I've always enjoyed vintage and discontinued dolls.  They can evoke tender feelings of nostalgia , a sense of wonder over the passage of...

I was going on a walk two weekends ago when for some reason the idea popped into my head to start a Doll-a-Day feature.  This idea appealed ...

I've had my eye on the Healthy Roots company since way back in October of 2021 when I started to think about blogging again.  I saw the...

I mentioned in my Gwynn Tan review that I've gotten a little obsessed with 14-inch dolls lately, and so I decided to write a series of ...

I got a little nostalgic about the blog this week.  As I was writing today's review, which features Gywnn Tan, a 14-inch American Girl ...

Is anyone in the mood to go back to the 1980s for a toy boombox battle?  I hope so!  During my research for Part One of the L.O.L. Surprise...

I'm a Girly is a Swiss doll company that launched in 2017 and expanded into the United States market in 2020.  The dolls seem to have be...

I've been making a bit of progress in clearing out my dolls.  So far, I've focused mostly on larger play dolls because they take up ...

I can't believe January is almost over.  Wow.  It doesn't feel much like January, though, because right now I'm in California wi...

Happy New Year!  I hope everyone's 2018 is off to a great start.  Here in Maine, we've already had a bomb cyclone storm and a lot of...

I had a hard time figuring out what to review this week.  At Maricha's request, I tried to review a Fingerlings monkey (they seem easier...

The wait is over!  My Create Your Own American Girl doll, Eliza, arrived two weeks ago (almost exactly on schedule).  I noticed recently tha...

As many of you know, I'm waiting for the arrival of my redheaded Create Your Own American Girl doll, Eliza .  I expect her to ship some...

As many of you have probably heard, American Girl debuted their Create Your Own doll feature early this month.  This is an online program th...

I've gotten sidetracked by a lot of different things--good and bad--over the last few weeks and haven't had nearly enough time for d...

I want to say again how touched I am by the outpouring of advice and support following my last post.  Thank you.  I've been thinking a l...

I got temporarily swallowed up by the pandemonium of school, but now life has begun to settle back into a familiar rhythm.  I did manage to ...

I think this is surely the most unusual combination of reviews that I have ever posted together, but there's a neat connection--you'...

You might remember that about a year ago the Spanish doll company Paola Reina expanded to include a distributor in America.  At that time, I...

A week ago we went to New York City to spend some time with family.  I was really hoping to re-visit the incredible Toys R Us in Times Squar...