Thursday, February 27, 2020

Bessie is everyone's best friend



This cute 2 page paper doll set is from Sew Beautiful Magazine, dated Spring 1991 It features a lovely girl with four outfits and two hats.  She has an owl and cat friend.  The owl has 3 outfits and a hat.  The cat has 3 outfits and two hats. There is a table with a small wedding cake.  The artist is Theresa Borelli.
 The text reads:

Bessie is everyone's best friend.  A delight, to be sure, she sprinkles happiness on everyone she meets, like a spoon full of sugar in hot tea.  Her cheeks are always a flush with the color of cherry blossom. Her smile, which only departs from face in sleep, rivals the shining moon.  Dressed in heirloom finery, she's the embodiment of a fresh spring day.

Sunday, February 23, 2020

Dora Bing and Wink at the Junior Prom


This newspaper panel features three characters from the Dumb Dora comic.  No clothing, just stand up dolls.  It is dated 5-14-1933.  The characters are Dora, Bing and Wink and apparently they are going to the Junior Prom.

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Pretty Blonde Joins Your Family


This newspaper paper doll is from the artist Laura Brock.  She has been colored.  I love her little dog!  She has one outfit, a hat, and a cape.  It is dated March 4, 1933.  The text reads:

This is Judy, who is known as one of the prettiest girls in the neighborhood.  She has lovely blonde curls and deep blue eyes.
She loves to dress like the older girls, and poses for you in this picture with her best friend and bodyguard, Elf, her Russian wolfhound.

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Boots paper doll


Boots by Martin paper doll from 9-19-1938.  This paper doll is from a newspaper that has discolored with age.  It is printed in two colors, red and blue.  She has four stylish outfits.  I love her walking pose.

Monday, February 10, 2020

Sunday, February 9, 2020

Julie Lady Dress Pickup











Above is a book printed in Taiwan but I believe the writing is in Japanese.  The pages are cardboard like with punch out clothing and accessories.  All I can read from the cover is Julie Lady Dress Pickup.  Julie is blond with green eyes and a pet koala.  She has many pages of clothing, shoes and accessories, (lots of orange)/  There is also a table with chairs and food. Her pet has a few outfits as well.  I'm guessing the date on this is late 80s to mid 90s based on the style of clothing.

Saturday, February 8, 2020

Link to New Baby Nancy dressup game

So a few days ago I was contact by Ola, the create of Doll Divine games (a wonderful dress up website https://www.dolldivine.com/)  sent me a link to a game she created using the New Baby Nancy  paper doll  I had scanned on my blog. New Baby Nancy.  The game is made using a website called https://meiker.io/ which allows people to create dress up games without having to code, so I may use it  myself in the future. I love playing dress up games and made one or two in the past but coding takes FOREVER so glad to know this site exists.

 Anyway, here is the link to play with the virtual paper doll. https://meiker.io/play/11301/game.html

Thank you Ola. 

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Nancy by Muriel Whitley


This two page magazine doll is named Nancy and created by the artist Muriel Whitley.  She has five outfits and an extra pair of slippers for her ballerina costume.  This is Doll World Magazine and is dated from April 2001.

Sunday, February 2, 2020

Valentine's





I'm afraid I don't know much about these because they came from a freebie table at one the conventions.  I know they are from Hallmark and from around the 1960s but I do not know if it's complete.  I have six dolls that say things like "Happy Valentine's Day", "You're lots of fun"  "You're nice to know" "I like you" and "I'm glad we're friends".  Perhaps these were meant to give out in the classroom.  I have six outfits with six hats, the outfits can fit any doll.

Saturday, February 1, 2020

For A Special Young Lady



Here is a Valentine card from American Greetings company from the 1980s featuring Vicky.  The doll is on the front along with a bear friend.  She has 5 outfits and four hats.  I believe the artist is Karen Reilly. The text reads "It's Valentine's Day and whatever you do, Vicky can dress up and share it with you!  Happy Valentine's Day."