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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Twilight Dolls

The first Twilight saga movie was a huge hit and with the second movie in the saga, New Moon tickets on sale now, I’m sure we will see even more Twilight memorabilia being sold. The Tonner doll company has created a Twilight doll line that is geared toward the collector with prices of  $100 [...]

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.

Barbie Glamour Happy Meal Toys

Barbie makes regular appearances in the McDonald’s Happy Meals – usually as mini dolls – but right now Barbie glamour accessories are being featured.  Clockwise from the top left there is a bracelet set, mini jewelry box with a ring inside, purse that opens up to a notebook (cute), lip gloss compact, notebook clutch that [...]

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 [...]

Barbie Releasing Exclusive TRU Twilight Bella and Edward Dolls

The Twilight movie phenomenom is coming to the Barbie collection. Toys “R” Us will being selling exclusive Bella and Edward “Barbie and Ken” dolls in October 2009. The Canadian TRU already has the dolls available for pre-sale but they won’t ship until late November.
Characters Bella Swan and Edward Cullen are dressed in their trademark outfits [...]