More Adventures with Ellowyne

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Pin itMy Wilde Imagination Ellowyne doll was getting a little bored on the shelf today and decided it was time to go see if there was anything new and fun in Megan’s room. When Ellowyne got to Megan’s room she found a few shiny new medals sitting on her dresser. This one she got for [...]

American Girl Purple Glasses and Silver Purse

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Pin itI meant to include these two photos from Sarah in yesterday’s Reader Photo post, but overlooked it. Sarah did a brief review of two American Girl doll accessories – the Purple Glasses and the Silver Purse. Pretty Purple Glasses: I got these glasses so they could match my new ones and I LOVE them! [...]

Even More Reader Photos

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Pin itMy inbox is happy with lots of great photos and fabulous-ness that you have all sent me! Kirren sent in photos of her built in bookshelf that she made into a doll house for her American Girl dolls. “I just wanted to show you pictures of my built in dollhouse that I have in [...]

Designer Inspired Collectible Barbies

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Pin itWhen we visited Aunt Kay a few weeks ago, I literally took hundreds of pictures of her amazing Barbie collection. Rather than overwhelm you with them all at once, I decided to just feature a few of them at a time over the next few months. One of the “mini” collections Kay has is [...]

Springfield Doll Furniture Giveaway

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Pin itUPDATE!!! Congratulations to Gretchen & Diva Jean – they are the winners of this giveaway!! To continue our month long Springfield Dolls giveaway extravaganza, this week we are highlighting the Springfield Collection Furniture for dolls and will be giving two winners the furniture piece of their choice from the Springfield Dolls online store. Personally, [...]

Just a Few Things…

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Pin itHappy Friday! I hope everyone has had a great week and has some fun plans for the weekend. I will start my weekend off cheering on Natalie and her friends at their swim meet tomorrow morning but hope to have time to do some sewing or something else creative later in the weekend. I [...]

Doll Craft Turn Doll T-Shirts into Wall Art

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Pin it I am so thrilled to share with you today’s craft and show off my doll shirt collection at the same time. I began collecting the red store shirts from American Girl in 2010, on my first trip to an American Girl Store. I went to Dallas first, started my collection and with the [...]

Printable Coloring Pages and Worksheets for American Girl Dolls

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Pin itI know how much a lot of you like to play school with your dolls! And I have had a few requests for doll sized worksheets and coloring pages, too.  I am happy to share with you my first set of 18″ doll sized worksheets you can print out, color or use in your [...]

Confirmed – There Will Be A New American Girl Historical Release in 2012

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Pin itUpdated!! It’s official. There will be a new American Girl Historical character added in 2012. Like previous historical releases, the new doll looks like she will be debuting around September 1, 2012. One of our sharp readers noticed the links to the pre-release information for the new American Girl Historical books by Kathleen Ernst [...]

Doll Care 101 – Got Your Toothbrush?

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Pin itNote – I first published these tips in October of 2006 – yes, that is how long DollDiaries.com has been around – and thought you might find them helpful! While on our trip to American Girl Place this summer I noticed the ladies in the doll salon were using toothbrushes to do the dolls’ [...]

Samantha’s SF Style Club Win Photo

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Pin itFirst of all, I’d like to thank the Springfield Doll company for sponsoring such a fun giveaway in the SF Style Club Design Your Own Prize giveawy! And I’d like to thank everyone who took the time to enter, too. Samantha was one of our winners in week one and she got her prize [...]

American Girl BFFs Julie and Ivy

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Pin itNow that Julie has her BFF, Ivy here, it was time to get the room set up so the two of them could really kick back and relax!  Check out all the photos below as some of them feature items I picked up at the American Girl store over the weekend and some are [...]

American Girl Crafts Iron On Tote Set

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Pin itThe line of American Girl Craft kits can be found at most Michael’s, Joann, Barnes and Nobles and lots of other stores these days. We have picked up a few of them and Natalie has had fun making an apron for her dolls, sewing the Owl, she’s working on the pom-pom scarf and she [...]

Thoughts on McKenna’s Collection

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Pin it When we were at the American Girl store yesterday, we just had to check out McKenna and her collection for ourselves. While I really love her starter set, especially the exclusive warm ups, the practice outfit part of her set is already sold out and on backorder. We had considered picking her up [...]

Happy Chinese New Year from Ivy

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Pin itHappy Chinese New Year!! Ivy arrived at our house just in time to wish you a Happy Chinese New Year! She is wearing the Asian Beauty outfit from Dreamworld Collections. Now we just need to find a turquoise one for Julie and they can be just like the cover of the book, Happy New [...]