My New Pullips

I didn't get my Naomi Pullip on Thursday after all, due to some miscommunication with the seller. Because of this little bump in the road though, I got three new dolls instead of one! Long story of bad communication, misunderstandings, accusation, conflict and struggle. Not very interesting. The only thing I can say is that with plenty of patience and prayer, I was rewarded with three dolls instead of one.

I bought the beautiful Naomi and the lovely Shan-ria, and was given a mini-pullip free. I thought this part was really interesting. There was a choice of two mini-pullips, one was Dog from Breman Town Musicians and the other was the Dormouse from Alice in Wonderland! What are the chances of being offered something from Alice in Wonderland? Of course, I picked the Dormouse.

Here's something else that is interesting. The wall paper currently on my iPad, which I had picked out without much thought is this illustration by Takeda Hinata.

 I just realized this morning that it's an Alice in Wonderland theme. Also, here are the two dolls I ended up buying:

It's an odd bit of coincidence, ain't it? One blond girl with curly hair and one girl with long, black, straight hair. Now all I need to do is get the right clothes and a pair of bunny ears for Naomi. (^_^)


An Early Christmas
My mom and I had tremendous fun with the girls. We dug up all the old barbie doll stuff we had laying around and some new ones in boxes that were never opened. It was an evening of unboxing toys and trying out clothes. It's like Christmas came early at my house.We didn't go to bed till two in the morning.

Right now, after numerous changes, this is what they are wearing.

Both dresses and crowns are from a Barbie Princess set. They are a bit large for Naomi and Shan-ria but large is better than small, as they can be altered to fit. We raided the clothes and closets of six different barbie dolls. Five will be "executed" (given away). Only one survived the cut because she has elbows and knees that bend.

As you can see from the picture, Kelly doll is very, very, very glad to have survived the guillotine and she is even wearing her own clothes. She was spared because of her thick brown hair, which was fun to mess around with. Little Dormouse can ft into Kelly's clothes and shoes (all too large, actually), but then Kelly would be butt naked as we have no extra Kelly clothes and she wouldn't be able to fit into Dormousie's clothes.

Anyway, I am so happy to have bought both Naomi and Shan-ria. Thanks to my most beloved husband who wouldn't let up with his "Why don't you get both? *cute smile*" He is indeed the most wonderful and generous man. He even listened attentively to all my incessant rattling while I did my research, and heaccompanied me to the doll shop and waited patiently while I floundered around trying to decide which doll to buy.

Well, even from the Internet pictures, I expected that I would like Naomi's face and expression a lot more, but I probably spend more time messing around with Shan-ria's beautiful curls. Both of them are gorgeous and I expect them both to photograph well. Incidentally, when I brought them home, showed them to my mom and asked her to pick one, she instantly picked Naomi. Naomi has the most lovely lips and a cute little smile, even though Shan-ria has, by far, the more gorgeous outfit. Which one do you prefer?