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Thursday, December 25, 2014

Merry Christmas, Tuesday Morning Shopping Finds & More


Merry Christmas Doll Friends! I am so thankful to be at home with my family this Christmas. Since my last post, I was hospitalized with a blood clot in my leg resulting from falling off a ladder a few months ago. I'm am just so blessed that the clot was found before anything bad happened. I am happy to report that I'm doing better and hopefully on the road to recovery.

A Christmas walk down memory lane...

Looking through some old family pictures, I found lots of pictures to confirm that my love of dolls started at a very early age. This picture was from my very first Christmas.

Christmas 1968
My mom, me, my big sister & our dolls

At just 5 months old, I received a Mattel Tippee-Toes doll for Christmas. She came with a little blue and yellow tricycle that she could ride. My sister, who was 8 years old, received an Ideal Giggles doll. These were among several dolls that I remember so well from my early childhood.


The last picture is of me with a little Goldilocks doll when I was just 8 weeks old.

Pullips & Ai BJD's back in stock at Tuesday Morning

For those of you who wanted to add a Pullip or an Ai Ball Jointed Doll to your collection, I have seen both back in stock at Tuesday Morning this week.  Here are a few of the dolls I've seen.


My local store had Tiger Lily from the Disney Peter Pan collection back in stock. I already have this precious little girl in my collection. The adorable little curly blond Dal, "Colline" wears a Heidi-inspired Swiss outfit.


A new face to me was Yeolume, who is supposed to be Pullip's future daughter. She wears a school girl outfit, and is 10 years old according to her character profile. She is smaller than Pullip, closer to Dal size. The Pullip dolls were $39.99 each, which is a great price for a Pullip.


These tiny Ai Ball Jointed Dolls were found at my local store this week. My daugter also saw other different Ai dolls, while shopping at a couple other Tuesday Morning stores this past week. The Ai BJD's were $29.99 each, which is an incredibly inexpensive way to give ball jointed dolls a try.

English Ivy

Coreopsis

Hybrid Statice

So if you're looking for Pullips or Ai Ball Jointed Dolls, now's the time to run out and check your local Tuesday Morning stores. I have also seen the Mini Pullips at Tuesday Morning this week. A tip for your search, sometimes these dolls are locked in the glass case by the register, and other times I've found them on the toy aisle with the other dolls.

More Christmas...

Christmas is my favorite time of the year! Most important is the Reason for the Season, celebrating the birth of Jesus. I love all of the Christmas time festivities, and all the beautiful lights and decorations. This year, I've had a lot of fun decorating in miniature for my dolls. In my last post, I shared some pictures of my new doll cabinet. Well, it looks a little different now, all decked out for Christmas.


Here's a few closeups of the shelves decorated for Christmas...







And on top, an Annalee Reindeer & Santa, along with an old fashioned looking Snowman ...


My vintage Georgene Raggedy Andy and old fashioned repro Volland Raggedy Ann found a cozy spot on the big tree with their pal, Santa.


The Elf on the Shelf even found his way into the dollhouse and made some new friends.


I hope you all are having a wonderful, blessed, safe, healthy, and merry Christmas.

Hugs  
 - Lisa

14 comments:

  1. Wow! My jaw dropped when I saw all the Christmas decorations at your house. They look awesome!
    I wish I could find dolls by Jun Planning at my local stores at such low prices. I would probably buy at least half of their doll stock :P
    Merry Christmas to you and your beloved ones!

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    1. Thanks Stary_Zgred! It is so much fun to find something new at the store... thrill of the hunt I guess. Wish I could bring them all home too! :)

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  2. I love all your doll decorations! From your baby pictures, I'd say you are just about the same age as I am. :)

    I keep thinking I'm going to visit Tuesday Morning, but don't. Probably just as well for my doll budget.

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    1. Thanks Barb! Cool that we're the same age! I saw on your blog that you have J-Dolls. I wanted to tell you that I also saw J-Dolls at Tuesday Morning for just $19.99 each. You might want to check it out. ;)

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  3. Hello from Spain: I just discovered your blog and really like. I also collect dolls and Barbies and furniture in 1:06 scale. I love your blog. Great job. I invite you to visit my blog: all4barbie.blogspot.com If you want to keep in touch. I became a follower of your blog. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

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    1. Hi Marta! So nice to have you visit all the way from Spain! Thanks for inviting me to visit your blog. You have the most wonderful pictures of your amazing Barbie scenes. I loved the doll size Toys 'R Us newspaper! You are very creative!!! I'm following you now too! :)

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  4. Seasons Greetings, I'm glad you are recovering form the blot clot...you're right it could have been worse. Your collection looks festive. I will have to check Tuesday Morning again

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    1. Thanks simsgrl! I hope you find some awesome dolls at your Tuesday Morning too!!!

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    1. Thanks Melody! Hope your Christmas was merry and bright! I loved seeing all of your AG Christmas pictures!!!

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  6. What a fun post. All your dolls are wonderful. Happy new year friend.....may God's blessings abound

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    1. Thank you Shelley! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas! Have a blessed New Year!!!

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  7. I just stumbled across your blog today...wow, you sound so much like me! I am also a Christian, home-schooling, stay-at-home of 8 children (three have moved out and married), and have been married for 28 years. I have loved dolls my entire life and have been part of an antique doll club for 26 years! I have many antique dolls, as well as vintage and moderns. I love American Girl dolls, miniatures, dollhouses, antique stores, thrift store shopping, sewing...pretty much everything you do! Too bad we weren't neighbors...I think we might be "kindred spirits". Anyway, just wanted to say "hi", and I look forward to reading more on your blog. If you're interested, I have a doll/sewing blog at www.dotsydoodle.blogspot.com . Wishing you a happy new year!

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    1. Hi Angela! It's so nice to meet you. Wow, we do have so much in common. I agree, I wish we could be neighbors. We would have so much fun together! Thanks for sharing the link to your blog. I am off to check it out right now!!!
      Hugs!!!
      Lisa

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