Central Park

 What do you do when in NYC? Go to Central Park and take some doll photos, of course! It's tradition at this point for myself. I can't imagine being in the city and not taking a quick stop at AG Place and running to the park afterwards for a couple of quick pics. I hope that I'll have enough time to grab a bite at the cafe next time I'm in town! Until then, enjoy this little "meta" shot of the girls taking some photos in Sheep Meadow. 

AG's New Twins: Nicki and Isabel

AG's brand new twins from 1999 (Nicki and Isabel) are here, and because you're my faithful blog readers, you get to see all the photos I took while exploring Seattle with the two of them! It is always so exciting when American Girl comes out with dolls set in my state, and since I live about an hour outside of Seattle, taking a day trip there to photograph these two in their hometown was a no-brainer. Which picture is your favorite? 

Lucy and the Wardrobe

Narnia was always the world I wished I could combine with my love for American Girls. They were my two loves growing up, and though I adored them both ardently, it wasn't until this last month I finally took on my dream photoshoot combining the two. 

Here's the collection of photos I took of Lucy seeing the wardrobe for the first time. My mom created the perfectly replicated wardrobe, and I hand knit Lucy's sweater and designed the room. 

I'm also realizing that I've sequenced these photos in reverse order. Ahh well!

 

Wednesday

I actually haven't seen Wednesday yet, but I love all the promo images that came out for it. Have you seen the show? I'm not sure why I've been putting it off; probably because I'm afraid it won't hold up to the hype. But Jenna Ortega seems like the *perfect* Wednesday, and her costuming is absolutely amazing. 

Josefina Saves the Day

It's always fun to try to figure out how to recreate an old AG book cover. For this photo, I made the door by painting several lath boards and hot gluing them to a piece of cardboard, unfortunately, everything warped a bit before I took the photo, but it turned out fine 😅 My mom made a couple adobe walls 5 or 6 years ago out of giant foam pieces, and I've been using them regularly for my Josefina recreations ever since. I adore how this photo came out in the end!

 

Maddie

When I first started this blog, I had a had an ardent penpal named Maddie. This is Maddie meeting me for the first time after 10 year of letters and letters and letters and letters. I still have every one. And now I have postcards of our memories from one perfect 36 hour day.

 

Sneak Peek

 I just found this blog again after not hopping on here for years. And low and behold, I was still signed in?? So though I don't think anyone will see this, if there's a loyal blog reader out there who cares to see-- here's an unreleased photo of a shoot I've had in the works for years. Will be sharing on my instagram in the coming days. But until then... 🥰

(also, should I come back to the AG photo blogging world?? Blogger is 100% more user friendly than it was when I started this thing. I'm kinda thinking this could be fun. Like a private journal that is technically public but has no reach, so in theory, still private 😂)