The Dolly Crazy Tag!

I was tagged by Hailey at Hailey's Joyful Dolls. Thank you so much for the tag, Hailey. It took me a while to answer it, but it was fun. 

The Logo:

The rules: 

- Use the tag photo above.

- Answer all the questions truthfully.

-Tag 1-5 people.

- Link the creator/author, Viola Smiles

- Have Fun!

  What was your most embarrassing memory of your dolls?

I can't think of any. That is not to say that it hasn't happened...but I can't remember any particular time. I suppose I don't get embarrassed easily. I've had people walk past and glance at me when I am taking photos of my dolls outside, but I don't find that embarrassing. 

What do enjoy about your dolls/doll?

I like telling stories with them and taking photos with them. I like the unique features some dolls have: Carpatina dolls have detailed historical clothes, and Monster High dolls have cat ears or snake-hair. I also love the fact that dolls are something you can hug when you're upset and they don't judge you for it. 

What is your favorite memory of your dolls?

I remember looking at an old American Girl Doll catalogue for Sarah (the only catalogue I had, which was released at the time Felicity was retiring. At the time I had asked for Sarah, Felicity was already retired...so it was pretty outdated). And then I remember finding her and asking for her as a gift. 

Sarah was my first American Girl doll. 

Is there ever a time when you don’t like your dolls?

No, I haven't had that happen. I've had times where I worried I may dislike or give up interest in my dolls. But that never happened. 

Do you have a favorite picture of your dolls?

I'm going to cheat and answer with a few photos, since I don't have one favorite. 

This is one of my favorite photos of this doll of Legolas. (It originally came from this post.) I like it for many reasons: one is that I got this doll as a gift since I'm a fan of Lord of the Rings. (The obsession did not go away and instead morphed into me writing a novel about elves.) I also like it because at one point, a child of a friend of mine looked at it and said, "That's a real person." 

I like this photo also. It came from this photo shoot that I did for Halloween. I like the atmosphere of it. I had been playing around with camera filters at the time. 

And I also like this one. It was from this spring photo shoot. I like the angle that I took in this photo, and the portrait view it has. 

Has there ever been a time when you kinda forgot about your dolls?

There have been times when I forgot about my dolls briefly (but not purposefully, more that things were going on in my life). In 2020, I had so much happening that doll blogging seemed hard to do, so I only blogged seven times that year and inconsistently. 

When blogging about your dolls do you ever feel uninspired/out of ideas for the next post?

Yes, I have felt uninspired, several times. But I usually find inspiration by taking my dolls out for a photo shoot, doing a tag post, or something else along those lines. 

Off the top of my head I can't think of any active doll bloggers to tag who haven't already done this. So, if you want to do this tag feel free to do it. I'll be looking forward to seeing your answers. 😉

The questions: 

  What was your most embarrassing memory of your dolls?

What do enjoy about your dolls/doll?

What is your favorite memory of your dolls?
Is there ever a time when you don’t like your dolls?

Do you have a favorite picture of your dolls?

Has there ever been a time when you kinda forgot bout your dolls?

When blogging about your dolls do you ever feel uninspired/out of ideas for the next post?

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Do you have a favorite photo of your dolls? Do you have any favorite memories of your dolls? 

-Quinley 

What's Happening in This Picture #17 (+ Voting)

 I enjoyed reading everyone's captions, now it is time for voting. 

Caption from Hailey at Hailey's Joyful Dolls 

Molly: "Hello universe! It's me, Molly Mclntire the most famous girl in the world!

Someone in the background: Uh Molly who are you talking to?

Molly: Everyone! I'm talking to everyone!

Caption from Treesa at Fashion Doll Memoirs 

Molly: I've got the flashy sunglasses, now I just have to practice taking them off dramatically.

 And here is the way you can vote for your favorite one. You can either vote on this Google form here (which is anonymous, it won't record any information about you), or you can comment down below and choose your favorite caption from this post:  

-Quinley 

What's Happening in This Picture #16 (+Voting)

Hello everyone. 

Thank you to everyone who left amazing captions on the last post. Now it is time for voting.  😀

Here are the captions: 

Caption from Anonymous: 

           “This is a rare moon bloom flower. It only blooms at night! It smells good, smell it!”

                                                        Caption from Treesa at Fashion Doll Memoirs: 

Maryellen (singing): Edelweiss, edelweiss.

Caption from Don:

"Flowers are best seen at night. They seem to be yours alone." 

 And here is the way you can vote for your favorite one. You can either vote on this Google form here (which is anonymous, it won't record any information about you), or you can comment down below and choose your favorite caption from this post: 

-Quinley 

What's Happening in This Picture #16 (+ Winning Caption)

 I hope everyone had a Happy New Year's! I am excited to announce the winner of this round:

Congratulations! Ananka at Ananka's Photos you won this round:

"Owl, I never worry about the future because I can see into the future. Exactly how many Fortune Cookies did you eat to find that one?"

                                                          Now for a new photo to caption:

     

Why is Maryellen holding the flower like this? Is she performing a monologue with it? 

Why is she doing that in the middle of night? Post your captions in the comments down below. 

-Quinley 

What's Happening in this Picture #13 (+ Voting)

 Hello everyone!  

I enjoyed reading everyone's captions. Now it's time for voting...

Caption from Ananka at Ananka's Photos:

"Not sure I'll be going back to that Voodoo Doll class again!"

Caption from Anonymous: 

Molly is using the doll as a ventriloquist's dummy to entertain her friends.She is shocked when the doll starts to talk on her own.

Caption from Hailey at Hailey's Joyful dolls: 

Molly: Well this is awkward...

And here is the way you can vote for your favorite one. You can either vote on this Google form here (which is anonymous, it won't record any information about you), or you can comment down below and choose your favorite caption from this post: 

- Quinley 

Autumn is Here (A Photo Shoot)

I decided it was time to share this photoshoot with Leah. Since we just celebrated the Equinox, I thought this photo shoot of Leah wearing summer clothes while playing in the leaves, showing a transition from summer to autumn, was fitting. 

Here it is: 

I really like the colors in this photo.

Leah's sloth decided to join in. 

My dog ended up in this photo, but I like it anyway. 

Leah's Sloth is enjoying the leaves. 

I like the profile shot in this photo. 

I really like this photo with her compass. 

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Which photo is your favorite? And is there an activity, or holiday you're looking forward to this autumn?

-Quinley 

The AG History Quiz Tag! + The Mustache Crown Award

I decided it would be fun to do a double tag post. 

For the first tag: I was nominated by Hailey at Hailey's Joyful Dolls, thank you so much Hailey! 

                                                               The logo: 

The Rules:

- Answer the questions given

- Come up with your own cool AG history themed questions for the people that you nominate!

- Tag 1-10 people

- Link back to the creator (me)

- Comment on the blogger's blog that you nominated to remind them that they were nominated!

- Ask 3-10 questions

                                      What is the name of Molly's best friend?

                                       Emily Bennett. 

                                    

                                        When did American Girl first start?

                                     I don't know the exact date, but I know they started in the 80s. 

                                    What is the name of this AG doll?

                             

(Image from Wiki fandom, https://americangirl.fandom.com/wiki/Lindsey_Bergman)

                                       Her first name is Lindsey. 

                                 What company first started American Girl?

                                  Pleasant Company. 

                                      My questions: 

     1. Who was the girl of the year of the year 2009? 

     2. Which AG doll is a stop motion animator? 

      3. Who were the three original American Girl Dolls? 

      4. When was Kaya released? 

      5. What year was Samantha re-released? 

      6. When did the historical line name get changed to Beforever? 

 

                                     I tag: 

                       BeyondNaturesMeadow 

                                  Brooklyn 

                   Blueberry With T-Rex Arms

For the second tag: I wasn't exactly nominated, but since Loren at Happy House of AG nominated anyone who had Saige I decided to do it. (Because I have Saige). The creator of the award is Annecy from Dreams for American Dolls . 

The logo: 

Rules:

• Whoever you nominate must post a hairstyle tutorial on their blog
• You must ask at least 5 questions
• You must keep the chain going, and if you are nominated, nominate someone else

I will post a hair style for dolls as the next thing I post. 

                                                       Favorite TV show?

That's so hard to pick one. I'm going to go with: Star Trek: Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager as two of my favorite shows. 

                                                       Favorite hairstyle?

I really like Tauriel and Legolas's hair styles from Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit: 

(Images from LOTR Wiki, https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Legolas?file=Legolas_portrait_-_EmpireMag.jpg,  https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Tauriel?file=Tauriel_portrait_-_EmpireMag.jpg)

I think the way braids in those hairstyles are used is pretty cool. 

If American Girl made a homeschooled GOTY, would you buy her?

It depends on what type of homeschooler the doll is, as there are many types of homeschoolers in existence. AG would have be clear about what type of homeschooler the doll was and portray the type of homeschooler well. Also, how important to the character would being a homeschooler be? 

It just depends on how they do it. American Girl had a doll, Blaire, that was a blogger but they didn't really make her blog relatable to those who are actually bloggers. Her blog was way too professional. But then also had a doll, Z, that was a YouTuber and made AGSMs, and they got that right. So it solely depends on how it is done.  

What’s your favorite sleepover activity?

I've never actually been to a sleepover and probably won't anytime soon (due to the pandemic). But I think my favorite would probably be watching scary movies? 

Have you ever been to an American Girl store?

Yes, several times. 

My questions: 

1. What is your favorite classic novel? And why? 

2. What is your favorite American Girl Doll movie? 

3. If you could switch places with any AG character who would you switch places with? 

4. What is your favorite time period? 

5. Which of Felicity's outfits would you like to own in your size?

I nominate... 

Hailey 

Annabelle

Bailey 

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Would you buy an American Girl Doll who was a homeschooler? What is your favorite Sleepover activity? 

-Quinley 

Kanani (a Photo Shoot)

Hello everyone, 

I thought that today was the perfect day to post a photo shoot. So I decided to do one with Kanani. 

And as a reminder you can still leave a caption on this round's, What's Happening In This Picture? here.

Let's begin:  

I really like the angle of this photo. 

I really like the closeup of her flower. 

I like the blue in her dress matches the trellis. 

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Which photo is your favorite? And who is your favorite Girl of the Year? 
-Quinley

Meet My Dolls #1 (Sarah, Z, and Alfred)

 I have posted two of these stop motions before on my blog (one of them I made recently), but since they were at the end of blog posts rather than having a whole post dedicated to them, I decided to make a post dedicated to them.

 I am going to make more of these stop motions,  so this will be a series of short animations relating to getting to know my dolls better.  Also, as a quick reminder, you can still leave a caption on this round's What's Happening in This Picture? 

Let's begin: 

You can also watch it here

Here is Sarah's introduction. Sarah was my first American Girl doll, so I decided she was the perfect doll for the first stop motion. 

You can also watch it here 

The second is Suzanne "Z,"'s introduction. Given that Z is one of my favorite AG dolls, I thought she should be the next doll to make a stop motion of. 

You can also watch it here 

And finally (for this part), I did a stop motion of Alfred. Unlike Z and Sarah he is a Carpatina doll (in case anyone is wondering that is why he looks so different). 

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-Quinley 

What's Happening in This Picture #3 (My Favorite Captions + Voting)

Hello everyone, 

I loved reading everyone's captions. 😊

And now I've chosen my favorite ones, if yours didn't get chosen it is nothing personal about you. I'm choosing a small number of entries, and you can always leave a caption again on the next What's Happening in That Picture? That will happen after we have a winning caption for this one. 

Caption from Sadie at Cinnamon Bears and Salsa AG: 

Z: Tenney! What are you doing? Get down from there right this instant.
Tenney: oh, you know me. Always coloring outside of the lines and finding new ways to capture my creativity in a brand new way…….

Caption from Anonymous: 

Tenney what are you doing?

Z there's a wanted poster with our names on it! Let me just draw some mustaches and add some extra letters to our names...

Tenney what did you do???

What do you mean, what did I do? What did YOU do?

There's a reward, so I'm making that zero dollars.

We'd better get out of here Tenney and figure out what's going on!

Caption from Christine at Christine's blog: 

Z make sure you get this one! 'Wake up. be amazing. be kind. be grateful repeat.'

Caption from Treesa at Fashion Doll Memoirs: 

Z: Remind me again why we're taking a photo of me taking a photo.
Tenney: Trust me, it's artistic. We'll get our own exhibit at the modern art gallery for sure!

And here is the way you can vote for your favorite one. You can either vote on this Google form here (which is anonymous, it won't record any information about you), or you can comment down below and choose your favorite caption from this post: 

-Quinley 

Rebecca (A Photoshoot)

 Hello everyone, 

I'm going to let people have time to post their captions, before I pick my favorites. In the meantime here is a very Fall themed photo shoot featuring Rebecca: 

I really like this photo.

I like the angle of this one. 

I really like the colors in this photo. 

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Which photo is your favorite and are you excited for October? 

-Quinley