lørdag den 23. august 2014

A few small things

The same day that I bought my Paola Reina doll, I was in store called Tiger, and I found a few things I thought I could use for my dolls. Tiger is a store full of random and funny knick knacks. They allso has usefull everyday items such as soap and paint. The idea is that most of the stuff, costs around 10 kr (thats 1,77 dollars), but they allso have some stuff that is more exspensive. 

The thing that really cought my eyes was this cell phone holder, that looked exatly like a doll sized shopping cart.  


I really like that its made of metal instead of plastic, and the wheels actually turn. It was a little exspensive costing 30 kr, but as its really good quality I think the price is fair. 


Unfortunally the shopping cart turend out to be too small for a liv doll. Im still glad I got it thought. Im actually planning on adding some smaller dolls to my collection, they are around 9 inch tall and im hoping that the shopping cart will be a better size for those dolls. 

The next thing I got was some erasers that looked like doll sized food. 


I mostley got them, for the burger and the sandwich. I dont care about the fries at all, and the soda looks weird to me since its pink. I wanted them since I havent been able to, make bread out of fimo clay for my dolls yet. But I think it looks like both the burger and the sandwch, could use some more vegetables in them (like tomato)


But these are actually just the right size for my liv dolls to use, and im glad I got them. 

søndag den 10. august 2014

New doll - Paola Reina Las amigas

Friday my boyfriend and I, was on our way to visit his mom. We wallked by a toy store kinda shop, that we have walked by alot of times - But I have never dared going inside. My reason for this, is that it looked like a high class store with, mostley wooden toys and other stuff im not interested in. But this time I noticed, two interesting dolls in the window and I wanted to go in. I had recognized the dolls to be Paola Reina dolls called Las Amigas. Paola Reina is a spanish company that makes alot of different dolls - the dolls are 100 % made in Spain. My favorite line of dolls, is their 12 inch child dolls called Las Amigas. I was verry exited that those, where the dolls I found in the Danish toy store. I looked trough some of the dolls, until I found a pretty redhead with wonderfull freckles. I quickly shoved my boyfriend the doll, but then I put her back on the shelf. We had somewhere to be and, alot of lauggae with us, so we left the store. 
But I probably wouldent have bought her that day annyway, since I dont buy dolls on impulse. All weekend I was looking for info about these dolls. I found some online stores, with a good wide variety of dolls - I discovered that they allso have some boy dolls, which im pretty happy about. I allso reread a wonderfull review by Emily on the Toyboxphilosopher. And I have been looking at many good and interesting pictures. I really got a good idea, of which dolls I liked the best.

Monday we went back to the store, and I looked closer at the 7 different dolls they had. I really liked 4 of the folls they had, but I allready knew I wanted the redhead. We asked the sales clerk to let me hold one of the dolls in the window, so I could get a better feel of it. I was happy to walk out the door with a new doll.

When we got home, I started to take her out of her box. She was super easy to get out, as she was only hold in by a few rubber bands. She is allso super easy to get back in again, I think thats really 
awsome. 
Sorry about the colors, im still figuring out my new setup. 

Her cute green dress, has beautiful pink details. I normally dont like pink and green together, but for this outfit I think it looks good. Her clothes is good quality, her tights feels warm and the dress seems sturdy.



Her shoes are actually made of leather, instead of plastic. They sit verry well on her feets, but they are a little hard to get on and off.





Her hair is a pretty red color, and I really like how it has some wave to it. Its shiny, smooth and easy to manage, but the hair fibers feels a little rought and not as silky as I would have liked it to be. The hairband she is wearing is easy to get off but pretty hard to get on again. 



Im in love with her face. I think her greyish blue eyes looks verry realistic and detailed. She has fake eyelashes, and they look good. But when I look closer I can see that, some of the lashes have the tips broken off. Her mouth has a verry cute shape, small sculped details, and a natural looking soft rosy color. Her  freckles are subtle but verry pretty. They look ghand painted and are the best doll freckles I have seen. The way they are spred across her face in various sizes and shapes, looks verry natural. The only feature in her face that isint verry detailed, is her simple eyebrows. Even her ears are pretty 
detailed.



I really like having this doll sitting near me, so I can enjoy her pretty face and cute outfit. I feel like I have bonded with her, and I think im gonna name her Emily or something simiair. 
Im pretty sure I want these Paola Reina dolls to be in the story I had intented for the Hearts for Hearts girls dolls. I want to buy more Paola Reina dolls instead of H4H girls. There is some things about Dell that annoys me and make me feel like she dosent rally work for me. Its not really about who I like better, as I find them both to be verry pretty dolls. Dell actually have better hair and more detailed eyebrows, + she looks more mature. It mostley come down to the fact, that H4H girls are hard for me to get. It can get verry frustrating, looking for a doll that is hard to find and when found is verry overprised.
Dell is speciel to me, I really like her and I will keep her. But right now, im not planning on getting any of her friends.