Our Visit to The Toy Shoppe

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Pin itI am really loving that Natalie’s swim meets have been in fun places recently and have given us the opportunity to take in some extra doll goodness along with her swim. If you remember, a few weeks ago we ended up at the American Girl store at Tysons after one of her meets and [...]

Congratulations to the 2012 DOTY Industry Award Winners

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Pin it Each year doll industry experts, doll artists, collectors and retailers get together for the International Doll Exhibition known as IDEX and each year they also have an awards banquet to recognize the Dolls of the Year based on the industry’s input. While you won’t find many (if any) of these dolls at Target [...]

Paradise Galleries Tender Hearts Dolls Sale

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Pin it Paradise Galleries has a great deal going right now on their Tender Hearts doll line. Purchase any two Tender Heart Girl dolls and get an outfit FREE!  Use code: EMP1TEND (ends 2/14) We reviewed a Tender Hearts doll – Emma – and we love that not only is she very huggable with that [...]

More Adventures with Ellowyne

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Pin itMy Wilde Imagination Ellowyne doll was getting a little bored on the shelf today and decided it was time to go see if there was anything new and fun in Megan’s room. When Ellowyne got to Megan’s room she found a few shiny new medals sitting on her dresser. This one she got for [...]

Springfield Doll Furniture Giveaway

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Pin itUPDATE!!! Congratulations to Gretchen & Diva Jean – they are the winners of this giveaway!! To continue our month long Springfield Dolls giveaway extravaganza, this week we are highlighting the Springfield Collection Furniture for dolls and will be giving two winners the furniture piece of their choice from the Springfield Dolls online store. Personally, [...]

Samantha’s SF Style Club Win Photo

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Pin itFirst of all, I’d like to thank the Springfield Doll company for sponsoring such a fun giveaway in the SF Style Club Design Your Own Prize giveawy! And I’d like to thank everyone who took the time to enter, too. Samantha was one of our winners in week one and she got her prize [...]

Another SFStyle Club Create Your Own Outfit Giveaway

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Pin itUPDATED!!! Congratulations to our winners!! Hailey for Heading to Practice and Rose with A Fun Day. Check your inboxes ladies! Back by popular demand … the SF Style Club Create Your Own Outfit Giveaway!! Our friends at Springfield Dolls have recently launched their SFStyleClub – a fun destination for girls where you can create [...]

More Fun with Ellowyne

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Pin itMy new Ellowyne from Wilde Imagination has got the most amazing hair to work with!! I decided to take a cue from Megan and give Elle a crown braid – very similar to what Megan does with her own hair on a regular basis. Ellowyne’s hair is very long – going well below her [...]

Terri Lee Dolls – Bringing Back a Classic

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Pin itIf you (or your Mom or Grandmother) were a little girl in the 1940′s to 1960′s there is a really good chance you had a Terri Lee doll or had a friend who had one. The 15″ play dolls had a wide range of outfits and accessories, stylable hair, and even had a magazine [...]

Old Meets New in Matching Outfits

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Pin itMany of you are familiar with Sharry – she is a frequent commenter and contributor to the Doll Diaries community, has her own YouTube channel,  she is a teacher, and she is a collector of 1970′s toys and dolls. Sharry will be sharing more photos and insight into her 1970′s  treasurers throughout the year. [...]

Gotz Doll Rescue

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Pin itOne of our readers, Lyric, made a good find this week and wanted to share it with us. She rescued a Gotz doll from Goodwill and has now found a new doll line to collect. In her words: Yesterday I was at  Goodwill looking around and guess what I found?! A Gotz doll!! Her [...]

Giveaway for $25 Gift Card to Springfield Collection Store

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Pin itUPDATED!!! SCROLL DOWN FOR WINNERS. I just posted the winners of last week’s Springfield Dolls SF Style Club giveaway so it is time to kick off another one!! This week we are celebrating the grand opening of the Springfield Collection’s online store! Yes, you can now buy all your Springfield Dolls, their clothes, accessories [...]

Having Fun with Ellowyne

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Pin itWhen I ordered my Wilde Imagination Ellowyne I knew she was pretty, I knew she was very different from our American Girl dolls, but what I didn’t expect was that I would have so much fun with her! Ellowyne has a more grown up personality than American Girl dolls – she’s into fashion and [...]

Meet Ellowyne

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Pin itFirst of all, I know we talk A LOT about 18″ dolls on Doll Diaries, but they are not the only dolls we love! Second, I bought MYSELF a doll – yes, there have been others like Felicity and Saila, but this one is different. Meet Ellowyne… Isn’t she gorgeous? Ellowyne is a 16″ [...]

SFStyleClub Doll Dress Up Giveaway

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Pin itCONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS!!! Samantha with All Dressed Up and Annika with Wacky Wednesday. Check your email ladies! Are you ready for another really FUN giveaway?? Our friends at Springfield Dolls have recently launched their SFStyleClub – a fun destination for girls where you can create outfits for your dolls, change them over and [...]