Spread Love Wherever You Go...

 ..."Let no one ever come without leaving happier." ~ Mother Teresa

Hello September... Since my last post, I've refrained from buying merch from Japan for my shop. I'm just being very cautious these days if I can help it. But here are some items that I found recently stateside...

 

Found these adorable Storybook Nancy Ann dolls for my shop. Two are listed and I will add the third soon. I've seen them before, but never brought myself to buying any until now. They are bisque dolls with frozen legs, but their arms are jointed. I love their simple faces and cute delicate dresses. Great to display on your dresser or in a dollhouse!

While browsing IG, one of my fellow collector friends showcased these adorable wall plaques with Meyercord decals! I had to have them!! So cute an adorable. Bears dressed up as sailors! These wall plaques will definitely be a great addition to my bedroom. Now, to find a spot! Haha! Below, I found a lot of two doll fashions, one I knew would fit Alice and the other I may add to my shop!

I was right! When I took the blue pajamas out to try on Alice, she fit them perfectly. The pants fit as well considering they are a bit short, but sometimes pajama pants have a short style. She is still just too cute in them and are the last things I dressed her in...

Next, this more recent in age, dolly fashion by Dianne. A pink sweater top for Alice as well. I love finding vintage dolly fashions that can fit her. They don't often fit her, but when I do discover them, they look amazing on her!!

Next, this adorable Premier Doll fashion can fit larger companion dolls, but still was adorable on Alice as well. A very simple pink dress with pleats and ruffled lace sleeves. How can I not get this one for her as well!! LOL

I brought my vintage poodle up here to the village for some photos and to decide if I should display her in my room. She's so cute and looked so sweet with Alice beside her. But, after a day I ended up deciding to put her back in storage for now. I'm trying to limit what I have here.

So precious, I could not help but get these Elzac Hollywood doll brooches. I love them! They both look unique and remind me of pose dolls.  

Last, I had ordered back in April more Small Puppy Cotton Candy bjd parts and one body set. I also ordered the puppy ears they offer from the Chinese seller on Taobao. I was so worried about tariffs. But luckily, it was just the shipping that was costly. So perhaps it won't be too bad should I decide to order from Asia again. I did however have to wait three months before they were able to shipped due to manufacturing constraints.

Well, that's all for now. Happy thrifting! 

Thank you so much for stopping by! ~ ggsdolls 

Some People Want it to Happen, Some People Wish it Would Happen...

 ..."Others make it happen." ~ by Michael Jordan

     This week was a full week of classes for Sara. It is her Senior Year! I am both excited and anxious for her. Mostly, because she will have completed a milestone in life... Graduation. But it is bittersweet to know that my last child will go out into the world and hopefully make it a better place. 

Speaking of children...  

I was able to find another vintage Puppet Alice loose on the Bay! She sadly, took a month to get to me. Gotta love Ground Advantage, ugh! My plan was to get her a body and than clean her up and make her into a hybrid doll just like my other Alice...

Alice Puppet Before.

 

I have been asked by several doll collectors if they could buy my Alice. But of course at the moment she is not for sale. I love my Alice. So I decided to make another hybrid and I will offer her up for sale soon. This will be my 3rd Alice hybrid to date. The 2nd Alice was done for another fellow collector in New York and I believe she still has her. So, I ordered a body and cleaned up Alice3 to have her ready. When the body came, I transferred her and dressed her up. But when I put both Alices together, I noticed something wrong immediately?!!

Alice3 and Alice1 side by side after Alice3 cleanup.

 

The body was the smaller version, ugh!! I forgot that the bodies of this vintage doll I use comes in twenty or twenty-four inches tall. Shoot!! So back to the drawing board. I found and ordered a taller bod. It took another month. So yup, two months in, this venture would take me a bit longer to do. Darn! Notice above side by side, Alice3 is more tan than my Alice1. That's okay, she is still in lovely condition and she reminds me of "Momo" from "Peach Girl" manga series, and she has a lot more fuller hair than Alice1. Also, her eyelashes don't have holes in them! Alice1 does and I just repainted them. I may touch up Alice3's eyelashes.

By early August I got the 2nd body in. So off to work I began on my free days from babysitting. I dressed Alice3 up in a pink adorable lace and stripe number and added socks and gave her Chatty Cathy blue saddle shoes. She is just as lovely as Alice1 and Alice2!! 

Alice3 on the left and Alice1 on the right.

Sweet gals for sure! She will come with her original puppet dress washed, a pair of pajamas from the original doll body I used, the pink dress, socks and shoes she is currently wearing. I am definitely pleased with the way she turned out! I hope she will go to a good home and be loved by her new Mommy!!

I am so tempted to keep her!!

Next, this adorable 3D lenticular coin purse wallet of a Liddle Kiddle sleeping beauty and on the other side two plush bears posing with a ball. I found this in a lot overseas and of all places in South Africa!! I thought it was cool to mention, but it also took some time to get to me. Haha! 

My favorite side with the bears!

Than, while doing my usual searches, I found this book!! Just look closely... Do you see anyone familiar?! This book version of Alice in Wonderland has an Alice on the cover that resembles, the Eegee Alice!!! You can see why I chose to buy it. This book I got in from a seller in Canada! I will keep for now, especially since I can't find another so easily.

Alice w the book.

Below, I found this adorable Stuffed animal sleeping kitty in pink. She is in great condition and is already listed in my shop. Her bow is original to her. Sadly, no tag, but she is similar to Rushton kitties with out the rubber face. She's so sweet for sure!

Next, two lots of vintage goodies from Japan! Many of the items you see in the lot below are already listed in my shop. There's even a CD of Pink Lady's single, some Snoopy tin plates, and Halloween ornaments!! Most ready for adoption in my Etsy shop! Even the Sanrio Glico toy lot in the next photo! Some I kept, but most have been listed even a cool cube with Hello Kitty Christmas scenery that doubles as a marble game!!

Lastly, this adorable Pink and Black striped Peggy-ann dolly dress mip!! It says it can fit a 20 to 22 inch doll! Sadly, it does not, instead maybe an 18 inch doll. I was hoping it would fit Alice3. Ugh! Oh well, I have other dolls that may fit it. So far, it has been a good start to August, whew!

May you have good thrift finds as well my fellow collectors! Until next post! 

Thank you for stopping by! ~ ggsdolls

Good bye April 2022...

 It has been a busy month and now it has come to an end. I can't believe how fast April has gone! I had a few commissions to keep me busy, along with some finds as well. It will be lovely to continue what I can. So, here's what the past month has been busy with...

A fellow collector had me restore her Sailor Rushton Bunny! Yup, that's mine on the right and hers on the left of the photo! He turned out gorgeous too! His colors are definitely more bright than mine is. We had discussed perhaps mine is an older model? Than, I found this lovely adorable blue dotted Gund bunny. He needed cleaning and sewing too! I was supposed to flip him and list him in my shop. But, he's won my heart and I can't seem to let him go. It has been like that as of late... Ugh. I dislike when I fall in love with them after I restore them! I'm trying to tell myself, "They need to be loved by others, not by myself!!" Haha! I don't think I'm listening.

Next, I was asked by a fellow collector to make her Eegee puppet dolls into a hybrid doll like my Alice. So, when they arrived earlier this month. I was very excited to do the job, that I had completed it within a few days. They left as soon as I was done too! And I am very pleased with the way they turned out. Doing my friends dolls made me inspired to finish working on my Eegee Gypsy and now she is Little Red Riding Hood! I even found a basket for her to hold!

While doing my usual searches I came across this adorable Sailor Duck by My Toy. He just needed a bit of washing and touch up on his face paint. I added a red satin bow and he turned out so cute. Of course I decided not to sell him. Not good for my pocket book, that is for sure!! On Ebay, a seller auctioned the very gold bow and arrow that belonged to a Rushton Valentine's Bear, similar to the one that I have! I won and received it in the mail. It will be a great addition to this adorable Rushton Bear for sure!

I also restored this Yawning Bear I Binned from Ebay. I took out his gross yellow sponge stuffing and replaced it with cotton batting. I added this adorable 80s baby onesie with buttons. Yup, you guessed it. I made him so cute, I couldn't part with him! Ugh!! But, who could resist him?! Nope, I could not. I also found a lot of Vtg. baby rattle toy animals, 2 lambs and an elephant. They are great as props too! I bought this cool book by Alice Snow on Etsy! "The ABC Book of Horror". I knew Sara might like it so I bought a copy. Alice even sent along with the book some stickers as gifts! Too cute for words and very unique. I loved the book!

Adorable Animal Rummy cards for my props in my photos! I love the adorable animal art in them. Definitely from the 1950s or so and they make great props for jewelry etc.! I also bought this lot of tin colored pencils sets. Two of them I've already listed in my shop, so they are up for grabs! One is by Macoto Takahashi! I have been wanting this type of vinyl clutch purse. I've seen a few others with pink flowers or peach. This one in white flowers and just an adorable delicate velvet blue bow inside. This purse is the best condition I've seen out of the ones I've found too!

A rarity, this lovely large Pose doll which reminds me of my Lulu pose doll bunka doll. She is made in Japan, and has just a few issues on her forehead and arm. I was able to fix them for now. She is in a quite lovely condition for her age too! Now, to figure out how to stabilize her to stand on her own...Hmmm. I also was able to bin this lovely Totsy sheer blue 50s style dolly dress. I was hoping it might fit Alice...

...And, it did!! Yay! I just need to find Alice a petticoat or undergarment. Truly a lovely dress for its condition and age. Even more so lovely on Alice. Last, is this blast from the past!! A Childcraft Make and Do Volume 11 book. Not exactly the book cover from my childhood, but inside the book is exactly the same as the book I grew up with! I remember my mother buying a set for our family in the 70s. I grew up reading each of the volumes when I was bored, over and over. This particular volume holds so many memories of my mother and Lita!!!

You see as a kid, I wanted to make the candies in its pages, sew my dolly a skating outfit, and even take boxes and make them into not a submarine, but a playhouse to play in!! And my Mom and sister helped me to realize a lot of it. I recall trying to make the candy in one of the examples. It was just like the book, but definitely a candy that was quite unique. My sister took the box from our new washer, I believe, and made me a playhouse with it. It had windows, and even a main door. My Mom and her even made window curtains. I loved it so much, I slept in it with my legs sticking out for several days, maybe even weeks. It was definitely nostalgic to look upon the pages of the book. Even made me think of my Mom who's passed on, and Lita who still resides Stateside. Missing both of them even more...

Ahhh, very nostalgic book indeed! Do you remember this book? Does it hold memories for you too?! I may need to get myself a few more volumes. Haha!

I hope April was a good month for you as well. Now, let's see what May holds for us...shall we!

Thank you for looking! ~ ggsdolls