AmericanGirlFan in the Newspaper!

With having my American Girl dolls (and Hope's) at my Local Library, many girls have enjoyed looking at them and seeing them! Our Library was so overwhelmed with the response from girls they were getting, that they told the local Newspaper about our display! I got to be interviewed by a Newspaper reporter for an article. This past Thursday the article about our American Girl Doll collection was on the front page of the local Newspaper! What a blessing and a surprise!

 

Here is the newspaper, and a closer look...

This is what the article said...

Walton girl's doll collection online

By Justin B. Duke • November 26, 2009

 A girl's hobby is connecting her people all over the world. 

Walton home school student Liz, 15, has collected American Girl Dolls since she was 9 years old, and that interest has gone online.

Her grandmother first got her interested in the dolls, and over the years she and her sister have collected close to a dozen of them.

About a year ago Liz created a blog about American Dolls using templates through blogger.com.

Her father also runs a Web site, so she was able to get some ideas. Using a different template, Liz now runs americangirlfan.com. Since opening the site, it's brought in visitors from all over the country and as far as Australia, Brazil and Finland.

"It really makes me feel great," Liz said.

The community that's sprung up around the site has Liz more excited about collecting and displaying her dolls, she said. "It really does make me like my dolls more," Liz said.

In general, the response to the site has been positive, but Liz has had to develop the thick skin that's needed with the anonymity of the Internet."Sometimes people are mean, but I don't pay attention to them," Liz said.

Liz isn't set on a career for later in life, but she's willing to see where her Web design skills can take her.

"It's amazing to me that a girl her age could create a Web site like this," said Becky Kempf, spokesperson for the Public Library.

Along with sharing her love with the world, Liz is sharing her collection with her neighbors. Her American Girl collection will be on display through the end of the month at the Public Library.

 
  Liz left, and her sister Hope show their American Girl collection. Liz runs a Web site about the dolls.

I am so happy that I was able to share my collection at the Library, and be able to share it even more by being in the Newspaper!