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hello again

please excuse this silence

i have been moving countries, homes and two kids... pus all the clothes and supplies :-)

fresh start in new place - here is my newly opened roroDolls webpage:-)

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my dolls, vol. 9

Today i'll show my Austrian Barbie.

Not only thet she is from my fav national / folk costume collection - she also has amazing features.

I absolutely adore olive green & pink color combo on her outfit, but this out of this world porcelain white skin contrasted with rather strong, for Barbie, eye brows and perfecely coral pink lips:-)

+ really pretty ash blonde hair and green eyes!

here she is shoot by me, stll in her oryginal dress:

here she is shoot by Mattel:

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Ukrainian Dolls and more...

I'm deeply touched with the raise up at Ukraine.

In respect to my neighbours (for good and bad;-)) I'm presenting few stunning 

hand-made works of local artists:

absolutely perfect, raw, /and beautifuly photographed/ folk rug dolls from Grainfield

talisman dolls from RADONESKA

slender beauty from SAHARAskaska

oh...and I cannot resist:

 the cutest teddy bear in Ukrainian costume :-* by HandyHappyTeddy

all the best dear friends!

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my doll collection vol. 7 & 8

the next two dolls might be an actual begenning of collection.

I got them in my teens - first ones i was never playing with - just to adore, dress and posess ;-)

they still are embodiment of my dream fasion doll.

looking more like me - with natural, sun kissed brown hair.

not being soooo pink... and first of all - something very unussual in early 90s -

green and purple eyes, again, with vey natural make-up.

Sindy doll has quite an impresive history too (1963),and yay! its English :-)

you can read history (((here))).

"Sindy's "girl next door" look made her more popular than Barbie in Britain" sais it all.

here are my deer-eyed beauties:

 and here they are in oryginal packaging/outfits:

Monte Carlo Sindy 1993

Paradise Sindy 1994

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My doll Collection vol.6

this is a really interesting one...

again... as I hunt for unusual and 'ethnic' editions, while paying for below mentioned 'grandma' doll 

i have noticed some 'dolls of colour'. 

It turned out to ba a whole family of 4 with clothes and accessories!

Nordic Market seller in Luxembourg said these are her old dolls, 

like 30 years old, but she still sold them really cheap! (not that i am such a good player LOL)

They have pretty used hair and seriously 'loose' legs but i love them!

look look!

bebe nr 1 with accessories!

 bebe nr 2 - look into those eyes!!

 papa

 parents

took me some time again to find this is supposed to be african-american edition of 

"Sunshine Family" dolls by Mattel...

Cannot find exact edition of my dolls but here is interesting blog post about them with some pics:

cool!

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My doll collection vol.5

Today few words about another doll I am really enjoying.

I love unusual editions -tis one not only she is not a platinum blonde pink princes - 

she had rather short hair, completely unique face... 

I was so surprised finding her in a stash at garage/boot sale (Nordic market) in Luxembourg.

 close-up by me w/ glasses

 styled by me with a hand-made kimono blouse and vintage beads necklace (after my childhood barbies)

look at those great small breasts and natural waist  perfection!

took me sometimes to find out she is not a tv character but just a "grandma" 

(sure good looking one!) from Happy Family series...

picture source

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my models / doll collection, vol. 4

As an ethnograper and folkore lover I definitely have a soft spot for dolls in 

traditional / regional / ethnic editions.

This one is a Polish Barbie Doll. She is wearing costume from region of Cracow /which happens to be a national one/ - the city where I come from :-)

She has classic Barbie face and smile but I am really enjoying 

her pale carnation and bloody red lips... She also has a very simple make-up for her era.

close-up in original outfit

with her folk blonde girlfriends;-)

and official (1998)

picture source

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Fern Green doll

Yet another OOAK rug doll hits my on-line etsy store!

this time its a FERN Flower Fairy Doll!

enjoy :-)

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roroDoll in Etsy treassury!

Happy to announce that both of my rug dolls made it into Etsy.com threasuries:

one by FabulousCatPapers:

second by iKandiesJewelry: 

thank you!

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'Dolls' section added in shop

Finally!

Not sure what really took me sooo long but first two of my traditional rug dolls collection are now on-line and ready to be shipped!!! you will find a 'DOLLs' shop section (((here)))

Please meet nature inspired adorable textile creatures:

miss BlueBerry Doll:

miss Forget-Me-Not Flower Fairy Doll:

and here they are together as they make a perfect couple/match!

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