Toy Fair 2012 Report Adora Dolls

Adora 18" Wizard of Oz dolls

Pin itReady for even more Toy Fair reports? I visited the Adora Doll booth at Toy Fair and was pleasantly surprised at the quality and uniqueness of their dolls. It is so hard to really see these qualities in a doll when you are just looking at photos on a website or in a magazine! [...]

Toy Fair 2012 Report – Hearts for Hearts Girls

New Hearts for Hearts Girls Mosi Rue Zelia

Pin itThe Hearts for Hearts Girls dolls captured our hearts last year so I am excited to be able to share with you what I saw inside the Playmates company showroom at the Toy Fair last week. The new items will be available in June 2012 at Toys R Us, Target and Amazon. The new [...]

Springfield Collection Prize Photos

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Pin itLucky reader Savanah was one of the winners of the Springfield Collection furniture giveaway last month. She got to pick a piece of Springfield Doll furniture and chose the trunk as her prize. Her prize arrived and she was kind enough to share the photos with us. “Well as the subject says the doll [...]

Toy Fair 2012 Report – A Girl For All Time

Tudor historical doll Matilda from A Girl from All Time

Pin itThe new award-winning line of 16″ dolls inspired by important times in British history, A Girl for All Time, came all the way to New York to introduce Matilda, a girl from Tudor times (1500′s) and the next member of her family, Amelia, a girl from the Victorian age (available this summer) to toy [...]

Meet Kidz ‘n Cats Doll Galina

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Pin itOver the weekend we visited The Toy Shoppe (see our recap here) and of course, we did not come home empty-handed. We added another doll to our collection – a Sonja Hartmann Kidz ‘ n Cats 18″ slim body doll named Galina. The Kidz ‘n Cats dolls come in a wide variety of faces, [...]

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

New Terri Lee doll

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. [...]