Welcome to 2017 everyone! I had a very eventful 2016, including taking the CPA exam (and passing the last section in December)...now that it...

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 disco...

As I continue my series on financial matters related to doll collecting, I want to talk about valuing your collection. If you think your dol...

Many of us collectors spend more money on our obsession...er...hobby than we would care to admit. For the advanced collector, however, colle...

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...

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 pos...

After doing my piece yesterday on budget friendly dolls, I discovered that the Hearts for Hearts dolls have been discontinued. So hear ye, h...

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 concurr...

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 see...

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 fantas...

The second Saturday of June each year is designated as World Doll Day. The day was established in 1986 by Mil and Vernon Seely.  In the spir...

Today, we visited Hammocks Beach State Park in North Carolina. In order to get to the park, you pay $5 for a 15 minute ferry ride out to Bea...

You may or may not know (or infer from my blog), I do quite a bit of selling on eBay as a means of paying for my hobby of doll collecting. N...