Showing posts with label Anne's Wardrobe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anne's Wardrobe. Show all posts

Sunday, October 21, 2018

We are the Girl Scouts

I have been meaning to do a Girl Scout post for some time. Years, actually.

I have two different Junior Girl Scout uniforms that I wanted to compare. 

Then I got some Girl Scout cookies made by Pippaloo, and I really had to make this post!



Anne and Kanani are wearing the Girl Scout uniforms.

Anne is wearing the Girl Scout uniform made by American Girl, back when it was the Pleasant Company.


 I have a great fondness for this uniform. It has lots of pieces and is very authentic.

Back when the Pleasant Company started the Girl of Today line, you could write in and suggest outfits that you wanted to see offered. I wrote that I wanted a Girl Scout uniform!

I never heard back, but as you can see, they made the uniform.

I am probably not the only one who suggested it, and I am sure they had other factors in making the uniform, but it still makes me very happy.


Kanani's uniform is off brand. I believe it was made by Emily Rose doll clothes.

You can see the original post I wrote here.

An identical uniform is for sale here.


Both uniforms have good points. The insignia on Kanani's uniform is much larger, but it is embroidered.

That makes it look more  like real patches.

The insignia on Anne's uniform is printed, but I think it looks more in scale.

The tab on Kanani's shirt in particular looks loo large and a bit awkward to me.
You actually can't see the tab well in these pictures, because it is hidden by her hair.

The worst thing is that the skirt for the Emily Rose brand uniform is too tight, and there is sort of a gap in the back. I can just barely get it to snap closed on Kanani.


The cookies by Pippaloo are gorgeous. The detail is amazing.

I was also amazed at how small they are!

You can easily tell which cookie is which.

Even Tagalongs and Thin Mints are distinguishable. That's amazing when they are both round, brown cookies.



I am so happy with the doll sized Girl Scout items that I own.

This is a really special part of my collection, and there will likely be more posts on the subject in the future.

Monday, September 17, 2018

Anne on the Beach

I love Anne's School Jumper. It's perfect for autumn!


Anne wears this a lot. You can see other pictures here.



 She's so cute!


Friday, December 15, 2017

Anne's (er, Molly's) Christmas dress!

Here is Anne in her Christmas dress!

Yes, it's Molly's dress. Yes, I have a reason for this.


Anne is my 90s historical.

In the 90s, my favorite Christmas dress was a black velvet dress much like this one, but with a gold sash.

I always loved Molly's Christmas dress and decided that it was close enough for mine to stand in as Anne's dress.

These days, I could easily make a doll-sized replica of my dress. However, with Anne, it might make her look a little too much like Wednesday Addams.

I think Wednesday Addams would be a great idea for Anne's costume at Halloween, but not for Christmas!


Monday, May 22, 2017

Saturday, April 22, 2017

Anne's Wardobe: Earth Day Outfit

Anne is my historical 1990s doll from circa 1996.

I collected her extensive wardrobe during the second half of the 1990s, from American Girl's early American Girl of Today collections.

Here she is wearing the Earth Day Outfit. And Earth Day is today! She wants to wish everyone a Happy Earth Day!


Molly Thrift Store Find

 I found Pleasant Company's trunk for Molly! It was $20 and I found it in a pile of stuff in the garage (!) of my local thrift store. It...