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First, this is the stuff from my swap with Desiree. Isn't it cool? I love the embroidered hanky! (Thinking about turning it into a darling dress for a Skipper.) The little doll modeling the outfit is Phoebe--a cousin to Piper. I recently found her in a box I was cleaning out, and I decided I would play with her a bit. She looks adorable in that "Queen of Hearts" picture, doesn't she?

Now, THIS (below) is Tara--she is wearing a valentine dress I sewed a couple of years ago. I think she looks very sweet in it. Tara is one of the dolls I bought at a toy auction in Faribault a long time ago. Things went ungodly cheap there--and if I had known I could use my credit card there--I would have spent a lot more.

This is Tara's mother, Delia. Delia and Tara were originally the Happy Family Mom and Daughter. I never liked the dad of that set. Mattel has a hard time making decent looking men dolls. I like the way Loanne Ostlie remakes them, though. They look much more like real people and less like self-absorbed pretty boys.

Delia is wearing the knit pantsuit I got as a prize for winning the Barbie Bingo "First Five" in the Barbies R Us Yahoo group. It is so much cuter in person that it is in the picture--so soft and the fit is PERFECT.