Antique Adventures! Antique Store Finds! Items from the bag

Antique Adventures!

Items from the bag!

You never know where you will find doll items. I went into an antique store just to have a look around. The owner watched me as I walked around. I stopped in front of a shelf he had with Barbies on it.

He said "they are antiques". I held back my chuckle. He had a Ken as Redd Butler, Audrey Hepburn Barbie, and a two 80's Christmas Barbies. Not exactly antiques. Collectiable yes antiques... I don't thinks so but I just said "Oooh." He said "I give you a real good price for them. " "Oh no, I was just thinking about getting some doll things for my niece to play with. I would let her play with antiques". I'm stil holding back the chuckle.

Alright, so I use my niece as an excuse when I am shopping for doll stuff. Older people who buy barbies are thought of as strange or collectors. People expect collectors to pay more for stuff. I'm a girl that likes a bargin. Oh by the way......my niece is now 23 but no one asks how old she is.

He said "I have a bag of barbie clothes I sell to you for $5.00." Now that is interesting. "Let see the bag." I took a few items out and could see from them it was worth the five dollars. I am trying to look calm. I said " wellllll, Ok!

When I got the bag home there were some really nice items in the bag. At the bottom of the bag there were a few things with stains (that I am hoping to get out), shoes, some with matches some without and a Barbie curling iron. All in all, not a bad haul.

I will photograph the items and post them.

Here is one of the gowns. There were a few gowns in the bag.

My rebodied Nichelle on the Barbie Basics # 10 body will serve as our model.

Gown one!

Green Spot On Brown Dolls

Green Spot On Brown/Black Barbie Dolls




















I have had a few AA doll get green spot on them. The first time it happen it was my fault. I put medal earrings on my vintage Julia. Vintage dolls, to me, seem especially vulnerable to green spot, green ear problems. I don't know if it happens to other AA dolls other than Mattel.

I went to the web for answers. The biggest suggestion was acne cream products that contain benzoyl peroxide 10%. It bleaches the green out. This works well on Caucasian dolls. The green comes out totally or almost totally. On AA/Black dolls it bleaches out the green some what but it bleaches out the complexion out too. You are left with a faded brown area with a green tinge to it.




















The green spot on the ear of my Vintage Julia was unacceptable to me so I purchased another one. I also purchased a Repo Julia. I am hoping I won't have this problem with the Repo because I do like having jewelry on her. I will not leave them in any length of time. I don't want to tempt fate. I have taken the advice of Niels Dolls Room and will store my dolls nude.

My Home Coming AA Skipper got green spot on her legs. I tried the cream to see if it would work better on the body than the face but the results were the same. I recently purchased an new skipper. I don't know what caused the green spot on the Skippers legs. I don't know if it was something I did, or how I stored here, so I will keep a good eye on her.


If any one else has had this problem and can give me some good suggestions, I would love to hear it!

When you are not looking for it... You find it!

When you are not looking for it... You find it!

Isn't funny that when you are looking for

something you never find it. When you stop

looking it shows up! For two years I had been

looking for a park bench for my dolls. I could

find one anywhere. When I looked on eBay

they wanted more than I was will to spend

I saw website where people said they found

them in thrift store but I couldn't find one there.

Then six months ago I find a bench in the thrift

store. It wasn't exactly what I wanted

( it was a rocker) but it would do!

Then a month ago I found another bench.

It was a little closer to what I wanted.

Then the other day I run into a store to get out

of the rain, what do I find? You got it! The perfect

park bench and they had a few of them for cheap!

Now a have a few different park benches.

Now I need to use them all!

My new bench!

Skipper, Mari and head swapped Chad on Steven body

Sit on the bench after school. They really should be studying!

A Find at Ross

Visit to Ross!
I went over to Ross the other day because
I need an outfit for a meeting. I saw this on
the shelve. It was $6.99. I don't know it that
was a good price or not. I liked her wig, the
way you can make new outfits out pieces of fabric,
and that she looked the the mannequins you
see in department stores. I thought she would
be a good addition to my clothing shop when
I set it up. Her name is Lucia.

Out of the box with Desiree for scale.

She does have rather large feet.













Scale comparison

Julia always wanted to be a Blondie! FYI...this was

not an easy fit. Wig is small for most doll's heads.

Sorry, nude mannequin photos!

Fabric is draped and push into slot in

the back of the body to hold in into place.

Update on How do you store your deboxed dolls!

Niel of Niel's Doll Room responded to my request for information. Check out his post on Niel's Doll Room. Take the time to click on his links to Philly Collector-D7ana and his more link where he talks about storing doll and their hair. There is some really good info! After read his blog, I think I'm going to change the way I store my dolls.



If you have info to add to the discussion, please join in!

How Do You Store Your Deboxed Dolls?

A Question Of Storage?

No this is not what my space looks like!

I have a large, or at least large to me, collection

of dolls. Only about twenty of my dolls are in boxes.

Most of them I have out of the box for me to

play with! Yes, I love play! Others may think me

crazy but I love to dress and redress my dolls.

I love to see their little face greet me, talk to me,

suggest things to me. (Ok, a little crazy)

I can't have them all out at the same time

(Hubby won't allow) but I do like to look at them.

I believe that anything you have that you don't

see regularly, it like you don't have it at all.

Unfortunately my house is not large enough to

have a play room! A room where I could have

several dioramas set up at the same time, with

shelves to have all dolls out on display, all clothing

visible to see and a project area where I can have

everything for my doll project out waiting for me

to start the project.

(designed by Martha Stewart) I can dream!

Oh.... the reason for this post.....
How do you store your loose dolls.

How do you protect the from harm.

Do you have any tricks or tips, do you

store like size dolls together, do you

arrange them how you play with them?

Does heat or cold make you change your

arrangement? How do you keep their

hair in place?

Send me your pictures or web links and

I will post them on my blog! Let's share
some ideas and some tried and true solutions!

More Thrift Store Finds

Look What I Found!

I found these Kelly items at one of my favorite

thrift stores. They had a bag of furniture for $3.00.

I had always wanted to do a nursery like

Van's Doll Treasures. I already had a few

Heart Family items. So maybe I will do a diorama

combining the two sets. My list of projects

is growing by the day.

Bed and a rocking horse

The rest of this set must have been for twins

because there is room for two.

This looks like a double stroller and bassinet

Changing table and two carriers.