Skirt from L'Atelier de Sitara

So if you follow Sitara's blog then you know she made a skirt based off of one I showed here on The Doll Wardrobe when I was talking about Hot Topic clothing we'd love to see in dolly size. Click here to see Sitara's post.

We told Sitara that we'd totally buy one of them for ourselves, so she offered to make one for us. Yippee! And on top of that good news, she decided to open her own Etsy shop to sell some of her designs. Click here to visit the shop! There she is currently offering a gray version of the brown skirts she made previously, for herself and us.

When we received the skirt Susan spoke up right away and said that she wanted to model it. In order to show its versatility we paired it with a variety of tops: a long-sleeve ivory top from AG, a black jacket we purchased from Ruby Red Galleria (for a nice Gothic Japanese street-wear look), the green Liberty Jane military jacket, and a dark oatmeal poncho from Ebay seller Me And My Princess Boutique. The leg warmers you see in the pics came with this poncho. The "Coach"-esque purse is actually a human-scale lipstick case. We found it in a shop with several others which we grabbed and will eventually show you here on the blog as dolly purses. Heehee.

This photo shoot was a fun challenge to see what looked best with the skirt from our collection, without going overboard with 30,000 pictures. Though we do still have a lot of pics to share with you today. :)

So please enjoy the pics below!

And here is a shot of the gray version of this skirt which is
now being offered in Sitara's shop--- Ooooo, pretty!

Thank you for the great skirt Sitara!
We are so excited and happy to be your first customer!

Melody Valerie Round-Up!

Well, as most of you probably already know, the Melody Valerie Couture Spring 2010 line sold out almost over night. Many fellow bloggers were actually amongst those who purchased them, which is great! It is amazing how successful MVC has become even in the last 12 months, and we are happy we get to see so many of their dresses online at other blogs. :)

In today's post we attempt to do a "MVC Round-Up" of all the blogs out there that have one or more of the new Spring dresses. You have probably already seen these posts, but just in case you haven't I thought it would be cool to put them all in one place as a tribute to all of MVC's hard work this season.

If I am missing your blog or photo album with your spring 2010 MVC dress(es), please speak up in the comments! We'd love to hear your story too!

http://americangirlcouturereview.blogspot.com/2010/04/melody-valerie-couture-stripes-ahoy.html

http://chiffonlacedolls.blogspot.com/2010/04/melody-valerie-sweet-darling.html

http://karmasays.blogspot.com/2010/04/couture.html


And as a final thought tonight, if you want to see the work being done on our next custom project with MVC go here!

Hot Topic Clothing We Want in Doll Form

What kind of crazy post is this???

Well after looking at the Project Doll Runway contest and the Liberty Jane ValenSpring contest, we were thinking about how we'd love to design clothing for AGs too! But as dolls, we can't really sew.... nor draw fashion.... and honestly, Penny can't do those things either. :(

But we can dream! That takes no skilz at all! Haha! So we chose one clothing store we love and picked all the clothing available there that we'd love to see turned into AG-sized clothing! Do you guys ever pick out human-sized clothing you'd love to see in dolly form??? Feel free to tell us about it in the comments!

These Hot Topic clothes would be for our older teenage dolls, like Stella, and we'd definitely want the skirts to be a little bit longer.... But golly it would be awesome to have such items in our doll clothing collection..... even if they are just for my stepsister and her friends! ;P

More Liberty Jane Denim Combos

Before we get to the rest of this post, some quick news: there's a new Liberty Jane Clothing outfit from the 2010 Spring Line available in an Ebay auction! It is called "Boomerang" and it is pretty cool. See the LJC collage below....

We love, love, love everything about this outfit!
It is the first installment of "Outback Libby" design.
Auction ends April 4th, 2010.

Today's Liberty Jane Monday features Lira and Kaya wearing two pieces of custom-made denim clothing. Yay! Lira is wearing the tee shirt from "Code Red," with a LJC blue tank top, and a blue denim skirt. Kaya is wearing a new silky purple LJC jacket with the sheer tank top from "Picture Day" over a black tank, paired with blue denim jeans. They look pretty chic in their fancy duds!

Enjoy the pics!

Well so far we have seen three of the new LJC spring outfits...I wonder what other outfits will be available???.... So exciting to think about what is around the corner!

p.s. The winners of the 2010 LJC ValenSpring Contest have been announced here... click the linky! Congratulations winners! And a thanks from us to everyone who entered--- we always have such fun watching your videos on Youtube and Facebook during these contests. :D We wish we had even half of your design talents and creativity!!!

Seejoansew "Squeak's Outfit"

The last time we showed off a Seejoansew outfit was awhile ago... so I think it is time to revisit Beds-n-Blankies and the Punk Pirate line from Fall 2009. Don't have a clue what I am talking about? Click here to visit the online shop of Beds-n-Blankies. I encourage you to surf around the site- there is a lot of cool stuff there. Our outfits were purchased from the Sassy Separates section of the store but there is not any Sassy Separates currently for sale, FYI.

So who gets to model today's wearables??? Lira Sartorius!! Black and white clothing can look pretty awesome on an almost-bleach-blonde doll, let me tell you. Lira is rocking the Punk Pirate outfit formerly worn by "Squeak"- one of Seejoansew's models who is a unique pink-haired doll.

What came from Seejoansew for this outfit? And what did we add? Well the hat, scarf, black tank top, skirt, and blue socks were all made with care by Joan. The black bracelet, flashy boots, and the white tie-on sock garters we added ourselves for a bit of pizazz.

Enjoy the pics below! And please speak up in the comments if you have a Seejoansew outfit yourself. We are curious to know what our readers own from this shop! :D

Another Liberty Jane Denim Mix and Match

Well, if you are like us, you are currently drooling over the new Liberty Jane outfits and wishing they would magically appear on your doorstep in the next five minutes. But alas, this is not possible... so we must be satisfied with the LJC we already have. :)

Today we take three pieces of custom denim- the black jacket, a pair of black jeans, and a blue skirt- and mix and match them with some of our other LJC items. I am wearing the "Copy Cat" tank top over a purple tank top, paired with the blue denim skirt. Since it is purple-ish, has stripes, and involves the "Cat" tank top-- I am naming this outfit "Cheshire Cat." Meanwhile Ginny is wearing the black jacket and jeans with the twinkly starlight tank top. She has named this outfit "Starry, Starry Night." So basically these two outfits are derived from last week's outfits for this version of our LJC Mix and Match game.

Here we are discussing which outfit is better...
"Starry, Starry Night" or "Cheshire Cat".....

Linky to LJC Ebay auctions!
Linky to LJC online shop!

Second Outfit of the LJC Spring Line!

It's called "Getty Villa Stroll" and it represents the first "Malibu Libby" Southern Californian style duds from the new International Collection of the Liberty Jane Clothing Spring Line 2010!

The Getty Villa is this thingy here... if you are wondering...

It is part of the J. Paul Getty Museum in California,
modeled after the Villa of Papyri in Herculaneum, Greece---
and it is a very popular destination for both tourists and locals!
Read more about it here.

Want to bid on "Getty Villa Stroll"?
Click here to see the current Ebay auction for this outfit.
Auction ends March 28th, 2010.

First Outfit of LJC Spring Line Revealed!

Pics of the first outfit of the Liberty Jane Clothing Spring 2010 Line have been revealed on the LJC Facebook page and in their Ebay auctions shop.

Want to go to the auction? Click here!
Auction ends in 7 days, on March 26th, 2010.

It is called "Harajuku Station"....
and it is the first outfit in their new International collection....

This is definitely a five-star outfit LJC!
We love, love, love the colors!
(No pink! Huzzah!)

Liberty Jane Black Denim Duds

We are going to call today's little creation "Black Cat" as a tribute to Liberty Jane's "Copy Cat." The tank top I am wearing today comes from "Copy Cat," but you can buy it separately in the Liberty Jane online store for $10.00, which is what we did! The rest of my outfit consists of the black cropped denim jacket and black denim skirt custom-ordered from LJ, and the leather boots and necklace from the Summer Camp outfit. Because the "Copy Cat" tank is see-through in parts of the pattern, I am wearing a white tank top underneath it.

As you can see, I am posing by a print we have here in Badger's Wood of a black cat, as a tie-in to our "Black Cat" outfit. Aren't we clever??? The print comes from: http://www.etsy.com/shop/amberalexander. Some of our favorite prints are from this shop!

Enjoy the pics of me!
I mean... me modeling "Black Cat"!

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...)

Liberty Jane Custom Denim Project

Okay, on this Liberty Jane Tuesday (yes we know we missed posting this on Monday like we should have...eek!... but let's forget about that for now...)... today we ask this question....

How do four pairs of human-sized jeans fit
into this 9 by 6 by 2 inch box??????

By being deconstructed and reconstructed into doll clothing, of course!

Last year we asked Cinnamon of Liberty Jane Clothing if she would do some custom clothing for us and that evolved into Penny sending her four pairs of human-sized jeans from DKNY, two black and two blue. After she received the package, Cinnamon made the jeans into one cropped jacket, three skirts, and four pairs of jeans- for all of us dolls here in Badger's Wood. How awesome is that!?!?!?! (As you can tell, we are pretty excited about this project...)

Please enjoy the slideshow below of the denim items on the day they arrived at our house, fresh out of the box..... and keep an eye out for these items in upcoming Liberty Jane-related posts! (We should be able to create one for tomorrow, if we have enough time...)

Interested in Liberty Jane Doll Clothing?
Learn more about LJ HERE at their online shop!

Liberty Jane Hello New York, Part Deux

Here we are, with our Liberty Jane Tuesday:
Hello New York, Part Deux!

Today Stella is wearing the Hello New York pants and jacket with the red shimmery tank top from the Liberty Jane Celebrity Style Outfit "Breakout Performance" which we posted about in our very first Liberty Jane Monday: http://thedollwardrobe.blogspot.com/2009/09/liberty-jane-breakout-performance.html.

Meanwhile, Karen is wearing the Hello New York one-shoulder top and the black flounce skirt you can purchase as a "separate" for only $12.00 from Liberty Jane Clothing online shop. On her left wrist she is modeling the blue beaded bracelet that came with the Hello New York outfit. Enjoy the pictures!

Liberty Jane Hello New York

Hello New York!

Yes, we have finally come back around to our normal Liberty Jane Mondays! We've had quite a bit of Liberty Jane clothing lying around here crying out to be photographed and posted on the blog. But we just haven't had a lot of time to take pictures of it all. :(

We begin today with the Liberty Jane Celebrity Style Outfit "Hello New York" being modeled this week by Stella Grant. (It looks great with her black hair!) And tomorrow we'll do a "Part Deux" as a Mix 'N Match so we don't overwhelm this post with a ton of pictures. In other words, it will be a Liberty Jane Monday and Tuesday this week. Heehee.

"Hello New York" includes white sparkly pants in a jeans style, but not a denim fabric. The one-shoulder shirt is very silky, has a great fit and wonderful colors. And the jacket is a creamy woven fabric lined with a deep blue silky fabric, which you can see at the cuffs. The gold accent buttons on the jacket are a great detail. Also included was a blue bracelet and gold earring accessories. You'll see the bracelet tomorrow, and Ramona will eventually model the earrings for us (she is our official earring model).

Enjoy the pictures and come back tomorrow for "Hello New York" Part Deux where we do a bit of our Mix 'n Match game!

Wanna shop???
Visit Liberty Jane Clothing's online store by clicking here!

Lanie's Nightshirt

We haven't been very good about posting these past couple weeks. Sorry! Too much stuff to do and too little time to do it in. ;P

Today we have Kaya modeling Lanie's blue nightshirt from AG, and posing with Lanie's bunny and the Mini Kaya Doll we purchased at AGPNY all the way back in January. It is an adorable nightshirt and we love the color, plus it was a good way to show you how awesome Kaya looks in modern clothing. The "Live in Harmony" applique is a little weird, and we probably would have been more happy with just the dragonfly on there. But we got used to it.

What's up with Lanie's clothing being sprinkled with these random phrases? It's kinda bizarre, right??? Heehee.

Enjoy the pics!

p.s. The fuzzy green slippers are truly fantastic by the way!

Final Two AGPNY Custom Tees

Eek! It's been almost a week since our last post here! Ack! Where does the time go???

Today we show you Sabrina and Ramona together (I don't think we've ever actually showed them together in a picture before!) modeling the final two custom tees we bought at AGPNY back in January. Sabrina is wearing the "It's Easy Being Green" tee with two birdies and an apple, paired with Liberty Jane jeans. She is also sporting the embroidered beret and clogs from the AG JLY Photographer's Outfit. Meanwhile her sister is dressed in the "Stand Tall" tee shirt with corduroy pants from Etsy seller Doll Closet. Her sneakers are from Ebay- just normal wholesale mass-manufactured sneaks. Ramona's earrings are from the Pretty Party earrings set we purchased at AGPNY.

Feel like shopping? Liberty Jane merchandise can be found HERE, and Doll Closet goodies can be found HERE.

Please enjoy our pictures below of Sabrina and Ramona climbing up a staircase built from Twilight books. Yeah, we are a little weird sometimes. ;)

Lanie's Garden Outfit and Various Souvenirs

The continuing saga of the January 2010 purchases for the dolls of Badger's Wood....

Today Sabrina is modeling Lanie's Garden Outfit for us while posing next to Kit's desk which has been decked out with toys Penny purchased in New York City. Lanie's Garden Outfit consists of a white bucket hat, blue plaid tank top, white Bermuda shorts, a multi-color beaded bracelet, and lime green strappy sandals. Sabrina is also holding up the AGPNY store exclusive backpack in her right hand, so you can see what that looks like with a doll.

What's on the desk??? Well, on the very top of the desk are two vinyl Ugly Doll toys with a yellow Skelanimals puppy. On the main work surface are two Tokidoki Cactus Pups flanking a Skelanimal keychain puppy, and in the corner is a pink Skelanimal bear. Behind the Cactus Pups is the Mini "Meet Kaya" book which, of course, came with our new Mini Kaya doll. Mini Kaya is hanging out with our new flying pig stuffed toy, which is really a finger puppet. Lots and lots of toys were purchased in NYC, if you can't tell-- courtesy of AGPNY, Toys R' Us, and the MoMA gift shop. ;)

Enjoy the pics!

Helen's Handmades Tuscany Rose Outfit

Happy Valentine's Day My Friends!

What do we have to show you today??? Roses! From Derek. And doll clothing! From Etsy seller HelensHandmades. Click here to visit the shop!

This outfit is called "Tuscany Rose" and consists of 3 pieces combined: a golden dress, a layered skirt, and a ruffled bodice. Four different fabrics combine to make something quite stunning! We also received a golden hair clip with a red rose on it. This ensemble is quite the work of art, worthy of a dance recital or a party or maybe a princess.

We forgot to show you how the three pieces go together (by showing you stages of assemblage), so to remedy that situation we'll go back in time and link to the item listing on Etsy. Here you can see the outfit in its 3 other possible states. We were just so excited to pose Jess/Ruthie with the roses in her attire, that we forgot to take photos of the other 3 outfit possibilities. Sorry!

We'll probably take more photos of Tuscany Rose later (for a Tuscany Rose 2.0 post or something like that), once we have a bit more time.... but for now, please enjoy the photos below while I run off to eat Penny's Valentine's chocolates while she isn't looking. ;)

And again, Happy Valentine's Day everybody!

Numberonekitty AGFMB Special Feature

Got snow???

(CNN)

Well February is turning out to be a pretty bleak month in Badger's Wood and most of the United States- not a lot of sunshine but a whole lot of snow, snow, snow. So in order to beat the winter-blahs we wanted to return to our American Girl Fans Message Board Special Features and show off some of Numberonekitty's clothing creations. Why? Well, a lot of her pictures are taken outside, with green grass and/or plants in them. Yippee!

First we have a slide show of modern clothing.... dresses, tank tops, light blouses, shorts, capri pants and all with a bonus picnic!
Don't these pictures make you wish it was summer already?

Second we have a slide show of two 1930s dresses
being modeled by Ruthie and Kit....

Such beautiful dresses! And we love the colors.
We kind of wish the 1930s dresses from AG looked this awesome. ;)

Numberonekitty- Thanks for letting us post about these wonderful clothing creations! They are so fantastic and your pictures are perfect for this time of year! Thank you!

New "Designer" Shirt

Before we headed out to NYC, we noticed that everyone (and their sister) was using the Liberty Jane free Trendy T-Shirt pattern to sew cool clothing. But alas, we do not own a sewing machine. Nor do we have any sewing skills. Nor any needles, nor thread... well, you get the picture. And yet we yearned to do our own "Look What We Made!" post.... so we sheepishly asked Penny's Mom to make us a shirt. She doesn't have a lot of time for such activities, so it was nice of her to agree to this plan. ;)

Penny had a human shirt that no longer fit which we gave to her Mom to deconstruct and reconstruct as a doll shirt using the Liberty Jane pattern. Hopefully this shows our readers that the pattern also works with non-knit fabrics: we have a short-sleeved blouse, instead of the knit T-shirt that the pattern typically creates. Modeled by Karen in the photos below, it is a mauve/light lavender blouse with some fancy stuff going on, including a lengthened torso section to make it look more like a tunic shirt. Hence, it goes well with leggings, as you can see. Penny's Mom made a hair-ribbon/belt for the shirt as well. You can see it as Karen's headband in the pictures.

Here is the link to the Liberty Jane patterns site (some are free, some cost money), for those of you with a sewing machine. And of course, if you use the patterns you should not sell the clothing you make with them.


Here is a slideshow, where Lira meets Karen for the first time (much like the previous Lira meeting Alice post). And more photos of the "designer" shirt. :D

Close-up!

Super-awesome-fantastic thanks to
Penny's Mom for making this for us!!!