about 3o inches of a 4 foot roll.

Sun comes out after the snow!

Kids play on a sunny day!

So there you have it! Go out and look for interesting
backgrounds for your pictures. Almost anything could be a
background or artwork!

Experiments And Test Shots!-Updated

No words. Just pictures!