Doll Show Finds and Early Morning Madness

Yesterday was the Atlanta Doll Club Doll Show.  I have to admit I wasn't looking forward to going.  Why?  Because my car needs work, and I knew if I went to the doll show, my car fix it money would be gone.  So I took my time getting there.  I went to woodworking class, then finally arrived at the show about 1pm.  The show was set to end at 3pm.  Surely all the good stuff would be spoken for.  Seems there's always good stuff waiting for me.

It's raining men.  All of these men were dressed  except for the MC Hammer doll.  All of the men were priced at $5 except the Integrity Toys guy in the middle.  I paid $20 for him because I had never seen him before.  The PowerTeam guy was dressed and sealed in his original box for $5, but I completely overlooked him.  Luckily Paulette of limbe dolls was there and she bought him just as the show was about to close.  She was kind enough to give me the doll and take the clothes and accessories because she has this guy already.  Whew!  This is the guy I've been scouring Big Lots for over the past 6 months.  THANK YOU PAULETTE.

These are three of the ladies I bought.  The lady who sold the two dolls on the ends, makes the clothes, dresses the dolls and then sells them for $5 - $10.  Go figure.  She was also the lady who sold the $5 men up top (except MC Hammer).  The Steffie doll in the white was only $5.  I was happy to pick up another Danielle doll.  It's good to have a double.  Not to mention I love the outfit. The Christie in the middle is another doll I have been wanting since seeing her on Clicking Dolls blog.  She still has the tags and is in her original outfit.  She, too, was $5, from a different vendor.

The Steffie doll will get a new Daniela LIV body.

So now I'm going to take you on a journey called Early Morning Madness.  It was 11:30pm last night and I had just awoke after falling asleep around 8pm.  I thought about going dancing, but nixed the idea.  I went to the studio and started organizing some more.  I need to start building the reception room for the wedding.  About 1:30am I ran across my doll purchases from Saturday.

I got a bright idea to make these my new college kids.  I looked at the A-frame house and decided to build dorm rooms on the top half.  I moved Darius' operation out and built two dorm rooms and  in the middle I built a lounge area.  The guy in the middle is now named Quentin after my godson who is in his first year at Rutgers.  He will be my godson in this story, too.

My Marisa doll (Faith) was there with the rest of the gang in Christie's room.  They were trying to decide if they were going out for the night.  Christie's new name is Kim.  Why?  Because I thought about the show Different World.  My Steffie doll, was the person who got the second dorm room.  Her new name is Jasmine.  Why?  Because in the show Different World, Whitley Gilbert was Kim's roommate.  This doll reminded me of Whitley.  She appeared to be high maintenance.  Well, Whitley was played by the actress, Jasmine Guy.  I had their rooms fixed really nice, but when I went to put the Stardoll closet insert into Jasmine's room, it wouldn't fit.   So I started redesigning some things in my head. 

In the meantime as I am getting props from different areas in the studio, I am seeing Racquelle, who's hanging out at Ni'Chalet's, and the new lady in charge of Hotel Monaco, Lauren.  Then it hit me.  She could be Racquel and Faith's mother.  So  this is mom and her two daughters.  I wonder when we will meet their dad.  Faith is wearing the dress that came with my new Mattel kitchen.

Back to the madness... when the closet paper insert wouldn't fit, I went a whole new direction.  I saw the new kitchen that had just arrived from Mattel, and decided to make the top level an apartment for my BB 3.0 Mbili mold doll.  Got distracted again, because I felt it was too much space for a single woman and went down my list of single parents.  Bingo, Shantavia and Jada.   I haven't put the additional walls in yet, or the rugs and accessories.  Before I got to this point I had changed the layout of the A-frame house about 4 times and in my mind added 6 additional rooms that will require some construction on my part.  I totally fell in love with this house.

In the end, at least for now, I put the house back into it's simplest form.  I still plan to add the new rooms later.  Two of the new rooms will be bedrooms.   This is her TV room off the kitchen area.  This will eventually be an outdoor patio and little garden when the new rooms are built.  This living room will be the third new room on this level. 

Lights out for those cozy nights.

On the other side is her art studio.  Perfect open atmosphere for painting. 

Another angle of the art studio.  Which needs a little tidying up.  Ian is more than likely getting booted out of the first level apartment.  He is looking for a new bachelor pad.  This will leave the downstairs open.  I plan to add three rooms and make it a much bigger house.  There is a good chance the Morales, or either the Chef from Hotel Monaco and family, will reside downstairs.

With Shantavia's old space now available, I quickly built a new space for Darius and Nikki.   They returned from the ski trip last night and are spending the day relaxing and recovering from vacation before starting work tomorrow.  I still have to add art work, throw rugs, and accessories.  The hole in the back wall will be enlarged and I will add a beautiful outside view.  

I also decided this will  be the space used for a couple of different families.  Of course they will have their own furniture.  For instance Racquel and Terrance live in the same type condo, so this space will be rearranged for them when I have to do a story for them.  The kitchen may appear on the other side to indicate a different layout.

So I experimented with a couple of layouts just to give you an idea.  Remember, it will not be this furniture, but different furniture per family.

Another layout.  Of course, with the rugs and accessories the place will look a lot warmer and nicer.

Well I've finished working in the studio now. I also managed to move my photo taking area in my bedroom and complete a load of laundry.  What time is it? 9:30am!  I still have my whole day ahead of me to get tons more done.  Sorry I didn't take pictures of the dorms rooms and the different positions of the A-frame house.  So how do you extend your day?  Start working in the middle of the night.

Why does Shantavia need a new place?  Because her potential love interest arrived on Friday.  He is temporarily on a LIV Jake body.  He will probably get a new body that will accommodate the nice long neck piece he came with.  When I first saw this guy on ebay about a year ago, I felt he would be great for Shantavia.  I've always seen him as a light-skinned brother, and that is what he will play in my stories.  When I put him on the body, he completely reminded me of my last boyfriend, Bruce.

See what I mean.  This is my ex-boyfriend, but still very good friend, Bruce.  If you are thinking, wow, he looks like her ex-husband.  He sort of does, but not really.  But to prove to you I don't just date the same type guys....

Meet Keith.  He is my doll husband, my ex-boyfriend, and my Darius!  Didn't want to let this one go, but he went to Afghanistan to work.  

Back to the doll show....

I picked up some really cute $5 outfits from the same lady I bought most of my dolls from.

Our dear friend Paulette, from limbe dolls, had a booth and was selling dressed dolls, wigs, lingerie, sandals, and salt dough food.   All the food was sold by the time I arrived.

Here she is looking adorable as usual.  I never use that word when I refer to adults, but it is the word that comes to mind every time I see her.  All her prices were really nice.  I just wish I had more discretionary money.  I would have bought more than I did.

A display of 6 of the dolls for sale.  I hadn't properly adjusted my camera to the low light.

These dolls were beautiful.  I am now contemplating buying the pink one. We have another doll show in 2 weeks (EEEK!  Wallet beware.).  If I come up with a story around her, I will add her to my collection, if she is still available.   You know dolls have to work when they come to Morristown. 

  

These are 3 different ones.

St. Regis lace lingerie was in the house.  Cute, cute, cute!

They came three different sets to a pack for $10!  What a deal!  I bought a set of lingerie and a wig.  While organizing this morning, I put them in a safe place and haven't seen them since.  When they show up, someone will be doing a fashion show.  If interested in buying any of these items (except my pink doll), contact limbe dolls.

Sorry this post is soooo long.  I got a little carried away.  Now I am off to catch up on my blog reading and hopefully to make a wedding cake.  Enjoy the rest of your weekend!