When I was a little girl, I fell in love with a beautiful doll named Crissy. On my 3rd Christmas, Santa gave her to me. I played with her and played with her for many years. She was my all time favorite doll.
Eventually she ended up looking like this: a well loved doll. She was still beautiful to me.
My sister, Catherine got her friend “Velvet” one year for her birthday. Crissy and Velvet were best friends and had many exciting adventures over the years. Eventually my sister’s doll, Velvet, ended up a few fingers short amongst other injuries.
When I was a teenager, my family surprised me with a brand new Crissy doll–found when a business was closing amongst old hidden stock in the store room. No one played with my NEW Crissy…Well, she was just too beautiful!
And then there was Ebay…all thanks to my darling daughters. A cherished Barbie’s arm broke off. In my day, that was that, you played with a one armed Barbie. And, because Barbie’s friends were always politically correct, no one ever mentioned it again. But fast forward to today. A broken Barbie will not due, never mind that it is a discontinued Barbie…EBay to the rescue! Within a week a brand new Barbie to replace the old one. And that’s where I come in. Good old Mom…helping the girls track down just the right Barbie on Ebay… I just happened to type in “1970’s +Dolls” and BAM! This is what I found…
A Crissy and Friends Fashion Tote circa 1970. It brings back my childhood–pink and yellow–those glorious colours always together! Now my Beautiful Crissy can visit her dear friend Velvet (I found one in mint condition at a garage sale about 20 years ago!) in her cool compartment.
And even more exciting, the New Beautiful Crissy can visit the Old Beautiful Crissy in her new compartment too! There is room for two dolls in this snazzy fashion tote–how groovy can a Fashion Tote get?
theresa_hart
Oh my god. I need a fashion tote too and a beautiful Chrissy and a Velvet. Maybe I could get a new Tubsie and all her paraphernalia and maybe I could collect all of Suzanna’s friends and maybe they have accoutrements as well. See what you started?
Heather
We had Crissy dolls too when I was a girl! My two older sisters got one, and I got to play along once they shed them. I loved those dolls and their growing hair! They were so perfect! We had outfits for them, and did their hair, and….
Sorry. I have to get a hold of myself now.
Miranda
too too much. I love it.
Melissa Jane Mix Hart
Oh, for the love of girls and their dolls!