Game of Thrones fever has hit Etsy, where artists are creating darling plush and felt dolls based on the show and books. Ned Stark is made out of fleece, and hand sewn. The same seller has created several other Game of Thrones dolls, including this adorable Danerys.This Sansa Stark doll was created by The Stitchy…
This 2012 Hope Diamond Smithsonian Barbie is a limited edition doll. She wears a navy blue velvet gown, red hair, white gloves, and a replica necklace depicting the famous Hope Diamond. Also available on Amazon and at the Smithsonian Store.RELATED LINKS: The Hope Diamond, at Encyclopedia Smithsonian PBS Treasures of the World: Hope Diamond The…
As a huge fan of Alphonse Mucha and Art Nouveau, I’m so excited to see these Mucha paper dolls. I normally don’t keep paper dolls in pristine mint condition, either – I cut them out and play with them, even at my advanced age of 40+! They look very intricate and time consuming to cut…
The new Gold Label Mermaid Barbie is absolutely stunning. She wears a light blue bikini, sparkly teal tail, and long golden hair. Note that she comes with the rock shown in the picture, but cannot stand alone. Her flesh-colored gauze tunic is embellished with small pretty sequins. This doll is currently a pre-order on eBay.
This Vera Wang Romanticist Barbie was made in 2008. She’s a blonde Platinum Label Barbie wearing a Vera Wang designer wedding gown. She also comes as a brunette.
The Barbie Princess Charm School line is based on Mattel’s 2011 DVD, in which a Barbie named Blair is trying to prove her royal lineage. Blair wears cute knee-high pink socks, a pink and white gingham school uniform, and she comes with a pink laptop accessory. Blair also comes dressed in a fancy gown. Of…
Madame Alexander “Camelot Pair” on eBayI find it interesting that these extremely rare Arthurian Madame Alexander dolls portray Lancelot and Guinevere, not Arthur and Guinevere.. They were part of a limited edition produced to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Madame Alexander’s birth. Lancelot wears an adorable burgundy cape with matching velvet boots. Guinevere is dressed…
Just in time for the holidays, the new “Woeful Romance” Ellowyne Wilde. She doesn’t look all that goth or gloomy. Instead, she wears a cheerfully pink flower-bedecked dress and black cape with pink trim.I absolutely adore her red-and-black striped stockings!She’s a limited edition from FAO Schwarz.
I’ve never seen the Barbie and Ken Japan Dolls of the World on the shelf of a store near me, or I might have been tempted to snatch them up immediately. Now I’m drooling over them on eBay, wanting to add them to my carefully edited collection of Dolls of the World. Barbie wears traditional…