Hints for Holiday Shopping 2.0

I can't guarantee that these things will still be for sale when this is posted.... but click on the photos to see the Etsy listings for the items and to go to the shops. :)

Christmas Mouse Tiny Blank Book..... it could be your doll's journal or her photo album!..... This shop has a ton of these tiny books, not inexpensive exactly, but very cool and probably time-consuming to make....

Eggs, Bacon and Toast!... the perfect breakfast to serve your dolly on Christmas morning... This is of course from Pippaloo's shop, the place to find dolly food...

Holly Jolly Christmas Undies Set!.... From Mux Originals... need undies? She's got 'em and a lot more cool goodies...

Awesome Punk Rocker Outfit courtesy of AM PM Creations... this shop currently has over 70 listings of clothing for AGs and Bittys... a truckload of cool stuff to peruse!.....

Beautiful Kirsten Dress and Shawl from Marie Georj.... a lovely shop with winter outfits, pretty dresses, historical duds... wonderful!.....

Lavender Ballet Outfit from Belle Doll Boutique... a shop with more of these exquisite ballet costumes in different colors... very sparkly, very fun!... also features other cute costumes and historical dresses...

Elf Tights!... We bought a ton of socks and tights from Sew Fun Doll Clothes, but again we have been too slow to actually get around to posting about them... but they are great and we highly recommend checking out this shop... tights, socks, historical outfits, modern garb, and more!....

Come back in 12 hours to see more items!

Giveaway Ramblings and Hints for Holiday Shopping

Tada! We finally shipped the Fall 2010 Doll Giveaway prize package! Hurrah!

Included in the box was: MyAG #41 (Emma Grace), the Star Hoodie JLY Meet outfit she came in, the new MyAG meet outfit, the Liberty Jane grey jeans and purple logo shirt, a Fun with your Doll book, some fun hair ribbons, the holiday doll-sized teddy bear in a little reusable box, and an Innerstar U charm necklace with Innerstar U virtual world online access! Woot! We even included three charms for the necklace!

Aren’t we great?! *Pats selves on backs.

So we decided today that doing giveaways is fun and they would be a great way to celebrate American Girl’s 25th Anniversary next year. Everyone is getting really excited about what is in store for us next year. What does AG have planned? New dolls? New items? Bringing dolls out of the archives? What? What? What?!

Now it is fun to be hopeful, but AG does weird things occasionally (all the time) and we might not see the big fanfare that everyone is expecting. And this would make us sad. :-( 

Hence, we decided to make our own fanfare. For all twelve months of 2011 we will be doing little giveaways: a tee shirt, an activity kit, a doll tee and tote, etc. etc.- one per month. And these will be in addition to our three seasonal doll giveaways. So 15 giveaways in total in 2011!

Not to be annoying, but if you are a seamstress/shop owner and would like to donate an item for our 25th Anniversary Giveaways, please let us know in the comments below! We have several things for the giveaways already, but they are not all handmade items. So feel free to speak up if you want to be featured in these giveaways. :-)

Well it is typically the Monday before the week of Christmas that everyone starts panicking that they haven’t bought gifts yet. 12 Days left! Ahhhhhh!

So today we decided to help you out a little. Perhaps you are looking for a gift for your doll or the doll lover in your family, but you aren’t sure what to get? This week we wanted to just point out some fun stuff that is currently available on Etsy (as of me writing these posts) that might make great gifts! So everyday we will point out some items- click on the images to go to the listings.

First... Beach chair. It's cold outside. The beach chair reminds us of warmer days. Haha. We have one of these in red for Katie, Connie and Noelle... still haven't blogged about it because we are slow-- but it is really fun and it can come in a variety of colors. And it might be nice for Kanani if you plan on getting her.

A trundle bed with all the bedding trimmings... we don't have one of these, but it looks awesome and very practical... 

Princess and the Frog Dress... We love Enchanted Designer-- this shop has a ton of great costumes...

Holiday Peasant Top from Doll Closet... this shop is full of fun, affordable clothing, some with a holiday or winter theme...

A fantastic Winter Outfit from Terristouch... a shop full of wonderful modern and historical doll clothing...

A Rock and Roll Outfit from All Things Brandy... something really unique and fun....

And.... a beautiful gown for your colonial girl from Aloha Girl Doll Clothes... she has a lot of great historical clothing in her shop including several colonial dresses...

Come back tomorrow for more gift ideas!!!

Gia as Lanie; Lanie Free Shipping Ends Today!

Bienvenido a Domingo! That's probably not the way to say that.... but oh well... Welcome to Sunday! Currently American Girl is featuring a free shipping offer on Lanie and/or her starter collection. This free shipping deal ends today (Dec. 12th), so if you were going to order Lanie, do it today and save some $$$!

So as a celebration of Lanie's free shipping and a little wave goodbye to her collection... we put Gia in Lanie's Garden Outfit and Butterfly Outfit. This way we can see how Gia fits in some of the American Girl clothing and see the two outfits that come in Lanie's starter collection.

Without further ado.... Gia as Lanie with Mr. Snuggles...

And here are the slideshows... some things you will notice...

1) Many American Girl shoes do fit Karito Kids. They are a bit wide, but if they have elastic straps they can go easily on the KK feeties. AG-sized boots, flats and sneakers also sometimes fit, but they go on very tightly because KK feet are slightly longer than AG feet. So it is probably better to just stick with shoes with elastic straps to them, like Lanie's two pairs of sandals, for example.

2) Karito Kids are skinnier. This is true-- taller and skinnier. So things like Lanie's plaid tank top and her Butterfly dress fit more loosely on KKs than on AGs. But I think they can still work for them. Especially if you add something like the orange jacket over the dress. Then the looseness is really not noticeable.

3) Even though they are taller, AG dresses can still work on KKs. It really depends on the length of the dress. There is a fine line between looking like a nice dress and looking like a tunic top. But Lanie's dress looks great in our opinion. And as far as the white shorts, they fit pretty well. Having elastic in the waistline really helps! The bum region does have a bit more room than Gia needs. But we really aren't that picky. She looks good to us. :-D

p.s. Doll Diaries has the Kanani book cover images. Click here: http://dolldiaries.com/american-girl-of-the-year-2011-scoop/. But one should really give credit where credit is due. An AG Playthings member found them first. So if you are a member at AGPT, you can check out the covers over there as well, with several pages of member discussion on them. Five so far-- Haha.

What do you think of the images of Kanani? Do you like her?!?