Tutorial: DIY Minimalist Dining Room For Nendoroids, Dolls And Action Figures

Barbie is not the only character in the Barbie line to have received collectors edition dolls themed after other media. (I mean, Ken too, but this post isn't about Ken.)

Kelly and Tommy (before Kelly became Chelsea) featured in a variety of tie-ins, including in collections that also featured Barbie and Ken such as the Grease line-up, as well as in collections of their own.

Storybook Favorites, for example, was a line-up featuring Kelly and Tommy as classic children's book and fairy tale characters. I never grew up on Raggedy Ann and Andy and always thought they were just names for a line of dolls themselves, so it was only upon looking it up that I discovered the books came first.

I find the Hansel & Gretel way cuter, personally, but that's just my bias showing.

But besides the four in the Storybook Favorites Collection, there have been others. Some of these actually turn up on the secondary market bundled with Storybook Favorites, and I can see why, because they do look broadly similar in style and theme. For example, Kelly and Tommy as Mickey and Minnie Mouse.

I don't know how I feel about this one, whether it's cute or creepy or somewhere in between.

Or as the cast of Wizard of Oz. This one i am completely unreserved about in my praise. I think these are adorable. 10/10 design aesthetic. I mean, just look at Tommy as the Scarecrow above compared to Ken as the Scarecrow in the Barbie and Ken Wizard of Oz lineups.

Tommy does it better!

DIY Haunted House Dollhouse Tutorial and Template from Mr Printables.

Make this DIY Haunted House Dollhouse out of cardboard, plywood or thick card material. Also, you can skip the black paint and make a dollhouse you can customize with scrapbook paper and fabric.

The scary dollhouse occupants are made out of pegs for peg dolls. There’s also a peg doll tutorial at the link.

Everyone is dressed for fall and reorganized! They’re now taking up two sections because I keep getting more

1991 Bluebird Midge’s Bedtime

Barbie Family House (1968)

Pumpkin Princes from this year. 

The bag and beret are from my childhood and I treasure them.

another hybrid doll, this time a magic mixies pixlings unia + g1 monster high operetta.

in moose's official photos for unia, she looked much closer in color to draculaura, but she's actually a perfect match for operetta's skintone (last pic). and with all her fancy face designs, operetta's carved neck and shoulder details don't look out of place. i did buff out her black and red arm tattoo though.

the pixling neckholes are much smaller than the monster high ones. i ended up having to use my dremel and a drillbit with a circumference of abt 3cm (the size of the largest part of the mh neck bulb) to drill it open wider. it isn't a perfect solution, because if you pull or push on her head too hard it'll pop out of place, but for display and photos it works well and she's got a full range of motion.

Trick or Treating with Barbie and Friends

Toy Sunday for the theme: Trick or Treat

Tinkerbell: Let’s go to this house!

Belle: She has giant lollipops!

Ariel: Here’s some king size candy bars!

Peter Pan: And caramel and candy apples!

Cheetah Girl: I’m in candy heaven!

Princess: These are my favorite!

Mario: Let’s come here next year!

Gloria ordered some special treats this year. She loves seeing the neighborhood kids and their costumes. Meanwhile, Felix (the cat) seems to be quite amused with the animated jack o lantern.

(Front porch is a cat scratching house, miniature candies are Glitter Girls, Trick or Treat bags printed from Doll Daydream Boutique blog and scaled down to 25%)