#american girl collector

[justadream-away]

My new beauty (and belated bday present) arrived today! Haven’t decided on her name yet, but she will be a Cheroenhaka girl and her story will take place in the mid-1690s.

[fleshthatfalls]

⚓️ Caroline Abbott ⛵️

★ i never mentioned this since about a month ago, but let me welcome back caroline, fresh-faced and refurbished from the doll hospital ! the head is definitely not an equivalent to its' original mold and wig, but nevertheless, this is much preferred to the initial condition she'd been in upon purchase. 🥰

[dollsoffairy]

Introduction Post

My name is Cassy, pronouns she/hers, and I am 26 years old as well as a lover of American Girl! I also love dance, photography, video editing, and movies. American Girl has been a special interest of mine since I was roughly 11/12 and the 2000s is my favorite era of AG.

My main blog is @sunbleachedfairies

Other side blog for barbie @flyathousandmilesaway

I’m mostly just creating this blog to help organize my special interest even more lol.

My Dolls

• Samantha Parkington

• Nellie O’Malley

• Emily Bennett

• Opal Argyll (JLY #29)

• Peony Ip (JLY #40)

• Corinne Tan

• Empress Sisi (custom)

Dream Dolls

• Julie Albright

• Elizabeth Cole

• Molly McIntire

More About Me

I’m currently a freelance worker doing various things such as being an afab lesbian drag queen and dance as well as lifeguarding (to pay the bills). But I do various things such as video editing, photography, a pinch of graphic design and watching movies! Film was actually my first major before I switched to dance.

I got a BFA in dance in May of 2023 and have an interest in helping cultivate and keep alive the communities we desperately need during these times. I also have a heavy interest in queer history and cultures as well as the history of royal women.

I got my first doll, JLY #29, when I was 12 years old after begging my grandma for one for so long. I remember ripping open the box in the post office parking lot! I always adored the little accessories and the fact that I could create my own worlds and actually my interest in photography and video editing directly stems from american girl stop motions on youtube! I watched those for HOURS!!

[annies-dollies]

Doll 1: Henri Arthur

This is my first doll, he was an early edition Felicity (with the soft ginger lashes) but I’d gotten the doll second hand and the original owner had cut the hair when she was a child.

This doll was gifted to me when I was either 13 or 14 and this old friend went everywhere with me. Now, I’ve cut the hair further to a more masculine hairstyle and decided he was a boy.

He looks like me at a glance but mostly cause all redheads are deemed to look alike and I’m obviously related to every redhead on earth, so yeah I look just like him /s

But in all seriousness, being my first doll and looking similar to me, he is a mini me. But he isn’t to be the only one hopefully. He is a reflection of the vintage enthusiast part of me. I collect and restore vintage clothes at times and he wears mini versions of the vintage clothes I own.

He’s the first doll I ever operated on. I had to restring his legs only like 80 times. I had to mend a hole on his torso side opposite of the tag side. I also had to sew one of his leg sockets back in place as it had started to detach from the fabric of the torso.

He’s also the first doll I ever gave a tiny plastic heart. I started this when I first got him, after the first repair. So he’s got a red plastic heart shoved down into the cotton inside his torso that’s been there since I was a child when I first put it there.

This tradition continues and now every doll who passes into my ownership gets a little plastic heart. I thought it to be a cute little idea.

[annies-dollies]

This is my favourite thing because i think about this all the time.

From the official @AmericanGirl TikTok account. Just casually acknowledging the awkward mechanics of a historical doll owning a historical doll. 

[purplevampiredoll]

🖤🗝️🎀🔪🐇

http://www.instagram.com/madisonavenyc

[thestuffinginside]

Claudie is ready for the holidays!! 🎄🎁

[oris-moving-dollhouse]

Miss Claudie’s looking gorgeous today!!

[annies-dollies]

Don’t forget felicity! Her and Sam both want to be seen and adored

samantha wants to be broken out of her cube and join the classic girls! ;D

[enyoalkis]

I'm not an expert at styling hair, but I'm proud of this braided coronet hairstyle I did on my Josefina in her Christmas outfit!

[prettylittleelizabethdolls]

My bb Anjali 🧡🥺

[haveamagicalday]

Duel of the American Girl Dolls: Winners!

Elizabeth Cole's best outfit is : Riding Outfit

Cecile Ray's best outfit is: Meeting Outfit

Marie-Grace Gardner's best outfit is: Summer Dress

Caroline Abbott's best outfit is: Winter Coat

Nicki Hoffman's best outfit is: Red Vinyl Jumper

Isabel Hoffman's best outfit is: Year 2000 Outfit

Ruthie Smithens best outfit is: Play Outfit

Nellie O'Malley's best outfit is: Spring Party Dress

Claudie Wells best outfit is: Meeting Outfit

Courtney Moore’s best outfit is: Meeting Outfit

Emily Bennet's best outfit is: Meeting Outfit

Felicity Merriman's best outfit is: Riding Hat and Habit

Kaya's best outfit is: Pow Wow Dress

Josefina Montoya's best outfit is: Weaving Outfit

Kirsten Larson's best outfit is: Checked Dress and Shawl

Nanea Mitchell's best outfit is: Holoku Outfit

Maryellen Larkin's best outfit is: Poodle Skirt

Melody Ellison's best outfit is: Birthday Outfit

Rebecca Rubin's best outfit is: Meeting Outfit

Samantha Parkington's best oufit is: Plaid Cape and Gaiters

Molly McIntire's best outfit is: After School Party

Addy Walker's best outfit is: Tartan Plaid Dress

Kit Kittredge's best outfit is: Overalls

Julie Albright's best outfit is: Calico Dress

Ivy Ling's best outfit is: Chinese New Year Outfit

The best Truly Me Cute Dress is: Red Jumper

The best Truly Me Exploration outfit is: World Traveler in Ireland

The best collector doll is: Shimmering Silver

The best American Boy doll outfit is: Tartan Plaid Outfit

The best World by Us/Mordern Girl outfit is: Evette's Meeting Outfit

The best Truly Me Fun and Hobbies outfit is: Christmas Recital

The best Truly Me Beach Wear outfit is: Beach Outfit

The best Birthstone Collection outfit is: September Sparkling Sapphire

The best Truly Me costume is: Medival Princess

The best Girl of the Year outfit is: Kavi's Bollywood Outfit

The best Truly Me dance outfit is: Ruby Ballet

The best Truly Me winter wear is: Sugar Plum Coat

The best Truly Me casual outfit is: Plaid Skirt and Sweater

The best Truly Me bed time outfit is: Penguin and Robe

The best Truly Me sports outfit is: Ice Dancer Outfit

The best Truly Me holiday outfit is: Diwali Celebration Outfit

[juuliealbright]

[annies-dollies]

I found a 1920’s lunchbox on eBay (which I ended up buying) that is quite clearly the inspiration for Kit’s lunchbox. So I included some comparison pictures of my lunchbox and Kit’s lunchbox.

Even the framing around the images is pretty much almost perfectly the very same. The images differ but do stick to the theme fairly consistently.

Boats, trains, planes. The lid is where the theme differs quite a lot. Kit’s has got airplanes on the lid while mine has god scenes of people picnicking and enjoying the outdoors (Oof what was that like?? 👀)

But I do see why this decision was made. Due to the size of Kit’s lunchbox, it cannot fit the imaging and still be clearly visible at the same time. So instead of having the train and plane in the same image on the front like mine has, hers has the planes on the lid and the train on the front.

Also, yes my lunchbox is absolutely made with so much lead. I do use the lunchbox since my naked food never would sit in it. My food will always be in some form of containment (even apples, oranges, bananas, etc) so there is no need to worry about that I think. (Besides I’m already consuming many contaminated things not to mention all the micro plastics, my body is already polluted… for clarification I live on the border of Ohio so all of the water is absolutely contaminated)

But yeah, I thought this would be a fun share. I absolutely love having things to match my dolls (I’m a weirdo) so I’m very pleased to have a lunchbox matching Kit’s.

If I had the spoons to do a description of the pictures I would, but I haven’t had energy in so long. I do apologise for that.

[alldolllove]

Meet Marie-Grace (they/them)! They tend to be a bit of a loner since it can take quite a while for Marie-Grace to warm up to others. Though, once you get to know them, they can become quite chaotic and adventurous. Most of all, deep down Marie-Grace is driven to spread their creativity

[dollsinvogue]

Indigenous Canadian dolls 🧡

Today is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada, also known as orange shirt day, we wear an orange shirt, typically with the slogan “Every Child Matters”, in remembrance and acknowledgement of what happened to Indigenous children in residential schools.

As a doll blog I feel like it is only fitting for me to highlight some amazing Indigenous Canadian artists and dolls on here!

Saila Qilavvaq from Maplelea Girls

Saila Qilavvaq is a Maplelea Girl doll who is from Iqaluit, Nunavut. She wants to be a fashion designer who brings an Inuit flair to her looks. Each Maplelea doll comes with a journal and Salia’s is the first to be written in English, French, and Inuktitut!

Along with the dolls, Maplelea Girls also makes fashion packs you can buy. Here we have the orange “Every Child Matters” shirt, Saila wearing a traditional Amauti coat, and Canyon’s Dress which was designed by Teresa Snow (the outfit is based on an outfit she made for her own daughter, Canyon)

Ribbon Skirt dolls by Tracy Boucher

These custom Ribbon Skirt dolls are meant to show women, girls, and two-spirit individuals their worth and bring attention to the MMIWG movement. Ribbon skirts are meant to be floor length and touch the ground to have connection to the Earth. Boucher further discusses the dolls and the meaning of the ribbon skirt in this interview.

No-Face dolls by Audrey “Bill” Wilson

Wilson is a Chippewas woman who based these dolls off an indigenous story of a girl who is too vain and so the Great Spirits take away her face. The story is meant to be a lesson to children about humility. More of this story can be found in this interview. 

Whetung Ojibwa dolls

In the 1960s the Whetung family began crafting more to sell at their store (now the Whetung Ojibwa Centre, a museum with indigenous art to purchase). The doll in the blue dress is named Waboose Whetung and if you find her hidden around the Whetung Ojibwa Centre you can get $5 off your purchase. More information about the Whetung history can be found here.