Meet BFC Ink Addison

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Pin itWe were walking through CVS (that’s like a Rite-Aid or Walgreens for those of your who don’t have a CVS near by) on Saturday waiting for my older daughter to pick out some nail polish and guess what we saw… CVS was the last place I expected to see Best Friends Club Ink (BFC [...]

Australian Girl Doll Emily

Australian Girl Doll Emily

Pin it Karen just got her very own Australian Girl doll named Emily. How cute is she?? You can read all about Emily, the making of the Australian Girl dolls and all the details at Karen’s site. How do you like her?

Reader Photos: Hearts for Hearts Girls Nahji

Hearts for Hearts Nahji

Pin it First of all, thank you to Catherine for sending in her photo of her new doll Nahji, one of the Hearts for Hearts dolls you can buy at Target or Amazon (and a few other places).  Second, how cute is she?? Nahji looks like she would be such a sweet girl and would [...]

Hearts for Hearts Doll Dell Up Close

Hearts for Hearts girls doll Dell

Pin itOne of our readers, Evelyn, just got Dell from the Hearts for Hearts line and was nice enough to share some pictures of Dell. Here’s what Evelyn has to say about Dell: Dear Char, Your post awhile ago on the Hearts for Hearts girls had me wondering about the dolls.  Then while watching tv [...]

Other than American Girl dolls, what lines of dolls do you like?

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Pin itI know that Doll Diaries readers LOVE American Girl dolls. You all are crazy passionate about your American Girls, but I want to know what other doll lines do you collect, like to play with, wish you could get – the works!  Our latest poll asks just that – what other doll lines do [...]

Hearts for Hearts Dolls

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Pin it Have you seen the Hearts for Hearts girls yet? I first heard about this line of six dolls from around the world last fall, but for some reason I never got around to featuring them. Then last week I was at Target with my daughter doing school shopping and I took at peek [...]

Girl Scouts Doll Collection from Paradise Galleries

Girl Scout Dolls 18" from Paradise Galleries

Pin it Got a Girl Scout Junior or Brownie in the house? If so, you will love the new Tender Heart Girls officially licensed “Girl Scouts Collection” from Paradise Galleries.  The vinyl and cloth bodied dolls come dressed in a miniaturized version of the white jersey knit Girl Scouts service mark t-shirt, soft cotton tan [...]

Pullip Dolls

Collectible Pullip Doll

Pin itPullip dolls are highly collectible fashion dolls originally created by Cheonsang Cheonha of South Korea in 2003. They kind of remind me of Blythe dolls with their oversized heads and big eyes. The Pullip dolls are plastic ball jointed dolls who are highly customizable and have eyes that can wink. Cute! Actually, the wig [...]

Mattel to Launch Monster High Line of Dolls

Monster High Dolls

Pin itBetween emails from Doll Diaries reader Alyssa and hearing the endless commercials for Monster High at Justice today, I figured I needed to figure out what the buzz was all about. Dubbed the Addam’s Family meets the cast of Grease, Mattel’s new Monster High line is aimed at tweens and is now available  (you [...]

Wedding and First Communion Dolls

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Pin itSome of the most beautiful dolls I have seen are ones who celebrate the act of marriage or the religious First Communion – the dresses are just amazing. These special dolls are great mementos of very important days and are popular gifts (especially the First Communion dolls). I love that you can find a [...]

Create Your Own Styles with Harumika

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Pin itSo, we are snowed in – really, and its not much fun. Once the power finally came back on my daughter and I were watching TV and saw a commercial for the Harumika fashion line. Harumika is not really a doll, but rather a doll form that you can create and display your own [...]

Maplelea Canadian Girl Doll Review

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Pin itIt doesn’t matter where you live, one thing seems to always ring true – girls love to play with dolls and dolls that represent their heritage, hobbies, and personalities are the most popular. Maplelea Girls are those dolls for the girls of Canada. The collection of five dolls representing the girls from the various [...]

Madame Alexander 18″ Favorite Friends Dolls

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Pin itMadame Alexander has released a line of 18″ dolls that are very similar in size and stature to American Girl Dolls. The dolls have rooted, styleable hair, and are articulated at the neck, shoulders and hips so they can be posed. They are also soft-bodied dolls. The Madame Alexander Favorite Friends are also very [...]

My Twinn is Back

My Twinn Doll Beds

Pin it The My Twinn The Just Like Me Doll (www.mytwinn.com) doll line has had quite a bumpy road over the course of its existence – most recently when its parent company, The Parent Company, filed for bankruptcy. A New Jersey company bought My Twinn at auction and resumed operations in early spring 2009 and [...]

Twilight Dolls

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Pin it The first Twilight saga movie was a huge hit and with the second movie in the saga, New Moon tickets on sale now, I’m sure we will see even more Twilight memorabilia being sold. The Tonner doll company has created a Twilight doll line that is geared toward the collector with prices of  [...]