The Return of Mary Royall

It's been quite awhile since Mary has been seen on the blog--- so we thought we'd sound dramatic and call this post "The Return of Mary Royall," to be well, dramatic..... Give us a break; it's been a long day. ;)

So we have been increasing the size of our Felicity and Elizabeth collection since we heard about the archival. We had been more prepared for the possibility of Molly's archival. So there were a couple more things we wanted to get for our colonial gal Mary Royall.

Mary now has the table and chairs (which we have always wanted and highly recommend), the Noah's Ark toy, the muff and pattens set, the guitar, and several new outfits. We took some pictures of her with most of the items, some which you can see below.

Today's pictures are of Mary wearing Elizabeth's meet dress and Felicity's Gala Gown. We didn't want to miss out on the meet dress and the gala gown because of the archival, but we can't say the colors and fabric choices are our favorites. The designs are pretty cool, but the fabrics seem quite plasticky and Barbie-esque. We were hoping for fabrics that would look more silky/satiny, like what Mary wears in her portrait by John Singleton Copley (we included that painting at the bottom of this post for you guys who haven't seen it yet).

But oh well, it was still fun to take pictures of Mary wearing these AG dresses. :)

So pictures: First, the whole ensemble and Elizabeth's meet dress. The stuffed bear is from the Marriott, where we stayed during our Labor Day weekend mini-break. We got a second one to giveaway with our Fall 2010 Doll Giveaway.

Second, the accessories.... we were very impressed with everything except the guitar (which is unfortunately plastic--- nice to look at, but we just would have preferred wood).

Third, the Gala Gown....

Last, the painting by John Singleton Copley... Mary is on the left with the hummingbird perched on her finger.