tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291649238761960949.post2977336118269432766..comments2021-02-28T19:53:28.054-08:00Comments on creative laundry: Barbies, shopping and stuff, oh my...Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06424592942558764840noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291649238761960949.post-80842194402490165762008-11-21T09:16:00.000-08:002008-11-21T09:16:00.000-08:00GEM: I LOVE THAT IDEA! Peak oil Barbie house, you ...GEM: I LOVE THAT IDEA! Peak oil Barbie house, you are so talking my language. I should do that, it would be a learning experience for me too. Sustainable barbie house can be a prototype for my own house conversion. hmmm, anyone know how I could use those calculator solar panels for little doll house lights?<BR/><BR/>And the breast cancer barbie, what a clever and fitting idea.Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06424592942558764840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291649238761960949.post-66957252996640325462008-11-20T11:33:00.000-08:002008-11-20T11:33:00.000-08:00Great post. ilike your idea of converting a booksh...Great post. ilike your idea of converting a bookshelf into a barbie House.<BR/>A clever, commercial designer friend designed a Breast cancer barbie, complete with prostheses, wigs, etc. it was brilliant!!!<BR/>Your kids migh have fun designing a Peak Oil Barbie house complete with solar panels, solar ovens, gardening Ken and handcrafting barbie - they could learn many skills in a painless way.<BR/>You always provide fodder for thought, and i thank you! GGEMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11525848943689396086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291649238761960949.post-10319217328668762562008-11-18T22:12:00.000-08:002008-11-18T22:12:00.000-08:00Dinah: That's good! now I almost want to do a seri...Dinah: That's good! now I almost want to do a series of themed Barbie houses as an art show. Actually it would be a great group show. OK, that's enough, must focus...must focus...<BR/><BR/>Darcy: Thanks for popping in! My kids saw that old slinky commercial and now are begging for them. Oh, the power on advertising, even from 35 yr old commercials. Must be the green shag rug that sells it.<BR/><BR/>Paula: Thanks, but now I have performance anxiety! I'll blog soon, but well...life just gets in the way...Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06424592942558764840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291649238761960949.post-85064282048983573062008-11-18T07:23:00.000-08:002008-11-18T07:23:00.000-08:00I have to say, you are quiet these days. You've g...I have to say, you are quiet these days. You've got us right where you want us, WANTING MORE.<BR/>I'm feeling a creative laundry jones coming on...i need a post man a post!!!!<BR/>yes, your writing is THAT GOOD.phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10669096127325145722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291649238761960949.post-76176458494589639802008-11-17T18:29:00.000-08:002008-11-17T18:29:00.000-08:00SLINKY HAZARD...TOO FUNNY! Barbie eco friendly rec...SLINKY HAZARD...TOO FUNNY! Barbie eco friendly recycled house! VERY SMART!! Kudos! Thanks for making me smile.PennyBluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14151206165072459120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291649238761960949.post-18549423956404009512008-11-16T22:10:00.000-08:002008-11-16T22:10:00.000-08:00Me again...not that you are lacking ideas, but may...Me again...not that you are lacking ideas, but maybe a Barbie and Ken version of Grant Wood's "American Gothic" to complete the creepy scene.dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291649238761960949.post-1441258913434948842008-11-16T18:04:00.000-08:002008-11-16T18:04:00.000-08:00Janet: Yes! What a good idea!I would love to make ...Janet: Yes! What a good idea!I would love to make a whole series of odd themed barbie houses. I am going to personalize this one just a touch with some shrunken famous paintings on the wall. It'll be fun choosing Barbie's art taste.<BR/><BR/>Caroline: Metal slinkies, really? English parents must be more laid back. It will be a fun project, but an argument just broke out between my daughters on whose room it will be it. Now I'm thinking of making two. Maybe I'll make lots, like a Barbie subdivision. Now that's making me feel creepy for some reason, suburbia within suburbia.<BR/><BR/>Melody: I'm impressed with the lack of Barbie girls who read this blog. You guys are cool. I was pathetically Barbie crazy, but my sister and I did cut a few Barbies hair off and pretend it was because of chemo. (my mom watched a lot of soaps). Yes Monsanto, scary. it's trying to promote itself as earth friendly, good for the environment,etc., unbelievable.<BR/><BR/>Kim: I love spirographs! I wanted to add some to a painting recently, but couldn't find any kits (ah ebay, of course). I ended up wasted oodles of time on some mathematics website creating my own. It's not the same as the old fashioned way though with those coloured ball point pens. That was so much fun!Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06424592942558764840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291649238761960949.post-33741701362993666812008-11-16T17:40:00.000-08:002008-11-16T17:40:00.000-08:00Paula: thanks, appreciate your comments. ALWAYS.An...Paula: thanks, appreciate your comments. ALWAYS.<BR/><BR/>Andrea: that green shag carpet is the star of that commercial, talk about bringing the outdoors in...<BR/>I take it your new addition is a chewing machine? My neighbours puppy ate a whole box of crayons once. He reported technicolor poop for days. <BR/><BR/>Angela: Just reading your comment made me realize how jealous I was of the girl down the street with all the barbie stuff I didn't have. Especially the camper. There was an old lady who lived behind us who gave us all the barbie clothes she KNITTED for her granddaughter's who outgrew Barbies. Knitted barbie clothes? like dressing barbie up in mittens. So my sister and I pretended Barbie was poor and homeless.<BR/><BR/>Katie: What an amazing crafty kid you were! You're giving me ideas for this project. When I was a kid, I tried to make the town of Bedrock (Flinstones) out of Kleenix boxes, toilet paper tubes and tape. After that failure, I never tried being toy crafty again, until now, but now I have growned up stuff to work with, yay!<BR/><BR/>Dinah: Bimbi, like it, sounds almost like a scientific classification. Now Katie has given my ideas for putting in carpet scraps. I guess when the kids outgrow it, it can be a nice soft place for my books to rest.Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06424592942558764840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291649238761960949.post-82694422513173630992008-11-15T17:09:00.000-08:002008-11-15T17:09:00.000-08:00Fantastic idea for a Barbie House.Perhaps next yea...Fantastic idea for a Barbie House.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps next year, those Barbie makers will come up with Barbie's crack house or maybe Barbie's meth lab. The kiddies will demand it!!!<BR/><BR/>Who ever came up with the plastic slinky should be spanked. What's wrong with those old-fashioned ones? Are they really too dangerous?<BR/><BR/>After my daughter came home from a birthday party with a mini plastic slinky in a goodie bag, I spend the rest of the afternoon telling her about the toys of the good old days. Metal slinkys, yo-yos and that ever-dangerous Spirograph. <BR/><BR/>After searching the stores, and being disappointed, I purchased a Spirograph set on Ebay. My fav childhood toy. And yes, I let my daughter play with that dangerous game. For heavens sakes, it comes with pins to hold down the rings. To think that she could have put her eye out.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the memories. We will want to see photos of Barbie's shelf house.Kim Hambrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08784106179953299055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291649238761960949.post-10088380034298218252008-11-15T07:13:00.000-08:002008-11-15T07:13:00.000-08:00Oh God, don't get me started on Montsanto! I've kn...Oh God, don't get me started on Montsanto! I've known for years about everything they've been up to but an article in Vanity Fair opened my eyes up even further.<BR/>Horrible.<BR/>Don't really have much to say about Barbies as my sister was the "barbie girl" I would spent my time snapping off their heads and colouring their hair with magic marker.Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05156332528889687870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291649238761960949.post-40124366127671156742008-11-15T06:23:00.000-08:002008-11-15T06:23:00.000-08:00Now I feel inspired to convert a bookcase into a d...Now I feel inspired to convert a bookcase into a dollshouse - and I don't even have any dolls!<BR/><BR/>We can still get metal slinkies here - would you like one for Christmas?Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05635758748108011584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291649238761960949.post-3283892266230882012008-11-15T05:59:00.000-08:002008-11-15T05:59:00.000-08:00Ooooh, if you collage the inside of the Barbie Dwe...Ooooh, if you collage the inside of the Barbie Dwelling, it could be really surreal.<BR/><BR/>Barbie's House of Surrealism.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12456255269057443458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291649238761960949.post-16722646930017102632008-11-14T23:20:00.000-08:002008-11-14T23:20:00.000-08:00Like Kate, I was going to suggest a really big car...Like Kate, I was going to suggest a really big cardboard box.But the bookshelf is better cos when barbie-love wanes, you can strip it again and call it a book shelf.<BR/><BR/>Plural of bimbo? Bimbi?dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291649238761960949.post-48124716025018251832008-11-14T18:07:00.000-08:002008-11-14T18:07:00.000-08:00Before I finished reading your post I was thinking...Before I finished reading your post I was thinking about how I would risk sounding cheap and old fashioned by suggesting converting a cardboard box into a doll's house like I had to do. I like your idea of a recycled cabinet better. My fondest memories of the Barbie (I never had a Ken; too anatomically correct) era were of painting and wallpapering a cardboard box, using fake fur for rugs, those little round thingys from pizza boxes for tables, etc, etc. I cut up scraps of fabric for curtains and used matchboxes, (painted, of course) for kitchen cabinets. You get the idea. It was so much fun and inventive.<BR/><BR/>You are so right about the consumerism thing. Everything can be purchased all ready to plug in. Nobody builds go-carts or doll houses, or even club/tree houses now. You just buy one and put it up. <BR/>What's up with that???<BR/>Bring back the Slinky!!Katiejanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10703557560000189704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291649238761960949.post-42487369164115074382008-11-14T14:02:00.000-08:002008-11-14T14:02:00.000-08:00Great post, Ellen! I love that you're making a fix...Great post, Ellen! I love that you're making a fixer-upper for Barbie(s). I'm sure it will be much, much cooler than that plastic crap they sell. I expect pictures!<BR/><BR/>I did have a few Barbies when I was a child, but it was my aunt who had it all - many, many Barbies, Skippers, Suntan Tuesdays, Kens, houses, condos, RVs, cars, etc, etc, and she would flip out when I'd visit for summer because I'd actually want to PLAY with them and mess them up. She could play with them without messing them up, but I was 4 years younger, so therefore, not to be trusted. Left me with a deep loathing for the Barbie creatures.<BR/><BR/>I remember that Slinky commercial! I never could get it to do that. And the plastic ones just aren't the same.Angela Wales Rocketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12654076879838820652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291649238761960949.post-83300901382633292842008-11-14T12:36:00.000-08:002008-11-14T12:36:00.000-08:00(And don't forget to remind Andrea to proofread he...(And don't forget to remind Andrea to proofread her comments.)andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16364011769128646998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291649238761960949.post-57852818082493518072008-11-14T12:35:00.000-08:002008-11-14T12:35:00.000-08:00Another great post. (As you 'get too comfortable o...Another great post. (As you 'get too comfortable online' your posts become even more complusively readable!) I remember my curiosity with Barbies but not really having any because once I looked at their little clothes and accessories I had NO IDEA what to do with them. I guess that's why I'm such a girl culture dropout. And the green shag carpet in that Slinky commercial! I remember it well.<BR/><BR/>I think your idea to hsow your girls a creative solutioin to the dollhouse issue will be enjoyed by you now and will teach them an important lesson, but don't fret if they're now wildly enthusiatic. I think the anti-consumer/pro-creativity message you're trying to convey will be appreciated by them once they're mature enough to get it. Meantime, don't get any puppies or you'll find interesting incarnations of Barbie's cell phone when you're out scooping poop...andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16364011769128646998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4291649238761960949.post-12921491801475051312008-11-14T12:22:00.000-08:002008-11-14T12:22:00.000-08:00i wish i had something pithy to say but i dont.jus...i wish i had something pithy to say but i dont.<BR/>just enjoy your posts. ALWAYS.phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10669096127325145722noreply@blogger.com