Molly's Journey Through Time

I am part of a great group on Facebook that is called American Girl Doll Obsessed BST
A fun photo contest they are having right now is Molly's Journey Through Time so as always I thought I'd share here. I take no credit for this and I don't guarantee I will have time to keep up with all of Molly's journey's but I thought I'd share with you today's picture.

Molly traveled through time and ended up on Samantha's lawn- IN HER BIRTHDAY SUIT 🙈
What will Samantha and Nellie pick out of their collections for Molly to wear today? What will they do before Molly has to go home? Share in the comments (or join the group and share there) your Molly wearing turn of the century fashion and share what the girls might do before its back to 1944 for Molly.

My Molly decided to show her girlie side and wear Samantha's birthday outfit. Of course she chose to keep her signature braids. We wouldn't want to get her and Samantha confused! They were already surprised how much alike they were. 

Doll update and yard sale finds-- show off thread

I need two more shelves one to put my other collectable dolls (Play Wonder and Magic attic) and for my Girl of the Year and Customs...

The main collection. I put my Truly Me dolls (formerly Just Like You) on the shelf since they won't be played with a whole lot... So on the top shelf is my Samantha, Lily (24), Marianna (28), Emma who is a Play Wonder doll, Felicity- she's in delicate condition :(, Charlie (13), Matilda (17), Taylor (22) and Isabella as Avril Lavigne. Then Ivy, McKenna, Gwen (she's new to us!) Molly, Emily, Ruthie, Kit, Kaya on the back row. Lindsey, Saige, with Marie- Grace behind her, Addy, Caroline, Cecile, Nellie and Samantha again.

my customs Lil Will, Mack, Carlo, and Jeanette.

my messy shelf with my other dolls and Bitty Twins..

This is just a picture where I keep their clothes organized and stuff. I am going to redo it soon probably with my wicker set and get rid of the wooden chair we will see. 

Now for the past couple of weeks I think I have found some great yard sale deals. I think the weekend before last I went to a yard sale and found a few TLC beds for a really irresistible price. My daughter won't play with the beds I don't think and I have already unassembled the doll house so I have no where to put them but to fix them up and keep them as collectors or give them to another girl to enjoy? We will have to see. 

Samantha's bed

a non AG dining set its missing a spoke but its not noticable if there is a doll using it :) Great for my Thanksgiving display don't you think?

Felicity's sampler I was told this was the best find like almost ever ;)

Moon and Stars trundle oops they had it with Samantha's bedding but SCORE :)

and Kit's bed.

Then after that last Thursday I found a Craigslist ad for another yard sale. I emailed my husband would we dare after the last one? YES we dared! I actually sold my Our Generation Camper and Kitchen to save money to go to Nashville for the grand opening this week of the new American Girl store but I asked ahead and they didn't have the retiring Caroline items I wanted... so I opted for this instead.... Kirsten's kittens, Molly's tap outfit, Nutmeg Julie's bunny, a birthday cake, Chrissa's picnic table and bench and beautiful Gwen! I so wanted to get more but I was restraining myself. I was pouting that Julie had a little more TLC than what I wanted for a collectors doll and Kirsten which was absolutely almost flawless but she was a newer version and I so want to get the Pleasant Company version where its truly from when I grew up and dreamed of owning her and Samantha. 

The doll beds may all need a little TLC, bedding or mattress which is okay by me since I know on our budget we couldn't hope for something nicer... So check your yard sale sites, check your bookoo, check your Craigslist and Freecycle once , twice and you will find dolls and other items within your budget like me!

Little Will visits space

We have a local publication called the North Alabama Kids Directory... They are nice enough to host giveaways on their Facebook page and I have won many :) yay for us.. Anyways we received tickets to the United States Space and Rocket center in Huntsville. The weeks leading up to before we went Zulily had a sale on 18 inch doll clothing and they had for sale a great little flight suit I had been eyeing for awhile on Pinterest and Ebay so I snagged it for William's doll or our collection in general. My husband then decided to use this four day weekend and go to the Space and Rocket Center so Will can go to space. Enjoy the pictures... I was too lazy to edit them LOL

Skylars American Girl themed birthday

2 years ago October... I asked Skylar to decide between going to the American Girl store in Atlanta (an overnight trip) or would she like to have a party.. She couldn't decide and honestly between three adults schedules and a school schedule with finances all these factors having to sync at the same time the trip to Atlanta and to see our best friends didn't pan out.

So a local place here called the Fitness Arts Center which specializes in teaching Irish Dance (beautiful) hosts American Girl Birthdays. So Rick and I went and set everything up they made the invitations etc...

Previous to her birthday I didn't lead on that I had planned anything with Skylar. I told her she could pick her own birthday cake which she did from Baskin Robbins... Everyone was told in advance it was a surprise party...

The day of the event I had Rick take Skylar to go get her birthday cake and he drove around for awhile until I give the go-ahead...

For the big surprise!!

First we made a doll sized craft.

then we went into another room where we opened gifts and had cake... I made these mini AG cake toppers the ones with the pink circle had a sticker of different dolls in it :)

my friend Michelle made these mini and kid sized cupcakes with glitter!

Skylar got Felicity for her 2nd doll for her 10th birthday.

Then we went back to the front room and the school had a good bit of different made for girls American Girl costumes/ outfits to match their favorite characters... So they had a fashion show...

A as Lanie

Skylar dressed like her Felicity doll

E as Julie

and another Julie outfit

The the younger A & K in their dress up costumes

Then the teachers were supposed to teach dances from different American Girl eras and some popular dances it didn't quite work out but the party was loads of fun anyways

We ended up taking her to the American Girl store a little over two months after her birthday during Christmas break for the Saige release. Here is that blog here 

Out takes in AG Land

Well a year ago I made my first custom AG doll for my son who was 4.. I had a friend sell me a very TLC doll and I rewigged her to be a boy.. Here is a video and some pictures of Lil Will.

Link to the video with sound *sorry*