The Old & the New [BJDs & Precious Childhood Possessions]

Cute idea.

This is my first doll, Michiko, with the blanket I've had all my life. Things have come and gone but this blanket has stayed.

 

This is such a cute idea! ^^

Here is mine. My newest boy, and my favorite, Nalin, a B&G afra, with an old companion of mine. Flopsy is a bunny Iv had for as long as I can remember, I used to take him everywhere with me. He doesnt now of course, he has a spot on my bed's headboard where he stays safe and sound.

 

this is so cute! ill have to come back and edit mine when i get siren his wig and face up. sorry for the bad pictures my camera stinks.

this is my soom heliot siren with my sam bear i have a blue blanket (in storage at my dads currently so i couldn't include it in the picture) that i had to have with me to sleep. one time i went out of town to spend a week with my grandparents and my blanket got left behind. i saw this bear at the store and fell in love with him and my grandma bought him for me as a distraction from my blanket. sam went everywhere with me from then on. i have the best memorys of making him mud pies lol



Foxxian: what a gorgeous boy! very beautiful face up!

 

What a sweet idea! Here is my first BJD, a PukiFee Luna named Ivy, and my childhood blanket, NiyNiy! I love both of them - they are both at college with me

 

Johnny and my teddy Martta, I still sleep with her and (as you maybe can see) I've done so for almost 20 years. She used to have a dress...

 

Reviving this thread because it's adorable and I just found a relevant (although really old and crappy) photo on my phone.



This is June with my little unicorn Lavender, whom I've had for more than a decade. She's here with me at college, of course

 

It is a very old photo of Rei and my panda, but it is his now
And we both have the same bedsheets, because I had 2 of this

 

Here's one of my Bambicrony Emilys, Mariana, and my 18 year old tiger, Tara. They are both precious to me. ♥

 

Love this thread!! Here's my newest boy, with my oldest boy.
Roy is an Action Man I've had my whole life, all his fingers from his left hand rotted away and His hair has been loved off a bit but to me he's just as beautiful as Pashley.


The Velevteen Rabbit

"Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When someone loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real."
"Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit.
"Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt."
"Does it happen all at once, like being wound up," he asked, "or bit by bit?"
"It doesn't happen all at once," said the Skin Horse. "You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't often happen to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept.

"Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand... once you are Real you can't become unreal again. It lasts for always.”

 

Jacobean thanks for posting that quote from "The Velveteen Rabbit". I've always loved that story.

Here is my sweet Michael with Brownie, a plush dog that I got when I was born. Brownie is 36 years old now, and I still love him, albeit in a different way than I did when I was a child. The beige parts of him used to be pure white, but no matter how much I wash him, he'll never be white again. It doesn't matter though. He is very special and well-loved.
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Here's Rommie with my CPK, Martha. I got Martha when I was eight years old, making her 28 years old now. O.o. I got Martha as a gift before going to the hospital for surgery, and Martha actually went to the hospital with me. Martha is wearing her original outfit, except without the socks and her original hair ribbons. They got lost somewhere along the way.

 

My doll Gracie with one of my favorite childhood teddy bears, Teddy.

 

This pic is a year old (the doll shelf has undergone massive renovation in the meantime), but here's my present-day grail doll holding my childhood grail doll:



The big kid is Christine, my Iplehouse Stella. She's the avatar of a very old, very dear OC of mine. I'd been on the lookout for the right sculpt when Iple released her LE ... I had to wait for her to go basic to get her as I was in the middle of moving house, but she was the first BJD to come home.

The little one is Cheerleading Courtney. I fell in love with her picture somewhere and couldn't find her anywhere in stores near me ... until one day I spotted one last battered box on a shelf someplace (I think we'd been visiting someone and I'd talked Dad into checking the toy store because I was still hunting for this doll). She had a messed-up ankle (outer layer of vinyl had come loose and eventually tore with the strain from her shoes) but I didn't mind and just incorporated it in her backstory. Yep, my Barbies had backstories ... old habits die hard That doll was taken everywhere. I even took her on a class trip when I was 12 (long after most other girls had stopped playing with dolls ... do you smell foreshadowing?) and made her a rain-proof jacket before the trip because we were going on an island and the North Sea has a certain reputation when it comes to weather. I even ended up taking her on the fishing boat trip in the pouch of my own jacket. She stayed dry, I didn't
Also, both dolls are wearing self-made clothes. That "habit" will never die.

 

My first BJD who is a year old and my first soft toy that wasn't a hand-me-down. She's around 27~28 years old.


Death of a friend by yuan_mdx, on Flickr

 

I'm glad this one kicked up because I just realized my oldest and most 'loved' doll will be 50 years old in September.
Here is Ash my beloved boy with my oldest and only girl. She got a wig upgrade last year as her old original hair is frizzed beyond saving, but she still has her original faceup and dress..

I begged everyone to give me $ for my 13th birthday so I could buy her. She was only sold at Neiman-Marcus, the year was 1964. She is a vinyl and cloth doll, her posing wires are so bent that her arms are much shorter than they actually are, poor baby. She still lives with me.

 

There is this marble I've had since I was in primary school. I've lost it once, and it returned; I've moved so many times, yet here it is. Precious childhood memories - tell me, Adam, does it show you what's in the future? - Just took one quick pic, but I like the idea so much I need to make proper time for it soon.

 

This is my zaoll/supia hybrid with my cow Besty. I just bought Tsuji (the doll) and I've had besty for over 15 years.

IMG_2286 by Angela Layana, on Flickr

 

My first bjd, Apollo, with Rabbit! They have the same hair/fur color, too Rabbit's one of several old Toy's R Us Animal Alley rabbits I have - I used to keep up with all the new fur colors they released when I was in elementary school. Rabbit's the only one that comes with me to college; my first one, Rose, is white and I don't want to risk her getting lost or dirty.

 

This thread is really cute, I love seeing everyone's pictures! Here is my contribution.

Old Toys and New Toys by AmberLeighsBJDs, on Flickr

I begged my mom to buy Brer Bear for me (I was 4), and she really didn't want to as he was somewhat expensive for a stuffed animal. Well, here he is He has a really cute, classic teddy bear look and his arms and legs have joints so he is somewhat poseable. He still sits on a shelf in my bedroom

Since Mack is one of my most treasured BJDs, it was fitting that he was the one chosen to be in the picture. It's fun to see how different BJDs are from "children's toys"

For comparison, Mack is a Soom Phonolus Dollers Pageant GS Version who arrived in 2015. Brer Bear is a Brer Bear from the North American Bear Company made in 1994.

 

I really have too many bjds to pick a favorite, but I think that Abigail (Dolls be with you... Carrot) is best suited for this photo.
I remember my Mom taking me with her to visit a group of Italian women, wives of the growers in the Salinas Valley, California, at the Castroville home of one of them, and they were all making these stuffed horses for some fund raiser, probably involved with the Church. The horses were made from many different colors and fabrics but when I got to choose one for myself I picked this guy because he reminded me of a zebra. That made him special to me.

Abigail and childhood friend by Nadine, on Flickr

 

Aww this is one of the cutest threads ever!!! I love all the pics!!!
So here is my contribution. From left:
My Bean Baby I got from auntie Gilda when I turned 2. My most precious possession, he's always been in my bed until I grew up! We were inseparable!
My teddy bear was a Christmas present from my parents when I was 8.
And Shael, one of my most special BJD sweet hearts. ♥

♥ the old and the new ♥ by Looloo, on Flickr