All Dolled Up

Barbie™ All Dolled Up is a dazzling celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Barbie™ doll. Fully illustrated and featuring three-dimensional replicas of rare memorabilia, this unprecedented book truly brings Barbie to life in full-color, and fabulous style. With the full support of Mattel, the publication of All Dolled Up is a highlight among nationwide Barbie events and marketing initiatives being staged for the anniversary. In five decades, the influence of Barbie on girls and the world of fashion has never faded. Now devoted collectors, baby boomers reminiscing about the doll's classic beauty, moms still dreaming of the pink Corvette of the '80s, and children just discovering her will relive the magic of Barbie through key eras in her development—her debut in 1959, the Mod Era of the late '60s, the big, bold '80s, the Totally Hair '90s, and up to today. Original doll packaging, Barbie comic books, designer's sketches, and an official fan club membership card and welcome letter are among the rare Barbie ephemera that have been reproduced. The narrative combines historical detail with contributions from moms, daughters, and fashion celebrities including Diane Von Furstenburg, Christian Dior, Versace, Armani, Bob Mackie, and Vera Wang. It's Barbie doll's birthday and no one wants to be left out of the party!

Stylish Outfits for Girls and Their Dolls! A girl and her doll are fast friends indeed. Add in coordinating outfits, and nothing could be cuter! You can make adorable coordinating outfits for the girl in your life and the doll in hers with the help of All Dolled Up! From flowered party dresses, summer tops and Capri pants to fleece vests and messenger bags, the projects inside All Dolled Up provide easy, fun and fashionable outfits for every season and time of day. Make 20 different outfits including dress-up clothes, casual wear, pajamas and accessories. Create the clothing using full-size patterns for all of the doll projects and many of the girl projects. Learn time-saving techniques for creating clothing for 18-inch dolls, making any outfit in 30 minutes or less. Watch the techniques in action with author Joan Hinds and Nancy Zieman on the bonus DVD. Learn even more tips and techniques from Nancy Zieman in her Notes from Nancy throughout the book. Making matching outfits for your girl and her doll is easy and fun with All Dolled Up! Video DVD player or software required to view enclosed DVD.

Crime-solving antiques dealer Josie Prescott is back—tracking down a doll collection to die for. On a sparkling spring day in the cozy coastal town of Rocky Point, New Hampshire, with the lilacs in full bloom and the wisteria hanging low, antiques dealer Josie Prescott is showing a stellar doll collection she's just acquired to Alice Michaels, the queen of the local investment community. Moments later, Josie watches in horror as Alice is shot and killed. Within hours, one of Josie's employees, Eric, is kidnapped. The kidnapper's ransom demand is simple—he wants the doll collection. Working against the clock with the local police chief, Josie discovers that the dolls hold secrets that will save Eric and uncover the truth behind Alice's murder. With Dolled Up for Murder, Jane K. Cleland's Josie Prescott Anitques Mystery Series "continues to offer clever mysteries studded with enough information on antiques to keep collectors coming back for more." --Publishers Weekly

When Cate Kinkaid receives a frantic call about a triple homicide, she drives to the scene against her better judgment--aren't triple homicides more up the police department's alley?--only to find that the victims are not quite who she expects. Now she has a new rule to add to those she's learned in her short stint as an assistant private investigator: always find out if the victims actually have human DNA. Because these three do not. But who would shoot this nice lady's dolls? What possible reason could the shooter have? And then there's the startling discovery of another victim, who definitely does have human DNA . . . With tension that is matched only by humor, Dolled Up to Die is the exciting second book in Lorena McCourtney's The Cate Kinkaid Files. Mystery fans won't find a place to stop and take a breath in this fast-paced and intriguing tale.

Previously published: New York: Beach Lane Books, 2010.

"Describes the fashion trends of the 1920s and 1930s, including step-by-step instructions on how to get the looks today"--

Sew Dolled Up is a crafter's delight. With over 75 contemporary projects, you'll have hours of fun creating an entire set! Learn how to make adorable, small, dolls -- perfect for a dollhouse -- and all the outfits and accessories that go along with them. Every project is made from inexpensive cut felt, and uses easy hand-sewing techniques that are clearly illustrated in step-by-step instructions. Each of the patterns for the dolls and clothes are provided in the book and most are fully customizable! It has never been easier to make hundreds of modern and fashionable dolls from scratch and wrapped in love. Not only fun to make, but fun to play with, these dolls will provide hours of imaginitve doll-house play or can be used as decorative ornaments or sweet gifts.

Youngsters will love dressing this little charmer in beaded dresses, hats with flowers and feathers, high-heeled shoes, and more. 21 mix-and-match items in a vintage wardrobe.

Make adorable dolls and discover inspirational ideas for designs and outfits with DK's new title, Crafty Dolls. In this book, you'll find pretty patterns and basic templates. It's full of ideas for how to make rag dolls, knitted dolls, and doll clothes. Learn basic skills to knit and sew an amazing collection of clothes for a rag doll's wardrobe.

A gender-bending mathematician? A student working on a PhD in mathematics takes a suggestion from a female psychiatrist friend that he'd present himself better as a girl than a boy. He cross-dresses as a woman as precisely and accurately as a mathematician would. In his world of black and white, where equations are solvable and yield a result, he attempts to make sense of the unexpected variables this crossdressing transformation creates. Maybe he can arrive at an algorithm for it and find answers to what the future will be for him. Will his newfound sensuality, persona, more intimate relationship with his psychiatrist friend, new interest in men, increased desires, and more exciting and fulfilling relationships, lead to fulfillment that he can predict, or will it lead to confusion and a future he never would have imagined? Should he simplify his life's equation by once again presenting as his male gender, or continue on to discover if the confusion is resolved in his new, feminized, cross-dressing, gender-bending self? Enter the world of a cross-dressed and feminized male and see if his equation can be solved and the future predicted for the new 'gurl' in this short-read, new, adult, LGBT, hot and steamy transgender romance.