Who Are The People In Your Dolly Neighborhood ? A New Interview Series For 2015

Neighborhood. Don't you just love the sound of that word. For me it brings back so many fond memories of growing up and yes I was raised on "Sesame Street". Inspired by all the wonderful people I have met in the Dolly World Neighborhood and a little help from my Sesame Street Up bringing,  this year on my blog I will be bringing you more interviews about the people in our Dolly World Neighborhood.

If you are new to my blog,  I have been doing behind the scenes interviews with Etsy shop owners and designers for years.  Now I am reaching out to all of you, it is time to share your story. If you would like to be included in our Dolly Neighborhood interviews for 2015 please email me at karenmowen@gmail.com. You do not have to be an Etsy shop owner or a You Tube Personality, just a doll lover who wants to share. I have some wonderful Dolly World Personalities already lined up and I hope you will enjoy and enhance this series!  Maybe you belong to a doll club you want us to know about, maybe you are wanting to start one. Share how you incorporate doll play in to your everyday life...let's talk dolls!

I will bring you some fun interviews with a variety of  people who make up our wonderfully diverse doll world.  Look for upcoming  interviews with  Etsy shop owners, You Tuber personalities, Bloggers, Doll Designers and so much more! If you would like to be one of the people we get to know a bit better email me at karenmowen@gmail.com

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Madelon's Post New Year Fun Finds!

Madelon shares some of her post holiday fun finds that are perfectly priced after the holidays to be included in your doll play collections!  Like this box of chocolates ornament. Often you will find the right size for doll play and some really great deals in the post holiday sales!

 January is the perfect time to pick up and put away doll items for gift giving occasions like this Our Generation doll with long hair! Stores will be putting all toys at deep discounts so check your local stores for huge post holiday sales!

Pick up and put away matching dolly and girl pj sets for gifts and for even next Christmas!

While in stores check for new doll stock as well, these will go on sale as well in January for 20-25% off!
Thank you Madelon for sharing with us your post holiday fun finds!
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Free Beret Patterns For You and Your Dolls

With the release of the American Girl of the Year doll Grace you will see many girls wanting to start wearing berets! Here are a few patterns so you can get started making them for yourself and your dolls.  I have been making doll beret's for years and the wonderful people at American Doll Outfitters.com have published a free beret pattern that I have used for years. To get your own free PDF pattern to make your dolls beret's in various sizes please click here.

My friends over at Red Heart have a great free Crochet Beret Pattern for beginners. On my list of things to learn this is a beginner pattern as well! Click here for the free beret pattern from Red Heart

A free knit beret for kids pattern can be found here this is a free pattern from freevintageknitting.com

I hope you enjoyed today's post and that you will get started and share your projects with me! 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

Time To Check Out Leonie's Bonus Collection From Maplelea!

I am so excited that our friends at Maplelea have a special deal for us this January! All month Leonie's Collection is a great deal!

For $139 Canadian you get a Leonie Doll, and three outfits for only $139. This is a fantastic deal and if you were thinking of starting a Maplelea Collection now is the time! To check out this limited time offer please click here.

While you are on the  Maplelea Website do check out the sale page for some fantastic savings!
The Set to Celebrate Set is on sale for $55! As a collector, mom and doll lover this is a set you are going to want to have! Click here for website listing.

Sale prices start at $5.25 Canadian and with flat rate shipping you are going to want to take advantage of all the sales! Click here to view the sale specials on the Maplelea Website!
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Set Aside Some Time For Dolly Game Night With My Girl Clothing Co

January brings us long cold winter nights and some of my fondest memories are of game nights at the table with my family. My Girl Clothing Co has some wonderful play sets that are perfect for our 18 inch dolls. 

This adorable set of 18 inch scale pretend games and puzzles includes, Clue Jr, with game board and 4 game pieces, Trivial Pursuit, with 2 question cards, Yahtzee, with game pad and die, Candyland, box only, 2 crossword puzzle books, with real pages, and 2 jigsaw puzzles, one 50 piece, and the other is an empty box.

 

Think of all the fun your dolls will have with this play set! Priced at $22.00 this play set would be the perfect addition to your doll play set and dolls play room!

You can view this play set and many more wonderful play sets and outfits My Girl Clothing Co offers by visiting their Etsy shop by clicking this link.

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A Visit With Grace!

Today I had the good fortune of stopping by the American Girl Store in Vancouver to meet the new Girl of the Year Grace!

The entire staff including Nikki were so wonderful to the long line of doll lovers including myself. Such a great place to visit with staff who really care about dolls!

I was so excited to see the new CANADA Red Shirt! Loved the puppy too who is all soft bodied and his bow turns into a leash!

On the way in I was thrilled to receive the Girl of the Year Apron for my doll!

 Here is what I bought! While I would loved to have brought Grace and her entire collection home my budget only allowed the book Grace Stirs it Up and The Canada Exclusive T-shirt! But A Girl can have a wish list!

Everything about this collection is perfect and on my wish list! The chair and the table set are 1st on my list, followed by Miss Grace herself and the mixer set! Now I just need a lotto win!

I had so much fun with our Doll community today and met some wonderful people. My friends Linda, Lauren, Deena, Miss Nikki and new friend Chloe!  I had the great pleasure of meeting Youtuber  Sarahagstudio's and her mom too! Check out her work by clicking here.
Thank you all for making today such a great day!
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2015 Girl Of The Year Grace!

So we have all found out that Grace is the American Girl Doll of the year. I tried really hard not to share any leaked info on Grace as I really like the surprise.

 I did however pre order the mini doll version of her with out seeing the photos.  I think that her story line will be an exciting one an I hope to go to our local Vancouver store to check her out today.

I am really looking forward to her books. Shown above is the Girl of the year book but there are some really fun ones planned! I think that this one will be the one I pick up to read for myself.
All the photos shown here are from Google Images and are not my own.
I would love to hear your thoughts about the New Girl Of The Year Doll as well so be sure to leave a comment!
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