#kanani Akina

[pleasantsamantha]

The gang is ALL here dressed in their best for December ❄️

[haveamagicalday]

Duel of the American Girl Dolls: Girl of the Year: Furniture and Sets (Round 1)

This is a poll in the Duel of the American Girl Dolls. Other polls can be found here

[americangirlpolls]

[akinas-shave-ice]

Girl of the Year poll part 2 of 3!

[stingrayextraordinaire]

American Girl Moodboards // Kanani Akina

Never take for granted the strength, the loyalty, or the love of an island girl.

(requested by @astrology-cutie)

[crysieagdolls]

say hi to my kanani !

she was my first ever AG doll, and she means the world to me!

[gaykanani]

[americangirlstar]

American Girl + Percy Jackson PicCrew (5/?)

Lanie Holland, daughter of Ceres

Kanani Akina, daughter of Arcus

McKenna Brooks, daughter of Mars

Saige Copeland, daughter of Apollo [alt. Arcus]

Isabelle Palmer, daughter of Venus

Grace Thomas, daughter of Bacchus

Lea Clark, daughter of Mercury

Gabriela McBride, daughter of Apollo

Tenney Grant, daughter of Apollo

[samantha-and-nellie]

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

-@howevercantheafterbe

cécile and marie-grace all the way for historicals! they were the last dolls i really got into as a kid and, while there are changes i’d make to the series (aka cécile should be the main character), i think they have a lot of untapped potential.

as for goty… i wasn’t much of a goty line fan in general, but i remember liking jess and kanani! ironically, the one goty i have is grace and, while i love her french vibes, please dear god put that collection back where it came from

[desertdollranch]

Aloha, Kanani!

Springtime brings lots of tourists to Hawaii, and many of them come to the little town of Waipuna to enjoy its beautiful beaches, relaxed atmosphere, and the "sorta famous” Akina’s Shave Ice, which is beloved by locals and visitors.

Kanani is out of school during spring break, and she’s using this time to make a little bit of money. She has up the shave ice shack on the beach and is selling lots of Hawaiian shave ice! Her parents know she’s smart, talented, and friendly when she runs the stand on her own. 

If you’re not familiar with what it is, shave ice is exactly what it sounds like: soft, snow-like shavings from a block of ice that are flavored with sweet syrups. It’s not the same thing as a snow cone, which is made from crushed ice and has a thicker, heavier texture. 

Today, Kanani is offering shave ice in either a biodegradable green paper cup with a paper spoon, like the one she’s holding, or a green plastic souvenir cup shaped like a flower that can be brought back to the stand and reused. This should help keep the lovely beaches of Waipuna clean and free of trash. 

Kanani has everything she needs to make it a successful day selling. Over on the left, she’s selling flower leis that were made by her friend, Tutu Lani. On the right side underneath the “order here” sign, you can buy postcards painted by local artists.

The machine does most of the hard work of shaving a block of ice. 

This one is flavored with pineapple syrup. 

I built Kanani’s shave ice stand three years ago, a pandemic project I finished in the early days of lockdown. Kanani doesn’t know that because she was Girl of the Year for 2011 and so she stays in that year. But I made the paper cups of shave ice just this week, trying a new method of using styrofoam balls painted and rolled in salt. I’m pleased with how they turned out!

[haveamagicalday]

Duel of the American Girl Dolls: Girl of the Year: Pets (Round 1)

[doll-collecting-aerialist]

AG Items and Dolls I’ve Found While Thrifting!!

I’ve been collecting for a couple years at this point, but my favorite finds are always the unexpected ones at local thrift stores!! Here are some of the things I’ve found (that I remember)

Dolls:

JLY #21 w/ Star hoodie meet

JLY #33 w/ Mia’s underwear

JLY #39 w/ Rebecca’s one piece PJS

Grace Thomas w/ meet shirt

Kira Bailey w/ accessories and meet

JLY #16 w/blue snowflake PJs (hair cut. fixed and gave away for a family friend’s birthday)

Joss Kendrick (when I worked at a thrift store- she was sold by the time I got off shift and went to buy her)

Multiple Julies (again, when I worked at a thrift store. I have two Julie dolls so I didn’t see a point in buying them.)

Lea Clark NIB (the store wanted $175 for her- no thank you)

Kendall (WW)

Willa (WW- I’ve seen and priced multiple when I worked at the thrift store. I’ve only bought one.)

Camille (WW- I don’t like her so I’ve never bought her. She looks like my elementary school bully and shares her name. Also one of the thrift stores wanted $40 for a one-legged Camille)

Large Items:

Samantha’s Bed (this came from what we called an “estate dump” at my old thrift job- ie. someone dying and their family dumping all their possessions to the thrift store. Samantha’s bedding had to be disposed of with all other soft items in this “dump” because of infestation. Since Samantha’s bed frame is metal, I scrubbed it and saved it.)

Julie’s Bed and Bedding

Floral Bed and Bedding

Kit’s Roll-Top Desk

Julie’s Egg Chair

Truly Me Chestnut Horse (For Felicity)

AG Hair Styling Caddy

Truly Me Grill (from a mid 2010s TM camping set)

Coconut

Kanani’s Dog (bought and gave to a friend)

Random AG Farm Fence Pieces and Food Items (honestly the weirdest lot of items. Fence pieces from a horse set, some of Molly’s multiplication cards, Truly Me meet boots, a doll sized AG waterbottle from a TM backpack set, etc)

AG Bubble Bath (bought and eventually re-donated. It wasn’t in the best condition and I want the dark blue bathtub JLY bathtub instead. I kept some of the bubbles.)

AG Electric Car (thrift store forgot to give me the controller and when I went back they said they sold said controller to someone else?? Eventually re-donated because these dolls are eight why are they driving?)

AG Hair Styling Chair (never seen one in good enough condition to buy)

Julie’s Bathroom Set (store wanted $75 with NO accessory items and water damage. No thank you, especially not for an item that I can only use for a couple photo ideas.)

AG Concession Stand (had no accessories. Couldn’t justify having such a large incomplete, poor condition item taking up space in my house.)

WW Magical Llamacorn and Carriage (I wanted it but where am I supposed to put it??)

Notable Paper Items and Books:

(Honestly my entire AG book collection comes from the thrift store, these are just the interesting items.)

An entire binder of AG trading cards and PC era pamphlets.

PC era stationary cards (thrift store had about 50 packs)

Kit’s Railway Adventure

Welcome To… World Books (multiple girls)

Addy’s Short Story Collection

Addy’s Theater Kit (x2- one well loved and one sealed)

Kit’s Stationary Set (sealed)

PC Story Collections for ALL the early girls (including Kit)

The American Girl Party Book

Hardcover library editions of all of the PC cookbooks

The American Girl Board Game

The American Girl Card Game

The American Girl Family Album

NIB STEM Craft Kit

AG Intermediate Fiction: A Sky Full of Stars, and Smoke Screen

What I Wish You Knew (a PC parenting book!! Gone before I could pick it up back when I worked at a thrift store)

Our New Baby (unfortunately it was moldy so I had to throw it away- this was at my thrift job)

Assorted History Mysteries and GOML

[americangirlpolls]

[pleasantsamantha]

Complete group photo for the beginning of 2023!

Look in my “about me” tag for more about my dolls 💖

[thestuffinginside]

bby girl gotys gathered to watch the Corinne movie (we loved it) feat. Lindsey not knowing how to take a selfie

[kavikasharma]

current doll wishlist. I actually think I've got a 76 and 120 lined up, I just have to pull the trigger. I'm so excited!