Barbie Odds and Ends

Greetings Friends!

Has your summer been as busy as mine has? I think I'm even busier now than before the school year ended! As soon as school was out the hubby and I went to Hawaii (without the children!) We had a great time and the kids had a fun time with the babysitter for the first half and their grandparents for the second half. Then we spent all the next week on the boat because it's been hotter than Hades here. Has our weather made national news? (Oregon and Washington being hotter than Phoenix Arizona?) Lots of time at the lake because it's in the mountains...and it's 10 or more degrees cooler there.

This post is truly some odds and ends that I've aquired! I hope you enjoy!

First, a few months ago I was helping my friend Mel ID some clothes and dolls she had. She was going to sell some on eBay and told me to let her know if I wanted anything. Well, I took her up on that and I purchased the surfboard/mermaid tail for my Merliah doll from Barbie in a Mermaid Tale 2. In the movie she goes from mermaid to surfing superstar!

It's so perfect!

She is now proudly displayed in my bedroom in this surfer girl pose :)

 

Mel also added in a little assortment of shoes with my purchase. Thanks so much Mel!

I was looking through my candle box in the garage and I found a peculiar box that didn't look like it had candles in it.

It had this in it.

A figurine sculpted like "Bride's Dream" from 1963-1964. Her neck has been broken and the porcelain gone from that place but I had to take her out and display her.

Oh how I wish I had all 12. I have no idea where I got it and my parents didn't remember either. I have no idea if it was a garage sale find or if I got it from a friend or what have you. But she's pretty and on my shelf.

Have I posted this for you all? This is the Avon exclusive Barbie 2000 Celebrating the New Millennium Snowglobe.

I just love it. It plays the song "Somewhere in Time" by John Barry.

I try not to shake it as it gets cloudy from being so old but it has pink glitter in the globe.

 

My mom gave me these Barbie eggs for Easter!

I didn't take a picture of them before I ripped the plastic off (and yes, I do have a Wheel of Fortune mouse mat!) One was Barbie pets. Came with some stickers and a cute little doggie.

 

The doggie was all yellow sparkles and had indents where his features were. I just drew them in with a fine Sharpie. He has a lot more personality now!

And I guess I should say "she" as she has a little tutu on!

 

In the other egg was a little Barbie coloring book, crayons and stickers. I already started coloring them but I used colored pencils for a little more precision on those tiny pictures.

 

I also got some awesome Barbie fun finds at the Dollar Tree! Shoe Pack.

Headband Pack

Handbag Pack

I loved how these packs came with their own little rack to put them on!
 

And more of the Barbie Minis! I have all the career ones but now they came out with ones from the Dreamtopia playline.

 

From left they are: Fairy Candy Princess, Barbie Dreamtopia Rainbow Cove Princess, Rainbow Lights Mermaid, Starlight Fairy, Rainbow Mermaid and Flower Flutter Princess.

Look what I saw in the stores today!

 

2021 Holiday Barbie!

AA Version. She has braids!

 

I did not see the Hispanic version. So here is the picture from the back of the box.

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Someone mentioned that it is a Kira face mold. I can't really tell from this picture so I'll have to take a closer look when I can find a good picture. They aren't up on the Mattel website yet apparently.

And that's it for today! Hope you liked these Odds and Ends. Let me know if you picked up any of the Dollar Store Barbie goodies! Or plans to get the new Holiday Barbie! I'm in love by the way. I've always had a particular fondness for the Silver Holiday dolls.

Next time I have some Garage Sale finds I'm sure you are going to love! Until then!

Quarantine Summertime Goodies Part 3

Hello again friends! 

Back again for the final installment of the Monster High summertime goodies! And this. THIS I know you are going to love!

When I was pulling stuff out of my Dad's shed to take home with me he mentioned that this bin was Monster High too. The bin and a couple of things in black garbage bags. 

 OHHHHHH

The Deadluxe High School!!!

So most of the pieces, mainly the walls were already built so that's how I knew how most of it went together. Good thing Mattel had the instructions online still so I could download them. All in all this is compete. A few accessories are missing and one of the small cardboard panels is gone but it's here! So one weekend while my littlest was in bed and hubby and oldest son were camping at the lake, this came into the house and most parts went into the sink. It looked like this had been sitting in someones garage or barn as it was VERY dirty. I couldn't even clean it with a wet rag it was so caked on. 

And I'm very pleased with how it turned out!  Here is the inside of the school. It stands taller than my pendant lights above our island!

But to get the full effect, we had to add some of our favorite ghouls! (AND a little cutie patootie in the background :)

Top right we have Draculaura hanging upside down in the Vampire Lounge and Howleen looking super cute in the classroom! Even little Venus is there!

Clawdeen just lounging around while Frankie serves up some yummy bites in the Creepateria. Another Frankie comes in through the rotating Library/Study Howl secret passage. The chair Clawdeen is in also can hang upside down in the Vampire Lounge.

No one better than Operetta running the party in the DJ booth! Little Clawdeen just hanging out on the second floor.

Clawdia welcomes everyone to Monster High while Skyra hangs out at the clock tower. I didn't get a picture of it but the clockface is a door that goes into Headmistress Bloodgood's hidden office.

And lastly Elissabat comes in through the front doors while little Lagoona hangs out on the second floor opposite little Clawdeen. The pink table and chairs are from Draculaura's Beast Bites Cafe playset.

I tried to search for other pictures but I don't think I took any more. Like the little sink in the bathroom or details of the stairs and lockers. One locker has a tentacle that pops out adding another place to sit! I think at this point I had stayed up way late the night before and thought I had taken pictures then just completely forgot. 

Although when my husband came home the next day he actually was impressed! He usually rolls his eyes when it comes to my doll stuff but he said that it was actually pretty cool. So that's a win! (Because its HUGE.) We left it up for a good two weeks and the boys were excited to play with it. 

Even some extra guests came to play in the High School. My son's "Curious George" plushie. :)

My goal was to fit it ALL in the bin and I did! Some parts are NOT meant to come apart once they have been put together. I had to do some finagling with pushing in tabs to get it all apart but I did it (without breaking anything!) It will be a long LONG while before I set it up again. I have no where to put it but it's all nice and will stay clean in the bin. 

There was also a few extras thrown in there too! Once I realized that some parts were not for the High School I knew they were for this set.

The Monster High Mini's High School!

I don't have any Monster High Mini's Figures but this is what I could find.

This little blue haired harem (?) girl

A blonde haired mini with the Eiffel Tower on her shirt

And I believe that this is a Mega Bloks Draculaura doll. With a couple of super cute purses!

Here is Draculaura posing by the clock tower

Blue Harem girl lounges in the hanging chair.

Little Blondie in the classroom!

Looks like she is learning about both love (on one side of the chalkboard....)

...and science on the other!

Look at the adorable little toilet!

There are some super tasty creepy treats being served up in the Creepateria!

Yum! It looks like...eyballs on the right? And something equally creepy on the left?

And like the big high school, there is a secret rotating door! Bluey on one side...

And Blondie on the other!

The outside of the high school. Some nice little details!

Draculaura is welcoming everyone inside!

And there are three chairs! I have no idea what they are from. They are not missing legs, the chairs are just like that.

 

 This also came in the lot of stuff.

 

This vending machine came from the Social Spots Student Lounge Playset. Didn't come with any accessories though. It's a pretty cool thing and could totally be used with Barbie food or even some Zuru 5 Surprise Mini Brands! (Shopkins Real Littles are a little large for the vending machine. We tried.)

 

And.....I do have this!

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Unfortunately I put it in a VERY safe place and I can't find it! Remember the cute little backpack with the hand coming out of it from my last post? One of my readers told me it was from this playset so thank you for that! Hopefully I can locate this! I hate when I can't find something. But I know that the Ghoulia I have is not from this set as the hairstyle is not the same.

And that is it for the Monster High goodies from last summer! I hope you all liked looking at everything that I got. Does anyone have the Deadluxe High School? Or Monster High Mini's? Or Ghoulia's Scooter? Let me know in the comments!

I do have another couple of posts coming up. One with some odds and ends and then a new batch of goodies that came from a garage sale.

So Until Then!