Thrift Store Finds - Doll Furniture

"I had $20 in my pocket...blah, blah, blah...it was so awesome!" 

I think that's how that song goes. Anyway, a new thrift store opened downtown so I had to drop in. I love this place. They have the BEST toy section I've ever seen in any of the thrift stores downtown. 

This is what I found:

A Barbie kitchenette. I have no idea when this came out or how much it originally cost. From the few photos I saw online, it came with a lot of accessories. It was a great find and only cost $1.69. You can't beat that. 

IKEA dollhouse furniture. 

This stuff is way overpriced on eBay. But then everything on eBay is overpriced. At the thrift store this whole set cost less than $20. 

Everything opens. I think the white one might be a refrigerator. 

The chairs are quite plain and ugly. Oh well, I'll find something to do with them. 

I didn't buy the couch because it was just as ugly as the chairs and cost $1.99. No way was I paying that much when I could make something much better and fancier. 

Bath tub, sink and toilet. The long red and white striped pillow goes with the couch I didn't buy. I don't know what the blue and white thing is. Maybe a sheet for the bed?

The kitchen set. The doors on the oven open. 

I'll probably repaint this stuff and put it in the dollhouse that I'm fixing up. 

Two doll stands. They cost $1.69. A victrola and a mini piano pencil sharpeners. Now my Lalaloopsies have a piano. The Liv dolls will probably get the Victrola. 

I love going thrifting because I never know what I'll find. 

I wouldn't have bought anything but the doll stands at retail price. It can cost $20 to furnish one dollhouse room. I think that's nuts! Teeny tiny miniature furniture for a lousy dollhouse shouldn't be expensive at all. Don't even get me started on how overpriced all dollhouses and dollhouse kits are especially those hideous plastic monsters that are sold at toy stores and all the crap that comes with them. 

Thank God for thrift stores. 

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Ever After High's Briar Beauty Doll

Ever After High is a line of dolls that are teenaged children of fairy tale characters. They're made by Mattel. I bought this one at ToysRUs for a very decent price. 

This is Briar Beauty. She's the royal daughter of Sleeping Beauty and she's always tired and might fall asleep for 100 years any minute so she always wants to try something new. 

Enough with the boring story. There are Ever After High Webisodes on YouTube but I never watch them. I like to watch the EAH stop motion movies on YouTube. Much more fun. 

Anyway, I've had this doll for a little while now. I just want to say that her hair is absolutely atrocious right out of the box. There's plenty of it but it is an absolute frizzy mess. Her hair is the worst of all the EAH dolls, me thinks. I don't know what I'm going to do with that hair. 

These are her accessories. She comes with a stand. Her purse doesn't open. Sigh. The sunglasses are cheap and flimsy. Everything else is very nice. The roses on her shoulders are a nice touch and they can be removed. She also has a ring, earrings, bracelets, hair brush and book marker with her story. 

The bottom half of her dress is a rose petal. Very beautiful. This doll is covered with roses from head to toe. 

Her shoes are adorable. I really love the shoes on EAH dolls. 

Her pantyhose is just to die for. 

As you can see, she is a classic beauty. EAH dolls are very conventional compared to MH. (I guess I'm stating the obvious, here.) The attention to detail, their articulation and expressive hands is why I love these dolls. 

I tried wetting her hair and brushing it which did help tame it. 

Briar beauty is a blast to photograph. I had a lot of fun taking photos of her. 

Here are more pics. 

I made this for her because every royal beauty needs somewhere to lounge after she gets out of school. 

More lounging. It's not like she has chores to do or anything. Just a little homework, a little studying. After all, her future is set. 

Look who came to visit. 

Supermodel of the world. WERK!

Whatcha want, fool?

Drunk again?

I've fallen and I can't get up!

Oops. I got hit in the eye. 

Le Sigh. A royal's life is so hard. 

And here's my collection of EAH dolls so far. I'll definitely be getting more. 

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Robotica's Crazy Customizing

This is my Monster High Frankie Stein Threaderella doll. I'm not artistically inclined but I wanted to give her more color. To me, this doll is colorless and kind of washed out compared to the other Monster High dolls except Catty Noir who's mostly just black. 

I painted her lips and eyebrows blue to match her dress and to give her more color. I removed the stitches on her cheek with finger polish remover. And I painted her crown silver. I think it's a nice contrast against blue. Blue is the perfect color for her. 

The Velcro on the back of her dress doesn't stick together anymore. I don't know what that's about. Driving me nuts. Someday I'll replace it with snaps. 

Let's talk about her hair for a moment, shall we? I absolutely hate it. I know she's supposed to look like the bride of Frankenstein (her mother?) but I just can't stand it. To me, she looks like she's gone prematurely gray. 

One thing I really like about Monster High 

dolls is that they're very colorful so I re-rooted her hair. 

I watched a couple of tutorials on YouTube and made a homemade re-rooting tool because I was too cheap to buy one. Cut all of her hair off. I then took her head off (broke her neck in the process), removed the glue inside her head with a pair of small needle nose pliers. There was a lot of glue in her head. 

The hair is Yaki tangle free human hair that I bought from the beauty supply store. One pack was blue and cheap. 

Then I re-rooted the hair, filled her head with Elmer's glue because that's all I had and stuck her head back on the best I could. I had to put duct tape on her neck to keep her head on. She doesn't have very much movement in her head anymore but that's all right. I just have to be very careful with her. 

I have no idea why the hair is sticking out like that. I don't think human hair is the best for this. Next time I'll use actual doll hair. You can buy it on the internet. 

I put some thin braids in her hair and put it back in a pony tail. I'm not very good at styling doll hair. This is the next thing I need to work on. Maybe watch some YouTube tutorials to learn how. 

 The hair sticks out like that and will not lay flat.

And it sheds like crazy. 

It was first time trying something like this. I didn't know what to expect. It was a lot of fun. It isn't perfect but I still like the results. I'm going to leave it like this for now. The next time I re-root a doll I'll use doll hair. I'm sure it will come out much better. 

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Jackie Evancho Doll

I found this doll on clearance for $5 at ToysRUs. I thought it was worth it for the outfit and shoes alone. I have dolls of different sizes. I knew this outfit would fit one of them. 

She sings "When You Wish Upon A Star" when a button on her stomach is pressed.  

Jackie Evancho is a very beautiful girl. I know because her picture is on the back of the box. She looks nothing like this butt ugly doll. Jackie is a young singer with a beautiful voice. I saw her on Oprah. I forgot to take a picture of the box before I threw it away. 

Who is this hideous monstrosity? It isn't Jackie Evancho. This looks nothing like her. The hair on this doll is thinly rooted. I'm not complaining though because I have plans for this doll. 

The doll has a very mature figure but the dress looks like a little girl's dress. 

Here she is next to a Liv doll and a Moxie Teenz doll. She's almost exactly the same as the Moxie Teenz. They're also the same height, 15 inches. The doll's body has great articulation. Neck, torso, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees and ankles are articulated. Articulated dolls are my favorite dolls so this one was a great find at a great price.

Woo hoo! Look what I can do. 

Here is Arizona wearing Jackie's clothes. They fit perfectly but the shoes are big on Arizona. They easily fall off.

She's so pretty. 

I ripped Jackie's head off and replaced it with a Liv doll head. What an improvement.

Here she is wearing a Liv doll wig and Arizona's clothes. 

Wearing each other's clothes. What a difference a new head and a new wig makes. 

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