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1924 Two little girls with dolls in Washington, DC. From The Roaring 1920s, FB.

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LEAVE AI OUT OF FANDOM SPACES

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I had the utmost pleasure of meeting Connie Porter, Wendy Wan-Long Shang, and Jacqueline Dembar Greene last month! I brought along my Addy and Rebecca and got my books signed by these amazing authors. They gave fantastic and insightful talks on their books for American Girl and were incredibly funny and kind. It was a great event and I loved seeing fans of all ages with their dolls and books!

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american girl ask game!

❤️who was your first american girl doll?

📚what was the first american girl book you read? (@queer-nanea-mitchell)

🌹have you been to an american girl store before? if so, which one(s)?

🎈who’s your favorite best friend? (doll or book only character) (@daensalemons)

🎁 do you feel like the american girl books or the dolls have played a bigger role in your life? has that changed during different periods?

🥀did any of the character storylines disappoint you?

🍓which retired historical character would you bring back? which goty?

💄girls of many lands or history mysteries and why?

🍎 are there any best friend characters who you think we should’ve gotten a book for or that should’ve been the main character instead of the girl we got?

🐞 which american girl book do you think is the best written? (@missyling)

📌favorite historical character outfit?

☎️which american girl character’s parents or parental figures are your favorites?

🧣bitty baby or wellie wishers (or any of the other lines for those ages) and why?

🍄what’s your hot take about american girl?

📕which books do you tend to like the best: main series, beforever main series, short stories or mysteries?

🖍️what is one thing you would change about the brand if you had any control over it right now?

🎒what is your favorite american girl movie?

🧶what american girl item (doll, furniture, accessory, clothing) is your holy grail?

🍁what is the rarest american girl item you own?

⏰american girl help books or american girl magazine? why?

i’ll send a random ask to anyone who reblogs this post. likewise, if you reblog or like this post, please send one of these asks to the person you’re reblogging or liking it from!

(credit given to original askers if applicable. lmk also if you don’t want to be credited and i’ll edit the post!)

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I've added lots of new designs to my historical fabric shop!

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A mini research adventure

As I was going through Samantha’s Ocean Liner Adventure, I noticed one of the pages mentions a passenger gifting Samantha some money from Austria, Turkey and France. So I decided to find some images for money from 1906 to print for Samantha.

I was having some trouble and then I had the thought that maybe I couldn’t find anything for Turkey because it didn’t exist yet. Low and behold, I realized Turkey did not become an independent country until 1919, a full thirteen years after the setting of Samantha’s Ocean Liner Adventure. During Samantha’s time period, it was a part of the Ottoman Empire.

Austria did not exist as an independent country either - it was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The money Samantha would have gotten from the passenger would have probably been Ottoman livres, Austro-Hungarian krone, and French francs.

I found the Ottoman money the most interesting, since it is dated according to the Islamic calendar. The year is 1326, or 1908 (I couldn’t find a bill from 1906).

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This coin from Austria-Hungary is called a corona. It features the head of Emperor Franz-Joseph I. I wasn’t able to find a paper bill from around 1906.

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This paper bill is for 5 French francs. It is from 1905.

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It was nice out this afternoon, so I took Josefina and Sombrita 🐐 to a small nearby park so we could do a mini-photoshoot with her modeling the camisa and skirt she got for her birthday 🎁! I recently realized that I don’t have nearly enough pictures of this gorgeous girl, so I’m working on fixing that!

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I need carrying around a stuffed animal friend to be normalized

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Claudie's Travel Outfit - BGC

The dress comes in a selection of polka dot swatches, as well as some of @chere-indolente’s Retro Patterns. The hat ribbon matches the dress swatches with a few extra neutrals. It does not require a hat slider.

Download for free on Patreon | SFS

Download for free on CurseForge: Dress | Hat

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Feel free to tag me if you use them, I’d love to see! My TOU are here.

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god damn i hate ai i hate robots i hate this disregard for the creative process. if you put anyone else’s work into chatgpt to “get a fanfic ending” i promise you i will fucking track you down and maul you to death. PINKY promise. idgaf if it was handwritten in a notebook and abandoned in the seventies, if you put someone else’s fanfiction into chatgpt you deserve to (and WILL) get hit by a bus. signing off.

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It's autumn in South Australia, and Amy is spending the day picking apples at a pick-your-own farm in the Adelaide Hills. This area has the perfect condition for growing apples, as well as many other crops. She brings home a big basket of beautiful apples.

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Happy Trans Day of Visibility to Genevieve and Taliba!!! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

They really are Dolls 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵

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New AG Historical Release Coming in May. Doesn't include Courtney or Nikki/Isabelle.

Re-release of classic outfits for Addy and Kirsten;

One new outfit each for three 20th century gals, along with one large mid-century set (so probably for Melody or Mary-Ellen) and two smaller accessory sets for the remaining two 20th century girls

Also journals for Melody, Nanea, and Mary-Ellen.

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Addy pngs <3

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My parents lived in Seattle from 2000-2007, so I asked them how accurate Nicki and Isabel's collection is.

They agreed that the biggest problem is that neither of them have a Patagonia fleece jacket.

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