Welcome to BonBon's Toy Closet!

BonBon's Toy Closet in real life contains toys, games, and books for my grandchildren. But several other closets have been taken over for my dolls, doll clothes, doll furniture, doll houses, doll accessories, doll sewing materials, doll trunks, and various doll supplies!

After about 15 years of playing dolls, I decided to share some of the results on this blog. I hope you enjoy looking around. You will find Cissy dolls, vintage hard plastic dolls, Tonner Ann Estelle and Sophie dolls, doll houses, and a variety of other topics.

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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Arranbee 14" Doll: "Caroline"

This Arranbee 14" doll I have named "Caroline."  This is the third of the five Arranbee doll trunk sets.

In this first photo, she is wearing an Arranbee wedding dress.  I bought the dress separately from a doll.  I think it may have originally come on a "Nannette" Arranbee doll.  The dress is a heavy brocade trimmed in expensive lace.  I added a petticoat, veil, and bouquet.


This outfit was made by a talented eBay seller who made handmade knit/crochet outfits from Mary Hoyer patterns.  I like the saucy tam and the little handwarmer that come with it.



This is a layered play outfit that I made for this doll.  The first layer is a high-midriff top and shorts with a short overskirt. The next layer is a skirt.


The final layer is a pinafore with a big bow in the back.  The pinafore has attached sleeves and shows the underlying top and skirt.


This next dress has a Bavarian flavor to it.  The white blouse features tiny tucks and lace in the front and has full sleeves.  The flowered skirt is full, with a petticoat.  There is a green felt belt trimmed in tiny picot. 




Caroline has a pretty pink nightgown.  The two-layered skirt has sheer nylon with lace edging over nylon tricot.  There is a squared neckline on the bodice and a pink embroidered ribbon belt.


She has a pretty little bisque doll to take "night-night."



This long dress is made from exquisite cotton lace with tiny embroidered flowers and a scalloped edge.



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