Some of our readers pre-ordered Caroline and she arrived yesterday. I have not heard from anyone who went to the store for her debut, yet. Anyhow, Sue’s daughter Ellie received her Caroline yesterday and she sent in a few photos of Caroline close up for us.
We ordered Caroline with her accessories from a personal shopper last week — thanks to a tip from a reader in a Doll Diaries post. She is a really beautiful doll and the photos will not show you how pretty her eyes are in person. Her eyes are identical in color to how they appear in the new catalogue on the two-page full length photo. Her dress is made of a light weight cotton and is already a bit wrinkled on day-one.
When we opened her accessories I was surprised to see that the purse has her name and the date 1812 stitched into it which was a nice detail and one I couldn’t see in the preview photos. The top that comes with her accessories is very nice but we could only get her to hold it when it was upside down. (We didn’t try clear elastics, though.)
Finally, the bonnet is a fun addition, though it’s tough to get it on her without also getting stray hair in her face so I apologize if there are a few hairs out of place on Miss Caroline. She’s a really pretty doll and we can’t wait to read her stories.
Welcome Caroline! And thank you Sue and Ellie for taking time to send in these great photos!
shes nice but probably wont be getting her unless i win her in the FB contest.
The scene behind Caroline is part of Kirsten’s Scenes and Setting. It was sold by PC in the 90s, and goes for quite a bit on ebay (the original 5 all had them). They stopped making them because of shipping damage issues.
I’m now in 2 contests to win Caroline. I don’t think I’ll win, but if I do, that’s great. I drov to Barnes and Noble today after class specifically to get her paperdoll set, so if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to look at Caro’s unproduced wardrobe.
o my gee I love her
She looks much better in real life, but still her hair is just too bleach blond. She is beautiful in all other ways, and congrats
I just saw a Caroline display in my local Barnes & Noble bookstore. They are also having a contest where you can win her. I must say she is much prettier in real life. I don’t think I like the eyes on the mini doll though…
Lena – I thought that’s what it was. I was shocked for a second because I thought they might’ve brought the play scenes and settings back.
I love her! Beautiful!
To catch up on the 100 days I’m having a welcome Caroline cook out! I don’t know how to add the safty thing though…..
Emily- How about for “parking”?
Shes so pretty. If anyone has a mini doll of anyone can you do like a review thing on your or my blog?
Loveag12- we have a cat who was going to be put down :’( they just had not gotten around to it. But we came and took our big, fat black cat! Her name is Margaret and I love her very much.
WOW!!!!! cool she is so pretty
loveag12 – My dog is a shelter dog and I love her so much.
I think Doll Diaries should post a comparison between Lanie and Caroline, if they haven’t done so already. I’ve been hearing that Caroline resembles a lot to Lanie, and I can kind of see that. I’m just curious to know the real similarities and differences, since I do not own a Lanie doll but I do own Caroline.
Venus – I will have to ask readers for help with that one since I don’t own Lanie or Caroline either.