Happy Valentine's Day, Plus Sales and AG New Releases

Happy Valentine's Day to all my readers!  I hope you have a wonderful day with your loved ones. :)  I wanted to share a few things with you on this special day.

First, Pottery Barn Kids is having a big 5 day sale for President's Day.  Among their sale items are a few doll outfits and accessories, so I thought it would be worth mentioning.  You can see all of their toy sale items HERE.

Also, Disneystore.com is having a sitewide sale:  25% off when you use the DISNEYPAL.  And as usual, they are offering free shipping on orders over $75.  Click HERE to start shopping. :)

And finally, American Girl has released several new items today! :D  Here are some of my favorites:

Caroline's Calf Playset

(You can see more details HERE.)

Molly's Floral Pajamas

These either come by themselves or in Molly's Bedtime Set:  

You can see them HERE.

And here are a few of my favorites from the My AG releases:

Sweet Spring Dress

Plaid Party Dress

I Love Pets Pajamas

Cycling Outfit

You can see all of the new My AG items HERE.

As usual, the prices are a bit more than I'd be willing to pay, but I always enjoy looking. ;)  What are your thoughts on the new releases?

Simple Doll Valentines

Hi everyone!  Just a quick post for now. :)  Yesterday, as I was helping the girls with their valentines for school, I noticed all of the cute sample valentines on the back of the box and got an idea.  Why not cut those out and use them for doll-sized valentines? 

Hayden thinks it's a great idea! ;)

They're just cardboard on the back, but you could either decorate them with scrapbooking paper or leave them as is. :)

So before you toss out those boxes holding your class valentines, cut out the samples on the box and your dolls will have a Happy Valentine's Day too. :)

P.S.  I almost waited on this post until tomorrow, but I decided to do it today before all the boxes were thrown away. ;)

Target Valentine's Day Goodies

I always love shopping at Target right before Valentine's Day, because you can usually find a few fun doll or Disney goodies in their Valentine's Day section.  This year was no different.

My eBay sales have done really well, so I'm using a portion of the proceeds for a few bloggy treasures, and the rest will go towards bills and such.  It's a win/win! :)

The first thing I noticed in the Valentine's Day section were these adorable individual Squinkies:

I love the boxes they come in...they make perfect little display cases. :)  There were several different ones.  I noticed some of the Disney friends ones (I believe I saw "Lady and the Tramp" and "The Lion King") and some Hello Kitty ones, along with the Disney Princesses.  Of course, when I saw they had Belle and Rapunzel I knew those were the ones that needed to come home with me. :)

Rapunzel comes with her tower.  The tower includes a spot to attach Rapunzel.

Belle comes with the Beast's castle, which also includes a spot to attach her to the scene.

These were $1.99 each.  I know they at least had Cinderella...I can't remember if there were any other princesses.

I also noticed that Target had their exclusive seasonal Lalaloopsy doll.  This year, it's "Crumbs Loves Chocolate".  

I think I already shared with you in a previous post that I wasn't too sold on Lalaloopsies when they first came out, but I've officially gotten hooked on these little cuties.  I'm still not a huge fan of the full-sized dolls, but I love the minis!  Isn't her package adorable? :)

I love Crumbs' little pink dress and white apron. :)

Her layered chocolate cake.

Her box of chocolates and mouse pet. 

Her cookbook.

I love that each package says that Lalaloopsies are for "ages 4 to 104". :)

Crumbs' personal information.

Crumbs was $4.99, $2 less than the regular Lalaloopsy minis (another reason to be a fan of the seasonal ones!).  These tend to go pretty quickly, so if you are interested in getting a Crumbs Loves Chocolate for yourself, I would get to your Target sooner rather than later.

I hope to have a Lalaloopsies review post up within the next couple of weeks. :)

Other items I saw but did not purchase were the seasonal Chelsea dolls (Barbie's littlest sister).  There were 3 different ones that I saw:  a blonde with blue eyes, a redhead with greenish eyes, and a dark brunette with brown eyes.  They were all wearing cute little Valentine's Day outfits and were priced at $4.99 each.

Target also had several of the Magiclip Disney Princess dolls (the ones that are Polly Pocket sized).  They had their new hairstyles from the recent Disney Princess revamp and also had beautiful new dresses.  I saw Cinderella, Snow White, Belle, and Rapunzel.  I'm not sure if there were any others.  They were also marked at $4.99 each.

If any of these sound interesting to you, I would definitely make a trip to your Target store soon.  I've found in the past that these specialty seasonal items tend to go out of stock pretty quickly. :)

Happy shopping!  More fun posts to come. :)

Happy Valentine's Day!!

"Hey Hayden, I've got something for you."

"Wow, thanks, Charlie!  Yum...chocolate!" :)

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! :)  I pray that you and yours have a special day together. 

Goodies from Kmart and Target

Hi everyone!  Just thought I'd share some doll things I found this week.  First up is this adorable little heart box of Russel Stover chocolates.  I was so excited when I found these.  They're the perfect size for a big box of Valentine's Day candy for an American Girl doll!  Here's a pic:

Next, I found these super cute Valentine's Day dolls for my daughters.  They are the new version of Barbie's little sister Kelly, now named Chelsea.  Why, Mattel?  What was the point in changing her name?  You're finally making all of the sisters at the same time again, so why randomly change the youngest sister's name?  Okay, sorry, just going off on a little tangent there.  Here are the adorable dollies:

Something I realized after opening one (I had to get one for me too, right?) is that they actually work for AG dolls, too.  I think they're about the same proportions as one of those vinyl Best Friends Club Ink. dolls would be to a real girl. 

These are only $5.99 each at Target and super cute!  They even have a spot on the back of the boxes that says "to" and "from" so that you could use it for a Valentine's Day gift right in the package. 

I really like the new Kelly/Chelsea dolls they're doing.  I loved the old ones, but for a while they went to these weird, cartoony Kelly dolls with melon-shaped faces.  Thankfully, those didn't last long.  They had another variety after the melon Kellys and before this version.  They were tall and skinny, but not quite as cute as the newest version.  These ones are adorable, and they make great older siblings for the older Kelly dolls. 

Here's a pic comparing the size difference between Chelsea and Kelly:

And here's a pic comparing a brunette Stacie doll from the 90s, Chelsea, Kelly, and Baby Krissy, another sister from Barbie's past:

I really love finding unique Barbies, especially brunettes.  Here's a nice family portrait of some of my favorites:

The Ken doll is a 40th Anniversary Ken doll with rooted hair, and the Barbie is a Generation Girl Lara doll from 1998 (she was a friend of Barbie).  I have several other unique Barbies .  Eventually I'll post some pics of them.  Maybe I'll do a special page tab for my Barbie collection.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed my fun finds. :)