My Thoughts on the New Release!

Since I never got around to doing a post on Z's release, I thought I'd talk about what I think of the new items AG released today. You can see them all on the American Girl website here. I'll just be mentioning the 18inch doll stuff, so to see the human, Wellie, pet, and Bitty items be sure to visit the AG website.

(all photos are from Americangirl.com)

                                       

 This is Gabby's cute bed. I think all the little items have great play value. 

                                      

Also for Gabriela, this is a cute set, but I think the pieces are small for $75. I saw one blogger mentioned that there is a MyLife chair almost just like this one for about $10. 

                                          

This is Gabby's "Take Flight" performance outfit. The top and the skirt are separate. With the skirt being sheer, I feel like the top should be a leotard. The details (like the butterflies) are nice. The green top has silver threads mixed in. The slippers are cool.

                                      

Tenney's "Sparkling Performance Outfit" is one of my favorites from this release. Although I don't usually buy American Girl clothing except on rare occasions (i.e. 2016 penguin pajamas), I see a lot of mix and match potential for the shoes and jacket.

                                          

Logan's performance outfit seems a bit simple to me, but that's fine because Logan needs more clothing and if it's versatile then all the better! The jacket is very cute. 

                                        

                                          

I hadn't seen the three new Truly Me dolls until the release today. #69 reminds me of #55, but her hair is shorter, more like #33's style. She also has brown eyes.

                                         

agwebkinz010 on YouTube had a custom doll that looked like #68 (I'm not sure if she still has here) and I thought she was pretty cute! 

                                             

This doll reminds me of #46 and Gabriela.... But this girl's hair is so much longer! She is #69. How long would her hair be if it was straightened??? 😮

There are also several new Dolls Without Hair (70, 71, and, 72); they are "limited quantity".

Oh also! I like the new TM meet outfit! Even though the shoes are apparently plastic, I still like them. They are sparkly, after all.

                                     

This hotel theme is such a good idea! It can also just be a doll's bedroom (like Tenney???). I like that the back is like the front desk of the hotel.

                                       

This is a nice set to go with the hotel theme.

                                               

 This reminds me of Grace's suitcase; I think doll suitcases are adorable.

                                         

This goes with the hotel as well! The food appears to be a cinnamon roll, fruit, and bacon. I like it!

                                           

These items seem small for $28, but the sunglasses!! I like the color scheme.

                                           

 I like this color! This is a travel dress.

                                             

This dress is made of corduroy.

                                           

I like this tank top, but I would put it with something other than that skirt. 

                                              

I think these items would be better if they were paired differently. I really like the shoes!

                                           

I really like this sweater. I feel like my dolls need more long sleeve stuff. The skirt is kind of Eastery, I think, which is just fine with me.

                                          

Okay, the sweater goes with these leggings much better.

                                                

I like the color and design of the top! The boots I really like, since I don't have Grace.

                                           

                                           

 I like more glasses for dolls! The colors of these are so wonderful!

                                             

This is blue (I know a lot of AG fans want more blue/green rather than pink/purple) and Logan could totally wear this!!

                                         

I know there has been many lunch sets, but I like these tacos!

                                          

I see a lot of play value in this set, with a tablet, pencil, notebooks, cards, paper, etc. etc. I like the design of the backpack! What does the key go to?

                                             

This is blue like most lockers I see!

                                        

Lastly is this hamster set. I really like this! It's unique. The lid comes off and everything can come out (except for the shavings I think).

Well that was a long post, but I hope you enjoyed reading my thoughts haha!

What's your favorite item from this release?

Two More Attempts // sewing dress design

It's June! 

I decided to try to improve the dress that I recently made for Beth, which resulted in 2 variations of it so far. Neither of them are what I would want the final design to be, so I still have at least one more redo in mind.

This is the first. I made it from a purple t-shirt. To me, it kind of looks like a bridesmaid dress.

This is the second. It turned out too short to be a dress, so I threw some leggings on underneath.

When I took the two dolls out for pictures of the top and dress, I wasn't planning on taking additional photos. But, I ended up taking more XD

Phoebe gets along with everyone in the doll house well, but when she arrived she and Teddie quickly became best friends. 

Hope you're having a good week!

WMDAW // teddie and phoebe

I like to do "What My Dolls are Wearing" posts for outfits that don't get featured in photo shoots.

Teddie's outfit includes a pink raglan style tee, a starfish necklace, denim cutoffs, and white sandals. The tee is made using the Cortina Top pattern from Pixie Faire, and the shorts are the shorts pattern from Pixie Faire. The sandals were made with the Gladiator Sandals pattern, also on PF.

Phoebe is wearing a Disney muscle tank, green leggings, and pink crocs. Her bun actually has a little bow, which is hard to see because it's black. The tank and leggings were made using Pixie Faire patterns. I looked at a picture from Pinterest with Disney quotes and doodles, and did it on the tank with sharpies. I really like this top!

Happy Memorial Day!

PS I can't seem to get my text at the top of the post to not be blue ??

Edited vs. Original // an exploration

Today we'll be looking at the photos I posted this week from a shoot of Beth. I thought it might be interesting to show you the original pictures in comparison to the small edits I made and posted. Some of the changes are very subtle. Each original is first, with the edited version following directly after.

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One of my goals as I edited these pictures was to make the detail on the dress visible. I didn't want the dress to be flooded with light, making it bright and lacking detail. The last two photos show this the best I think. The same things goes for Beth's face in the 2nd and 3rd photos.

Do you like the originals or the edits better?