Fashion Friends

Some time ago I thought about purchasing one of these dolls, but wasn't sure which. I thought about it for so long, I eventually took them off my wish list altogether and forgot about them. However, having nothing better to do after Christmas than browse other dolly blogs, I came across them again, this time I saw them in a completely different light.

I hadn't recalled their height and when I noticed they were just 14.5" tall, I thought to myself "these dolls are the right height for me", so I browsed some more, looking at what others had done with them . . . some of the customised ones were really stunning! Anyway to cut a long story short I ordered, not just one, but two.

Photo: Fashion Friends

Maya, who has light brown eyes, a curly brown wig with highlights of gold and a lovely dark complexion, sculpted by Ruby Ho and Sara, who has blue eyes, a long blonde wig with plaits and a pale complexion, sculpted by Dianna Effner.

Photo: Fashion Friends

The site from which I ordered them, was in the UK (My Doll Best Friend). Firstly, because I had purchased from this site before and it was the only store where I could find both the dolls I wanted in stock. Secondly, and crazy as it may seem, because it also worked out cheaper and quicker to order from them,

I think both dolls will be so much fun to dress, probably in clothes that are casual and more suitable for play time, but perhaps a few others which will be very pretty and feminine, for when there's a party to attend. In the meantime I have knitted each of  them a little day dress with a crochet hemline, and am currently working on a co-ordinating jacket.

Pattern: My Own

Have any of my readers purchased any of these dolls? I would love to hear what you think of them and perhaps you could share some recent photos . . . I would love to see them.

Who Came Home In 2020

I sort of went a little crazy with the dolls in 2020, especially Tonner . . . I managed to bring home quite a haul ~

Tonner:
Patricia and Lacey (both Patsy's)
Kitty and Gale (both Tiny Kitty Collier's)
Sindy (Bridal Bliss)
Agatha Primrose (Want To Dance)
Tyler Wentworth (Party of the Season)

Betsy McCall 14" (Welcome Back C1996)

Ellowyne Wilde

Lizette Dionne (Ellowyne Wilde)
Penn (Ellowyne Wilde)

Prudence Moody (Ellowyne Wilde)

Amber Stanhope (Ellowyne Wilde)

Evangeline Ghastly

Angelique (Evangeline Ghastly)
Parnilla Ghastly (Evangeline Ghastly)
Mortimer Mort (Evangeline Ghastly)

Madame Alexander:
Cissy (21" Cissy)
Milly (10" Cissette)
Elisabeth Rose (13" Renoir Pink)
Alice Delphine (13" Renoir Blue)

Integrity Toys:
Poppy Parker and Ginger Gilroy

Mixed Play Dolls;
Evie and Mal (Disney Decendants)
Suzanne (Minouche)
Willa and Kendall (Wellie Wishers)
Naomi, Caroline, Lucy, Barbara (Paola Reina Las Amigas)
DeeDee Garnet (1997 Dolly Dingle Garnet by Karen Kennedy for Goebel)
April (12" Pretty as Can Be Key to my Heart by The Doll Maker)

Lauryce (Hearts 4 Hearts)

Finally, there was an assortment of cute Asian dolls:
Petunia (Faux Holala)
Violetta (Ixdoll Mui-Chan Hachichi)
Snowdrop (Monst)
and two blank Faux Holala dolls for me to customise.

Total = 40 new arrivals.

I had hoped to add Rufus Rutter to my Ellowyne Wilde family of dolls before the end of the year, but I kept getting pipped at the post with my bidding on eBay. I consoled myself by purchasing Kitty and Patience instead . . . giving myself a nice start to 2021!

Still, I really need to move some of the dolls that need love and attention on to new homes, so I may concentrate on listing those before I even think of looking at adding any more. I have updated my wish list though. :)

I will also have my new kitchen cupboards and appliances (Christmas pressies from hubby) to assemble and paint, so I can create my kitchen diorama. I had so much fun building dioramas this past year and it made staying at home so much more enjoyable than it otherwise would have been.

What about you? Do you have your eye on a particular doll or any other special dolly plans in the works for 2021?

I Need Patience

What or who is Patience, you ask? She’s a little girl just filled with curiosity, apparent in her eager eyes. Patience is a doll like no other . . . she’s 14” tall with attitude as big as her head (meaning her head is delightfully . . . full!) and eyes that move from side to side as she contemplates her next adventure.

The graceful and gentle Wilde Imagination, Robert Tonner sculpted Patience doll is a character that has always stood for the wholesomeness of youth.

The 2018 Phyn & Aero Just Have Patience remains very much the same, she is still a testament to wide-eyed childhood innocence and imagination. Her eyes are as before . . . huge and “flirty,” with applied eyelashes and she still featured 12 points of articulation. This doll was the very last version of a beloved Tonner classic, limited to just 225 pieces and originally priced at US$175.

I thought about purchasing her for quite some time, before I made the decision to bring home this little one instead, the deciding factor being the colour of her eyes and lips. She's my last doll purchase for 2020, but she's not expected to arrive much before Valentine's day, 2021.

Springtime Patience was produced by Wilde Imagination in 2015 as a limited edition of 300. She features the Patience head, Harry Potter body, with grey-green eyes, pale coral lips and wigged brown hair. She is articulated at the elbow, wrist, knee and ankle as well as having a rotating hip.

I also want to mention, she can share clothes and shoes with Marley Wentworth and Tonner's 12" Harry Potter dolls. 

All Patience dolls pay tribute to the sweetness of little girls. She is a doll who will surely test my patience as she throws my dolly world into disarray!