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Doll Hairstyle: How to do a French Braid!

The classic french braid is a great Summer style! I've gotten some requests on how to do it on dolls and I'm so excited to share with you today...

I love how this looks awesome on any long to medium doll hair, plus dolls with bangs. Are you ready to get started?!

First brush your doll's hair or spritz it a bit with water and take a small section of hair from the top of your doll's head.

Seperate the hair into three even pieces.

Cross the right and left sections over the middle section like you would in a normal braid.

Then grab a small piece of hair from the right side near your doll's ear.

Add it with the other piece closest to it, on the right side.

Do the same with the left side, adding a small piece of hair.

Tightly braid together.

Repeat the same step taking small pieces from both sides and adding them to the braid. Make sure you braid as tight as you can for a nice look. Remember that it may take many times before your braid looks like mine. It took me a couple tries before I could even show the one in my first photo. Every time you do it, you'll do better and better! :)

Continue until you reach the nape of your doll's neck. (You can go longer if you want)

Tie off with a hairtie...and you're done!! Yay!

You can dress up the braid with pretty colored hairties, clips, or even ribbon! :)

Abbey loves this style and we hope your doll does too! If you try it out, we'd LOVE to see. Feel free to send a picture to [email protected] :)

Happy Styling! 

Shout-Out Your Doll Site...With Ivy The Photographer!

~ One of my favorite things to do when I'm not working on my own website, is to look at other girls' doll blogs and websites! I love seeing what fun things other girls are doing with their doll(s)! So, have you done anything fun on your doll site? Share it with us! Shout out your doll site by leaving a link below of your site's name and URL address.~

Ivy decided she wanted to be a photographer today! So she asked Saige if she could borrow her camera and guess what? She said yes!

Ivy couldn't believe how awesome this camera was! (Click here for more about the camera)

But of course, every photographer needs...a model! Felicity gladly volunteered to be Ivy's model for the day. Having the opportunity to dress up a little is always fun!

"Ok Felicity, smile! Pose! Smile! Pose! Smile!" Ivy said as she rapidly clicked the shutter button.

Felicity let out a big laugh at Ivy's silliness.

"Oooh yeah, keep doing that!" Ivy shouted. 

*CLICK* Looks like Ivy did a great job being a photographer! ;)

Now that I've shared, it's time for you to...

Shout-Out Your Doll Site (or your favorite site) below on the Mister Linky!

(1) Just type the doll site's name (or your name) and the site's link in the boxes below, and press enter. (Make sure to put http://www. before your link) The link you submit can be to the doll site's URL homepage, or if you have something really special to share you can leave a link to a specific post. And, ta-da your link will show up on the page for all to see!

(2) If you go to any of the doll sites below, please leave them a comment! I'm sure they would love to hear from you!

(3) If you need any help linking up, or can't see the linky list, let me know and I can help you!(Be sure to put http://www. before your link, I know some have been having problems with this.)

I can't wait to see your doll site (or favorite site)! :)

From a Friend Friday: July 25th!

Happy Friday, girls! I hope you've all had an awesome week! I'm so excited to share the creative pictures and videos sent in. Let's take a look...

From Lainey--Saige and Molly, BFF's always!!!!

From Danielle--Once my doll's dog Meatloaf had a dream.

In that glorious dream, Meatloaf won 1st Prize in The World's Cutest Dog Pageant!

Then she woke-up. Although she realized waking-up to her favorite bone and chew toy was just as good as winning any award.

Also, ​Happy Birthday Kaya! According to the book series, Kaya's birthday is in the summer of 1755! She just turned 259! Although to me, she only turned 6 due to when I got her.

From Hope for Dolls--I received a new Gotz doll! Come and read a comparison of Gotz and American Girl on my blog, All Things Doll!

From Ella- Hi! I recently bought some goodies from AG! Visit my blog to see everything at http://itsadollworld.wordpress.com/. Thanks!

Shmeka tried out the Fishtail Braid on her doll! 

Forever AG made a video of her American Girl doll's room tour! Check out her video above or on her Youtube Channel.

Now, a photostory by Madeleine and Tracey...

 

 Trouble in the Tree House.

One fine summer day, Kit Kittredge decided to invite her friends Emily, Molly and Ruthie over for nature walk.  “We’ll come back to my tree house for a picnic afterwards,” declared Kit. 

The girls had a long, pleasant stroll until their stomachs decided that it was time to go back to the tree house for their lunch. 

 It was Kit's dog Grace who first noticed that something was wrong; Kit’s compass that was usually safely stored in the tree house was now lying at the bottom of the ladder!

Molly bravely climbed into the tree house to see if anything else was touched.  Sure enough, she saw that Kit’s marble and sea glass collection was scattered on the floor and somebody's lunch was left lying on the deck!

Wait a minute,” exclaimed Molly, “this is Brad’s brand new box of sewing cards! I just can’t believe that my little brother would sneak in to your tree house without asking first, Kit!”

“It must be Brad,” Emily remarked, “there is a box of his favourite animal crackers left behind.... and I’m afraid that Kit’s scooter is missing, too!"

 Just then, the girls heard the sound of the sound of scooter wheels coming towards them:  Brad MacIntire!

"Bradley MacIntire!! I can’t believe that you would do this!" Molly yelled. "What do you mean?” Brad replied, "I just found this cool tree house and scooter in the woods; did you guys discover it, too?”

After Molly explained that it was actually using Kit’s tree house and scooter, Brad apologized and cleaned up his mess. The girls, however, couldn’t stay mad at Molly's little brother for too long…. after all, he did bring the marshmallows!!!

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Thank you girls for sharing with us this week! I just love to see what you and your doll(s) are up to! Would you like to join in on "From a Friend Friday" for next week?

Here's how you can:

-Send a picture of your doll(s), crafts, hairstyles, videos, photostories, fun finds,ect to [email protected] (It must be a picture you or a friend/family member has taken. Limit to 4 pictures per person. If you decide to send in a craft or photostory please limit to 10 pictures.)

-Put "From a Friend Friday" as the subject (Since I get alot of email, this would make sure yours gets here!)

-Be sure to include your name (or nickname) and the names of the doll(s) in your picture. You can also include a description for your picture if you want to.

-Send your picture in as soon as possible. If I don't get it in time, I'll have to post it the following week.

Have a lovely weekend! :)