Put half of the squad in summer outfits. Still wish to purchase the purple dress for Rebecca (don’t know why I haven’t yet), as well as Josefina and Samantha’s ensembles.
I was gifted Kirsten’s dress shortly after the hat was discontinued from it, and have not been able to find it listed separately.
The shoes that came with Kit’s summer dress are exactly the same as the ones with the birthday dress, so now I have two pairs.
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Drew Kaya’aton’my (Kaya) from American Girl! She was always my fave
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made myself a motivation board to work hard this semester so that i can justify to myself a very expensive purchase later this year
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Happy birthday, Kaya! 🎉
For her birthday this year, Kaya was so happy to get her beautiful doll and cradleboard. After all, I think we can all agree that dolls make the very best gift 😉
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My sister got me Mini Kaya as a souvenir from the airport in Florida. She’s beautiful. I’m slowly collecting these precious dollies as I find them locally, so Kaya was a special treat!
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An (admittedly kind of bad) attempt at making a big image with every historical. I started with the one AG made and added the retired girls. I really wanted to add the best friends but I have no idea how I would do that.
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A Visualization of Kaya’s Collection
Again, credit to Reddit user u/noarvi for the original idea and the original Kirsten graphic, which you can see here.
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It’s fall, y’all!
Since the last change of seasons I have purchased many new outfits and as you may notice, three new 18” dolls. I’ve had Addy and Julie for a couple months now and Lindsey arrived today.
What’s new since last fall: Kirsten’s dirndl, Addy doll and school outfit, Samantha’s meet accessories, Kit’s meet accessories, Julie doll, cap & scarf and casual outfit, Lindsey doll.
I had to purchase Lindsey’s barrette separately, so when that arrives I will do an intro post for her with some extra goodies.
The smaller dolls got moved to the top shelf on my desk.
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🦢 Restoring Kaya, Pt. 2 🦢
Here she is, all cleaned up and (mostly, kinda) repaired! ☺️
I used a Magic Eraser to clean off all the dust on her body. I also used shampoo/conditioner in her hair to clean it out- and BOY, did it need it, it had plumes of dust literally coming out when I was tying it back 🥲 I also used some buffer sheets I had bought on Amazon to repair her scratches and scuffs, it was about $6 before shipping.
Repair notes under the cut!
First of all, unless you’ve got some time, I HIGHLY recommend NOT taking Kaya’s braids out unless you have a situation like mine. Kaya had been sitting in storage for about 10 years; I knew she was very dirty and needed the clean. But BOY was her hair hard to wrestle with! It looks good in the photos, but that was after about an hour of brushing and washing. Be very careful and make sure to brush bottom to top.
(She looks so cute in this photo though!!)
First time without braids ever!!! It looked pretty but it was a mess waiting to happen 🥲 The moment I started combing it became a frizzy, knotted mess.
Second, unfortunately I’ll need to still work on her because I buffed a bit too hard on her cheek and now she’s missing her face paint (seen above). Something I was worried about and unfortunately it came true 😭 I’ll have to repaint her cheek carefully. If you use buffer sheets, use them as gentle as possible. I used multiple different grains of buffer sheets and didn’t press hard but still ended up making her slightly shiny and rubbing paint off. I’ll come back to this.
But otherwise, I am glad she’s clean and her hair came out pretty good too! This took about 2 1/2 hours to do. I also am relieved those large scuffs on her calf and arm came out easily with the Magic Eraser. I’m going to take her braids out so her hair can relax; it’s obvious it needs it.
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Hard to get a picture of, but this is my favorite piece of jewelry ♥️♥️♥️
In 2001 Hallmark released a bunch of AG things, these charms being part of it! My grandmother loved Hallmark, and during this time period was the only time I’d beg her to take me along 😂
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