American Girl Place Chicago Holiday Windows 2009

The window displays at the American Girl Place stores are gorgeous all year long, however, the holiday displays are always the best. A friend of mine just visited the Chicago store and was kind enough to take some pictures for me. There is quite a bit of glare from the windows, but you can still [...]

Scoop – American Girl Lanie Book Cover Revealed

Lanie's Real Adventures

Thanks to some amazing sleuthing and generous sharing from a Doll Diaries reader – here is the photo of the Lanie book cover. And UPDATED with the cover art for the second book, Lanie’s Real Adventures.
According to the book cover, Lanie is NOTHING like we expected her to look – but it was fun speculating. [...]

American Girl GOTY 2010 Lanie Holland, Book Plots

Lanie Book Cover

So, we still don’t have any pictures And I finally tracked down the cover of the book (thanks to a super amazing reader) for Lanie, the American Girl of the Year (GOTY) for 2010, and we know the storylines from her books.
Lanie:
Lanie feels like she never gets to have any adventures, but her aunt helps [...]

American Girl Opening New Store In Denver

According to the Denver Business Journal, American Girl will be opening its eighth store in the Park Meadows mall in south Denver in the spring of 2010. The store will have a doll salon and the new “Creativi-Tees” make your own doll tee activity center within the store.
 
 

The Perfect Gift for Girls Who Love to Teach

Yesterday while I was at Michael’s Craft Store trying to scope out the new American Girl Craft line (which they had in the back but hadn’t finished putting out yet) I picked up the Doll School: For Girls Who Love to Teach! (American Girl) set for my girls. They love these sets from American Girl, [...]

The American Girl of the Year (GOTY) 2010 Will Be Lanie

UPDATE:
Here is what the cover of the book looks like:

As the release date for the American Girl of the Year – GOTY 2010 gets closer and closer, we are starting to get more clues as to who she is and what her stories will be all about. I think we can confirm that the name [...]

A Little More American Girl of the Year 2010 Information

The American Girl site itself reveals a little bit of information about the Girl of the Year (GOTY) doll for 2010. From the Events page:

Girl of the Year Activity Day
Your girl can celebrate the arrival of our 2010 Girl of the Year during an event that’s inspired by a love of the outdoors! Your girl [...]

American Girl Craft Supplies and Kits from Michaels

American Girl has teamed up with EKSuccess Brands and Michaels crafts to launch a cute new line of craft supplies and project ideas for girls – www.americangirlcrafts.com. The projects range from bracelets and mini purses and the products include doll stickers – like Chrissa, iron-ons and craft kits.
Based on the popularity of their previous craft [...]

American Girl Place New York Photo Tour

A few years ago we visited New York City and one of our destinations was the American Girl Place on 5th Avenue. The store was absolutely magical as far as my daughters were concerned. One of Doll Diaries readers, known for her Bonggamom site, recently visited the American Girl Place in New York and has [...]

Doll Diaries Dolloween Parade Starts This Week

In the past years we have had a Doll Diaries Dolloween Parade showcasing dolls of all kinds dressed up and ready for a Halloween costume party. This year I am hoping to have it set up so you can upload your own Dolloween photos directly and don’t have to wait for me to get them [...]