American Girl Doll Wall Display

We are running out of space in my daughter’s tiny room for all her doll stuff so I decided to get creative and use these cool wall boxes as doll displays.

L-R – Chrissa and her swim stuff fit perfectly in the first wall box, Coconut, Licorice and Starburst like the middle box, and Kit loves being part of Chrissa’s world while Marisol’s cat and Kit’s dog Gracie hang out below.

Closer view of Chrissa and her swim stuff in the first wall box.

We love to see how you display your dolls! Send in your photos to share@dolldiaries.com. We’ll either put them in the gallery or in a post of their own.

How to Pierce A Doll’s Ears

Let me start off by saying, DO NOT pierce your doll’s ears without first getting parental permission, and I highly recommend that you have parental supervision while doing this. Also, if you pierce your dolls’ ears, it is PERMANENT so think long and hard about taking on this project first.

Now that I got all that out of the way, TracAn posted a very detailed tutorial on piercing your doll’s ears in our forum and gave me permission to repost it here.

SUPPLIES NEEDED TO PIERCE DOLL’S EARS

• Pencil to mark the place to pierce
• Needle nose pliers to hold the pin or needle
• A thin pin or needle, make sure it is a thin one
• Lighter to heat the pin or needle
• Earring to put in the ears

Use the pencil to mark where you want to pierce the ear

Hold the pin with the needle nose pliers so that you do not burn your fingers when the pin is heated and it is easier to hold steady.

Do not try to push the pin straight in – it will bend.

If you work more from the front, you can see the earrings better and they fit their ear more securely.

Next hold the pin or needle and use the lighter to heat it up so that it will melt through the plastic (PLEASE use ADULT supervision with this part – I’m serious!!!)

Brace your hand on their shoulder and line the pin up where you want it.

Then you can slide the pin in and pull it back out immediately.

And the result:

Thanks TracAn (aka The Crazy Doll Lady – check out her cool store)!

Photo Essay: American Girl Dolls Snowed in at Christmas

One of our readers, Auntie Paula, is an Auntie who got snowed in on Christmas with three feet of snow.  Since her dolls and she could not go visit her 5.5-year-old niece, they had a party instead.  Here are a some of pictures of Samantha (Sammy), Nellie, Felicity, and Nicki on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning.

The dolls getting ready.

Welcoming their guest.

The tree – isn’t it beautiful?

Christmas Eve

Christmas Cookie

Opening gifts on Christmas morning.

Auntie Paula – your scenes are gorgeous! Thank you for sharing these with us and we would love to see more of your collection/scenes in the future!

Reader Photos – American Girl Doll Julie

Doll Diaries reader Zoe sent in some super cute pictures! Here they are:

Julie and Elizabeth are just SOOO cute.

Her slipper looks very soft!

And Julie’s accessories are adorable. I love the little toothbrush.

As always, if you have your own photos of your dolls you would like featured here, please send them to share@dolldiaries.com and I will post them.

Win a Doll Trunk from Emily Rose Doll Clothes

My good friends at Emily Rose Doll Clothes have just launched their new and improved store and will be hosting monthly giveaways on their site. The first giveaway they are doing is for a Doll Trunk.

The doll trunk has a hard white, washable exterior with silver fittings and clasps.  The interior is decorated with a soft pink fabric.  The trunk features two drawers for your American Girl doll accessories, a clothes rod for all your 18 inch doll clothes and a pink ribbon to hold your American Girl doll in place when she is traveling.

In order to win, visit the Emily Rose store, click on a product you have purchased to find the “write a review” link. Write the review on the product. If you have never purchased anything from Emily Rose, go take a look at the store and then leave a comment on the contest post at her blog as to what you would like to buy.

The contest ends on Friday, June 13th – so hurry up and enter – I did!

Another American Girl Ruthie Scoop Photo

Thanks to Marcia, here is another photo of the new historical friend doll, Ruthie Smithens, from American Girl. Ruthie is Kit’s best friend and is being added to the collection in time for the Kit movie debut in July.

Here is a scoop photo from the American Girl site (later removed) with Ruthie circled.

I think the two look very much alike and tend to think that this is the real deal, although time will ultimately tell.