Mini Anniversary Felicity

I purchased the mini anniversary Felicity! She was on sale on Cyber Monday and I couldn't pass it up. I adore this little girl. A couple things though:

1. No shift. What?
2. No socks. Her shoes fit snugly so I don't think you could put socks on anyway.

Thankfully for me:

1. I don't have the mini travel gown Felicity
2. I won't want the extra doll laying around, so I'll steal her outfit - shift and socks and shoes included
3. 18" Felicity wears her meet socks and shoes with her Christmas gown anyways, therefore so will mini Felicity

So that will fix that!

She has very soft, silky hair. Her little pin curls are just darling. Her dress is just a shade darker than my 18" version, but I do believe that is a Pleasant Company version so it may match a newer Christmas gown better.
Also, she doesn't look as crowded as she does in AGs stock photo.

She's a real cutie and I know I would have regretted missing out on her!

Disney Store's 12" Snow White Doll & Accessory Set

I finally got my hands on a Snow White doll!

I decided just to get the Disney Store's 12" Snow White. I don't really like her dress, so I bought her accessory set, too - not to mention the deal I got (they were on sale for $10 each, and on top of that I had a 20% off coupon, which gave me a final total of $16.40). Well, I was in a hurry to get her open, so no in-box photos! ;) Sorry! I also skipped the glitter dress pictures. LOL. I can't stand glitter shedding all over me. The skirt was the worst; the top actually wasn't that bad.

Anyway. On to what I DID get photographed...

Snow White came with her princess gown, headband and yellow heels. The accessory set included two dresses, a veil, hair brush, and two of her Dwarf friends - Dopey and Happy.

The dress seems to be durable, my only problem with it is the glitter - she actually has glitter on her legs that I can NOT get off. Bah. Her headband is removable and has an elastic to hold in place, but it and some hair is sewed into place; easily snipped, but I'm afraid her hair will fall if I do, so for now it hasn't been removed.

Her rags dress I love. It's so adorable! I think I love it so much because she almost looks even lovelier in it than her princess gown (speaking in terms of her movie, not just this doll and her outfits). It just shows how she really is "the fairest of them all".

The one thing I really wish they had included in the accessory pack would be extra shoes; the doll comes with yellow heels, but they don't match her rags or wedding gown! =/ So for now she'll be going barefoot.

Snow White isn't quite sure how she's supposed to brush her hair with that! Her hair actually looks like it wouldn't take any brushing well; I think it'd make a better mirror, lol! But hey, all the other princesses got brushes lol. Dopey and Happy are cute but not to scale; they look like they'd fit into a figure set just fine. I looked online and actually, it looks like Dopey is the exact same mold as in the Snow White figure set, just with a little plot of grass added! Kids probably wouldn't have a problem with either the scale or putting them into another little world of their toys, so this doesn't bother me. In fact, Nicki discovered she can hold them perfectly in her little hands and have deemed them her own. ;) 

Snow White's heels look an awful lot like my Rapunzel's heels - next time Rapunzel ventures out of her display box, I'll compare them and see if they are indeed the same mold or not. I don't think so, but they are at least very similar. They stay on very well, they don't slip off super easily like some shoes might.

Her wedding dress is horrible quality. I had the hardest time getting it on (okay, that may partially be because of her jointed wrists that move on me, but I didn't have near the trouble putting her into her rags), and once I did, all those threads were at her shoulder. I snipped them with no problem, but I do wonder how long this gown would last in the hands of a five year old. Her velcro has already partially detached from the dress as well. Mind you she's been in this gown ONCE, for these photos - ten minutes tops.

The veil is, um, a veil. Seems alright to me I guess! It has a little velcro where it goes behind her neck.

I did find though, this outfit made her blush appear even more so. I thought that was quite appropriate. I do adore the style; empire waist is gorgeous and fits Snow White SO well. It's so adorable. She may spend some time in it during wedding season next year! I do love weddings!

And following is just a bunch of pretty pictures... she's a very lovely doll. She's perfect, really; I feel her makeup is just right - her lips like blood, and her "eyeshadow" is how I often do my own eyeshadow (when I get around to wearing it, anyway), so I'm good with it! (: I love her expression too. When you tilt her head she looks like she could be singing her dreams out, but I don't think she'd look odd or spaced-out if you were trying to get her to look at another doll.

"And away to his castle we'll go - to be happy, forever, I know..."

Now hopefully I won't regret not getting her Prince! ;)

25% Off Cecile & Marie-Grace's Collection at American Girl

Automatically taken at check out - both online and in store.
I find unless you're spending a lot of money, if you're buying online the discount basically just covers shipping - but if you're not near an AG store (such as myself), that can be helpful anyway!

I'm thinking about getting little anniversary Cecile now... she's such a cutie! I did a mock order and it would cost me just under the original $22 - so again, basically free shipping.

I did a mock order of my "dream list" for this collection, and the savings would knock about $60 off of it. (My list includes Cecile, mini Cecile, one outfit, the chemise & crinoline, gold boots, and the accessories for both girls.) Shipping would be $20 so that knocks it down to $40. Still nice, but nothing I find worthy of freaking out over - except that AG never discounts actual dolls!

The offer goes through the 13th of November. (:

Pretty in Pink - Disney Princess Designer Collection Rapunzel Unboxed

I got my Disney Princess Designer Collection Rapunzel! I got the LAST one (even though I was there second - long story, bah) out of 18. She's beautiful! I got the display doll, but that's okay. I feel it adds to her character that she got to be the one everyone saw and fell in love with. (:

I opened her VERY carefully, brushed out her hair (eep! So much of it! I think she's my last Rapunzel doll for a WHILE), and put her back in her display box without all the ugly packaging. I did keep some of the packaging to prepare her whenever I move. It'll all be kept with the box's slip cover so she can be put back into packaging when I move.

If anyone's interested, she has these pink heels. I saw online photos of an opened Snow White and Belle, and their shoes are the same mold just in yellow (SW) and gold (Belle). I haven't seen anyone else's shoes. If you open your dolls, I would suggest leaving the band over their heels; I took the bands off of a collectible Barbie I opened and, well, she's missing a heel now. Oops! So Rapunzel's are staying on nice and secure.

And back in our display box, minus the ugly packaging. (: She stands up very well with just the stand, no plastic spacer needed. She holds balance well and won't topple over. I did put tissue paper under her skirt, just to make sure it didn't move around as I moved around the box, as she doesn't have a place yet. When I find her a permanent place I may take out the tissue.

Felicity's Wig & a New Friend is on the Way!!!

I've been looking around for a new wig for Felicity. Her hair has lost it's copper color, is very thin, and loses hair easily. It's also dry and has a lot of breakage and isn't so smooth anymore. So I've been looking around. I don't want to send her to the hospital because she is from before Mattel swooped in and changed up the molds, and I don't want her to give that up. So, I found a new Pleasant Company Felicity doll! She's not *brand* new. But her hair looks to be in very good condition and will look so lovely on my Felicity.
But I didn't want a bald doll sitting around. So I thought about it a bit. This new Felicity is just gorgeous and has great limbs. No scratches or marks. She does have some staining on her cloth body from some cleaning products gone wrong, but other than that, she's perfectly fine - plus, she was made in Germany. How cool is that? So I didn't want to sell her off as a TLC doll or anything. And then her character just came to me!

She'll also be coming in Josefina's Christmas outfit, PC edition. Just the dress, pantaloons and veil clip, but that okays. I really want a PC Josefina so this will be kept for her - and Felicity #2 needs to have *something* to wear! I already have in mind her real meet outfit, but I have yet to obtain it. I'll get around to that soon.

I'm so excited to really bring her to life. I've got ideas in mind of what to make/get for her... I've already made her one little essential accessory! Can't wait to introduce her to you!... You know, the none existent followers who don't read my blog. Lol.

Oh well... the girls are excited about getting a new sister!

The Ladies on the Shelf

The girlies who don't get brought down much (:

This is Fay. "Fay" is Hawaiian for "Fairy". Yes. I was feeling very creative that day. She's actually a very small fairy doll that sits on my bookshelf with her little feet hanging over. She also has a string on her head so I could also actually hang her on the wall... but she likes her spot on the shelf just fine. (:

This is a shelf above the window. First off we have Belle, a holiday doll from this Disney store, I believe from 1997. I got her off of eBay when I decided it was high time I got myself a Disney Princess doll. (: I've been debating lately if I should take her out of her box or not. I'm really not convinced she'll ever be worth so much that I'll regret it, and dolls are so much more fun out of their box. Maybe I'll just buy another one and then have it both ways. ;) She is so pretty though! So much prettier than most other Disney Princess dolls right now.

Next to Belle we have is my 1998 Happy Holidays Barbie.

Here in the middle of the shelf is a doll my mother gave me. I'm really not sure where she's from and I've actually never gave her a name (poor dear). She's porcelain, and her blonde hair and blue dress has always reminded me of Kirsten from the American Girls Collection.

Beside her, Barbie as Rapunzel in a Rapunzel dress from 1999. I'm not certain the doll and dress came together -  but I had more than one, and when I got rid of my Barbies I only picked a few to keep, and therefore picked my favorite Rapunzel (one of my favorite stories growing up) and favorite Rapunzel dress.

Next to Rapunzel is porcelain Christmas doll, Holly. I found her in an antique store and know as much about her origin as I do about my other porcelain doll.

Finally, we have a 2000 Barbie.

Fairest of Them All

You may be aware that right now, the Disney Store has a designer Disney Princess thing going on right now. They took the ten Disney Princesses (here meaning nine, plus Mulan, who isn't REALLY a princess) and designed them to look 50s old hollywood glamour - which is right up my ally.

They've released several things featuring art work of the ten princesses (Belle, Snow White, Rapunzel, Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, Tiana, Mulan, Pocahontas, and Jasmine). Notebooks, notecards, coffee mugs, nail polish, a cute little clutch, you get the idea. They're also releasing the dolls, every Monday for two and a half months. However, they don't let you know the order in which they're being released. (I had a theory, but doll #3 completely threw it off.) At first I didn't mind. We have a Disney store in one of our malls, and they always have the doll in store on Monday... and it just so happens I have guitar lessons every Tuesday right across from that very mall. I figured, no big deal, I'll check out the website every Monday, and when Snow White comes out, I'll go get her after guitar lessons. Good? Good. Except now she still isn't out, and we're going on a trip soon - and I don't think I'll be able to get her if she comes out the Monday we're gone. They're selling out REALLY fast online, and now it's been long enough for everyone to catch on.

A Doll's Life

Heya. I'm Alice. I'm 17, and a Senior in highschool. Supposedly supposed to be exciting... not really, actually. Oh well.

Anyway.

Like nearly every other girl, I enjoyed playing with dolls when I was little, and I most certainly didn't want to outgrow them. I dragged out playing with them longer than most girls. But we needn't get into that. Now that I'm 17, through my awkward "I'm too cool to play with dolls" middle school age (okay... that was only the latter of my middle school years, to be honest), and now understand it's actually socially acceptable to collect dolls. WOAH. Middle school mind blown.

Unfortunately, we move. And when we moved from Hawaii to Texas, we went over our weight allowance (we're a military family, and the military only pays for so much weight when we move... when we go over, we have to pay for it). Which meant when we moved again to Virginia less than a year later, my mom was in a frantic phase to get rid of ANYTHING we didn't need. Which, sadly for my little 13-year-old self, meant me being a big girl and throwing out many things I wish I still had (including a Toy Story Jessie doll - heart = broken).

SO. This is just a blog of doll things... updates on their little lives. I'll introduce them to you over time. (:

Alice