why I think they should bring back Elizabeth and add Ben to Felicity's Collection

Hi everyone!:)
The reason why this title is so long is because I had a lot to talk about (and I couldn't think of way to shorten it.) So...let's begin, American Girl recently brought back Felicity and added a boy doll (Logan).  I thought since they recently added Felicity back, they should bring Elizabeth back into the collection, as well as adding Ben (a character from Felicity's book).  Also since I like Felicity and her story I feel like there should be more than one doll in her collection.

Here are the reasons why....

Why I think they should add Ben 

Ben was an interesting character in the books and in the movie. Even though he is slightly older than Felicity, I think it would be good to know what men wore at the time (in doll form).  American Girl stopped including illustrations inside their books and the part of the historical books, called looking back at the past, no longer shows pictures of what people wore in that time period.

(Picture from Rotten Tomatoes, https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/felicity_an_american_girl_adventure)

I think that Ben's clothes would be interesting to have, because girls could dress up their Felicity doll in boy's clothes, as well as having colonial clothes for their boy doll. It is also part of the story that Felicity dresses up as a boy and they don't have any clothes for her like that. The outfit that is pictured above I think would be a awesome "Meet outfit" for Ben (I also think his hairstyle would look awesome on a doll). 

There is also another reason why I think it would be good to add Ben to Felicity's collection. Felicity has come back and all her stories from her point of view as a patriot are put into 2 or 3 books (and I don't think they have added Elizabeth's side as a loyalist into it). I think they should add a boy's point of view of the era into a book, like Felicity's first book except it would be told in Ben's point of view, even though he is a patriot, too, we would be hearing about the American revolution through a boy's perspective and we would be able to see what men and boy's did at that time. 

     Why it would be important to bring back Elizabeth 

(Picture from American Girl Wiki, http://americangirl.wikia.com/wiki/Elizabeth_Cole)

I don't believe they added in Elizabeth's side of the story in Felicity's new book (but I don't know for sure, because I have only read Felicity's original books and not her Beforever ones).  It would be good to be hearing her side of the story since she is a loyalist and we would get a different prespective (like in Ben's we would get to know what men and boy's were allowed to do in the era) 

and would be able to hear what was going on in the American revolution but from a loyalist's perspective. If you only hear it from the patriot's perspective then you get a one-sided idea of the American revolution. 

Unfortunately, we lost her side of the story when American Girl retired the best friend dolls.

In conclusion, Felicity is the only doll in her collection, and we are missing the loyalist's and a boy's  point of view of the American Revolutionary war and story.  

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Hope you enjoyed reading the post, I am planning to send American Girl a letter about this. 

What do you think? Do you like my idea of a Ben doll? 

Do you think should American Girl bring back Elizabeth? 

Love, 

-Quinley 

updates: Short Break!!

Hi everyone,
I won't be able to post for a little while, but when I am able to post, I will post photo stories, photo shoots, and doll photography.

-Quinley

Doll photography #3

         Hi everyone, I thought today was a good day for a doll photography post...
               Here are the photos:

A picture of Annabeth's sandals... 

I enjoyed taking this picture, I especially like what it says on the shirt. 

Seven of Nine and Naomi Wildman, this photo reminds me of a scene 

from a Star Trek Voyager episode. 

A picture of Agent Olive's eyes... 

This is a picture that never ended up getting into Tracey comes to Visit (part 1) 

Though I do like the angle of this picture. 

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Which photo is your favorite? 

Love, 

Quinley 

Tracey comes to visit (Part 1)

Hi everyone, here is the story I promised:
In this story Willow's cousin Tracey is coming to visit. She is from "Reality" a land without magic, and Willow lives in a land where stories are real... and no one from reality is supposed to know that. I was partly inspired by the captions from this post 

Here's the story:

(Note- I didn't have the time to make a computer room for my dolls or had a doll computer handy so instead I just took pictures of willow as if she were looking at a computer even though you don't see it.)

Willow sat in the library, in the computer room (which was in fact a very small room with a computer). She hardly saw anyone in the room there, and if she did, it was because they were looking at “Fan Fictions” that were for some reason written about them. She had heard that authors from “Reality” had written these stories, but she had gotten some very weird responses when she had tried to find out about them. Willow was in the computer room, because her cousin Tracey (who lived in the land called “Reality”) and other family members sent her what are called “emails” and not hand written letters like everyone else did…. in fact Willow thought she was the only person who really knew how to use a “computer.” 

Willow was staring at the message Tracey had sent her: 

Dear Willow, 

it is wonderful to hear from you, and your friends Hermione, Annabeth, and Louis. I am doing well. How about you?

Willow smiled, she was definitely excited to tell Tracey what Hermione, Annabeth, and Legolas had done recently (Willow hadn’t told her cousin that Louis’ real name was Legolas, so Tracey wouldn't know he was the actual character from Lord of the Rings). Willow hadn’t mentioned Tauriel, who was one of her best friends, because she couldn’t think of a good code-name yet that sounded like Tauriel’s real name. 

Willow continued reading: 

Anyway I thought it would be a good time to visit you, after all I haven’t seen you in a very long time. And I have longed to see you in person rather than talking through email. I will be coming on the 20th. 

Love your cousin, 

-Tracey 

Willow didn’t know what to do, she was sure Tracey would find out everything, after all Tracey wrote fan fictions…And loved many different stories. and would probably find out that all the stories were real…She sighed

, suddenly the door opened and in walked Hermione. At first Willow didn’t recognize her because of the yellow ball gown she was wearing, and the fact that her hair was nicely curled and brushed, unlike how it usually was. She was carrying a stack of books, books Willow assumed were for school. 

“Hermione is that you? I almost mistook you for Belle!” said Willow turning around.

“Yes,” answered Hermione. “I know! People have been mistaking me for Belle all day!”

Willow and Hermione stared at each other for a moment…Finally Willow spoke: 

“Why are you wearing a ball gown?” 

Hermione sighed… then said: 

“Aphrodite kind of replaced all my clothes in my wardrobe with ball gowns…and the only comfortable one I could find was from the Hogwart’s Ball.” 

She pointed to the yellow gown she was wearing. “But, I was wondering if you were alright?" Hermione asked Willow. "You have been in here for a couple hours.”

Willow sighed and shook her head. 

“No I am not alright…” Willow said. “Tracey is coming to visit, and you see she can’t because she’s from ‘Reality’ and no one from Reality is allowed to come here.”

we're doomed!

                          

 Then Willow burst into sobs of “We’re doomed, I’m doomed!!! Tracey can’t visit, but I wish she could!”

                                       

Finally Willow stopped sobbing, and let go of Hermione. “Y-you understand right?” half-sobbed Willow 

Hermione nodded… There was a long silence in the room, neither Willow nor Hermione spoke but finally Hermione broke the silence, 

“I may have solution…And it may just work…” 

            to be continued…

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                  I hope you enjoyed the story. I can't wait to write the next part.

         What do you think Hermione's plan is? And do you think it will work? 


        Love, 
       -Quinley

Doll Photography #2

Hi everyone,
I just finished writing part 1 of a photo story, but I first need to edit it before I post it... (It will be posted in my next post) but in the meantime I have some doll photos I would like to share with you.

                                          Here they are: 


                                        

When I took this photo, I had the song 

The Star of the County Down 

going through my head. 

I like how this picture of Queen Miranda turned out. 

I like how the lighting looks in this photo of Molly.

I tried to make it look like Seven of Nine was walking or

running in this photo, and I think I succeeded. 

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Hope you enjoyed the post. 

Which photo is your favorite? And have you ever taken photos of your dolls? 

Love, 

Quinley 

Doll photography 1#

I have been trying to get into the habit of taking photos of my dolls everyday...
These posts will be very similar to the drawing posts I have on my writing blog, though I will still do photo shoots and photo stories.

Here are some of the photos I took:

                                 A photo I took of Cerise's shoes...
                                I have to say it was fun to take.

                                 

                                          A photo of Tracey, it turned out well...
                                        And the lighting in the background is pretty.

This photo of Belle for some reason never got into
the photo shoot  even though it was one of my favorite
photos I have taken of her.

                                          I think this photo of Tauriel turned out well...

                                           I like the angle of this photo.

A photo of Blondie's ring... (Unfortunately, it doesn't make the wearer of it invisible...
on the other hand if it did that, then I would be losing my dolls all over the place because I couldn't see them.)

A photo of Hera... 

I like her pose in this photo. 

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Which photo is your favorite? 

Love, 

Quinley 

Tale as old as time (a photo shoot)

Hi everyone, 

I had been working on several other draft posts (One of which is a photo story)

before deciding to post this one. Anyway I thought it was 

a good time to do a photo shoot...

Here are the Photos: 

I like this picture of Belle... 

I like how the lighting turned out. 

This picture is one of the best photos I have taken 

of the beast. 

This one is one of my favorite pictures. 

The lighting in this photo wasn't as good. But I like 

the pose of the dolls. 

This one shows a good angle of both Belle and The Beast. 

I like the angle of this picture.

Though I didn't get her dress in the picture fully, 

I can imagine her spinning around in it. 

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Hope you liked the photo shoot..I enjoyed taking the photos!:) 

Which Photo is your favorite? And do you have a favorite song from Beauty and The Beast? 

Love, 

Quinley