Girlz' World

The last outfits that I bought at a great price were these two prêt-a-porter fashions (pardon me the photo quality, my camera was freaking out): I love this type of fashions from the 90's. First of all, because they are from the time I started to play with Barbie dolls and my mother would always prefer to buy me more Barbie fashions and less Barbie dolls. Second, I consider this the golden age of Mattel's fashions: they were cute, realistic, well made, with quality materials and lots of pieces/accessories per set. So I decided to photograph the other fashions I have from this time. These I believe are Haute Couture dresses (perhaps except the one in the middle - I know it's a bridesmaid dress and it's older than the others). I think I found these in the Flea Market! More Haute Couture gowns. The first on the left was actually my first Barbie outfit, for my Capri doll! The one in the middle is my favorite and it took a lot to get it. These are Prêt-...

D7ana: remember the Creata ballerina outfits that I told you about? These are all the items I have left: the discolored sticker and the shoes. The outfits were much like in the sticker: one was completely white and the other had a burgundy bodice. They didn't fit Barbie dolls very well so I sold them...

My Momoko doll posing as Maiden of the Woods. Dress handmade by myself :)

Enjoying late Summer :)

Happy New Year everybody! I know you haven't heard a word from me since....well a long time! With a baby almost coming all the time I have to finish some baby projects is slipping through my fingers like water. I'm not keeping up with your blogs (shame on me) but I miss doing it a lot! Anyway I wish you all a wonderful new year, full of dolly projects and accomplished wishlist and (which helps a lot) some extra money to make all of that come true!

Last weekend a great friend of my was in my home. He's also a Barbie collector and we had lots of fun in this photo shooting. The theme "El Perico y sus mujeres" (The Parakeet and its ladies) came to us thanks to the re-ment parakeet we included in the set. Lets take a look: It all started in the Summer hut. Lea and Juan broke up in a very dramatic way. Jasmin didn't waste any time and she did her best to seduce handsome Juan. I guess she wasn't lucky though. When Midge arrived it was all hugs and kisses. Juan couldn't resist the sweetness of that pin-up like girl! But then the girls noticed this little guy (el perico) and from then on  it all changed and Juan was completely forgotten.

I've been away for awhile but my collection isn't frozen in time. It has grown at a steady, slow pace to keep finances under control and a collection based on good taste and quality instead of just quantity. Anyway I've also been very busy in my professional and personal life so I don't have lots of imagination right now. Here goes the update to my collection (as far as I can remember): My Clara doll was a gift from my friend Patricia, but she came to me nude. Once in a while I got her a nice dress but Patricia surprised me again and she gave me Marzipan's ballerina dress. Clara was very happy and she loves to pose with her new dress. This Haute Côuture gown has been running away from me since it was released, some 19 years ago. It's rare and expensive. Some while ago I bought one from a Spanish woman but she kept the money and never sent the dress. Finally it's in my collection, no more running. Ok this isn't such a great find, but I alw...

Today all the neighbors joined to show their beloved pets at the contest. There were pets of all kinds: dogs, cats, birds, rabbits and hamsters.   Beauty was the winner last year...who knows which will be now? You might even notice a cat bigger than usual...well she figured that she just had to be in the photo. The jury are all set, although I think that Mike is more concerned with Ella than with the contest... And this year the winner is....Thunder! The cocker spaniel that belongs to Myria :)

Another item from my wishlist. Steffie is delighted with the new accessories!

There are some Barbie fashions that we never forget and regret not having bought them when they were available. These three belong to that wishing list of mine, among many others. The girls are extremely happy to have more choice in their wardrobe - that's always a problem when you have a lot of boys and girls to dress!

"Go Beauty, go!!" "Good girl :) "

Boas Festas para todos! *** Happy Holidays to everyone!!

Ainda falta personalizar paredes e tem muita pouca luz, mas adoro-a! *** It's lacking costumized walls and it almost doesn't have light but I love it!

Blair found her true love :)

Normalmente não sou fã de Action Figures, mas desta vez rendi-me. Encontrei este agente da autoridade à venda no Minipreço. Já há mais tempo tinha lá visto os bonecos desta marca e tinha comprado um bombeiro para oferecer a um amigo dessa especialidade. E nessa altura tinha ficado com a ideia de que os bonecos desta marca até tinham bons acessórios e o "ar" deles não era muito rasca. Desta vez não haviam bombeiros, mas sim dois polícias e um skater. O rosto de um dos agentes cativou-me logo, por ser diferente e muito realista. Mas quando bati com os olhos neste asiático....teve mesmo de ser. E não é que valeu mesmo a pena? *** Usually I'm not a big fan of Action Figures but this time I surrendered. I found this agent for sale in a cheap store. I've seen this kind of AF there before and I even bought e Fire Fighter to offer as a gift.  That time I thought that those AF weren't that bad and "cheap" looking and they had good accessories. This...