#american girl collector

[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.

[enyoalkis]

I added lip paint and a hint of blush to my 1991 PC Samantha. Now she kinda looks yassified but I think it works for her!

While I normally think Pleasant Company items are better quality, it’s a bit of a pet peeve of mine that the dolls seem to lack color compared to Mattel dolls. I’m not sure if it’s because the paint has faded overtime, but I used my acrylic paints and an acrylic sealer. It ended up a bit bolder than expected like makeup but Sam looks pretty!

[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

[mydollsaregay]

@americangirlruinedmylife asked me if i had seen AG’s website today and for a minute i was so wrapped up in the revival of Julie’s floral jumpsuit that i straight up didn’t even see the other historical drops 😅

anyway i love this fit SO much. i was devastated when i got back into collecting and saw how expensive it was, so i am very pleased to be able to have a version of it (though they changed the sandal color for some reason?? it’s odd but im fine with it - I have some tan ones I’ll switch them out for).

the other thing I’m definitely going to be getting is Addy’s birthday dress- my Addy only has her pjs so i’m pumped to be able to get another fit for her!!! also I just love her birthday outfit. her snood is super fun, and I LOVE the checkered apron.

(I kinda wish the book was sold separately though, as I believe I already have a copy and. Y’know. Money.)

i actually LOVE the idea of the limited drop IF they end up doing what I think they’re going to do. they dropped just the birthday/spring outfits and books during the season when they take place….

I think they might be doing a seasonal release of each book and accompanying outfit??? 🤔

based on how much got left hanging around on sale for molly and kit, i think they might be trying to broaden the audience while limiting the amount they have to stock by doing these three girls at once - they could be planning to rotate out items as they add each new book and accompanying outfit, which I actually think is an extremely cool idea. there’s no way to know for certain until we hit summer and the next wave would release (if im not totally off base), but we’ll see 👀

[tulipdollies]

hi!! I’m Samantha and I’ve been collecting ag dollies since 2011.

a little about me ౨ৎ

I’m 18 and a student in university, majoring in history!!

I have multiple dolls but Tulip (my truly me 118) is and will always be my favorite.

my sister is 7 years my elder and suggested the name of her favorite doll to my parents before I was born so I am named after Samantha Parkington haha.

I have been on AGIG (American Girl Instagram) since 2019 but I wanted to try something a little different!!

I’m autistic and I suffer from the chronic illness POTS. because of this illness I am in an online university program and will be getting a wheelchair in a couple months (and it’ll have pink accents, my favorite!!)

thank you for reading this far, I hope you’ll stick around ♡

[ciggiestash]

the gang

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[saltytimemachinefestival]

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[alittlebitbethany]

Hi everybody as it is Ivy‘s birthday today I took a photo to celebrate. happy birthday Ivy! I hope that you like my photo. Image Description: a photo of an American Girl doll wearing pink clothing standing behind a table with a Hello Kitty cake . soda bottle , and goody bag on it. The doll is holding the soda bottle.

[broadwayhoran]

hello dollblr,

senior year is busy. Last semester, I gave a new face and hair to a previously-known-as-Josefina who needed some love. I want to give her a fun cottagecore wardrobe eventually, but this hand-sewn getup will have to do for now!

[pleasantpuddingg]

[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.

[enyoalkis]

May 26, 1895 Happy birthday, Samantha Parkington! 🎂

Nellie picked some flowers for her 💐

[doll-collecting-aerialist]

Addy in bantu knots will always be my favorite 🩵🩵🩵

[oddball-n-the-dolls]

“Pleasant Company OOAK Mollipede Doll”

Pictures from the listing:

[ame-rei-cangirls]

i went thrifting today, admittedly not for AG but ended up finding this Addy (in her meet dress!) for less than $8! if anyone knows more about the stamp on her, please let me know! i’m so curious about it!

[sevspins]

she loves the ocean and i love her :D