The Lounge

After several weeks of being spoiled by warm, southern weekends, this weekend was a total drag.  It was cold, and VERY rainy all weekend.  The Famosa Girls spent a lot of time in their new lounge, just chatting and doing girl things! The girls, enjoying...

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Mi Primer Post solo en Espanol

Estoy aprendiendo Espanol, entonces, trato a escribir un "post" solo en Espanol.  Por favor, perdon mis errores :) Este fin de semana, buscando para munecas en el mercado pulgo, pero no encontrar.  Hecho un vestido para mi "tesoro" Nancy, de un patron...

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Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

Since I live in the town of Clover, and am of Irish descent, Saint Patrick's Day is always a fun holiday.  For this special occasion, I made Francie a new outfit.  We went outside this afternoon to see if there were any snakes that needed chasing away,...

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Whoa!!! Totally Radical New Threads for Nancy!

I have been chomping, and I mean slobbery, salivating, CHOMPING at the bit to get some authentic vintage Nancy clothes.  Well, beggars can't be choosers we say.  Totally rad. I found this glorious blast from the past (from the decade of my birth) for...

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My Exciting Weekend

Lots of exciting things happened this weekend.  Friday night, Afner and I had delicious BBQ turkey at Jim N' Nick's in Charlotte, with our friends Henny and Chad.  The stuff that concerns this blog, however, occured starting Saturday morning.  I...

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Kirsten's Room

Kirsten is one of my top four favorite dolls of all.  I received her as a "graduation" gift when I finished fourth grade.  I waited everyday for the UPS man to come and bring me Kirsten.  Since the day she was delivered to my 9 year old arms, I...

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Uneeda Dollikins

Recently at a thrift store, I bought an Uneeda Dollikins doll for $20.  Dollikins is a 20" doll that was released in the late 50's to early 60's around the same time as the Ideal Revlon doll.  What is unique about Dollikins is that she has 16 joints...

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2 Fun Dolls

Recently at thrift stores, I've bought 2 fun dolls from the 80's.  I plan on fixing them up a little and making them some clothes, because they are really pretty dolls. Before any "treatment" On the left, is a Hasbro My Beautiful Doll Maribeth.  She...

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Francie's Debut (Warning: Pic Heavy)

For Afner's 30th birthday, I surprised him with a weekend getaway to Myrtle Beach.  I finished Francie's reroot the night before we left, so I thought it would be fitting to bring her with us to the beach to photograph her for her debut.  Without further...

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