229. A Little Doll Catch Up.

And welcome back, from the unannounced break in transmission, you didn't miss much, and we're still working on the backlog, it'd probably just be easier to scrap that lot and start afresh. But we shall proceed anyway ......

May Lee from Our Generation came to stay. I had her on lay-by as I was not 100% after finding her in the shop. I decided to keep her after all. I have to say I was a little disappointed. I can't say I will never get another OG doll, but am leaning at the moment to most unlikely. 

The stock picture I had fallen for. I think I liked her hair colour, the pigtails and the fringe (bangs). And a maybe asian appearance. 

Apparently she fits most dolls. 

Her seated position and limited arm movement.

Her cloth body reminds me of pantyhose  and found that Velcro catches it a little

She has rooted hair, it is nice and soft. I imagine that the white lines on her painted scalp were a guideline not a law for the rooting process. 

Eye sockets a little too big or something her eyes look a little bugged out to me. 

And I was thinking AG tags were extreme. 

Mariana (once she was a Kaya) has a closed mouth smile. May Lee isn't a happy looking doll. 

She will stay for now. She will be my test doll for OG things I get, to see if they actually fit the dolls intended for.

Pretty as a Picture, OG outfit set, ooh and I still have those shoe laces from the OG It's Snow snuggly set, with those funny fabric boots

I really like the laces. 

For the meanwhile Maylee sits on the shelf I put in under Maddie's flat. The shelf was to try and free up some space on the lounge. I haven't seen the benefits yet. 

Out of the box Pretty as a Picture is a chambray blue elastic waisted skirt with butterfly pattern, a ribbed very light weight tank top (lighter than a baby singlet), a very pretty pink zip up jacket with eyelet material on the front panels, a bauble necklace with ribbon fastener, a pair of coral slip on shoes a yellow flower hairpin and a light blue faux leather shoulder bag. 

Don't care much for the necklace or shoes, but fits AG ok. 

  

Some American Girl outfits. 

I found Gwen's dress on eBay, it had a stain, but it washed out. 

One of the most beautiful AG dresses ever

I love how long it is. 

And the eyelet material, the tiers, and the bodice , the lace hem, and the embroidery. 

And one more....

Stain gone. 

I think this is a dress from Lanie's collection. 

And the dress from the Everyday Play outfit. 

Oh, looks like OG strikes again

Not sure if the yellow tights are attractive but the outfit is cute, and the boots ok too. Prefer the OG shoes that have a harder sole. 

And for the little dolls...

Yay

Lori stuff

Hehehe I can see you

And new shoes

Decided to wear socks under these boots, just in case. 

Back in the mists of 2016 i decided to try my hand at a little doll face painting, see Post 192, where Llewellyn was trying out some lipstick. 

Well, it didn't last long. It was way too dark. 

And we won't even talk about the eye lining wings we tried, let's just say it was disastrous, a reminder to be more careful forever stained on her cloth body. 

So a few months later we thought to try again, just lips and cheeks. 

Lips were easy enough, it was the cheeks that had me cautious. So to the ever helpful youtube. 

How to refresh cheek paint tutorial by Craft'sadores American Girl doll channel on YouTube 

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCcEo4LYyXWaA-hM5nERhx9Q

https://youtu.be/C6ESDaZ3MA8

And we have....

I really like how it turned out. I didn't have the medium as suggestd in the video I just used paints. The eyes I might try again some day. If you're wondering what I mean about wings check out Arista over at Mini Mad. 

https://wereallminimadhere.wordpress.com/2016/01/19/agp-pride-and-aristas-new-eyeliner/

Anymore doll updates?

Found this one lunchtime on my visit to Kmart#2

Ooh, and Price only $20aud. Whilst I have been known to build my own beds out of mdf and pine, I don't mind a store bought bed that fits, and doesn't rock or give you splinters, then there's the nailing and the thumb banging. 

So....

We got one to try out. What do you think Storri?

Nice. 

The mattress is a little thin for my liking so will do something about that, and if the girls don't need to flap their arms about whilst sleeping, I think it a real nice size. 

I was considering whether I could buy another to bunk bed them. The bed knobs come off so it would be easy to just put a dowel in

The clearance is not great though especially if I am putting extra padding on the mattress. 

Something to think about anyway. 

I think that's everything. There's some Lego related stuff. I'll hopefully post about that sooner than next month. Ooh and some Beauty and the Beast stuff. 

228. Nanea

Coming out in August 2017

Nanea Mitchell

American Girl doll

from 1941 - Pearl Harbor, Oahu Hawaii

http://www.americangirl.com/explore/articles/more-characters-to-love-in-2017/

227. Lego Minifigures: The Batman Movie

My grocery store occasionally has the Lego minifigures available in that tiny little space near cards and stationery. There's choice of blind bag toys, some small package toys and matchbox cars. The Lego minifigs have my attention.

New for 2017 is The Batman Movie. Not sure if I'll get to see it by I was curious over the minifigs. I mean Maddie was. 

Look there's a Gene Simmons one and I like the King Tut one. 

Oh cool, hahaha hehehe a tooth fairy

 And the ducky swim ring

Hmm maybe we will need to see the movie to make sense of the characters. Lego have released some pretty awesome villain vehicles for this movie, but they're staying in the shops, because I, I mean Maddie doesn't have the space. Which kind of leads to a surprise I've got for her, soon, hopefully, I keep getting distracted by AG things.

Any way before I go way off subject,  what did we get?

Cave batman. 

Ooh look at his eyes, snort hahaha, super eyebrows

So will we get more?

Maybe, I like to have at least one for the lineup. 

Now who feels like building?

226. a love song

After all the negativity that's been zooming around the doll world lately, we sigh with relief today, and let the sadness go, after seeing the new release kept under wraps until Valentines day. American Girls Facebook banner





A song for Nanea
( I know it from the musical South Pacific)

Some enchanted evening you may see a stranger
You may see a stranger across a crowded room
And somehow you know, you know even then
That somewhere you'll see her again and again

Some enchanted evening, someone may be laughing
You may hear her laughing across a crowded room
And night after night, as strange as it seems
The sound of her laughter will sing in your dreams

Who can explain it, who can tell you why
Fools give you reasons, wise men never try

Some enchanted evening, when you find your true love
When you feel her call you across a crowded room
Then fly to her side and make her your own
Or all through your life you may dream all alone

Once you have found her, never let her go
Once you have found her, never let her go

225. Our generation new

Kmart 2 so far only had some new outfits

These are actually the outfits as promised on the website

And well I resisted for about 5 minutes (the time it took to get my lay-by out), I bought this

My lay-by?

.....

224. Lori has arrived Kmart Australia

Kmart 1

Quick visit this morning hoping for OG accessory packs -wham a whole shelf end of Lori. Only remember prices for dolls, $15 each, and extra outfits, $10 each. 

More and better picture s later.