Giftages 2019 - Post 5

Warm Greetings!

Has the rain been getting you down? The rain has been a little depressing although I will admit that the pouring rain on the roof does have a soothing effect. We don't often get that hard driving rain but it was nice today. 

But how about a nice clothing haul to brighten things up! We love Barbie's wardrobe and these selections are no exception! 

Let's get to it! First are the vintage clothes that were marked. 

Anyone recognize this one? All Barbie and Friends were dressed in a swimsuit. This one is from the first Francie! The Bendable Leg Francie from 1966.

One of the not-so-vintage, Sunsational Malibu PJ swimsuit.
 

Oh my heart. This is the Satin Bolero jacket with the silver glitter dots from 1963. Very very poor condition, the hems would need to be completely redone. Sleeves are doable, bottom of the jacket, not so much. Luckily I have a pristine one on my Sandi doll. 
 

This is the 1962 Fashion Pak Belle Dress in Orange.

Don't get too excited! This is the reproduction of Barbie's original swimsuit. Nontheless, I'm glad to have it!
 

Purse Pak from 1962. Contains the purse from Red Flare, a black vinyl clutch and a shopping bag filled with flowers (unlike Surburban Shopper whose bag is filled with groceries.)
 

This is the one shoulder top from the Satin 'n Rose set from 1964. This ensemble was made up entirely of pieces from the 1963 Fashion Packs. How do you tell which came from which set? In the fashion packs, each item had a tag. If it's from the set, only the jacket has the tag. This does not have the tag so it is from Satin 'n Rose. 
 

Oh it would have been nice to have this for my Sandi doll! It's the only piece from that set that I'm missing but in poor condition. One shoulder top from the Satin Fashion Pak 1963.
 

1962 Fashion Pak Gathered Skirt in Orange
 

1962 Fashion Pak Sheath Skirt in Orange
 

These are some mod era Barbie Pants from New Teen Fashions for Barbie and Friends, Cool Casuals 1970.
 

One of the only pictures I could find of the complete outfit! There is one listed on eBay for $60. Must be a pretty popular one? It is pretty cute. :)

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The Ruffles 'n Lace Fashion Pak from 1964. This also came with accessories of a brush, comb and mirror.
 

Black and White slacks fashion pak from 1962
 

Not so vintage Paint 'n Dazzle Barbie top - 1993. I have her! (unpainted)
 

Another gathered skirt fashion pak in Orange!
 

And here in pink!
 

Two 1962 Helenca Swimsuits in black. The Fashion Pak also came with sunglasses and cork wedgies. The red suit came on all Bubblecut dolls so the black (and navy) suits are rare and hard to find. And I have two!
 

Finishing Touches Shoes and Bags from 1982. Not a complete set but not bad! Love those boots. They are the ones that say Barbie on the side and came with my Lights 'n Lace Barbie (only hers are pink.)
 

And I got a nice little collection of Skipper fashions! 

Dramatic Living Skipper swimsuit from 1970.
 

The Skipper Fashion Collectibles Lingerie Set #2808. Also came with a bra, panties and camisole.
 

This is such a cute dress! Red Sensation from 1964. It matches Barbie's Sheath Sensation dress. Also comes with hat, gloves, socks and red shoes. 
 

The original Skipper Swimsuit!
 

More Fashion Collectibles from 1979! This is #2807 and also came with a light pink tank with the same trim and a small white hip bag. It's really cute!
 

This is from a Skipper Fashion Pack from 1969 called Jeepers Creepers. Also came with blue striped pedal pushers, blue flats, a sunvisor with scarf, sunglasses and a ball. I'd love to have the whole set but not sure about that name! haha
 

This is too cute. Dog Show from 1966. It came with a pink pleated skirt and an actual dog! What a treat it would be to have that!
 

1965 Outdoor Casuals Sweater. I love this! I wish I had the other pieces. Slacks, dickey, shoes, gloves and a little red yo-yo. 
 

1970 Fancy Pants. And the pants that came with this are just as ruffled as the shirt. There was light blue shorts, shoes and a bright pink vinyl purse with daisies on it. So mod!
 

Jumper from Right in Style - 1967
 

Top from 1972 Red, White and Blues. This outfit also came with blue shorts, red knee highs and a heart print ruffle dress. 
 

I'm going to have to look through my stash and see if I have some Skipper dolls I can pop some of these outfits on! They are really cute! (Note: I do...somewhere)

So friends, have any of these Barbie or Skipper outfits? Have the Bendable Leg Francie? Let me know in the comments below! I desperately want a Francie doll by the way. Maybe someday!  

Next post coming soon with more fabulous fashions! See you next time!

Christmas Treasure #2

Greetings!

Today I am going to show you another treasure I got for Christmas.

I don't know how you all are regarding "in the box" or "out of the box" but with fashions, for me, they are always out of the box. When I got this I exclaimed "I can't wait to get this on a doll!" And my mom said "I knew you would say that" :) She knows me too well.

But how cute is this? We see a lot of Bride Barbie's with short sleeves or strapless gowns but (for me anyway) I have not come across a whole ton of winter bride fashions.

The snowflake? So cute!

So now the challenge is which doll to put it on? I have a bride doll but she is the newer body type. Fashion Avenue is definitely made for the old body type so I had to choose one from the doll box.

Here she is!

The most beautiful Sweet Roses PJ!

I do have her original outfit so I might switch her out someday but for now, she will be the most perfect winter bride ever!

Poor PJ has a broken neck but that did not deter me from giving her the hair treatment she most desperately needed. Those curls don't do well under neglect! However my hubby did make some kind of comment about their being a doll head sans body on the bathroom counter. :)

We also got a new camera for Christmas so this was the perfect time to give it a whirl with my doll photos. Here is PJ all ready for her photo shoot!

She is so pretty. The crushed velvet skirt is perfect!

The outfit is MUCH better out of the box, don't you think? I do have to say this was a challenge to get on the doll. The sleeves wrapped in faux fur made a tight fit for the hands. Her thumb kept getting caught. Then while I was fiddling with getting her hands in the dress, the velcro on the top got stuck to the satin and snagged it a little. (grumble) This definitely is a "leave it on the doll" type of dress.

But again, the snowflake is so adorable on this dress!

Dolls with broken necks are so hard to position. I had to fix the head so it looked like she had a neck while not displaying the cracks. I think it turned out okay! Besides, who can't fall in love with the Steffie mold PJ dolls?

The bouquet also has that adorable snowflake.

I love when shoes have a little detail. For a bride doll I would hope they would! A cute bow adds well to the overall elegance.

The veil needed a little fixing. It was hard to get it to stay on the head and then after being in a box all these years, it kind of stuck out at an odd angle. She sat on my desk for a couple of days so the tulle could mold to her head. Looks okay now!

I just love her in this dress. So so pretty.

And the pictures definitely turned out better too, do you think so?

Any of you have this outfit? Which doll did you put it on? Share comments and/or pics in the comments section!

My next couple of posts will feature snowflake dolls and maybe, just maybe, might have another bride doll. ;)

Until next time!

This one is throwing me through a loop RESOLVED!

9/8/12 - Yay! Found out who she was! The 2004 Birthday Wishes Barbie. With the Mackie head mold, not the Goddess mold that I thought before.

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So first off I fixed her hair.

Then I knew I had a beautiful aqua colored dress. For Christmas one year when I was a kid my parents went to Costco and bought these really fancy dresses for Barbie (They are not Genuine Barbie fashions.) Beautiful isn't it? It matched her necklace perfectly and was really the only dress I had that matched.

Ah, love her :)

~Original Post~

 Beautiful Goddess head mold, red hair.

The Help! Who is she? A wonderful anonymous poster helped me on a couple of these, maybe they have ideas of this one? I'm running out of search ideas on Google and can't find her anywhere. She has on a three strand aqua pearl necklace. I thought she was one of the birthstone dolls but she didn't match any. Also note the hair style. I'm thinking she might be from one of Barbie's new movies. (Fairytopia Mermadia, The Island Princess, The Glittering Castle, etc.).

Also she does not have pierced ears. The hole in her right ear was from something weird that was shoved through her earlobe. I bought her from a yard sale and she was very distressed and very dirty.

~Fixing her up, making her pretty again, what is her name~

PJ!

The latest garage sale non-distressed find. Meet Fashion Photo PJ! With the Steffie head mold! She is beautiful! And she was complete. With the camera and stand, mini-photos and mint box.

The help! The Fashion Photo dolls came with a stand that their feet fit into. It looks to me that their feet fit into some kind of "tube" that holds them there so when you snap the camera, they move around without coming out of the base. My stand is missing that so I can't set PJ up with her stand and camera. See pics below.

I'm thinking some PVC pipe from the local home improvement store would work? Sticking that where her feet should go in the base? What do you think?

~Loving my PJ~