Our Mini AG Project

The long awaited day had come.  For about three weeks my daughter had been waiting for Kit Kittredge to arrive at her Grandma's house - refreshed from her stay at the American Girl Doll hospital!  Kit had been found by my aunt at a garage sale for a bargain price, although she was in fairly good shape!  My mom saved her at her house for my daughter until I felt she was ready to own an AG doll. My mother met us at church after the kids' AWANA club meeting.  Here they are in the parking lot with Kit in her hospital gown (so cute!).  Kit came home and my daughter enjoyed playing with her and the new clothes my mom gave her too.  I felt bad that Kit only had summer clothes though, so I made her a cape and hat to keep her warm. I look forward to making more things for Kit and my daughter to enjoy together! 

Mini Samantha's Bed! It wasn't long ago that I was fairly ignorant to the world of American Girl Dolls.  Although both my mom and mother-in-law had wanted to get a doll for my daughter at one time or another, I wasn't about to have anyone spend over $100 on a doll until I was sure she was able to take proper care of such an expensive toy.  I bought her an inexpensive 18 inch "Abby" doll from A.C. Moore several years ago until she was ready for an American Girl. But recently, my daughter showed interest in her Abby doll and took very good care of her.  So, I began to look through the American Girl catalog that came to my mom's house.  We saw the new "Maryellen" doll and loved her - mostly because she was from the time period when my mom was a little girl, and I thought it would be neat for Queenie to learn about the 1950s and to think about her Grandma growing up when she played with that doll.   It was shortly after that I became familiar with the AG...