December Musings

It has been a busy month here in 1/6 L.A., as well as 1/1 *location redacted*! I have been selling off a lot of my old, stored toys on eBay. It is sad to see them go, but also a good feeling to know that they will no longer be stuck in storage and will be going to homes that want them. I like thinking of the buyer being excited to get my toy in the mail. Plus, it gave me some extra money for Christmas shopping, shipping Christmas presents (wow, so costly!), and even a bit left over for some fun stuff for myself! Yay, new dolls!

I may have gone slightly overboard with the Barbie shopping, but I am not sure how much of it will be for me and how much of it will be additional gifts. There were a few that have been on my wishlist for quite a while, and I thought, well why not? They make me smile, and I can use all the smiles I can get! It's also funny collecting something where I can buy a pretty decent doll for $15. I am used to collecting things that cost three times that, at least! It's easy to go overboard! Especially with all of the new variety in dolls and clothing options!

The clothes I had for my barbies growing up were so strange, and not normal person clothes. They didn't fit very well, except the handmade clothes, and tended to be bright, neon colors! I've worked very hard recently to find basic items like T-shirts and regular pants for my dolls, but it is definitely a challenge. I guess Barbie lives most of her life in ball gowns and minidresses! I wish I was better at sewing!

I did sew this odd top for Stacie. The collar is stretchy and can be worn as pictured, or with the collar stretched down over both her shoulders. She is wearing a matching hair tie.

    Shopping is really fun, and I maybe spent too much this month, but I can't wait to open the packages and share them! I love how my doll collection is turning out so far!

Confessions of a Stacie Hoarder

When I was in grade school, one of my friends owned all three of the Gymnast Stacie and Friends dolls (Stacie, Whitney, and Janet). I had serious Barbie Envy with a different friend of mine (a subject for a different blog) but with this girl, it was like...these were the coolest dolls ever and they weren't really Barbies. They could dance! They could climb on things! They could pose! They had human-like proportions!

I don't actually remember getting my very first Gymnast Stacie, but I'm sure that it was after lots and lots of begging. This is Christina (the name I believed at the time to be the most beautiful name in the universe).

She's got a broken elbow (glued and electrical taped back together) after my little sister was slightly too rough with her once, but besides that, she's in remarkably good shape. I even still have her little well-worn gymnast suit and equipment, though the wrist cuffs to hold her to the bars are long gone.

Somewhere down the line, I found Skateboarding Stacie at a toy store. I was so excited until I got her out of the package. She was more limited in pose-ability by her "skateboard moves" and molded-on tennis shoe feet. I decided that I didn't care, though, and named her Lindsey.

 I got Stacie #3 (Alexis) at a garage sale. What's left of her hair is full of eyeshadow. (I attempted to give her a home hair dye job *cough*). She may fall victim to an attempt to re-root at some point.

Stacie #4 (Lizzie) was given to me by a friend who no longer wanted her, "for your collection".

 Indeed.

It is no secret. I love Stacies. I can't help it. They're so dang cute! It was only a matter of time before Stacie #5 showed up.

 She's going to have a great home here with her fellow clones! Maybe someday, I will get Whitney and Janet as well...