{"id":7599,"date":"2012-01-28T13:10:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-28T18:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=7599"},"modified":"2012-07-02T17:14:18","modified_gmt":"2012-07-02T21:14:18","slug":"barbie-trashes-her-dream-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2012\/01\/barbie-trashes-her-dream-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbie trashes her Dream House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you have basic cable, odds are you're familiar with the show <i>Hoarders<\/i>: it's what's on when they run out of <i>Law & Order<\/i> episodes for the week. Even if you've never seen the show, you've surely seen the ads and you know what people's houses look like. They look like this, right?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/hoarderbarbie1.jpg\" title=\"Barbie's Dream Hoarde\" width=\"450\" height=\"295\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p>Right. Except that's not a hoarder's house. It's Barbie's.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Artist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carriembecker.me\/\" target=\"_blank\">Carrie M. Becker<\/a> created an entire series of images designed to blur the line between reality and fiction. Using 1\/6th scale accessories from Barbie (and other doll lines) plus things she made herself, Becker re-created the world of the hoarder in the scale of toys.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7599 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/hoarderbarbie0.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/hoarderbarbie0-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/hoarderbarbie5.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/hoarderbarbie5-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/hoarderbarbie7.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/hoarderbarbie7-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/hoarderbarbie6.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/hoarderbarbie6-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/hoarderbarbie2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/hoarderbarbie2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/hoarderbarbie9.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/hoarderbarbie9-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/hoarderbarbie4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/hoarderbarbie4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/hoarderbarbie3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/hoarderbarbie3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/hoarderbarbie8.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/hoarderbarbie8-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>It's very cool work, and deserves a close look. Head over to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/carriembecker\/sets\/72157627470133958\/with\/6532260087\/\" target=_blank>her Flikr set<\/a> to see the full-size pictures, and to see the small details people have highlighted. Or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/carriembecker\" target=\"etsy\">her Etsy page<\/a> to buy prints.<\/p>\n<p>And then, go clean your bathroom or throw out your old magazines or something. It'll make you feel better after viewing these.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H5>&lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;<\/H5><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Mattel's SDCC exclusives revealed\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2011\/04\/mattels-sdcc-exclusives-revealed\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mattel's SDCC exclusives revealed<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"National Barbie Day - Just Gals Being Pals\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2023\/03\/national-barbie-day-just-gals-being-pals\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">National Barbie Day - Just Gals Being Pals<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"National Barbie Day - Daylight Saving Time is the worst!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2025\/03\/national-barbie-day-daylight-saving-time-is-the-worst\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">National Barbie Day - Daylight Saving Time is the worst!<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Barbie meets Beast Wars\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2023\/06\/barbie-meets-beast-wars\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Barbie meets Beast Wars<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Barbie's got her head on straight\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2023\/06\/barbies-got-her-head-on-straight\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Barbie's got her head on straight<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have basic cable, odds are you're familiar with the show Hoarders: it's what's on when they run out of Law &#038; Order episodes for the week. Even if you've never seen the show, you've surely seen the ads &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2012\/01\/barbie-trashes-her-dream-house\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[136],"class_list":["post-7599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mattel","tag-barbie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7599"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9173,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7599\/revisions\/9173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}