Me in my Barbie Land/ Computer Room

Hi! My name is Cory and I have been collecting vintage Barbie and Friends for over 15 years. I started at the age of 11 when I bought my first vintage Barbie at the local flea market. It was Live Action Barbie. I couldn't belive the quatity of the doll. She was so different from the Superstar Barbies I had. She didn't have the cheezy smile and she had real eyelashes(and she danced)!
I was hooked! I was very fortunate to get most of my collection within the next 5 years, going to garage sales and shows to find things to sell so I could buy more for my collection. By the time I hit 16 it was too uncool to spend all my money on Barbies- and someone I know might have seen me going to garage sales- so I quit searching for almost 7 years. My parents moved to another state and took my collection with them, so nothing would get destroyed or lost while I went to college(and moved about 6 times). Thank goodness my Mom still bought me Barbies and accessories when she would find them! She bought me some of my best stuff!
A couple of years ago I was finally able to get my cabinet and display my dolls which I hadn't seen for years(that was a happy day!). Now I am fully into Barbie again and know I will be for the rest of my life! !

Michael and I were Married August 15, 1998

Michael collects Starting Lineups so he is very understanding of my Barbie obsession. We both love the Simpsons and pick up items when we find them. We also like beer collectibles- trays, mirrors, etc. I have collections of 60's troll dolls, Kiddles, Ren and Stimpy, the Tick and various other things I like!

I used the Barbie & Ken wedding day

ornament for the cake topper: )

You might notice I don't have many pictures of Skippers in my collection. Well..... (here goes my sad story), 2 years ago I gave them away! It wasn't on purpose. I had just moved and had boxes of stuff I was going to take to the Salvation Army. I completely forgot that I had thrown my case full of skipper clothes and dolls into a sack of clothing. It got donated. I realized what I had done about 5 days later. I went to the donation center and a couple of people remembered seeing it, but it never made it to the sales floor anywhere. I think that was the worst part of the whole ordeal. Knowing that whenever somthing good gets donated to these "charitable" organizations the items are not sold and the proceeds given to those who need it, they are taken by employees!!!!!!!!!
You know they didn't even pay for it because someone would have remembed the transaction. No, I'm not bitter!!!!!!
Anyway the only thing that makes me feel any better is just being thankfull I didn't do that with my case full of Francie clothes!
Luckily I had a few of my favorite outfits stored on dolls that were in a box with the dolls from my cabinet