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Current Mood : Happy and excited
I'd decided to stay in today - after all, DFIL wouldn't be around to pick up Dearest Son until late afternoon, there certainly weren't gonna be any yard sales, and thrifts can always wait for my big sweep on Thursday.
That all changed when Beloved came home - just after Dearest and DFIL left - and had some banking for me to do while he began a local job. Wouldn't you know it, the bank his client uses is right next to Community Thrift. And if I got gas today, I wouldn't have to mess with it on My Day Thursday. So, cool.
Loaded four Mal-Wart sacks of donations into the car and got the banking done. Community seemed kinda bleh this time. Oh, there was a three-foot-tall Disney Beast in with the rest of the stuffed animals on the rack... now, he had potential ! I'm sure he had clothes at one point, threads dangled from where they were probably snipped off. Yes, I was handling buck-naked Beast. In public ! Some sort of silver material had once covered his horns, but it'd sheared off. While a good cleaning and brushing were clearly in order, he was in pretty good shape - and just $2.50, too. Hmmm...
Was trying to make up my mind when I found a sealed-package doll over by the register. On closer inspection, she was a clearly-cheap souvenir doll from Walt Disney World/ Disneyland. Still in a purple plastic ‘backpack', nearly everything this 11-inch blonde doll had was emblazoned with Disney logos. But I really liked her shirt. A cute little pink t-shirt, with Cinderella, Aurora, and Snow White sharing tea - but still not looking at each other - in front of floral images. Pink Capri pants carried the ‘crowns, stars, flowers, and hearts' idea, complete with matching headband. Odd stuffed-sole purple sandals adorned her feet, and there was a matching purple doll backpack, and a comb. Something denim and glittery rolled around in there, too, but I couldn't identify it - and there was no way in h#ll I was gonna open the plastic bag the plastic backpack rested in.
I wonder... carried her back to the toy section and compared her to that lonely Cinderella. The shirt might work...depended on if it already had a Velcro closure or not. But all else failed, there were ways of making stuff fit... So I bought her. And, as you can tell by the photo, pretty much all of it fit. Except the shoes - too small - and the denim jacket, which was even tight on the doll it came with. The doll backpack held a princess-themed autograph book and two hair ‘claws' - one pink, one purple - in the shape of Mickey Mouse heads. Cuuuute !
So, Princess Dorrie now has a unique-to-her outfit - and Dearest will probably welcome a new doll to play with. Just gotta make her a dress or something. Oddly enough, the doll's hip-sewn tag reads ‘Walt Disney World', while the shirt and big backpack reads ‘Walt Disney World/Disneyland Resort', and the doll backpack and book read ‘Disneyland Resort'. Guess they had to get it all in somewhere !
Beloved Hubby was home shortly after I was, and he asked why I didn't bring Beast home. He'd look great with the MSB girls - yes, he actually said that ! So, my first stop tomorrow morning is Community, again. I hope he's still there.
We grilled steaks and potatoes on the grill, and kicked back for the rest of the night. I printed up what I hope will be a good Jasmine harem outfit with Doll Shop Deluxe. I know I won't get to it tomorrow, but maybe this weekend, I can.
I'm really excited about how well those shoes came out. Now I can work on different styles and adaptations ! That's the only thing I really don't like about buying second-hand dolls - most of the time, they're barefoot ! And buying doll shoes is a PITA. You hope you got the right measurements and ordered the right size... because you have to go mail order, usually. Even if they take returns, you probably paid $4. to ship a pair of $5. doll shoes that are crappily made and not that distinctive. Mailing them back is probably just not worth it. And the cheapest, crappiest Keds knock-off at Mal-Wart is probably better made than that pair of $8. sandals you just ordered. So it's very liberating and so much cheaper when you know you can make your own - even if it is just ballerina flats and Mary Janes.
I think I'll try a similar idea with another doll or two, then write up the directions. I confess, I really got lucky with the uppers, so I gotta figure out how to make those from scratch before I tell anyone else how to do anything !
Whoops ! I forgot - I was supposed to post an image of those black shoes I made yesterday ! Hope you don't mind waiting ‘til tomorrow or Saturday - ‘cause if Beast is still there, you'll get his photo tomorrow ! Wish me luck !
