Elegant Limited Edition Barbie Prints

Barbie Inspired Room Decor

How gorgeous is this room? And who says that Barbies are only for little girls? Illustrated with vintage style, signed and numbered by renowned artist Robert Best (Project Runway) a set of 3700 limited edition prints featuring Barbie at her best are now available through Layla Grace. I love how they have shown how to [...]

2010 Holiday Barbie

2010 Holiday Barbie

Every year my oldest daughter asks for the Holiday Barbie for Christmas. The 2010 Holiday Barbie is very pretty! I love red and white, so I immediately loved this one – even though it is not quite as glamorous as some of the holiday Barbies have been in the past.

The 2010 Holiday Barbie doll is [...]

Barbie at the Indianapolis Childrens Museum

There is a truly unique exhibit at the Indianapolis Children’s Museum running through February 2011 – it is the Barbie Fashion Experience.  The interactive display celebrating Barbie’s 50th anniversary features photo timeline of Barbie, life-sized Barbie mannequins, a design center where you create your own fashions, a Barbie catwalk, single use Barbie make-up trays, and [...]

Barbie and The White House Project

Barbie has teamed up with The White House Project to inspire and ignite a movement to inspire a future generation of women leaders. The declaration reads:
We believe that when you add women and girls, you change everything. We are leaders and dreamers. We are the future. And, we want help making positive change – for [...]

Barbie and Her Many Careers

Barbie – the girl can not make up her mind! Just kidding Mattel recently announced career move #125 (News Anchor) and #126 (Computer Engineer) and unveiled the new dolls at the NY Toy Fair.

Charlie’s Angels Kelly Doll Gift Set

Ok, I’ll admit it, I grew up in the 70s and watched more than my fair share of Charlie’s Angels episodes on TV featuring characters Jill Munroe, Sabrina Duncan, and Kelly Garrett .  The three iconic characters are have been brought back as Kelly® dolls, wearing fashions from the 70s, sporting feathered hair ala Farah [...]

Barbie Store Opens at the Mall of America

As part of Barbie’s 50th Birthday celebration, a retrospective exhibit of Barbie called “What a Doll”, as well as a full Barbie store opened October 2, 2009 in the Mall of America. The store is scheduled to remain open through the spring of 2010.

50 Fun Barbie Facts

Having been around for 50 years, Barbie has certainly captivated the imaginations of millions – in celebration, here are 50 Fun Facts about Barbie that I found on the Mattel site via Bill Bam’s Collectibles.

Barbie® doll has kept up with the times and trends since her debut in 1959. In matters from career, to family [...]

New Barbie Line “So In Style”

Mattel has launched a new line of African American Barbie dolls that are inspired by designer Stacy McBride-Irby. The dolls are a direct spin off of the Barbie and Grace story and are meant to give girls another set of smart, sassy and fashionable “role models”.  From the Barbie Collector web site:
As told by designer [...]

Barbie Convention 2009

This is one of those days where I am really kicking myself!! The 2009 Barbie Convention was held in Washington DC this past week with yesterday being open to the public and I MISSED IT! Had I been paying attention, I could have easily gone down there and taken a look at Barbie’s slick new [...]