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April 21, 1765 is American Girl Felicity’s birthday! Happy Birthday Felicity!! As you can see, Felicity’s friends have made her a cake and did a little time traveling in the process because the cake is from 2003 and has Coconut the dog on it. Felicity is from Colonial Williamsburg – the same place that inspired [...]
Three American Girl historical dolls have birthdays coming up: Felicity – April 21 Molly – April 22 Julie – May 1 If you want to submit photos of any of them celebrating their birthday, just email your photo to me – share@dolldiaries.com. Please resize your photo to 540 pixels wide and feel free to watermark [...]
Dolls need a little pampering, too, you know! Today we are taking a quick look back at some of the spa related items from American Girl that are now retired. Natalie’s doll April is modeling the Bubble Robe set from 2004. It came with the robe, slippers, headband, and an accessories pouch which I could [...]
UPDATED! The Columbus American Girl store will have its Grand Opening the weekend of June 22-23 as noted on this graphic posted on Facebook: This just in! According to the American Girl Facebook page, Columbus, Ohio will be getting an AG store in the summer of 2013. It will open at Easton Town Center [...]
Long before we added Molly to our collection, her best friend Emily joined our doll family. As a matter of fact, Megan got Emily for Christmas in 2006! Since then, Emily has become one of the most photographed and well loved dolls in our collection. Not only is she beautiful, but Emily goes from historical [...]
In honor of Saige’s new movie, Diana has some fun things to share with us! Let’s start with a quick photo story called “Saige Gets the Part.” Saige was so thrilled when she was told that she got the leading role in the American Girl movie called Saige Paint’s the Sky. She was outside the [...]
If you are in the Washington DC area, I thought I would pass this note from my personal shopper along. We wanted you to know about a special opportunity at our store this Sunday, April 14, 2013 that you may want to consider. The award-winning author of Caroline Abbott’s six-book series, Kathleen Ernst, will be [...]
American Girl of the Year 2009, Chrissa Maxwell, was a first for American Girl in a few ways. She was the first Girl of the Year doll to have a movie and she is the only one to have two friends released as part of her collection. Chrissa’s collection is also the only “complete” collection [...]
I’m not quite sure when I first discovered Steampunk Addie, but her Adventures of Steampunk Addie blog has been on my regular reading list for quite some time. I love the mix of history, doll, and popular culture posts all written from the perspective of Steampunk Addie – an American Girl Addy doll with a [...]
American Girl Julie Albright was released in 2007 as the historical character from 1974. For many, many Moms like me, we instantly felt old! I was 6 years old in 1974 – how could my childhood fashions, toys and events be history already? And I think that is part of Julie’s appeal! Just like Julie, [...]
By now most of you have seen the Saige Paints the Sky movie trailer on the American Girl website, but if you haven’t: Watch Saige Paints the Sky trailer at AmericanGirl.com What do you think? According to IMDB.com, the movie features: Mimi: Jane Seymour Saige: Sidney Fullmer Dylan: Mika Abdalla Tessa: Alex Peters Gabi: Alana Gordillo Saige’s [...]
Today when we were at the American Girl store, Natalie had her heart captured by My AG #57. She went to the store with a list of various outfits and accessories. She had a budget. She had been saving all her allowances and special occasion money. And the more she looked at #57 the more [...]
I hope you enjoyed our Happy Birthday Rebecca post and Throwback Thursday while we were up at the American Girl store in DC (well, really it is in VA at Tyson’s Corner). We had a great time and made a few new friends while we were at it. Natalie decided to take Gwen with us [...]
It finally feels like spring so let’s get out and move! For today’s Throwback Thursday I thought it would be fun to look at some of the retired American Girl sports outfits. From Rachael – My dolls love to get out there and be active! Kirsten is modeling the first tennis outfit, complete with the [...]
According to American Girl, Rebecca’s birthday is April 4, 1905 which makes her 108 today – I think she is aging well, don’t you Since we do not have Rebecca (but we are going to visit her today at the American Girl store), some of our wonderful regular contributors have sent in photos for us [...]
Natalie’s first doll from American Girl was her Bitty Baby, Penelope, who we featured recently, but her very first My American Girl doll was Alex – or #21 with honey blond curly hair and hazel eyes. Natalie got Alex in 2006 (I think) and I picked her for Natalie because they both had curly, honey [...]
I know what you are thinking? Its not quite April and we are already trying to figure out who the American Girl GOTY 2014 is? Well, of course we are!!! I just followed a link from Living a Doll’s Life to a Universal Studios Home Entertainment casting call post and found this: An Examiner article [...]
Kailey Hopkins was the second American Girl of the Year – she was released in 2003 and retired in 2004. Kailey is from California and loves the ocean. When she hears of major commercial development coming to her beloved beach that would destroy the tide pools, Kailey and her best friend Tess devise a way [...]
So, if it is supposed to be Spring, why did I wake up to a car covered in tiny, white snowflakes again this morning? I think Mother Nature forgot to set her alarm! Anyhow, in celebration of Spring, today’s Throwback Thursday is an opportunity to take another look at some of the retired Spring dresses from American [...]
Today is American Girl Josefina’s birthday! Feliz cumpleaños, Josefina! We haven’t added Josefina to our collection yet, although I have come close a few times. This is actually Madelon’s Josefina all dressed up for her celebration. Enjoy some printable activities created by American Girl for Josefina and her world as you help her celebrate her very [...]
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