Did you try to update your dolls look by adding new make-up or draw-on jewelry? Or do you drag your friend everywhere, even to the playground? Try these easy steps to get her back to a fresh from the box pal in no time.
You will need:
Plastic Wrap
Oxy 10
Towel
Sunlight
Marked-up dolly
Step: 1
Lay her on a table outside in the sun and cover her hair so, it doesn’t fade or frizz.
Step: 2
Apply Oxy 10* to the spot(s) you want gone and cover them with plastic wrap.**
Step: 3
May take a few days in the sun but, keep trying-it will fade.***
Become a #futuredoll media darling-send me your before & after pictures and I will post them!
*Oxy 10 or Oxy Maximum Action, etc. (need to have 10% Benzoyl Peroxide)
** Trick my hair stylist uses to allow the bleach applied to my hair to lighten it faster.
***Mine was like a faded bruise the 1st day and gone by the 2nd day.
College Highlight:
The Real Deanna & Jessica and their dolls!!!
Here it is! The CSD 1st Newsletter!
Read on, let us know your thoughts & tell us how we can be better serve you!
http://us3.campaign-archive2.com/?u=52b980d5024b4cf0e2b606ec0&id=d69cbf2d11
Little girls are often drawn to playing with dolls for fun but, for many reasons that play-time fosters skill building for the future. Whether its is learning to take care of others, getting a little quiet-time for themselves, or just ‘cause they can’t play outside! Playing with dolls is an important part of growing-up & exploring themselves.
Here are three of the reasons that playing with dolls help children learn positive habits for life.
1.) Learn the world disappears when you use your imagination.
Creating elaborate scenes that you act out with no one watching or judging, makes time stands still. You can be alone and not lonely, that is an important lesson you carry forever.
2.) Learn how to share
Cooperation with others is key and especially when you play dolls with another child. You have to take turns talking, using the cool shoes or who can have the car. (Use the ping-pong game analogy-take turns talking)
3.) Learn how to live without limits
Change clothes, change your life! When you play with dolls, your future career is just a costume change away. Now I’m a vet, soon I’ll be an archaeologist, next I’ll be a chef.
What skills did your take with you into adulthood? Let me know in the comments.
College Highlight:
Fashion Institute of Technology
( alma mater of CSD clothes designer, Pamela Thompson)
If you are a “doll person” you should be aware that you are a part of a long-line of enthusiasts that harken back to girls playing with dolls in ancient Egypt, Rome, and some ancient dolls carved of ivory more than 30,000 years ago!
However since you live in the twenty-first century you need to be aware of this great doll organization, the United Federation of Doll Clubs (UFDC). At their Kansas City, MO headquarters; there is a museum, library, and gift shop. The United Federation of Doll Clubs has been around since 1949 and boasts a huge calendar of events, probably near you!
The UFDC also produces a beautiful color quarterly publication, titled the DOLL NEWS. The Doll News is chock full of interesting research and articles about various dolls and doll collecting. I also like perusing the ads throughout the magazine to get further doll exploration ideas and places to visit.
This is my favorite quote from the UFDC site:
“The study of dolls is truly the study of humankind. Few artifacts reflect our history as accurately as do dolls. From food to fashion, dolls and their accessories provide a fascinating window to the past and provide a record for the future. Doll collecting is one of the largest hobby groups in the world enjoyed by enthusiasts everywhere!”
Articles:
Ancient Dolls a Hint to early man.
http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-205_162-589095.html
Roman Rag doll
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/romans/family_and_children/
College Highlight:
University of Missouri-Kansas City
I just searched the hashtag money; that I have saved in my twitter search engine, and received this great article on introducing money to children. Yes, it is a homeschooling article but, if you don’t home school, you could use many of the helpful tips and books to work with your own children at home. As you know, most money lessons are learned through modeling and need to be reinforced while the child’s mind is still an absorbent sponge taking in knowledge! If we can help children have a healthy relationship with money now, in the future teen and college years they may actually save on their own!
Here is a synopsis and a link to the full article:
Money and Economics Vocabulary
Include general finance terms:
-money
-save
-spend
-budget
Money and Economics Reading and Writing
-“The Coin Counting Book”
-“Funny Money”
-“The Story of Money”
http://home-school-online.blogspot.com/2011/08/homeschool-unit-study-beginning-money.html
College Highlight:
Carnegie MellonUniversity
http://www.cmu.edu/index.shtml
Is Richard Irvine here to help me revamp my collection? No, but the doll in question fits inside an egg so, you get the Food Network/Restaurant Impossible correlation.
1.) A precocious eight year old climbs on a chair to reach a high shelf in Gramma’s room.
2.) Quest-three wooden eggs; one blue, one yellow and one purple.
3.) Eggs fall to the floor, but none break.
4.) Slowly loosening the eggs; out popped a little articulated doll with a gown the same color as her egg.
They seem to be similar to Russian matryoshka nesting dolls.
OR
Maybe a cousin to the English Smallest Doll in the World?
http://england.prm.ox.ac.uk/englishness-Smallest-doll.html
http://pages.antiquesatironbridge.com/31/PictPage/1922284091.html
College Highlight:
Loyola University of Chicago (my Alma Mater)
Monday Five: Put More Money in Your Pocket with Spring Cleaning
April 1, 2013 in Monday Five by Eric | No comments
By Eric
The grass is starting to turn green, it’s opening day for some of your favorite baseball teams, and it’s time for a bit of spring cleaning. But spring cleaning doesn’t have to mean throwing everything away. Here are a few ways to spruce up those closets and turn it into income.
“In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun!” – Mary Poppins
1. Amazon. We’re all familiar with one-click shopping, but that could work foryou too. In earlier years we’ve set up a sellers account and started listing a few old textbooks ($80), best sellers ($20), and even my old Super Nintendo! We were very surprised at how much money we recouped through this method. Amazon takes a percentage of the sale, but in the end it’s still money in your pocket! Know that not everything you have can turn a profit. You’ll see that some books and CDs go for as little as a few cents. (Keep an eye out to make sure you keep shipping costs down, because it eats into your profits.)
2. Craigslist. Not limited to “Missed Connections” and old copies of Playboy for free. In the last year, we’ve sold bigger items like a love seat, bedroom dresser, and extra bed for nearly the price we bought them at (if not a little more in one case…) and that money turned into an upgrade that fit our style and space better.
3. Bulletin Boards. Public library, telephone poles, coffee shop, breakroom at work. This is great for single items. Kitchen wares, bicycles, seedlings, and extra craft supplies. One flyer could be the difference between having extra room in your office or fixing the cascade of tupperware falling at you everyday.
4. Carmax. I bet you have a couple of Cadillacs in the linen closet, don’t you? Well, maybe not. But last year, we realized that based on insurance, taxes, gasoline, an extra parking space and the fact that we were living in a location where I could walk to work, it just didn’t make sense to keep the second car that we had needed in years prior. In less than 90 minutes I had a very reasonable quote, (which helped me make my decision) then a large check, and a clean slate. No hassle. This isn’t an option for everyone, but since it is one of the biggest items most people own, it could make a huge difference in your purchase power this summer. Vacation, first home, special project? It’s up to you!
5. Goodwill. For everything else! Now you won’t necessarily end up with cash in your pocket, but you’re helping yourself and your community. The donation will be tax-deductible if you itemize, but make sure to keep your receipts somewhere safe for next Spring, or they’re useless. Also, Goodwill has provided countless jobs in cities and towns around the nation to those who have had the hardest time getting back on their feet. And I certainly put a value on that.
What other ways have you been able to turn your stuff into flexible spending?
College Highlight:
University of Michigan (both authors attended-Stephanie & Eric)
STEM Program 4 (Photo credit: pennstatenews)
Just finished watching two short videos from Makers about two outstanding women who reinforce the need for more women to embrace the STEMS (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) fields. Women hold less than 25% of STEM jobs* and this needs to be changed by the young women of today. These fields need to be considered when a young girl goes to college. To succeed and move forward as a nation, women need to embrace these fields to become a competitive force.
Image via CrunchBase
Women you should know:
Pavni Diwanji, Director of Engineering at Google.
Sherry Listgarten, Director of Product Management at Youtube.
Watch this short video:
http://www.makers.com/blog/watch-meet-makers-google?ncid=edlinkusmake00000001&ts=1362683959
* http://www.esa.doc.gov/Reports/women-stem-gender-gap-innovation
College Highlight: (both of these women attended as graduates!)
StanfordUniversity
My Mom cleaned out her attic, after fifty years of accumulation. Low and behold, she found these four lovelies! Three dolls are in home-made clothes but, at least they don’t have shags. I gave all my Barbies the “Mrs. Brady” multi-level shag hairstyle. How these dolls managed to make it through without becoming beauty shop customers-I’ll never know.
Now we are gonna play the doll version of “Are you smarter than a 5th grader”.
Hints:
All of their hair is able to change.
One is in an original, but damaged, outfit.*
All are by the same manufacturer**
1.) I became the most recognizable doll with hair that grows?
- Barbie
- Tressy
- Chrissy
- Ellowyne
2.) I am Velvet’s friend?
- Tiffany
- Dina
- Camille
- Patty
3.) I have a tattoo?
- Brandi
- Amelia
- Chrissy
- Sindy
4.) I can actually flip my lid, who am I?
- Sarah
- Shari
- Dina
- Tiffany
***BONUS ROUND**
5.) Two of these dolls were produced in what year?
- 1973
- 1972
- 1971
- 1974
College Highlight:
New York University (NYU)
**Spoiler Alert!!!**
Answers:
- Chrissy
- Dina
- Brandi
- Tiffany
- 1971 (Dina & Brandi)
*Brandi
**Ideal
Ideal Toy Company info from Wikepedia:
Ideal Toy Company was founded as Ideal Novelty and Toy Company in New York in 1907 by Morris and Rose Michtom
During the Baby Boom era, Ideal became the largest doll making company in the United States and began selling dolls under license in Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Their most popular dolls included Betsy Wetsy, Toni, Saucy Walker, Shirley Temple, Miss Revlon, Patti Playpal, Tammy, Thumbelina, and Crissy
Just mention Egypt and this fan of every Barbara Michaels book ever written and wanna-be explorer, is all in! I was flipping channels on Saturday night, and I landed on screen shot of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Cut-away to Brendan Fraser, and the hint of a new discovery!! I put the tv on pause, grabbed my pillow, a snack, and settled in to watch the Discovery Channel: What Lies Beneath.
After the commercial, a cute blond woman archeologist popped on the screen with a grey satellite shot of the pyramids. This remarkable woman was Dr. Sarah Parkac, the Space Archeologist and her breakthrough research that takes finding items buried deep in the ground to a whole new level. Dr. Parkac uses satellites to take pictures of mounds covered by Egyptian sand; interprets those patterns, and underlying surface breaks, to uncover hidden gems are not visible to us mere mortals. Once the new site is pinpointed, the digging, hauling, and sifting begin. It is very exciting!
Are you humming the King Tut song, yet?
College Highlight(s):
Yale University (Dr. Parkac Undergrad)
University of Alabama-Birmingham (Director at Laboratory for Global Health Observation)
Further information:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sarah-Parcak-Space-Archaeologist/136683579743899?sk=info
http://www.sarahparcak.com/mobile/index.php?v=v1
https://www.uab.edu/anthropology/history-and-anthropology-contact/740-sarah-parcak-phd-
College Savings Dolls: One doll...two unique ideas! 