Chrissa and Friends and Introducing Alex17

Hi, It’s Alex17,  the daughter of Doll Diarie’s owner Char. I have been asking my Mom if  I could help her manage the Doll Diaries site for 2 years. Finally,  today she  said  I could!
My first assignment was to take a picture,  so here  is a  picture of Chrissa and her friends having  a party. [...]

Doll Stands

Now that we have shelves to display my daughter’s dolls when she is not playing with them, I realized we need more doll stands. She has four or five of the nice dark wooden based doll stands from American Girl (that I picked up when they went on sale), but it seems that American Girl [...]

Chrissa and Her Friends

Chrissa has officially been retired in the American Girl history books, but she and her friends Gwen and Sonali are loving life in my daughter’s room. Chrissa is the doll that my daughter had bonded with most – I think it is because they are both swimmers. She got Chrissa for her birthday last year [...]

Dr. Phil and American Girl on Girl Power

Dr. Phil’s December 25th show was all about Girl Power. He partnered with American Girl, Patty Criswell and a whole bunch of tween girls to address many of the issues facing tween girls now and through the ages.

Throughout the show, there were video clips of the American Girl Place store, the dolls and books. At [...]

Maplelea Canadian Girl Doll Review

It 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 Canadian [...]

The Dolls Take The Wheel

So, we are snowed in which is fine as far as my kids are concerned. My daughter has been playing with her dolls just about all day.

She just came “driving” through my office with Chrissa and her latest addition to the dolly family – Ashley the Madame Alexander Favorite Friends doll in the Build-a-Bear’s little [...]

American Girl Craft Supplies and Kits from Michaels

American Girl has teamed up with EKSuccess Brands and Michaels crafts to launch a cute new line of craft supplies and project ideas for girls – www.americangirlcrafts.com. The projects range from bracelets and mini purses and the products include doll stickers – like Chrissa, iron-ons and craft kits.
Based on the popularity of their previous craft [...]

American Girl Fashion Shows

American Girl Fashion Shows are a neat way to raise funds for your non-profit organization and make for a really wonderful afternoon of American Girl fun for girls and their parents. A few years ago my daughter and I attended one put on by a local ballet company and it was a perfect afternoon.
The Special [...]

New American Girl Items

Some lucky souls have already received their American Girl catalogs for fall that have the pictures of all the new stuff. Unfortunately I am not one of those lucky souls – yet. Here are some scans of the new catalog that Claire found: http://s952.photobucket.com/albums/ae4/luvmytwins02/
My thoughts so far:

Rebecca’s collection is just classy. The sofa -divine.
I have [...]

American Girl Dolls On QVC

American Girl dolls will be featured July 26 on QVC. It will be part of their Christmas in July feature. Right now it is not known which dolls will be sold or what kind of discount will be in place. I may just have to watch it Sunday morning to see for myself.
If you visit [...]