I did a search of Ebay and found the following dolls for sale. If someone buys
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Where do you buy the Mommy Doll
The Mommy Doll was made by Tootsietoy in the late 80's and early 90's. Right now I am working on a makeover to bring Mommy into the 2015 timeframe. I am looking at clothing- shoes and accessories. While I am in this planning stage, I am reaching out for doll lovers. One reader asked where you can buy the dolls now.
I did a search of Ebay and found the following dolls for sale. If someone buys
one, I can give updates for fixing the hair. For example- this doll had her bangs cut from the wrong row. You have to pull out the front row of hair and trim it to be the same length as the bangs. Then curl with a curling iron or put in roller and hit them with a blow dryer.
I did a search of Ebay and found the following dolls for sale. If someone buys
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Circling up all the doll lovers
Last night I decided I was going to use the available social media to catch up on the last 25 years and find out what is happening in the world of doll lovers. I am reaching out to Bloggers, ladies, gentlemen and kids that write about dolls to solicit some needed feedback. If I sent you this link, it means I would love your feedback and comments.
I feel bad saying I have been out of dolls for 25 years. It makes me sound like a deserter. I don't feel that way. I was one of the first Barbie lovers. I turned 60 on Saturday, so ya all know when I was 3 years old, I was in the early years of Barbie. I can remember my first Barbie like it was yesterday. My mom was a stay at home mom with 5 kids, and she made some pocket money making Barbie Doll Bride Dresses and selling them in the window of the local candy shop. I had great Barbie clothes and played with my dolls for a long time. We made houses out of bookshelves as I recall and beds out of Quaker Oatmeal empty containers.
When my first child was born in 1982, she became part of the Original Cabbage Patch movement. I remember repeating my mother's steps and making Cabbage Patch Clothes and selling them as part of fashion shows at the local Kiddie City. My daughter would ride in the wire shopping cart in the store when I would do inventory each week. I made some good money sewing the clothes in my basement.
Along came my second daughter in 1986 and she was the real doll player. At one point we had 72 Barbie dolls out of the boxes and in bins that she would pull out and play with. Needless to say, my house looked like a bomb hit most days. This same child was an avid fan of the first American Girl dolls and I have a Tupperware of dolls in the attic. Then, both girls outgrew dolls and the years flew by.
Last weekend, on my 60th birthday, my son stopped by and said " why did you stop making dolls?"
I said, " I don't know- you all got old!"
He said, " we are all grown now, you work at a stressful job teaching Special Ed in a Maximum Security Prison, why don't you make dolls as a hobby to relieve stress?" I said, I am too exhausted when I get home." Then he hit me with the zinger, " what about K, she is going to have your first grandchild, don't you want to make dolls if she has a girl."
With that thought in mind, I started to think about Mommy Doll. I decided to engage with the available doll lovers that have more current trends and ideas and reach out. If I asked you to comment on this page, you are one of the people that I value your input before I go back to China and get back into production....I would love to hear from the current doll lovers but most importantly I need to hear from mom's who have girls at home. I need to get feedback and to have places to send samples for feedback. I would in an all male maximum security prison so I can't get help at work!
HELP!!!!
I am attaching photos that I found today when I searched Google Images for Mommy Doll by Tootsietoy.
I feel bad saying I have been out of dolls for 25 years. It makes me sound like a deserter. I don't feel that way. I was one of the first Barbie lovers. I turned 60 on Saturday, so ya all know when I was 3 years old, I was in the early years of Barbie. I can remember my first Barbie like it was yesterday. My mom was a stay at home mom with 5 kids, and she made some pocket money making Barbie Doll Bride Dresses and selling them in the window of the local candy shop. I had great Barbie clothes and played with my dolls for a long time. We made houses out of bookshelves as I recall and beds out of Quaker Oatmeal empty containers.
When my first child was born in 1982, she became part of the Original Cabbage Patch movement. I remember repeating my mother's steps and making Cabbage Patch Clothes and selling them as part of fashion shows at the local Kiddie City. My daughter would ride in the wire shopping cart in the store when I would do inventory each week. I made some good money sewing the clothes in my basement.
Along came my second daughter in 1986 and she was the real doll player. At one point we had 72 Barbie dolls out of the boxes and in bins that she would pull out and play with. Needless to say, my house looked like a bomb hit most days. This same child was an avid fan of the first American Girl dolls and I have a Tupperware of dolls in the attic. Then, both girls outgrew dolls and the years flew by.
Last weekend, on my 60th birthday, my son stopped by and said " why did you stop making dolls?"
I said, " I don't know- you all got old!"
He said, " we are all grown now, you work at a stressful job teaching Special Ed in a Maximum Security Prison, why don't you make dolls as a hobby to relieve stress?" I said, I am too exhausted when I get home." Then he hit me with the zinger, " what about K, she is going to have your first grandchild, don't you want to make dolls if she has a girl."
With that thought in mind, I started to think about Mommy Doll. I decided to engage with the available doll lovers that have more current trends and ideas and reach out. If I asked you to comment on this page, you are one of the people that I value your input before I go back to China and get back into production....I would love to hear from the current doll lovers but most importantly I need to hear from mom's who have girls at home. I need to get feedback and to have places to send samples for feedback. I would in an all male maximum security prison so I can't get help at work!
HELP!!!!
I am attaching photos that I found today when I searched Google Images for Mommy Doll by Tootsietoy.
Sunday, May 17, 2015
The Original Mommy Doll
You can search for the following phrases: Mommy Doll by Tootsietoy; Mommy Doll+ Sue Ogden and Cindy Stern and land on articles and photos from the 1990's. Mommy Doll was the brain child of two mom's, myself and New York resident Cindy Stern. It was a four year project of love and "grit", the phrase dujour that represents hard work and dedication.
Why in 2015 do I need to tell the story? I need to tell the story and bring back a new improved edition of Mommy Doll to celebrate my first grandchild. Afterall, Mommy Doll was launched when Cindy and I studied how our children played with dolls and improvements we could make.
Let the story begin...
I searched for the original People Magazine Article and found it August 7, 1989. Cindy and I sat at my kitchen table and brainstormed about how we could get the message out- we had officially labeled ourselves as Toy/Doll designers. We did not have a business card or an office- we just had four kids under the aged of 8 between the two of us. In my case, my house looked like a bomb hit as I prioritized everything except cleaning up. I loved to buy toys without batteries and just watch to see what my kids would do with the toys. The research was in the observations...
It looks like the article in People Magazine occurred on or around the same time as a feature article in the Chicago Tribune Style section. The photo included the image of my son T that was the inspiration for the new baby face in the Tootsietoy model of the doll.
It looks like a year later, in September 1990- we had a new prototype and we were officially in Time Magazine. It was strategic and someone manipulated- but we decided Cindy would be the "face" of the working mom since she lived in New York and I would be the face of the stay at home mom that had a chicken in the oven and a garden full of flowers. In truth- Cindy laughed when I talked about cooking a whole chicken and said " why would I cook a chicken when I can go downstairs to the Deli and buy one already to eat?" It was a conversation everyday as I described to her what I did in the suburbs with three kids and she told me what she did in the Village. We let the conversation play out in the press- hoping the debate would drive up sales of our dolls. We did not want to exclude any moms.
Why in 2015 do I need to tell the story? I need to tell the story and bring back a new improved edition of Mommy Doll to celebrate my first grandchild. Afterall, Mommy Doll was launched when Cindy and I studied how our children played with dolls and improvements we could make.
Let the story begin...
I searched for the original People Magazine Article and found it August 7, 1989. Cindy and I sat at my kitchen table and brainstormed about how we could get the message out- we had officially labeled ourselves as Toy/Doll designers. We did not have a business card or an office- we just had four kids under the aged of 8 between the two of us. In my case, my house looked like a bomb hit as I prioritized everything except cleaning up. I loved to buy toys without batteries and just watch to see what my kids would do with the toys. The research was in the observations...
It looks like the article in People Magazine occurred on or around the same time as a feature article in the Chicago Tribune Style section. The photo included the image of my son T that was the inspiration for the new baby face in the Tootsietoy model of the doll.
It looks like a year later, in September 1990- we had a new prototype and we were officially in Time Magazine. It was strategic and someone manipulated- but we decided Cindy would be the "face" of the working mom since she lived in New York and I would be the face of the stay at home mom that had a chicken in the oven and a garden full of flowers. In truth- Cindy laughed when I talked about cooking a whole chicken and said " why would I cook a chicken when I can go downstairs to the Deli and buy one already to eat?" It was a conversation everyday as I described to her what I did in the suburbs with three kids and she told me what she did in the Village. We let the conversation play out in the press- hoping the debate would drive up sales of our dolls. We did not want to exclude any moms.
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