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Courtney spent the afternoon at Smiley's video game arcade, at Orange Valley Mall, trying out some of the new games. Her favorite game is still Pac-Man, but Samantha Spree and Cosmic Crusade are pretty fun!

Courtney's outfit and games made by me. Check out the link on my Doll Crafts tab to see how I built her arcade games.

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Some new pictures of my special girl celebrating on her special day! Happy birthday, Josefina. 

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Welcome back to the Spring Has Sprung doll photo challenge! I know we skipped a year, but since there seems to be some interest--we're bringing it back for 2024! My dolls and I are all very excited to get this started, and we hope that you guys enjoy this too! Like last time, we decided to focus the prompts around some of the maybe lesser known holidays taking throughout spring! This is an absolutely no pressure challenge, please feel free to participate as much or as little as you want to, we’re all just here to have fun! I’m using the tag #springhassprungag2024 for this challenge if you guys want to use it too (and please, even though this challenge was made primarily with American Girl Doll Tumblr in mind if you have other kinds of dolls who want to participate they are totally welcome as well!) I'm making it my own personal goal to try to showcase my dolls you all may not have seen as much, and I can’t wait to see what you guys come up with!

Week One: Reading 3/17-3/23

In honor of "Read to Me Day" on 3/19 share a picture of your dolls reading or sharing their favorite books :)

Week 2: Theater 3/24-3/30

In honor of "World Theater Day" on 3/27, share your dolls performing in or enjoying their favorite piece of theater!

Week 3: Colors 3/31-4/06

In honor of "Crayon Day" in 3/31 and "Rainbow Day" on 4/03, share your dolls wearing their favorite color--or all the colors of the rainbow!

Week 4: Pets 4/07-4/13

In honor of "Pet Day" on 4/11, share your dolls with their pets--or, if they don't have a pet, sharing their favorite animal or stuffed animal!

Week 5: Lookalike 4/14-4/20

In honor of "Lookalike Day" on 4/20, dress your dolls up like each other, or dress up to match your doll!

Week 7: Creativity 4/21-4/27

In honor of "World Creativity and Innovation Day" on 4/21, show your dolls being creative or innovative, or sharing a piece of creativity or innovation that they think makes the world a better place!

Week 7: Superheroes 4/28-5/04

In honor of "National Superhero Day" on 4/28, share your dolls dressed up as or appreciating their favorite superhero!

Week 8: Teachers 5/05-5/11

In honor of Teacher Appreciate Week, share your dolls appreciating their favorite teacher--or, if they want to be a teacher, share what they dream about teaching!

Week 9: Endangered Species 5/12-5/18

In honor of "Endangered Species Day" on 5/17, have your dolls help raise awareness for their favorite endangered species.

Week 10: Tea Time 5/19-5/25

In honor of both "Baking Day" on 5/19 and "Tea Day" on 5/21, share your dolls having tea time--or maybe even a whole tea party!

Week 11: Smiles 5/26-6/01

In honor of "National Smile Day" on 5/31, share something that makes you and your dolls smile :)

Week 12: Oceans 6/02-6/08

In honor of "Ocean's Day" on 6/8, share your dolls enjoying or sharing something they love about the ocean!

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Happy International Women's Day!

This photo represents my account. I look to the past like Samantha to learn the stories of women and girls who inspire me. I look to the future like Nellie, full of hope for a happy, safe, and peaceful world for women and girls. They are posed in front of my drafting paper, representing the ongoing work of women's rights movements and the work yet to come, as well as female artists.

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I think Claudie looks so cute in this outfit!

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Earlier this week Nellie and I made cornflake macaroons from B. Dylan Hollis' Baking Yesteryear cookbook 🍪

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Welcome to the Official Tumblr blog of Dollect.net!

Welcome to Dollect.net, an interactive doll database! Our mission is to have a completely free site where doll collectors and enthusiasts can catalogue their own collections, track their wishlists, post reviews, see the latest news and engage with the community in a positive space. This site is 100% community-crafted and will always be free to use and enjoy. Thank you so much for being part of Dollect.net!

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Useful Websites for Identifying AG Stuff

A Thousand Splendid Dolls - These Flickr albums have great high res photos of a ton of American Girl clothes and accessories.

AG Heaven - Almost all the illustrations from American Girl books and magazine stories. Constantly being updated.

AG Playthings.com - This site is pretty useful for the early American Girl of Today line and the older lines like Hopscotch Hill.

AG Playthings Message Board - Fun place! The reviews section is viewable even if you’re not a member. Here’s a link to the Historical Characters section.

AG Scans - Paper items from all the historical collections plus a few modern ones. Also has some assembly instructions.

American Girl Wiki - Almost every single American Girl thing. I don’t really agree with how it’s run but it is useful. The Visual Chart of the Truly Me Dolls is especially helpful.

Curt’s Complete Guide to American Girl Doll Collecting - It’s no longer complete since it hasn’t been updated in years but it’s invaluable as a resource for the early Pleasant Company and partnership with other brands products. You can also see all the Scenes and Settings Scenes.

Emily’s American Girl Dolls - Book illustration comparison, photos of the Rebecca dollhouse, Kirsten’s mini paper dolls, and scans of the short-lived Pastimes newsletter

Lissie and Lilly - Paper doll scans, a gallery of dolls dressed in various outfits, lots of doll related reference guides. Pleasant Company catalog scans posted on Flickr.

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On our trip this weekend to go see a musical, we got to stop at the new AG Store and it. Was. Perfect. OMG. Like all the nostalgia, this store is clearly a love letter to everyone who loves AG 💙 (Part 1/2)

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just learned that a mutual of mine is pro israel (they’re now blocked) so i wanted to take the time to say that if you believe what’s happening in palestine is not a genocide than you are not welcome here. unfollow me block me whatever i don’t want you interacting with me at all

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I was asked in DMs if I could post some of the American Girl illustrations I did for their 2022 book "Body image". Here they are!

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i have a question about Tiana’s work dress, if anyone has gotten it - does the hat fit comfortably over tiana’s/claudie’s curls?

i was thinking about maybe getting the outfit as a halloween costume for claudie, but i loathe how her hats (her meet hat, her newer one, AND seemingly her bonnet) are designed for dolls with straight hair, so it’s potentially a dealbreaker for me.

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Someone on Reddit asked to see a different doll in Claudie's meet outfit and Ivy was the closest to hand. Ever since, I've been looking at her, thinking "Wow, she's really cute in that."

I just wanted to share.