I always like to start each page by giving God all the glory. If it wasn't for Him, I would not have these dolls. The Lord blesses us each and every day by waking us up. I look forward to all the blessings He has in line for me. Thank you Jesus! I love you Lord, Hallelujah!
If I lost my phone and/or anyone found it and was able to open it up ~ when they see all the photos of my dolls ~ they would probably think, "nope I don't want this phone. I hope the owner calls so I can give it back to them!" Lol! I have about 3,000 pictures of all the dolls I own. I think if someone would've told me that I would have all these dolls I would not believe them! I don't regret buying any of them! I truly love my dolls and I thank the Lord that He let me have them. When I was in my late teens I used to be very quiet and shy. Once I started playing with dolls, this was a way to get a conversation started. My Mother gave me her camera one day, it was a 35mm and once I figured out how to use it I was off!! First I would take pictures of people walking in the street, just random shots. Places that I went to and people I'd meet. Once I started working, I was able to get a better camera and take more pictures. I didn't start getting into dolls until I turned around 23 years old. I used to buy them for my Goddaughter, she was only 3 years old and was not really into these Fashion dolls that I bought her. Whenever I came to see her, the dolls were naked. (To this day, I'll never understand why little kids take the clothes off the dolls - LOL!). Anyway, try explaining to a 3 year old about dolls getting sick from being naked! Lol! So, I decided to take them for myself and buy her a bigger doll. Cabbage Patch dolls were very popular back then, so that's the doll she liked! After taking the Barbie dolls home with me, I started playing with them. I had such a good time! After that I would buy a new doll every time I got paid, until I had about 8 of them. As I grew older, I realized that I gotten attached to my dolls and it was time to go shopping and buy them some clothes. You know, just in case they wanted to go out! On Friday nights I would dress them up, do their hair and turn on my stereo and then the party would start!! I would just get lost in the playing and partying! Then after a couple of hours later, it was time for them to come home and for me to go to bed as I had to work the next day. One day, I was in a discount store just looking around to see what they were selling when I saw some wedding dresses. That's when I decided that one of my dolls was going to get married. (By this time, I had about 50 or more Barbie's, Ken's, Skipper and Crispy dolls) and also when I discovered the Integrity Toys play line dolls - Janay, Jade and Alysa. They became Barbie's new friend. Later on Mattel had made a Shakira doll, Brandy (the singer) which I did acquire and buy this time I had about 100 dolls! And then I saw Dominic (IT guy play line doll) - OMGosh - what a good looking doll was he! That's when I decided that he and Barbie (Asha) would get married. {Mind you my mind goes back and forth in memories, so bear with me while I get this story together. Lol!} A couple of years ago, Mattel wanted to make some African American dolls in the various skin shades of Light, Medium and Dark Skinned - these dolls were known as the Shani line. I bought all three of them and they were the best of friends. Asha was the light skinned doll - she had married GI Joe and they had a little girl named Marisol. Unfortunately, Joe died before meeting his beautiful little girl and Marisol grew up without knowing her Father.
I spend a lot of time on the computer, looking for new dolls as I use to collect Barbie dolls as well. I think back that I had about 30 collectible dolls. I use to have the designer dolls - Byron Lars. OMGosh - the dolls that I had that were designed by Byron Lars:
1997 - Runway Collection: In the Limelight
1998 - Cinnabar Sensation
Treasures of Africa line
2001 - Moja (1st); 2002 - Mbilii and Tatu (3rd); 2004 - Nne (red hair afro puffs); {I did not know that later on I would come to collect and keep red haired dolls - snicker!}; 2005 - Tano
(Once you start looking for dolls you used to have, you see dolls you didn't know about and start to get intrigued enough to buy them!). Did I mention that I used to be on eBay everyday? I haven't been in a while and its 3:52 am and I'm looking at AA Barbie dolls! Oh before I forget to mention, while reminiscing about Asha and Nichelle, guess who is coming to live with us again?!! Yep, Asha and Nichelle....sigh.....this is how I get in trouble. But what I want to do is swap bodies with the M2M dolls that I already have and don't even play with! Lol! I think I'd better wait til they come and find them some new curvy M2M bodies that I want to swap with. :D. Right now, I'm looking at a Fashionista AA Barbie, Zig Zag - she has her hair shaved on one side and long blonde curled hair on the other and she's wearing a pink zig zag dress. I'm going to see if I can find her on Amazon. When you love dolls ~ there's no end! (sigh). Well, just checked Amazon, they don't have her....going to do a wide search, LOL!
You know looking for dolls and having funds to possibly by them is DANGEROUS!! I just bought another doll (you know I had this doll too and sold her or gave her away) Tangerine Twist, but I got her as a steal! She was $23.99!! Ah, now I need 3 M2M bodies to swap! (Groan)
It is now 4:30 am and my lids are getting sleepy. But alas, I must keep looking for ??? Whatever? A dolly lover doesn't know when to stop looking!! Okay, my body stopped me - I fell asleep! Its 5:12 am this morning. Going to take a nap til 8 am. Have a great day! God bless you all!
