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Pin itThis is a note and some photos we got from Susan – the winner of the American Doll Houses Barn Scene giveaway from earlier this spring. Ellie (8), Caroline (3) and I want to thank you again for the wonderful giveaway you ran. We love the two room dollhouse and still can’t believe we [...]
Pin it Here we have the Doll Diaries survey analysis team hard at work reading over every single answer that was sent in. As you can see Ellowyne is in charge and looking very serious and Hadley is up to her usual antics because that girl can not sit still! Chrissa is there representing the [...]
Pin itMary Rose (Granof4) was one of the recent reader photo winners and she chose the Ellowyne sized t-shirt for her prize. Here is her Ellowyne named Larissa showing us what she got in the mail. A package! For ME?!?! Oh look! It’s our Doll Diaries T-shirt! I can’t wait- I’m going to try it [...]
Pin itMadame Alexander dolls are considered to be a true American Classic – they have been in business since the 1920s and continue to be one of the most recognizable names when it comes to dolls. In addition to their collectible doll line, their baby dolls and plush characters line, Madame Alexander has their own [...]
Pin it This just in… from a press release American Girl sent out earlier today… For more than 25 years, American Girl’s award-winning books have helped millions of girls discover the joy of reading and have earned the trust of parents and educators. This summer, to celebrate books and encourage girls to keep their reading [...]
Pin itOne of our favorite American Girl Historical Characters, Julie, is celebrating her birthday today! When Julie was released a few years ago I was fascinated by her! Julie’s birthday is May 1, 1966 which means she is the same age (give or take a year or two) as most of my friends and me. [...]
Pin itWhoa! Nothing like waiting until the last day of April to share the spotlight sites for this month! Sorry for that – things have been a little busy around here. It is time to give a shout out to some of the new sites I have discovered in the last month that have that [...]
Pin itElizabeth’s photos of her Ellowyne dolls have been so much fun to look at and this week she is sharing even more photos with us – but of even more dolls she has in her collection. Elizabeth’s collection is a great example of what I have heard from a few very esteemed doll collectors [...]
Pin itYou all have no idea how much fun I have doing the reader photo events and giving away everything from Doll Diaries t-shirts to beautiful doll clothes, doll furniture and fabulous dolls, too. The best part has to be the emails and photos that get sent in to me when the prizes arrive. From [...]
Pin itSo many cute photos in my inbox this week!! I am actually going to do two Sunday Showcase posts today – this one will have all the Sunday Showcase photos and the one later this afternoon will show all the photos I have received recently from Doll Diaries t-shirt winners. Melina sent in a [...]
Pin itThe response from the printable Doll ID worksheet has been so positive that I decided to make you some more pages that you could use in a doll notebook or journal. And this time, not only can you print them out for yourself, I made them in doll size, too, so your dolls can [...]
Pin it Inspired by some wonderful small containers I found at my local dollar store and the warm weather outside I thought it would be fun to make our dolls lunches to go! You can make lunches to go for your dolls using items you may already have on hand or items you can get [...]
Pin itEver since I got my Carpatina slim body 18″ doll Erin, I have been checking out the Carpatina sale page hoping to pick up another one of their beautiful dolls at a discounted price. I have been patient, and wouldn’t you know it, last week they put one of their display Ana Ming’s on [...]
Pin itGuest post by Shannon of PartyElf.com My daughter has been wanting an American Girl Doll since last year. For her 7th birthday we decided to travel to their store in Chicago to pick out her doll in person. It is not too far of a drive from our Detroit, MI home. My husband and [...]
Pin itOne of the suggestions I have received is to feature a doll of the week – and to that I say “great idea!” I felt it would only be fitting to kick off the new series by featuring the very first American Girl doll my older daughter got – she is a Girl of [...]
"Lights, Camera, Dolls" May Reader Photo Contest Ends May 21, 2012
American Girl Books Giveaway - Ended. See post for winner.
