• Close up of Fashion Friends Freida

    Meet Ruby Red Fashion Friends Freida

    Have you discovered the Ruby Red Fashion Friends yet? They first launched in 2019, a year after I closed Petalina. I had spotted them but I didn’t take the plunge until one of our customers convinced me to purchase one, and I’m so glad I did. I chose Freida, probably because I was drawn to her face, not realising at…

  • Kidz ‘n’ Cats Evita doll for sale

    Well, it’s certainly been a while since I wrote a post and kept in touch. I hope everyone is keeping well and still enjoying their dolls. I’ve had a difficult few years since closing Petalina, which really was not the plan at all thanks to long covid. The plan was to just have fun, get fit and keep busy while…

  • Little Kidz Lotta

    Just love the new Gotz Little Kidz!

    We had been looking forward to the arrival of the Little Kidz by Gotz for a while and when Lotta arrived a couple of months ago, it really was love at first sight. Unpacking Little Kidz Lotta, feeling her light weight and small size, and appreciating her sweet little face and lovely hair, was nothing short of thrilling. I was…

  • La Bella dolls by Käthe Kruse

    La Bella were introduced by Kathe Kruse to the dolly world in 2018, the year we closed the doors of our shop, so we weren’t ever able to make them available for you all to purchase. It also meant that I wasn’t able to actually meet them in person until I purchased one from Amazon earlier this year. When we…

  • New! Max boy doll

    New Products from A Girl for All Time

    A Girl for All Time is one of my favourites brands of doll for several reasons – the designs are amazing, the quality is superb and the service is second to none. I will never forget the first time I met Frances Cain, founder of A Girl for All Time, who visited Petalina HQ and brought with her Matilda and…

  • Sophie doll fabric body

    John Lewis Collector’s Doll Range

    John Lewis is one of my all time favourite retailers and a couple of years ago I was very interested to see that they had introduced their own range of dolls for little girls at an amazing price of just £30. The dolls are 46cm high, with pretty faces, long rooted hair and are suitable for age 3+. The doll…

  • Kathe Kruse Gluckskind Emelie

    More about Käthe Kruse Gluckskind Dolls

    Since closing the shop at Petalina I seem to have acquired quite a collection of my favourite dolls that we sold over the years. However, I missed the last few Kathe Kruse dolls during our closing down sale as I hadn’t anticipated how quickly things would sell out, and for the last year I have regretted not keeping one. My…

  • Gotz Happy Kidz Emilia

    Gotz Dolls 2019 revealed!

    It’s that exciting time of year again when the catalogues start to arrive and retailers get to see all the new goodies contained within. I have to admit to it being slightly different for Petalina this year (yes I’m missing dollies at the moment), but I’m still excited and delighted to be working with Trisha from KR Bears and Dolls…

  • All the Hearts for Hearts Girls

    Hearts for Hearts Girls

    Hearts for Hearts Girls are the most beautiful 36cm vinyl dolls representing girls from around the world. Each doll is a character in a story that will inspire today's girls to help others less fortunate than themselves. They really are very beautiful and the quality is superb. I know they will be difficult to resist by the young and the…