Holiday Styles!!

Hello Everyone!

Did you know it's NOT too late to get your dolly ready for the Holidays? Emily Rose at Home is still shipping in time for the Holidays. We still have some cute dresses available as well!

Our Classy Black Velvet Dress is perfect for a trip to Radio City or to see the Holiday tree in Rockefeller Plaza!

Our Pink Embroidered Bow Dress adds the perfect splash of color!

Add some sparkle to your holidays with our Sparkly Top and Pants!

Don't forget to add one of our pretty girls to your collection too!

Come check us out because the holidays are STILL going on at Emily Rose at Home!

Love and Blessings!

Margaret (#1201)

Featured Outfit: Bridal Communion Dress

Hello everyone!

If you are in the U.S., I hope you are enjoying this HEAT WAVE!!  I love the heat but this is a bit much for me!

Speaking of HOT, I wanted to invite you over to our website to check our our new low prices!  That means you can get our featured outfit for only $19.99!!!  Check out our Bridal Communion dress, this is a beautiful lace covered dress with matching veil:

This dress looks adorable when you put it on your doll! It is the perfect dress to help celebrate being a flower girl or a First Communion.  This outfit will fit any 18" full body doll, like the Madame Alexander doll or the American Girl doll.  Go check it out and come back and let me know what you think!!

Love and Blessings!

Margaret

A cute sewing project!

Hello everyone,

I saw this adorable sewing project over at A Little Loveliness!  She did it at a tea party and the girls were able to complete the project themselves.  I will have to try this with my daughter!

Tea Towel Dress for 18" dolls

If you have a chance to try it, let me know what you think!

Love and Blessings!
Margaret

New American Girl Store Opens in Seattle!

One of my favorite dolly blogs Doll Diaries, has some great photos of inside the new Seattle store!  Check them out!


Seattle Store


Have you visited an American Girl Store and if so, what did you think? If you have never visited, now that there are so many locations, do you plan to visit one?

My daughter and I visited American Girl NY with some friends back in 2006:

Mimi with Friends

Since that was five years ago, we are due for another visit I think!!  I would love to be able to visit ALL of the stores!

Love and Blessings!

Margaret

Check out my other blog for some AWEsome giveaways!

Hello everyone!

I'm giving away some AWEsome things on my main blog Take a Walk With Me.  Stop on over and enter some of the giveaways!

Love and Blessings!
Margaret

This one's for the boys...

or your little princess if she likes dinosaurs!!  Handmade Mamas had this wonderful idea on their blog!  It is called fossil cookies and they are so cute and imaginative!

Ben's Fossil Cookies
Enjoy!

Love & Blessings
Margaret

My Twinn Dolls

Hello everyone,

I just wanted to let you know that My Twinn Dolls are having a 20% sale on apparel.   My Twinn's are 22 inch dolls with vinyl arms and partial legs. You can have them custom made to resemble or your child or you can just purchase a friend doll.  They are very poseable and make great big sisters for the American Girl or similar sized dolls.  I have several in my collection!  Here is my Hazel:

 What is also great is that they have matching outfits for your daughter, up to size 14 (XL). 

Here is the coupon code for you to use: OUTJ1221

Hope you can use it!!

Love & Blessings,

Margaret

There's a new girl.. er DOLL in Town!

Hello everyone!


I’m so pleased to share with you a new 18” doll that’s on the market.  Her name is Nicole and Debbie Garrett from Black Doll Collecting, graciously shared her pictures with me! 

Nicole is aspires to be a doctor and enjoys cheerleading when she’s not studying! 

Oh goodness I just love that face, she reminds me so much of my own daughter!  I love her hair too!

Nicole is from the Prodigyrls collection, a series of dolls designed by Dr. Daniela Wiggins, who when shopping for dolls for her girls, was disappointed by what was available.  So she took matters into her own hands and designed a line of dolls to reflect the values that many of us try to instill in our little girls.  Nicole will arrive to you in a doctor's outfit including lab coat!  Too cute!   Also available now is Janelle who is a chef that instills a healthy way of cooking. 


These “gyrls” are too cute and I cannot wait to add them to my collection! Since I’m on a self-imposed six month doll moratorium, I’ll have to wait! Ha!  Stupid moratorium!!


Oh and in case you don’t recognize the outfit, Miss Nicole is wearing our Emily Rose Sunshine Cheerleader outfit!  Isn’t she cute!  Although these dolls are slimmer in body than the American Girls, they outfits still fit well according to Mrs. Garrett!


I can’t resist!  Here is one more picture for the road!

Go ahead girlfriend!  Be all that you can be!!


***   I love to share customer photos!  So if you have any you would like to share, please email me at maggie965 @ yahoo . com (no spaces) with a brief paragraph about your doll and the outfit. ***


Love and Blessings!
   
Margaret

Emily Rose Store Problem

Apparently there was a problem with the Emily Rose Store earlier today. The ISP was having issues that affected the store. According to Lisa-Marie, our store owner, it is now back up and running properly. If you tried to access earlier and could not get in, please try again!

Thanks for your patience!

Around the Doll World Part II

Hi everyone,

This is the first time I had to sit down and finish my News Around the Doll World. There's a lot to talk about this week.

First, if you are in the market for some cute cloth dolls, check out this site:

Bamboletta

These dolls are so cute, I'm thinking of ordering one for my friend's grandbaby. Can you believe she's almost FIVE MONTHS old and doesn't have her first doll?!?! Oh the horror!! The company is not doing custom orders until December but they will be doing uploads of these adorable dolls!

I mentioned the Avon Dolls last week, then I found out Sears is also coming out with a line of 18" dolls. Yaay! More dolls to dress. Here is a link to the cuties! This one is my favorite!

I'm pretty sure these are Madame Alexander dolls but I'll have to check when I go to the store. I wonder if Kmart will have them as well since they are essentially Sears?

Great news on the Emily Rose at Home NJ front. We will soon be offering paper doll parties!! I think paper dolls are so fun for the attendees and they will get to cut and color their own dolls. More details will be coming soon!!

Hope you enjoyed News Around the Doll World!

Margaret

Tuesday Around the Doll World - 10/6

There is so much news around the doll world that I'm going to spread it over two days! I wanted to dedicate today to a special artist I found through my google alerts. Her name is Faith and this is her site: Sundrip

You know how something catches your attention and you know it's special but you are not quite sure why? Well that's how I felt when I first came across Faith's dolls. I saw this little cutie in a red hat, her name is Lisa:

Something about her eyes and the serious lips that want to smile, really captured my attention. I HAD to contact the artist and then I knew... she is one special lady.

Here is what Faith Shared with me:

"One of the things I do with my dolls that isn't really heard of is make inner child dolls for African-American children in therapy. Therapy includes physical and emotional therapy. I've made several, some are posted in my doll gallery but others are not. If the person chooses not to have their therapy doll posted I don't. I respect their privacy. The other thing is this, each doll is hand sewn not machine sewn. The faces are hand painted, the hair chosen carefully to fit the desired look and the outfit is chosen carefully. I actually have a wardrobe for future dolls. The amount of thought that goes into each doll is extensive. I thoroughly enjoy making them. The doll you asked about is doll number 16. She's got big brown eyes with a tad bit of gold above them. Her hair is in three pony tails which is a standard black hair style for little girls. She's got little black shoes and a sweet dress. I think the addition that makes her stand out is the red beret. She's currently sitting on my shelf with my personal doll collection (I'm a collector myself) as she waits for a new home. "

I don't know if these are therapy dolls but here are more of her beautiful dolls:

What a wonderful service to these young children that need a physical source of comfort. And please please please take a stroll through her gallery! She is obviously a multitalented artist! There are several of her paintings that I have to get prints of!! If you read Faith's About Me page you'll know as I have learned what a extraordinary giving person she is. I don't know her at all... but I do. I know that she has taken her own hurts and pains and poured herself into helping others heal. God Bless you Faith and thank you for allowing me to write about you and your dolls!

**** Pictures used are with the permission of the artist!****

Outfit of the Week 10/5 (or thereabouts)

Hello all,

I wanted to make sure I shared with you the outfit of the week. This one is just SO SO cute!! I don't know about where you are but the cold weather just came in so fast for us. Jasmine was thrilled because it was cool enough to wear her new Varsity Star Outfit (link):


The jacket is made in traditional fashion with white "leather" sleeves. My tomboy Jazzy just loves it, especially since her varsity letter is sewn on the back:



Doesn't she look cute?!? The outfit also comes with her jeans and a short sleeved white top to wear underneath the jacket. Her "kicks" are also available in our Emily Rose Store.

Enjoy and be blessed!
Margaret

Life of Faith Going out of Business Sale

Hi everyone,

I forgot to include this in my post yesterday. The Life of Faith 18" dolls are are clearance. The best priced doll is Laylie at just $30!! Laylie was originally priced at $99.99 . Also, check out the wardrobe section. These are beautiful, high quality outfits!! You have to use the code wardrobe70 to get the discount. The books are also on sale and you can enter BOOK70 to get the discount. I have always wanted Laylie and I was finally able to order her!

What's Going on in the Doll World 8/18

Hello all,

I'm happy to be able to share with you some exciting news around the doll community.

A few weeks ago, a friend mentioned that Madame Alexandar was introducing some new Favorite Friends. They are just adorable!! I don't have permission to use the pictures from the Madame Alexander Site so I will provide a link:

Madame Alexander Favorite Friends

I can't wait to get one of these girls to model the Emily Rose wardrobe!

Also, I was checking out the American Girl website and Chrissa and friends have FREE SHIPPING until August 23!!! What a savings! I have my eye on Sonali, so this may be the time to get her.

AG Free Shipping

Leave your calendars open. On Saturday October 3, the Young At Heart Doll Club of East Brunswick, NJ is holding their first annual doll luncheon "Trick or Treat with Ginny". There will be all sorts of great raffles and giveaways. Arline Shapiro, former owner of Meyer's Store will be the guest of honor. Tickets are $85 and include a gift doll. It's sure to be an exciting time! For more information Contact Ed at Happily Ever After , 215-627-5790.

Well folks, that's all for today! Chat with you soon!

Margaret and Mimi