Time for Spring Sports with the American Girl Dolls

American Girl running set for dolls

Pin itDo you like spring sports? Our American Girl dolls do! Actually, they like all sports and one of these days I am going to photograph all our sports outfits being modeled, but for now, join Emily, Marisol and Gwen as they get ready to play and I review three new sports outfits. It’s a [...]

Quick and Easy Luau Dress for Kanani

Kanani modeling her new dress

Pin itI am so grateful that I have finally had time to get some sewing done and work through some of the patterns I have had downloaded for over a year now. In my stack of fabric there was a pretty pink and brown flowered print that just called Kanani’s name! I flipped through my [...]

Great Find – Making Doll Clothes from Duct Tape Video

make doll clothes for duck tape duct

Pin itMy friend Heather from DollarStoreCrafts.com sent me a link to this great video on how to make clothes for your fashion dolls – like Monster High and Barbie – from duct (duck) tape. The video is very well made and you can certainly use it as inspiration for creating more items for your dolls. [...]

Toy Fair 2012 Report – Dream Big Wholesale Doll Clothes

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Pin itWhile at Toy Fair I got to meet another one of our advertisers, Alina and her daughter Arianna from Dream Big Wholesale Doll Clothes – better known by their retail shop, MyPinkPlanet.com to Doll Diaries readers. I was immediately drawn to the display on the back table because the fashions the 18″ dolls were [...]

Toy Fair 2012 Report – Sophia’s Heritage

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Pin itToy Fair 2012 was amazing! The shear number of toys I saw in one day was over the top, but even more exciting than seeing all the new dolls and toys was meeting everyone – especially the Doll Diaries sponsors. If you look to the right you will see the big ad for My [...]

SFStyleClub Doll Dress Up Giveaway

SFStyleClub

Pin itCONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS!!! Samantha with All Dressed Up and Annika with Wacky Wednesday. Check your email ladies! Are you ready for another really FUN giveaway?? Our friends at Springfield Dolls have recently launched their SFStyleClub – a fun destination for girls where you can create outfits for your dolls, change them over and [...]

Unexpected Doll Clothes

Doll tops from bottle warmers

Pin itInspired by our craft editor, Karen, one of our awesome readers, Madelon, re-purposed a set of Bottle Warmers she found at the discount store Marshalls for $4.99 each into cute tops for her daughter’s dolls. What do you think? Adorable!! Now I may need to take a trip to Marshall’s… And she used the [...]

Giveaway: DreamWorld Collections Happy Holidays Outfit

Happy Holidays Outfit

Pin itUPDATED! Scroll down for winner. Last month when DreamWorld Collections sponsored a giveaway for one of their most popular dresses, we asked which outfit you, the readers, wanted them to giveaway this month. The answer was a pretty resounding – Happy Holidays outfit. As promised, we are doing a giveaway for this stunning red [...]

MyPinkPlanet Grand Ball Dress for Dolls Giveaway

My Pink Planet Grand Ball Dress

Pin itUPDATED!! Scroll down to find out who won! Over the weekend I went to fancy holiday party and it was a lot of fun to see everyone all dressed up, so it is very fitting that the giveaway we are starting today is for a Grand Ball Dress for 18″ dolls. One of our [...]

Review & Giveaway Carpatina Glitter Girl Dress

Carpatina party dress for dolls

Pin itUPDATE!! Scroll down to see who won! It is time for another giveaway from our friends at Carpatina. Carpatina makes beautiful 18″ slim body dolls, are well-known for their Renaissance inspired doll clothes, and have a fun line of contemporary clothes for 18″ dolls. They recently added some new dresses to their shop and [...]

Design Your Own Doll Clothes at Fashion Playtes

Fashion Playtes design your own clothes

Pin itI have had a few friends ask where they can get matching doll and girl outfits for their daughters and then I have friends who say they wish they knew how to sew because they would love to make a one of a kind outfit for their daughter and/or her doll. I have the [...]

Review & Giveaway: The Queen’s Treasures Steamer Trunk for Dolls

Steamer trunk with removable tray

Pin itUPDATED WITH WINNER – Scroll down for to see who won. Did you see the review and enter the giveaway (it closes the 15th) for the Doll Storage Trunk with Built in Bed from The Queen’s Treasures yet? If not – go look! If so, you will love this week’s giveaway. This week we [...]

Giveaway: DreamWorld Collections Let’s Go Shopping Outfit

DreamWorld Collections Ladybug dress

Pin itUPDATED WITH WINNER!! Scroll down to find out who won! It’s time for another giveaway! Last month we were first introduced to the top-quality outfits from DreamWorld Collections when we did a review of her Asian Beauty and her Black Swan outfits for 18″ dolls. Since we did our review, DreamWorld Collections has added [...]

Giveaway: Queen’s Treasures Chef Outfit and Kitchen Utensils

Queens Treasures Chef Outfit for dolls

Pin itUPDATED! Scroll down to see who won. I am so excited!!! We have got the most amazing two months worth of giveaways lined up for our fabulous Doll Diaries readers and today’s giveaway is just the beginning. You will not want to miss a thing! Recently I was contacted by The Queen’s Treasures – [...]

DreamWorld Collections Review

Dreamworld doll clothes

Pin itI’d like to welcome one of our newest site sponsors, DreamWorld Collections! DreamWorld Collections was born from a childhood love of dress making that resurfaced years later as her own daughter began to play with dolls. They sent us two outfits to review and let me just say – BEAUTIFUL! They sent us the [...]