Twelve Dolls of Christmas 2014 - Part 1

Dare I attempt this blog tradition that I have so badly broken last year?  I gotta try.  Traditions like promises were meant to be broken, and every so often meant to be brought back to life.  At least that's what I tell myself.

2014 has been such a challenging year for me.  I feel that I owe it to myself to catch my breath before the year is over and appreciate the things that have always brought me happiness: dolls.  Ergo the attempt to do a Twelve dolls of Christmas for 2014.

Quite frankly, I've had many moments of the blues in the past few months.  I didn't even want to play with dolls.  Then I went to the toy collector's show that my partner and I go to every year in November.  By the end of it, I had picked up a baggie lot of Francie outfits.  Who knew a ziploc bag of old shit can make someone super happy.  Well, I was super happy!  I went home and cleaned a couple of old doll clothes.  The next day I simply had to redress Francie.  Suddenly, all is right with the world.

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Growin' Pretty Hair Francie dolls in First Formal and The Entertainer

Pictured above are two of the outfits that I found in the purchased bag of clothes that were in good condition.  They just needed a bit of cleaning.  Francie always knows how to sucker me back into loving her!  It seems only appropriate that I continue a blog tradition with her featured.

Happy Thursday!