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emmett 🏳️‍⚧️🌸 #dollsky
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emmett | 30 | transmasc doll collector & proud #UFDC member

american girl | BJD | vintage

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changed naoko into some fall clothes today and did a style edit breaking down what they're wearing! i love making these ✰

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October 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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i also designed a "style edit" for this outfit that i posted over on my tumblr! if you're not following me over there, here's a link to read about what inspired this: meltycatdolls.tumblr.com/post/7966730...
October 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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styled marisol’s shirt with the outfit i already had valerie in! i love mixing and matching pieces across lines to create looks 💕
shirt: AGoT cargo outfit
overshirt: GotY marisol meet outfit
shorts: GotY joss meet outfit
shoes: (very worn) julie meet outfit

#americangirl #dollsky
October 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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thrifty doll finds from this week! AG GotY marisol meet outfit overshirt and these handmade crib slippers that fit my charmin chatty doll.

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October 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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i recently took this portrait of my american girl doll mini-me for a trans health research project i took part in. the research question was “what do you want your health provider to know about you?” photo info in the alt text!

+ a bonus pic of me and my mini 💕

[ #dollsky | #transjoy | #ftm ]
photo title: boys like me. photo caption: a photo i took of an american girl doll i customized to look like myself. i embroidered little top surgery scars embroidered on his chest that match mine, dyed his wig, and painted his little eyebrows and other facial details! a photo of this doll is something i’d want me health provider to see because it explains a lot about me as a person: i’m a trans man who has had top surgery with no nipple grafts, i’m autistic and my special interest is american girl dolls. That special interest is important enough to me that it’s a lens through which I see the world and myself. Having interests and an appearance which is not traditionally masculine doesn’t change the fact that i am a man. a selfie of emmett, a trans man with pink hair, a scruffy beard, and pink glasses. he is smiling. in his lap is an american girl doll who has been customized to look like him. emmett and his doll are dressed in matching colorful shirts and denim overalls.
August 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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AG book haul from “old books on front st.” in wilmington nc! two vintage american girl of today writing books + an anthology of AG essays. already started in on the anthology - brilliant! - & can’t wait to fill out the writing books!

[ #dollsky | #AGsky | #bookhaul | #americangirl ]
July 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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valerie came with us to visit the cargo district in wilmington, nc! hello, love. 💕

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July 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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it’s always a happy day when a new issue of doll news reaches my mailbox! sitting down with a cup of coffee to read it now. 🥰

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July 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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today on browsing ebay and researching plush dolls i've never heard of: friends together dolls (left) and lakeshore feelings & emotions dolls (right). musings and info in alt text!

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i actually can't find any information about these "friends together" dolls except on the ebay listings where i found them. lauren and sadako are pictured here, and there are listings for two others named kerry and leila as well. they appear to be handmade montessori-type dolls with pretty, detailed clothing and yarn hair! they remind me of the cloth-faced doll kits made by glorex, bigger versions of the kathe kruse dollhouse-sized dolls, or an earlier version of bamboletta dolls. when searching for cloth body dolls on ebay, i stumbled across this fascinating doll and immediately clicked to learn more. she's a "feelings and emotions" doll from lakeshore learning. these are still available for sale through their website with this description: "Introduce the concept of feelings and emotions with our adorable soft-sewn dolls! Perfect for circle time or dramatic play, each cloth doll features a permanently stitched expression that helps children recognize the emotions of others—and learn to understand their own feelings. Best of all, the multi-ethnic dolls are completely machine-washable! Set includes all 4 dolls; each measures 12" tall."
June 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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happy friday, #dollsky! here’s a few photos from my trip to the nc museum of dolls, toys, & miniatures last september. 💕

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the oldest doll in the museum, by izannah walker. walker painted this doll’s face with house paint, which contained milk! pictured next to her is a handmade maggie bessie doll, named after the two nc sisters who made her, maggie and bessie :) a beautiful pink dollhouse with a large doll standing next to it. madame alexander’s personal items, incl. a quill, ink pot, and trinket box. tammy, pepper, penny bright, and pos’n dodi dolls by ideal.
May 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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went through my 1/3 #BJD clothing and listed a few things on eBay! feel free to reach out and make an offer, i'd love for these to go to someone on #dollsky ^_^

vintage pink classic lolita set: www.ebay.com/itm/14659546...

set of 3 offbrand summer dresses: www.ebay.com/itm/14659545...
May 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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here’s the before & during #dollrestoration pics- how she looked when i picked her up, soaking her clothes in oxy-clean, and taking a nap while her hair dried after she got a lovely shampoo!
April 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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finished cleaning up this super cute cabbage patch kid #doll i thrifted, incl painting her shoes to match the pattern on her shirt! 🧸

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April 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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spotlight on käthe kruse/berling spielzeug! my dad brought these dolls back from germany for my sister and i when we were kids. he named them all and wrote the names on the bottom of their feet!

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April 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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finally posted pics & wrote my roundup of the triangle doll toy & miniature show over on my tumblr! 💕 www.tumblr.com/meltycatdoll...

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April 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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spotlight on #skipper! 💐
this is my vintage sun lovin’ malibu skipper and my hybrid 90s skipper head on a #creatableworlds body. i don’t really collect skipper, but i love finding a cute one at the thrift shops!

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March 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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if you also find poor pitiful pearl to be a fascinating doll, here is some great further reading.

my fave fun fact: she was created by the same artist who would go on to create shrek!

vintagedollcollector.com/poor-pitiful...

planetofthedolls.blogspot.com/2019/01/doll...

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March 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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aside from whatever was happening in the zeitgeist, margaret keane’s paintings and gimmicky dolls were en vogue! little miss no name and susie sad eyes bear a striking resemblance to her work.

here’s my susie sad eyes, which i picked up from an antique store in alabama as a teenager.
March 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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i thrifted a poor pitiful pearl doll this weekend! i love the era of 1960s spooky-weird that brought us #dolls like her, little miss no name, susie sad eyes. here she is mid-spa treatment and all fixed n finished!

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March 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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before and after! 💕 thrifted this sweet chubby bald #pleasantcompany kirsten, transformed them into a cute nonbinary butch who works at the co-op and fosters dogs 🐶

[ #dollsky | #americangirl | #dollcustomization ]
February 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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i like #barbie, but kelly (and krissy!) are my #mattel forever faves! here’s all my kelly #dolls together :^)

[ #dollsky #mattelkelly #2000sdolls #kellyclub ]
February 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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did anyone else carefully tear out the super cute calendar from the recent #americangirl catalogue? i love it - i hope they’ll include more stuff like this! #dollsky
February 20, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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some of the early photos i took of my #smartdollmelody when she first came to live with me back in 2018! her vibe has always been very dreamy, girly, and cozy ⛅

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February 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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LOOOOOOK WHAT I THRIFTED TODAY I’M SO STOKED!! way too huge to warrant ever ordering for myself online, so an especially cool find 💕 gonna take some crazy doll photos with this!
#americangirl #dollsky #mollymcintire
emmett, a transgender man with glasses, a beard, and pink hair, smiles proudly holds up a large cardboard book of american girl doll scenes. the giant book is open to a classroom scene. emmett, a transgender man with glasses, a beard, and pink hair, smiles proudly holds up a large cardboard book of american girl doll scenes. the back cover reads “the american girls collection: molly’s world, 1944” and features a map of her town. emmett, a transgender man with glasses, a beard, and pink hair, smiles proudly holds up a giant cardboard book of american girl doll scenes titled “molly mcintire, 1944: scenes and settings.” the front cover features molly’s house.
February 14, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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her outfit is this really groovy tollytots set i thrifted new in box this week (along with some actual AG stuff, yay)! doll pajamas are maybe my fave - i have so much happy nostalgia for sleepovers and they remind me of that! 🥰 #dollsky
February 1, 2025 at 10:47 PM