I sold one of the Mattel Wendy dolls and so I put the other doll together with two other Mattel Disney items. There is now only one Disney listing on etsy.
Thursday, October 28, 2021
Saturday, October 23, 2021
Two clone listings
Here are the two Barbie clone outfits I added today to etsy.
1960s silver coat
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1093123868/fashion-doll-clone-silver-coat-maddie?ref=shop_home_active_2
1960s bridal gown
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1107273239/fashion-doll-wedding-gown-similar-to?ref=shop_home_active_1
Friday, October 22, 2021
Two new etsy listings, one revised, Oct. 22, 2021
Here are my recent additions on etsy.
1948 Fanfun baseball game
1960s Terry Teen outfits
2000 Barbies, Teresa, Lara, Sleeping Beauty
https://www.etsy.com/listing/767546913/2000-barbies-lara-sleeping-beauty-and?ref=shop_home_active_51
Don't dye doll shoes
About 1980 or so, a few years before I began collecting Barbie dolls, Mom decided to move a chest of drawers that had been in the bedroom for my sisters and me, into the kitchen. She wanted more storage space for her towels and other items.
The bedroom was, of course, where the toys were kept. As I emptied out the chest of drawers, way in the back I found a light blue vinyl Francie shoe and a vinyl Dawn shoe (don't remember the color). I got them out and then got out our old doll stuff (by this time I was in college). I found two unmated shoes that, alas, did not match the ones I just discovered. The Francie shoe was orange and the Dawn shoe was white.
I decided to try and get the shoes to match. I got out the bottle of black shoe polish and attempted to recolor all four shoes. The blue and orange shoes absorbed the black polish, and I ended up with a dark blue shoe and a brown shoe. I also couldn't get the Dawn shoe colors quite to match, although they weren't as bad as the Francie shoes. I put them on my Angie doll and let her wear them for a while. Of course, Angie ended up with black shoe polish on her feet, but fortunately I was able to wipe it off.
After I started doll collecting and ended up with all sorts of loose shoes, I threw out those four poor polished shoes.
There are two morals to this story:
1. Obviously, don't ever try to dye vinyl doll shoes.
2. If you acquire a used chest of drawers, such as a bureau, dresser or even a file cabinet, be sure to pull all the drawers out and empty them. You will never know what you might fund stuck in the back, or on the back. Also, be sure to check the inside frame of the drawer in the chest itself; stuff gets stuck back there too.
Monday, October 18, 2021
Barbie in a witch's outfit
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| Poor witch Barbie is having a hard time keeping her hat on her head! Elphaba she ain't! |
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| You can't really tell from the photo, but the witch's hat has a spiderweb on it to coordinate with the spider earrings. |
I don't know which Barbie this is, but she is from 1998 or 1999. Her witch's cap was purchased at the gift shop of the hospital I used to work at. It is actually a tiny hat to wear on a human head--it had a barrette attached to it which I removed so that Barbie could wear it.
I originally wrote about this black dress in 2016. You can read about it here. Jamie, who previously wore it, has given it to Barbie.
https://skippercollector.blogspot.com/2016/07/barbie-simplicity-pattern-9697.html
Barbie is wearing two sets of my earrings. If you look closely at her ears, she is wearing tiny spiders. I also bought those at the afore-mentioned gift shop. They are small on me but still look a little creepy--who wants spiders just outside their ears?! I purchased the candy corn earrings--which I have made into a Barbie ring and belt talisman--at a craft show last October.
I haven't figured out yet if her broom is part of the 1964 0872 Cinderella outfit or if it is an accessory made by a competitor. The black boots are the 1970s Hong Kong competitor shoes.
Sunday, October 17, 2021
3 more etsy listings
Here is one new etsy listing, plus two old ones.
1972 What's Up, Doc? paperback
1990 Barbie flying disc
I had this deactivated for a long time but have now reactivated it.
1994 Gymnast Barbies, VHS, Happy Meals and clothing
I added the purple skirt.
Monday, October 11, 2021
Saturday, October 9, 2021
New or revised items on etsy, Oct. 9, 2021
These are the items I've added or changed on etsy.
1960s Skipper clothing
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1095149977/1960s-skipper-clothing-7-pieces?ref=shop_home_active_2
1960s 1970s Flintstones books
https://www.etsy.com/listing/626232674/7-1960s-1970s-flintstones-storybooks?ref=shop_home_active_108
1963 Pebbles Flintstone book
1970-1973 Skipper clothing
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1094763055/1970-1973-skipper-fluff-clothing?ref=shop_home_active_11
1988 Jell-o recipe book
1990s Movie Mania game
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1085219674/1990s-movie-mania-board-game?ref=shop_home_active_135
1993 three seaQuest novels
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1098882063/1993-3-seaquest-paperback-novels?ref=shop_home_active_99
Saturday, October 2, 2021
New or revised Skipper items on etsy
I have created two new Skipper listings on etsy and revised a third.
1960s Skipper clothing
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1095149977/1960s-skipper-clothing-7-pieces?ref=listings_manager_table
1970-1973 Skipper clothing
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1094763055/1970-1973-skipper-fluff-clothing?ref=listings_manager_table
1975-1979 Skipper dolls and clothing
The Growing Up Skipper flowered slacks are new.
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