#agblr

[autisticmckennabrooks]

healing my inner child one matching fit at a time

#american girl #ag dolls #agblr #american girl dolls #dollblr #rebecca rubin

[maryellenlarkin]

Some of my favorite photos my family and I got when we went to AG Dallas this weekend!

#agblr #american girl #ag place

[marisoldolls]

I think Claudie looks so cute in this outfit!

#claudie wells #american girl dolls #ag dolls #agblr

[samantha-and-nellie]

one thing that i wish the books had addressed is how haunting it must’ve been for samantha to visit coldrock house. i think the fandom really easily forgets that samantha is an orphan (and has been since she was around jenny’s age) because she has an otherwise functional and loving family in her life. but there’s no way that she never thought about the fact that she could’ve ended up in a place like coldrock house had she come from a different background… i cannot imagine how haunting that must’ve felt, especially at her age, and i think it makes it even clearer why she was so determined to get nellie and her sisters out of the orphanage

#samantha parkington #saah liveblog #american girl #samantha: an american girl holiday #ag #american girl doll #nellie o'malley #agblr

[coconutlicorice]

Actually the cutest custom I’ve ever made, I think?

#american girl #agblr #american girl dolls #blaire with custom wig #my customs

[apeekintothepantry]

Meet Violet Fielding, my original historical character from 1918 Boston!

I've been doing some workshopping with my custom historical characters because I've been a little bored with AG's historical offerings of late, and because it's a fun excuse to dig into moments in time that interest me personally, but AG probably wouldn't produce a similar character themselves. (I say that, but my 1940's Hawaii character predates Nanea, so who knows! Maybe I'm manifesting some future stuff I can borrow for my gals.)

Violet is the youngest of three siblings. Her older sister Alice is in her early 20's and either a nurse or a Hello Girl, leaning towards nursing because I'm not sure I want her to go overseas and she could work at a hospital in Boston during the war. Her older brother James is 19 and enlists in the Marines once the US enters World War I. I think by Violet Saves the Day, he's returned home dealing with quite a bit of "shellshock" and that becomes a somewhat major theme.

Her parents are pretty wealthy, and the family lives in a brownstone on Beacon Hill in Boston. Her dad is a doctor and mom is a suffragist who also gets involved in causes supporting the war effort. Both parents are very supportive of their kids following their passions and getting themselves out there in this still relatively new century, which is why Alice has been allowed to go to school instead of immediately marrying some wealthy guy.

Vi herself is a precocious and creative kid. I think she likes to draw and paint and generally be crafty and creative, which comes in handy when brainstorming ways she can support her brother overseas and the war effort more broadly. While she's not afraid to get her hands dirty, she does like typically girly things like having teatime and looking at catalogs filled with new dresses. Her book series would theoretically cover 1917 through 1919 or so, and touch on the war, Women's Suffrage, the Spanish Flu, shellshock, and possibly the Boston Molasses Disaster.

Currently I'm trying to come up with a best friend character for her, as she really needs a Nellie or Ruthie in her life with the age difference and both siblings being off doing exciting and scary things without her. There are a lot of different directions I could go in with said friend - fellow wealthy-ish kid feels boring, Boston had a lot of new immigrant communities in the 1910's, some of whom did live in a specific part of Beacon Hill, Boston historically struggles with insidious covert racism but was still a city with a number of prominent Black and Jewish communities - and nothing's quite clicked as perfect just yet.

Violet is a Marie-Grace doll with a Nanea wig. Someone was selling her on a Facebook group a few years ago and I immediately felt like she was a Violet and needed to join my crew. Her last name was inspired by Lady Dorothie Fielding, a British woman who drove an ambulance during WWI and received several awards for bravery and service. Fielding's letters home were published after her death and are a really fascinating look at what it was like on the front lines doing this incredibly dangerous and important work. I used it as a major primary source for an educational interactive I helped develop in one of my previous jobs.

#american girl doll #american girl #american girl dolls #agblr #ag doll #ag dolls #american girl oc #violet fielding

[the-tallest01]

just got a Pleasant Company Addy Walker! :D

She’s never been opened, and came with all her accessories except for the gourd and half dime. I assume her year is probably around the late 90s- like ‘98 or ‘99

#american girl collection #ag dolls #pleasant company #dolls #dolls of tumblr #agblr #american girl #toy collector

[kavikasharma]

"Some day I'll wish upon a star / And wake up where the clouds are far behind me / Where troubles melt like lemon drops / Away above the chimney tops / that's where you'll find me"

#american girl #dorothy doll #dorothy gale #wizard of oz #agblr #doll customizing

[dominican-girl-dolls]

hello american girl doll tumblr community

i have decided to prematurely introduce myself despite not currently owning any dolls 💀 because i want mutuals!!

i’m cece, i’m 20, and im from the dominican republic :) (también hablo español)

as one does, i originally got into american girl at age 8, just in time to request a “my american girl #25” for my 9th birthday. truly a time in my life. as things go tho i grew up and at around 15 years old my mother asked me if id be interested in gifting my american girl stuff to a friend’s daughter and i said yes of course, and me and my doll parted ways

however i am now 20 years old i’ve recently gotten back into ag, this time specifically into the ag historical line! i’m so obsessed with the characters, their stories, the period clothing and accessories. i’m so devastated they’re archived so much of their furniture, it’s such a crime.

i am currently in the process of reading all the historical girls’ books (maybe not all of them, but most of them)

i wouldn’t describe myself as an aspiring collector. dolls are expensive and i don’t really want to have a hobby that revolves around buying stuff. plus i don’t think i’d have use for just, a bunch of dolls. i think ideally id have a maximum of 4-5 dolls

currently my favorites are: kaya, kirsten, addy, samantha, rebecca, and kit! though i trust this list will change and grow as i read through the books

anyways, please follow me/reblog if you wanna be mutuals. i emphasized that i mostly love the historical girls but id love to have mutuals who have other preferences as well :)

#agblr #american girl doll #american girl dolls #i say things #intro post #pinned post

[doll-collector-by-day]

Special intro to the 100th birthday version of Meet Kit.

#ag dolls #american girl #american girl dolls #agblr #american girl kit #kit kittredge

[kitshittredge]

Kirsten today!

#american girl #dollblr #kirsten larson #agblr #american girl doll #dolls #samantha parkington #addy walker

[autisticmckennabrooks]

you’ve heard of depression Barbie- now get ready for chronic illness American Girl! she comes with a feeding tube, beads of courage, and credit card debt from all her post appointment little treats

[ptsd, panic attacks, and chronic fatigue sold separately]

#ag dolls #agblr #american girl #american girl dolls #dollblr #chronic illness

[mydollsaregay]

they rebranded the doll hospital??? girl why

#american girl #american girl dolls #agblr #dollblr #my posts #for why.

[idledoll]

The foremost members of the Big Floppy Hat Club.

#idledoll's dolls #Samantha #Samantha Parkington #Nellie #Nellie O'Malley #historical american girl dolls #AG dolls #American Girl #doll photography #dollblr #agblr

[lovemarisolluna]

Ugh, Pixie Faire. It’s the second night of Hanukkah, and Pixie Faire has produced a Jewish pattern under their house brand of Liberty Jane.

While kippot (yarmulkes) are not with a specially religious garments (as a tallit would be), they are worn by non-Jews a sign of respect and are often worn by observant Jews during prayer and at the synagogue.

As Pixie Faire/Liberty Jane is owned by a Christian, they never should have developed and sold this pattern. Also, they plagiarized their kippah description directly from the Wikipedia article.

If you’d like to sew your Jewish dolls and their friends a kippah (so they can wear one at your doll’s b’ mitzvah!) I HIGHLY recommend purchasing a handmade item or pattern from a Jewish person.

SewJewish has a pattern available on Etsy, as well as other doll patterns and products! Check her blog too for tutorials, sewing tips, and more. I love her doll tallit tutorial, and I used her instructions when I made my doll’s!

You can find SewJewish’s kippah pattern here.

#stop purchasing from pixie faire #making Judaica is only the most recent issue from them #check my older posts for more info #ag dolls #american girl dolls #doll crafts #agblr

[coconutlicorice]

Julie is bundled up for colder weather; ready to sled!

#american girl #agblr #ag dolls #american girl dolls #mom’s dolls #winter #Julie