My Favorite Things

 Awhile back, one of my readers asked that I 
show more details of items in my Doll Room.
I have SO many little things that make up my
Doll Room decor and these items are
My Favorite Things.

I will start in my doll kitchen.

The kitchen used to be all pink and white.  

I built the stove with some help from my husband.

This is how our doll kitchen first looked.

It was a hodge-podge of American Girl size items.

Then I saw this image of a 1930s kitchen.

So I repainted and restyled everything.

I found this cabinet in a thrift store and began

slowly adding lots of doll kitchen items.

I made the eggs in my egg basket and

I used this little Delft pinch bowl to hold

my apples.

Another little kitchen item I love

is this crock and doll cookng utensils.

I also have a collection of vintage and antique doll plates.

These are my Colonial Williamsburg tea cups made for

the Pleasant Co. Felicity Doll (early American Girl).

Another thing I love are miniature tea sets!

I just found this one in a thrift store.

This tea set my grandmother painted.

And this tea set I found online.

also notice the little hankies I 

use for doll linens. 

I also love little bowl and pitcher sets

AND

pretty miniature mirrors.

Here is another bowl and pitcher set

in front of a pretty etched mirror.

Here is a close-up of the wall decor.

These are images of 1940s wall

hangings for a child's room.

(I printed them, pasted to cardboard

and cut them out)

I also have a collection of

miniature books.

Books take me back to my childhood of

reading quietly to myself, escaping

into worlds of make-believe.

These are all my American Girl Doll books.

All these books are 4" or less, most are 2".

On the antique rattan doll dresser are several

cute things, but my favorite is...

This  3" enameled tray

It's a cricket on a fallen leaf.

And on Cissy's dressing table...

This enameled tray. It is just 2" across.

I also love this birdhouse pillbox.

Another favorite in the big dollhouse

is this wooden sewing machine

I made with my husbands help.

This is my 1940s Georgene Raggedy Ann.

She sits in her rocking chair and 

reads to all the dolls from this pop-up book.

I love my miniature 2" Raggedy Anns.

Who am I kidding?

I adore this entire doll house!

And this one....

AND THIS ONE!!!!

OK, here is the link to go back and see 

the whole doll room.

Doll Room Tour 2021

As you can see I am a hopeless

collector of all the doll-sized

things I can find.

WHEW!

I hope you enjoyed some of my Favorite Things.

She's Arrived!

A package came in the mail!

It's my new brunette Little Miss Revlon doll!

Not too dirty really, so that's good.

Her earring holes have turned a little green.

I will get some acne cream to treat the green tinge.

AH, a refreshing shampoo and wash.

This is my cleaning team.

Wig or synthetic hair shampoo and conditioner

can be purchased at any beauty supply shop.

Magic eraser sponges do a great job of cleaning

vinyl doll skin.

Much better already.

After her first hair brushing.

I couldn't wait to see her in a pretty dress.

I think her trademark color will

be PURPLE.

Next I want to brighten her face.

I use a skin tone and a melon color.

I first use the melon to repaint her lips.

Next I mix the two colors and use a

makeup sponge dried on a paper towel

to pink her cheeks.

After a trip to the store for some acne cream,

 I used a needle dipped in the cream and 

inserted into her earring holes.

After one night the green tinge is 

almost completely gone!

Right after I found this doll I also found

2 dresses.

This purple stripe dress...

and this periwinkle dotted swiss.

I found out from Jenny that the purple 

stripe dress is from an Eegee's Annette doll.

(A Barbie size Lilli clone)

The dress is a fit except the bodice is a little tall.

I will repair and refit the bodice.

But first it needed a washing.

Next is the dotted swiss dress. The dress is clean

and crisp, so I decided not to wash it.

The dress was very sheer, so I made

 this simple strapless slip.

I also made a hairband and belt.

These are the shoes my new doll came in.

They are very faded blue.

I decided to do a makeover on them.

I will use ivory with the blue.

The shoes will match her belt.

READY TO SEE HER 

in her new dresses?

HERE

SHE

IS!

Here she is in the first purple dress I put her in.

And, here she is in her periwinkle dotted swiss

with her renewed heels, belt and 

hairband.

The belt is made with a vintage earring piece.

Her lace hairband is also made 

with vintage lace.

Next is the purple stripe dress.

I adjusted the bodice by tacking

it in the back.

I love how she looks in purple!

I have one more outfit to share!!

I made her this crochet top and

matching full skirt.

The little bling on her waistband

is also from a vintage earring.

Time to get acquianted with Amanda

and Julia.

Everybody meet

LAUREN!

Welcome to the Savage Pea

Lauren.