Fall Photo Contest!

Hi everyone!

As part of my Fall celebration, I am hosting my First Fall Photo Contest! Last year I had a Thanksgiving Photo Contest and I received some amazing entries for it! I hope you can enter this one too!



For this contest, please take one photo of your doll/s celebrating Fall! They could be wearing costumes, playing in the leaves, making pumpkin pie... whatever you like! Be creative! Please have a parent's permission before entering as well. You can email me your pictures to agfan2010@aol.com. Please include your name/nickname and your doll/s names.

Your photos will be judged on creativity, the background, the lighting, and how your doll looks. (I mean your doll's hair should be neatly fixed, etc.) Tip: Photos often look better when they are taken outside because the lighting is very nice for pictures. Of course you can take them inside too, if you wish.

The winner will receive three fall themed posters, a fall related prize for dolls, and an award for their blog! Everyone who participates will receive an award for their blog too! I, sadly, can only ship to the U.S. I am sorry. :( You can still enter, even if you don't live in the U.S., if you want, and receive a participation award though! :)

You have until Friday, October 28th to send me your pictures! I will post everyone's pictures on Saturday, October 29th and announce the winner!

Have fun! Check back soon for more Fall Scavenger Hunts, games, and fun!

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.

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?

Doll Fun Special! NEW Feature Preview!

I am so excited to share with you a preview of a NEW feature on my blog! It will officially begin on August 1, 2011!

 

Now you probably want to know exactly what this new feature is all about, so I will tell you. :)

This new feature is called Doll Fun Special and it will be all about things you can do with/for your doll!

For example, I might post a tutorial on how to do a doll hair style or on how to make different things for your doll! I may eventually even be able to post more videos as well.

Other examples of things you could find on this feature include:
-Sewing ideas,
-Tips
-Photography Tricks
-Crafts
-and MUCH MORE!

After I have posted a tutorial on how to do something, you can try doing it yourself! Then, if you want to, you can take a picture of what you created and send it to me in an email to agfan2010@aol.com and I can upload your picture/s on my blog if you want.

These special posts will happen at least every first day of the month, so the first one will start Monday August 1, 2011! If for some reason I cannot post on the first day of the month, they will just get posted as soon as I can. Of course I may also do these types of posts more frequently than once a month if I have enough time. :)

I am still debating on whether to make a separate page for it on my blog or to just post it regularly. What do you think? Either way I will let you know.

I just planned a fun post for the first Doll Fun Special and I am really looking forward to sharing it with you on August 1st!

The American Girl Place at Tysons Corner! Part One!

My mom and I got back from the American Girl Place at Tysons Corner today!! This is their Grand Opening Weekend! We woke up very early today at 6:00. We arrived at around 7:30, so we had to wait about an hour and a half to get in. We had to get tickets and we got into group two. It was pretty crowded when we got there, but not nearly as crowded as I expected. Later, a HUGE crowd was waiting outside when my mom and I left, so I am so glad we got there early. LOL I took many pictures... and I mean... MANY :) Therefore, there will be three separate posts about this trip.

The front of the BEAUTIFUL store!

American Girl!!!

This is the display at the front of the store inside the mall.

While I was waiting in line, I saw two cute little displays. :)

Julie and Ivy

Kit and Ruthie

Then at last 9:00 came, which meant the doors were opening!!! :D YAY!! I saw Ellen Brothers, the American Girl president!! It was really cool to see her!

Then we got into the store on the second floor!! I was so excited!! :D The Historical dolls, mini dolls, movies, Bistro, Sweet Shop, some souvenirs, the craft event, bookstore, and some Kanani items were on the first floor. There was a craft event where you colored in these little friendship books. I did not get a good picture of the Bistro and I was not able to get a picture of the Sweet Shop because it was so crowded. I will be sure to take photos of those places when I go again later this summer though. I, however, still took many other pictures! :)

Kanani

Everyone seemed to be especially crowded around Kanani. ;) After all, she is a very gorgeous doll!

Kanani in her pajamas

Kanani's Party Outfit, it's NEW!!

Kanani and her ice stand!

A Cute Kanani Display

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Kanani's Starter Collection! They had a drawing for this and my mom entered for me!

And now for the Historicals.........

Felicity was there!!!!! They were having this special opportunity to buy Felicity there while supplies lasted!!!

I LOVE this outfit! I didn't get it this time though.

Rebecca Display

I like this scene. :)

Emily and Molly Display

ADORABLE

Julie's Barbecue Set!

Julie's Locker

Kit and Ruthie!

Josefina! Sorry it got blurry. :(

Julie and Ivy

Kaya and her Horses

Addy!

Julie's Bedroom!

The Movies and Cds

The Bookstore!

Going down the escalator to the first floor.... second and third parts to come SOON!! :)

Did you go to the Grand Opening of the Tysons American Girl Place? Have you ever been to an American Girl Place? What is your favorite part of the American Girl Place?

~Anne~

Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year everyone!!!!!!!!! Kanani is here!!! :) This is my first post of 2011!!!

I can't believe it is already 2011!!!!! 2010 went by very fast!!!!
Thank you all so much for being great friends, followers, and commenters! :)

To celebrate all of this, I created a special New Year Mini Poster for you to print out!

It is larger on this link: http://i55.tinypic.com/312u6oy.jpg


You can save it to your computer, make it larger, and print it out! :)


Hope you like it!

I have a lot of FUN things planned for 2011!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!