TABLESCAPE THURSDAY.....HAPPY 50TH. BIRTHDAY BARBIE!!
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HAPPY 50TH. BIRTHDAY BARBIE!!!!!Do you remember when you received your very first Barbie doll? I do and it started out as the all time worst birthday of my life.......It was October 8, 1959.....Barbie had just come on the scene on March 10th of that year and she was the hottest thing to hit town....Every girl wanted a Barbie doll including me.....My birthday came and the folks did not get me Miss B....I was heart broken.
Then to make matters worse I was shunned by the neighbor friend who was younger then me...
Wendy Combs lived next door and was a semi-friend.....meaning she only had to be friends with me because I lived next door....
So that day she was going down to Superior Pharmacy with her "real" friend and I asked if I could tag along......I got a BIG FAT........NO!!!!
Boy, two disappointments in the same day......it just didn't seem fair.
So off I went to my room and cried and cried and cried.....
About an hour later the doorbell rang and there was Miss Combs at the door....... box in hand......
Yes, that famous long narrow box......She went and bought me a Barbie!
All was well with the world......
So in honor of that famous Doll let's celebrate her 50 years of making little girl's birthdays
Special....
We decided on a game night and pizza party.....How many of you had that wonderful game"The Barbie Game......Queen of the Prom"..........
I dragged out the game but couldn't convince the Boss to join me in a game.....
understandable. It's a "girly game".....
But he did agree to eat half the pizza......
ofcourse popcorn and coke was involved.....
Hey look....it's Ken. Prom King and Barbie's Main Squeeze for the past 50 years..I did hear that they had a falling out back in 98' but got back together...
Thank Goodness.....
but why no children?
Do you love how she has kept that lean figure for all these years....Do you think she does Weight Watchers?
Plus she has a strange resemblence to Debi Mazar from "Entourage"
Remember poor Pointdexter.....he was a real loser.Just like the guy I ended up at the prom with....
And not to forget the Tablescape....I love clear glass plates....You can do so much with them.....
Here I used 78LP's as chargers and just put the glass plates on top.
Here's that famous box......the best packaging of a toy ever made.....I love that box!
I love board games....only because I have made an art of cheating......
Barbie seemed to be having a good time but wanted to know "Where is the cake?"
Will a cupcake do??
Looking down at the fun.....I wonder what she's going to look like at 100?
That was my birthday party for the most famous doll ever made. I hope you got a walk down memory lane and I hope all the grandmother's out in blog land continue the tradition of grandmother's everywhere....
Making little Barbie doll clothes for their granddaughters....
I know I can't wait to make those little outfits for Miss Sophie....
So Happy Birthday Barbie.... I don't know how you do it but you look pretty damn good for 50..... I guess it's because you never got married to Ken......**the doll and game in the pictures are the 35th. Anniversary reproductions of the originals.....I don't know what ever happened to my original game and doll....I can only imagine that the poor doll at some point had that adorable pony tail cut off......
Comments
You are so creative! Cheers to Barbie and this ever so fun tablescape. I suppose your hubby won't be having the guys over on Barbie nite. LOL, Cindy
Your table setting is great!!
I'll be right over to play the game, but mostly to eat that pizza...my, my that is a nice looking pie.
Yes, of course I watched our show last night, girl... it was hilarious. Omg...first off.. Bethenny...
"if I wasn't me, I'd be impressed with me!" Are you kidding me?!?
Then the countess... don't get me started. I was kind of glad that Ramona knocked her on her butt with that comment about her husband. And yes, of course the classiest couple ever, Simon and Garfunkle, or whatever her name is..LOL.. that kiddie pool was a joke. Great night of entertainment! :O)
Be a sweetie,
Shelia ;)
Have you done the Barbie Cake? I did one for my gdau's bday..the pic is on the sidebar on my blog...
Fun post, Sue..
Blessings,
Debbie
I don't know what happened to my Barbie and Ken either, but I still have all that belonged to my my daughter.
I love your LP chargers and did you make that yummy pizza? mmmm
Great job!!
Blessings,
Barbara Jean
Happy Tablescape Thuraday...
XO,
Sheila :-)
You are so clever!!!! That is such a fun and creative tablescape...Wow! Linda
My Barbies are long gone.. My girls.. had them.. and theirs..
I love your Wendy story too..
Gave me goosebumps.
Too sweet.
How fortunate you are to have kept some treasures.
I had teh Barbie Fashion Show and her Canopy bed.I loved her red velvet coat and pillbox hat.The pointy high heels and the hair I stuck pins in to keep her chignon in place!
I remember Pointdexter well.
You will not even believe this.I dreamt of saying Ken last night..in my dream I was telling friends I had worn of his velvet hair!
They were cracking up..and I woke up!
I remember Midge and Skipper and Scooter..My Midge had a brown flip:) My last one was Skipper:)
Thanks for the delightful memories.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane,
Candy
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And...OMG....1959 Barbie looks totally like Debi Mazar.
Great table you have there today, thanks! Happy TT!
So...did you and Wendy ever become "real" friends?!
Have a fabulous day!
xoxo,
Mary
ENJOY!
Fifi
BTW... I was wondering if you minded if I painted a couple of your photos???
My Mom tells the story of how I also begged for a Barbie when I was about 3 or 4 years old. So my first was the Bubble Cut Barbie and I still have her and some of her clothes too.
This was way fun this week Sue.
Linda Q
Yes, I had one of the Prom Queen games. I also was given the first Barbie doll the year they came out! I was waaay too young to play with her but my Grandma just HAD to get her for me! *grin* I had two versions of the Dream House and one of the dream cars. I had a Skkipper and a Tutti but no Midge. No Alan. But I did have a Ken.Ken with his flocked blonde brush cut.
Using the records as chargers is a totally inventive idea and I love it!
You are the Queen...The Prom Queen at that! Barbie won't mind. She is off getting tatooed I hear!
Love,
sue
I did, however, get Ken's friend Allan who I think was way cuter than Ken.
Great job!
Great tablescape!
I don't remember when I got my first Barbie, but I do remember getting a barbie sized closet full of clothes for her at Christmas one year.
My great grandma had a heart attack when my mom got her first Barbie and Ken. She apparently couldn't get over the fact that Ken had a bulge LOL She was 90 something at the time. Poor woman ;)
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Sweet table. Ypur granddaughter is a lucky little girl. My mom sewed so many darling outfits for Barbie and I am sure you will too.
Yes, yes, yes ~ Love the memories you evoked. I remember how we would squealwith dismay if we picked Pointdexter! lol.
Such a clever tablescape, as always ~ love the "78rpm" LP chargers with the glass plates!
xo~m.
P.S. I never had a Barbie, either...so when my son got invited to birthday parties of little girls when he was little, I always went out and bought them a Barbie...just in case. Every little girl needs one Barbie. :-)
Oh Barbie...the memories. I even wore my Barbie shirt to work the other day, and didn't know it was her Birthday. I guess a real Barbie lover just knows these things.
My mom used to make those Barbie clothes for me. I remember her struggeling with those little arm holes :0)
I had a friend that lived next door, we would play Barbie's all afternoon. She had a Mary Poppins Barbie, I was so jealous!
I passed the love on to my own daughter who still won't part with her Barbies, and she too had a best friend that she played Barbie with all afternoon. When Melissa was little I loved putting her Barbies away with her, combing their hair, fixing their outfits. ha ha.