Barbie's "Commuter Set" Is Another Look That Seems To Be Lifted Directly From A Vogue Cover:

Almost autumn, babe. Enjoy the last of these long summer days, then it's harvest season with pumpkin everything. We can't wait.

1990’s McDonald’s Decor

Elfmates are back at DollarGeneral! I repeat; Elfmates are back at DollarGeneral!!

And it’s a new set! I did not get the full set (nor a picture whoops lol) but in addition to these there’s a Santa suit sleeping bag, and 2 ski vets with a snow shovel in Baker and Toymaker colors.

Fashion show time!!

The Polar Pullover is just a printed long sleeve; it has no closure in the back, just a V slit that you can close manually or leave open. All these dolls were dressed by pulling it on over the head. Left to right:

Curvy: fits great in the torso, sleeves a little short

Tall: good length in the torso, sleeves a little short, looks good as an off the shoulder wide neck

Standard: little large in the torso but not badly, sleeves a little short, also looks good as an off the shoulder

Petite: oversized sweatshirt, sleeves aren’t short though

Signature Ken: very tight fit to pull on (wide shoulders/biceps stretched the bottom hem to the max), but once on was okish, sleeves very short. I will not be using this on my Signature/MtM Kens

Superhero Ken: I didn’t even bother trying the pullover. That’s last year’s vest, but it’s probably similar to thus year’s, and it’s a very nice fit

I realized I didn’t try a Slim Ken/Hunter, but since it fits all the girls fine, and *technically* fits the Signature Ken, it probably works on them too.

These give very big sleep shirt vibes to me, so I’m thrilled. Looking forward to cutting up the sleeping bags for leggings, and I might pick up a vest since the Superhero Ken is the same size as the Fresh Boys. We’ll see.

Hope this helps you in your holiday doll hunting!

sorry for romanticising the mundane. i have little else

Doll of the Day: Legends of Ireland: The Bard Barbie.

Our doll today is The Bard Barbie doll. She was released in 2004 as part of the Legends of Ireland Collection, one of Mattel’s most beautiful Fantasy inspired collections to this day. She is a Limited Edition doll, and one of my favorite dolls in this specific collection. Considering we have a Ireland for our history theme tomorrow (spoiler), I thought she’d fit perfectly.

Her dress is one of the loveliest creations that came from Mattel. It’s inspired by Medieval attire (Cotehardie over kirtle), but closer to 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite and Celtic Revivalist art than to actual Medieval clothing. Although it’s not completely historically accurate, it is no doubt gorgeous. As I mentioned before, my favorite kind of Fantasy outfits have some history as inspiration, so she’s just my kind of doll. The make up though… MAC Ireland rather than Medieval Ireland.

Well, now’s the part where I start spiiling the IRL pictures, right? But, I’ve had a minor problem. I was a child when I got this doll, and as a child I was a bit of an iconoclast…

So, I might have left this doll a little too much exposed to sunlight (not to mention pool water and all that a child can think of as an adventure) my poor Bard doll’s head has yellowed way too much and there’s no retouching I can do.

Soooo, I did the next best thing: I picked up another doll, dressed her in The Bard’s dress, and voilà! The doll chosen to represent her is a modern fashion doll by Integrity Toys. Her hair has been rerooted (a doll world word for taking the doll’s head off and changing all her hair) in a blonde color that is the closest I have to the original Barbie’s tone. The make up is modern, but it’s softer than some of my other dolls’ makeups. Loose hair isn’t period either, but it works both for Pre-Raphaelite art and for Fantasy, so again, I’ll let it slide.

The harp used in the photoshoot came with the original doll. I was very happy to discover it wasn’t just a prop for the stock photo, and I’m even happier it survived my childhood!

Found my long lost Lalaloopsy stash, lol.

sonny angels, enjoy the moment 

Pour réaliser une lanterne en citrouille, on commence par découper le dessus de la citrouille, on retire les graines et la pulpe, puis on découpe un visage effrayant ou amusant sur la surface.