1) I listed the Meet Boots separately in the poll because several people seemed to like them especially, and may want to label them as their favorite item. Not because they are a separate purchase. They come with the doll. Sorry, that was probably corn-fusing...
2) The Doll herself seems to be the most popular item in our poll! Guess I should have seen that coming, but we have had votes for other things as well. I still haven't decided what my favorite item is...so many interesting things to choose from...
3) Penny still isn't sure what to do with a Rebecca if we buy her. Modern? 1914? Another time period? Kind of makes my brain hurt just thinking about it.... and yet it is fun to make dream dolly plans!
4) From the wrong angle, the pickles from Rebecca's lunch look like goose poop. From the right angle, they look like pickles. This also kind of makes my brain hurt.... I do like pickles quite a bit. Not so much love for goose poop though...
5) The samovar looks gorgeous and Penny really wanted to order it asap. But she'll wait until after we come back from New York City. This way the Sabbath set won't possibly mysteriously arrive while we are away and then Derek will be wondering what it is.... heehee. Theoretical phone conversation dialogue from this situation-
Derek: "What did UPS drop off here today?"
Penny: "Don't open that box!"
Derek: "A dolly-sized samovar and accessories!!! What in the heck...." *blood pressure skyrockets and faints before he can finish his sentence*
Penny: "Honey?"
6) Rebecca's Meet Accessories include that brooch that we were talking about in an earlier post. It is a rabbit jumping over some foliage on a black background. Pretty cool little thing. But it is actually a clip and not a pin. It does seem to be in the style of Russian lacquer miniatures.
7) So the initial excitement is dying down and I am wondering "Where are the nesting dolls?" Le sigh. They don't seem to exist yet. I did see a picture of them in a room display at one of the AG stores. But none that are actually available to buy. Penny wiggled her nose and said "Well we are just going to have to find some."
So we drove a couple towns over to the Russian imports store and looked for our own dolly-sized matryoshka, i.e. Russian nesting dolls. No luck. Yes, they had them. But with very large pink flowers on them. EEE-gads!
Instead of getting matryoshka we came home with a lovely lacquer miniature box to show you all. It is the perfect dolly-sized box and you will see it in the pictures below with my twin sister Ellie. The box features a scene from the fairy tale of Ivan, the Firebird and the Grey Wolf. Look at the wikipedia article on this story here- but I warn you, like many Russian tales there is bloodshed (but everything is happily ever after in the end).
When we got home the "Great Internet Matryoshka Search of 2009" began! We ordered something that looks slightly similar to the AG display items. But they are probably too big. Still we will have something to play with until AG might make some. We even found a set of matryoshka featuring the Ivan fairy tale from our box- as you can see here.
I hope you enjoyed this post of my silly random thoughts and our photos!
