Tuesday, October 13, 2015

The House that Moves

 I love all of the big dollhouse ideas that are all over the internet.
But I always go back to our portable boxes --
I love how we can move them from room to room --
under the stairs,
play room,
bedroom,
they just keep moving!


This was from last year...


About six months ago...
It feels like it is time to move again!

Monday, October 12, 2015

Celebrating Halloween!

Halloween is just around the corner!
This is such a fun time to celebrate with your dolls.
Here are a few simple crafts, costumes, and advent items from past years.

Enjoy!



Here are a few ideas for Halloween crafts!


Here are 13 ideas for possible doll costumes.

Idea 1
Idea 2
Idea 3
Idea 4
Idea 5
Idea 6
Ideas 7,8, 9, and 10
Ideas 11, 12, and 13



I've mentioned before that we love to count down to holidays and special occasions.
Here is a list of our 13 Days of Halloween count-down from 2014.

Sunday, October 11, 2015

Maryellen's TV Console


The Maryellen TV Console has gotten some interesting reviews -- 
possibly because you need access to an iPad to get the most out of the item.
I've also read that for the price, it should have come with more accessories.
 Several reviews are frustrated that the encyclopedias are not removable.
{After an afternoon of interactive play with the iPad and watching/recording movies, I think it is nice not to have too many little pieces that you need to keep moving/arranging. If it didn't have the interactive movie-making element, more accessories would have been nice.}

We've had so much fun at our house recording little videos and showing them on the console.  {It actually might be our favorite piece from the Maryellen line.}  We have a family iPad that we used to record on.  If we didn't already have the iPad, we would not have bought an iPad just for this set. We probably would not have bought the console either.
We were able to use a "25% off your total purchase coupon" that came in our most recent package from AG, so the price was a little more reasonable. We probably would have waited to buy it if we hadn't had the coupon.  Definitely a piece to keep your eye on! It would be a great gift for the holidays -- lots of fun videos you could record -- hoping AG will put it on sale for the holidays!

Saturday, October 10, 2015

Orange in October


We love October!
And one of us really loves the color orange, 
so we thought it would be fun to celebrate the color orange this month!


The weather is getting cooler where we live --
time to break out the winter jackets and boots!


Setting up the loft with a few orange accessories for October.
Orange lamp {AG}
Orange clock {Local market}

Thursday, October 8, 2015

Kitchen


Organizing a little in the kitchen -- 
our table is in the dining room.




Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Laundry Room


The laundry room is clean!
Can you find a walking stick in this picture?
You can see how we made it here.

Monday, October 5, 2015

Seaside Diner



We've seen several reviews on the Seaside Diner --
We thought it would be fun to add our thoughts.

We love Maryellen.  I explained here why she would be added to our collection.
We bought our diner with a 25% off coupon that we had -- 
{and we used money that we had saved  up over the summer}.

Things we love:
We love the colors, the booth, the bar seating, the table, and the grill in the back. 
We love how compact the set is, and the attention to detail is true to AG.
The way the set is constructed, you can move the wall around -- 
three or four girls can easily play with it at the same time.
It is such a fun set!

Things we wish:
You can't help but look at the AG set and wish that it had more food -- and looked more real than plastic. Especially if you've seen the OG set, they could have done a little better on the food.
If you've seen the OG set, you know it comes with SO MUCH FOOD and it has the little jukebox that plays.  AG made a jukebox too, but you'd have to spend $95 dollars to add it to your Seaside Diner. It would have been so easy to do something like OG did, and have the jukebox part of the diner. We wish AG had made a real phone in their diner set. -- it is just a sticker.
A chalkboard would have also been nice. 

Those are our thoughts -- 
but having said all of that, both of the diners are fun and both are used
all the time at our house!

We're inspired by all of the people who are painting their OG sets --
just not sure if we will ever get to that project, but it is so fun to see what can be done.


Have a great week!  
If you are looking for us, you'll find us in one of the local diners! :)