Sophie_nc Purple Dress for Ruthie

There is a house full of weary travelers here in Badger's Wood. All we pretty much want to do is nap! Why do vacations have to be so tiring? We really need a relaxing one soon. Our next vacation will probably be to Disney World. Unfortunately that probably will be a lot of walking and not a lot of relaxing... but still, it is the House of Mouse!

Anyway, besides all of my whining and rambling, I am here to tell you about the purple dress we bought off of Ebay from seller Sophie_nc. It was being modeled by Kit in the Ebay auction and could probably work for the 1930s. So we gave it to Ruthie. It is longer than a normal 1930's young girl's dress would be. But we think it still works for Ruthie, and she loves the color purple. So please enjoy the pictures below of her modeling the sophisticated new dress!

During our "vacation" Penny got to go to the American Girl store in New York City. Yes, she bought some stuff there, including 3 dolls (which we will show off to you next week). She also went to Tiffany's, FAO Schwartz, and a variety of restaurants. I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Central Park Zoo. (I will show you some of the neat stuff I saw there next week as well. And maybe even some videos if I can get those to work in Blogger...)

After a few days in the city we traveled to Penny's parents' house. There we ate a lot of food, went shopping, went out to the movies, and took a whole bunch of pictures of Molly in handmade clothing that Penny had collected when she was a girl. So you should be seeing those in upcoming posts as well. About 75% was made by Penny's Mom, and the other 25% was purchased at craft shows back in the olden days. Heehee.

So Monday June 22nd will be Wild Card Monday! Will you see a new handmade outfit? Maybe! Or will you see a new doll? Or something from New York? Or our Molly in an "old" handmade outfit? Check back with us on Monday to find out!

Sophie_nc Skirt, Jacket, and Blouse for Emily

Many of the book illustrations for Emily show her wearing a dark grey wool skirt with a buttoned cardigan over a blouse. This is the same type of outfit we saw on the Susan Shapiro paper doll in our earlier post. Despite its popularity in book illustrations, American Girl does not actually sell a version of this outfit.

It is the type of thing you have to come up with on your own. But where do we find a 1940s dark grey wool skirt? Molly has 3 skirts: her blue wool "Meet" skirt, her red plaid holiday skirt released in 2008, and the red skirt for her skating outfit. Emily has the skirt to her two-piece swimsuit... but I think those are all of our 1940s skirt options. Not exactly everything we could ever desire...

So when we spotted this snazzy little ensemble I thought it was the perfect addition to Emily's wardrobe and it would finally give one of our 1940s' girls a dark grey wool skirt to wear.

This outfit was purchased from Ebay seller sophie_nc and it came with a lace-decorated blouse featuring an attached shoe brooch, a buttoned jacket with fancy decoration on the breast pocket, and the dark grey wool skirt. The fabric for the jacket and skirt is pinstriped. My little sister Maggie thought it looked like something Emily might have worn to school in England and brought over with her to the United States.

Sorry there are soooo many pictures, but we wanted to show the outfit in a variety of ways, including a pairing of the skirt with Emily's "Meet" sweater. We even included an up-close shot of the tiny shoe brooch on the shirt. We are just so impressed with this purchase; the outfit is very detailed and fits quite well. Emily is happy to have such sophisticated attire!

Coming up next from Badger's Wood: Susan's new penguin pajamas and a starry pillow from Etsy seller nayasdesigns! Until we see you again- as Emily might say- toodle pip!