What on Earth Possessed Me to Browse?

I saw these dolls on a French site yesterday and thought how their faces reminded me of the Dianna Effner Little Darlings. However, these dolls are fully jointed, in stock and available for US$129.99 plus any relevant taxes/shipping, from their own website: Ruby Red Fashion Friends.

Little Darling #3 and RRFF Bella

Now should you be lucky enough to live in USA, you can actually purchase them from F.A.O Schwarz for just US$100 plus any relevant taxes, but with FREE shipping on orders over $100. I don't know why there is such a big difference between the prices, but it really p****d me off because F.A.O don't offer international shipping!!

Bella has green eyes.

Sara has light blue eyes.

Hanna has deep brown eyes.

There's not a lot of information on the website, but their facebook page show them shipping from Nashville, Tennessee. The dolls are 14.5" tall, and articulated at the head, elbow, knee and hip. It doesn't tell you what they are made of, but reviewers have stated "flexible", so I am assuming vinyl.

If you get time check them out, they actually have a short fashion show on the website.

Who Came Home in 2019?

There were very few additions to my collection of BJD's and play dolls in 2019.

Only two BJD's ~ Lucy Locket (Liz Frost Willowmenia arrived in Nov.) and Buttons the Tailor (Fairyland Pukifee Jude arrived in Dec.), which you have seen recently, bringing my total BJD collection to 85.

And just three play dolls ~ Annie Rose (a Vestida de Azul Paulina), JR (a Zapf Jolina) who is fully articulated but not actually a BJD and Camille (Corolle Les Cheries). These all arrived in September, which meant the playdolls rose to 45. Hopefully, this will be narrowed down quite a bit this year, as I plan to keep mostly the smaller sizes . . . 14" and under.

I want to sell all of my 16" Disney Animator dolls, unfortunately I'll probably have to let them go for much less than I paid for them, which is a disappointment, especially as I went to the trouble of knitting them all new outfits (although I did sell one doll last year, it wasn't an Animator).

However, my fashion doll collection had a huge influx from Integrity Toys. Between January and October there were ten arrivals, four of which were Poppy Parkers, bringing the IT total to 12. I also pre-ordered a two doll gift set which will arrive in April this year, so I'm not sure if that counts as a 2019 or a 2020 purchase.

Of course there have been some clothing changes with this lot, which I might add, will change again in the not too distant future . . . well at least I have plans, but right at this moment very little motivation. Nevertheless, as soon as I can get my butt into gear and begin sewing again, I promise the changes will be awesome.

As my grand total has reached 142 (which is far more dolls than I thought I would ever own), I have no plans for any additions this year (apart from those on pre-order) and I shall endeavour to reduce this amount down to 130 by the end of 2020. Wish me luck! I think I'm going to need it. :)

Rain!

Yes, finally the heavens opened up yesterday and dampened things down in the fire ravaged areas of our continent. Hopefully it's enough to stop new fires forming, but it is a double-edged sword, as there are warnings of lightening strikes and the potential for flash flooding, particularly in the burnt-out areas of NSW and Victoria, which are now vulnerable to landslips and trees coming down.

 Australia’s horror bushfire season has so far burnt through more than ten million hectares of land, killed twenty eight people and destroyed thousands of homes nationwide.

However, on a more positive note, this is the first morning in some time, where I've actually been able to breath in air instead of smoke! So it's time to get on with things and bring some form of normality back to my blog. 😊

But first, a heartfelt thank you to everyone who has donated to the Bush Fire Appeal, WWF and WIRES and those who continue to support those in need.

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My PukiFees, Macaron and Biscotti, thought today would be a good day for a bike ride.

Hope you are all enjoying a good day. :)