We begin this round on the evening of February 28th. It was warm, I'd spent some time redressing some of my dolls, and these two had spring fever. Rebecca Madeleine is on the left, and her friend is the one and only Joyita Emilia.
As fine as the weather was that day, we ALL had spring fever! I'd just gotten both girls in their spring dresses (seen here and here), and they looked cute together.
March 4th, the first severe day of the season. I took Lady to work with me, but ultimately nothing happened.
Belly Button Baby is one that I saw on Tam's blog. There were several variants, with one being this little red-haired, brown-eyed boy. Belly Button Baby is like those collapsing toys (my sister loved them), where you'd push a button and they'd go limp. Same sort of gimmick with Colin, though I can't show it very well.
Colin is strung pretty tightly so he can't sit, but he can lounge. He's a ham!
As for Elias, he's got an eye color that I've not seen on a Magic Nursery doll. They're...hazel or green or a combination of the two. They look green in the pictures.
I make a big deal about this because Afro-American Cabbage Patch Kids of the early nineties had ZERO variation in eye color. Their eyes were brown and that was that. Magic Nursery dolls of color DO have variations in eye color, as Elias and Miss Emily's Shyla show. Oh, and remember how these dolls have plastic bellybuttons that can vary in shape? Elias has an outie (remember that all Cabbies have outies too). So far, Lina is my only Magic Nursery doll with an innie.
March 6th, 8:15 p.m. local time. All was quiet in the Bootheel, but tornadoes were hitting far to the west and I was keeping a sharp eye on the radar. March of '26 was moderately stormy, but not as bad as March of '25 was. Anyway, one of my new dolls offered to keep an eye on two of my smallest dolls.
Like Olivia Hope before her, Audrina is proving to be a natural with babies. Or she is with Hong Kong Honey and Libra Baby. Audrina is a Juku Couture doll, by the way, and I do plan on reviewing her soon. With her joints and inset eyes she's kinda like a tiny LIV doll without wigged hair. I wonder if her shoes are bigger on the inside, LOL!
March 12. It's been awhile since I talked about Magic Mixie Pixlings, and the scuttlebutt on Reddit is that Moose Toys has pulled the plug on these. No time like the present to snap one up...or two.
March 12. It's been awhile since I talked about Magic Mixie Pixlings, and the scuttlebutt on Reddit is that Moose Toys has pulled the plug on these. No time like the present to snap one up...or two.
By pure dumb luck I found both Amber (left) and Catlyn being sold together, unencumbered by those clunky bottles. The consensus on Reddit is that these dolls could've been a hit without all the gimmicks (just like their cousins the Capsule Chix) and I think that indeed is true. The bottle is a single-trick pony and takes up a lot of space, and there's a danger of it leaking chemicals everywhere (bleach-water, probably, but still). The dolls themselves are great! Oh, and as a bonus, the seller shipped my dolls in a Chewy box. Mama and I are big Chewy fans. If y'all have animals and don't want to run to Wal-Mart for everything, Chewy.com's shipping is very prompt and the prices are reasonable.
March 12th was also the night I put my last Monster High post together, and I got an outtake.
Budget dolls or no, Frankie and Draculaura know how to look adorable.
March 13th. We were facing another stormy weekend and I was nervous, so I grabbed two of my soft dolls to hug. My Newborn Nancy and Lady are who I grabbed.
Still no batteries for My Newborn Nancy yet. I remember I'd said that I wanted to try her out.
March 17th. Rockin' redheads. From left, Joyita Emilia, Hannah Valerie, and Rosanna Claire.
Hannie loves the camera, LOL!
March 22nd. I was dying to see how Joyita Emilia looked in blue.
March 22nd. I was dying to see how Joyita Emilia looked in blue.
She ended up looking not too shabby!
March 27th. It was chilly and windy again, not twenty-four hours after parts of the Midwest had tornadoes and hail. I promptly bundled up my newest arrival.
Her name is Baby Annabell, and she's by Zapf Creation. She'll be getting a review in...<pauses to look>...late May, if all goes well.
March 29th. By the end of the day it was warm enuff for a change of clothes.
Annabell is a big girl, so finding clothes for her may not be the easiest. But so far I've lucked out. And yes, it seriously warmed up that fast. That's life in the Missouri Bootheel.
April 2nd. In preparation for Annabell's post I had out My Newborn Nancy and Baby All Gone, or as I call them, Nancy and Mary.
Nancy is a Tyco doll, Mary is a Kenner doll, and they don't look a lot alike, but I'd have happily called them sisters as a kid. Sisters by different companies, one could say.
April 15th. Taxes were safely in, my hip was semi-behaving, and a lovely breeze was coming through the storm door's window. I belong to a Failbook group that goes pretty heavy on the reborn dolls, so I trotted out my iCradle doll, Sandra.
April 15th. Taxes were safely in, my hip was semi-behaving, and a lovely breeze was coming through the storm door's window. I belong to a Failbook group that goes pretty heavy on the reborn dolls, so I trotted out my iCradle doll, Sandra.
I'd just gotten a new pacifier clip for Sandra, since her magnet doesn't hold her pacifier tightly. The cord is stiff, but it keeps the binky from falling in the floor, which it did at least twice when I'd move Sandra around.
The next evening I swapped Sandra out for Geneva, my Real Baby. Mama has named Geneva as a favorite of hers, and I've been pretty open about my fondness for her too.
I really feel my physical limitations when handling Geneva. She's a big baby and I have to hold onto Barbie Walker with both hands, so I have to drape Geneva awkwardly across Barbie Walker's crosspiece...or ask for help, which I loathe. Mama is on a walker and can't carry much more than I can, and I want Uncle Man-Child to keep his lousy mitts off my stuff (don't worry, I leave his crap alone too). Anyway, springtime and that cute duck dress just beg for a picture of Geneva outside in the sunshine, and without a good carrier I just can't do it. But then again, there was no sunshine that evening, just rain and some thunder. The week of the twelfth was very violent in parts of the country, but this time the Bootheel made it out okay.
April 20th, bright, sunny, and breezy. The Dolly Den (Failbook group) asked for curly hair, and I obliged.
April 20th, bright, sunny, and breezy. The Dolly Den (Failbook group) asked for curly hair, and I obliged.
River Song (left) and Alana. Alana desperately needs a hair bow.
That same day my Zapf Creation Little Princess doll arrived, after quite a journey from abroad.
Cinderella's whole mouth is askew, not just her paint! I can live with that though, since these dolls are out of production and aren't the easiest to find.
April 24th. I'd received a steroid shot and was feeling good enuff to drag some of the kids outside.
From left, Martina (Furga), Cassandra (Italocremona), and Ilaria (Furga).
Twice this past week I've been afraid that I'd go flying over the rainbow, but it all came out okay in the end. Unfortunately I've got a feeling that this summer is going to be long, hot, and dry. I hope all is well with y'all!
Cheers,
RagingMoon1987
Twice this past week I've been afraid that I'd go flying over the rainbow, but it all came out okay in the end. Unfortunately I've got a feeling that this summer is going to be long, hot, and dry. I hope all is well with y'all!
Cheers,
RagingMoon1987
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