Plaid Shirt, Style #2

Yeah! Another Plaid Shirt style done. Now I have 4 shirts done, 4 more to go! :D Are you guys excited? I think I'm going to be charging around $17 each for them. ALSO, just a reminder about what the other one looked like:

So yeah! I will be filming a dolloween special SOON-ish, and will hopefully have it up this weekend, and then I'll hopefully also have a photoshoot up, and another dolloween special up on halloween! hopefully :) See you later!
-Charlotte

Preview of the Plaid Shirts!

I apologize for the awful webcam photo... :P It's 9:30 on a Sunday night, and this is the ONLY plaid shirt I'm done so far, for sale. I have 3 others waiting for velcro, and 4 that have been cut out. There will be 2 like this, and three other different types, 2 of each as well. So yeah! Also, the jeans in the picture (although they're hard to see) will also be for sale! :)
So after this, I just have... about 12 more shirts to sew, and about 8 sets of holiday themed pyjamas. Plus I'll have to finish girloftheyearstudios' 24 white tee shirts as well, although I'm halfway done those. I'm fairly confident I'll be able to finish all this stuff, by the end of the first week of november. I'm thinking probably November 3rd will be the official release date (fingers crossed!)
I'll get back to you on the other styles of plaid shirts... what do you think of this one? :)

I've also been thinking of giving the blog a makeover. I still like the chicken background, and will probably keep that, but I'd like it to have much sharper edges. I'd also like to re-do my doll's page... augh, George isn't even on there :P

In even other news, as soon as I sell about $150 of etsy stuff, I'll be ordering a bunch of stuff from AG! (INCLUDING A NEW DOLL!) YEAH!

see you soon!

-Charlotte

Pleasant Company vs. Mattel American Girl // A Comparison

Hello there everyone! So, as you can see, my new doll Georgia has arrived (well, she has done more than just arrived, but we'll talk about that later!), and I decided to do a comparison. She is a Pleasant Company Girl of Today (Just Like You, MyAG, etc.), and I will be comparing her to my newest doll Maizee-Liss , who is a Mattel American Girl Felicity Merriman, purchased in 2010. I've noticed several differences in the dolls, and I thought it was interesting how the dolls have evolved, so I thought it would be useful for someone trying to buy a doll, second hand or new. So, let's get to it! :)

1-) Let's start with the hair. I got Georgia second hand, so her hair is not in mint condition, but considering that she is probably older than I am (Mattel bought AG in 1998, the year I was born) and she has been obviously loved, it's in great condition. If my Felicity was that old, I highly doubt her hair would still be that nice, her wig isn't very tight to the head in some areas. However, her hair is a gorgeous colour and it is incredibly silky.

2-) Face mold, eyes, and vinyl colour.
The eyes on both of the dolls are pretty much the same. The eyelashes are different, though. Georgia has thinner, softer, and lighter eyelashes, where as Felicity has thicker, darker, stiffer eyelashes. I feel like the face molds haven't changed all that much, since all of my doll's faces seem to look slightly different, whether they are longer, chubbier, or thinner. The face paint is noticeably different. Georgia's looks more natural in my opinion. Her lips are a slightly lighter colour, Felicity's are peachier. Georgia's actual vinyl looks really natural in person, and Felicity's looks like someone who's wearing more blush, bronzer, concealer, makeup of any sort really. Georgia's cheeks look more naturally pink, while Felicity's look slightly more girly.

3-) I've noticed that Georgia's body is more stuffed than Felicity's. Not only does it look thicker, and her shoulders look broader, but the area around the neck on Felicity is gathering due to lack of stuffing. Also the fabric on Georgia's body matches her vinyl better than Felicity's does. Georgia does not have a tag on her body declaring 'American Girl'.

4-) Georgia seems to have slightly larger arms and hands. I don't know if it's a defect my Felicity has (see this video), or if it's just that Pleasant Company's arms are bigger.

5-) Legs and feet.
The only real difference I see in the legs, is the colour of the vinyl. If you ever get to hold a Pleasant Company doll in your hands, you'll notice that her limbs are slightly softer, or squishier. I'm not sure why. Georgia also has larger feet, so her feet are to big for the tighter AG shoes. If the shoes are tight on your newer dolls there's a very slim chance you'll be able to fit them on your Pleasant Company doll.

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That's really all I've noticed that is of great importance, other than the fact that on the back of Georgia's neck it says Pleasant Company, and on the back of Felicity's neck it says American Girl.
I really hope this has helped you in any way, if you have any questions about either doll, feel free to ask in the comments and I will be glad to answer! :)

-Charlotte <3

George Harrison Doll Update!

Hi there! So I JUST ordered this doll of off Dollabee for $80 total! My mum had a bit of a freak out because she thought she was a bit pricey, but then I explained to her that she's actually only half the price of a new AG doll (with shipping to Canada, taxes, etc.) I'm so excited! I have yet to order his wig, but I think I'm going to see if I can do anything with the wig she has right now. Most likely I'll just get a new wig, but we'll see :)

-charlotte <3

Doll Plans 2012!

 Okay! So, as some of you may know, I am a huge Beatles maniac (cough cough, okay, fine, George Harrison maniac!), and I have wanted a boy doll for a very long time. So this year, I decided that I am going to make a custom George doll!

I had no trouble deciding which face mold and eye color to use... this is probably the closest I'll get to George's face shape and eyes. I am going to add shading on the nose, and cheekbones because he has really hollow cheeks. I'm also going to thicken his eyebrows and slightly change the shape of his lips. If it were up to me, his mouth would be closed, but I have no control over that ;)

For hair, I certainly knew I wanted a wig just like Peyton's (from girloftheyearstudios, of course!).  I'll trim it around the ears a bit, to give an illusion of bigger ears, plus I'll trim the bangs and the sides to suit George's hairstyle.

{pattern here}

Next up, is his outfit. There aren't any Beatles-ish Jackets on the Liberty Jane Patterns site, except this Oxford Square one might be as close as it can get. I'd probably just have him in this shirt, when he's playing guitar though. A jacket would get a bit too bulky:

{pattern here}

I'd lengthen the sleeves a bit, but other than that it looks just about right... not too tight, not to loose. And of course I'd add a tie. I'll probably have to fool around with pants patterns a bit too, too get the right size and stuff... just tight enough ;) But I'm thinking that I'll make him a Beatles outfit, but then he'll wear modern clothes and stuff for the rest of the time.

Then comes the guitar!

I think I'm going to try to get him an Gretsch like he usually plays, the guitar pictured above (sorry the picture is so small!). I'll probably have to end up making him one, just so I can get the proportions right. That'll be a pretty big project, seeing as I'm not going to just cut him one out of cardboard. I want to make it with wood, paint, and real string and stuff.

I also plan on getting #16 this year (the one I have pictured for my George face mold demonstration), and naming her Indie Harrison (she'll be George's sister! Yay!)

In the future, I am also hoping to make at the very least 3 more boy dolls:
1-) A boy version of kit, named Louis:

(he'll probably end up looking like the character 'Leo' in this video...)

2-) Alex Turner!

(he's marvelous. also the singer, main guy, etc. He'll have short brown hair, brown eyes, and just for kicks I might give him acne too...)

3-) Matt Helders

{he's the one on the left... Alex is on the right}

(drummer in arctic monkeys. For the sake of my doll, I'm going to give him grey-ish eyes (like Molly's) and short wavy/curly brown hair. also might end up with acne... ha!)

So there are my doll plans! Mainly boys from now on, but hey, I'll have  8 girls and 4 boys. I might end up growing my collection even further later in life, but I think 12 is more than enough dolls!
Anyway, I hope this post was entertaining, interesting, and that it might have led you to new music (cough COUGH Arctic Monkeys!).

What dolls are you hoping to get in the future?

-Charlotte <3