#bild lilli doll

[valleydoll]

I got this cute DIY cardboard room set by Sam & Julia for Christmas (it is for their little 1/12 mouse family) and I think it will be cute for my little Bild Lilli and Miss Mary Magpie Petite dolls:

[gelu-the-babosa-multiversal]

One of the reasons I didn't like the Barbie movie was because it tried to erase a lot of the toy/doll history, forgetting a lot of strong and wonderful women who created way better dolls than Barbie.

Including the inspiration for Barbie herself who Mattel treated dirty... and she is prettier!

[valleydoll]

I’ve been super busy lately and haven’t had time to post but I thought this dolly was worth finding some time for.

I’ve previously posted about how I wanted an 11.5 inch Bild Lilli doll because I’m so in love with the 7.5 inch version I was lucky enough to find. I even repainted a Hong Kong Lilli to tide myself over. I loved my Hong Kong Lilli, but I have a good dolly friend who absolutely fell in love with her so because I am a Good Friend™ I gave that Lilli to her. I missed having the larger size doll though and tried to find another Hong Kong Lilli to repaint but couldn’t find one that struck my fancy so I resigned myself to being 11.5 inch Lilli-less for a while.

And then this happened:

I definitely didn’t find this beauty at the Goodwill, but it I did get extremely lucky getting a mint condition Bild Lilli in an original outfit that is also in great shape for a very very good price.

And yes this tennis outfit is quite something!

[valleydoll]

Joey Versaw’s Petite Miss Mary dolls really are fun to photograph and their ‘50s vibe is fun to play with:

[valleydoll]

I mentioned before that I love Joey Versaw’s 12 inch Miss Mary fashion dolls but he releases so few of them that they always get snapped up before I can grab one. I purchased a couple of the teeny tiny Mini Miss Mary dolls but I still wanted a bigger doll. Recently Joey announced he was doing a release of 6 1/2 inch Petite Mary dolls, 40 in total - 20 of which were inspired by Bild Lilli and 20 of which were inspired by the #1 Ponytail Barbie (I got one of the #1 Barbie inspired dolls since I actually have a 7 1/2 inch Bild Lilli).

These dolls are super pretty and are made of resin, strung on elastic, and just as nice as the 12 inch dolls. The dolls come with a dress, shoes, stand, and two resin wigs (but you can easily make a wig for this doll as well) - each one is hand painted so no two are alike and they cost less than half of what the 12 inch dolls do so they are a really nice option if you are trying to watch your wallet before the holidays.

Closer look at the shoes:

Both wigs:

And compared to both the teeny tiny Mini Miss Mary (the pic came out fuzzy but it does show the sizes well) and the 7 1/2 inch Bild Lilli: