Reader Showcase: Knitted Hat, Sweater and Toy for Dolls

I love to see the crafty, creative side of our readers!  One of our readers, Quinlyn, sent in a photo of her Julie modeling some of the items she has knitted. I wanted to know more, so I asked Quinlyn a few questions about her creations:
Q: What patterns did you use or did you make [...]

American Girl Dolls On QVC

American Girl dolls will be featured July 26 on QVC. It will be part of their Christmas in July feature. Right now it is not known which dolls will be sold or what kind of discount will be in place. I may just have to watch it Sunday morning to see for myself.
If you visit [...]

American Girl Doll Wall Display

We are running out of space in my daughter’s tiny room for all her doll stuff so I decided to get creative and use these cool wall boxes as doll displays.

L-R – Chrissa and her swim stuff fit perfectly in the first wall box, Coconut, Licorice and Starburst like the middle box, and Kit loves [...]

American Girl Coming to a McDonald’s Near You

Coming to a McDonald’s near you – American Girl “read. paly.create.” toys in Happy Meals. The scheduled date for the American Girl Happy Meal debut is mid-August (around the 14th) after the current TY promotion is done. The American Girl toys will obviously be for the girls and Lego Racers will be for boys.
Guessing from [...]

Harry Potter Dolls

With the new Harry Potter Half Blood Prince movie out in theaters I figured there had to be some dolls geared for collectors out there. Of course, there are plenty! Again, the Tonner Doll Company has the most amazing detail and collectibility. The Hermione and Professor Dumbledore dolls are my favorite.

Barbie Convention 2009

This is one of those days where I am really kicking myself!! The 2009 Barbie Convention was held in Washington DC this past week with yesterday being open to the public and I MISSED IT! Had I been paying attention, I could have easily gone down there and taken a look at Barbie’s slick new [...]

New American Girl Doll School Desk Set

When the new items came out, my daughter and I immediately fell in love with the school desk set. Partially because she is forever playing school with her dolls, and because it seems to be a good size display piece. The box came today – it had the school desk set and the beackpack set [...]

Doll Diaries July 4th Parade

Happy July 4th weekend! In celebration we are having a parade. Send in your photos of your dolls in their patriotic finest or celebrating the 4th and we will add them to this page. Email photos to share@dolldiaries.com.
First up we have Lilly’s dolls having a backyard July 4th party:

From Taelyn…

Our Bitty Baby wearing her patriotic [...]

More Reader Collection Photos

Ivy, Kaya, Addy, Julie, Kirsten, Jess, Rebecca, Nellie, Samantha

One of our community members, Abby, sent in photos of her dolls posing for a summer photo shoot. First is a group photo then some really cute close ups. Thanks Abby.
If you want your photos featured on our site, please send them to share@dolldiaires.com. It can be any dolls – American Girl, Barbie, My Twinn, [...]