Costa Rican Clay Dolls

I am in Costa Rica at the moment visiting in-laws. Yesterday, we visited the Volcan Poas, and of course, the accompanying gift shop. I discovered some cute and unique clay dolls there, so I wanted to share with a short post. At first, I thought the dolls...

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Valuing Your Collection (Monetarily)

As I continue my series on financial matters related to doll collecting, I want to talk about valuing your collection. If you think your doll collection is worth more than $1,000, you should commit to an annual valuing/revaluing exercise. What do I mean by this?...

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Dolls As An Investment

Many of us collectors spend more money on our obsession...er...hobby than we would care to admit. For the advanced collector, however, collecting isn’t just about which new doll you can afford. It’s about smart investing. That’s right, investing. People invest...

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Little Darling Dress by Darling Lil' Bee

Today, I received a new Little Darling dress from Darling Lil' Bee. I just love this dress so much I wanted to do a post about it. Elsa, modeling her new dress What I really like about these outfits is that each one includes a pair of shoes. This makes...

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Disney Singing Princess Dolls Compared to Prudence from Wilde Imagination

Each year sometime before Christmas, the Disney Store releases a collection of singing Princess dolls. These dolls are less than $30, and are similarly sized to the popular 16" fashion dolls on the market today. Going along with the budget theme I've had this...

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A Lazy (Sort Of) Post

I agonized all afternoon about what to write today. Well, it's getting late and still nothing. I realized I hadn't really done a post about my Geri Uribe painted Little Darling doll, so here goes. My husband ordered my doll for me for Valentine's Day 2014...

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Hearts for Hearts Nyesha & Surjan

After doing my piece yesterday on budget friendly dolls, I discovered that the Hearts for Hearts dolls have been discontinued. So hear ye, hear ye, get out to your local Toys R Us or Target and get what's left if you don't already have one. I have decided to do...

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Doll Collecting On A Budget

Collecting dolls can be a very expensive hobby. It seems like there is always some new edition of a collectible doll, or there are 3 concurrent preorders for dolls that top $500...and how do you choose between them?!! There are alternatives to spending loads of...

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Engel Puppen Sleeping Beauty Doll

As promised, here is the other new Disney Engel Puppen doll I recently acquired:Okay, so her hair is a wreck. I didn't even realize there had been a blue version of Sleeping Beauty sold at Disney World, but there was. I also have the pink version dress only...still...

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Making A Wig

Today, I tried my hand at making a lambskin wig. There is a great tutorial that I used at this site: http://www.antiquelilac.com/tibetan-lambskin-wigs---tutorial.html . It's very easy to follow and even includes patterns. To be sure the pattern I was using...

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The Lucky Winner of Caroline

Since there were only 16 entries, I just wrote everyone's name on a paper and put them in a bowl to draw:And the lucky winner is:http://youtu.be/a0-0yo2eWS0Congrats Mindy! Please contact me at arpilgrim@gmail.com so I can get your address and send your pri...

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Petra Plasty Cosimo Dolls

In the course of my doll collecting and thrifting, I find all sorts of neat things. Case in point is this pair of German dolls made by Plasty:After a bit of research, I found out they were Petra family Cosimo dolls. Petra was a Barbie knock off made in Germany...

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Engel Puppe's Tinkerbell Doll From Epcot

My obsession to collect every Disney Engel Puppen doll made in the Germany Pavilion at Epcot has been well documented on this blog. Recently, I added two more of these awesome dolls to my collection. The first that I will showcase today is Tinkerbell (or Tinker...

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Lillycat Constantine Painted By Charlene Smith

Last year when I attended IDS, I was introduced to a whole new world of dolls....ball jointed dolls. I had heard of them before and even seen a few, but I wasn't really interested in them and didn't own one. Fast forward to today, and I am now the proud owner...

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My Father's Doll

Yes, you read that correctly. One of the things I love about collecting dolls is the stories they have to tell. Many of my dolls have fantastic stories, and I would like to showcase one of those today, My father's doll When my dad was young, I believe about...

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Nancy Famosa Super Lot

I recently won a Nancy Famosa super lot on eBay. It arrived today. I am so thrilled! After combing through everything, I have identified everything except a couple of pieces. Here's what I got: A bird's eye view of the lot En El Jardin pieces  ...

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