More Holiday Scene Photos

American Girl Christmas Scene

Pin itThe day after our Holiday Gala reader photo event closed I got the sweetest email from Rachael. She is a college student and had just got home from college for the break and missed the deadline to submit photos, but wanted to know if she could still send some in. Of course, I said [...]

American Girl Seattle Trip Report

American Girl cups and accessories

Pin itOne of our readers, Paula, recently went to the American Girl store in Seattle and sent in this trip report. This was my first visit to the Seattle AG store and while it was brief I managed to get a bunch of gifts, see some of the store, and get some goodies for my [...]

More Photos from the American Girl Cruise from Lisa Yee

Lisa Yee American Girl Fashion Show

Pin itAmerican Girl author Lisa Yee has shared even more of her photos and commentary from the 25th Anniversary American Girl Cruise. I love Lisa’s sense of humor and how could you not love her little mascot Peepy who makes it into just about every photo in some way shape or form. Here is a [...]

A Rainbow of Dolls

a rainbow of american girl dolls

Pin itDoll Diaries is graced to have readers from all corners of the world! Our friends Mimi, Iris and Cedar are sisters who live in Australia. Their Mom, April, sent in this photo of their doll collection making a rainbow. From left to right we have: Kirsten, Ivy, Julie, Kanani, Mimi (#28), Felicity, Elizabeth, Kaya, [...]

Christmas at American Girl Washington DC

American Girl Christmas Tree Washington DC Tysons Salvation Army

Pin itA big thank you to Madelon for sharing some of the pictures she took at American Girl Washington DC (Tysons)! Oh how I want this Christmas tree!!! This is the Salvation Army’s Angel tree decorated with American Girl mini dolls and mini books, the signature American girl star and plenty of red and white. [...]

Cracking the Cover Features Interviews with American Girl Authors

Interview with American Girl Authors

Pin it Cracking the Cover did a nice interview series on American Girl Authors Sarah Masters Buckey and Denise Lewis Patrick recently. Actually they did three interviews: Q&A with Sarah Masters Buckey Q&A with Denise Lewis Patrick Authors Become Friends While Creating American Girl Characters From the third link: In the summer of 2008, a [...]

American Girl Cruise Recap from Kellee

American Girl Cruise Nellie and Molly

Pin itOne of our loyal readers, Kellee, was lucky enough to go on the American Girl Cruise that took place last week. Here are Nellie and Molly enjoying dinner on the cruise. And this is a photo of all the goodies they received while they were on the cruise. Of course, there is also the [...]

Now That’s A Big Cake

Lisa Yee with American Girl 25th Birthday Cake

Pin it Now that is a big cake!! This is the 25th Birthday cake they served on the American Girl cruise that author Lisa Yee (she wrote Kanani’s books and the Ivy books) shared via Twitter from the cruise ship. I can’t wait to see more photos and read more trip reports from other readers [...]

Oh No! Felicity is Injured

American Girl Doll Felicity damaged

Pin itLast night while we were continuing to dress our dolls for the holidays I had a horrible realization! My beloved Felicity is INJURED. Over the summer all the historical dolls were on a shelf in my daughter’s room and the shelf came tumbling down. We scooped up all the dolls and then proceeded to [...]

American Girls 25th Anniversary Mini Doll Collection

American Girl 25th Anniversary Mini Dolls Collection

Pin itI did it. I went ahead and completed our collection of the American Girl special-edition 25th Anniversary mini dolls before Christmas. And now that all the girls are here, we definitely have some new favorites! I am so glad that mid-way through the year American Girl decided the girls needed stands because when we [...]

American Girl Sporty Winter Outfit

Sporty Winter Fun outfit by American Girl

Pin it Pardon the shadows in the photograph, but there is no good lighting in the house right now and I just couldn’t wait any longer to share this photo. Kanani wanted to show us that even though she is a Hawaiian girl who is used to the sun and the sand, she is quite [...]

Karen’s Seattle Surprise Meet Up & Holiday Outfits

karen-ali

Pin it Have you ever woken up without a plan on a Saturday morning and had it turn it to one of the best days you can remember in a really long time? That is what happened to me this past Saturday November 12, 2011.  It all started when I woke up before my kids, [...]

American Girl 25% off Sale on Cecile & Marie Grace Collection

ag-sale

Pin it In case you have not heard, American Girl has everything in their Cecile and Marie-Grace Collection 25% off through November 13, 2011. From what I have heard this is a one time deal and they are limiting the number of any one item you can purchase to three.

Ivy Comes to Visit

American Girl Julie and Ivy

Pin it There is some serious doll play going on in our Living Room right now. Julie is thrilled because her BFF Ivy has come to play for the afternoon. Julie is wearing the Paisley Print PJ’s from AG 2005 and Ivy is wearing Chrissa’s PJ’s and the slippers that go with another robe outfit. [...]

American Girl Commercial 2011

american girl commercial

Pin itI know that some of our readers have mentioned the American Girl commercial that has been on TV recently and I saw it today on Disney Channel. Up til now, I couldn’t find the commercial on YouTube, but I just found it and figured you would like to see it – especially if you [...]