✦ Kandi’s Dollhouse ✦

To get a bit personal, I’ve always had an interest in toys and collectibles. But I didn’t start consistently collecting until I was around 15. Before that most of what I had was just things from my childhood. But that changed due to a bunch of stuff that was happening in my life at the time. For me collecting is about reconnecting with my inner child and bringing joy into my life. Most of the stuff I collect I have some sort of an emotional attachment to, especially my dolls. I also enjoy making up personalities and stuff for my dolls. It’s something that I’ve always done (I blame it on the fact that I’m an artist and I enjoy making ocs lol). I don’t really bother doing that for my playline dolls since they normally have their own personalities and stuff already set up. But I do that with basically all of my other dolls.

I mostly only purchase items that I have a deep connection to or interest in (to save both my wallet and shelf space😭). I do occasionally make some impulsive purchases but I’m careful to keep those to a minimum.

So in my last post I mentioned how I was going crazy trying to buy Leaf for a decent price. I ended up finding another collector who was selling theirs for $35 and I was super excited about it. Then they disappeared for awhile and it was looking super hopeless. UNTIL I MESSAGED THEM ONE LAST TIME AND THEY RESPONDED!!! They apologized, said they were busy and it was all good. SO I BOUGHT HERRR!!! IM SO EXCITED FOR HER TO ARRIVE!!!!!! Leaf was my fav out of all the pb mermaids and I’ve been looking for her since they first came out. WHICH WAS LITERALLY THREE YEARS AGO😭 I decided to go into the series blind and got Jellyfish instead (which is alright cuz I adore her!). But I still was hoping to get Leaf before they discontinued the series. AND I DID!!! I’m so beyond excited about her. I’ve already been thinking of how I want to pose her for my display!

I do like some of the other designs in this series like cang coral and dawn, but I don’t think I’ll be able to get them anytime soon if at all. The prices secondhand are a bit much in my opinion, and from what I’ve seen there aren’t really any places that you can buy them brand new anymore. I also heard that pb is discontinuing this series so it’ll be even harder to find them, especially for a decent price. So unless I find them for a good price I won’t bother. I’m super happy to have jellyfish and leaf tho! I’m also hoping to be able to get one of the dragons at some point because I wanted the purple one ever since they came out. Hopefully I’ll find it soon!