Even More Reader Photos

American Girl Balance Beam

Pin itMy inbox is happy with lots of great photos and fabulous-ness that you have all sent me! Kirren sent in photos of her built in bookshelf that she made into a doll house for her American Girl dolls. “I just wanted to show you pictures of my built in dollhouse that I have in [...]

A Rainbow of Dolls

a rainbow of american girl dolls

Pin itDoll Diaries is graced to have readers from all corners of the world! Our friends Mimi, Iris and Cedar are sisters who live in Australia. Their Mom, April, sent in this photo of their doll collection making a rainbow. From left to right we have: Kirsten, Ivy, Julie, Kanani, Mimi (#28), Felicity, Elizabeth, Kaya, [...]

Highlights from the Cécile & Marie-Grace Charity Ball at AGDC

American Girl Charity Ball DC

Pin it In celebration of the new Cécile & Marie-Grace dolls, American Girl hosted Charity Balls inspired by the costume balls of 1850s New Orleans at their individual stores. One of our readers, Madelon, and her daughter Emily went to the ball held at the American Girl Washington DC store at Tyson’s Corner and have [...]

Our Dolls Go Back to School

american girl dolls gwen, nicki, emily

Pin it Our dolls are going back to school too! Gwen is hard at work studying at her desk while Nicki and Emily are busy talking about their pets at the lockers. Have a great week at school!

Doll Diaries Reader Photos for August 2

My American Girl 42

Pin itI love seeing photos of our readers dolls and love getting email and trip reports from you, too! During the month of July I got lots of reader input but was so busy with my own crazy life I haven’t had a chance to share many of them – until now. Some of you [...]

American Girl Doll Wall Display

American Girl Wall Display

Pin itWe 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 [...]

How to Pierce A Doll’s Ears

Tools to pierce vinyl dolls ears

Pin itLet 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 [...]

Photo Essay: American Girl Dolls Snowed in at Christmas

Photo Essay - Getting Ready

Pin itOne 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 [...]

Reader Photos – American Girl Doll Julie

Pin itDoll 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 [...]

Win a Doll Trunk from Emily Rose Doll Clothes

Pin itMy 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 [...]

Another American Girl Ruthie Scoop Photo

Pin itThanks 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. [...]