Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to all here in the states that celebrate it! My son and his wife are coming in from Hawaii today, so I have a lot to be thankful for! I have a job I love, my family is in good health and I have a roof over my head, and both of my kids will be here this year. I certainly am blessed.
 I found a couple of pictures on my hard drive of my Kish kids that I took quite a few years ago, and even though they are vinyl, not resin I thought it would be a great day to post them. Their outfits were made by Janice Mundy, who is a wonderful seamstress. Janice did lots of outfits for my Kish crew when I was actively collecting them.

And a shot of the little Indians by themselves.

Another shot I found in my archives of Opie  and Pippa. I think Spampy made these for me. We are celebrating our Thanksgiving meal tomorrow, as my oldest son works in the restaurant business and is working all day today, and my youngest and his wife don't arrive until late morning. Hope all of you find things in your lives to be thankful for. Enjoy the day and try not to eat too much turkey (or ham, or whatever it is you enjoy for the holiday).

The Fluke that Fit

Recently I purchased some shoes on Ebay described as fitting the MNF flat foot...……..when I got them home, they were HUGE on my MNF girls foot. I started looking around the doll room trying to decide who they might work for and spotted my little Dollshe girls, who have feet that are a little hard to fit. They are bigger than my other tiny girls feet and even a little bigger than my JID girls flat foot. I decided I'd try these shoes on Addie to see if they might work for her...…………..so dressed her up in the little SartoriaJ dress that my Rosa's previous owner sent along with her, and tried the shoes on over her tights and walla………………...they were a perfect fit!

I guess the advantage to collecting a variety of sizes of dolls is that in a situation like this one, you always have SOMEONE that seems to be able to fit into a size that may not work on someone else.

I had my Caroline's Parlour set out from American Girl as I was photographing my Tonner's last weekend and I thought it would be a cute back drop for Addie as well. Typically she wears period clothing, but its always nice to change it up and try something different. One reason I love BJD's so much...………………...its so easy to change a dolls look.

Alice

Before there were BJD's in my life, there were Tonner dolls. From the time Robert Tonner first introduced Tyler at Toyfair and I saw my first Tyler in hand at a doll show I was hooked. I collected Tonner dolls for many years before the BJD's took a firm hold and I re-focused my collecting on them.  While I have sold off a vast number of Tonner dolls that I had, I kept most of my 12" child dolls by him, and their wardrobe.  My favorite of the Tonner child doll sculpts in the 12" size was Alice, from the Alice in Wonderland series he did. This week the "theme" of the week on the Prego doll board was Tonner dolls and outfits, and it took me for a walk down memory lane and made me want to get some my Tonner dolls out for some playtime. Since this blog mainly concentrates on my child like dolls I thought I'd share my Tonner child dolls here, even if they aren't in resin form. First up are what I like to call Alice light and dark.  The blonde is a "classic" Alice, the raven was a Cherished Friends exclusive and was called Through the Looking Glass. You don't see much of her on doll boards or blogs, but she is beautiful and if push came to shove she is probably my favorite of the Tonner child dolls.

I couldn't resist the sausage curls on this next cutie. Her name is Afternoon Visit Alice and she is redressed in Victorian Stripes. The clothing for the Alice line is exceptionally nice. I wish I had bought all the dolls/outfits  in this line looking back.

The outfit below was sold as a separate outfit in the Alice line. It was called Afternoon Tea Party, and is modeled by my favorite Marley, that I kept, called Rocky Mountain Marley. Her hair is in a gorgeous French braid. They came in blonde and brunette versions, and if I remember correctly were exclusives for Denver Doll Emporium.

Party of the Flowers Alice has never been redressed. She was perfect as she was.

The next Alice is the doll that came in the Victorian Stripes outfit above. She has been redressed here in one of the separate outfits  called Back to School.

And lastly 2 of my Marley's in 2 Tonner nightgowns done for the younger set, the one on the left is from the Alice line, and is called Dreamland. It is modeled by the first Marley I bought, Prep School Marley. I loved her glasses and her little flip to her hair. The yellow gown on the right is called  Bedtime Dreams and is modeled by the Marley from Summer Vacation giftset.

Just Annie

Just a short and sweet post today to highlight the adorable little Annie, who got a new blonde wig a while ago and hasn't really had any new photos since. The minifee's have been stealing her spotlight. Funny how just a change of wig can totally change the feel of a doll. She appears much sweeter and less mischievous as a blonde I think.

Celia

The rightful owner of the minifee body returned this week and displaced poor Isabeau. I couldn't be more pleased with how she turned out. Vitta Vera did her face up. I have become quite attached to Isabeau in the meantime as well, so had to order another body so they would each have one. Ughhh. So much for saving space and being a LITTLE fiscally responsible by having them share. At least this size doesn't take up much room. Since tan isn't always available I was afraid if I waited to long I wouldn't be able to order one.  Oh well, I'll be happy to be able to take pics of them together when the second body arrives.  I asked Akiko (Vitta Vera ) for a very natural face up for Celia (Celine) and as I said before, I couldn't be more pleased with her.

I chose a pair of Gumdrop eyes for her in copper with green rims. I think they suit her well.

I also like her best as a brunette I think.

Although, we did try on this fun bluish green Leeke wig I bought with Isabeau in mind, and I really like it on Celia as well. Really enjoying this size quite a lot. I love the magnetic hands and how well the arms stay in place when posing them.

Still Smitten with Isabeau

I'm still smitten with Isabeau, so since she's between my Raccoon/FID mini sized dolls and my little ones I'm going to share her here. She got a new dress in from Etsy that I bought because I thought it would match her eyes well, and I think I like this look the best so far. It matches here eyes perfectly.

I think she looks very fairy like in this dress with this wig.

I am totally smitten with her and its going to be hard to put her head away when Celine arrives home later this week.