dolls out of the box

The summer was quite cloudy and rainy so far, co there were not many opportunities to have the dolls wear niche summer outfits and take photos outside. But still ... here are some pictures of summer fashion:

Finally I could go to toy stores and buy some fashion and dolls:



Other fashion is from Etsy or self-made using patterns from Etsy. I realized that Minifees can totally wear Rainbow High caps.



Ellowynes dress is from Etsy. It was for Minifees, but it fits Ellowyne wonderfully:



When I buy Minifee outfits from Etsy, Shannon is always the first who wnat to choose something to try on. This time she chose a pair of distressed pants.



Some girls were very brave and put on bikinis, although the weather was not so good:

My birthday doll this year - a present from my husband - was Parnilla Ghastly. She was a big surprise. For a very long time I was not sure if I wanted a Parnilla doll - some of them are beautiful, but many are not. This one - Parnilla Time to Go - is beautiful. She looks like a queen and acts like one. I bought a sexy and expensive outfit for her on ebay (the most expensive outfit I have ever bought for a doll).

The DC Superhero girls doll for this month is Bargirl (Batty). She takes care of teh headquarters while the other girls are training in the gym. She is good at dealing with the computer that's why she is supervising Dollietown to see if there is anything wrong.

It's starting to get warm, so some of my girls are modelling the latest summer fashion in Dollieworld.

Sailor inspired fashion is always an option.











Or do you prefer Sea Punk. I did a little research and found out it was a fashion style inspired by the sea - blue-green colour, sea inspired prints, glittery fabric, shells and mermaid hair.

The month of May is traditionally MerMay in Dollieworld. Here are some of the pictures I took of my girls during the month.

MerMay under water. It's the best time to see mermaids and other fantastical underwater creatures.

In the real world May was a cold and rainy month. Luckily, I have got Dollieworld - where I can decide what the weather is like. So I decided that the beach club can open in May because the weather is sunny and warm and the dolls need a little fun - no virus in Dollieworld either - so ... no restrictions to fun.

Let's take a look at what's going on in the Beach Club.






















So there is a lot to eat and drink, but of course you can also have fun because there are different activities.



When you get tired in the evening you can relax in a beach chair.


Some girls like to talk about their beach fashion and what they have got in their beach bags.


Safety is important.

Well ... the girls got some of the things that they wanted - First, they got lights. As you can see other superheroes are joining the training - they are from the Marvel universe - but in Dollieworld ... who cares?

And the girls got a new coffee machine.

After the long winter, the Superhero Girls need to get in shape again. So I searched eBay and found some interesting vintage Barbie gym pieces that I combined to create a new gym for the girls. It's not finished, yet. New pieces will be added.









Now let's look at the gym and what the girls are doing in more detail.
This is the heartpiece of the gym - a multipurpose machine. I had to buy it twice because the first one got broken during transport. So I combined pieces from the two machines and gave the girls more opportunities to train.


There are also smaller machines and two ergometers. Of course there are also lockers for the girls to put their clothes and bags in.

















And what about Harley? Well... she has her own kind of exercises to keep fit and they don't involve sweating.

















Of course there is also a little bar, wehre the girls can get drinks and some healthy snacks.







I think the girls like the gym, but they say that some things are still missing - like for example a coffee machine ...

The Superhero Girls for May is Supergirl (Supi). While the other girls are training in the new gym, she is on a tour to check the city for villains.

I confess - I became a Minifee addict. After my first contact with these dolls I fell completelly in love, so, in a very short period of time, I added 3 more dolls to my collection. And of yourse they needed - new outfits, new shoes and new wigs - and sometimes even new eyes.
I already had Vivian - a Minifee Cygne (she came last summer). Melody ( a Minifee Alicia) and Celine ( a Minifee Celine) came a few weeks ago. I bought them second hand. As they have a Moe-body, the outfits fit, but not the shoes, so I had to start looking for new shoes on Etsy. Luckily I found some, although they are not easy to find. And of yourse, as they came without wigs - I had to look for suitable wigs, too.

Here comes the Elf-section. Elves are my husband's favourites - so he chose them. We got them last year - but the outfits and the shoes are new.

And we got another Elf second hand. We gave her another wig and new eyes (not perfect yet). We had to experiment a lot because, due to her face up not everything suits her.

The Minifee outfits from Etsy suit Ellowyne,too. She was very happy to get new clothes.

The girl for April is Quinn. She is from the reboot of the Superhero Girls Dolls by Mattel. I was not very happy with the reboot dolls (comic like faces, little articulation and coloured body parts). But I fell in love with Quinn's face as soon as I saw her. The only other doll from the reboot series that I like is Batgirl - we'll see if I get her in the future.
Quinn's problem was of yourse, the lack of articulation. Luckily I had an EAH body that fit her skin colour perfectly. She can even wear her old costume, but not the shoes.
Quinn became Harley's sidekick, but a sidekick with her own mind.
Quinn is left in charge of the Superheroes Headquarters while the other girls are training in the new gym. Again she deals with the situation in her own way.

This year we spent Easter at home, so I put up many Easter decorations inside the house, but especially outside in the hope of the arrival of spring. Well, on Easter Sunday the weather was quite good and sunny, so I could take a few photos, but winter returned on Easter Monday.














Some of my girls dressed up for Easter and enjoyed the little warm weather.
Liv doll, Jenny and MiniMe Aspen put on their Bunny hats and looked about the garden to see if they could find the Easter Bunny.

My 5th Minifee, Celine arrived a few days before Easter - so she was my Easter doll this year. She put on an Easter hoodie and went outside to look at the flowers and Easter decorations.





On Easter Sunday the Minifees went on Easter Egg hunt in the garden. They were quite lucky.









On Easter Monday the weather was very bad, it was windy and cold, so I had to take the Pullip Easter foto inside the house. Luckily I had lots of suitable decorations inside, too.

Here are some of the dolls that entered my collection this year.

First - this is Andy. My first Rainbow High Doll - Ruby Anderson.



Then - there are two Barbies - a male BMR 1959 and Barbie Extra No. 2. Meet Patrick and Shanaia.




My Star Wars Collection has also expanded -Here comes Ahsoka from the Forces of Destiny series.











Last year I decided that I liked stringed resin dolls. My resin collection started with my Holy Grail doll - a resin Evangeline Ghastly. Then I bought some recast Minifees. And this year I decided to try larger resin dolls. This is A Feeple 60 doll - Lunula Moonbeams (she is about 54cm tall - so a little shorter than my American Models).

The DC Superhero girls doll for this month is Poison Ivy, called Red. She is very happy when she can work with plants in her glas house or, even better, outside.