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One of these days I am going to find a well loved AG in need of rescue and do some customizing! I know quite a few of you have done custom face ups on your dolls and are very good at it, too. Vivienne shares a simple way to add freckles to any doll – [...]
Juliet rescued two dolls from eBay but had to rewig them both. I’d like to thank her for taking the time to share these photos with us! *** Hi everyone, these are the two Pre-Mattel dolls I re-wigged. Both dolls were bought on eBay – the blonde is Kirsten and the brunette is Molly. I [...]
I just LOVE the before and after photos Diana sends us of dolls she has rescued – whether from Goodwill, a Thrift Store, eBay or otherwise. Let’s take a look at what she has been up to lately! This doll is Gotz and she is Jessica from Precious Day with a different hair style then [...]
One of our readers, Diana, who you should be starting to realize is pretty amazing, sent in a few more photos of American Girl dolls she has rescued. All I can say is WOW! In Diana’s words: Last year I was able to find some really good buys for AG dolls in eBay, but what [...]
A while back I shared some before and after photos of Natalie’s Bitty Baby who had gotten Sharpie marker on her face. I used OXY acne cream to remove the marks and the result was amazing (see the before and after here). One of our regular contributors, Agoverseasfan, made a short video with the step [...]
Thanks for being patient about today’s doll play being posted so late. Natalie had a great swim meet – she got the bronze medal (3rd place) in the backstroke and her relay got the gold (1st place) and her brother did well this afternoon, but it was a LONG day. Anyhow, speaking of patient, today’s [...]
As most of you know, my daughter Natalie is a swimmer – and swimmers have this thing about writing their events on their arms and legs with Sharpie marker so they know when they need to race. Last week after her swim meet, Natalie was so tired that she fell asleep before she could get [...]
I don’t know about you, but I could really use a spa day and I am sure the dolls could use one, too. I had planned on doing a doll spay day as part of our 100 Days of Doll Play later in the summer but one of our readers, Amanda, shared some photos of [...]
One of our readers, AGOverseasFan, always submits beautiful photos to our reader photo events and one of the questions she gets asked most is “how do you curl your doll’s hair to it looks so good?” She did a YouTube tutorial to show you how she does it. I recommend using the Fabric Softener Spray [...]
American Girl dolls are an investment! While they are designed for play, the more you know about caring for them, the better the investment will be. I haven’t looked closely on the American Girl website recently, but a reader, Karen E., pointed out to me that American Girl now has a whole section called Doll [...]
One of the most frequently asked questions I get is “how can I tame the frizzies in my doll’s hair?” A pretty common technique is to give your doll a “Downy Dunk” – where you wash your dolls’ hair, then soak it for an extended time in Downy fabric softener. The results of a Downy [...]
Note – I first published these tips in October of 2006 – yes, that is how long DollDiaries.com has been around – and thought you might find them helpful! While on our trip to American Girl Place this summer I noticed the ladies in the doll salon were using toothbrushes to do the dolls’ hair. [...]
It’s time for a new video from the team at Doll Diaries! My older daughter Megan is known for her elaborate nail polish designs and always doing hair styles on her sister and friends. We were in the doll room (also known as Natalie’s bedroom) the other day and we decided that Megan should start [...]
This week’s Spotlight Sites all caught my eye for a common reason! Each one of the spotlight sites has shared before and after photos of dolls they have rescued and given new life to. These transformations are amazing and inspire me to go looking for a previously loved doll on eBay or my local thrift [...]
Found a cute doll at a thrift store or have one from your past you can’t quite remember the details on? Go check out Kaylee’s Decades of Dolls Index. Her very comprehensive site has information on doll lines dating back to 1930. I really like her chart on cleaning tips which tells you what products [...]
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