Saturday, August 27, 2011

My Doll Display!

Do you have a special place where you keep your dolls? Do you display them somewhere?

I have a special place for mine in my room, where they are displayed! :)
















I keep them on top of my book case, where most of my American Girl/doll related items are stored underneath. I keep some other AG/doll things in my closet and in other places around my room when I am not using them. I also have a smaller book case where my AG books are kept.
















My American Girl storage area!
















My Doll Room! I made many of the items found in this room and sewed the quilting for the bed.

I used a Hello Kitty trunk and covered it with a cloth and turned it into a desk as well.

I have also been collecting the AG Catalogs for a long time now.
































My own American Girl library! :D lol

Thanks for reading about my American Girl display and storage area! :)

Where do you store your AG things? Do you have a doll room? I would love to know!







Please check back soon for another exciting Doll Fun Special! If you have any ideas for future Doll Fun Specials, please email me at agfan2010@aol.com.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Earthquakes are Scary!

Today my sister, mom, and I went dress shopping at David's Bridal. I was looking for a dress for a wedding.
All of a sudden the floor started to shake tremendously and there was this rumbling noise... My mom and I started running out along with everyone else, while the lady was yelling, "Everybody out!" As I was running in my very long dress and bare feet, I started seeing bits of the ceiling flying everywhere. It was very scary and none of us knew what had happened.

We all got outside safely, but were still trying to figure out what happened. A few minutes later, the news reporters said it was a 5.9 earthquake! It was felt from North Carolina to even Canada!

There were a few aftershocks and damaged reported as well, although I do not think anyone was hurt.

I am so thankful that none of the falling debris hurt us! Did you feel the earthquake?

Sunday, August 21, 2011

My Blog Cupcake!

Yes... the title is kind of funny. LOL

Yesterday, my sister and I made cupcakes with chocolate icing!
















They were actually shaped like muffins because we made them in a muffin pan, but they tasted like cupcakes.

I decided to get a little creative with the icing and decorate some of them! :D
















Can you read my messy hand writing? ;) If you cannot, it says AG Friends! I could not fit the American Girl part of it because the cupcake was too small. hehe
















Delicious!

What is your favorite kind of cupcake?

Monday, August 15, 2011

My Mini Doll Collection!

Do any of you own the mini American Girl dolls? Have you gotten the chance to get one of the beautiful special addition miniature AG dolls?

I own six of the mini American Girl dolls myself! I would like to have the special addition Kit mini doll and maybe a few others... :)















My minis: Kirsten, Molly, Felicity, Elizabeth, Rebecca, and Samantha

They come in such cute little boxes with their meet book too. :)

Which is your favorite original or special addition mini?

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Award for Kathy, Ceara, and C-Dog!

Hi everyone! :)

I just wanted to give Kathy, Ceara, and C-Dog their award they won from my Win an Award page.
















You three can just right click and save it to your computer and put it on your blogs!

Congratulations on winning!

If you would like to win an award, just fill out the application form on my Win an Award page and send it to me in an email at agfan2010@aol.com.

Monday, August 8, 2011

Cecile and Marie Grace on the AG Website!

I just saw pictures of Cecile and Marie Grace on the American Girl Website! They are both beautiful dolls!

Marie Grace reminds me of Elizabeth and Rebecca, but she has a new face mold. I absolutely love her pink dress! She is available for pre-order on American Girl and is simply gorgeous!

Cecile is very pretty as well! Her dress is adorable and she looks like Sonali. She is so cute and is available for pre-order on American Girl as well!

There are also tons of NEW outfits, accessories, and books for the dolls as well!

Check out the American Girl Website to see pictures!

This is so exciting! Are you going to be buying either of these dolls? I am thinking about possibly getting Marie Grace! What do you think of the dolls?




Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Chrissa and Ruthie

Not much has been going on today. It has been rainy and gloomy. I hope the sunshine comes out soon. I took a few photos of Chrissa and Ruthie a few days ago.

















I made Chrissa's outfit at a sewing camp one year. You can see more outfits I made HERE  and HERE
You can see more HERE as well.
Have you ever made an outfit? I am planning on making something else very soon... I have not started on it yet, but I will post the results when it's finished.


Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Thank you Caelen!

My prize from Caelen @ My American Girl and Me Blog came yesterday! I received a sheet of Molly stickers and a beautiful poster of her doll Kanani! Thank you very much Caelen! It was so nice of you to have a giveaway on your blog!





















We LOVE the prizes!

Thank you Caelen!









P.S. I added a new award for August under the Win an Award Page, so go check it out! :)

Monday, August 1, 2011

Doll Food: Doll Fun Special # 1!

Welcome to the first Doll Fun Special! I have a fun craft to show you all, which you can easily make for your doll/s!

You will need some different colors of clay. Sculpey clay is a good brand. You will also need a clean work space and a paper plate to put your clay on. You might also want to use some tools such as a knife, so you can shape the clay into "food".

















I recently made a bunch of foods for my dolls using this clay! I made s'mores, a chocolate chip cookie, a banana popsicle, a hamburger, a pepperoni pizza, and a lollipop.



































For the s'more, just get some light brown clay, dark brown clay, and white clay. Then cut two small doll sized squares of the light brown clay and shape them into two graham crackers. Add some dark brown clay and white clay in the middle for the melted marshmellow and chocolate.

The lollipop is very simple to make. You just shape some dark pink clay (or what ever color you want) into a circle and slip a cut tooth pick through it.

If you want to make a chocolate chip cookie, mold the light brown clay into a small circle and add little "chocolate chips." (pieced of dark brown clay)

I love my banana popsicle. Just take some yellow clay and shape it into a popsicle. Add a toothpick through it and you're done! (You can even make double popsicles or different "flavors".)

The hamburger is a little more difficult, but it's not too hard. Shape some light brown clay into hamburger buns. In between, shape circular like shapes of green, red, yellow or gold, and dark brown clay. (This will be the lettuce, tomato, cheese, and meat.) Optional: Finally add small white pieces of clay on top of the bun to look like sesame seeds.

The pizza is also neat to make! Sculp some light brown clay into a circle. Add a circle of red clay on top. Finally add uneven shapes of white or ivory clay and place firmly on top of the red clay, leaving some red clay showing. This part can be complicated and will probably take the longest. You can also add red circles on top for pepperoni! You choose!

After you have finished your food, you can bake it in the oven, so that it will harden. I still need to do that... LOL

Then give it to your doll/s! :)





















You can make various other treats for your doll as well! You could make candy bars, fruit, a cake, a pie, and lots MORE! Just be creative and have fun!

I hoped you enjoyed reading my first Doll Fun Special! (I think I will be posting another one this month, but when the school year comes around, these types of posts will probably be only once a month. It all depends on how much time I have...

Oh and I decided to post these regularly on my blog, but made a separate page on the top of my blog for all my past posts, so you can easily read one if you missed one. Thank you Rachel for the idea! :)