Chrissa and Friends and Introducing Alex17

Hi, It’s Alex17,  the daughter of Doll Diarie’s owner Char. I have been asking my Mom if  I could help her manage the Doll Diaries site for 2 years. Finally,  today she  said  I could!
My first assignment was to take a picture,  so here  is a  picture of Chrissa and her friends having  a party. [...]

New American Girl Meet Outfit and a Giveaway

Our friend Ana at Bonggamom Finds has been lucky enough to be chosen as an official parent partner for American Girl’s new Shine On Now program that is being launched in conjunction with its virtual world InnerstarU.  Shine On Now is a website where girls can sign up to be ambassadors, do tasks and earn [...]

Rebecca Rubin Meet the Author Event

Rebecca meet the author series event

Thanks to DollDiaries reader Alyssa for sending me the announcement for a Meet the Author event in the Philadelphia area with Jacqueline Dembar Greene who wrote the Rebecca Rubin series.

The details (link to PDF flyer):
Free, open to the public on  Sunday, June 13, 2010
In 2 locations – at Gratz College  at 10:30 AM and PJDS [...]

Kansas City Gets Next American Girl Place

American Girl must be having success with their smaller Boutique and Bistro versions of the flagship stores as they are opening yet another one this fall in the Kansas City area.
According to KansasCity.com:
The ultra-popular American Girl has doll shops in only eight of the country’s top cities — and soon Overland Park will be the [...]

Coming Soon – American Girl’s Innerstar University

American Girl Innerstar University

Thanks to Lena for tracking down the link for this! It looks like American Girl is planning a launch this summer of an online world for girls and their dolls called Innerstar University.

It looks like the new series of books (due out late summer) includes the titles:

Braving the Lake (American Girl)
Fork in the Trail (American [...]

Photos from Lanie Author Jane Kurtz Book Signing Event

My awesome friend Jen came through for us again!! She went to the Jane Kurtz/Lanie book signing event in Denver this past weekend. Not only did she take some great photos, she also sent me some notes about the event.

The event started by walking in the door and signing up for a drawing for a [...]

Inside American Girl Place Denver

American Girl Place Denver

A good friend of mine (Jen from ProjectsforPreschoolers.com) lives in the Denver area and just so happened to be at the new American Girl Place in Denver yesterday. She was kind enough to take lots of pictures of the store for us, too. There are 12 pictures in the set and I thought that would [...]

Lanie – Meet the Author Event

All you lucky Denver area American Girl Fans – meet Lanie author Jane Kurtz on May 1, 2010 at the Greenwood Community Church in Greenwood Village, Colorado.

Click on the image for more details. Looks like a great event with plenty of giveaways and its for a good cause, too.

Handmade Sweater for American Girl Doll

knitted cardigan for american girl dolls

A few weeks ago I posted a link to a Knitted American Girl Retro Cardigan pattern and asked if anyone made one to send in the pictures. Melinda just sent me two pictures of the beautiful purple cardigan she made for her doll.

GORGEOUS! Thanks Melinda!

Scoop – Possible 2011 Historical Doll Information

Between one of our reader’s (Libby) tip and some research of my own, I have found a little bit of info on a possible American Girl historical doll release set for June 2011.
From illustrator Christine Kornacki’s website:
LONG OVERDUE UPDATE05/13/09 08:25 PMThough my updates have been few and far between lately, don’t be alarmed. These [...]