Middle Aged Memories

I think that I had the purple kiddle, she smelled like lilac.

I had a sweet sixteen Barbie with Scratch n' Sniff stickers on her hairbrush and barrettes.

I didn't have a Barbie growing up; I had a "Dawn" doll... she was smaller than Barbie, but had several hair pieces and falls that you could use to make different hairstyles.  And, of course, there was a drop-dead wardrobe to collect.

I had a Dawn doll, but only one outfit.  Wasn't she the one when you moved her arm up and down she twisted at the waist?

I din't have a Barbie for a long time, and when I got one it was my sister's hand me down Midge.  Her hair was in less than pristine condition, but hey, I could at least dress her up.  My sister liked to put down my dolls for their appearance.

We also made dresses from sewing scraps and from fabric samples out of wallpaper books from my dad's store!  I loved looking at the little catalogues they had when you bought a Barbie.

I never liked Barbie dolls.  I was into the baby dolls like Betsy Wetsy, and the toddlers, like Chatty Cathys.

I wasn't a big fan of dolls but did have one of the first Barbie's. The one dressed in the black and white striped swimsuit and a blond ponytail. Grandma made her clothes and bought me some of the outfits.  I loved the black mermaid style evening gown.  Didn't last long cause I really loved horses more and had lots of model horses I put together or got the plastic ones.  Kitty

Yep, had some and put together Revell models.

#blissful sigh  I'm loving all these childhood memories...

Young artists will remember this from the backs of magazines:

Or what about one of the Jon Gnagy art sets.  Didn't he have a show on t.v. too?

Did anyone else have a Betsy McCall Doll?

The 65 version is the one that I remembered most.