I set up a corner with a good photo backdrop and felt that everyone deserved new portraits that are fun and visually interesting.
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I set up a corner with a good photo backdrop and felt that everyone deserved new portraits that are fun and visually interesting.
First photo: Corinne, Tsukiko, Nanea, Esme
Second photo: Eloise, Divya, Lena, Amarah
Third photo: Andrés, Nihkko
Fourth photo: Kaya, Marie-Grace, Cécile, Claudie
Hey! It’s been a while! I was able to switch some of their clothes to winter-y (kind of) clothing, and they’re so cute! I want to photograph them soon 🥰
Claudie’s Hair Day!
Today it is time for Claudie to get her hair done! I love her and her adorable pin curls that frame her face, but as far as American Girl and the quality of their curly wigs go, Claudie has had the worst quality curly wig out of any doll I’ve had experience with (Cécile, 58, 26, CYO, and Claudie herself). It’s not so bad that I dislike having to do her hair, but it takes me much longer to get through her hair than Cécile or my CYO, Eloise (below, she got to come up onto the historical doll shelf!) Still, I use the same methods, it’s just more time-consuming on Claudie.
Taking the opportunity to change her into her PJs, I got started! Like with other dolls with similar hair texture, I use a wire brush, a spray bottle with water, and something small I can wrap the hair around (a pen, pencil, straw, or marker work well!)
To start, you take a section of hair, spray it generously with water, and carefully brush it out, starting from the bottom, making your way to the top. Brushed out, it’ll look like the first image below. Then, you take the hair, stretch it gently, and wrap it around the pen in the natural direction of the curl (on my Claudie, her curls curl towards the left!) Gently, you’ll push it off, and you should be left with a curl.
It might take several tries to get a curl you are happy with, the one above took three for me! You can also experiment with different sized curl chunks to see what you like best. I take sections a little smaller than a centimeter wide, usually on a single wig weft.
Here’s the right side of her head, still damp. As her hair dries, it tends to shrink a little, and her curls become bouncier! If they need a little help, try scrunching them gently upwards! Now I’ll continue on to the rest of her head.
Have fun doing your doll’s hair!
I also have this Our Generation vespa, but I never feel like carrying it around outside to find a good location for photos. For now, it sits and looks cute in my room.
Cécile’s Parlor Set is the only piece of doll furniture I own, so I thought I’d actually photograph Marie-Grace and Cécile with it! The desk has its special place on my doll shelf, but it rarely gets used now for props due to my limited doll space.
I only keep four of my historical dolls out and in use: Kaya (PNW 1764), Marie-Grace & Cécile (New Orleans 1853), and Claudie (NYC 1922) Technically, I still own Caroline and Kirsten, but they have been promised to family member and are in storage in the meantime, so my collection is only four. I’m very happy that I still have a wide timespan in my collection!
Kaya got put in her modern outfit today, because I just received a pair of beadwork earrings in the mail from @/inkymarina on IG, they are beautiful and pair so nicely with this outfit! They are exactly the right shade of pink.
Claudie, Marie-Grace, and Cécile have been stuck in the same outfits for a while now. Claudie’s meet outfit acts as her summer outfit, while a dress I got off Etsy acts as her winter outfit (and I have her PJs!). Marie-Grace and Cécile only have these outfits, their meet outfits, and Cécile’s pajamas. I’m hoping to expand their outfit collection beyond these, because I’m not the biggest fan of their meet outfits 😅
Happy Pride from Midsummerdolls 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ and specifically, Andrés, Tsukiko, Esme, and Nanea! Who are just a selection of my LGBT+ dolls (I like to think all of my dolls are part of the community somehow!) I hope you have had an amazing Pride month!
Eloise! Happy Pride 🏳️🌈
Esme! I hope you’ve been having a great day!
Hello everyone! Happy summer! I’ve been super busy with life stuff, but today I made time to change all of my dolls out of their winter clothing into their summer clothing! I am hopeful that I will get to take photos of them before the summer is over. I hope you have a great day!
Spring has Sprung, AG 24, week 11: Smiles
My dolls make me smile, and their dolls make them smile! I have recently found dolls for Marie-Grace and Nori.
Marie-Grace is pictured with her doll Evangeline, who is named after Longfellow’s tragic heroine.
Nori is pictured with her doll, Lavender, named after her mama’s favorite flower.
I have Miss Leonie here (an old photo), my Götz Little Sisters doll. She’s been in storage for several months, and she smells so much like a musty water bottle. She had this problem when I bought her, and unfortunately I had to replace her entire body with an AG one- which worked, because they’re identical bodies, essentially. But even with her new body, having been in storage she’s back to smelling awful. What do you recommend I do to fix it? She’s been washed and aired out, but still smells bad.
Doll profiles for my modern dolls! Since my collection has changed much over the past few months. Under the cut because this will be long!
Most of my modern dolls aren't canon character dolls, and any who are (namely Corinne) are still a little bit divorced from their canon counterparts, because I have fun with extrapolating storylines for my own dolls, and trying to make them fit in alongside their new friends. On to the bios!
Lena Grzegorczyk (she/her)
Lena is the oldest doll in my collection, and therefore I think it's apt that she is my oldest character. She's 14, and enjoys learning new things. She loves to read and draw, and she just got a guitar for Christmas! She is also obsessed with vintage fashion. Her dream job is to work with textiles someday, in any capacity. Lena's favorite color is red!
Tsukiko Matsubara (she/her)
Tsukiko is happy, confident 13 year old! She loves experimenting and trying new things, and her favorite thing she owns is her little science kit. She's fascinated by chemistry, and would love to do something with that someday! For now, she spends her time messing with her camera, and doing fun (safe) experiments in her kitchen. Tsukiko has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, which often has her using hand-crutches. Her favorite color is turquoise!
Divya Patel (she/her)
Divya is a sweet, caring 12 year old. She is on the local youth's swim team, and she enjoys painting and sewing, and her favorite class at school is art class! She had a blast with the pottery unit. She's not quite sure what she wants to do someday, but she has plenty of time to decide! Divya is half Gujarati, and half Afro-Brazilian. She's good friends with both Tsukiko, her classmate, and Lena, who she met at an after-school art club last year. Her favorite color is light pink!
Andrés Fuentes (he/him)
Andrés is really excited that he made it onto the boy's soccer team. He just came out as trans, and was worried that he wouldn't be allowed to participate. Andrés just turned 13, and in his spare time he loves to play the drums, which annoys his family to no end. He does brilliantly in maths, which makes him think he might be suited to something like accounting, but he hasn't thought too much on the subject. His family is Puerto-Rican, and he speaks Spanish at home. He was also born hard-of-hearing in his right ear, and he's working towards becoming fluent in ASL. His favorite color is green.
Nihkko Lehtinen (he/him)
Nihkko just transferred to this school district this year, and he has found a good friend in Andrés on the soccer team. He's 12 years old, and outside of playing soccer, he's looking forward to this year's school production, which he wants to audition for. He loves to sing and dance, and wants to put those skills to use! His family is Saami and Tatar, which makes him really proud! His favorite color is yellow!
Esme Adrianov (she/they)
Esme is a quiet, stubborn 12 year old. She doesn't move outside of her social circle much, but she deeply values the friends that she does have. Despite being rather shy, she isn't afraid to stand up for her and her friends when needed. They enjoy running on the track team, and they love baking and experimenting with fun, new recipes! Her family is Unangan, and her parents raised her to be really, really proud of that fact. She is good friends with Nihkko, Andrés, and Nanea. Their favorite color is blue!
Nanea Jeon (she/her)
Nanea is a sweet, confident 12 year old! She loves biking around town with Esme, and working in the gardens with her parents on the weekend. She loves to write as well, and she's written a few short stories that she is extremely proud of! Nanea is half Hawaiian and half Korean, and she greatly looks forward to when she can see her cousins, who all live so far away! Her favorite color is light orange!
Amarah Adeyemi (she/her)
Amarah is a friendly, confident 12 year old! She draws a lot in her spare time, and enjoys creating new clothing designs in her sketchbook- it's her dream someday to have her own clothing line! Otherwise, she enjoys maths and history, and she loves hanging out with her friends after school at the park. She's Nigerian, and her family moved to the US when she was young. She grew up speaking Yoruba, along with English, at home. She's close with Corinne, who she met in 3rd grade. Her favorite color is purple!
Corinne Ziyì (子义) Tan (she/her)
Corinne is a kind and resilient 12 year old. In her free time she enjoys winter sports such as skiing and ice skating. After school she enjoys helping around her mother's restaurant or going to the park with Amarah. Her favorite subject is history- she finds it interesting and engaging. She thinks she'd like to go on someday to further her studies in the humanities- her name, Ziyì, means someone who will stand with righteousness, and she feels that it fits her and her goals very well! But all that is a long way off. For now she's happy to spend her time as she does. Her favorite color is mint!
Eloise Gruenberg (she/her)
Eloise is an introverted and studious 12 year old. She loves school- she loves learning new things, and challenging herself. Outside of school, she loves to dance. She finds the movements therapeutic, and it helps her recenter herself. Eloise is half black, and half Ashkenazi Jewish, and her faith is something that is really important to her. She was born with albinism, which affects her ability to see clearly, so she wears glasses and uses a cane when she's out. She finds that brightly colored clothes are her favorite- and she enjoys putting together fun outfits in the mornings. Her favorite color is red!
The only doll furniture I currently own is Cécile’s parlor desk, so I wanted to use it for something. For now Nanea and Esme are hanging out with it until I get my shelves more in order.
My JLY34, Lena, has been in my collection for over a decade at this point. Her hair is getting quite frizzy and thinned out, but I’d feel bad replacing her wig- she’s not a very common doll, and I’m not too fond of any of the auburn or brown wigs that exist out there on places like etsy. So for now she exists in my collection as is. Though I’d love to potentially give her a makeover someday!
beautiful beautiful nanea and esme 🥰
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Tsukiko and Andrés!