Coming Soon!

Hey friends,

Was hoping to have a new post either yesterday or today but been feeling a little under the weather. But stay tuned for the next super fabulous post with some more awesome clothes and, yet again, some exciting new additions that I hope you will all love!

Here is a sneak peek at one of the items my amazing mom and dad found for me.

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Ha! Isn't that fun?

Stay tuned!

The Year of Haute Couture - September

It's September 1st! Next Tuesday the kids will be back in school and as soon as we know it, the leaves will be changing color and autumn will be among us.

But I'm not ready for summer to be over! No!

Let's remember back to our past months of the Haute Couture calendar. When I started, I remember telling you all "just wait till we get to September." Well, September is here and I can't wait to introduce Robert Best's creation for this month.

If there is any doll that I could ever want, it is this one.

September - Barbie, Generation of Dreams (2009)

!!! I don't know if I have any words for this one. I just don't.

Except I am squeeling with excitement because she is PERFECT.

The real doll. I might faint.

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She. Is. Perfection!!! I love the skirt, how it is filled with photos of Barbie past. I was curious as to how the back of the skirt looked so I searched and I figured someone had to have a picture.

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Okay, how many of you are in love with the 80's Barbie pics? Like the one at the bottom with the Rainbow over her? And the one up by her hand/elbow? Those are the pictures that I grew up with which makes this doll so lovable. Of course it also features the dolls that our mom's grew up with (or at least mine did anyway) :)

Here is her little excerpt on barbiecollector.com:

"50 years of trends and fashion, couture and dreams for the girl in all of us, and for the woman we grow up to be! Barbie^® doll remains always stylish, always evolving, always reflecting the beauty that is within every one of us, radiating for all to see!
Generations of Dreams^™ Barbie^® doll captures our favorite doll, dressed in an exquisite gown embellished with illustrations of the Barbie^® heritage. Decorated with silvery sequins, the gown is as bright as our hopes and wishes. Generations of Dreams^™ Barbie^® doll commemorates 50 years of inspired dreams!"


She came out June 1, 2009 and is no longer available. I'm not sure why she was not a silver or gold label doll. Maybe she was not supposed to be a wildly popular doll? To me, the 50th anniversary is the big one, the one that is largely celebrated. Maybe they wanted her available to young girls as well as collectors?

I searched for her on eBay and she is not going for more than about $20 or $30. This means that I might be able to get her for Christmas!

So friends, what do you think of "Generation of Dreams" Barbie? Like her? Not so like her? Let me know what you think in the comments!

Until next time!

Fashions Galore Part 1

Now onto the fun fashions that are on these dolls (plus more!) This will be a two part post, first we will start on the fashions that the dolls are clothed in.

My mom picked out these fashions as she didn't want naked Barbies laying around. :) We had more than enough clothes that all of them had something to wear! (Except the old style Christie but we'll get to her in a minute.)

Note: If you would like to see larger images, you can click on the pictures and it will bring them up larger. 

First, the beautiful Skipper. Original pants as she is from the Sisters Skateboard! playset. Since I seem to have the worst time finding clothes for my Skippers (and they don't sell any in the stores anymore) I had to make do with a super cute top that I'm pretty sure is for Barbie. But this shirt looks good on her and SO cute! I love the fur around the sleeves! Who is it from?

What was really awesome about the digs I scored for these dolls is that they came with shoes and a lot of them had their mates! I love when I have pairs of shoes, so fun. These boots look fabulous with this dress. I may keep them on her! Little knee-high edgy boots with a super sweet pink dress.

In the first Ladies night post I found out that the one doll with the big face and super fluffy brown hair was a Moxie Girlz doll. I looked around online and found out she was the Magic Snow Sophina doll. This is her sweater. But what about the skirt?

Cutie patootie girls. We know about the Kelly but what about the other two? However in looking at the Sisters Skateboard set, I don't think that the Kelly came with those silver tights. Can anyone confirm?

This dress looks good on her!

I had to get a picture of the lovely Dentist Teresa. Not her original shoes but I have some teal ones that match. LOVE her!

Not sure if this outfit goes together but it sure looks like it does! (Or my mom is just really good at putting outfits together!)

Here is the My Scene doll. Pretty dress and boa. Probably doesn't go together but again, looks like it very well could!

Here is the cuteness that is Magic Snow Sophina. Unfortunately Moxie Girlz have the peg leg which means that if you lose a shoe, peg leg sticks out like a sore thumb. Not sure about this outfit though! Check the shirt, says "I'm Fabulous." Ha!

Cute Tinkerbell in her original dress. She also comes with a green feather boa that is missing quite a few of its feathers unfortunately.

The Barbie from last time who looked like she was topless. If you look at the waterfall pic, she is one of the dolls that is standing. This is because when she sat down, the top slid down because it's a bodysuit. I love the outfit but wondering which doll it's from? (And the wind blew and gave her that nice windswept look which made for an awesome hair picture.)

Okay, so lets talk about Christie. There was not one outfit that fit an old body style. And this one was no exception. I had a hard time trying to keep this one up but it's the one that I could finagle so she would still be decent. It's torn on the side so it will have to be repaired if I am to put it on a doll again. You can see her purple ballet slippers!

So so so so cute outfit! Not sure if the red shoes go with it but they match! This is just adorable. The shirt has little snowflakes on it and the skirt has the little hangy snowballs off the waist.

This is a pretty ice blue dress. It also needs a little repair but I love the color so I might put it on a doll.

Here is the doll with non-bendable legs. I think the pants are from the Pink-B gift set. The shirt is cute and check the super cute sandals!

Looks are deceiving. The lower half of this Swappin' Styles left arm is missing! And because of its tattered condition, anyone recognize the dress?

Doesn't quite look the same does it? Snowflakes are broken, silver thread pulled out of the bodice, side of bodice torn. Yikes.

More Pink-B fashions.

Can someone explain to me what these clothes are? Does the face mean something? To me it looks almost Japanese. Was it just a fun line that Mattel brought out?

Beautiful Ariel. The plastic fin makes me think that she was designed for water. It was still pretty light outside so you are unable to see the light up tail. It has pictures of Flounder and Sebastian in it.

And lastly, we had one male that was not at the ladies party because, well, no boys allowed! He is larger than a normal Ken. Who is he?

There are many more clothes that are not on dolls so I'll put those in the next post. See you later!

Ladies Night Part 2

Let's meet the rest of the lovelies from our Ladies Night!

This pretty blonde with articulated legs and one arm straight, one arm bent. Unfortunately someone gave her a nose job!

This one is really pretty and has some pretty blonde hair in great condition. Her lips are a little larger than most Barbies but very pretty makeup colors. Same as the last doll, one arm straight, one arm bent with articulated legs.

We know who she is! Tinkerbell!

So I found out last time who the little Kelly was (thanks Andrea!) She goes with the Skipper I posted last time from the Sisters Skateboard! package. (I have her little helmet too, so cute.) But who is the other girl? And is she Stacie? Chelsea? I can never keep the two straight.

She has very pretty red hair. My Scene doll?

This has got to be a Fashionista. Lovely brunette with articulated arms, wrists and legs.

She looks a little different than your general Barbie. Is she from a different line or something? She is not articulated.

Another pretty brunette. She is not articulated either but she has flat beach feet.

Oh my, this Fashionista had a very bad bang trim. She is a Swappin' Styles.

 

This pretty Ariel doll loves the water! You press her seashell and her tail lights up. Fun!

The only old style body of the entire bunch. A Christie! She has bent arms and is wearing painted on purple ballet slippers.

Oh, isn't she just the cutest? So now, which one is this? If this one is Stacie than the other might be Chelsea. Or is this one Chelsea? I don't think this is her original dress though. But she's super adorable!

Another pretty blonde (she is clothed though, just wearing a low cut top!) She has straight arms and non articulated legs.

This one also had a haircut but it's not bad though. Looks like windswept hair! Maybe would need a little fixing up but all in all it seems pretty even in the back. She is non articulated, one arm straight, one arm bent. Her knees do not bend at all! She has flat beach feet.

One last final shot of the ladies at their awesome waterfall party. :) Tune in later and we will get into the fashions that I got! Until next time!

It's Ladies Night!

Greetings!

According to the title, it's Ladies Night, Barbie Style!

First, I must show you a picture that a friend posted on Facebook. She took a trip to the Goodwill and snapped this pic. Oh man, let me tell you, I got a serious good laugh at this one!

"At goodwill Steve Austin is livin' the life!"

So apparently it's Ladies Night at the Goodwill (with one male) and it looks like a good time is had by all! 

So I got home from work today to find these lovely ladies maxin' and relaxin' by our new water feature! They're having a ladies night of their own!

And honestly, I don't blame them! It was beautiful outside (a little hazy from forest fires nearby but nonetheless, still beautiful and warm.)

As you will notice, these ladies are my recent additions and wanted to check out their new home. 

My mom and I spent all last Saturday playing Barbie! We dressed and we brushed hair and put together outfits and shoes. I didn't even get out of my PJ's until well after noon. An awesome day relaxing. 

I won't get into all the ID right now because, well, it's a ton! I also have tons of clothes! You all are going to have fun with this one. :)

We'll start with a few ID's. First, I am very excited to get a new Skipper doll. This one has a beautiful pink stripe in her hair. She has articulated legs.

Gorgeous dark skinned beauty. She has articulated arms and legs.

How about this one? She got a haircut so she is a good candidate for a wig. 

Now this one. She is a beautiful princess doll but rather large. She has very waxy hair. 

And as you an see, she is about a half inch taller than Barbie.

Barbie Dentist! She talks! She is so pretty with the brown hair. 

And lastly, we'll end with this little cutie (with some amazing voluptuous hair!)

Tune in again in a few days for the other dolls of the collection. Until then!