There's a HURRICANE a comin'!

Brace yourselves, folks! She's a comin'! Sandy that is. Right now my family is winning the battle with power, but that could change at any given moment;* que lights flickering above my head*. I am praying that all of you are safe and sound and will stay that way this week and beyond. Its pretty scary out there..  On another note, my Tonner Rapunzel did not  come today, but that is a rant that I will save for another day folks. (*waves fist angrily at rude Post Office workers.*)

Well wishes everyone! Stay safe! :) See ya real soon!

I'll be hiding under the covers if anyone needs me. (lol)

LE Cinderella De-boxed!

So after a few weeks of debate, I decided to debox my LE Cinderella doll, if only temporarily. Here are some photos! Warning Photo heavy post! Enjoy!



























 The back of her dress is wrinkled! I was so upset I saw that. There was a tie holding it together.















Yeah, so these are from my second Flickr Lost Princess of Corona. My first Flickr is Lost Princess Of Atlantica. Check them out if you get the chance! :) My Tonner Rapunzel should be here on Monday and then I can overwhelm you all with photos of her as well after I stop squealing... ;)

Updates

Hey guys! Sorry for not posting! I just wanted to pop in and update you all. My tonner Rapunzel is due to arrive at Dreamcastle Dolls tomorrow and they are now sold out of TANGLED in case anyone wanted to buy one from there. She might be here as early as Saturday, but probably Monday or Tuesday of next week. I'm worried because of the "Frankenstorm". *shivers* sounds scary. Cruelly fitting for Halloween I guess. I'm not a fan of Halloween; I don't celebrate it.  So yeah.... I promise to do another longish post soon! I did debox my LE Cinderella and will post pictures soon! Here is a link to my *other* Flickr where the pics are in case you're just dying to see them. :)

TTFN!

Decisions, decisions...

Hello all!

Remember the other day in my LE Cinderella review post, when I mentioned that the Disney Store was giving me a $15 gift card to make up for my Cindy's soiled glass slipper. Well, it was sent to me yesterday by email, and I was wondering if you might help me decide what to purchase with it. I am definitely interested in the Designer Villains merchandise that is currently on sale on the Disney Store website. I have a few specific items that I am considering:

 The Designer Villains Mother Gothel Journal on sale for $12.37.

 Cinderella glass slipper $35.00 would actually cost $20

Designer Villains notepad set on sale for $14.62

The Art of Tangled book would cost $25

Mother Gothel Designer mug on sale for $9.37

Designer Villains Tee for Women $25.87 would cost $10.87

Rapunzel tee for Women would be $19.50

Designer Villains tote on sale for $33.37 would be $18.37

Sketchbook ornaments 2 for $20 Would be $5

Please comment below with what you think I should use the credit for. :)

All images are from the Disney Store website. 

Thanks everyone!

My American Girl doll Collection

Hello again! (I told you I'd be back :) )

I wanted to show you all my AG collection so here it is: :)


Anything AG for me has to start with Addy. She was my first doll that I saved up for when I was eight years old. I went to the AG Place in New York with my Mom and my Aunt. I read the Addy books by Connie Porter at the library and loved her stories. I received a catalog shortly after and then began to save for my own Addy doll. Without further ado:

Addy is the boss of the AG doll family, she's the oldest and she knows what's what.

My second doll was Felicity Merriman. I got her for Christmas in 2004. The funny thing is, for a long time, I really disliked her. I don't know why, but I couldn't stand her. All of a sudden one day, I just looked at her and fell in love. I began sending angry e-mails to American Girl about her neglect in the catalogs and I finally got one of my own that Christmas.

My Third doll was Samantha. I fell pray to AG's clever marketing and after watching the Samantha: An American Girl Holiday movie, I desperately wanted a Samantha doll. But that actually was about the same time that I wanted Felicity, so I just secretly asked Santa to bring me a Samantha doll, but it didn't happen. Fast forward to May 2005. My Grandmother gave me money to buy the doll of my choice. Of Course I picked Samantha! I thought it was so great that my Grandmother gifted me Samantha especially with Samantha's relationship with her Grandmary in her stories. I sent her along with Felicity to the AG doll hospital last fall for new heads. I love how she looks! She is so beautiful!

Samantha is a dreamer, she encompasses my love for fairytales. She is also a little bit ditzy.

In 2006, I got April, aka Just Like You #26. I got her for Christmas that year. I wanted her so badly, but sadly she was not under the tree. As I looked over my other gifts, slightly saddened that I did not get #26, my Dad came down the stairs carrying a JLY AG box. My face brightened up immediately and I squealed with joy. It was her! Her hair does not look very good now( not like in the picture), but I am planning on sending her to the AG hospital also when I get the chance.
April is very laid back and is a music lover.

Next I saved up and bought Nicki, American girl doll of the year 2007 from a board member on the AG Playthings message board last year. I love her so much and re-named her Lucy after Lucille Ball(I love her-no pun intended), and Lucy from the Chronicles of Narnia. :) Here she is on Talk Like a Pirate Day last year. :) Lucy is a big fibber, and loves to make up adventures. She's a bit looney, but she is so lovable!

Then I got Cécile and Kanani on August 30th last year at AGPNY. (I had sold my Kit and Elizabeth dolls to get them, but I'll explain more about them later) Kanani was the Girl of the year for last year and she is from Hawaii, which is my dream vacation, other than Italy and a long Disney vacation. :)

We went on Cécile and Marie-Grace's release day and I like to believe that I bought the first Cécile doll at AGPNY that morning, since I had an appointment with a personal shopper as soon as the store opened and bought Cécile and Kanani first. 

Here they are:

Cécile is a writer and loves to write poetry and stories, just like in her books.

Kanani is just Kanani, she loves photography, but other than that she is her cannon self.

A day before my birthday the Jess doll that  I bought  (GOTY 2006) from a board member on AG playthings arrived. She loves comic books and superheroes. I re-named her Selina after Selina Kyle aka Catwoman, especially with The Dark Knight Rises movie hype since it came out this past July.

Last but certainly not least, here is my first custom American girl doll, Sovay:

Sovay is based on the novel written by Celia Rees. Sovay is an english 17 year old girl who first masquerades as a highwayman to get revenge on her cheating fiance, but then once her father is accused of high treason as a part of a wicked plan to stage a coup de- etát during the time period of the French revolution by an evil man named Dysart, she takes up her mask once again to clear her family's name. I love this book and would definitely recommend it. My Sovay doll was originally a Marie-Grace doll who was customized by the amazing Jodybo on the AG Playthings message board to have a pre-mattel Molly's gray eyes. I also bought Cécile's wig from Jody and put it on Sovay. The white dress she is wearing was made by Renee Adams at Dollhouse Designs and is my version of the gown she wears in the book during her portrait sitting at the beginning of the book.

Well, that's my AG collection! I hope you like it and please do not use my photos without my permission. I will hopefully be doing photo stories on here with them and showcasing my dolls a lot here.

Until tomorrow! :)

Rapunzel!!

Salutations everyone!

Today I felt so much excitement that I decided to give Rapunzel her own post. So, on August 29th I was on my computer, surfing the web and decided to go on DisneyPinForum's website and board member Pongo, posted that Robert Tonner had just released a new Rapunzel doll. Well, I wasn't really familiar with the Tonner Doll company. I knew I'd heard of it before at one point and I'd seen the doll from last year on the Dolls Behaving Badly blog.

I was a goner as soon as I clicked on that link. I gave Carol at Dreamcastledolls.com a deposit for the doll and I have been saving ever since to be able to buy her. She started shipping to retailers today, and once she comes in stock at Dreamcastle dolls, she'll be on her way here! :D

Well here she is:

(Photos from Tonner doll Co.'s Flickr)

And from Tonner doll 's website:

Isn't she so beautiful? 

Well, I will smother this blog with photos once she arrives most likely next week. And if any of you should feel the urge to purchase this gorgeous doll you can either visit:

www.dreamcastledolls.com, or www.tonnerdoll.com.

This is the first of my posts for today, I plan on making another one later on this evening. :)