My Girl Doll Shop Now Has A Facebook Shop!

My Girl Doll now has a Facebook shop and I am so excited. Especially for those who live in Australia. These beautiful dolls don't have as many options as their 18 inch cousins over here in North America so it is wonderful to see My Girl Doll filling that need!

You can check out the wonderful handmade items offered by clicking here

I love the fashion forward way My Girl Doll has brought color and style to Crochet outfits that make them desirable and trendy for today's dolls!

 

These fun outfits are not your average crochet creations and just wonderful on the Australian Girl Dolls. 

If you are lucky enough to have an Australian Girl doll like I am you know how remarkable these dolls are and with My Girl Doll Shop on Facebook it is easier then ever to acquire beautiful outfits made just for them!

Check out My Girl Doll's Facebook Shop by clicking here.

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Love For Australian Girl Dolls!

I keep seeing wonderful posts and visitors from my readers in Australia and today I wanted to give a big shout out to them! Australia has their own line of Dolls and I love this line. These dolls are 20 inches tall. I have Emily and she is one of the most loved dolls in our doll family. My niece Beth has claimed her as her favorite and her own!

I posted these photos to my Instagram account earlier this week and you can see by the pictures just how photogenic Emily is!
She has a molded upper body so she looks really cute in sun dresses!

My friend Chris Lucas of www.chrislucas.com.au has been creating so many wonderful outfits and posting her photos on our facebook group that I so want to add more of these beautiful dolls to our collection!

You can check out all of the Australian Girl Dolls by visiting Australian Girl's Website by clicking here
They do ship these beauties world wide and trust me you will want to bring them all home!

This is a video from my channel of my niece doing Emily's hair. We love how easily you can style this dolls long lush hair!
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A Visit With Chris Lucas, Doll Lover and Incredible Seamstress!

  Today I am thrilled to share with you a behind the scenes look at a great website by Chris Lucas and share with you a bit about her and her sewing passion. 

"http://ChrisLucas.com.au where I share my sewing creations not only for my dolls but also for me. Lately though I'm so much more focused on my sewing for dolls as I just love it and can't help but smile every time I make something for them."

 "I just recently started my little Etsy shop as my dolls are just getting way too many clothes and I wanted to keep sewing more so thought I'd start selling some of my creations. To date I've sold 3 of my outfits which I'm really pleased about."   

"One I shipped to the US and 2 here in Australia. I sew for both American Girl and Australian Girl dolls... and I love sewing for my barbies too. I don't have any children of my own... I'm just a big kid at heart and have never stopped loving dolls!" 

 " I have Australian Girl doll 'Belle', American Girl dolls 'Julie' and premattel doll 'Molly'. Plus I have Ellowyne Wilde, Baby Born, Fashion Royalty Barbie, and quite a few barbie dolls."

Chris has a great website and shares more of her love of sewing, her wonderful fur baby and life in Australia! 

 

Just a few minutes on her website and you will be in awe of her as much as I am! I wish I could sew like this!

Be sure to check out Chris Lucas on line  by clicking here 

as well as her Etsy Shop by clicking here

Thank you Chris for sharing your talent and love for dolls with us today.

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Australian Girl Doll More Then Just Dolls!

One of the best things about the doll world on line is that we can see and hear about wonderful dolls from around the world. While most of my readers are from North America I have a following world wide. Today I want to share with you Australian Girl .

Not too long ago Emily came to live here in Canada with me! She is such a lovely doll. Long cascading blonde hair and she has separated toes so she can wear the most adorable flip flops!

There are 5 Australian Girl dolls all with different and unique personalities. As well as the beautiful dolls Australian Girl offers doll lovers clothing, accessories, books and now sewing patterns!

Two sewing patterns for doll lovers are now offered on line for $10.95 each. Click here for website listing.

 

Australian Girl Dolls now have a great place to lay their heads with the Bed and Mattress Set offered on line. Girls can paint and decorate their dolls bed! Click here for website listing.

Dolls will sleep snug as a bug in the colorful Aussie Bug Bedding! (Currently out of stock at time of this post but do check back!)

 

There are also three books in the Australian Girl series.

The Rainbow Necklace

Amy and the Wilpena Flood

and Annabelle and the Missing Turtles. I truly enjoyed reading The Rainbow Necklace and I look forward to catching up with the new books in the New Year!

Australian Girl Dolls are Delightful! Start your Australian Adventure by clicking here to visit Australian Girl today!
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Knit A Sweater For Your Dolls In A Weekend!

I did it, I really did it, I completed Knitting my second and now third doll sweater with this wonderful and FREE Pattern from Doll Tag Designs.

This is a fantastic and easy to follow pattern. I have had ONE knitting lesson in my life and only practiced off and on over the last 4 years. I was amazed at how quickly this pattern came together.

I started on a Friday, Knitting under my favorite tree in the yard, took breaks for tea and a mystery. Thankfully I had tea and  Homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies to keep me company.

I knit for a few hours on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I was so proud of myself. There are lots of mistakes in my sweater for sure but I really learned from them.

 

My niece was visiting from the Island and very kindly posed with my Australian Girl Doll Emily  for those of you who have these wonderful Australian Dolls this pattern for simple sweaters will also fit your dolls!

When I was finished knitting the sweater for the 18 inch dolls, I wanted to try the same method for the mini dolls and I think I had great sucess! I played around with the measurements a bit but I am pleased with how it turned out!

I think that if I can knit these sweaters you can too, now is the perfect time to pick up your needles and give these easy sweaters a try!

Click here for Doll Tag Clothing's Beginner Knit Sweaters Pattern a Free PDF and easy to follow pattern!

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Adventurous Emily's Easter Egg Hunt ~ Emily The Australian Girl Doll

Today I am so excited to share photos with you that my niece and I were able to do this week during Spring Break of Emily our Australian Girl Doll.

My niece has admired Emily  for so long and on this Spring break trip we decided to use her for our Easter Photo shoot.

One of the things we love most about Emily our Australian Doll is her hair, Beth has spent hours styling and re styling her long luxurious hair!

I made Emily her Easter dress from this wonderful pattern I got from Kotton Candy Doll Fashions Etsy Shop. What is great about this pattern is that it fits most 18 inch dolls and even looks super cute on Australian Girl Dolls.

I played around with the collars and made a dress for Chrissa as well!

Another thing we love about Emily and all the Australian Girl Dolls is that they have a separated toe so they can actually wear flip flops.

These dolls are priced at $119.95 Australian and and They Ship world wide.

There are 5 beautiful dolls to choose from.
You can visit their shop on line by clicking any of the highlighted words in our post or click here
You can also find Australian Girl Dolls on Facebook by clicking here

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Happy Australia Day!

Wishing all my Australian Readers a very Happy Australia Day!

With love from Canada,
Karen Mom of Three....
Check out Australian Girl Dolls on line by clicking here

Be sure to Like them on Facebook by clicking here.

I also highly recommend The Rainbow Necklace, such a wonderful story and adventure with the Australian Girl Characters!
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Dolly suggestions for the holidays...

There are so many more wonderful choices world wide for Best Friend Dolls today. I am one of the luckiest people to have so many of these wonderful dolls. I thought I would share with you some of my top picks this holiday season.

Here in Canada we have a few choices for our Best Friend Dolls. Maplelea offers Canadian Girls 18 best friend dolls. Personally I have Saila and one of the New Friends Dolls, who I call Stacy.
I highly recommend these dolls for their play potential and their heirloom quality. Click here to visit Maplelea priced at just under $100.

Springfield Doll Collection is another one of my favorite doll lines. These 18 inch dolls are available here in Canada at Micheal's the Craft Store. Their line of well priced Dolls, Clothing, Furniture and Accessories make Springfield and easy and affordable gift! You can use your Micheal's Coupons for further discounts on the entire line and is one of the reasons I purchase Springfield Dolls and items frequently for my nieces,  gifts and for my own collection. I personally have two Olivia's and Madison, I love all the dolls in this collection, check them out at your local Micheal's store.Dolls priced under $40

Over at Sears.ca you can order these wonderful Newberry Dolls, I also found them in store yesterday. These dolls priced under $30 do not have eyes that open and close but are great starter dolls.

 Toys R Us in Canada is now offering the Journey Girls, these dolls are much slimmer then most 18 inch dolls on the market today but have their own line of clothing and accessories through out Toys R Us stores here in Canada and the USA, priced at just over $30 they are also wonderful starter dolls.

 

For my Australian readers I can not say enough about the Australian Girl Dolls

These dolls are beautifully made, with a breast plate and separated toes each doll wears a sun dress beautifully and flip flops too! These dolls SHIP WORLD WIDE and are 22 inches tall. I have Emily and I just love her! Her soft facial expressions and long beautiful hair are just some of the things I love most about this wonderful doll line.Australian Girl Dolls are priced just under $120 and are among my most favorite international dolls. Click here to visit their website.

Brand new on the market this month are South African Girl Dolls! I am so excited to see this new line of dolls brought to us by the wonderful creator of Doll Tag Designs! I am so looking forward to all the wonderful things South African Girl Dolls will be up to in the coming months. Find and Like them on Facebook by clicking here.

For my readers in the UK, My London Girl Dolls are absolutely adorable. Personally I have three of these dolls and I love the My London Girl meet outfits, the running shoes or trainers are my favorite part of the meet outfit. Their stylish stores are a must visit if you are visiting London. I love these dolls and you will too! Check them out on line by clicking here priced at  79 pounds,

 be sure to check out their new  My London Guy doll Ollie by clicking here. 
He is personally a favorite, I have a son by the same name!

My neighbors to the South in the USA have many choices from Our Generation Dolls sold through Target priced under $40.

Springfield dolls also available in the USA on line or in store are priced far better then here in Canada, check them out on line or in store. They are my go to doll for birthday party gifts for sure!

 

Harmony Club Dolls are new to the Dolly world this season and a welcome addition they are! Limited addition dolls offered at $85.

 Click here for more details!

Last but not least the American Girl Dolls, a true classic and favorite of mine. These dolls are available on line  priced at just over $100 with so many dolls to choose from you are sure to find a favorite here. With Historical and Doll of the year dolls not to mention the Just like you dolls, bitty baby and bitty twin it is easy to see why American Girl Dolls lead the market in 18 inch dolls world wide. Click here for the on line store.

I love all my 18 inch dolls and I know you will to. Having a best friend doll to love and play with is a wonderful investment. Keeping girls, girls longer and helping them to grow into to well adjusted, creative young ladies is my hope through doll play. Weather you choose one of the dolls listed in this post or featured on my blog or another doll, doll play is very rewarding!

 I encourage you to Keep Calm and Play with Dolls.

For tips on how to play with dolls or create play sets for your child or dolls please visit the tabs at the top of this blog and start your doll play adventure today!

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