Too many 18" dolls??

In my opinion, there's never enough to choose from! LOL!  But here is an interesting article from the LA Business Journal:

http://www.labusinessjournal.com/news/2010/oct/18/tall-doll-brawl/

What do you think?  Do you think that there are too many dolls being added to the 18" ring, or are the less expensive options welcome?

Love and Blessings,
Margaret

We're in the TOP 20!!

I'm sooo excited!!  It was recently announced that Emily Rose @ Home is in the top 20 for The Start Up Nation's Leading Moms in Business!  Wow!  We only had a month to work in and for us to reach the top was amazing!!

Here's an excerpt:

"Thanks to the success of Emily Rose, in 2009 Lisa-Marie was able to fulfill her dream of helping other Moms (just like her) create businesses of their own when she introduced Emily Rose @Home, a home party network for Mom/Daughter entrepreneur teams. Emily Rose @Home has quickly become popular due to the high quality affordable products, as well as the "no recruiting" policy and single level structure. "We focus on building businesses, not recruiters", said Lisa-Marie."


If you'd like to read the complete article, here is the link: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/10/prweb4648094.htm

Like Lisa-Marie states above, we do not recruit for our own businesses, the goal of our company is to help YOU build successful mother-daughter businesses that will last a long time!

If you are interested in trying out our business, first check here to look at all of the great benefits! Then use this code: LXNI55LW to get 10% off your starter package!

Disclaimer: When you use the code above, I will get a percentage of the cost depending on which package you choose.  However, you will not be on "my team,", you will have  your own business and be your own boss!

Love and Blessings!
Margaret

Question for my readers...

I'm going to be doing a series on dolls, how to purchase them, what to look for, what does quality look like.  Also doll clothes and furniture and what kinds of things to look for.

Is there anything specific you need to know as we approach the big gift buying season?

Thanks for your opinions!

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

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!

This Week Around the Doll World 10/20

Lots going on in the doll world this week!

A lot of people are asking about less expensive alternatives to the American Girl Doll, dolls that can still fit our Emily Rose Doll Clothes. Here is a list of some dolls that we found that can fit our clothes:

Our Generation at Target
Madame Alexander at Toys R Us and Costco (but they are not online right now)
B-Girlz at Sam's Club

Newly Discovered Doll Artist - Wendy Frank - My friend Nay let me know about a doll artist from Australia. She makes the most unique dolls! Here is a picture of the one that Nay got:




Isn't she sweet? You can read more about her and how she was made here!

Did you know that Disney has a new princess on the block??? Tiana from Disney's The Princess and the Frog is now on toy store shelves and she is a beauty! There are several versions but here are my favorites:

Just One Kiss

Picture rights belong to Disney

The "regular Princess Tiana

Picture rights belong to Disney.

And the Toddler Princess Tiana

Picture rights belongs to Disney.

She is just too sweet for words!

My daughter and I are excited to see the movie when it comes out later this year!

Jailbreak Toys just released a new doll of the first lady Michelle Obama. I don't like it at all, it's too cartoonish! Anyway if you would like to read one of the articles about the doll, here is a link to the New York Times. I like the one at Danbury Mint much better!

Outfit of the Week 10/19

I'm so happy to share with you this outfit. This is my absolute favorite from all of the Emily Rose Doll clothes! Erica (an 18" Madame Alexander doll from Avon) is pleased to model the Tweed Jacket and Purse Oufit:



Isn't she adorable? Here is a close up of the purse, it's too cute!



She has the cutest shoes on. They are fuschia and are made of faux suede and leather! They can be purchased here.

A Giveaway for a Cause

Hello Everyone,

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and I have a very dear friend who is a 4 year survivor!! So many women are affected by this disease daily, it's time to stop it for good before it takes anymore of our mothers, daughter, sisters or friends! To help the American Cancer Society find a cure, I would like to do a giveaway for those who donate to this worthy cause. I've picked two of our pretty pink outfits from Emily Rose @ Home and the winner can choose one of the outfits as their prize. These outfits fit many of the 18" inch dolls on the market like American Girl, Madame Alexandar, Our Generation, and many others.

Ballerina outfit which includes Leotard, Tutu, and cloth ballet shoes.

Pretty Bow Dress

• You must be 18 to enter this giveaway.
• Please go to this link: Pink Platoon - IFF Family and Friends and make a donation of any size (minumum $5), or support your own team but please make a donation. Then come back here and tell me you did it. Make sure you leave your email address so I can contact you. Edited to add that I will NOT be checking to make sure you donated, this is an honor system giveaway.
  
• If you tweet this giveaway and send me the link, I will give you another entry!
• This giveaway will be open until 8 a.m. October 18, the day of the walk in our area.
• I will use a random generator to select a number from the total amount of entries. There will be ONE winner announced Mondy October 19th..
  

Please note that this giveaway is not sponsored by Emily Rose or it's affiliated companies. Also there is no direct affiliation with the American Cancer Society.

Thanks for reading and participating!

Margaret

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!

Monday Outfit of the Week!

Whew! It's so nice to be back and blogging again. I missed it but just didn't seem to have the time and/or patience to do good posts. But we are back now and hopefully we'll stay on schedule!

Now for the outfit of the week. I have to say I fell in love with this dress the minute I saw it. It's a beautiful pink satin gown with a lace overlay. The overlay has such gorgeous flowers embroidered into it! Anyway, they say a picture is worth a thousand words so here is Ginger modeling the embroidered bow dress

Isn't it gorgeous. Ginger looks like she's going to a party or a prom! Here's a close up of the beautiful detail!

And the back view with the gorgeous sash!

I matched this dress up with these adorable pink bow shoes!

I know you will love this dress as much as I do! Oh and it washes really easy, we had an incident with red juice. I washed it in cold water with a touch of dish detergent, rinsed it really well and laid it flat to dry. No sign of the juice!!

Have a blessed day!
Margaret

Mimi's Corner

Hello everyone,

Normally this would be on Friday but we got caught up in the back to school rush! Margaret

I would like to talk about what I did this week. On Monday and Tuesday, my brother babysat me. On Wednesday my uncle babysat me. On Thursday my mom and my brother went shopping with me. We went to Burlington Coat Factory. On Friday morning we went shopping again at Target for a book bag.

I got a new doll and she is a Mia Bella doll/Madame Alexander. She is beautiful. Her name is Peppermint because of her clothes. Also, she could wear the Emily Rose clothes (that rhymes! the Emily Rose clothes part!) I love to dress her and brush her hair.

Sincerely,
Mimi

Emily Rose @ Home outfit of the week!

Hi all,

With the start of football season there will be cheerleaders galore! Our little Jasmine didn't want to be left out and immediately suited up for the game! This is our Sunshine Cheerleader outfit which comes in White and Gold, the pom poms are included! (for dolls like American Girl and other 18 inch dolls):



If you like Jasmine's cool sneaks, you can find them at our Emily Rose Store:

Margaret and Mimi's Store

Also available at the store are our Blue and Gold Cheerleader outfit (for dolls like American Girl and other 18" dolls):



And for our Tiny Cheerleader (fits dolls like the American Girl Bitty Baby):



Remember, if you are in the NJ area, we can bring our clothes to you. You can see the quality up close and personal!

Always in dolly love!
Margaret and Mimi