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The famous toy store FAO Schwarz turned 50 last year and in celebration they released a very special Barbie doll for the occasion. Madelon recently got one and was kind enough to share the photos with us. Madelon saw this Barbie at Toys R Us in the Fall and waited for it to come down [...]
Earlier this year Madelon was in Montreal and they happened upon a vintage Toy Exhibit – Memories of Toys, Between nostalgia and childhood memories. The sign for the exhibit. The exhibit included a vintage Barbie in the Red Flare coat and it looks like a My Fair Lady Barbie as well. More vintage Barbies from [...]
With Easter just days away, how could I resist? Natalie got this adorable Fluffy Tail Kelly – Barbie’s little sister – the last time we visited our dear friend Kay who has the largest Barbie collection I have seen up close. Kay gave Natalie a whole selection of Kelly’s and they have a special little [...]
My older daughter has been collecting Barbies since she was little and each year she asks for the Holiday Barbie for Christmas. In the past few years she has also taken an interest in some of the designer Barbie’s like the Lily Pullitzer Barbie and special interest ones like the college cheerleader Barbies. I decided [...]
Happy Election Day! For all of our readers who are old enough to vote, please do! Exercise your civic right and vote. That being said, since this is a doll website and not a political website please do not comment who you or your parents voted for or make commentary on the candidates – I [...]
A while ago I posted about the new Tim Gunn Project Runway inspired Barbies and how much I like their wardrobe. Well, Madelon saw them at Target recently when they were having a Barbie Buy One Get One 50% off sale and she bought them. I think it is the perfect shade of yellow in [...]
When we visited Aunt Kay last year and toured her massive Barbie collection, she gave Natalie a handful of her beloved Kelly dolls to bring home. Natalie set them all up in their little Halloween costumes earlier and took their picture. I just think the little alien Kelly with the purple hair is the cutest [...]
Among other goodies, the mailman brought me these lovely bits of reading material today: I guess I have something fun to look over with my afternoon cup of tea! Have you received yours yet?
The new Barbie Styled by Tim Gunn collection is out and I have to say, it is one of my favorites from the designers collection. Barbie looks so classically put together in this collection. I happen to LOVE the pale yellow with the gray and black. They are combinations that can go from day to [...]
For Easter the girls got a few new outfits for their dolls – two of them are from one of my favorite Etsy stores – Mini Me Dolly Divas – and they are just too cute not to share. Say hello again to Nicole!! Who is Nicole, you ask? Nicole is the very first American [...]
So, I have decided to give the weekly reader photo submission round ups a name of their own – Sunday Showcase. I love seeing what adventures your dolls are having, the things you have made for them and your new finds – and half the fun is being able to share your love of dolls [...]
“Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were – Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail and Peter.” And so goes one of my favorite stories of all time from Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Every year around Easter, the characters from the Peter Rabbit collection reappear and then slowly fade into [...]
This is a guest post by Elizabeth. When I was little girl one of my favorite dolls was Barbie. I had lots of Barbies and I loved playing with them. I still collect a few of them when the urge hits. I love dolls that pose so recently I was looking at the Barbie Fashionista [...]
Today is Barbie’s birthday and whether you are a Barbie fan or not, Barbie is still a major inspiration for many fashion doll designers today. After 53 years she continues to re-invent herself and capture the hearts of collectors and children over and over. Now this looks like a birthday party dress for Barbie! This [...]
March 9th is considered to be the official birthday of Barbie as she made her first appearance on March 9, 1959 at The International Toy Fair (yes, the same Toy Fair that I attended last month and have been sharing reports on) on that day! In celebration of her birthday, BarbieCollector.com is having a 25% [...]
Wonder who is keeping me company in the office these days? Here are the Girls on the Shelf for February 23. From left to right, back row – Kidz ‘n Cats Galina wearing a Carpatina dress, Erin from Carpatina, American Girl Ivy wearing her favorite outfit from Mini Me Dolly Divas, our newest Wilde Imagination [...]
I love surprises, don’t you? Yesterday when the mail came there was box… I was not expecting any packages, so when I read the return label I started doing the happy dance. Remember my visit with Natalie to Aunt Kay’s – the one with the huge Barbie collection? Well out of the blue, Kay had [...]
Let me start off by saying that I am NOT a fan of the whole Twilight series of books and movies – but that is just me – my daughter Megan likes them and so do so many of my friends. However, we were at Target today and had to make the compulsory trip down [...]
When we visited Aunt Kay a few weeks ago, I literally took hundreds of pictures of her amazing Barbie collection. Rather than overwhelm you with them all at once, I decided to just feature a few of them at a time over the next few months. One of the “mini” collections Kay has is the [...]
Each year when we go to visit my husband’s family for the holidays, the girls and I have to make a special visit to see Aunt Kay. Kay has one of the largest collections of Barbie that I have ever seen in person. She knows everything about every doll in her collection, displays them in [...]
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