Barbie Pajamas

These three sets of Barbie pajamas were also purchased from

http://stores.ebay.com/markc1118shomemadedollclothes/

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles set are made from the same flannel material as the bathrobes.  The miniature dachshund and Where's Waldo sets are both a thinner material.

Now all I need is to find a diy for Barbie house shoes / slippers!

Barbie Sleepwear

These positively adorable Barbie bathrobes came from

http://stores.ebay.com/markc1118shomemadedollclothes/

Everything in the store is handmade and there are dresses, pajamas, bathrobes, shirts, etc.

The bathrobes are a super soft flannel like material and there were dozens of cute prints - so many in fact that it was hard to choose just three!

Barbie clothes hangers from Pinterest

 

 So that morning back when I was sleep deprived and went on a Barbie shopping spree I ended up buying a bunch of doll outfits from Ebay as well.  Now I need to work on a cute way to store them all.  Above is my first attempt at a wire doll hanger using a large paper clip.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/205899014190836441/

http://a-mini-a-day.tumblr.com/post/90969532962/ohsqueals-not-that-i-have-any-use-for-tiny 

I was looking on pinterest for diy doll furniture ideas when I came across this cute idea for Barbie size clothes hangers.  Above is the pinterest link and the link to the original post, which is on a blog called A Mini A Day.  I've seen similar ideas for 1:12 scale dollhouse hangers as well.

 https://www.pinterest.com/pin/ARLv81wd1s5YXlWpRtlCMVYZkEoAFpipLjhAtwqYMGXI9URJr2Bbzbc/

I think this idea of a free standing Barbie closet is really cute as well.  This one looks like popsicle sticks and maybe part of a metal clothes hanger as the clothes rod.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/224194887678709643/

I love this idea as well!  I worked retail for years and I loved the round clothing racks - always wished I had one at home :)  For this pin they used a wire candle holder and I've seen ones very similar to this at the Dollar Tree.

Made to Move

 

And now for some fun out of the box pics to show just how poseable these dolls really are.

 

 

 

 

I'll have to buy some plastic stands so that I can pose them in upright positions as well.

Made to Move

 

Here are the back and insides of the Made to Move boxes.  This one shows a couple of nice pictures of the yellow top (African American) doll as well.

 

 

 

And these two have a couple pictures of the purple top (Asian) doll.  I only see one small picture of what I think is the coral top (curly blonde) doll.

Made to Move

 

Just a couple of pics today to show the Made to Move dolls still in their boxes.  Like I said before the dolls weren't given names and are simply listed as pink top, turquoise top, and blue top.

 

Pink Top

 

Turquoise Top

 

 Blue Top

Now all I need to do is come up with some new names for the girls :)

Made to Move

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#littlemermaid

A month or so ago after a horrible night of studying, sometime that morning before I went to bed I ended up playing around on ebay looking for vintage tin toy kitchens.  From there I went on to search for 1:12 scale miniatures and somehow ended up looking at Barbie dolls.  I had an extensive Barbie collection growing up, but it's been maybe 25+ years since I have actually bought one.  The dolls I used to play with were fun and very beautiful, but also very static when it came to movement.

The dolls I stumbled on that morning were part of a group called "Made to Move."  Each doll has 22 points of articulation so the poseability options are pretty much endless. 

I haven't been able to find much information about them, but according to barbie.mattel.com, it looks like they were introduced around 2015.  There were 6 individual dolls that each came dressed in a t-shirt and yoga pants.  All 6 say "no longer available" or "find at retail" when you go through Mattel's site.  Other than ebay I was able to find a couple of the dolls on amazon, but most listings I found said unavailable.

So needless to say, before I went to bed that morning I had spent over $120 on Barbie dolls.  I don't know why, but even as old as I am that sentence still makes me smile :)

On ebay I was able to find the blonde Made to Move Barbie, the red head, and the brunette - and all three are beautiful.  Something that I find interesting is that all 3 are just labeled as Barbie.  Back when I was little most of my dolls actually came with names (and then some got new names once I brought them home).  Of course Barbie was the original, but the dolls that didn't look like her had names of their own.  There was Skipper, Stacie, and Kelly who were all blondes.  Midge was Barbie's red-headed friend.  And of course, there was Ken.  I know there were others, but I can't remember their names right now.

By the way, one of the best Barbie sites that I have found that breaks down dolls and accessories by year is - http://www.barbiedb.com/

 (It's amazing how nostalgic this stuff makes me!)

The other 3 Made to Move Barbies I haven't been able to find yet.  There is a beautiful African American doll, an amazing Asian doll with jet black hair, and a second blonde doll with curly hair.  It also looks like there are more recent Made to Move Barbies, including a martial artist, a soccer player, and a skateboarder.  Another interesting thing is that I have found is that there are dozens of other articulated style Barbies online that appear to be available in countries other than the US.  Which is odd to me, because if articulated Barbies had been available when I was younger they would have been the only ones that I wanted to play with!