nice.

Mostly American Girl, occasionally some other stuff

[samantha-and-nellie]

i actually have a couple more random scans for y'all!

i popped by a local library the other week, and they happened to have these two lovely bookmarks in the bookmark swap container! i've scanned them both and made them available as pdfs:) kit's bookmark can be found here and molly's bookmark can be found here

[sapphiclizziebennet]

molly mcintire would definitely swoon over cap if he existed in her universe no one can tell me otherwise

[in-pleasant-company]

AG Mother’s Day Series

Josefina remembering her mother.

(images are from AG Heaven)

[britishchick09]

the pics and banners for the historicals' about pages! :D

[sybbiline]

Kirsten birthday outfit sketch (+ Sari because in my world they are ALWAYS together)

[lschmidtartblog]

I've been lucky enough to get some paid work that I can't share yet so I haven't posted art in a while but I had to do something for the American Girl 40th anniversary. I have been reading these books since I was six years old and these girls have a huge place in my heart. All 20 historic girls in one place!

[americangirlstar]

Some Isabel and Nicki illustrations I was able to find online; some are from the Amazon page, some are from Maike Plenzke's page on thebrightagency.

[viddywelldolly]

Has anyone ever completely restyled Courtney's hair? I thrifted mine and her hair was a MESS. Right now I have it really brushed out for that "big hair" look, but I'm wondering if I should try restyling it. I could always try and make it how it should look, but I honestly have no clue where my doll hair curling stuff is... If anyone has some tips to make her hair look accurate and from the 80's please let me know!

[desertdollranch]

My Courtney came to me secondhand and her hair was not well kept, so I just separated out each individual curl, sprayed it with water, brushed through it to detangle, and then twisted it in the direction of the natural curl. I did that through the rest of the hair, let it dry, and then once dry I used my fingers to separate each ringlet into smaller curls. That gives it the big poufy 80's look without looking tangled.

[pink-n-pinafore]

Kit’s Overalls Appreciation Post

[queer-kit-kittredge]

i made courtney a dark wash denim and rainbow drawstring bag to hold her garfield and the amount of dopamine this is bringing me should be studied in a lab

[queer-kit-kittredge]

courtney fanart :) i’m really obsessed with her rn

[ag-celestina-gorillaz]

So, look who came today!

I finally got my Salam Sisters Yasmina after ordering her about early March. They said they were gonna start shipping them out about April 25th, but they must have started early. I took pictures of the box.

And here she is out of the box. She looks so pretty in person, the eyes themselves look really detailed, pictures don't do it justice.

How she looks without her hijab. Btw, her hair has a nice soft feel to it. It's not like American Girl hair, but it almost reminds me of Rainbow High hair texture.

And her with her other headscarf included with her. Honestly, I wasn't sure how the yellow scarf would look with her outfit, but truthfully I ended up liking it better than the pink one. It looks more stylish tbh. I also discovered her body is different than many 18-inch dolls, I was expecting a soft body or maybe a half soft/half hard like My Life As or Healthy Roots Dolls, but she actually has a full plastic body. Her dimensions seem similar to AG and other standard 18 inch dolls, though I have yet to try other shoes on her (though her legs and feet don't seem small like Healthy Roots Dolls). I would definitely recommend this doll, and I hope to get a couple of the other Salam Sisters as well. Such a sweet pretty girl.

[ronanlynchian]

some of my favorite reviews of samantha: an american girl holiday (2004)

[lesbianelizabethcole]

Wait...she did MOORE than Reagan...

[desertdollranch]

The CYO t-shirt generator didn’t stop me from doing this so I guess it’s canon now.

[slayerofthemisogynists]

I needed to try and...the way I’m about to buy this

[desertdollranch]

Us here on Tumblr: gonna get me one of these awesome shirts! The AG employee in charge of printing CYO shirts: ( ⊙▃ ಠ )

[fyeahamericangirl]

I want in on this racket

[americangirlfanforlife]

I had to

I made two different styles. Because why not?

[americangirlstar]

well this is the hardest i’ve worked on an ugly spite project

also my friend sophie made this one!!

[felicity-merriman-stan]

I know I’ve reblogged this before, but I have made my own contribution. I had to do it kind of quickly but here it is.  

[in-the-dollpalace]

I spent way to much time on this and I didnt even buy it 

[in-the-dollpalace]

bringing this post back since @americangirlstar remembered it lol 😂 oldie but a goodie

[americangirlstar]

firmly convinced this is how we lost the cyo t-shirt maker

[queer-nanea-mitchell]

Cecile's and Marie-Grace's cookbook

I was inspired by the Caroline cookbook @desertdollranch came up with to make some of my own for the other historical characters who never got cookbooks. All the images on the front are from their paper dolls. I had to change the cover layout slightly so they could both be featured.

I've followed the format of the original cookbooks. All these dishes are ones that are actually mentioned in Cecile and Marie-Grace's books and I've linked recipes from as close to their period as I can find (with the exception of the tomato-shrimp bisque). Most link to some of the earliest published Louisiana cookbooks from 1885 which compiled recipes from even earlier.

Breakfast

Beignets

Pain perdu

Custard

Sweet orange buns

Porridge

Dinner

Ham and sweet potatoes

Red beans and rice

Stewed okra

Dandelion greens

Pecan pie

Favourite Foods

Pralines

Gumbo

Hot chocolate

Tomato and shrimp bisque

[desertdollranch]

I love this!

[glimblshanks]

Modern American Girl seems to fundamentally not understand that parents want their children to have educational toys, and that little kids think historical clothes are fun and fancy, and that these two things in combination are what allowed Pleasent Company to charge upwards of $100 for a single doll at a time when most dolls were still in the $10-$15 range

[desertdollranch]

You're absolutely right. AG tries to tell us that "kids don't like to read anymore, they just want trendy toys and electronics" forgetting that this is also what people believed in 1986. AG is forgetting that not every kid in the world hates reading. Plenty of kids out there love to read and love to learn about history through books and toys. Those kids deserve to have something geared towards them. And maybe if AG would offer more historical toys to choose from, parents who stopped buying into the "kids hate books" propaganda will have a reason to steer their children's playtime towards educational toys and associated books. They'll be able to do that because those options exist!!!

[agflashgamesenjoyer]

icons taken from the girls' about pages on americangirl.com!

(in order: Josefina, Kirsten, Addy, Samantha, Kit, Nanea, Molly, Maryellen, Melody, Julie, and Courtney)