Ruby Visits! Saying Good-bye

Ruby is sorry to leave Wisconsin, but she can't wait to join her new friends and randomtraci in her new home.

She begged and begged, so randomtraci and I agreed to let her take the train.

Here are her final pictures at the train station, before she left on a long journey!

Ruby Visits! Hoard Historical Museum and National Dairy Shrine

Ruby may be from New Orleans, but I think she has ambitions to be a world traveler.

That girl hadn't been in Wisconsin for an hour before she went to visit the Hoard Historical Museum and National Dairy Shrine in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin.

The museum is the former home of William Dempster Hoard, the father of Wisconsin Dairy Farming. That's huge!

It has exhibits on lots of topics of local history.

 Here is Ruby with the museum sign!

Madison Children's Museum Benefit 2016

Today I went to the Madison's Children's Museum Benefit in Madison!

Every year, American Girl donates its returned items to the Madison Children's Museum in Madison.
The museum has a big sale of these dolls once a year, in the summer.

It's kind of a big thing that everyone wants to go to, and I was excited to get to go!

Great Doll Blog award

I was nominated for a blog award by two of my favorite people in the AG fandom, mcooper and randomtraci of Isn't She Dovely?
Thanks, guys!


Award Rules:
Thank the person that nominated you.
Answer the questions given to you.
Nominate at least 5 others who you think has a great doll blog.
Notify them that they have an award.
Leave them at least 5 questions to answer.

I nominate  Keiko and Company, Jinjia Mixed Goods, Sabine the Great, Faithful Friends Forever Be and The Interdimensional Crew.



My questions: 
1. What is your least favorite outfit that AG has ever released?

I hate Felicity's red holiday dress with the fake jewels on front. It looks tacky and out of scale. But that red vinyl jumper from the JLY line is also revolting.
Nonetheless, I do like the color red!

2. Which AG doll is your grail doll?  

I got Kanani! What more can I ask for? 
Well, I do keep looking at #4. And lately I have been drooling over #55. 
But I am trying to be happy with the lovely dolls that I already have!

3. Do any of your dolls have a common, shared personality trait? 

I don't think so? They do tend to be like me in some way, though. But it's different for each doll.

4. What's your favorite pet/companion?

The only pet I own is Meatloaf, who is Laura Ingall's dog Jack, so I guess he wins! 
Lea's turtle and the Pomeranian puppy are pretty cool too.

5. What is your favorite piece of AG furniture? 

I love Addy's bed, because it goes well with lots of different quilts. It's very versatile! 
Most of the other beds have a specific color scheme.

Questions for my nominees:

1. What styles do your dolls prefer to wear?
2. Do your dolls have favorite colors to wear?
3. What is the most adventurous thing you have done with a doll?
4. What accessory would you love to have for your doll, whether already in existence or not?
5. What is your favorite picture of your dolls?

Epic Get Together

Last weekend (was it really only last weekend?) the dolls and I had an extra special treat: a visit from the girls at Isn't She Dovely?

Wrennie, Chloe, Callie and Penny were in town to participate in a marathon! Well, they really did the 5K, but I keep calling it a marathon.  And they were kind enough to meet up with me afterwards!

You can see their post about the marathon here.

I should have already posted this, but my laptop was being repaired. I did manage to post the pictures on Flickr, but that was all.

Nana Nana Nana Nana BATMAN!

This is another quilt that I made as a surprise for a friend, or in this case, friends. It is hard for me not to post this early and spoil the surprise!

Mcooper and randomtraci have a blog together, Isn't She Dovely? As they live in different states, it isn't always easy to make blog posts that make it appear that their dolls are hanging out together.

I decided to make them matching quilts. Having the dolls use, or seem to use, the same quilt in pictures can make it seem that they are in the same place, not hundreds of miles away.

Both these ladies are doll fans and Batman fans. Sooooo it was pretty logical to decide to make matching Batman quilts.

Ta-da!

The logo is a little big for AG scale. My reasoning is that there are lots of comforters for kids with huge pictures of cartoon characters, or logos. I think it works.

Besides, it was difficult cutting out that Batman symbol, and I'd hate to cut out an even smaller one.

Anne volunteered to model, to show the scale. Besides, she wanted to "break it in" for Wrennie, Callie and their other friends.

The quilts arrived today!

Here is Callie with the quilts!

Yay, I love it when I can make people happy!