Organizing Update: Progress in the Front Room

Here are the tasks I set for the front room:

Open IKEA bags holding boxed DAFs - who stays? Who goes?

Open cardboard boxes with doll magazines - what stays? What goes?

Check DAFs against Excel spreadsheet

Refill IKEA Dimpa bags with Stay or Go labels

Open IKEA bags holding boxed DAFs - who stays? Who goes?

Most of these dolls were keepers, but I'm happy that I have one IKEA bag of stuff to go. Want a peek in this bag to see dolls and a playset that are going? Here they are:

Go stuff

Go stuff front

What bag is she using? IKEA Dimpa

Open cardboard boxes with doll magazines - HOLD - not priority for now

Check DAFs against Excel spreadsheet 

Do need to keep my spreadsheets updated. I have lapsed a little here. Why is this important? So I know what I have, what's no longer here.

Refill IKEA bags with Stay or Go labels

There's only one "Go" bag here now. The "Stay" bags don't need to be labelled so. I might assign complete dates with letters so that I can list where the dolls are. Like "2015-02-07A", "2015-02-07B", "2015-02-07C", etc. and then list the dolls in each numbered bag on a separate sheet.


Thanks for your encouragement and support. 

P.S. I have no affiliation with IKEA. I mention the bag for identification only.

Paging Mrs. Anderson: Red Ballet Flats

Hello, Mrs. Anderson! I think I've found the source for your red ballet flats.

Disney Princesses Blossom Beauty Mulan by Mattel has a pair like the ones you described in a recent post. They're part of her original outfit. Red soft plastic with a thin ribbon molded on the front of the shoes. They are embossed "CHINA" on the soles. Do you think these are the ones - er, is the one - that you have?

Mulan waves hi.

Here are the red flats.

February Topics: Black History, Valentine's Day, Presidents' Day, & Toy Fair

Am I the only one thinking that we should still be in January?

(Oh, I am sick and tired of the cold and the snow/ice. I don't want to lengthen this January. So why do I feel ... cheated? Because I'm still working on my "January" goal - complete list of DAFs for sale or trade. Sigh. Fudge.)

Speaking of fudge and other good chocolate things brings to mind February topics to be addressed this month:

• Black History month
• Valentine's Day
• Presidents' Day
• Toy Fair 2015  
• Organizing the collection
  
  
  

Mattel My Scene Delancey to go

Winter Sweaters on Playscale Dolls - Thanks Brini!

The playscale sweater slide show is up. 

Can you guess the dolls and action figures shown? 

Thanks for looking!

Brief Update and Random Pinterest Discovery

Good thing I didn't photograph the DAFs I thought were going. I re-dressed one doll I knew was going. Who'd have thought she'd look great re-dressed? Not I. But on the balance, I decided another doll that I thought would stay, well, she's going. Can you guess which one?

Who was slated to go? Who's leaving instead?

The dolls shown are all Black Barbies with the Nichelle face mold. They are from left to right: Halloween Fun, Avon Representative, 101 Dalmatians.


Aside: there is a Pinterest board for glamorous camping. (No, I'm not going for that after I've finished my January activities.)

Organizing a Doll Collection, Part 2: List of Assignments

Okay, I confess. I slipped today. For about 20 minutes, I sorted dolls, action figures, fashions, and accessories. Me, smiling. Good? No, no, no. I'm supposed to be writing to do lists first. Sigh. 

Me: Look, I'll just clear off the printer, okay?

My conscience: Just the printer.

What happens next? My conscience drifts into a brief nap. It's tiresome being the Enforcer. So much more fun seeing the Stay and the Go piles growing ...

My conscience: Enough! Time to write those to do lists. Let's get the task tally started!

Psst ... before I share the lists, wanna see what I did? Here goes.

Dolls to go

Dolls to go side view

Dolls to be sorted

FRONT ROOM

•     Open IKEA bags holding boxed DAFs - who stays? Who goes?
•     Open cardboard boxes with doll magazines - what stays? What goes?
•     Check DAFs against Excel spreadsheet
•     Refill IKEA bags with Stay or Go labels

MY BEDROOM

•     Open IKEA bags holding boxed DAFs - who stays? Who goes?
•     Sort loose doll magazines - what stays? What goes?
•     Sort loose dolls and action figures and accessories
•     Check DAFs against Excel spreadsheet
•     Sort receipts for past purchases
•     Underbed plastic box with men’s clothes and accessories – keep as is?

LAUNDRY

•     Sort loose dolls and action figures and accessories
•     Check DAFs against Excel spreadsheet
•     Sort saved opened boxes and packing materials

DOLL & ACTION FIGURE ROOM

•     Open IKEA bags holding boxed DAFs - who stays? Who goes?
•     Sort doll booklets, papers - what stays? What goes?
•     Sort loose dolls and action figures and accessories
•     Check DAFs against Excel spreadsheet    
•     Clear off rest of desk
•     Note where items stored
•     Sort loose and boxed doll accessories in plastic bins

Links to Hispanic/Latino Dolls/Action Figures

Black Doll Collector asked if I would submit a post about Latino dolls and action figures. I had compiled a list of Hispanic/Latino dolls and action figures so I am happy to share that information as well as posts from other bloggers. If you know of additional sites about
Hispanic or Latino dolls and action figures, please leave the web address(es) in the Comments. (Thanks in advance.)

Note: additional posts about Hispanic or Latino dolls and action figures on this blog can be found under the word, "Hispanic."

Note2: usually, I have used the word, "Hispanic," because my understanding had been that "Hispanic" was the "correct" North American-centric term or ethnonym for people who live in the United States whose ancestors came from Spanish speaking countries. "Latino" is the "correct" North American-centric term or ethnonym for people who live in the United States who have Latin American origin or ancestry and who may or may not speak Spanish.

The dolls below may help clarify what I mean. On the left, I have Mattel's Shakira doll, representing the Latina singer. On the right, I have Haschel Toys' Olga Tañón representing the Hispanic singer. (Olga Tañón has also been described as "Latina.") Shakira is Colombian, thus, Latina; Olga Tañón is Puerto Rican, thus Hispanic. 

Identification

Teresa's List of Hispanic Barbies and friends, 1980-2009
Lauriko's Teresa section on BarbieWorld, 1987-1998 (Smaller Places mentioned this site)
Roxanne's List of Hispanic/Latino dolls and action figures
Smaller Places Review of Nicole by Kenya's World LLC     
Black Doll Collector's Review of Nicole by Kenya's World LLC
Male Doll World Hispanic Heritage Tribute 2012
Male Doll World Hispanic Heritage Tribute Tribute 2011  

Comparison

Black Doll Collector's Mattel So in Style Marisa and YNU Group, Inc. Mixis Rosa post

Controversy

NPR post about Mexican Barbie