#Maplelea Girls doll

[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.

[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]

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.

[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. ]

[americangirlstar]

brianne sends the maplelea girl groupchat “what’s ur favorite disney movie” expecting normal answers only for charlsea to respond “tinkerbell 3″ within 0.5 seconds and then taryn says some shit like “norsk alice in wonderland but like. in reverse” whatever the fuck that means

[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]

Pionniere Quebecoise

This beautiful outfit from Maplelea is modeled here by Felicity. I haven’t quite decided how this will fit into my collection. I could create an original historical character who is an early settler in Quebec, or I could use this as as a costume for a modern girl who is celebrating her family’s heritage. Or, one more thought:

Maybe it could be worn by Caroline’s cousin, Lydia? They do look cute together, and my Caroline currently has no friends or relatives. But I think the Maplelea outfit precedes Caroline’s by about 100 years, so that is probably not a great idea. Just musing.

[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 :)

[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)!!!!

[desertdollranch]

Opening and reviewing my first My Imagination doll

I have a new 18 inch friend to introduce and review! And this one has had an interesting journey to me.

I stumbled across My Imagination dolls a few years ago on Dollation, a delightful but now defunct site that cataloged different brands of play dolls as well as collectible dolls (check it out via the Wayback machine). By that time, this particular brand, designed by notable doll artist Robert Tonner, was no longer producing dolls. I looked at a few listed on eBay, but I didn't feel ready to buy one. They were a bit out of my price range, and they didn't really strike me as very unique. Their brand name refers to the line of clothing that was supposed to be produced for them, in partnership with DC Comics, the Wizard of Oz, Gone With the Wind, Alice in Wonderland, and I think maybe Disney. But there were very few of those promised items that were produced, and the brand itself only lasted from about 2015 to 2017 or so.

I have more or less neutral feelings about the partnering brands, so that didn't really sell them for me. So I moved on and put them out of my mind.

Cut to a few weeks ago, when my mom attended a doll show local to her. She's a collector as well, although these days she's almost exclusively into Barbie and similar size dolls. At the show she bought a beautiful 16 inch Tyler Wentworth doll, and when she sent me pictures I was pretty certain that the doll was designed by Robert Tonner. There's just something distinct in the face molds he creates. He also designed the dolls for the Magic Attic Club brand, and I have three of those, whom I adore. They're quite a bit older than My Imagination dolls, though.

(Heather, Keisha, and Rose.)

My mom and I were talking about other doll artists whose dolls are easily identifiable, like Helen Kish and Dianna Effner. I mentioned to her that Tonner had also designed a brand called My Imagination, and I went searching for examples to show her. That's when I stumbled across a listing for a doll that was not only a realistic price, but the particular doll I liked the best.

Since I first heard of them, my doll collection has changed a lot. It's no longer quite so dominated by American Girl dolls--not that I don't love them, I certainly do, but I've also opened my home to many other different brands of 18 inch dolls like Maplelea, Our Generation, Starpath, Healthy Roots, Götz, and Faithful Friends. I love having a diverse collection of unique dolls. It's fun to see how different they all look from each other, and yet they're all pretty much the same size and can be friends with each other.

So when I did see the listing for the My Imagination doll, I felt my heart change towards her and couldn't get her off my mind. I sat on the listing for a while, contemplating, imagining who she might turn out to be, until the seller sent me an offer for an even lower price. That did it. I went for it. And she arrived today.

Click through the cut to see the unboxing ceremony!

None of the dolls in this brand were given names. They are referred to as Brunette/Redhead/Blonde, in either Starter dolls (standard articulation at hips/elbows/head) and Deluxe dolls (bendable knees). The specific doll I got was the Starter Brunette.

She was brand new in the box, and it looks like she was probably never removed from her packaging. She was gently tied in with white satin ribbons rather than those awful plastic straps.

Time to free her from her box and take off her hairnet.

She's in perfect condition. She has a full vinyl body and is very heavy. The vinyl itself is dense and smooth with a matte finish, so much so that she almost looks like she's made of porcelain. Her skin has no shine to it at all. It's a bisque color with rosy undertones.

Her long curly brown wig is lovely but imperfect. It's rather dry on the ends.

Her glass eyes are gorgeous. They do not open and close. She has inset eyelashes.

But I think the side part isn't working for me, so how about we try a center part?

I think this gives her a younger look! Later I'll try to get her wig off and move it over so that she has a center part, but for now brushing it to the side works fine.

Looking at her undressed, I think she looks skinnier than American Girl dolls, but definitely not as slim as my Magic Attic Club dolls. Her head turns, and her arms and legs move outward as well as forward and backward.

Here she is side by side with one of my American Girl dolls, Eugenia. I think I'm right about their size comparison.

They had a fashion show to find out for sure just how similar they are! Eugenia can wear New Girl's dress just fine. It velcroes in the back and isn't too tight. New Girl is wearing an American Girl brand dress, and it fits almost perfectly--it's just a tiny bit big, and definitely not in a noticeable way.

Here's Eugenia wearing the cute sandals that came with New Girl. They're a pretty close fit.

And here she is next to (her cousin? half-sister?) Rose. To my eye, they very much look related.

Here she is in Maplelea brand clothes. I also did some brushing and reshaping of her curls.

I haven't decided yet what her name will be. I do know that she's a modern girl who loves to read, daydream, and play dress-up.

[doll-princesse]

Thinking about making a custom Witch Hat Atelier doll, and of course that gets the gears turning for all the girls. I think it would be cool to have each apprentice be a doll from a different brand.

Leonie from Maplelea is just Perfect for Coco.

Mei from Our Generation (with a body swap to AG) may work for Agott.

Rebecca from American Girl would be a great Tetia

And Ilee from Journey Girls is kind of perfect for Richeh.

I would make Coco to start, and then see about the others. I love the artwork and clothing design in this series so much. I want to make the witch apprentice uniform in doll scale.