Day 16 of our Advent Calendar, Are We in the Home Stretch?

 Hello Dear Readers,

Today is day 16 of our Advent Calendar. The door is the biggest door on the set... if you don't count the doll's packaging as a door. It's a large image of a medieval castle, you know, the usual stuff you find in the woods. 

It's also on it's side in the calendar.

 

We open it to reveal...

A baby deer! This little deer is clearly a newborn based on it's size and the white dots on it's back. 

It has black painted eyes and a black painted nose. It's eyes are pretty forward facing, which I think this deer is more of a predator compared to prey. 

 

So that owl better watch out, if the cat doesn't get him, the deer might. 

It's a cute deer, but the inside of each leg at the top is hollow and that always reads as pretty cheap to me. 

 I'm not sure if I will keep it, not much into animals around here.

Here's the door added to our forest. It has a side post, but I think that was more part of the door design and it doesn't actually slide into anything. 

 

Let see what tomorrow brings!

Who is ready for Day 15 of our Barbie Color Reveal Advent Calendar?

 Hello Dear Readers, 

Are you ready for day 15 of our Advent Calendar? I know I sure am. Today's door is another tree. This one is decorated, but it has red circles and yellow diamonds for the ornaments. So we'll be adding another tree to the forest. 

We open the door to reveal...

... what is that?

We take it out of the door to reveal...

A coat! A very wrinkled coat, but it might not have been so wrinkled had I opened the calendar in a more timely manner. This coat is made from a light purple twill fabric with a white fur collar. It's got gathering at the waist to give it a little shape. 

 

I'm pretty impressed with this coat. It's made from a good fabric, has a nice length, and the fur collar is actually lined with tulle in the back. The sewn on "belt" at the waist is unhemmed, which I don't love, but I can live with it. This jacket is one of the things that made me want to get this calendar. My dolls rarely wear jackets, but it's nice having the option. I'm glad it's a nice jacket.

Now to add our tree to the woods. At least now there's a place for our owl to hide from that cat.

 

See everyone tomorrow!

Day 14 Of Our Christmas Advent Calendar!

 Hello Dear Readers, 

Time for another day in our Barbie Color Reveal Advent Calendar. Today's door is a cute illustration of an owl. I guess it's the owl we got on the ... second day? I assume the next few days will be trees if the doors indicate what will be in the boxes. We haven't gotten a single tree yet!

When we open the door we find...

The worlds smallest purse. This purse is made from a light pink plastic. It has a single handle and on the front there is a molded on buckle with molded on ribbon details coming from the buckle and going around the sides and back. It doesn't really open, which isn't a huge deal since it's not like you could put anything in it. It's so small! I guess Barbie could put a lipstick or mascara in it, but I think it would even be too small for a phone. 

It was a bit tricky to get the strap over her hand.

Here's our owl in the woods.

 

Luckily he's pretty far away from the cat since it's on the other side of the box (the cat's like 5 times it's size). Stay tuned for tomorrow's reveal!

Let's have Lucky Day 13 on our Barbie Advent Calendar!

 Hello Dear Readers, 

 

Today's door is another little tree. This is another snow covered tree. This is our third snow covered tree and our sixth tree in general. They've been a popular choice. At least each of them have been different and they're not repeating the same images.

 

 Opening the door we find...

 

Some boots! These boots are made from a light pink plastic, have a slight platform heel, and molded in details. 

I've never seen this boot mold before. They are pretty neat. I like the lace up details in the back. Not sure if I would ever use these though. 

The points along the top are a little not my style. I mean, I have them, but who knows if they will stay. 

 

I'm glad we got some more winter appropriate shoes. Those white opened toe shoes we got earlier are cute, but boy are they not the best for winter weather. 

Here's our door added to the "woods" on the other side of the box. Our first tree! (On that side).

See everyone tomorrow!

 

Halway Point! Day 12 of our Barbie Color Reveal Advent Calendar!

 Hello Dear Readers!

It's time for day 12 of our Advent Calendar. Can you believe we're already halfway done with the calendar? And can you believe I've totally been on top of things this entire time and posting them in a timely manner? (Anybody?)

Today's door is another cute deer. I guess a young doe since there's no antlers or white spots on the back. It's a similar style to our first deer, but a bit more cartoony. I'm not sure why there are all these style changes between doors. It's not a huge deal, but interesting to note.

 

We open the door to reveal.... 

 

Another doll hair accessory! This is similar to the first one. There's a purple plastic bow with a loop on the back and post that lets it stick into the doll's head. 

 

There's some purple, pink, and blue hair wrapped around the loop. This one is straighter and less curled than the first one.

 

 Hair fiber feels a little nicer, but still pretty dry feeling. The bow is cuter looking compared to the horseshoe looking one. 

 

I wish she had two of them so she could wear them on both sides. Unfortunately, she can't wear them in her ears. I tried!

 Here's the door with the rest of them in our "Woods". 

This door actually fills up the entire side of the woods, so tomorrow we get to start filling up the other side. 

 Until tomorrow everyone! 

Day 11 Of Our Color Reveal Barbie Advent Calendar!

 Hello Dear Readers, 

 

Time for another day of our Advent Calendar. Today's door is an odd one. It's the Barbie Color Reveal logo, which is quite a change from our trees, animals, and woodland items we've been getting. 

 

 Behind it we find....

 

A purple bag. 

 

A purple color reveal bag none the less.

We open it to find .... a purple plastic thing.

 

It took me a second to recognize this. When I did I exclaimed "Oh! It's the cat!" and I said it so loudly, I startled the two, real, not purple cats on my bed. 

 

Here it is without the purple paint in it. 

 

It's a cute little white cat with black painted details. No fancy shots of the paint coming off because I just washed it in the sink. The first reason is that I'm lazy and the second one I wanted to feel what the color reveal paint felt like when washing it instead of just letting the water make it dissolve. Spoiler alert, slimy. It's a very simple cat, but a pretty decent size for Barbie. There is still some paint caught in the crevices, but hopefully I can get rid of those with another wash. 

Here is the door added to our collection. I guess it's like a billboard in the forest? 

Stay tuned for tomorrow's reveal!

Finally in the Double Digits! Day 10 of our Advent Calendar

 Hello Dear Readers, 

Time for day 10 of our Advent Calendar! Today's door is a very cute cartoon of a deer. 

It's a little baby deer with the white spots on the back. It's very cute and I assume with the winged eyeliner it's a girl deer.

Opening the door we find...

A plastic plate with a single attached painted gingerbread man.The gingerbread man has black eyes, red lips, three white buttons going down the front of his chest, and red at the arms and legs. Not going to lie, it almost looks like he's tied to the plate with red ropes. Like one of those assistants tied to a spinning wheel so knives can be thrown at them. All jokes aside, I really like this. I'm a total sucker for little miniatures like that. And I like how this one doesn't have those raised plastic things in the back that works with select Barbie playsets (that I don't have). 

Our doll can't really hold it that well, she's actually leaning on the side to balance the plate on her hand.  This would work well for other dolls and would be a great decor item. So far this is my top item from the calendar (with the shoes a close second). 

Here's our deer added to our forest. 

They better watch out for that cat. I think they're getting tired of eating pine needles. See everyone tomorrow!

Day 9 of our Advent Calendar, Getting a Little Less Chilly!

 Hello again, back for another day of the Advent Calendar! Today's door is this cute little kitty cat. I'm not sure if this cat has a name (not really up on current Barbie stuff), but it's a cute short haired cat with white/light blue fur with a white patch on the chest. A little cutie:

This is our first animal in the "forest". Not sure how many house cats are wondering around a normal forest, but maybe they do in Barbie's world. 

We open the door and find....

 

A dress! Finally, we get our first piece of clothing. I won't lie, it's the 9th (in theory) and we finally have something for our doll to wear. It's a little bit chilly these days and she's been hanging out in her molded on bathing suit and tights. This dress is made from a blue plastic feeling fabric with printed on silver stars. It has a high waist, puffy sleeves, and a gathered skirt. The fabric feels like the kind used for umbrellas. It closes in the back with Velcro.

 

 It's not terrible, but could be better. I don't love the fabric or the surging at the sleeves, but they didn't ask me.

Here it is on our doll:

 

It's cute, but you can see her bodysuit at the neckline which looks a little weird. And that's after adjusting it to cover as much of the molded on details as possible. I did actually have another doll wearing this for a bit. I am planning on keeping this dress and using it on another doll. Not quite sure who yet, but it'll at least go in my clothing collection.

Here's our cat added to our forest, it got a little torn taking it off the box, but not too badly.

Right now it's the only animal, so I hope it likes eating pine trees. See everyone tomorrow for Day 10!

 

Stay tuned for day 10!

Don't Mind the Long Pause, Day Eight of Our Advent Calendar!

 Hello Dear Readers,

 I must start off with an apology. I had to abandon the Advent Calendar project. December put me through the ringer and I totally got sidetracked and lost a lot of motivation. I should have expected it, it happens pretty much every year. 

Anywhoo, today's door is another cute little tree. What's interesting is that it's a very geometric design compared to yesterday's tree, which was cartoony, but more realistic. This tree is covered in a lot of differently sized ovals in different colors to look like ornaments. 

Opening up the door we find....

More earrings! These earrings are made from a purple plastic. They are pointed at the top and bottom with circular designs around the edges and have a molded in snowflake in the center. Unfortunately I have no additional pictures of these because I have misplaced them. I believe I put them in the present from the 7th, but can't find that right now. When I do, I will try to update the blog post. Getting more organized has been one of my 2023 goals, but it hasn't been super successful yet.

Here's our door added to our collection, we're getting quite a forest!

See everyone tomorrow for day 9!

It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas, Day Seven of Our Advent Calendar!

 Hello Dear Readers,

Time for day Seven of our Advent Calendar! I've also been playing catch up with posts, haven't been on time these past few days. I've been very tired. I actually went to bed at 7 pm yesterday, so I guess I really needed the sleep. 

Our door today is another little snow covered tree. They've really been loving trees on door.
No decorations on this tree, just some snow. We open the door to reveal...

A present! 😀

An empty present... 😢

I'm just kidding about my disappointment. I actually really like this. It's a simple box made from a light purple plastic with a lid that has white painted details. It is empty, but it actually opens and there is a hinge so that the top doesn't get lost. I really like that it actually opens and that it can be used for storage. It's too small for the necklace, but it does fit the earrings and the shoes. I will keep this and it'll most likely become part of my Barbie Christmas decor. Pretty nice. 

 

Here's our door with some previous doors. We're getting quite a forest.

See everyone for tomorrow, day 8!