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[spiderw]

So lovely, the dolls, their dresses and hair styles!  My original Toni doll from the fifties was dressed in plaid. .  It is always fun to go to this post and admire these timeless dolls and their outfits!!!!

[Enufstuff]

@Oznell   Thank you very much.  Colette Marie would seem to be an appropriate name for the little brunette; being a little girl from Quebec.

   Marilyn only came to mind when I saw her hair style. Perhaps Michelle Renee would be a better name for a little blonde girl from Quebec.

  The backdrop is actually my kitchen wallpaper. I wanted something with a 1930's - 40's era design to go with my Fiesta Ware and antique ice box and Hoosier cabinet.

[EastCoastGal]

Merry Christmas girls! 🎅🏻 You both look so pretty and l just love your dresses and hair! You've been so busy getting ready for Christmas! Oh my goodness! I bet Toni was so happy to see you both! I saw my favorite cousin every Christmas at my Grandma and Grandpa's house! We always had so much fun like you girls! Again... Merry Christmas girls! 🎅🏻🎄☃️

You did a wonderful job cleaning up these two cute girls @Enufstuff !!! Their hair came out so pretty! Can't wait to see Toni !! ❤️ You must have so much fun with these girls and we all get to share that joy with you! 

Merry Christmas!! 🎁 

[Oznell]

Very appropriate names, @Enufstuff .

I absolutely love your wallpaper, and it must look wonderful with your Fiesta ware and other carefully chosen vintage elements!  Your kitchen sounds like a dream...

[EastCoastGal]

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@Enufstuff wrote:

@Oznell   Thank you very much.  Colette Marie would seem to be an appropriate name for the little brunette; being a little girl from Quebec.

   Marilyn only came to mind when I saw her hair style. Perhaps Michelle Renee would be a better name for a little blonde girl from Quebec.

  The backdrop is actually my kitchen wallpaper. I wanted something with a 1930's - 40's era design to go with my Fiesta Ware and antique ice box and Hoosier cabinet.

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@Enufstuff ... You have an antique ice box? How wonderful! I love your wallpaper also! 

[LMinAZ]

@Enuffstuff   American Character did have lovely dolls.   I have an 18" Sweet Sue hard plastic walker doll.  I think she was called the School Girl doll.  She needs a new dress, but the hard plastic is in excellent condition.  Then a Sweet Sue Sophisticate Bride Doll, from the late 50's.  The Sophisticates had beautiful clothes for day time and evening wear.  I think they were intended to compete with the Miss Revlon dolls.  They were vinyl, rather than hard plastic.  The walker doll has a sweet face.  The bride doll has an especially pretty face.  They sit on a closet shelf where I can see them, and I enjoy the memories they evoke.   

[BoopOMatic]

@Enufstuff  and Toni

[Enufstuff]

@EastCoastGal   Thank you very much. Like you, we visited our grandparents on Christmas and saw all our aunts, uncles and cousins. There were 16 cousins.

  Three of us girl cousins were the same age. We were all born a week apart in May. None of us had sisters, only brothers. So, we were almost like sisters, growing up. It was fun and we played together often.

 Sadly, our oldest May cousin past away in 2019. My younger cousin and I still get together every couple of months to have lunch and maybe do something fun.

  The Christmas when we were six years old, we asked Santa for Toni dolls. We were disappointed on Christmas morning, when Santa had not brought our dolls.

  Later that day, we visited our grand parents and Surprise! We all got the dolls that we had wished for. Toni's were a very popular doll in the 50's.

  When we visited my other grandmother, she also had a Toni doll for me. One doll was platinum blonde and the second one was what I called "lemon" blonde.

[Enufstuff]

@LMinAZ  How wonderful that you still have your beautiful dolls. I remember Sweet Sue and I always wanted a bride doll.

 Instead, I got a nun doll. (Were my parents trying to tell me something?) I actually did consider becoming a nun, for about a week, when I was in high school. After reading "The Good Earth", I wanted to be a missionary nun working with orphan children.

  Getting back to dolls, I did have a Miss Revlon and a ballerina.

  The dolls that I still have are the Toni dolls and my Ginny dolls and some Madame Alexanders.

  My mother loved and collected dolls and I guess I inherited

that from her.

[Enufstuff]

@BoopOMatic  Your Christmas girls are adorable. They remind me of dolls that Marie Osmond made. I think the name was

"Adora Belle" and had those big eyes. Cute!