So many FIRSTS! - a photo on Flickriver

So many FIRSTS!

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 BLYTHE A DAY: flickr group
SEPTEMBER 2018
DAY 9:  "DOLLHOUSE"

THAT is all you really need to *know* :)  :)
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[Another dissertation follows;  no need to read through it ... I am recording some facts, ala "History Book" style ... ]

WHO got THE MOST ICONIC Doll House ever?

WE DID!!!

I have wanted this since 1965 ... when my "well off" friend up the street had one.  Neither of my 3 sisters or I, had such luxuries!

Since 2012, when I discovered BLYTHE, I have even been eyeballing getting a used one on eBay, in the best condition I could find ... which were quite pricey!  (I have folders FULL of research, but never made the purchase.)

Fast forward ... MATTEL made a REPRODUCTION!!!

WHAT???  

Yes, yes they did!  It is EXACTLY THE SAME ... exterior, interior, ALL the furniture is the same; (the only difference is ... the stereo 'albums' are all "Barbie", and not actual LPs that were included in the original.

I LOVE IT!

And WHO wouldda thunk ...

PICTURED:

THIS is my FIRST Grandson, Abel.    He is using his FIRST camera (he LOVES photography!).  The Blythe doll in the scene is ... you guessed it ... HIS first Blythe doll!  (He was so interested in the mechanical workings of the different parts.  I showed him my Blythe storeroom ... box of scalps; different face plates; bag full of bodies; rubbermaid tubs full of fashions ... and he was fascinated with the changing eyes, of course!  So, he asked if he could "make one", and I let him choose everything from head to toe.  (He WANTED a Mimi 'full figure' body ... and I could not understand WHY ... until, the more I though about it ... his Mommy, my Daughter-In-Law, is pregnant with Grandchild #4 ... and ABEL is my FIRST GRANDCHILD ... so he has seen the process of his two younger siblings, and how his Mommy's body resembles the Mimi-body ... for most of his life!  hehe ...

He has such an uncanny interest in photography ... he goes around taking photos of "the way things are today" ... for his archives!  Like a little historian (which, by the way, my Dad, his Great-Grandpa had ... even though they never met!  Genes, people ... GENES!)

So, admittedly, he doesn't really "play" with her ... she just sits around as his photographic muse!  ;)  

Our FIRST BARBIE DOLL HOUSE!

Our FIRST GRANDSON!

His FIRST CAMERA!

His FIRST BLYTHE!

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Taken on: June 28, 2018

Tags:

Blythe A Day

DOLL HOUSE

Barbie Mattel Dream House

Dream House REPRODUCTION

First Blythe

Photographer in Training

The Joy of being a Grandma

Blythe doll as muse

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Sets appears in: • Series: My (non-Blythe) World • 2018 Blythe.A.Day SEPTEMBER

Groups appears in: • My Blythe's Dollhouse!!! <3 • Blythe A Day September 2018

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