First of all, Happy 300! This is my 300th post here on The Barbie Blog. Hooray! And lots more to come!
I am just getting ready to delve into the task of taking photos of dolly goodness that I got for Christmas. I hope that you all got some of your dolly wishes that were on your Christmas list too!
Before that, I wanted to share one doll that I picked up yesterday. My hubby and I got a rare treat to go to Wal-Mart sans kids! Honestly it was like a vacation (we are SO old.)
Hubby always cringes when I want to take a walk down the clearance aisle. He always reminds me "But we don't NEED anything." Whatever, you can always find something on clearance right?
And I did.
I've had my eye on this AA beauty for a while now. She is gorgeous! And all the Fashionistas were $4 a piece! I had to pick her up.
She has straight black hair and hoop earrings.
Also I love her rainbow dress! So pretty.
But the back does have a different fabric than the front. I'm not a fan of this but considering the flimsy fabric this stretchy polyester on the back does give the dress some stability.
But not sure what's going on with these shoes! She has a flat foot so maybe that's why there's the cutout in the heel? Super strange!
I also think back to the time when Fashionistas were articulated. *sigh*
There weren't any other Fashionistas from this wave that I had to have. This doll is #90. This was the wave that had two 'man bun' Ken dolls!
I've also been doing some heavy duty Barbie organizing. I put all my loose dolls into one bin. A pink one (naturally.) And then all my misc. clothes in another bin. I am going to organize them by tops, pants, dresses, Barbie, Barbie clone, homemade, etc. Since we had to move out of our first house in a hurry and I had a 5 month old, I never got around to really organizing my doll stash.
I've also got a ton of those craft/tackle boxes that are awesome for organizing shoes and other small accessories.
So friends, do you have this doll or any of the other new Fashionistas in your collection? Have any helpful tips for organizing clothes? Let me know in the comments!
Next time I'll have a super special doll for you. Until then!
3 comments:
Those tackle boxes are really handy for shoes, aren't they? When I started trying to organise my stash I decided to use ziplock bags, sandwich size is very handy. I keep all my Fashion Fever, Fashion Avenue and the few Fashionista outfits I have in baggies with their accessories. I try to remember to put them back if I have them out to mix and match for photos. I've taken photos of most of the Fashion Fever closets I own now to help me remember. The bags go in several sets of those plastic drawers on wheels but tubs would work just as well. I have my Fashion Fever outfits divided by colour too. Pink drawer, black drawer, blue drawer, mauve drawer and a larger one for multi colours and those there are not enough of to get their own drawer. The most well-organised doll collector on the planet has to be Shelley from A Thousand Splendid Dolls. You can find her on YouTube and Flickr if you haven't seen her before. She has meticulously organised and identified every single thing she and her sister have. Mind you they don't have any kids :-).
Hi Vanda! Yes, no kids allows a lot of time for organization! LOL. I'm going to look her up and see if I can get some awesome ideas. I should organize by color. I do the photo thing too so I know which fashionista closets go together, which doll outfits go together, I'll have to grab some sandwich bags for that and then put the misc pieces together by color. I like that idea!
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