So you have all gotten your four month warning. If you are planning to craft for gifts, craft for dolls, or just craft in general, you have 4 months left. Let the countdown begin....NOW! :-) Talk to you next time awesome people. Bye for now. :-)
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Monday, August 25, 2014
4 Months Until Christmas???
So you have all gotten your four month warning. If you are planning to craft for gifts, craft for dolls, or just craft in general, you have 4 months left. Let the countdown begin....NOW! :-) Talk to you next time awesome people. Bye for now. :-)
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
And on that note, I am off. I plan to play some Guild Wars 2 for more of the day before I have to jump back into busy work tomorrow. Have an awesome day everyone!!! Take care and bye for now. :-)
Of to eat some of the cheese ball she made yesterday,
Michelle
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Sunday, December 25, 2011
Merry Christmas everyone!
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I hope all of you had an awesome Christmas. Mine was ok. It ended up being mostly just another day for me. I didn’t get my gifts done because I realized late in the game a lot of stuff had to be hand sewn and while I’m getting faster at it, one item can take one or more hours. So while its no sweat to have things be a few days late, I still feel bad about it. But I am coming up with some cute things that I think they will like. This whole process is giving me a lot to think about when it comes to making clothing for dolls. As soon as gifts are done and given out I will be jumping right back in making stuff to sell finally. I think I really needed to get over this fear of creating and making a mistake and wanting it perfect the first time out. I made TONS of mistakes on the clothing I made and I’m learning two things. One, it can usually be undone and redone again. Two, it’s not the end of the world and usually the mistakes are only things I will see and I am being nitpicky about. So yeah, this whole experience is turning out to be good for me.
And I know I owed you something on the 24th, but I was busting ass to try to get those clothes done and yeah that took all day. So umm maybe it will be a New Year’s Eve treat instead. Hey it’s only a couple of more days. Can you believe that? A couple of more days and that’s a wrap on 2011. I don’t even know how to describe this year for me. It’s had ups and downs, thankfully mostly ups. I’m hoping next year will be a better year though. I’m hoping everyone in my life gets into better health and that I can take BIG HUGE LARGE strides towards my future. Fingers crossed tightly.
Silly thing, my mom is kind of sad that today was kind of a bust when it comes to Christmas. She misses how it was and had planned an old fashioned Christmas but things just didn’t turn out that way. So she said she wants a do over and has chosen Valentine’s day to do it. Don’t ask me why Valentine’s day, she just wants it. So I guess I might have two Christmases next year. Who knows. She wants to pull out the top half of the tree and put presents under it and celebrate. LOL! So I guess we will see.
And well that’s all for now guys and dolls. Blog posts will still be sketchy for the next few days as I try to finish gifts, do some Winter Cleaning, and just close out the year on a hopefully good note. So once again I hope you had a very Merry Christmas. 
Popping another piece of candy into her mouth,
Michelle
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Yep, I’m still here.
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Hey peeps, how have you all been? I hope the holidays are finding you well and if not I hope that you get well soon and I send big hugs out to all of you.
So I know it’s been pretty quiet here in “the house”, but I have truly been busy with working on Christmas presents for my mom and sister, shopping for a desk, and stressing over my mom’s health and my health at the same time. So much is going on with my mom as of late, and each new appointment makes me tense up more and more. I mean it’s good she’s going to try to sort out what’s going on, but really they aren’t any closer to figuring it out. They think it’s related to her diabetes, but not sure on it yet. Surgery keeps getting tossed around and I don’t like that idea. She’s not the healthiest gal out there and I worry I’d lose her if she did have to go under the knife. Also she’s been having other issues that they aren’t sure if she will have to have surgery for that as well. Add on top of that that my dad continues to smoke like a chimney and refuses to stick to some quitting aid, my sister’s health is slowly going bad, and then the stress from worrying about all that causes stomach acid which causes my issues to flare up and it quickly turns into a FML situation.
BUT, in light of all that, I just keep telling myself that in this moment right now I am truly lucky, blessed, what have you to be alive and mostly healthy. I have my sister, mom, and dad still with me. My boyfriend is getting better after finding out he had right lung pneumonia. The pets are doing fairly well, Brody still needs to lose some weight but he’s doing well. And well I’m doing better than a lot of people out there so I am trying to think positive and just focus on the positives I do have in my life. Not trying to get preachy on you guys here, so not that kind of gal, just wanting to say that yeah I’m having some issues in my end of the world, but it could be worse so I am happy that it’s not.
Haven’t done much dollwise besides work on Christmas gifts. A few days to go and I still have a ton to make. I got stuck hand sewing several things because it was made with thick stretchy fabric that my machine promptly told me it wasn’t have any of. Evil witch of a thing. So until I start working with my cotton fabric my machine sits on my old desk mocking me as I suffer through hand sewing clothing that easily takes me a few hours to work on. I have a few more stretchy things that I MAY be able to do on my machine and then I move on to cotton stuff, thank everything. I am still determined to finish everything, but it would go so much faster if I did have a new desk.
On the desk front, I decided against the Walmart one. My sister and I were in Staples the other day looking for a lap desk for her and we were by the full size desks waiting for an associate to look in the back to see if he had any in stock, and I asked her if any of the desks in the area were the size of the one at Walmart. My mom had told me the desk was small. My sister walked around and pointed out some that were about the size of the desk and I decided then and there that the desk was not what I wanted. It’s weird, I keep putting off buying the desks I am interested in only to find out they wouldn’t have worked for me in the end, and I am saved from disappointment. I found a table at Roses that was nice and big but it seemed short. To my peeps who sew out there, you understand my being hesitant in wanting to buy it because it seemed to0 short. I don’t want to hunch over to use it. I want my machine a comfortable height and that table seemed low. It was only 40 bucks though and I still think about it. I figure I’ll check back in after the new year and if I still like it and can maybe get a chair to try out the height I might get it.
Now after Roses we ended up at Big Lots and the funniest thing happened. My mom said I should look at the desks there. I looked at some and didn’t like them or their prices. I walked around to a back wall and found the desk I wanted from Walmart only it was the model from last year. That sucker is small. I was really glad I decided against it. But alas, that leaves me to suffer with my desk now that as you have seen is crowded with stuff I have no place to put right now. I need to go through that stuff and chuck some of it, but for now that is where it stays. I really still want that table from Roses. So much room to play with. I didn’t see any boxes there of the table and the display one has a messed up corner, but maybe they have some in back. I have time to think about it.
But I guess that’s it for now. I wish I had more to share with you. I hope to share my doll clothing with you guys eventually. One thing I learned, if you don’t use it you lose it, so umm yeah, I’m rusty right now with the sewing and I feel that it shows. But the hand sewing is making me stronger in that department, so yayyyy!
Ohhhh, before I go, weird thing happened. (Warning, what I’m about to say is sad so if you aren’t into that please skip to the next paragraph. Thanks.) So while I hand sew I watch tv. One show I am hooked on as of late is The Next Great Baker. On the recent show the baker who got kicked off had an in memorandum at the end of the show. I was shocked to see he had died and like many other people I went searching on the web to see what happened. Get this, his body was found on a street that is literally a 5-10 minute drive from my house that I travel on all the time. Seems he shot himself. He was stationed here in town and was a cook for the Army. People think he was suffering from post traumatic stress syndrome and committed suicide. He died on Oct. 24th of this year. It’s just so weird to see someone you were rooting for on a show had died and then to find out he died around the corner from your house at his own hand. I feel so bad for his family. Just another thing that makes me think that while life may be a little hectic for me at the moment it can pale in comparison to others. But yeah, just so weird and sad.
But to try to cheer things up here, I still have a photostory to share with you guys that I took pictures for a longggg time ago. I’ll share it on Christmas Eve. Consider it my silly gift to you.
And on that last note I am off peeps. I am getting tired and need to consider hopping on my exercise bike, that gave me hell yesterday by constantly popping off a pedal, and doing 10 more miles today. Ugh! So close to bedtime too. Hummm, bad choice? Perhaps. But I need to do it. Meh, it’s up for debate since I need to get up early. Wish I would have done it sooner, but I was working on Christmas gifts. Ugh! Kind of can’t wait until I have them all done so I can get back to regular uninterrupted exercise. Ok, enough blabbering, talk to you lovely folks on Saturday. Be good until then. Bye for now.
Sleepy and so ready for bed,
Michelle
Friday, December 24, 2010
Thursday, July 1, 2010
All I want for Christmas…
Hey all, so I have decided with the start of July, rabbits rabbits rabbits, that it was time for Christmas shopping in July. Never to early to start. I’m sure there are some stores out there with Christmas stuff already so let’s join in the festivities, shall we?
So I have decided to be greedy this year and ask for only the best presents this year. Why? Because I can!!! So I have been looking around the web and have made a list of the best of the best items that are sure to make the top 10 of the must have Christmas presents for 2010. So, without further ado, here we go. :-)
Top 10 Christmas Gifts for 2010-
10. Coming up at number ten is an item I believe is only available in Spanish speaking countries or areas. But the concept of this item is so cool I’ve just got to have it. It’s called “Siluette Flash” and what you do with it is…well just watch the commercial and then I will fill you in. :-)
Figure it out? Well, it seems you paint this goo on your tummy, wrap yourself in saran wrap, and the heat that builds up melts your tummy fat, leaving you with a tummy to die for. And I mean the proof is right there in the infomercial. Do you see how flat that woman’s stomach is after 3 kids?!? Oh heck yeah! I’ll take two please.
9. Number nine brings us Slender Shaper. Well I got to thinking, what if Siluette Flash doesn’t work, I know, that would be shocking if it didn’t. But what if it didn’t? I’ll still have the tummy I want to get rid of. Well, in searching for an alternative I found the Slender Shaper. Check out it’s infomercial below.
Isn’t it amazing?!? I can shake my way to being thin…while drinking a shake! I don’t even have to do anything. Humm, I wonder if I could put it on before bed and sleep my way to thinness?
8. Ok, so now that I have a kickass body, I realize that my butt got saggy. Oh noes!!! What do I do now? Humm, I know! How about the Booty Pop?!? Warning, the urge to say “Booty Pop!” will be strong after you watch this infomercial.
How sexy is that? Put on a pair of panties with cushions in the rump and you are an instant J-lo. Holla!!! Oh…that was bad. Very, very bad. *flinches* Moving on.
7. So I thought that the Booty Pop might not work when I want to get close to my special man. I man he’ll see it’s “not all me”. I need an alternative for those special moments. Enter the Brazilian Secret…I hear it’s better than Victoria’s.
Oh those Brazilian’s, they think of everything. I do get a slight “Borat” feeling when I see these things, but heck if they work then I’ll take one in every color!
6. Halfway through the list! Now, since I have a kickass body and booty, it is time to put some kickass clothing on it. I think I want something a little cheeky. How about some Winkers. What are Winkers? Oh no, I refuse to ruin this one for you. Have a looksie.
They have Halloween ones too. :-D I can’t decide which ones to pick. Any suggestions?
5. Now that I have a bottom, I’m gonna need a top. But I like my tops to be so I can multitask. Like say I was drinking a bottle of water while I was surfing the web and I found something I simply had to blog about. Well it would take forever to blog one handed. Where would I put my water? Humm, if only someone had invented a sweatshirt with like a pocket…or a pouch for such ease of drinking on the go. Hummm…
I know what you are thinking? You wonder if it comes in pink. No? Hehe, I guess that’s just me. :-D
4. Now I want to wind things down a little and get a little more relaxed at home. I mean I still want to look stylish in case I get visitors or have to step out, but those Winkers aren’t really the kind of thing you want to lounge around. Now, I think I will put on my Pajama Jeans.
Comfy AND stylish. What’s not to love?
3. And when even the Pajama Jeans are comfy, I can still get even more comfortable in my Hoodie-Footie. :-)
Ok, someone please tell me, when you look at her in all that pink do you see the Griswolds in the “Pig in a Poke” game show dressed as pigs? I told my friend you just slap on a curly tail and instant piggie. For those of you who don’t get the reference, google either Griswolds and Pig in a Poke or National Lampoon’s European Vacation. Warning, the movie has mature content.
2. Ok, so now I am all comfy, what next? Oh I know, I’ll get my craft on. Now here lately I’ve been wondering how I can leave less of a footprint on the earth, and until recently I didn’t know. That is until I learned about Smencils!
They also have Smens as well. Ok I must admit I actually do want these, but there is just something off-putting about seeing all those kids smelling their pencils. It’s almost like they are getting high off of them. Weirddddd.
1. And so this bring us to our last item on the most awesomest Christmas gift items for 2010. Now even though I have lost all the weight due to my awesome Slender Shaper, I still have an ample upper body that is just uncomfortable when it comes to the seatbelt. Now matter how I put it, it’s tight and hugs me in a weird way. So what do I do? Humm…oh I know! I’ll get the Tiddy Bear!!! Yes, that’s it’s real name.
This has to be the worst product name known to man. If you want to debate that feel free to. I’m totally up for learning about other horribly named items. This weirdly demonic looking Dollar Tree bear is a whooping 14.95 and 4.95 shipping and handling, but I just have to have it!!! And they have one in pink!!! *insert evil laugh and rubbing of hands here*
Ok, so I have had my fun for the morning and now you know what awesome gifts are out there to get family, friends, or yourself. But don’t worry, if you didn’t find something in this batch to entice you to spend, I will be doing this again. Fear not, we will find your ultimate cool gift. :-D
Ok, well this mouse is off to bed now. I couldn’t get Flickr upload to work for me last night or the website uploader so I will post the dress…that I sadly lost somewhere I have no idea where, on the blog later on today. Until then, be good and talk to you all later today. Oh and Happy July and Happy Canada Day to any Canadian readers I may have. :-) Bye for now. :-)
Loves ya,
Mouse
Saturday, March 13, 2010
80s Sears Wishbooks
Ok, so I'm sure we all know what the Sears Wishbook is. For those of you who don't know what it is, you can either click on the link or continue to read for what is sure to not even skim the top of this massively wonderful book. At least that's how I saw it as when I was a kid.
The Sears Wishbook was this massive 300+ pages, catalog that had everything in it from clothing, to toys, and from what my mom said back in the day you could get pets like birds and dogs from it. How cool is that? Of course now the Sears Wishbook is nothing compared to what it used to be and has undergone some changes over the years, but back in the day as a kid you loved to see that "wishbook" show up at your house. Not only did it signal Christmas was on the way but it also meant you got to look at all the toys out there and start scheming ways to convince your parents or Santa to get which toy was your must have for the year.
Now my brother and I knew better to ask for something from the catalog because "Santa doesn't buy from Sears and we'd have to wait to see what he brought us.", but in looking through some of the catalogs I saw that perhaps Santa did buy from the Sears Wishbook because I sure had a lot of those items as a kid. I thought I'd show you all some of them. Feel free to click on the pictures to be taken to my Flickr so you can see them full size. Let's get started with the stroll down Memory Lane, shall we? :-)
So this first picture has the much coveted Day to Night Barbie. I remember playing with her as a child. I thought her clothes flipping to make her day look a night look was just so "cutting-edge". I really think I got her because my mom liked her a lot. She was the only thing I got from the Day to Night, but it was enough for me. She had her briefcase and purse as well as her accessories. I could pretend Barbie went off to work. I made her a makeshift desk and she was set. I don't remember if she had a boyfriend or if she was just a successful single gal. But since most of my gals share boyfriends I'm sure she had a lad to take her out to dinner. I keep thinking of Mr. Heart being her boyfriend from time to time since I did have two of them. But I could be wrong. I didn't have nearly enough guys to go around so she may have dated them all. LOL! I mean heck, she was a successful business woman, she could afford to date around until she found Mr. Right. :-D
This next picture I wanted to focus on the pool. I had the pool, the floating chairs in it, all of the dolls pictured, and a table similar to the one in the background. I only have Skipper left out of all that which of course is so sad, but she keeps my memories alive and that's the important thing. :-) I don't know why exactly I had the pool since most of the time I had to use it empty. LOL! I could only put water in it when I was in the kitchen or outside. Which was "ok", but you couldn't bring all your doll stuff with you to the kitchen and limited what you could play. I mean you'd have to constantly stay at the pool. There was no dipping in the pool and then going back inside to watch tv or have dinner. Nope, you had to stay at the pool the whole time. :-( No fun. So the pool was mostly used empty so I could have variety and hey, at least I didn't have to wait for my dolls to dry before I could use them again. :-) For some reason while thinking about that pool, I have a vivid memory of opening it up and seeing a black spider walking around in the folds of it. Now I am terrified of spiders and was more so when I was a child. I'm sure there was a lot of screaming as I toss the pool and ran for my life. And I'm sure the spider skittered away and mom couldn't find it and thus ended a lovely day of doll play because you know I couldn't relax being in a room with a spider ready to pounce at any moment. LOL! Ahhh, the good old days. :-D
This next picture shows you the Maxie Gym/Locker room I mentioned in a previous post. If you squint you can see some of the accessories and how it was set up. I forgot that there were two hoops in the set. But now I remember them. I wasn't sure what they were for as a child and I would do weird things like try to use them as a headband on the dolls with coarse hair that would hold it in place. I believe it sat on Maxie and Jem's heads perfectly because they were pretty big. If you also squint harder you can see a shower curtain in between the vanity and the workout bench. That curtain was a pain to keep attached and the hoop it was hooked to was a pain too. Of course the chair to the vanity was flimsy and would topple over if you didn't place the doll just right on it. But for the most part the set was cool and like I said, made a perfect jail cell. :-D LOL!
Oh this next one I loved. I remember my mom taking it out of the box and putting it together for me. I believe it was a birthday present. It wasn't Christmas and since these wishbooks came out in September and my birthday is in August I'm sure the toy was out already then. Bottom right-hand corner. The hospital set. Oh I so LOVED this set. I used it and used it often. I constantly had poor dolly souls ending up in the hospital. They were either having a baby or they broke their arm...which got to go into the cool cast which sadly isn't pictured. This set was just so cool. It had the bed with the table you could put over it like in real hospitals. There was a slim closet that the Barbie is blocking that you could put something in. I guess since you weren't expected to stay long you didn't have to put much in there. There were books and meals that didn't look to yummy, so I guess it was pretty realistic back then. ;-) There were doctor tools like a microscope and other small things that fit into the white doctor bag. There were the toiletries that were in almost every set back in they day with tissue, hairspray, hairbrush, comb, mirror, and this circular box that the lid came off of. Ok, I never knew what that circular box was for. If any of you know what I'm talking about could you fill me in on what they were. They weren't a hat box. Were they jewelry boxes? Powder boxes? I don't know and it's always had me scratching my head about it. So if you want to fill an old gal in please do. I'd be every so thankful. :-) But yeah, in all, the set was pretty cool and I'd say the coolest one I owned as a child. You could pack everything up into the box and take it with you. Which I never did take it anywhere but my room, but having the opportunity to do so was neat. :-D
Upper left-hand corner. California Barbie. I had her and Midge, which IMHO was the best doll out of the set. I loved her red hair and her clothes and I loved how Midge's clothes matched up with Barbie's and vice verse. Though I seldom mixed their clothes up, I did it from time to time to give them a fresh new look. LOL! These two gals were the only ones from the set I had. I would have loved to have had all of them, but I loved my gals and they were the popular ones. Ok, so those of you out there who had these dolls, do you remember the blue plastic record that came with the Barbie? I believe the song was called "Living Doll" and it was sung by the Beach Boys. Oh gosh, when I was a kid, and my mom taught me how to play the record properly...by placing a penny on the record to give it some weight, I played that song over and over and over again. The song is still in my head to this day. I believe the record is all I have left from my gals. Midge's head broke off from play and while my mom glued her back on it just wasn't the same. So off she went to Good Will. :-( But the record is still in the same condition I got it as a child. Isn't it weird how looking at some of your childhood stuff, it's almost like time hasn't passed at all and you're still that little innocent kid playing with your dolls? Yeah. :-) Ok, so I did a quick search for the record and found a snippet of the song. If you have RealPlayer you can listen to it. And if don't have RealPlayer, it's a free download that you can easily uninstall afterward if you don't want to keep the program. Go to this website and you will see a button that says "Hear Here". Click on it and you will download the RealPlayer file and then just click on that and you can hear the snippet. Tell me what you think of it. It seems that while it says it was by the Beach Boys that actually only one of them worked on the song. Hummm, interesting.
But then there's that one thing that always got away. Along with the Maxie Lifeguard Stand I wanted so badly as a child, there was one more thing I just had to have and never got. I still remembered it vividly in my mind and you can imagine how shocked I was when I saw it on this website. I was excited I could share with you guys. :-)
Let's focus on the bottom of the page. This little brown box held a treasure trove of goodies that I have wanted since the day I saw it. Even to this day I could remember the items in the box and wanted that so badly when I was kid. I could just picture playing that Barbie when to college and all the stuff she'd bring for her dorm room. Granted I had most of this stuff already, but it just wasn't the same as having this set. I can't remember if I asked for this set or not, but if I didn't I wish I had. I might have had a chance to own it. I am wondering if these would have worked with Barbie since the set is not made by Mattel. I would assume so, but you know how some clothes could be just a hair off in size and then you have a useless outfit. So maybe there's a reason I didn't get this set after all. LOL! But I had to share about "the one that got away" for giggles. :-)
If you are interested in seeing if you can find some of your childhood treasures in the Wishbooks I looked at, you can find some pages of the wishbooks on Flickr by searching for Sears Wishbook or you can click here to be taken to the website I used. Happy hunting and I hope you find something that makes you smile and takes you back. :-)
Well that's all for this post. It's seriously time for me to take a posting break since I didn't take the one I said I was from my last post. Will post more a bit later on today. Talk to you soon. Bye for now. :-)
Loves ya,
Mouse
The Sears Wishbook was this massive 300+ pages, catalog that had everything in it from clothing, to toys, and from what my mom said back in the day you could get pets like birds and dogs from it. How cool is that? Of course now the Sears Wishbook is nothing compared to what it used to be and has undergone some changes over the years, but back in the day as a kid you loved to see that "wishbook" show up at your house. Not only did it signal Christmas was on the way but it also meant you got to look at all the toys out there and start scheming ways to convince your parents or Santa to get which toy was your must have for the year.
Now my brother and I knew better to ask for something from the catalog because "Santa doesn't buy from Sears and we'd have to wait to see what he brought us.", but in looking through some of the catalogs I saw that perhaps Santa did buy from the Sears Wishbook because I sure had a lot of those items as a kid. I thought I'd show you all some of them. Feel free to click on the pictures to be taken to my Flickr so you can see them full size. Let's get started with the stroll down Memory Lane, shall we? :-)
So this first picture has the much coveted Day to Night Barbie. I remember playing with her as a child. I thought her clothes flipping to make her day look a night look was just so "cutting-edge". I really think I got her because my mom liked her a lot. She was the only thing I got from the Day to Night, but it was enough for me. She had her briefcase and purse as well as her accessories. I could pretend Barbie went off to work. I made her a makeshift desk and she was set. I don't remember if she had a boyfriend or if she was just a successful single gal. But since most of my gals share boyfriends I'm sure she had a lad to take her out to dinner. I keep thinking of Mr. Heart being her boyfriend from time to time since I did have two of them. But I could be wrong. I didn't have nearly enough guys to go around so she may have dated them all. LOL! I mean heck, she was a successful business woman, she could afford to date around until she found Mr. Right. :-D
This next picture I wanted to focus on the pool. I had the pool, the floating chairs in it, all of the dolls pictured, and a table similar to the one in the background. I only have Skipper left out of all that which of course is so sad, but she keeps my memories alive and that's the important thing. :-) I don't know why exactly I had the pool since most of the time I had to use it empty. LOL! I could only put water in it when I was in the kitchen or outside. Which was "ok", but you couldn't bring all your doll stuff with you to the kitchen and limited what you could play. I mean you'd have to constantly stay at the pool. There was no dipping in the pool and then going back inside to watch tv or have dinner. Nope, you had to stay at the pool the whole time. :-( No fun. So the pool was mostly used empty so I could have variety and hey, at least I didn't have to wait for my dolls to dry before I could use them again. :-) For some reason while thinking about that pool, I have a vivid memory of opening it up and seeing a black spider walking around in the folds of it. Now I am terrified of spiders and was more so when I was a child. I'm sure there was a lot of screaming as I toss the pool and ran for my life. And I'm sure the spider skittered away and mom couldn't find it and thus ended a lovely day of doll play because you know I couldn't relax being in a room with a spider ready to pounce at any moment. LOL! Ahhh, the good old days. :-D
This next picture shows you the Maxie Gym/Locker room I mentioned in a previous post. If you squint you can see some of the accessories and how it was set up. I forgot that there were two hoops in the set. But now I remember them. I wasn't sure what they were for as a child and I would do weird things like try to use them as a headband on the dolls with coarse hair that would hold it in place. I believe it sat on Maxie and Jem's heads perfectly because they were pretty big. If you also squint harder you can see a shower curtain in between the vanity and the workout bench. That curtain was a pain to keep attached and the hoop it was hooked to was a pain too. Of course the chair to the vanity was flimsy and would topple over if you didn't place the doll just right on it. But for the most part the set was cool and like I said, made a perfect jail cell. :-D LOL!
Oh this next one I loved. I remember my mom taking it out of the box and putting it together for me. I believe it was a birthday present. It wasn't Christmas and since these wishbooks came out in September and my birthday is in August I'm sure the toy was out already then. Bottom right-hand corner. The hospital set. Oh I so LOVED this set. I used it and used it often. I constantly had poor dolly souls ending up in the hospital. They were either having a baby or they broke their arm...which got to go into the cool cast which sadly isn't pictured. This set was just so cool. It had the bed with the table you could put over it like in real hospitals. There was a slim closet that the Barbie is blocking that you could put something in. I guess since you weren't expected to stay long you didn't have to put much in there. There were books and meals that didn't look to yummy, so I guess it was pretty realistic back then. ;-) There were doctor tools like a microscope and other small things that fit into the white doctor bag. There were the toiletries that were in almost every set back in they day with tissue, hairspray, hairbrush, comb, mirror, and this circular box that the lid came off of. Ok, I never knew what that circular box was for. If any of you know what I'm talking about could you fill me in on what they were. They weren't a hat box. Were they jewelry boxes? Powder boxes? I don't know and it's always had me scratching my head about it. So if you want to fill an old gal in please do. I'd be every so thankful. :-) But yeah, in all, the set was pretty cool and I'd say the coolest one I owned as a child. You could pack everything up into the box and take it with you. Which I never did take it anywhere but my room, but having the opportunity to do so was neat. :-D
Upper left-hand corner. California Barbie. I had her and Midge, which IMHO was the best doll out of the set. I loved her red hair and her clothes and I loved how Midge's clothes matched up with Barbie's and vice verse. Though I seldom mixed their clothes up, I did it from time to time to give them a fresh new look. LOL! These two gals were the only ones from the set I had. I would have loved to have had all of them, but I loved my gals and they were the popular ones. Ok, so those of you out there who had these dolls, do you remember the blue plastic record that came with the Barbie? I believe the song was called "Living Doll" and it was sung by the Beach Boys. Oh gosh, when I was a kid, and my mom taught me how to play the record properly...by placing a penny on the record to give it some weight, I played that song over and over and over again. The song is still in my head to this day. I believe the record is all I have left from my gals. Midge's head broke off from play and while my mom glued her back on it just wasn't the same. So off she went to Good Will. :-( But the record is still in the same condition I got it as a child. Isn't it weird how looking at some of your childhood stuff, it's almost like time hasn't passed at all and you're still that little innocent kid playing with your dolls? Yeah. :-) Ok, so I did a quick search for the record and found a snippet of the song. If you have RealPlayer you can listen to it. And if don't have RealPlayer, it's a free download that you can easily uninstall afterward if you don't want to keep the program. Go to this website and you will see a button that says "Hear Here". Click on it and you will download the RealPlayer file and then just click on that and you can hear the snippet. Tell me what you think of it. It seems that while it says it was by the Beach Boys that actually only one of them worked on the song. Hummm, interesting.
But then there's that one thing that always got away. Along with the Maxie Lifeguard Stand I wanted so badly as a child, there was one more thing I just had to have and never got. I still remembered it vividly in my mind and you can imagine how shocked I was when I saw it on this website. I was excited I could share with you guys. :-)
Let's focus on the bottom of the page. This little brown box held a treasure trove of goodies that I have wanted since the day I saw it. Even to this day I could remember the items in the box and wanted that so badly when I was kid. I could just picture playing that Barbie when to college and all the stuff she'd bring for her dorm room. Granted I had most of this stuff already, but it just wasn't the same as having this set. I can't remember if I asked for this set or not, but if I didn't I wish I had. I might have had a chance to own it. I am wondering if these would have worked with Barbie since the set is not made by Mattel. I would assume so, but you know how some clothes could be just a hair off in size and then you have a useless outfit. So maybe there's a reason I didn't get this set after all. LOL! But I had to share about "the one that got away" for giggles. :-)
If you are interested in seeing if you can find some of your childhood treasures in the Wishbooks I looked at, you can find some pages of the wishbooks on Flickr by searching for Sears Wishbook or you can click here to be taken to the website I used. Happy hunting and I hope you find something that makes you smile and takes you back. :-)
Well that's all for this post. It's seriously time for me to take a posting break since I didn't take the one I said I was from my last post. Will post more a bit later on today. Talk to you soon. Bye for now. :-)
Loves ya,
Mouse
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Merry Christmas!
I want to wish all of you a very Happy Holidays and for those of you who observe it, a very Merry Christmas! I hope you are all warm and safe tonight and will have a lovely tomorrow! :-)
I've been scarce lately, working on stuff for the shop in the new year. I've decided finally on a theme for my shop. Dolls. Everything I make will either be for dolls or have a doll theme. Very excited to get started on all this. Only thing is, I may have to change my shop's name. I'll think about it over the next few days. I'm hoping to have my shop open again by New Years day.
Well that is all for now kiddies. If you have left a comment, I will get back to you over the next few days. Enjoy your holiday everyone and please be safe. Hugs to you all! :-)
Loves ya,
Mouse
Monday, December 21, 2009
Happy Winter!!!
Good bye my beloved Autumn. :-(
Hello my second beloved Winter. :-)
Here's hoping that this Winter will hold many pleasant adventures for us. Oh and just wanted to say a big Happy Birthday and Welcome to the World to Gracie Gray Walker!!! The cutest baby born this holiday season. :-)
Loves ya,
Mouse
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Christmas Tree Montage!
Ok, so here is the first video I have made in a long time. I've posted it on Vimeo and I hope it looks nice.
I hope you enjoyed this. I will be making more of these in the near future. :-) Pictures are up on Flickr. Check them out. :-)
Loves ya,
Mouse
Christmas 2009 from Chelle on Vimeo.
Decorating the Christmas tree and for Christmas in 2009.
Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt
White Christmas - The Drifters
I hope you enjoyed this. I will be making more of these in the near future. :-) Pictures are up on Flickr. Check them out. :-)
Loves ya,
Mouse
Christmas montage is ready to go.
But it will have to wait until later to pop up here because I want to get the pictures uploaded to Flickr first for those who are on slow connections. Hopefully tonight, but mos def tomorrow. :-)
Loves ya,
Mouse
Loves ya,
Mouse
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Hey guys!
So I just sat down on the floor in my living room after decorating my tree to update the old blog. The tree looks pretty as usual. We are running out of room for ornaments. Its so hard to place everything on its own individual branch. Pictures will be coming soon of the finished tree. My mom just joked we need a 7 foot tree because we are running out of space. I agree. LOL!
I want to try to catch the musical Christmas lights for you guys too. We'll see how successful I am at that. Hopefully I will have something to show you by the end of the week.
In today's post, however, I wanted to show you two cool things. First of all I wanted to show you this cool dress that the fabulous Twinkie Chan wore a while back. Twinkie Chan if you read this please know I borrowed the picture to show off your wonderfulness and mean no disrespect.
A Barbie dress! How flipping cute and cool is that? I had to show you guys this. Next up I want to show you what I won yesterday.
Is that not the cutest little purse? Karen of Glamour Dolls had a drawing for this sweet thing and I won it! Woo hoo!!! I can't wait to get it. Already been thinking I know what I will use it for.
Well guys, I am going to leave you on that last note. I'm tired, I have a cleaning appointment tomorrow with the dentist...so not happy about that, and then I might do some shopping tomorrow...for me. :-D Bye now.
Loves ya,
Chelle a.k.a. Mouse
I want to try to catch the musical Christmas lights for you guys too. We'll see how successful I am at that. Hopefully I will have something to show you by the end of the week.
In today's post, however, I wanted to show you two cool things. First of all I wanted to show you this cool dress that the fabulous Twinkie Chan wore a while back. Twinkie Chan if you read this please know I borrowed the picture to show off your wonderfulness and mean no disrespect.
A Barbie dress! How flipping cute and cool is that? I had to show you guys this. Next up I want to show you what I won yesterday.
Is that not the cutest little purse? Karen of Glamour Dolls had a drawing for this sweet thing and I won it! Woo hoo!!! I can't wait to get it. Already been thinking I know what I will use it for.
Well guys, I am going to leave you on that last note. I'm tired, I have a cleaning appointment tomorrow with the dentist...so not happy about that, and then I might do some shopping tomorrow...for me. :-D Bye now.
Loves ya,
Chelle a.k.a. Mouse
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