Monthly Archives: April 2011

Road work ahead: expect delays

Aside from the fact that I’m fighting a nasty cold, which leaves me no energy to take pictures, I can’t even GET to my barbie shelves now, because there are too many piles of dolls and clothes and accessories piled in front of the shelves. I am buried! I’m having to buy those plastic storage drawers to keep things in, plus filling binders with barbie clothes (cool storage technique the purchasing dept. found on the Internet. I’ll take a picture eventually). I’m getting more bins for the dolls, since it is an easy way to sort them according to gender and hair color. And I am leaving town in less than a week for a 10 day vacation in Oregon. Yes, I am taking my dolls and probably most of the other stuff, because I will have time for some picture taking while I am vacationing.
The timing for a barbie break isn’t TOO bad, because I’ve pre-ordered the Dunn and Bailey books to mine them for stories. They don’t arrive until later in May, right about when a bunch of distractions go away. In the meantime, I’m hoping the purchasing dept. will post pictures from her behind-the-scenes beheading and reheading experiences.

Marwencol

To see some of this man’s amazing work, go to
http://www.marwencol.com/gallery/

Too big for our Barbie britches

Everybody please welcome a new addition to my Perils family. My sister, the famous EBay shopper, has joined me in this endeavor. Apparently sending me more dolls, clothes, and props wasn’t enough for sis.  She took it upon herself to learn some new barbie skills between EBay orders. Given the usefulness of her new skills, plus my inability to stop her from shopping (I got 4 boxes this week), I have invited shopping sis to join my team.  She will be posting her own PlasticLand experiences, including the ever-popular Behind the Scenes, which will relieve some of my posting pressure when I am buried in prop construction. Welcome Shopping Sis! Long live PlasticLand and Perils!