#maplelea girls dolls

[alittlebitbethany]

Hi everybody for Day 9 of A Very Dolly Christmas Countdown 2023. we have the lovely Saila from Maplelea Girls rocking an adorable #winter outfit . I want that Christmas jumper for myself. Image Description: a photo of a doll wearing a fluffy snowflake jumper and jeans. There is a festive backdrop.

[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.

[jostoys]

The Witches are in!

Luciana is wearing a costume I put together with items purchased on Etsy. Lila’s witch costume, with the exception of the bag, is from Maplelea. I especially love her broom!

[eightw]

i can't remember if i posted this here or not, but it's a photoshoot i did with silna last year when we actually had snow

[desertdollranch]

Maplelea just released a ton of new stuff! There's a lot more than I've posted here, so go check it out!

If you're not familiar with Maplelea, I recommend you click through and take a look. Their clothes and accessories fit American Girl dolls, Our Generation dolls, and similar 18 inch dolls. And the quality is utterly superb, especially for the price. If you're in the United States, make sure to select the US dollars option up at the top bar.

Outfits with the "coming soon" logo aren't quite available for ordering yet, but will be in the next 1-4 weeks.

Lots of the newly released items are for Camp Maplelea, a set of summer camp-themed clothes and accessories.

[obscuredollz]

🍁 Maplelea Girls 🍁

[fuckthispost-andhappybirthday]

July 09: Happy Birthday Saila Qilavvaq (Maplelea)!!!!

[doll-princesse]

Maplelea is currently having a summer shoe sale. Use code “ONETWOFREE” for buy two get one free. I am also particularly fond of the Canadian to USD exchange rate— currently 1 CAD is equal to 75 US cents. I count that as extra savings.

These are the ones included in the promotion. I got sandals for my Leonie, but AG dolls can also wear the closed toed shoes without a problem. I find the open toed shoes and flats are a big.

[oddball-n-the-dolls]

American Girl has decided to sell out and make Disney Princess dolls, the majority of whom are not from the US but Europe, because money

Therefore, by their logic, it is ok for them to make and sell character dolls of characters that aren’t from the US

Anne of Green Gables is Canadian, but I’ve seen a lot of custom Anne AG dolls during my time on the internet. American Girl presumably ade the Princess dolls because people had already been making custom Princess dolls for over a decade, so they decided to do it themselves and make more money. Do they should make an Anne doll, as there is a market for it

⚠️This post is not meant to be taken seriously. This is just me being salty over the Disney Princess dolls. If any doll brand were to make an Anne doll, it should be Maplelea, the actual Canadian doll brand

[americangenderdolls]

Saila and Addy 💛💚 it's been absolutely freezing here (like many other places), so I put Saila and Addy in coats and covered them up with this doll sized quilt that my mom found at a thrift store!

[image description: Saila and Addy are sitting in their coats up against a Raggedy Ann and Andy pillow, with a multicolored patchwork quilt laid across their laps. Saila is an Inuk doll with light brown skin, brown eyes, and dark hair hidden in the hood of her yellow coat. Addy is a Black doll with brown eyes and dark hair in a white and pink snood, wearing a dark green coat. Between Saila and Addy is Ida Bean, a small Black rag doll. ]

[alittlebitbethany]

Hi everybody today is my Maplelea Girls doll Alexi’s birthday. Happy birthday Alexi! Alexi is celebrating with her pet cat Chapta, I took this photo of them together to celebrate it. I hope that you like it. Image Description: a photo of a Maplelea Girls doll wearing an askew tiara and formal clothing, holding a cat bed with a plush Bengal cat inside of it.

[jostoys]

I have recently ordered from Maplelea for the first time, and am very impressed by the quality and value of their doll clothes. Logan is wearing the Paleontology outfit, which included everything shown except for the sneakers and the table. Cost was 50.00 Canadian, which is about $37.00 in U.S. dollars. Maplelea sells many gender neutral outfits, which makes me very happy since my boy dolls have limited wardrobes! The outfits often do not include shoes, which is not a problem since the shoes may or may not fit Ag dolls. Apparently Maplelea dolls have longer and slimmer feet, and sandals in particular will not fit AG dolls.

I also purchased the Explore More Camp outfit, which is super cute, the orange t-shirt, which has a touching back-story, and two pairs of pjs. I sort of already have a long wish-list.

[eightw]

finally had the chance to take new pictures of saila, who i’ve figured out a new name for!

meet silna, name taken from the character from the terror, although they aren’t the same character, i just stole her name :)

[alittlebitbethany]

If you would like a Palaeontology outfit for your dolls may I recommend the palaeontologist set from Maplelea Girls?

sorry im being so negative but also "well it's ok for them to reuse interests because the dolls are made for kids not for adult collectors" ok you know what kids love? dinosaurs. where is our dinosaur girl. jfc do you know how many dino plushies they coulda sold if they made a dino girl in the mid-2010s when the jurassic world movies were dropping. jesus christ

[in-pleasant-company]

I was browsing the Maplelea website and saw that they have a new Indigenous Outfit. It's designed by a First Nations woman, Teresa Snow, and based on regalia belonging to her daughter, Canyon.

I think American Girl would do well to imitate this style of partnership.

[fuckthispost-andhappybirthday]

July 18: Happy Birthday Brianne Kovac (Maplelea)!!!!