MORE DOLLS AND A CRAZY BIRD!

We have another wonderful selection of dolls at the Turnabout Shop right now.
I worked at the shop yesterday and there are still some available.  They're wonderful!

This is the only dress left from three or four available yesterday.  I do believe it would fit the doll above.

Here's a lovely doll--very sweet--almost like something from years ago and yet brand new!  

This box, complete with a doll, doll clothes and toy bear has a special meaning for me as my youngest son, when he was about two, had a bear very much like the one pictured and he carried it Everywhere in his grubby little fist !

I love this crazy bird.  Don't you just love him?  He has this sad expression that reaches out to you and says "Come Buy Me!"

BARBIE DOLLS!

I just got a heads up about these dolls and thought I should share them.
Meet Eliza Doolittle From My Fair Lady.  Isn't she beautiful?
If you haven't seen the movie see it!  In the scene where she's wearing this dress she's watching a horse race; Professor Higgins anxiously looking on to see how his Cockney flower girl fares in high society.  She gets excited seeing the horses run, picks a favorite and yells "Move your bloody 'arse!"

I did not take this picture (any of them--thank you David!) or I probably could identify this Barbie.  She is lovely with  a bathing suit from the past.  What age are we seeing here--how about the 50's?  Can't you feel the hot sun?  The only thing missing is the sand.  Can't you feel the hot sun?

A Barbie Doll right out of Peter Rabbit.  See Peter sprouting from her dress?
Brings me back to my childhood.  There was a big house with a huge garden right across from us in Minneapolis and I was convinced the garden belonged to Mr. McGregor and Peter Rabbit was there, enjoying a carrot.  Run Peter! 

What do we have here?  A Barbie with long hair from the Swiss Alps?
Perhaps Heidi the Swiss heroine but where's her  smelly cheese?  

This doll has to come from Dostoyevsky or Tolstoy's Anna Karenina?
I love the lushness of the red gown and the muffs and oversize collar.

This doll comes from only one place--Scotland!  

Everything Beautiful and Unusual!

I don't think I can claim this as a real fur but it is good looking and in grand shape and look at that wonderful party dress! Well, what can I say?  Graduation is coming up in a few months and it looks like exactly what's needed to fill out an evening to perfection.

This bird cage is huge.  Maybe you have a parrot that needs a new home?  Or maybe parrots don't live in cages and  all they need is their own corner of the living room.? I don't know, although one of my favorite movies "The Lady Killers", (the early one with Alec Guinness) boasts one of the funniest parrots in movie history and he wouldn't have been seen dead in a cage.
Whatever bird you have it (other than a parrot) would love this cage.

Besides being beautiful this platter is light, which means you can load a bunch of things on it and not have to have a dolly to get it to the dining room.

Another beautiful piece of glass and what a wonderful color!

Our usual astonishing dollar rack.

New Year Beauties!

Jewelry!  I haven't had jewelry to show for how long?
I was at the shop yesterday and got a close look at what you see here.  I particularly like the bead bracelet.  It was thought by one of my compatriots that the round oddity at one end is a nut of some kind--believe it or not--and it has some odd carving on it.  Mystery!

This bowl is perfect.  I do think it would be perfect for a salad but you know best.

I picked up one of these plates because--to me--nothing means as much for a good dish but the heaviness and solidness of it, and it passed the test.  The plate has a good, solid feel.  This is a very amazing set with everything you'd want plus some nice side dishes.

An iPod!  Sure you can download music onto your iPhone but this is perfect for hooking up to your music system at home--after downloading your favorites--and voila, push a button--you've got your favorites to listen to!

A Pokemon Game.  Those who know this game testify to how special it is.

You haven't had a chance to explore shelves for awhile.  Well, here's your chance.  Click away!
There's always a number of us out there who have friends over for coffee and some chewy commodities, or those who have meetings to prepare for--and that coffee set is beautiful.  

Christmas Beauties

Just look at this amazing picture.  I did not take it--thank you for this amazing photo, David!
This is not some glorious object from the stars.  It is and I quote:  a Canon Pixma MP500 Printer Scanner and Copier.  Glorious, right?

This is our appraisal cupboard and given that Christmas is now 20 days away it is filled with glorious things.  Just click and feast your eyes!

Another wonderful opportunity for feasting one's eyes.  I particularly love the set of plates down at the bottom left corner.  They're Danish and they're beautiful!

Those of you who still go to Christmas parties I thought I'd throw a couple of wonderful party dresses at you.  I would remove the bow.  Ugh.  Looks like something from my parties in the school gym when I was in the sixth grade and that was like 50 years ago, if not more.  You have a wonderful pin for that spot, right?  

This gown is glorious.  Now, you have to be little--little!  It would fit around my leg and that's it but oh is it beautiful!

I do apologize for this picture.  Truly horrible.  I've tried everything to improve it but--oh well--it has to be here and as I've been told by people who know it is chuck full of wonderful things All for one Dollar.

Christmas Has Arrived At The Turnabout!

This is a 1937 Zeiss ikon camera and I'm in awe just looking at the picture.  1937!  It's so beautiful I'm drooling.

These light meters are antique as well, one of them dates from 1935 and has no battery. It must use light to power it and it works.

This is a beautiful pen and pencil set.  I've known people who still use a pen to write with and if you really want to get a sense of what you're writing, believe me, you start out with a pen or pencil.

All I can say is Wow!  This is just one example of what's awaiting you in Rosemary's Room.  It is absolutely chuck full of beautiful gifts, both for Christmas or to squirrel away somewhere in your abode.  A warning, everything that absolutely is for  Christmas has a red sticker and won't be around after the holidays.  Click away!

Mishmash Heaven!

Take a look at this 2002 Minolta Dimage X, 2 megapixel with  3x internal zoom, with original manuel, software, spare memory chip, battery charger and all connecting cords--a compete package for $40.  I think if this is your baby you can be sure it''s in wonderful shape.  It's a complete package and that means, to me, that someone has been coddling it, treating it with loving care.

This mask is determined to scare the bejeebees out of us!  The gown it's wearing is spooky as well.  Don't come my way on Halloween night!

Beautiful candle holders, from Classic Copper Works.  Aren't they beautiful?

This is an original oil painting.  Really, I had to check it out when I was at the store yesterday.  It is beautiful and the frame really sets it off nicely, don't you think?

A beautiful selection on the dollar rack this time.  How about that bright yellow jacket with black stripes?  People will see you coming when you wear that!  The rack is stuffed with goodies:  a white shirt with black flower motif; a bright blue shirt.  I could go on and on!