Once Upon A Time...

Bonjour, readers! Have you missed me? School started August 12 for me, so I've been busy. That's why I'm behind with my posting. Anyways, here's a post I made a few weeks ago. Thanks to Doll Diaries for your amazing inspiration.

 One day, my dolls were bored, so they went to see what was on the computer. 

 And it was Doll Diaries, as it so often is!

Rebecca was in charge of the mouse, so she clicked on the Princess and the Pea post. The girls figured out that it was Fairytale week at Camp Doll Diaries.

 "We should pretend that we are princesses too!" exclaimed Rebecca.

 So the girls got to work putting together outfits and grabbing hair accessories.

 The girls had a fashion show when they were finished. See if you can fill in the blanks to figure which princess each girl is. They are all Disney Princesses.

 Princess ______ has gone to town to get another book. She loves to read, but she is bored with her life.

Princess ________ is also bored with her life. Who would have guessed that a rug would help her find her prince?

Wow! Princess ______ is tired of her life too! She doesn't know much about how to use a fork, or a dinglehopper, does she?

Princess _______ doesn't want to get married. She wants to keep practicing her archery.

 So, who is who? I hope you had fun reading this and are inspired to play with your dolls today! Mahalo! :Doll Whiz

A Cowgirl and Her Dog

 Hey, readers! I whipped up another little video yesterday called "A Cowgirl and Her Dog". It's my first movie working with the mini dolls. My recent purchase, Mini Saige, has the lead role. Enjoy! Oh, and don't worry, there's no sound.

  

 What did you think? I think this is my most humorous doll stop motion! Saige and Caroline will be wanting me to get them a real horse! Have a great day!

Lovin' LA

 Hey everyone! Kanali here to present you with my guest post! I recently took a trip to LA and Doll Whiz said that I could blog about it when we got home. Well, now we're home, so here we go!

  On Friday, July 26, I was placed in a big black suitcase and was laying down in there for a long time. Quite a while later, I started feeling all of this bumping and I was moved to a standing position. Doll Whiz told me that this was the suitcase being taken to the plane. Then, I was thrown into some place Doll Whiz called the cargo hold. That was an adventure. Meanwhile Doll Whiz was having a much smoother ride up in the top of the plane. She took some pictures of the view outside the window.

 Later, I was moved back into an upright position. I thought I was going to get sick if I had to do any more of this. After waiting in the stuffy black bag some more, I was put in a vertical position for a while. Apparently Doll Whiz went to see a theater with famous people's hand prints and a sidewalk of stars while I suffered from claustrophobia. Sheesh. Here are two of her pictures.

  Eventually I did come out of that bag. When I finally saw the light, we were in a parking garage. After walking for a little while, we reached the familiar red and white sign of American Girl. I was so excited! Here, I took a picture with Saige.

 I found my twin wearing the science kit apron and glasses. Lucky!

Here's the Girl of the Year line up. 

 I was so happy when Doll Whiz bought me Saige's Sweater Outfit! Unfortunately, a string of the sweater was pulled so I didn't get to wear it. Doll Whiz told me that I had to buckle up, so here is a picture.

When we reached the hotel that night, I was so exhausted that I fell asleep as soon as I sat on Doll Whiz's bed!

 The next day we got in the car again for an exploration road trip. Once again, I had to buckle up.

 Turns out that we were going to the beach! But apparently, I was not going to get all sandy, so they LEFT ME in the car! :( Doll Whiz did take a picture for me, though.

 To make up for missing the beach, Doll Whiz let me look out the window to the ocean. It went on forever.

 

 The rest of the trip, I slept on the living room table or just lay there thinking about how much fun Doll Whiz and her family were having.

 One day, I decided to explore. I went into the bedroom and found a bag from Disneyland. 

Inside that bag was another bag!

Finally I reached the souvenir inside. It was a pin. I thought that humans bought autograph books and T-shirts for souvenirs instead of plain old pins.

 The pin had some tower on it with these weird people standing in front of it. At the top, it said "Tower of Terror." That sounded creepy.

 I decided to get back in my spot before I got caught, although I was pretty sure that I wouldn't be spotted.

  Almost there! I did get a nice view from the top of the table.

I had to resume my napping position. That was boring.

A few days later, I was packed away once more and had to endure the dark, bumpy ride again. It felt good when we made it back home! As soon as I walked in the bedroom door, the girls rushed over and bombarded me with questions about LA. I told them that I was going to do a blog post that might answer some of their questions. 

 Now, I'm back home, having fun with the girls. I hope you enjoyed this guest post! I'm sure Doll Whiz will let me and the other dolls do another post soon... until then, happy reading! See you lata! Kanali

 P.S. Curious about Samantha's outfit? It's part of a project that Doll Whiz says she may never finish... sigh. Just another day in the doll house... ;)

Doll Finds

 Hello, readers! Here are some doll finds which came from various places, like Sabbath School, teddy bears, and other spots in between! Here you go!

 Some of these finds are fairly new, some are old. An example of one of the newer finds would be these doll sized scissors. They are from mini sewing kits found at a hotel. Thanks, Nana!

 These sewing needles make great knitting needles for Consuelo. There was one needle in each sewing kit, making a perfect pair. Consuelo's dress is from a teddy bear. The dress is a little short on Consuelo, but it works!

Here is a doll-sized lunch box that my dad found a while back in our Sabbath School room. If you can see the writing on the box, it says that "Atomic Fireball" is a candy, so this probably stored the candy.

 P.S. I couldn't get Rebecca to hold the lunchbox without using elastics :(

 Well, I guess the girls decided that it's time to go shopping! Consuelo got dressed into a fancy gown that is meant for a soft bodied, soft legged doll. (I can put up pictures of her later if you want.) And the bags that the girls are holding are from Brighton. They work great!

 

 Close up of the bags.

 Looks like Rebecca got baby duty! I won this little girl at the dart throw (or whatever you call that) at my school's fall fair. 

A closer look at her sweet face. I still haven't named her yet. Any ideas?

 So, keep your eyes peeled for doll finds wherever you go! I saw a mini fishing and a mini colander at Tom Thumb. You never know what you'll find! Have a great day! :Doll Whiz

P.S. Our models today were Consuelo and Rebecca (and baby).

Doll Boutique: Behind the Scenes

 Hey, readers! Have you read my Petite Boutique post? If you haven't, here is the link: http://dollwhiz.blogspot.com/2013/07/petite-boutique.html. If you have, here is a behind the scenes look at how it was all put together!

 Most of the decorations in this photo story are from the American Girl book Doll Boutique. When I say "from the set", I mean that it is from Doll Boutique.

 I mainly got this set for all of the decorations that it comes with. And that's a good reason to get the set, because you can see how many decorations it comes with!

 Grand opening sign from the set. It is double sided to fit two different decorating styles. I personally went with the less bold style because I thought it was prettier.

 The sign for the dressing room.

 Mini American Girl shopping bags- how cute! I actually didn't use this in the photo story.

Sign for the Petite Boutique. See, this style is really pretty!

The open and closed sign which is essential for any store. It is has "open" on one side and "closed" on the other, so you have to use the fancier, prettier style for the sign anyway (the others have bold versions of the different signs on the back.) 

One of the posters for the shop. It is actually a black and white photo from the American Girl magazine.

 Gift cards from the set. My dad made the stand out of paper.

A little receipt pad that I just used for display in the photo story. The pencil is from Chrissa's Craft Studio.

 This is an awesome computer that comes with the set. It is made of study material, and it has a very detailed keyboard. But you have to put it together.

In the drawer of the front desk (which is from Chrissa's Craft Studio), I put some dollar bills for change and some of the business cards included in the set.  

One of the doll magazines you can make from the set. Just glue the designed paper to the cardboard included for your magazine. The kit has enough for 4 magazines. However, if you want the front to look like this, there will be a little space that is uncovered in the back because they did not make the paper long enough to cover the whole cardboard piece.

 The blue cardboard piece in the picture above is actually included in the set so that you can make a table; you just need to put it on top of something like a cup. I put mine on top of a candle holder.

 The dressing room! I made it using boxes. I used more boxes to hold up a blanket for a curtain. (Nobody actually went in there. :D )

This comfy chair is a mini Pillow Pet.

 The kit gives you this purple cardboard piece to make a dress rack. You are supposed to mount the rack to your tri-fold using glue, but I used ribbon and a lot of tape to hold up mine. Then I put a little piece of tape behind the rack so it would stay in place. Next, I slid a skewer in the holes and hung up some dresses. Voila!

 I wasn't kidding when I said I used a lot of tape! My dad did all of this taping on the back for me. He even used a few skewers. This is on the back of my homemade tri-fold.

 And, I used American Girl boxes for the displays.

 So, I hope you enjoyed this behind the scenes look at the Doll Boutique post! If you want me to give you some more behind the scenes information on any post, just let me know in the comments. じゃあ、また！(That's "See you later!" in Japanese!) :Doll Whiz

P.S. I do not work with American Girl in any way, and all opinions are my own.