Doll Displays Updated

Pin it My daughter and I got a cleaning bug this morning and decided to rearrange and clean her room. It was fun and the dolls have new displays and homes. You can see all of them at AGDollResources.

New AG Baking Set Is Too Cute!

Pin it AGFanatic from the AGFMB was lucky enough to go to American Girl Place Chicago this week. She took some great pictures of all the new stuff. I especially love the new baking set and its accessories. Now the decision is, get Nicki or the Baking Set right away. Decisions, decisions.

New Nicki Pictures!

Pin itThanks to some nice work from a poster at AGPT, we can now see three catalogue pages with the new Nicki stuff on it. I got permission from the original poster to feature these scans here and on my AGDollResources site. Due to their size, I am posting the larger pictures at AGDollResources. Boy [...]

New Items from American Girl

Pin itI got a note from my Personal Shopper at American Girl this morning. Here is what it says: These items will be available for sale in the New York Store on December 28th. I do not know when they will be available for you to view or order on the web site or through [...]

MyTwinn January Sale!

Pin itI was just at the MyTwinn site and noticed their link to the January sale catalog is up. There are some really good deals to be had. Some of the great deals I found: Cuddly Socks (3 Pair) Girl and Doll Insulated Lunch Packs – only $4.00 – you can’t beat that! Doll’s Gymnast [...]

Review – Elizabeth’s Riding Outfit

Pin itA few months before Christmas my daughter let me know that poor Elizabeth only had her meet dress. Christmas morning Elizabeth was very happy to learn that she got a new outfit – the Riding Outfit. The outfit consists of an underskirt, then the main skirt which is attached to an off-white top that [...]

It was a Dolly Christmas!

Pin itThe presents are all unwrapped and everyone is spending the day playing with their new stuff today. Overall it was a pretty dolly Christmas here. Between the two girls we got: Barbie Dreamhouse, Christmas Morning Barbie, A Retired Angel Barbie, 2006 Holiday Barbie, Barbie Pet Trainer and some Barbie clothes Emily the American Girl, [...]

American Girl Place Chicago Is Moving

Pin itWe’ve been hearing the rumors for a while, but the news hit this week. The Chicago store will be moving to the trendier Water Tower Place just across the street from its current home. When it opens in Fall 2008 it will be twice the size of it’s current store. How exciting!! Here is [...]

Carpatina Julia Next in Christmas Parade

Pin it“Yrillien the Dryad”- a Carpatina Julia doll wearing buttons_and_butterflies “Winter Maiden” ensemble (staff from another B&B ensemble). Photo courtesy of horsemom from AGPT.

Christmas Parade Continues with Tonner Penney and Friends

Pin it On the left is “Derw’Siaradwyr the Faery”- a Tonner Penney and Friends Nancy doll wearing buttons_and_butterflies “Peppermint Fairy” ensemble. On the right is “Aedammair the Elf”- a Tonner Penney and Friends Penney doll. She is wearing the Celtic Princess gown by Carpatina, German Princess circlet by Carpatina, Laylie’s Robin Hood Cloak by Life [...]

Life of Faith Dolls Ready for Christmas

Pin it On the left is a Life of Faith Kathleen doll in Molly’s Christmas dress by American Girl (shoes by Life of Faith). On the right is a Life of Faith Violet doll in AG Molly’s school jumper blouse, AG Kit’s tree house outfit skirt, and shoes by Life of Faith. Photo courtesy of [...]

Bitty Babies Are Ready For Christmas

Pin it (L to R)Misses Monique Elizabeth Pleasant , Rianna Bridgette Pleasant and Shanelle Madison are ”decked out” for Christmas in the AG-Bitty Baby Poinsettia Outfit. Photo courtesy of prsnlrd at AGFMB.

Some of My Favorite Doll Displays

Pin itI have been looking at pictures of the holiday doll displays posted by members at my three favorite doll boards (AG Playthings, AGFMB, and the new AG Clubhouse). I am amazed at the creativity and beauty that the doll lovers are capturing. Here are some of my favorites for today. This beauty is courtesy [...]

Using Dolls In Christmas Displays

Pin it I am going to do a series this week on using dolls in your Christmas or holiday displays. If you have a picture of your dolls – any dolls, dressed up for the season or as part of a display, send me a note at dolls [at] dolldiaries [dot] com (sorry, just don’t [...]

Barbie Is Still #1

Pin itI was reading at Collectors Toy Stop and Sandy had an interesting post. After all these years Barbie is still the number one choice for girls when it comes to Christmas wishes. Yep, she beats out all dolls, Bratz, Princesses and more (see the complete list at Sandy’s site). One of my daughter’s asks [...]