Thursday, November 26, 2015

Key Moments with Kit: I Love Fall!


Lots of people have trouble picking a favorite season. (Looking at you, MyLittleMegara!)


I, on the other hand, know EXACTLY what my favorite season is.


I have discovered that I love Fall!


It isn't too hot, but it isn't too cold, either.


There are lots of leaves that come in more of an interesting variety of colors than "green."


I like the crunchy noises they make.


Fall is a sort of cozy time, but there's also a nice little tang of adventure in the air.


Do you have a favorite season?

Signed,
Kit Kittredge

Josefina's Joys: Happy Thanksgiving!

As the resident chef here, Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. I love all the food.... and, of course, spending time with my sisters.


Adios!
Josefina M

Sunday, November 22, 2015

Hello From Us: Addy
Hi!  I'm Addy!  I am a happy member of Aighmi's doll family.


Full Name: Addy Walker

Age: 8

I Like This Time Period: Civil War Era for my stories and fashion, modern times b/c I love jeans and t-shirts!

Hobbies: Gardening, playing with pets, cooking with Josefina.

Three Words to Describe Me: Playful, loyal, generous.

My Closest Friends: Aighmi* & Josefina.


Best advice I've ever gotten: "'We all make mistakes,' Miss Dunn said. 'I suspect you've learned a lesson about friendship.  But you can't make things better by hiding in here.  You need to think about what you stand for and act on it.'"  Addy Learns a Lesson, Connie Porter


I love living here!  I can't really remember my old life, but life here is great!  There are a bunch of other dolls, plus two humans who love us and let us do all kinds of cool things.  Check out the bathtub Aighmi* got us!  I spend as much time in there as I can, washing off the dirt from the garden.



When I write, I think you'll know it's me, since I am the only Addy here!  But just to be on the safe side, I will always sign out, 
Your friend, 
Addy    

Monday, November 16, 2015

Isabelle's Items of Interest: The Art Institute of Chicago


When we were in Chicago, we knew there was one thing we just had to see before we left, and that was the Art Institute. (We also went to the Disney Store, but I didn't get any pictures there.) I knew that I really wanted to see the Thorne Rooms while we were there. The Thorne Rooms are a series of miniature rooms representing different time periods in history and different styles of architecture and interior design.


One of the rooms had a little greyhound! He made me miss my dog, Bo. :(


I loved the way this chair was upholstered with an actual tapestry that looked hand stitched. I couldn't imagine how long that would take!


This little desk was so cute. I wished I could shrink down and sit at it to sew!


I loved the print of the wallpaper here as well as the beautiful canopy bed.


This is actually supposed to be a bathroom! See the bathtub sunk into the floor?


Everything was so beautiful and detailed, I could hardly believe my eyes!


The chandelier in this room was gorgeous.


Almost all of the rooms that had beds had canopy beds! I've always loved those!


This room was more "modern" looking.


I liked the curtains, but not the couch.


The stairs!!! TINY STAIRS!! *dies of happiness*


They have lots of paintings at the Art Institute, of course. I loved the way her dress looked like real fabric in this one.


I really liked all the clothing that I saw in the paintings there. How do painters make brush strokes look like actual silk or velvet or fur?


The flowers in this picture were pretty, and I liked the frame.


I really liked this painting by Edgar Degas because of the colors.


The highlight of the trip for me, though, was seeing "Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen." I absolutely love that sculpture... in fact, when it was what inspired me to start dancing!

To the stars,
***Isabelle

Just a side note: I'm a tourist and I'm in no way affiliated with the Art Institute. I wasn't paid to advertise or anything, but I'm going to anyway: YOU SHOULD GO! IT'S GREAT!

Sunday, November 15, 2015

Key Moments with Kit: Half Price Books

Breaking news from our corner of the doll world: there is this wonderful place called Half Price Books where the shelves are just filled with used books of every size and shape!


MyLittleMegara and Aighmi* have been going there for a long time, apparently, but they've never taken one of us before. Molly, Elizabeth, Nellie, and I have now all gone and we all really enjoyed it.


I was happy to see that they had a copy of my first book ready and waiting for a new little girl.


Molly was completely thrilled to find a first edition of one of her books & wanted to pose with it.


Then Molly spotted the Harry Potter books and couldn't be pulled away.  She did NOT want to hear that we wouldn't be buying any of them, either, as we already have at least one copy of each American edition, a couple of British versions, and the complete set of audiobooks read by Jim Dale.


Meanwhile, Nellie (who refuses to change out of Julie's original meet outfit, which Aighmi* found for her online) found books written in the 1970's.  She felt that this was Karma, a groovy alignment of purpose with her newfound passion for that decade.  Despite what anyone else tries to tell her.  We are a little afraid she may take up smoking...or worse....


Madeleine L'Engle!  Beverly Cleary!  She vanished into a Ramona book for the rest of the time at the store, completely ignoring Molly's crooning over Harry Potter.


Elizabeth, a devoted Alice in Wonderland fan, was happy to find lots of copies of her favorite book.


Once she picked out her favorite copy, she was in her own little world.


I reminded her that she already has a copy, so she reluctantly put it back and informed me that she was going to go home and read the entire book that evening.


I laughed, but wasn't surprised.


When nobody was looking, the Hundred Acre Woods Tsums slipped out of Aighmi*s purse, having seen a book about their friend Christopher Robin.  We didn't even realize it until we saw this.  It took quite a while to convince them to return to the purse!

Signed,
Kit Kittredge

PS: I apologize about the way that this randomly goes back and forth in terms of spacing. Something has changed and Blogger ignored my pleas of staying to the left!

Isabelle's Items of Interest: AGPlace Chicago

In August, Nellie and I went to the AG Place in Chicago. Right away, we were greeted by a lovely Julie doll.


Julie was very chatty, and we hit it off right away. She was very proud of her bicycle and was telling us all about it.


Nellie had never seen such a fabulous bicycle in all her life!  A basket!  Something oddly called a
"banana seat"!  Patriotic American colors!  She jumped right on, ready to ride all around the store.  Except that it didn't move. That's ok, she was happy to pretend.


Julie wasn't extremely pleased and began waving her arms in the air and shouting that Nellie was going to break her bicycle. We decided that was our cue to leave.


I saw another Julie waving to me, sitting in a blue car that was very dirty. All of the sticky little fingers that had touched it had left the windshield permanently damaged. I tried to clean it while talking to her, but I don't think I did much good.


Nellie spent an inordinately long time gazing into the mirror on Julie's yellow plastic vanity table. What COULD she have been picturing for herself in that mirror?


Next I met a Samantha doll. I got very excited when I saw her. "We have a Samantha at home!" I told her, but no response. Uh oh... a human must have seen her breaking the doll code, and now she was in Doll State. Poor thing.



I enjoyed getting pictures in her gazebo, especially since I matched it!


It seemed a little flimsy and shook with every step I took, though, so I decided to leave and see what Nellie was up to since she was still in Julie's area.


When I saw her, Nellie was with the egg chair. She scrambled right in, transfixed.  The shape!  The colors!  Beaded-curtain-looking-thingies!!  Posters!  Girl Power!


She stood by the display, a new light and determination in her eyes.


I met a sweet Rebecca, who said she liked my dress. I was very surprised, especially since I made it myself!


I managed to pry Nellie away from Julie's things so she would get a picture with Josefina and Kaya... but as soon as the picture was done, she was back in Groovy Land.


I decided to go to the GOTY section and visit Grace in her Patisserie. All the shopping had made me thirsty, so I purchased a drink, thanked her, and left.


The weirdest part of the trip was seeing... myself... in a glass case. I felt like Snow White having an out of body experience.


I didn't spend a lot of time in the Truly Me section (although MyLittleMegara ended up getting an outfit there, which she reviewed here.) These two girls, named Ginny (left) and Lucy (right), were happy to tell me all about the funny things they'd seen as display dolls.


MyLittleMegara couldn't resist getting a picture of me hanging on the bathroom wall. *Sigh.* 


On our way out I stopped by this Bitty Baby, Bridget. She couldn't talk yet, but I thought we looked like maybe we could be related.

Nellie and I had a great time and can't wait to go back someday!

To the stars,
***Isabelle