Wonderful Free Printables Fun From Doll Play South Africa and Doll Tag Clothing

Our wonderful friends over at Doll Play South Africa have a fun new printable you are just going to love!
We love boardgames here and this one is so special made for our 18 inch dolls so much fun!
 Doll sized Money and cards coming soon I am told and I can not wait! Click here for the PDF download link.

 

Also a wonderful free pattern from our friends at Doll Tag Clothing is this Sew Basic Mini Skirt! You can down load this pattern and teach a young doll lover in your life to sew with this easy to follow pattern. to down load this free pattern please visit Doll Play South Africa by clicking here.

I would love to see your completed projects so do email me a photo at karenmowen@gmail.com

I want to personally thank Doll Tag Clothing and my friend and Doll Tag Designer Liese for not only creating wonderful patterns, dolls and a great website, but for also keeping doll play accessible for all. As a doll lover herself her free patterns and encouragement got me knitting, sewing and excited about the wonderful things happening in the Dolly World. Liese is a wonderful addition to the doll play movement and I recommend you check out her website, her Facebook Fan page and all her patterns on Pixiefaire   by clicking any of these highlighted words.
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New Friends From South African Girl Doll!

I am thrilled to announce that our friends at South African Girl have three new dolly friends you can now bring home! Anya, Tracy and Zanele join Zoey, Nandi and Annie over at Doll Play South Africa!

 Pop over to see these adorable new friends for yourself by clicking here.
We would love to see photos of your South African Girl Dolls so please feel free to email me at karenmowen@gmail.com or tag me on instagram at oneminutedollchats
As with all our posts we would love to hear from you so please leave us a comment here or email us at karenmowen@gmail.com

Checking In With South African Girl and Doll Tag Clothing!

 

The Dollly World is made up of so many wonderful people and one of these wonderful people happens to be someone I admire and respect so much.  Liese Brouwer, is the wonderful lady and creative talent behind South African Girl and the Doll Tag Clothing Line of patterns sopld on Pixiefaire.

Liese has a passion for doll play, creativity and a talent for designing patterns that are easy to follow and make wonderful play clothes for 18 inch dolls.

ITt was because of Liese's encouragement that I finally picked up the knitting needles and created my first doll sweater.

This was back in 2012! You can read the post by clicking here

Last summer I made the Biginner Knit sweater for 18 inch dolls and even made one for my mini doll!

Doll Tag Clothing has some wonderful new patterns offered on Pixiefaire I love this Rodeo Cow Girl Pattern  new and offered at $5.99

As well Doll Tag Clothing is now offering some really cute patterns for the 14 inch H4H dolls! Click here for the pattern listing.

I would like to thank Leise for all her support over the years of my blog and for all her amazing work that helps girls world wide to be inspired!
To find out more about South African Girl Dolls please click here  and for more information on all the patterns Doll Tag Clothing offers on Pixiefaire click here.  

Check out South African Girl's Blog By Clicking here.


I am now off to pick up my knitting needles and start some fall sweaters for the dolls in my own doll family!
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A Huge Welcome To South African Girl Dolls!

Today I am so excited to share with you some of the newest dolls in the 18 inch dolly world. Welcome the South African Girl Dolls!  Please welcome Annie, Zoey and Nandi!
These three 18 inch dolls are a first for South Africa. "We do not have 18” dolls here at all. These are the first girls. Later we are planning more traditional dolls." says their creator and visionary Liese

"We will be adding short stories to the www.southafricangirldoll.com page soon. These will be fun for girl living outside of South Africa for them to learn about our way of living here and all the cultures we have. A fun fact you can mention is that we have 11 official languages! We are also known as the rainbow nation. Don’t you just love how many colors we have in our flag!"

 For those of you who are doll collectors South African Girl dolls will ship world wide...

"For International shipping I was able to get an average for the world. It differs by a few dollars so I made it an easy flat rate of $40. You can add an outfit or 2 without changing the shipping cost. The dolls are priced at $88. The shipping is high because we are so low down on the planet."

 "Interesting fact:My sample dolls travelled via Fedex and went from Nanjing, China to Mumbai, India. Then Paris, France and finally South Africa! Can you imagine how well travelled your doll is once she has crossed international borders!"

To find out more about these wonderful dolls click here http://www.dollplaysa.com/features.aspx

  Check out The South African Girl Doll Blog by clicking here!

These beautiful dolls are always up to something fun on their blog, with stories, crafts and more be sure to add them to your favorites!

 We are looking forward to sharing more about South African Girl Dolls with you again soon!

As with all our posts we would love to hear from you so please leave me a comment here or email me here at karenmowen@gmail.com

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!

As with all my posts I would love to hear from you so please leave me a comment here or email me at karenmowen@gmail.com