Or maybe I just have a grudge...

 

Current Mood : Moody

Current Image Notes : When asked 'Pirate or Ninja' once, my answer came without thinking...

It's weird having your own Dumpster. I don't have to worry about having the trash can out on the curb by the right time anymore - and now that I have one, I have zero interest in diving into it ! We spent about an hour this afternoon, loading it with Shop trash for tomorrow's pick-up. It'll probably be about two months before we obliterate the pile completely, but we're already making a dent !

 

You may laugh at me, but when I did groceries yesterday, I bought those spiraly lightbulbs that are so expensive. I'm used to paying 88c for four, not $6. ! But if the claims on the box are halfway accurate, it's a good investment. Kitchen bulb blew today, and we replaced ‘em with the swirly kind, and it's great light. My cooking still ranks, but now I can see it very well !

 

Hauled Brody in for new design downloading. That's one thing - with Brody, I have to keep my desk clean, or clean it off at least once a week !  Ironically, I found a great freebie design download site last night - on the SiCK forums, of all places. I must've scored a dozen great car designs (and left a hundred more), eight dress forms, five sewing machines, three frames, and a bunch of small, neat designs for all of us and some projects I have in mind.

 

And this is what's kinda on my mind. Two of the designs I scored late last night were clearly owned by Disney. I knew it, and d/l'ed ‘em anyhow. I even bought a Betty Boop one for DFIL that was so cheap, it must've been pirated. If I breathed a word about it on the SiCK forums, I'd get a lecture if the denizens were feeling generous, ostracized if they were feeling their oats that morning. I know some of the nice folk there digitize for cash and maybe even a living, and I don't fault them for being in favor of copyright protection. But...

 

When a rights holder will only release designs on a crappy machine that has a reputation for poor performance that doesn't even last a year when similarly priced ones from the same company pound the drums like the Energizer Bunny for at least five times that long - and additional patterns only work on the crap machines and are $60. for twelve designs (six of which are things like seashells and roses) on a proprietary card, well, it's hard to say, Why, sure, I'll jump through all your hoops ! I love you sooo much, I want to stand guard over your properties, too, for free,  and will gladly settle for overpriced junk and deal with frustration and ruined garments to obtain a hint of the Mouse.

 

And the one lecture I read on the forums gave me pause, but didn't stop me. No, I don't need Disney Princess / Cars / imagery designs. I don't need a $500. sewing machine either, if you wanna know the truth about it. All I need is in this house, but if Diz could charge for air, they probably would. I completely understand copyright usage, but there needs to be a more level playing ground if they don't want piracy. Too bad they don't seem to care.

 

I would gladly pay a fair rate for legally obtained designs if they would make them available ! $40. for ten designs - half specific, half generic - I would consider... if they worked on Brody, or any other machine I cared to use. But they don't wanna do that, so if I can get dozens of them from a Soviet site for $2. each, well, I just might. It's not like I'm depriving Diz of the cash - they don't make the product available for me to use, at any price. There's so much confusion over what they do have available, I've yet to see two sites agree if the cards work on non-D-series machines or not.

 

 I'd much rather pay them for a quality product, but they choose to not market one. I can either do it myself, or pay someone else. Diz already makes darn few clothing items in my size, so they're not losing that income. It's not like I can put their characters to wicked purposes - when was the last time you saw thick embroidery on fishnets ? Or a negligee ? And designs aren't easy to change, it'd be simpler to create a new one than alter a commercial version. So that fret is somewhat blunted. Honestly, it's easier to get a tattoo of characters behaving badly, or a poster. Rule 34. 

 

It's like they licensed the D-series machines just so they didn't have to do anything further. And I really doubt many companies would dare go into full-scale production with Diz designs if they were more readily available. There's still laws against paying for one license but giving out copies to the whole plant and strangers on the street.

 

I guess I'm just disappointed that more companies aren't granting licenses. There could be so many great ideas here but it's like everyone's scared. Maybe I just wanna justify paying a small sum for something I wanted that's pirated. And that's something I have to deal with every time I wear or use what I made.

 

I think I can handle it.

Jarred musings...

Current Mood : Still sleepy, which borders on unbelievable

 

Spent on sewing : $1.97, for thread

 

Kind of another bust day. Didn't get much done, but slept quite a bit. Woke up with my eyes streaming and itchy, so I took a half-dose of allergy medicine - which knocked me off my butt and into bed for a good part of the morning. I hate to think what would've happened if I'd downed two capsules !

 

At least I got the groceries shopped. I was surprised to find a small selection of embroidery thread at our Mal-Wart's fabric section, but the color I most wanted (a skin color) wasn't there. Found a similar shade in spool thread - the good stuff ! - and got it instead. I'm sure I'll be at Hancock Fabrics sooner or later, but just in case, I wanted to have the color ready.

 

And, as you can see from today's image, I didn't get any real work on the ‘Teacher of the Year' project. This is simply a print-out of what I did with the font editor yesterday. At least I finally got it to the right size and in proportions that I like. If it stitches out OK, I'll add a few hand-sewn stars to it, for a bit of glitz !

 

Oh, and Michelle - I didn't think up this neat Mason candy jar project. Someone gave a quart-sized one to my Mother decades and centuries ago. It had the prettiest cross-stitch Easter bunny design ! I was so intrigued by it that I begged her to teach me cross-stitch, and that Christmas, I bought a dozen ‘quilt' patterned jelly canning jars, a package of Aida, and some cheap floss and needles. I panicked when the ribbon eyelet lace was sold out a week before school let out for the holidays, but I found some other lace instead. Darn near everyone I knew got a candy jar that year, filled with holiday-foiled Hershey's Kisses. I was lucky Mother already had a few tons of photocopied cross-stitch patterns ! Those little ‘dollar' mini-kits with the plastic frames fit the jars, too. Ask me how I know ! (grin)

 

The ones that year were pretty basic, but as I improved, so did the designs. Most of my school friends got a ‘refill kit' that Spring - jellybeans and new rabbit cross-stitch pieces. Birthdays brought miniature candy bars, fresh lace, and initials. I got quite a bit out of those little jars ! And you always return to the classics...

 

So feel free to use the idea. It sure isn't mine, but it's too good to keep to m'self. I guess I've known about it for so long, I forgot that not everyone may have seen the same thing in the last ten, fifteen years. Actually, at the last pre-holiday craft fair I went to, someone was doing something similar, but instead of a design under the lid, they just pinking-sheared some calico and snugged it over the jar lid, then screwed the collar on over it and tied a ribbon around. It was pretty, but I like mine better !

 

And it occurred to me that I have some IEP papers from Dearest Son's meetings that she's signed. I'm sure I can get her correct initial off those. Just have to get this part done first !

 

He came home saying he had to read for 20 minutes tonight. So he did - a rather poorly-written Disney storybook version of Beauty and the Beast : The Enchanted Christmas. One sentence = a paragraph, and it's laden with words like 'unforgivably' and 'problematic'. Call me an old stick, but I think  even storybooks written to be read to kids should at least be able to be read by kids. 

 

I was also able to tell him that DizStore had updated his Wall-E figurine set's shipping information, and it should be here Thursday. He's so excited ! And the kids loved the 'BnL' button I made for him after he went to bed last night. I'd love to embroider that particular Wall-E fictional logo, too, but I had to settle for download / resize / print. They're doing some sort of theme week - Monday was pajama day, yesterday was 'crazy hat' day. We don't have much loopy headgear (amazing, when you think of how nutz his mother is !), so I made buttons for his fave hat instead. 

 

I'm giving serious thought to trying on a night-cap, m'self...

Meet Jenny !

 

Current Mood : Happy !

Current Image Notes : You may remember the Battat AG-clone I bought from the Boy Scouts' flea market last month. Her hair had been cut and was terribly snarled, so I conditioned, cut and permed it - and then I made her a simple halter top from the leftover denim that was part of an infant skirt. Well, here she is ! This is Jenny.

 

And we're slowly getting back on schedule. With 30 to 40 mph winds rattling the windows in the casings, Beloved was not getting on a ladder this morning, so he's home today. The Dumpster for the Shop was delivered, and it's where you can't get to it unless ya mean it. I've been kinda worried about sudden sofas appearing in there. We've already had to deal with similar, if smaller-scale, happenstance.

 

Scrubbed a layer of dirt off the SuperStar Malibu's face, and now her head matches her neck much better. I'd kinda been wanting the ‘My Favorite Doll' SuperStar, but not obsessively so, and now that "Miassa's" here (what can I say, ya'll - they name themselves !) it's pretty much gone away.

 

In Brody news, today I learned that all of KJ's feet - even the ruffler ! - will work with him, too. Score ! While Brody comes with about ten of his own that I've never owned before, the KJ had a couple of unique ones, too. And it's great that I can switch back and forth. That's a bonus I wasn't expecting. I also learned that the elastic strap on Brody's equipment box (the embroidery platform takes the space where a tray of such items would normally go) is great for securing that screwdriver you forgot to put away, until you have to open the box again. Brother thinks of everything...

 

Except where their videos wandered off to. I've been reading their old newsletters, and while most of the design and image links work, the History of Brother series has vanished. Darn. I kinda wanted to hear about that. Evidently, they really were founded by brothers, with a sewing machine they wanted to name ‘Sister', but that name was already taken.

 

Yesterday I downloaded a free font manipulator, and it's fun, but it only works with their proprietary fonts - they answered me today - and once you've saved a design, there's no going back and editing it. If something's wrong, you get to do it all over again. On the plus side, it'll print out a correct scale version of your design, so you can see if it fits on paper before committing it to thread and fabric.

 

It only saves in a format Brody just barely acknowledges, but as it turns out, when I pulled it up in Pulse's Ambassador, it saved as my preferred format ! Yup, Ambassador can convert the files, too. Wow. I've really lucked out with the ME freebies ! I'm hoping to try a stitch-out tomorrow. If it works, I can cross something's that's been bugging me since Christmas off the ole ‘to do' list.

 

You're gonna laugh, but what I want this to work so much for, is a canning-jar-lid insert for Dearest Son's teacher. She got Teacher of the Year, and I've been meaning to make something personal to commemorate the event, but until I scored Fonts Plus, I didn't know how. And for some reason, I just can't make myself cross-stitch it.

 

When funds are snug, what I've been known to do is pull down one of the new Mason pint jars I keep for gift emergencies, and fill it with candy. I'll cross-stitch a design to fit between the lid and the collar, and sew some eyelet lace and ribbon to go around the outside of the collar. Materials and candy total only about two bucks, and that's with good candy.

 

But now, I have Brody, so I'm hoping to make this lid decoration double-sided, with a ‘Teacher of the Year' stitch-out on one side and either a cute cat - her favorite - or her initial on the other. Initials are easy, but I have some documents listing her first name starting with a ‘Y', others with a ‘J'. I hate to ask which it is, but I'm not sure if there's time and funds right now for the thread and the cat design that I'd really like to work out for her. But that's the beauty of the candy jar lid project - I can always make more and give them to her later !

 

I just gotta get off my round rump, though - or the school year will be over before I can get it done !

Who's got the (new !) button ?

 

Current Mood : Still lazy !

Current Image Notes: Here's the experimental bobbin, experimental bobbin thread, experimental thread stand, experimental knit fabric, experimental stitch-out design star I made yesterday. Now, it's a 2 1/2" button ! These plastic pop-aparts are only about $2. for four, but if you buy a bag of 12 and use Hobby Lobby's frequent 40% off coupons, they're dirt cheap ! And if you get tired of the design, they pop apart again for a new design. They come in several sizes, in the kids' crafts sections. Gonna share this one with the embroidery forum, too. But you get it first !

 

Another kinda goof-off day. Dearest Son saw the end of Spring Break facing him and has been sorta touchy all day. When the hand broke off his Wall-E figure for the second time this week, he had a meltdown. So we looked up replacements. The figure I thought was kinda overpriced at $8.50 at Christmas '08 was beyond ridiculous on eBay at $20. plus $10. shipping - and even more on Amazon Marketplace !

 

I kept seeing a set of figurines - not action figures - up for bids, and they had several characters he loves but never had . Wall-E and Eve, of course, but also MO, a Steward, and some other bots. $30. with free shipping, but not bad for six characters. I saw one with a ‘Disney Store Exclusive' label, and decided to go to the source.

 

Bingo ! At DisneyStore.com, there was a spring sale. 2 character sets for $20., or $12.50 each. $5. shipping. So there's one on the way to Dearest, for less than $20. delivered. He's so excited. And we're happy he's getting something he really wants and I saved us $10.+ in the bargain !

 

Aside from takeout Chinese for dinner, that was the big excitement for the day. If you find yourself over at Forbes.com, there's some 50^th Anniversary Barbie stories and slideshows. Here's an overview, start clickin' here -

http://www.forbes.com/2009/03/05/barbie-doll-anniversary-business_barbie_land.html

 

They want Barbie stories - despite having a wealth of one-paragraph sketches from the famous and numerous celebrities - so consider sending yours. You know me, when it's expected that everyone will send a happy pink unicorn rainbow story, I gotta send my clouds-gathering one.

 

Downloaded a free font tool from a machine embroidery site, and it's lots of fun to play with. There's only one problem - I think it, like the Embird one, only works with a proprietary subset of purchasable fonts. The FAQ skitters all around that point, and never really says ‘yes' or ‘no'. So I asked. We'll see if I get an answer later this week. But even if it's that limited, the three fonts it came with are great, and I can do a lot with ‘em with the software.

 

And another weekend ends. Hope yours was fun, too ! 

Another lovely Ariel...

 

Current Mood : Contented

Current Image Notes : Here's Ariel II, in the Belle dress that I bought the Cinderella doll for yesterday. Whew ! Did I drop enough DP names in that sentence to be confusing ?

 

Awoke to the surprising news that I'd won a free embroidery set of my choice from Designs by SiCK, for the tip I'd sent in a couple weeks ago. Since I only had two left on the ‘want' list, I got the one least likely to be on sale anytime soon (it's a winter themed one) and it's already downloaded and stored. I'm still racking up points over there, and having spent about $30. on designs from that site alone, I'm on a ‘no cash money' spending moratorium on machine embroidery designs. The other set I like has a Mother's Day theme, so I'm holding out for it to go on sale, and then I'll use up some of my points stash. Wheee !

 

Speaking of embroidery, I finished writing the Newbie Learning Series, numbers 1 through 7. The first one was barely begun, the second was just an outline. I'll post the lot to Somewhere That's Crafty, once I figure out how I want it. I'm thinking of publishing a paragraph on the lead page, then offering a click-through for the rest. And having the whole thing from a separate ‘Machine Embroidery' heading. Just not sure how to do that yet...

 

 Lucky #7 is based on today's simple experiment, which finally revealed to me why I seem to be the only person on the planet using spool thread in his/her embroidery efforts. Despite the fact that I'd used this spool on two other projects, today, I found two snarls and an odd lump in the thread itself, which broke while stitching and put Brody off the correct tension. It was bad enough I was trying the cone-thread bobbins for the first time and trying stretchy knit fabric for the first time, too. And a new needle.

 

Happily, the small star I stitched still looks good. All the snarling and breaks are on the back, and I remembered to back the needle up when the thread broke, so there's no blank spots. So, in short, embroidery thread is expensive ‘cause it can't have those imperfect bits. KJ would have plowed right through those - and probably has in the past - but Brody's a bit more finely tuned.

 

I'm just glad I've had him unplugged the last few days. Manual sez I'm supposed to unplug him whenever I'm not actively sewing. Road construction down the street has made our power flicker several times yesterday and today, and Wednesday, it was off for three hours. We all took naps while waiting for it to be restored. Ordinarily, I'd blame it on weather, but yesterday was sunny and clear. Today's cloudy, but nowhere near as windy as is usual. So I think someone's hitting a cable somewhere. Wish they'd quit it.

 

Speaking of things forgotten, I also scored a sixth-scale Aladdin during yesterday's yard sale blitz. I see that I didn't add him to the list. I'm not sure which one he is, he has a striped blue and gold fez that I may try to paint black to blend in with his hair. Just not much on fezzes. He's a good lookin' guy, regardless - Jasmine should be pleased. He came to Chez Insanity wearing a "My First Ken" ballet top, no pants, with a vest and Ken jacket/shirt rubber-banded to him. The ballet shirt is too badly laddered and picked in the back to keep, so I'll just find an all-new outfit for him.

 

And, my apologies for taking so long to post. I'd been writing off and on that first week, but before I knew it, it was Dearest Son's Spring Break, and that wreaks havoc with my schedule, every year. Thanks for reading when I come back !

I Loooove having my Molly back !

 

Current Mood : Happy !

Spent on dolls today : $16.

 

It was Yard Sale City on my way today ! I'd promised to take Dearest Son to the big McD's PlayPlace across town for lunch, after we ran a few errands. I made a major miscalculation on my part and we drove past the Fairgrounds - and he wanted to go to the advertised Flea Market, first thing.

 

Once inside, he immediately fell in love with a Dodge Charger replica. I didn't quite have enough on me at the time, a trip to the bank had been our first scheduled stop until this detour. All Dearest knew was that he was in love, and I know from experience that his affections, once given, are very rarely subject to any distractions. So we hit the bank, and I'd intended to circle back to the Flea after lunch. But Dearest surprised me by saying he wanted the Charger more than he wanted McDs, so we went back for it. He was happy.

 

So was I. I'd found a SuperStar Malibu doll, in an Oscar De La Renta gown. I'd always sort of wanted one of these hybrids ! She has the deep tan of a Malibu, but the SuperStar face and arms, although these are straight, they're clearly not the same ones my other Malibus have. Three solid knee clicks, with butt markings that read Hong Kong. Her dress is in great shape, no snags, but possibly a bit faded. Still lovely. I need to find a half-snap and reattach it, and it's missing the cape and shoes, but for a buck, I'm still counting m'self fortunate.

 

From there, we got videos returned and books turned in, and we passed three yard sales, one of which I wanted to attend, based on their ad on Craigslist. But we stopped at the closest one first, which was a bust. The second one I've been to before - last year, I bought the Tracey wedding doll and several Barbie bits and some books from her, and she was one of the places where I'd turned down a LDP Ariel.

 

Today, she was swimming in dolls. Her daughter and a friend are saving for a Wii or Playstation, her Mom wasn't sure. In any case, there were loads of good finds. Dearest located a pink Vespa that was perfect for his Stuart Little stuffed animal, along with a couple intriguing books. I soon found a brunette Battat AG clone (yaaay !) in just-out-of-box shape, a talking Cinderella doll just like my Belle one, a LDP Cinderella in a Belle dress I'd been hoping to find, a silver sewing machine picture frame, and another Folding Pretty House that had several pieces mine was missing. She even tossed in a tote bag ! Yeah, I spent $20. there, but I was very happy !

 

She had lots others - a basket of Kelly and Happy Meal Madame Alexanders, some real MAlexanders, a Toni clone, numerous Barbie-scale and smaller horses, some 80s Rocker Barbies, and playset accessories, but I had already spent a bit over my self-imposed limit for the day, and I really wasn't as interested in all that as I was in what I got ! Dearest told me he'd gladly take Cinderella off my hands, once I got her redressed. So I found a cute little dress for her, and I think she's Bindi now.

 

And we're out for a bit. Hope your weekend is as much of a whirlwind as you want it to be !

Zzzzzzzz.......

 

Current Mood : Lighter...

 

Felt a bit better today, so I tore up the space-fabric duvet cover I bought in last year's yard sales and made a slipcover for the back of my computer chair, and a pillowcase for the seat cushion. Much better. I always hated how the fabric slipped and slid. Now, it's shaped to fit the chair, with a few easily removed stitches should I end up with another one, and it ain't going anywhere, except the washer.

 

And it makes me happier than I'd have thought to have KJ, my old sewing machine, up and working in the dining area. Haven't gone near Brody all week, but I kinda figured that'd happen, with Dearest Son home all week. I just don't get as much done.

 

Tonight, we visited the DIL's, and retrieved the Blazer, so we can work on it here. I'll be so glad when Beloved doesn't have to worry about it anymore. I'm sure DFIL feels the same !

 

Although I rented it twice, I never quite got around to watching 21 Grams until I saw it on Hulu.com tonight. So I'm kinda depressed. I'd heard the '21 grams' theory as fact (the difference in weight between a live body and a dead one is exactly 21 grams), so I was a bit disappointed to learn it's a fallacy. The movie doesn't say that, but some of the reviews do.

 

So I'm sort of in a mood. Maybe my soul's a lightweight...

Ugh day...

 

Current Mood : Not well.

 

Oogh. We are definitely into the monsoon season around here, and that plays h#ll with my sinuses. I am not a well woman today. Hope to catch you tomorrow, all I've done all day is watch the Law & Order second season DVDs we rented last Friday. Ugh. I can only image how much more ill I'd be if we'd rented Special Victims Unit episodes by mistake...

New fabric !

 

Current Mood : In motion

Spent on fabric and pattern today : $3.16

 

Was just everywhere today ! Last time I was in Hancock Fabrics, I found a lovely print of women's clothes, almost fashion mannequin-like, and small enough to use as at least the skirt on some Barbie clothes. But at $7./yd, I was able to put it back. Until I found my expires-Wednesday Hancock's ad, which includes a 40% off any one fabric cutting coupon ! So I was there today, and scored a half yard. Wouldn't you know it, there's a white on black version of the same fabric - the piece I got today is black on white. Oh, well. When one ad expires, another's soon to arrive ! I also scored yet another American Girl clone pattern, since McCalls' were on sale for 99c. This one has a trench coat ! Looked it up yesterday - that's why the photo's there.

 

I swear, all the whining I was doing about there being no new doll patterns except for AG dolls... is true, but I've sure bought a bunch of ‘em. Shoot, last month, I was on one of my Holy Doll Crusades to find a brunette ‘My Disney Girl' doll, but those things are almost as expensive as AGs ! Even the bidding on $22. Battat ‘Our Generation' Target dolls gets stupid, with used ones going for over $15. plus shipping. Ridiculous. So I had to let it go. Besides, with yard sale season just starting...

 

The question could be asked, ‘If they're $22. brand-new, Dorrie, why don'tcha just buy one ? ‘ and it's a good question, too. Answer is, our store has an abundance of blondes and redheads and lovely AA girls. I've yet to see a brunette one. Otherwise, I'd stay the heck away from eBay, they're a trap !

 

I confess, I haven't been checking Craigslist.org like I used to. But with Molly down, it was just frustrating myself for no reason. But I'm seeing ads for yard sales in the bigger cities, so yard sale season will soon bloom. I can't wait for this year !

 

Since Salvation Army's in the same strip, I stopped, but it was its usual waste-of-time self. I don't know why I still bother. I also hit the ‘turned the lights off on us' thrift for the first time since - wow. You'd think they'd have had a few donations since then, especially since I haven't been there in over a month, but it was almost exactly the same. Same dolls and stuff, same clothes - next to no toys or misc. stuff, books still neglected on the same shelves, and the small-toy grab bag rack was so depleted, it was shoved into the back, three baggies still clinging hopefully to it. Sad. Evidently, I'm not the only one who has issues with that store.

 

Ran my errands, did groceries, came home. And looked up ‘china marker removal'. Turns out that a regular rubber eraser does the trick, and it did. Ariel II's arm is ink-free, and with a bit of water, it even rubbed off the paint mark. I'll have to remember that trick !

Cry for the dolls...

 

Current Mood : Lazy

Spent on dolls today : $1.07

 

Dearest Son and I sort of spun around the house, and once Beloved Hubby was home, we played video games and just enjoyed the day. Then, DFIL came by to pick Dearest up ‘til Wednesday morning - yes, he just came home Sunday morning, but the pizza delivery business is a cruel one, the schedules even more so. We'll have Dearest to ourselves this weekend, too. Hopefully, I'll be able to get him back on schedule.

 

Next thing I knew, we were headed to the City, to check out a potential parts vehicle for DFIL's truck. Fine with me, we took Molly-car and made a night of it. I even got to visit a thrift store, and found a near-desperate Ariel Little Disney Princess doll. Poor thing. She was nude, her hair still had the tiny red rubber band in it, but it was tangled, and she was depressingly dirty. Of course, I already have a butchered-hair LDP Ariel, and have turned down several potential replacements, but this one just needed me. All else failed, I reasoned, I could do a head-swap with my wrecked-hair doll, and donate the other. It was all fooling m'self, I just wanted this one. And I'm probably keeping my original Ariel, I'll just reroot her. So there.

 

Turned out, Ariel II cleaned up pretty well, except for a spot that looks like paint, and the china marker that was used for her price marking. Unfortunately, the mark was on her arm instead of, say, her sole or butt. (sigh) I saw lots of unfortunate dolls at that thrift. Several Battat AG-clones, one with freckles so dark, they looked like moles on her dark tanned ‘skin', contrasting oddly with her near-white blonde hair, a Meritus AG clone that had even worse hair than the Battats I've seen, and numerous other baby and todder dolls, including two LDP Cinderellas. Poor things.

 

There was a good-sized Bag O' Barbies in the display case, but $17. was a bit much, and I couldn't see very much - just several Princess-themed ones and a Blaine guy. Beloved offered to get it for me if I wanted it, but I felt bad enough getting another doll as it was ! I hoped the others would find better homes than they left.

 

Sometimes being a doll hobbyist is a bit depressing...