"Whatever's in there...is now dead." 😅 I'm dying!! I truly appreciate your dedication to cleaning and disinfecting. You're absolutely right about not knowing where something has been. It looks like the Star Traveler was actually camping outside amongst some trees for a few decades!
Hi! I actually no longer collect dolls as I had to stop once I got pregnant 8 months ago lol. Economy just wouldn’t allow me to buy new dolls and baby items😂 but I still find soooooo much comfort in your videos and my need for dolls have subsided and I’m no longer interested. I truly love seeing the way you and your sister live.
@ it’s a comfort thing! I still have my ag dolls and fisher price house with dolls and some LPS lol. I may need to downsize as I’m just neglecting them in a closet atm but my AG dolls are displayed in my laundry/craft/dog room😂
If you are so inclined, and if you have the time, you could sew or knit for your dolls, or maling Jewellery for them. It can be a lot of fun for very little money. And you get to enjoy the ones you have, instead of longing for more. 😊
You are one Brave young Lady! That was so much work but you did such an Amazing job! I bet you could make a fortune cleaning houses! I really enjoy these videos! You are such an Artist with all the things you do, you do them all so well 😊😊Your parents did a Great job raising you young Ladies ❤❤It seems they taught you well! You were very Blessed to have them when you were young 🙏🏻🙏🏻My Mom had mental issues and scared my Dad away. What i would have given for a happy childhood.My Mother threw all my dolls away when we moved and it broke my heart but luckily i was able to replace some of them 🥰and that brings me a lot of Joy 😂Dolls are such Great therapy and i really appreciate you and your sister doing these videos. Much Love and many Blessings to you both 🧡🧡💖💖🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Aw, thank you so much :) I'm sorry that you had an unhappy childhood and that your mom threw away all your dolls. My mom used to throw our toys away too, but never all of our dolls at once or anything like that.
@@AThousandSplendidDolls Thank you so much Sweetheart 🧡🧡I am so glad you have your dolls and your sister. I am sorry your Mom threw your toys away too😔It can be so devestating to a child. I always made sure my kids were ready to pass their toys down to the next sibling or give them away after what happened to me. I don't think some parents realize how upsetting it can be and it can leave scars. Take care of yourself and your sister 🤗🤗Have a Great week! 🧡🧡💖💖
Hello again from Connecticut! It’s so cool that you and your sister live in New England as well. First I want to wish you congratulations on hitting 20K! 💃🏼 You did a better than amazing job cleaning up the camper!!! Wow! Not one speck of dirt to be had!! That must have taken you hours to perfect that!!!! Fun story about that camper. When I was about 9 years old my neighbor Jill who lived up the hill from me had the camper. We used to take it outside and sit on top of it and ride it up and down her driveway!! 🤣🤣
Thank you! I think it took me about an hour and a half to clean it (it was much easier once I had it in the shower). It's so funny that you and your friend used to ride her Star Traveler!
❤ I am happy to say... 😂 I have gotten better at doll shopping. Usually I think 'ok ... Is it on sale ? Do I really need this doll? Do I truly like this doll?' Thank you so much for sharing your tips! I've been able to wait months now for the g3 monster high dolls. I used buy them as soon as they came out. And the stress is so much better now😂. Things we unknowingly do to ourselves with our hobbies. I have become trained well now 😂😂! If I was stuck I would walk out if the aisle hearing your voices "sale, more dolls!" I thought it was funny and worth sharing ❤.
I'm so glad that our tips could help you with your dolly shopping! We can definitely add a lot of stress to ourselves when buying dolls. It took me a long time to train myself out of that habit, but it feels so much better when you don't feel panicked about buying stuff.
Love this video how you remove the grime on the Barbie bus I am like you I don’t care if it’s grimy I get and do a real good cleaning all I learn of dolls was from your videos ❤like rewigging restringing AG dolls boil washing the hairs all of it I owe to you ❤when you left for awhile I was so sad and when you came back I was sooooo happy I really love your videos keep up the good work God bless you and your sister thanks for sharing ❤
This video really inspired me to fix up one of my dolls who needed her hair washed and conditioned (and I might even style it in two braids like your lovely new Josefina!)
Shelly, I think I might have to wear gloves if I went to a thrift market setting! Yikes! I'm a bit of a germaphobe!(sp?) That star Traveler was hard to even look at before!😆 You are some kind of germ/dirt warrior! Excellent work! I believe you can get replacement stickers to some of Barbie's playsets online. I have no idea of price, though. I would not have left Josefina behind, either. She is really pretty thanks to the makeover! Thank you, guys, for sharing your finds!😊
Honestly, I didn't like handling that Star Traveler. I'm not a germaphobe, but it was NASTY! I think I have a high tolerance for icky used stuff because I work on a farm...lots of poo, dust, feathers, dead animals, etc. I've seen those replacement stickers--they are $30 a sheet sadly :( Thank you--Josefina was such a treasure to find!
Hi. Someone is selling the replacement stickers for the Star Traveler RV on ebay. It's not exactly cheap but if you ever felt like replacing the stickers that's an option. But I'm sure you will probably get creative and add your own special touch to it.
Side note, I've definitely smelt people that smell like maple syrup and its like the weirdest smell ever (for a person to have) but I've never smelt it on dolls/accessories before!
Now that I’m spoiled with being able to comment again, and have been watching older videos (you and your sister provide well-needed feelgood vibes), I’ll have to comment on the older videos here! ✏️ Just finished watching the Kelly Collection video. This sounds wrong haha, but it’s super fun to hear about you and your sister being jealous of/ fighting over each others dolls! Super dramatic and also impossible to picture hahaha. Also confusing (I don’t have human kids), since it seems like you often had doubles of the same doll, ie one each, so don’t understand how you could still fight over them, to the point of them being taken away haha (unless I misunderstood). Did you steal and hide them from each other like dogs bury bones? Or how did it work? I love it, because it’s so out of character now ❤️ Ok, thoughts on the Kelly’s: I often prefer the non-original/ correct outfits better than the ones they came with ❤️ There was one doll dress in super cute red velvet overalls, with were way cuter and better quality than the correct dress she came with. Potty Fun Kelly is kind of a gross gimmick (no offense to your dolls!! Just in general), and the vtg ad is unhinged haha 🚾 Last but not least, I don’t think I’ve ever heard of the Sweetsville dolls, but I really like their head shape. They look like a pre-cursor to Ever After High, the more recent Barbie Extra Minis, and the brand new Barbie Dream Besties! Which is fun. I wonder if the design team really did take inspiration for one/ all of these lines from them… I look forward to when you (eventually) get the Barbie Dream Besties! They’re the only current Barbie’s I’m excited about. I’m not really in a Barbie headspace right now, it’s all MGA doll obsession with the exception Monster High… Of course I have a ton of Barbies in my collection I’m not willing to part with, and I always change my taste/ preferences back and forth over time, but right now Barbie feels too human/ basic/ realistic/ normal, which it why BDBs are the only ones stoked about. I think you’ll really like Renee! 💟
I watched the your sister’s Chelsea Collection video as well, and I don’t remember her name, but there was one (a couple/ doubles) that had auburn hair, and your sister said she thought they were unattractive but also interesting. They cracked me up, because the heads looked like 40 y o women!
Thank you! It's hard to explain why we fought, but basically Colleen was super possessive about her interests when we were kids. If she liked something, I was not allowed to like it too. Even if she got bored of something, she didn't want me to get into it. She was growing out of Kelly dolls at that point, so she insisted that neither of us could play with the two we were given. I was mad because I wanted to play with at least the Kelly doll that was technically mine, but she had "banned" them from the house. That's why we were fighting, even though there were two dolls. Those velour overalls are amazing quality--they actually came in a set with a matching Barbie pair (which are modeled on my Walmart Shopping Time Teresa). It's funny how many dolls were marketed with weird bathroom gimmicks...like dogs that actually poop and stuff. I think the Sweetsville dolls had the large heads to compete with Strawberry Shortcake--at least that's what I thought as a kid. I totally understand your obsession with M.G.A. dolls right now. They are making some amazing quality and very unique dollies right now :)
@@AThousandSplendidDollsThanks for your reply! And refreshing my memory/ clarifying the causes for the doll wars and boycotts. Such hilarious girls❣️ But glad you grew out of it and can share doll stuff now :))) ❤️ Interesting thoughts on Strawberry Shortcake! I bet you’re right, especially if they were scented, too. I love when you can find hidden inspiration/ copy catting between brands. It’s kind of like they pretend to be rivals, but secretly obsess and covet the opposite team’s dolls. A recent one that made me think of that is LOL OMG Kitty K (when I say I’m obsessed with MGA, that mostly means catching up on older releases I slept on or kept the clothes + sold the doll, as was my habit. But now I’m looking back with fresh eyes and appreciating some of the dollies I skipped. Also simply finding comfort in all the MGA dolls I already have (OMG/ Tweens/ Nananas/ RH/ even a couple tots + tiny BBs), there’s just something about their faces, especially the Tweens hamster faces, that are so cute you could eat them!! 🐹 Kitty K is one of my new ones, and holding her I can see how they were clearly influenced by Catty Noir, Not just the pop star diva aesthetic, but the metallic hot pink and silver tones catching the light in her clothes and long, straight hair. Oh and her name! 🐈⬛ Someone must have had a major crush on Catty (plus both dolls were inspired by Ariana Grande, or so I’ve heard, but I know very little about her aesthetic, aside from thd ponytail and oversized sweatshirts). I’m so happy to have her Kitty, her dimples are my favorite part. No pressure to reply to my rambling 🩷 Lots of love from me + ghost BB
I’m currently catching up on older videos I somehow missed out on (despite being a devoted fan 💞), and stumbled upon what is possibly my absolute favorite ATSD videos of all time!! Dolly Tales “The Villains”. The best doll video my eyes have ever had the pleasure of viewing. Will continue down the Dolly Tale Path 🐇 and make sure I didn’t forget to enjoy some other gem/ potential favorite! I don’t think Villains can ever be beat, though, as far as my doll video preferences go, this was the peak 🙌🚞🏔️🌋❤️🔥😍🥹😭💘💝💖💓💗🩷💕
"Whatever's in there...is now dead." 😅 I'm dying!!
I truly appreciate your dedication to cleaning and disinfecting. You're absolutely right about not knowing where something has been. It looks like the Star Traveler was actually camping outside amongst some trees for a few decades!
Aw, thank you so much :) It really did look like that--I wonder if it was stored in a shed or something for a long period of time.
Hi! I actually no longer collect dolls as I had to stop once I got pregnant 8 months ago lol. Economy just wouldn’t allow me to buy new dolls and baby items😂 but I still find soooooo much comfort in your videos and my need for dolls have subsided and I’m no longer interested. I truly love seeing the way you and your sister live.
Aw, thank you for still watching even if you don't collect dolls still :)
@ it’s a comfort thing! I still have my ag dolls and fisher price house with dolls and some LPS lol. I may need to downsize as I’m just neglecting them in a closet atm but my AG dolls are displayed in my laundry/craft/dog room😂
@@Daffy5115 Maybe you could pass them down to your child one day and Congratulations 🥰
If you are so inclined, and if you have the time, you could sew or knit for your dolls, or maling Jewellery for them. It can be a lot of fun for very little money. And you get to enjoy the ones you have, instead of longing for more. 😊
You get to play with a real love doll and you can always get back into the hobby later.
Awesome video!! I always enjoy seeing you two clean new dolls! It’s super therapeutic ❤
Thank you! I'm glad these videos can be therapeutic :)
What a great find! You did an amazing job cleaning them all up! ❤
Thank you!
Wow! You did such a good job on the Star Traveler van
Thank you so much! It was the dirtiest thing I'd seen in a while :)
You are one Brave young Lady! That was so much work but you did such an Amazing job! I bet you could make a fortune cleaning houses! I really enjoy these videos! You are such an Artist with all the things you do, you do them all so well 😊😊Your parents did a Great job raising you young Ladies ❤❤It seems they taught you well! You were very Blessed to have them when you were young 🙏🏻🙏🏻My Mom had mental issues and scared my Dad away. What i would have given for a happy childhood.My Mother threw all my dolls away when we moved and it broke my heart but luckily i was able to replace some of them 🥰and that brings me a lot of Joy 😂Dolls are such Great therapy and i really appreciate you and your sister doing these videos. Much Love and many Blessings to you both 🧡🧡💖💖🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Aw, thank you so much :) I'm sorry that you had an unhappy childhood and that your mom threw away all your dolls. My mom used to throw our toys away too, but never all of our dolls at once or anything like that.
@@AThousandSplendidDolls Thank you so much Sweetheart 🧡🧡I am so glad you have your dolls and your sister. I am sorry your Mom threw your toys away too😔It can be so devestating to a child. I always made sure my kids were ready to pass their toys down to the next sibling or give them away after what happened to me. I don't think some parents realize how upsetting it can be and it can leave scars. Take care of yourself and your sister 🤗🤗Have a Great week! 🧡🧡💖💖
Is that a new sink faucet/spout? Very cool. I love dolls from the 70s and 80s too. Thank you for sharing.
Yes it is--very handy for cleaning things :)
Great job as always, love Francesca.💜
Thank you! She's a gem :)
I love dolls
Me too :)
It's funny (and gross) that you said the Star Traveler smelled like maple syrup.😂😂 The joys of 50 year old used toys.
It was the weirdest thing ever...why maple syrup?!!!
Amazing transformations - especially the star traveler
Thank you!
You got great deals. You did a good job cleaning everything. You can never go wrong with paying $5 for American girl doll.
Thank you so much! $5 is such a bargain for an American Girl doll for sure!
@AThousandSplendidDolls your welcome.
Hello again from Connecticut! It’s so cool that you and your sister live in New England as well. First I want to wish you congratulations on hitting 20K! 💃🏼 You did a better than amazing job cleaning up the camper!!! Wow! Not one speck of dirt to be had!! That must have taken you hours to perfect that!!!! Fun story about that camper. When I was about 9 years old my neighbor Jill who lived up the hill from me had the camper. We used to take it outside and sit on top of it and ride it up and down her driveway!! 🤣🤣
Thank you! I think it took me about an hour and a half to clean it (it was much easier once I had it in the shower). It's so funny that you and your friend used to ride her Star Traveler!
❤ I am happy to say... 😂 I have gotten better at doll shopping. Usually I think 'ok ... Is it on sale ? Do I really need this doll? Do I truly like this doll?' Thank you so much for sharing your tips! I've been able to wait months now for the g3 monster high dolls. I used buy them as soon as they came out. And the stress is so much better now😂. Things we unknowingly do to ourselves with our hobbies. I have become trained well now 😂😂! If I was stuck I would walk out if the aisle hearing your voices "sale, more dolls!" I thought it was funny and worth sharing ❤.
I'm so glad that our tips could help you with your dolly shopping! We can definitely add a lot of stress to ourselves when buying dolls. It took me a long time to train myself out of that habit, but it feels so much better when you don't feel panicked about buying stuff.
Love this video how you remove the grime on the Barbie bus I am like you I don’t care if it’s grimy I get and do a real good cleaning all I learn of dolls was from your videos ❤like rewigging restringing AG dolls boil washing the hairs all of it I owe to you ❤when you left for awhile I was so sad and when you came back I was sooooo happy I really love your videos keep up the good work God bless you and your sister thanks for sharing ❤
Aw, thank you so much--I'm very glad to be back :) I think it's really fun to clean super grimy doll stuff and to see it transform!
@ yes it is
This video really inspired me to fix up one of my dolls who needed her hair washed and conditioned (and I might even style it in two braids like your lovely new Josefina!)
Thank you! Best of luck cleaning your dollies :)
Awesome 😊
Thank you!
Shelly, I think I might have to wear gloves if I went to a thrift market setting! Yikes! I'm a bit of a germaphobe!(sp?) That star Traveler was hard to even look at before!😆 You are some kind of germ/dirt warrior! Excellent work! I believe you can get replacement stickers to some of Barbie's playsets online. I have no idea of price, though. I would not have left Josefina behind, either. She is really pretty thanks to the makeover! Thank you, guys, for sharing your finds!😊
Honestly, I didn't like handling that Star Traveler. I'm not a germaphobe, but it was NASTY! I think I have a high tolerance for icky used stuff because I work on a farm...lots of poo, dust, feathers, dead animals, etc. I've seen those replacement stickers--they are $30 a sheet sadly :( Thank you--Josefina was such a treasure to find!
Hi. Someone is selling the replacement stickers for the Star Traveler RV on ebay. It's not exactly cheap but if you ever felt like replacing the stickers that's an option. But I'm sure you will probably get creative and add your own special touch to it.
I saw those stickers actually...it's a shame they are like $30 or I'd consider getting them :)
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Side note, I've definitely smelt people that smell like maple syrup and its like the weirdest smell ever (for a person to have) but I've never smelt it on dolls/accessories before!
It is such a strange smell, and it definitely lingers! My trunk still kind of smells like maple syrup ha ha!
Great haul. I now have 5 cabbage patch kids. I found three at Goodwill and two were sent to me by a Dolly sister on Instagram. ❤
Thank you! Congrats on finding more Cabbage Patch Kids :)
Hi is collen ok she looks very pale😊
She had been sick recently when we filmed this, but was doing better :) She works at a school, so it's that time of year for colds and what not.
@AThousandSplendidDolls hugs for you both hope college is getting better God bless you both
That's a lot of interesting items that you and your sister got from the flea market. Is the flea market still open for you guys or is it closing up?
Thank you! It's open until the end of December, but we'll probably stop going in a week or two (when it gets cold nobody really sets up) :)
Hi! I have a question, what to you do with the heads from the body donnors? And what about the bodys that are really damaged and unsalvable?
Sadly I have to throw them away, since they aren't useful anymore.
@AThousandSplendidDolls Its verry sad 🫤
There is a seller on eBay that makes replacement stickers for the star traveler motor home
Yes, I've seen them :) They are sadly $30 a sheet which is too expensive for me.
The maple syrup smell could be coming from the plastic 'ingredients' as they age and leach out.
It went away after I cleaned it, so I think it was more from it being dirty. I've never had a maple syrup scent come from plasticizer leaching out.
Now that I’m spoiled with being able to comment again, and have been watching older videos (you and your sister provide well-needed feelgood vibes), I’ll have to comment on the older videos here! ✏️
Just finished watching the Kelly Collection video. This sounds wrong haha, but it’s super fun to hear about you and your sister being jealous of/ fighting over each others dolls! Super dramatic and also impossible to picture hahaha. Also confusing (I don’t have human kids), since it seems like you often had doubles of the same doll, ie one each, so don’t understand how you could still fight over them, to the point of them being taken away haha (unless I misunderstood). Did you steal and hide them from each other like dogs bury bones? Or how did it work? I love it, because it’s so out of character now ❤️
Ok, thoughts on the Kelly’s: I often prefer the non-original/ correct outfits better than the ones they came with ❤️ There was one doll dress in super cute red velvet overalls, with were way cuter and better quality than the correct dress she came with.
Potty Fun Kelly is kind of a gross gimmick (no offense to your dolls!! Just in general), and the vtg ad is unhinged haha 🚾
Last but not least, I don’t think I’ve ever heard of the Sweetsville dolls, but I really like their head shape. They look like a pre-cursor to Ever After High, the more recent Barbie Extra Minis, and the brand new Barbie Dream Besties! Which is fun. I wonder if the design team really did take inspiration for one/ all of these lines from them…
I look forward to when you (eventually) get the Barbie Dream Besties! They’re the only current Barbie’s I’m excited about. I’m not really in a Barbie headspace right now, it’s all MGA doll obsession with the exception Monster High… Of course I have a ton of Barbies in my collection I’m not willing to part with, and I always change my taste/ preferences back and forth over time, but right now Barbie feels too human/ basic/ realistic/ normal, which it why BDBs are the only ones stoked about. I think you’ll really like Renee! 💟
I watched the your sister’s Chelsea Collection video as well, and I don’t remember her name, but there was one (a couple/ doubles) that had auburn hair, and your sister said she thought they were unattractive but also interesting. They cracked me up, because the heads looked like 40 y o women!
Thank you! It's hard to explain why we fought, but basically Colleen was super possessive about her interests when we were kids. If she liked something, I was not allowed to like it too. Even if she got bored of something, she didn't want me to get into it. She was growing out of Kelly dolls at that point, so she insisted that neither of us could play with the two we were given. I was mad because I wanted to play with at least the Kelly doll that was technically mine, but she had "banned" them from the house. That's why we were fighting, even though there were two dolls.
Those velour overalls are amazing quality--they actually came in a set with a matching Barbie pair (which are modeled on my Walmart Shopping Time Teresa). It's funny how many dolls were marketed with weird bathroom gimmicks...like dogs that actually poop and stuff.
I think the Sweetsville dolls had the large heads to compete with Strawberry Shortcake--at least that's what I thought as a kid. I totally understand your obsession with M.G.A. dolls right now. They are making some amazing quality and very unique dollies right now :)
@@AThousandSplendidDollsThanks for your reply! And refreshing my memory/ clarifying the causes for the doll wars and boycotts. Such hilarious girls❣️ But glad you grew out of it and can share doll stuff now :))) ❤️
Interesting thoughts on Strawberry Shortcake! I bet you’re right, especially if they were scented, too. I love when you can find hidden inspiration/ copy catting between brands. It’s kind of like they pretend to be rivals, but secretly obsess and covet the opposite team’s dolls. A recent one that made me think of that is LOL OMG Kitty K (when I say I’m obsessed with MGA, that mostly means catching up on older releases I slept on or kept the clothes + sold the doll, as was my habit. But now I’m looking back with fresh eyes and appreciating some of the dollies I skipped. Also simply finding comfort in all the MGA dolls I already have (OMG/ Tweens/ Nananas/ RH/ even a couple tots + tiny BBs), there’s just something about their faces, especially the Tweens hamster faces, that are so cute you could eat them!! 🐹 Kitty K is one of my new ones, and holding her I can see how they were clearly influenced by Catty Noir, Not just the pop star diva aesthetic, but the metallic hot pink and silver tones catching the light in her clothes and long, straight hair. Oh and her name! 🐈⬛ Someone must have had a major crush on Catty (plus both dolls were inspired by Ariana Grande, or so I’ve heard, but I know very little about her aesthetic, aside from thd ponytail and oversized sweatshirts). I’m so happy to have her Kitty, her dimples are my favorite part. No pressure to reply to my rambling 🩷 Lots of love from me + ghost BB
I’m currently catching up on older videos I somehow missed out on (despite being a devoted fan 💞), and stumbled upon what is possibly my absolute favorite ATSD videos of all time!! Dolly Tales “The Villains”. The best doll video my eyes have ever had the pleasure of viewing. Will continue down the Dolly Tale Path 🐇 and make sure I didn’t forget to enjoy some other gem/ potential favorite! I don’t think Villains can ever be beat, though, as far as my doll video preferences go, this was the peak 🙌🚞🏔️🌋❤️🔥😍🥹😭💘💝💖💓💗🩷💕
Aw, thank you so much :) I'm so glad you enjoyed that video!