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Springfield Doll and Clothes- Perfect Toy

November 20, 2015 by Danielle 1 Comment

Disclosure- I received the below in order to facilitate this post. All opinions are my own and honest. Please see “I disclose” for more information.

Guess what? My girls have found another doll that they absolutely love. Paige, from Springfield Dolls has proven to be a great doll for them to play with.

About Springfield Collection:

A line of 18-inch dolls, clothing, accessories and furniture starts with their dedicated creative design team. The designers carefully sketch out fashion ideas, select quality and on-trend fabrics and materials and then work hard to make their vision come alive for girls everywhere. Through products and the interactive play offered online, the product line encourages girls to form a special relationship with the dolls and to create fun and magical moments together. Springfield Collection is committed to providing and unforgettable experience for each child while ensuring the brand is accessible and available to all. The mission with every Springfield Collection product is to provide girls with fashion, fun, and friendship.

About the Dolls:

Trendy tops, pants, skirts, and even gowns reflect the fashion tastes of upcoming fashionistas. Jo-Ann Stores will start to stock perfectly packaged outfits for $14.99. For those unfamiliar with Springfield Dolls, they have been around since 1996! The “girls” have sparkling lifelike eyes that open and close and boast silky, long, rooted hair that can be brushed and styled. Each doll is soft and huggable with moveable arms and legs, making dressing and undressing easy. Springfield Dolls are a division of Fibre-Craft, LLC, the beloved company that is celebrating 60+ years of making children’s craft products.

About Paige:

Paige is a sweet doll with brown eyes and long brown hair that comes wearing a hot pink nightgown.

My Thoughts:

As you can already tell, my girls are huge fans of their adorable Paige Doll. They love the pink pajama, but they were way more excited about the adorable, trendy outfit that they got in addition to this great doll. They love playing with their 18 inch dolls when they aren’t interested in babies. They can do more grown up things with these dolls :)….That’s what they tell me at least. I am very impressed with this great doll. I also was so pleased to see that there were adorable and affordable outfits that are available for purchase from JoAnn’s.

Purchase:

If you are interested in purchasing a doll or clothes for a doll, head on over to the website and pick out the perfect item for you.

Filed Under: Holiday Gift Guide, Holiday Gift Guide 2015, kids, review, toys Tagged With: 18" dolls, Adorable Doll, Clothing for 18" Dolls, Doll Clothes, Paige Doll, Springfield Collections, Springfield Doll

American Girl Beforever Maryellen Review

September 25, 2015 by Danielle 3 Comments

Disclosure- We received the below in order to facilitate this review. All opinions are our own and honest.

Meet the newest American Girl Doll Maryellen Larkin from the 1950s.

About American Girl:

At American Girl, they celebrate girls and all that they can be. That’s why they develop products and experiences that help girls grow up in a wholesome way, while encouraging them to enjoy girlhood through fun and enchanting play.

They have a wide variety of products that they offer which include:

American Girl Characters
My American Girl dolls
Bitty Baby
American Girl magazine
American Girl Retail Stores
Books
e-books

They hope that their stories, characters, and more speak to girls everywhere, helping them become all that they can be.

About Maryellen Larkin:

Maryellen Larkin is the latest addition to American Girl’s stable of historical dolls (BeForever line), which includes characters from World War II years, colonial times, The Great Depression, the Civil War, 1970s, and even more.

Maryellen, whose story is set in 1954, is a strawberry blonde doll that loves to draw. She even has many adorable outfits from the 1950s era.

She comes with 1 of the three books in the series that have her navigating the post-war world of the 50’s.

My Thoughts:

My girls were absolutely thrilled when they received the amazing Maryellen Larkin. She was absolutely adorable. My girls loved her outfit- even down to the shoes :). Her hair is adorable in the ponytail and is very soft so it is easy for the girls to style her hair in different styles. The outfit that she is wearing is adorable on her as well as my daughter ;). The additional outfits that are available for Maryellen are also absolutely perfect for the era.

My girls love playing with Maryellen and have a hard time being willing to take turns with her, even though they know that they have to.

American Girl dolls are our favorite. They are great dolls that are made to last many years into the future, and they are made extremely well. Your child can play with the doll daily, it doesn’t need to just sit on the shelf and look pretty.

Purchase:

If you would like to purchase the Maryellen doll, you only have a few more days to purchase her before the year is over. However, there are many other great products that American Girl has to offer. I am sure that any little girl in your life would be excited to open an American Girl doll on Christmas morning. Head on over to the American Girl website to find the right item for you!

Filed Under: Holiday Gift Guide 2015, kids, review, toys Tagged With: 18" dolls, American Girl, American Girl Beforever, American Girl Dolls, American Girl Maryellen, Beforever Dolls, dolls, Maryellen Larkin

Adora Friends: Alyssa 18″ Doll

January 18, 2014 by Danielle 2 Comments

Disclosure: The Alyssa 18″ provided for me in order to facilitate my review. All opinions are my own and honest. I am disclosing this in accordance to FTC Guidelines. Please see “Disclose” tab for more information.

As you all probably know by now, my daughters are all about their baby dolls. I am pretty sure that we don’t go anywhere or do anything with out a baby in tow. The Alyssa 18″ doll from Adora dolls has been the perfect addition to our family.

About Adora Dolls:

The Adora story began twenty years ago, where from humble beginnings, they set out with a big goal. That goal was to create high quality handcrafted toys that make the world a happier place. Starting with it’s littles ambassadors – kids.

Each Adora product is a true work of heart, made of the finest materials by their team of designers, seamstresses, artists, sculptors, and manufacturers. They are a toymaker, but they do like to think of themselves as makers of play, of happiness and memories that last a lifetime.

Designed by Kids for Kids Program:

This awesome program is made to go along with the 18″ dolls. This new program will annually feature one “Young Designer” that will work alongside Adora’s design team throughout the creative process of designing an outfit for their 18″ Friends line of dolls. The final outfit and its Young Designer will be featured in the Adora catalog and the outfit will be available for purchase online and in stores. In addition, the chosen Young Designer will get to pick a favorite charity of theirs that they can give a financial donation to on behalf of Adora.
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Filed Under: review, toys Tagged With: 18" dolls, Adora 18" Dolls, Adora Alyssa Doll, Adora Baby Dolls, Adora Dolls, Baby doll, Creative Play, Designed by Kids for Kids, dolls

Gotz Maxy Muffin Doll Review & Gotz Doll Giveaway

April 27, 2013 by Danielle 31 Comments

As I am sure that you are probably very well aware of by now, my daughter absolutely loves babies. She goes through stages of which one is her favorite, but one thing is for sure, and that is that she always has a baby with her. When I was given the opportunity to to try out a Gotz doll, I couldn’t have been more thrilled.

About Gotz Dolls:

Gotz is a luxury German doll maker. They are now coming back to the United States, courtesy of HABA.

In 1950, Marianne Gotz handcrafted beautiful dolls while her husband, Franz Gotz, would sell them from a wagon he pulled with his bike. Six decades later, the second generation of Gotz family members is still running the show.

There are a few features that make Gotz dolls stand above all of the other dolls out there. First, their hair can be washed, styled (even with a curling iron or blow dryer on low setting!) and brushed just like their owner’s hair! The secret to the company is that the dolls’ hair is rooted in the scalp, so they won’t snarl or kink. The other wonderful feature is that if your doll gets dirtier than a spot treatment can take care [Read more…]