Sunday Showcase May 20

McKenna's twin

Pin itThanks to all our readers who have shared their photos with us this week! Here are the Sunday Showcase entries for this week. Jasmine’s McKenna was reading Doll Diaries with her and spotted our Mckenna doll in the Fairy Garden, and was surprised to see her twin sister! Jasmine loved how McKenna looked in [...]

So What Was In The Mystery Boxes?

Doll Diaries prizes

Pin itI just love, love, love seeing photos of our prizes once they make it to our winners homes. Katie and Lissy were two of the three Mystery Prize box winners I awarded for taking the time to fill out the Doll Diaries survey. All three Mystery Prize boxes had different things in them, but [...]

Sunday Showcase May 13

Addy

Pin itHappy Mother’s Day! There are so many great photos in my inbox just waiting to be shared this week, so let’s get started! Dawn says, “Here is a photo of Mini Addy wearing a mob cap that I made 30+ years ago and a pinner apron that I made this week. This is the [...]

Sunday Showcase for May 6

Magic Attic doll

Pin itSorry for the delay in getting these posted this morning. Natalie had a swim meet and we are just getting back. Thank you for all the gorgeous photos this week!! Laura posted her Sunday Showcase photo to our Facebook wall. “This is Heather, a Magic Attic Club doll. The Magic Attic Club dolls are [...]

What is Ellowyne Up To?

Ellowyne Wilde

Pin it I had wanted to get a lot more photography done today, but that was just not how my day went. So, instead, let’s have a little fun with Ellowyne! First, this is my original Ellowyne Wilde doll – Dark Days – who I named Elle. She is wearing the top and the jacket [...]

Susan Shares Her American Doll Houses Photos

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Pin itThis is a note and some photos we got from Susan – the winner of the American Doll Houses Barn Scene giveaway from earlier this spring. Ellie (8), Caroline (3) and I want to thank you again for the wonderful giveaway you ran.  We love the two room dollhouse and still can’t believe we [...]

A Few Insights from our Survey

Doll Diaries Survey

Pin it Here we have the Doll Diaries survey analysis team hard at work reading over every single answer that was sent in. As you can see Ellowyne is in charge and looking very serious and Hadley is up to her usual antics because that girl can not sit still! Chrissa is there representing the [...]

Larissa’s New Shirt

Ellowyne Wilde

Pin itMary Rose (Granof4) was one of the recent reader photo winners and she chose the Ellowyne sized t-shirt for her prize. Here is her Ellowyne named Larissa showing us what she got in the mail. A package! For ME?!?! Oh look! It’s our Doll Diaries T-shirt! I can’t wait- I’m going to try it [...]

Doll Diaries Spotlight Sites for April 2012

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Pin itWhoa! Nothing like waiting until the last day of April to share the spotlight sites for this month! Sorry for that – things have been a little busy around here. It is time to give a shout out to some of the new sites I have discovered in the last month that have that [...]

More Doll’s from Elizabeth’s Collection

Elizabeth's collection

Pin itElizabeth’s photos of her Ellowyne dolls have been so much fun to look at and this week she is sharing even more photos with us – but of even more dolls she has in her collection. Elizabeth’s collection is a great example of what I have heard from a few very esteemed doll collectors [...]

Sunday Showcase Part 2 TShirt Winners

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Pin itYou all have no idea how much fun I have doing the reader photo events and giving away everything from Doll Diaries t-shirts to beautiful doll clothes, doll furniture and fabulous dolls, too. The best part has to be the emails and photos that get sent in to me when the prizes arrive. From [...]

Sunday Showcase for April 29

hayley-kirsten

Pin itSo many cute photos in my inbox this week!! I am actually going to do two Sunday Showcase posts today – this one will have all the Sunday Showcase photos and the one later this afternoon will show all the photos I have received recently from Doll Diaries t-shirt winners. Melina sent in a [...]

Doll of the Week – Our First American Girl Doll Nicole

American Girl dolls

Pin itOne of the suggestions I have received is to feature a doll of the week – and to that I say “great idea!” I felt it would only be fitting to kick off the new series by featuring the very first American Girl doll my older daughter got – she is a Girl of [...]

Sunday Showcase for April 22

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Pin itI hope everyone is having a wonderful Earth Day! We are enjoying a calm spring rain which makes for the perfect Sunday, in my opinion! First, today it the last day for the April Reader Photo contest – get your entries in by midnight tonight and I will announce the winners tomorrow. Second, if [...]

Chrissa’s Reminder

Chrissa American Girl of the Year 2009

Pin it Chrissa was out working in the garden today when she realized that the “It’s Only Natural” Reader Photo contest for April closes on April 22 – Earth Day. She wants you to be sure and get your photos in! Go to this post – April Reader Photo Contest – It’s Only Natural! – [...]