Kioni and waves

Sometimes cousins visit Asha and Sasha...
Girls - Grace and Kioni are wearing their fav fruity summery clothes....

They meant to go for a read trip together but grace was done after her 3-dress-changes outdoor extravaganza, so Kioni went alone - waves have been amazing that day!!!

 shy at first, she rocked the turquoise and pink summer fashions of hers...

 but the stripy maritime dress got her going - so did enthusiasm of my kids:-)

pfeeew, she needs a rest!

...just a peaceful stroll along the beach now...

do I look good in mustard yellow?

After coming back home and shower she insisted to have a go in outfit of the season everybody was talking about;-)

  <3

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Bootsale 11.06

And now back to my mini shopping spree..aka carboot.
I didn't thing at the time I got too lucky but from the but from the perspective I now do think that most of these items has a big part in my doll world...

I've only mate it to one sale but it has been rather eventful...

From non-doll-related things - strawberry handbag, Boden strippy cardigan, painted clay olive lamp, and indigo top for me, hairband, two blue mugs and some more magnets for my boy...

As you can see I was quite lucky furniture wise... there is chest of drawers, dome flower boxes / seats, folk stripy carpet AND vintage, puffy, red, 'leather' Sindy sofa...

I wanted this one for ages...it was in a huuuge box full of other vintage Sindy furniture....10.00 in total but I managed to negotiate and split the set...I have this strange moment of sanity...that i don't need another box of faded plastic not the camper... ugh.... I could obviously resale it but being on bicycle discouraged me completely. Very proud of my self I left with 'only what i wanted'...

After buying two thingies for my girl I've been looking for sth for my son - found this monster figurine, movable, detailed and partially translucent... I had to dig in my bag to get my extra stash of cash.. the seller commented on my cool doll sofa and started to dig for the change... I confessed about 'the box' - she couldn't believe it as she turned out to be quite a Sindy collector ...started to call her father to come back to their stall... I got the toy for free but waited to see how face after she comes back with her treasure... there was some cool stuff indeed... cupboard turned out to be full of accessories, oh well...
Later that day I regretted I didn't ask about her name and dolls more... I had an idea to to post on the carboot's page but miraculously she was already there commenting about her fab find!!!
I was so happy - we chatted for a while but she didn't seem to be too open to share her hobby with anybody unfortunately... but potential was definitely there...

I don't need to mention I later delivered slight obsession about the rubbery and plasticy Sindy stuff...

As you can see I was happy to find this handsome and dressed Flavas mixed race boy in pile of vintage Trolls...he costed only 50 p...

pretty and dramatic (for this price)

He has interesting eyebrows, annoyingly blue /'mixed race' eyes and slightly problematic hairline;-)

This Flavas 2003 Tre facemold apparently

http://www.fashiondoll-forum.de/index.php/beside-series/886-2003-flavas-tre-facemold

The vintage vinyl doll is an amazing treasure for me as well... the idea of  'black doll' /version always fascinated me somehow...this one was in parts and sold by man only slightly lighter than her... I really negotiated hard demonstrating how broken she really is and how I am going to save her... scored complaining on her blue eyes... she is lovely and Made In Englad:-)

oh so lovely and kind!

 and put together with an elastic <3

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 sneaky-peek

awww

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Kiyoni restyled

A short one today as the queue is long, older dolls get lonel already and photo archive is big fat;-)

Here is my not-so-mysterious anymore Flava's Kiyoni.

Almost random clothes from my ancient/highschool and not-ironed-in-twenty-years vintage silks* collection.. and almost random pose...she is so flexible and posable - need toplay with her more soon!

So happy with hair, green eyes - and look at this cheeky MonaLisa smile;-)

* black tube beads were old in 80's when I was a chikd actually...

TBC

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My Dolls No 14

...and at last time to share my ideal yet mysterious doll;

Again a great gift from my hubby - tottal surprise and accident too of course. I would never find her as I didn't know what to look for... one of those amazing times when you reach to the end of Internet /sort of/ and then something clicks in your head and doors open:-)

My fav for long time had lovely dark, mat skin, natural African hair, green eyes and red lips plus fully articulated body /the first I ever seen/... 

she was nothing like other Barbies, much smaller yet made by Mattel...

just look at her, here and there!

To make a long story short - I have emeiled a specialist, and it was in times when i still pretended I am not collecting anything;-)...

Lovely author behind The Black Doll Collecting website!

I have received a very precise answer in no time...

Her name is KIYONI

from multi-etnic, hip-hop, street-style doll line FLAVAS

well obviously... now I know.

In general - not my style fashion-wise, but body-type definitelly yes

 and give me more pretty please:-)

Here are my first fotos of her:

TBC

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