More Unexpected Doll Finds

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Pin itAnother one of our awesome readers, Madelon, who I hope to meet along with her daughter soon, has been sending me the best photos all month of items she has found at various stores for just a few dollars and has repurposed into items for her daughter’s dolls. LOVE IT! Mini Nutcracker ornaments from [...]

Doll Diaries Spotlight Sites for December 2

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Pin itHappy Friday to all and before I head out this afternoon to take Natalie to day 1 of her swim meet this weekend, I figured I had just enough time to squeeze in another round of Spotlight Sites. Thanks to all who requested it and for your suggestions on sites, too. I love finding [...]

Doll Diaries Spotlights Dolls Before and After

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Pin itThis week’s Spotlight Sites all caught my eye for a common reason!  Each one of the spotlight sites has shared before and after photos of dolls they have rescued and given new life to. These transformations are amazing and inspire me to go looking for a previously loved doll on eBay or my local [...]

Meet BFC Ink Addison

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Pin itWe were walking through CVS (that’s like a Rite-Aid or Walgreens for those of your who don’t have a CVS near by) on Saturday waiting for my older daughter to pick out some nail polish and guess what we saw… CVS was the last place I expected to see Best Friends Club Ink (BFC [...]

Halloween Parade Week 3

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Pin it Weeks 1 and 2 of the Halloween Parade have been so much fun! You all are so creative and last week featured some of our best photos yet. Now it’s time for week 3. If you entered in Week 1 or 2 you are still welcome to enter this week. The photo should [...]

Doll Giveaways

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Pin itWith the holidays right around the corner, dolls are on lots of Christmas wish lists. We have rounded up some of the best doll giveaways going right now! JUST ADDED!! Win a custom My Twinn doll here at Doll Diaries – hurry it ends December 4th. JUST ADDED!! Win a Maplelea Canadian Girl 18″ [...]

How to Pierce A Doll’s Ears

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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 [...]

Craft: Make Your Own Doll Shoes

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Pin itOne of our readers, Aunt Karen of North Vancouver, Canada has made some of the cutest shoes for her nieces dolls. She has offered to share her instructions for making your own doll shoes. What you will need to make to make your doll a pair (or several pairs of shoes) 1 felt board [...]

Doll Day Spa

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Pin itI was just going through the Doll Diaries forum and came across this picture that agdanceprincess posted of her dolls’ Day Spa scene. How cute is this? I love all the creative scenes my readers come up with! Feel free to share yours in the forum or by emailing them to share@dolldiaries.com. I will [...]

Best Dolls for Girls Ages 3-6

Pin it Little girls, ages 3-6 love dolls. They are old enough to start role playing and have fun being “mommy” and caring for their dolls. My daughter has always loved playing with her dolls, pretending to take them to the mall, caring for them when they are sick, and setting up birthday parties for [...]

Dolloween – Halloween Parade Day 4

Pin itOur friend Tari, who makes beautiful handmade doll clothes, is joining the Halloween parade today. Here is JLY #6 revised (now retired I believe), Katie, in the retired Mermaid costume: Here is Julie in the retired Hippie costume: This is retired #20, Heather Noelle, in the Grecian Princess: And finally Natalie #5 in a [...]

Dolloween – Halloween Parade Day 2

Pin it Our Bitty Baby and one of the twins have joined the Halloween parade dressed as a puppy and a kitten. Get in on the fun! Submit your dolls’ (American Girl, My Twinn, Build a Bear, Webkinz, Barbie, the works!) photos for our Halloween parade. You can submit them by joining the Doll Diaries [...]

Dolloween – Halloween Parade Day 1

Pin itIt’s Halloween Week and time for the first dolls to show off their costumes! Agfan4ever’s Molly dressed in an elegant red & gold gown. Gale’s American Girl doll looks adorable in the Bee costume she made! This is our Kit as a Grecian Princess from last year. Our dolls will be dressing up later [...]

Win a Witch’s Costume for Dolls from EmilyRose

Pin it UPDATED with a Winner – the winner is Ginny of Scrappy Designs. Our friend’s at Emily Rose Doll Clothes have got a special giveaway just for Doll Diaries readers! We are giving away this absolutely adorable Witch Halloween Costume for 18″ dolls like American Girl dolls. Entering to win is EASY and you [...]

The Five Best Doll Houses for Play

Pin itMy daughters and I are captivated by dollhouses, the collector type dollhouses are just amazing with their detail and accuracy, but the most popular dollhouses are the ones made for play. 1. KidKraft Doll Houses KidKraft doll houses come in a large variety of styles and are made to be played with by children [...]