Welcome to Sara's Berry Happy Strawberry Shortcake Room!
Sara lived in the apartment behind the laudry mat for 5 1/2 years. During that time she got married and her Strawberry Shortcake doll collection grew. That large collection was crammed into two closets while Sara dreamed of one day having a room to house her collection. That dream came true in September 2005!!! Sara and Michael bought their first home and to everyone's amazement the house has an extra room connected to the garage. It once was a beauty salon, but now it has been turned into what is now known as "Sara's doll room." Enjoy the many photos of this wonderful room.
These two photos show the room prior to moving in. There is one large room and one smaller room in the back. Two wooden shelves came already in the rooms along with a stove, a cabinet and many large mirrors.
When we first moved in, the "doll room" held all of our boxes of things! I didn't think I would ever get that room emptied of boxes so that I could start unpacking my Strawberry Shortcake things. Look at all those boxes!
See that look and what T-shirt I am wearing? It can only mean one thing! There are 1991 dolls in that box and I am going to set them out if it was the last thing I did! At this point, boxes were still taking over much of that room; however I just couldn't stand not seeing my dolls, so I emptied one of the shelves and started to put out my 1991 collection.
Look at that! The room is no longer empty or full of boxes but decorated in SSC!! This picture is an overview of the room. I will now be taking you on a little tour of each shelf and area, so enjoy!
This is my cork board that I have decorated with various SSC stuff that I have obtained over the years.
This shelf Michael and I got at a church rummage sale for only $4! I have my Danbury Mint dolls on top, my glassware in the middle and some ceramic items on the bottom. There is a lot of room to grow in this shelf.
Here is "the most comfortable bed in the world." This daybed has been mine since I was 10 years old and I love it! My 1991 sheets are on the bed with several other sheet sets laying on top. I also have my soft ragdolls and a few pillow dolls.
Ahh yeah! This is what we are talking about folks! My 1991 Strawberry Shortcake collection. This right here is my pride and joy right on one shelf with an empty shelf on the bottom farily empty for growth. Here is everything that is on my web page. All of my dolls, playsets, puzzles and anything else I have 1991.
Here are a few more 1991 items next to the big 1991 shelf. I wasn't sure really how to display the two 1991 girls' outfits I had. And I wanted to put my 1991 boxed doll out special because it is the most rare Strawberry Shortcake item I own.
This shelf has all of my tins on the top, vintage dolls on the next shelf, Party pleasers and then things such as records and other toys on the bottom.
Here are my Frutillas card dolls. And Fruittilas poster that I got from the SSC convention in July 2005. I am missing one carded doll.
This shelf has all sorts of stuff on it. My minis are on the very top. The next shelf has my dolls from other countries including my four Mexican dolls, all my Brazilian dolls (vintage and modern) and various other dolls from around the world. Then is a shelf with fake dolls and the bootom has my vintage books.
This shelf houses my Bandai collection, which consists of at least one of each character in 5 inch doll as well as a some plush dolls and others. I also have all of the current line of Strawberry Shortcakes, the Playmates dolls. You can also see in this photo the Little Tykes Strawberry toybox that I have had since I was a little girl.
I recently bought this toybox / bench at the local antique mall for $30! I am so happy to have it and happier still to have a room to display it.
My husband bought me this easel for Christmas 2005. I really love it.
I have set up a little Christmas tree on the back counter for my SSC Christmas decorations
People who saw my collection in my apartment will remember this. It is the evolution of Strawberry Shortcake shelf. There is Strawberry in 1980, 1991, and 2002. Which one do you like the best?
A few tray puzzles on the wall
One more look at the room before we check out the small room in the back
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People might not realize it now, but I have a nice Barbie doll collection. I was shocked that it all fit on this one large shelf! I have the Dolls of the World, Girls of the 20th Century, Nostolgic Series and just whatever dolls I like. My favorites are the 1970's doll and the reproduction of Francie. I am looking for the first of the Little Debbie Barbies if anyone sees it.
Here is some of my Beatles collection. I say some because those colorful bins hold all of my vintage and newer Beatles magazines and my Beatle book collection is in the house. I really love the magazines and book; but they do not display well. I also like the Yellow Submarine; which is what my collection focuses on. I have the entire GarlanUSA set and both of the Spawn sets. I really love my Beatles stuff. I hope I never have to choose between Beatle and Strawberry Shortcake because I could never decide what I liked more.
My mom is amazing at cross stitch. She has made me four Strawberry Shortcake cross stitches and all of these Beatles ones! I think the yellow submarine and the cartoon Beatles are amazing! But they all are really neat!
The last thing I have to show you was hard for me to get a photo of. But these are Beatles Anthology Cubes. In the late 1990's when the Beatles Anthology was first released on VHS; Sam Goody music at the mall had these on display. Word got out that I am a huge Beatles fan and the store called me up and gave them to me! There are three cubes and they have different pictures on them. I think they are really a neat item to have.
Well...I hope you enjoyed my room. If you are ever in the St. Louis area please let me know so that you can see it in person!
Sara aka Starshyne
4/14/06