The box turned up!

Treesa's box, which I feared lost or stolen, was here the whole time.  My fool of an uncle put it in the wrong pile of boxes.  But it's here, not lost, not stolen, and I am very glad.  The box was small and compact, and that excited me because good things come in small packages.  Case in point:

That's a vintage Skipper case, and was both heavy and noisy so I knew it had stuff inside.  Treesa explained that I'd appreciate the contents more than she did.  She was hoping for old Skipper items, but spoilers, it wasn't Skipper inside.  

There were Dawn dolls inside, plus a LOT of accessories.  Some of it is Rock Flowers stuff.

There's a good reason for there to be Rock Flowers clothes in there, as one of the dolls is a Rock Flowers doll.  I think this is Lilac.

Then there's Dale, like I wanted...

There's Angie and Dawn...

...and I think this well-dressed chap is Gary.

That rounds out my Dawn collection very nicely!  Also, I didn't show this, but everything fits inside that Skipper case like a glove.  I never would've guessed it, but Dawn and her friends are nice and cozy in there.

Treesa included these for my Baby Alive bunch.  Both the cookie and the bottle are "magic" and can be pretend-eaten by the doll in question. 

I love magic bottles!  I thought those were the cat's meow growing up.  These items aren't exclusive to Baby Alive, either; I can use them on any of my baby dolls.

There was Build-a-Bear stuff, of course.  Glen Frog has a little brother now, and he's delightfully soft.

Glen will probably get this shirt too.  I've been on the lookout for clothes that might suit him.

This last outfit is for the girls.  I got the blouse bass ackwards (there's a decorative tie on the front), but y'all get the idea.  This will probably go to Flaxie when I find her.

I used to like little boxes that could store things, so receiving this was a joy too.  It's a well-made little box, and it too is stuffed.

The contents were mostly fashion doll accessories, including shoes for Rainbow High dolls, but my favorite items were these Peeps-themed things.  They look like they might've belonged to an L.O.L. Surprise doll.

There was also a necklace in there, which I promptly bestowed upon a doll y'all have not yet met.

There were also some dollhouse items in the tin box, items that I think were once Christmas ornaments. 

The chest opens, revealing four little mini ornaments.  One of 'em is a kitten. 

Those are cute!  They'll make lovely Christmas decorations for my dollhouse if I ever put it together.  

Rounding out the box from Treesa were these patterns.  There's a set for American Girls and one for Pansy...

...and there's a set for Carpatina and similar dolls.

I also want to go over what Tam sent, since her items were very thoughtful as well.  I used to love using face mask, and now is a lovely time to get back into it.

These cute stickers, which are library-themed.

There's this hair clip, which also ties into my occupation. 

This last item is an accessory set for American Girls and dolls of a similar size.  There are some technological gadgets in there.

I love the wrapping paper Tam used on some of these.  It's Nutcracker-themed and reminds me of one of my favorite hair bows.

Add a Pickles anthology and a large package of those travel-sized tissue packs to my gift haul, and that's my Christmas for the year.  It was nice and quiet, just like I like.  Mama made juicy burgers (our family's version of a Sloppy Joe) and we had a nap, and that was that.  Now I'm back to work, and on Tuesday I go for a more extensive ultrasound, so hopefully I'll wrap up the year with a set date on fibroid surgery.  We'll see.

Thank you Tam and Treesa for the gifts!  Here's hopin' y'all are safe and well, and that mayyyybe you're enjoying some warm weather.  Malden's highs have been records over the past week, and it's gonna stay that way until Sunday.

Happy Boxing Day,

RagingMoon1987

Another Christmas present!

I don't know if this doll arrived Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, but I only saw the box on the twenty-sixth (our local mail service, y'know).  This is a Furga doll, and Tam sent her to me.  I've chosen the name "Martina" for her.

Martina was Tam's doll of the day for June 22nd, 2023, but in the comments Tam said "She has to go," so I stuck my neck out because I love Furga dolls.  Martina is shorter and a little less svelte than my decrepit Alta Moda girl, Simona.

I think it's kinda funny that Martina is wearing such a long shirt with a short skirt.  I never was a big fan of that combo for myself.

Like most but not all good Furga dolls, Martina's nails are painted.

Martina's face has the classic Furga look, with coral-colored lips, bright blue eyes that are slightly slanted, and soft, threadlike eyelashes.  She's a cute doll.

Tucked in with Martina were several brightly colored dresses, sized for a small doll.

These don't fit Martina, but Tam and I are certain that they'll fit SOMEONE in my collection.  I'm hoping they'll fit Cinnamon, since Cinnamon doesn't have anything to her name but the bodysuit she came in.  I need to grab Cinnamon from Casa del Luna and get back to y'all on that.  There's also a kid-sized baseball cap in the mix.

I'll try that on Sandy McCall.

I have a few more things lingering in the post, but for now that's my Christmas wrapped up.  Christmas?  Wrapped up?  Boooooooooo.  LOL, Mama's doctor said that the <fill in the blank> that she found is just a cutaneous condition and can be treated with time and the right medicine, so that's a huge prayer answered.  She and I were both thinking the C-word, as people will do when something pops up out of nowhere and doesn't go away.  But she's gonna be fine, thank God, and hopefully she'll be around for several more Christmases.

EDIT, 12/28/2024:  I forgot to say thank you to Tam for the gift!  Thank you Tam for the doll, the clothes, and for the nice card.  I know things are crazy for you right now, and yet you remembered to think of me and I appreciate it.  I hope Mr. Ken is still holding strong.

Love to all,
RagingMoon1987

Deck the halls with...Brussel's sprouts?

That's the only thing I can think of when we're talking cabbage, LOL.  It's weird:  I don't like full-grown cabbage, but I do like roasted Brussel's sprouts, especially with a little bacon dripping on them.  Anyway, I promised both Gillian Ida and Candela Laura new Christmas dresses, even though I LOVE the fall dress that Candela Laura has.  Idalia Gale also got something warm to wear, since her autumn dress was kinda short.

Low last night was around nineteen Fahrenheit, so that sweater was desperately needed.  I had heard that a La Nina was supposed to kick in at some point during this winter, but so far this has been a cold one, and with a sharp wind!  I could handle the cold, being hot-natured and all (seriously, I wore a T-shirt layered under a thick cardigan today, it's so warm at work), but that wind is for the birds.  Anywho, I don't know why I went the general winter direction for Idalia rather than Christmas, but at least she has something she can wear until spring rolls around.  

Her sweater came from JeansAndMoreForDolls (they have some options for Baby Alive), and her jeans came from MrsBsOddities, one of my favorite places to shop.  Mrs. B resides in Missouri, so for me that means a fairly short shipping time...or it would if our post office didn't bite whale bubbles.  Oh, and y'all may or may not know that Cabbies wear diapers, right?  Mrs. B sent me an extra one.  

Idalia already has a diaper, but one of my other dolls might need this extra one, LOL.  The shop also sent me a little purse.

Since it's orange I'll set it aside for next fall.

Gillian Ida isn't as bundled up as Idalia Gale is, but this dress is a heckuva lot better than that swimsuit in nineteen-degree weather.

SweetBlossomsCouture supplied this outfit, and big surprise, they're another of my favorite shops.  The dresses always come with little bloomers, though they don't have Christmas lights on them.  These are plain white bloomers.

I don't think I'd want Christmas lights on my drawers.  It sounds rather uncomfortable.  Anyway, SweetBlossomsCouture offers clothes for the regular sixteen-inch Kids, duds for Lullaby Kids/Hasbro/Play Along/any Kid that is fourteen inches (like Gillian Ida is), and stuff for the twenty-inch Toys R Us Kids.  This is a good thing, because Mama wants to redress my new twenty-inch Kid.  Let's say a quick hello to Autumn Leah.

Autumn Leah is a My Dream Baby, an obvious Cabbie Clone that I saw on Failbook and wanted/got.  She's got a few attributes that most of my Cabbies don't, like sleepy eyes and vinyl limbs, and I really like her.  I like her dress too, but Mama wants her to be dressed a bit brighter "like the others," as she put it.  So I have a few options if I so choose...but right now I like her the way she is.

Candela Laura's dress is from CrochetByNonny, who offers both Cabbie clothes and cute crocheted items (Mama likes the Grinch gnome the best).  I like this shop because the girls' outfits usually come with two little bows.

Most but not all of my girl Cabbies have hairstyles that accommodate two bows, and Candela is one of those girls so...well, two bows!

Her bloomers are even cuter than Gilly's; they're red with wonderful polka dots. 

Life is always better with polka dots. 

That leaves Shelley Fred still in Halloween garb.  I do have an outfit picked for him, but he's gonna have to wait until payday!  And to the rest of y'all, stay warm.  Most of y'all are north of me and probably are dealing with even colder temperatures than I am.

Frosty love,
RagingMoon1987

A nod to House Party

Today's post is going to require some explanation, so be prepared to read.  First, here's Mumpy Terri Lee in her new Christmas dress.

Note the Christmas lights dangling from the bow at her neck.

This ensemble was supplied by eBay seller My Dollies 3, and that shop never does anything half-a$$ed.  The dress comes with a full petticoat and a cute little pair of rhumba panties...and the petticoat has the same Christmas lights on it.

That alone is going above and beyond, since the petticoat is rarely seen by the outside world, but guess what?  Terri Lee's panties also have Christmas lights.  I pointed these out to Mama and said "I'm getting House Party vibes here!"

Yes, House Party.  Being in the doll hobby can lead to some strange conversations, and the story I'm about to relate hearkens back to one of those conversations.  Several years back Mama and I were discussing Horsman's Poor Pitiful Pearl doll, and that made Mama think of the late Art Linkletter and a T.V. show that he had, Art Linkletter's House Party.  Among other things, the show had a "Kids Say the Darnedest Things" segment with two boys and two girls participating, and at the end of the segment each child would receive a toy or other gift.  One time the two girls each received a Poor Pitiful Pearl.

The thing about television back then was that 

A) a lot of it was either live or on a low budget that didn't allow for retakes, and/or

B) kids had no filters.  They didn't back then and they don't now.  Thus the "Kids Say the Darnedest Things" segment. 

After our chat about Poor Pitiful Pearl, Mama related a story about one particular little girl on House Party.  Mr. Linkletter had asked her what happened when she found out she was going to be on the show, and the child answered "First Mommy bought me these new panties!"  She proceeded to heist her skirt and show said new panties, to the embarrassment of her mother and the amusement of Mr. Linkletter and the audience.  You and I know that panties aren't meant to be shown, but kids don't always know.  And by jove, if those drawers were anything like Terri Lee's then they were worth showing anyway!

And that, I do believe, is my first Christmas post of the season!  Oh, how I love the Christmas season!

Joyeux Noel,
RagingMoon1987

An early Christmas

First I'll run over the things I bought for myself.  With a semi (LOL).

Hedda Get Bedda and Cindy Lou Who.  The bane of my mother's existence vs. the Grinch's stumbling block.  I'll discuss Hedda in more detail in the coming weeks, while Cindy Lou...well, she's cute, but once you've owned one My Life doll you've essentially owned 'em all.  Same tight joints, same sedate face, same inability to stand.  But...I won't knock those pajamas!

For someone so unlovable, everyone seems to love the Grinch.  Goodness knows my mama does, and so does Luciana.  Remember this?

I've got another of my dolls dressed in Grinch garb too, but I'm holding her back until my doll-sized Christmas tree gets here.  And if I ever get my front room presentable then I need to dress a whole gaggle of my girls in Grinch garb.  Hey, alliteration! 

Then I picked up a Sweet Sue doll.  She's well-dressed and came with a small wardrobe.  Her hair needs a little tidying.

Lastly, I got a G1 Abbey Bominable, a character that I always wanted in G1 form but never got.

She's Geek Shriek Abbey, one of the last Abbey dolls from the G1 era.  Geek Shriek was a budget line, which I always liked because you got a full doll with a full outfit, but for maybe half the price.  Plus, anything that pays tribute to nerds and geeks is a good thing in my book.  Abbey will be helping out with a review in the...well, in the not-too-distant future, but it will be a couple'a months away.  I'll keep y'all (and myself) entertained in the meantime, though.  Promise!

So let's skip on to the stuff that Tam sent me.  Poor Tam apologized in her email about sending me stuff when I've complained about storage, and I'll admit something right here and now:  the storage issue is my own fault.  If I'd get my doll room organized and put in some kind of order, and then I'll have room for nice new stuff.  

That said, I've got a box of nice new stuff!  Or it's nice new-to-me stuff, courtesy of my buddy Tam.  I recognized this first one right off the bat.  She's Velvet, but she's Talky Velvet.  See the grille in her stomach?

She needs her talking mech repaired, and she needs some new lashes, but otherwise she looks fine.  I've already got clothes and shoes on the way for her.

Then there's these two, who need no introduction.

Cloe times two!  LOL, Tam remembers how much I love Bratz dolls!  The dressed Cloe appears to be from the Flashback Fever line, and she's got very pretty lips.

I remember the Flashback Fever line!  My favorite one was Jade, because she was JADE and because she was Mod (and because her minidress was green), but these dolls came with compact disks that drove the cost up so I just looked.  Cloe represented the eighties.  My particular doll has a delicate neck so I'll need to treat her with care...or just bust out the super glue and freeze that joint completely.  Whatever works.  The other Cloe doesn't have a stitch to her name.  

No biggie, I've got an outfit coming for her too, and said outfit comes with shoes.  This Cloe is a later doll, from the fish-lipped era, but that's no problem either.  I have fish-lipped Bratz and I treat them like I treat the other Bratz.  This one has a sweet face...well, sweet for a Bratz doll.

I think she may be a Black Friday Cloe, but I'm not certain.

This last one is a bit of a surprise and a bit of an enigma.  She's vintage like I like, and her name is Tammy, but her tag says "Horsman."

The back of her neck is marked "H" too, so the Horsman label is definitely right.

She's welcome no matter who she is, but because I'm eternally curious I want to learn more about her.  A quick perusal of Google Images suggests that she may be Mary Poppins, and if so then that would explain why she looks a bit bigger than Tammy does.  Mary is a nice, statuesque doll, at an even twelve inches in height.

Oh yes, and I got some blue vinyl boots.  Shoes this size are always appreciated.

River Song likes blue, so I think I'll give these to her...when and if I see her again.

Now...I mentioned my storage woes, right?  They're well on their way to being solved.  Look what Mommy got for me!

A FREAKING SHED!!!  Watching the men install it was quite the event.  Oh, nothing bad happened.  It was just interesting watching them raise one end and then the other and then propping up this area or that.  They used a gizmo that looks like a miniature forklift.  Mama would've loved watching this part; she likes vehicles that do heavy work.

Here they've moved to the back and are working to get the rear end leveled.

Putting it in took about thirty minutes, tops.  The shed locks and has a door and a window, plus a porch where I can put a small chair if I so choose.  I intend to fence my backyard in during the coming year to add a little extra security and to give a safe place for my dogs to play, but for now the shed is more than enuff.  The dolls are more than enuff too; indeed, I couldn't look at the box of new dolls without smiling.  So I send sincere thanks to Tam and to my mama for their incredible kindness, and to God above for putting such people in my life!  Thank you, all of you.

Much love,

RagingMoon1987