Kirsten's New Home!

Hola! Today we wanted to share some pics of the Winter 2011 Giveaway Doll in her "new habitat." Dawn won her back on April 7th -- but she already has several new outfits and more on the way. She has really inspired her new owner and they both seem to be having a great time.

Dawn has a flickr account with some pics of her "prize." So that is where we got these images from. The account will probably be growing, so perhaps we will post some updates as time goes on.

Thanks for sharing these Dawn!

The Mini Kirstens and Sara welcome Big Kirsten

"That Dawn S, winner of an American Girl doll listed on The Doll Wardrobe blog, is me! Kirsten arrived today and immediately started trying on various and sundry 18" doll clothes. Before Kirsten arrived, the only 18" AG that I had was Josefina. Kirsten is wearing one of her skirts and a sweater my mom knitted. I know they don't match, but I'm looking for fabric to make her a similar one in colors that will match.

I also found some red boots that Kirsten can squeeze her feet into. They were purchased years ago from the iDoll close-out sale and were too big for the dolls I bought them for."

Vaguely Mary Engelbreit

"Kirsten is still in the process of trying on every garment in the house that might fit. I made this sweater for the thinner, all vinyl dolls. I will need to come up with a better version of the skirt to make her an Engelbreity outfit. This skirt is actually a cheap sundress that I bought for the hat that went with it."

Kirsten

"I'm not sure how historically accurate this outfit is, or even what era it might be, but I'm loving it on Kirsten. My mom made the sweater. The blouse is one of Josefina's camisas turned around backward, The skirt is too tight and pinned in the back, and the brooch is a straight pin with a jewelry finding. Kirsten got to wear Josefina's new boots before Josefina did."

Kirsten Larson

"I made Kirsten's plaid shawl today and her bonnet earlier in the week. They were both easy to make."

Kirsten and Josefina

"We had a chilly day today, so it was a good day for the girls to try out the plaid shawls I just made. Kirsten knows that it doesn't really match her skirt, but she doesn't seem to care."

Stay tuned for more dolly fun!

Winter 2011 Doll Giveaway Youtube Announcement Video

We are trying something new... a Youtube Announcement video.... we'll see if it helps to draw more people to zee blog. Haha. Feel free to subscribe to our channel as we would like to add more videos slowly but surely this year as Youtube is such a hot-spot. And you can also "Like" and "Share" the video if you want. You can even "Dislike" it if you want to... but I'm not sure why you would do that if you are here reading this blog... Heehee. ;-)

And if you are thinking, "Why would I tell other people about the giveaway? I want to win!"---- you have a good point. Haha. But the more people who know about the blog, then the more people who know about all the wonderful shops we talk about here. And the more people who know about the shops, the better their businesses are, and then they can make more dolly stuff to sell. :-D

What do y'all think of our vid? 

We tried to make it clear and simple, but it isn't exactly Oscar-worthy... it is only our 3rd vid. :-/

p.s. If you haven't entered the giveaway and you want to, see the previous post to enter. ;-)

Liberty Jane Denim Mix and Match

A Liberty Jane Monday! Huzzah!

We are really, really, really excited about Liberty Jane Clothing this week. The ValenSpring contest ended yesterday, so we will hear about those winners soon enough. I just love it when Cinnamon takes a drawing and makes it into a real outfit. It is amazing! And the LJ newsletter said that the new Spring line should launch on Friday evening- this Friday! March 19th! Woohoo! And guess what? Cinnamon gave her Newsletter readers some info on an upcoming "International Collection".... which may be renamed later.....hopefully LJ doesn't mind me showing some of that info here....

"The International Collection, Places & Styles, Sneak Peak

Over time, we'll develop this list further, and go much deeper into each category, but for now, we'll roll out at least one outfit in each of four categories:

Malibu Libby - The southern california beach attire is the most pervasive influence on American Teen clothing as 'sold' by Justice, Abercrombie & Fitch, Hollister, and American Eagle. It's the closest visually to what Liberty Jane has been doing for the last two years. But there's still more to show. Outfits will reflect super contemporary L.A. style.

Outback Libby - The Gold Coast is Australia's hot fashion zone. Outfits are uniquely Aussie, with hints of victorian outback ruggedness.

Tokyo Libby - Harajuku is the street fashion of Tokyo's Harajuku station area. A Japanese twist on American Punk Rock, the style features dress up and fun girlie styles.

Euro Libby - From Russia to London, European styles vary widely and are really totally unique for each region, but Euro Libby will focus on bringing out the most interesting and unique elements."

Don't these sound fantastic?!?!? We especially love Japanese street fashion, like Harajuku trends, such as the various forms of "Lolita" fashion. And of course, punk and steampunk (neo-Victorian) fashions are things for which we love to shop. But finding doll clothing like that is...well, let's just say "difficult." So these new LJ ideas sound great to us!

Okay, back to this post and some pictures...I am so easily distracted by fashion news.... Today Kirsten and Ginny are doing a Mix and Match with pieces from last week's Kirsten outfit and some more of the new custom denim pieces. In addition you will see a red tee shirt that we recently purchased from the LJ online store, which is still available for $10.00.

So here is the 411... Kirsten is wearing the green military jacket again, with a white tank top and a custom-made blue denim skirt. On her footsies are tan sneakers from Liberty Jane's online shop. Kirsten's necklace is one of Penny's, given to her by her sister. Ginny is wearing the red tee with gathered sleeves and a pair of the custom-made black jeans. Her shoes are just normal silver ballet flats from AG, and her necklace is a shiny human bracelet. (It's the thing making light spots on her chin- oops!)

Enjoy the pictures!

Tomorrow we are going to try to make another Liberty Jane post with some more of the custom denim items.... so stay tuned readers!

Liberty Jane Military Blazer, Tank Top and Black Jeans

Liberty Jane Wednesday!

Yeah, I'm being totally inconsistent with which days I post about Liberty Jane stuff....

First thing is first: Do you like designing dream outfits for your AG doll? Enter Liberty Jane's 2010 ValenSpring design contest! What is that??? Click here to learn more about it! (It's basically an AG doll outfit design contest via Youtube and Facebook...but it would take me a really long time to explain it all here....so click the linky for the professional explanation.) Contest ends this coming Sunday, March 14th, 2010- so read about it today! :D

Okay, so as promised, we are showing you something today from the new denim items we just received from Liberty Jane as custom doll clothing. Kirsten Larson is modeling one of the pairs of black jeans for us, paired with the "Military Blues" green blazer and a slate blue tank top. We thought the tank top would go well with the blue ribbons in her hair. ;)

Enjoy the pics below!

For our next Liberty Jane post we will Mix n' Match this unique outfit with more of our Liberty Jane items for 2 new looks.... probably for this coming Monday. An actual Liberty Jane Monday.....

Feel like shopping???
Here is the online Liberty Jane shop link!

(pssstttt.... The slate blue tank top is still available
in the online shop for $8.00...)

Meet Kirsten...and Kirsten???

Are you seeing double??? Sort of!

When Kirsten's archival was announced last year we bought two Kirstens for ourselves (and one for a possible Doll Wardrobe promotional giveaway). Why did we do such a silly thing like buying two of the same doll?!? Well, you know those fancy loopy-braid-things that Kirsten wears on her head? Penny was pretty sure once she took them out she'd never be able to get them back in quite right. She is not very good with braids and especially not fancy loop-braid-things. So we bought one Kirsten to remain Kirsten with her braids permanently in place, and the other Kirsten was bought to get a new name and be allowed to let her braids out. We are a little bizarre...

So there will be pioneer-girl Kirsten Larson... and Ginny Sartorius, Lira's sister. Ginny is short for Virginia, which we were thinking about using for Connie. So we are resurrecting it, but only as Ginny because we prefer Ginny. ;P

So what's going on in our photos today???... Kirsten Larson can be seen on the left side wearing her Meet Outfit duds, and Ginny Sartorius is on the right side also wearing a pioneer dress as a tribute to her previous existence as Kirsten 2.0.

This dress and plaid scarf is fantastic and was purchased from The Dollies' Dressmaker. It is in the same style as Kirsten's Swedish Dirndl, which we commissioned two handmade versions of from Terristouch, and you can see our post about them here.

Check out The DD website by clicking here. Ever since Kirsten was archived, The DD has been making Kirsten clothing left and right. But they have also been selling it left and right, so there are currently only three types of dresses in the shop for Kirsten. But as I said before, Etsy and Ebay sellers are still creating new Kirsten dresses every week! So there is always something creative right around the corner for Kirsten.

Well, without further ado....here are Kirsten and Ginny- Enjoy!