Craft Studio
Apr 8, 2009 18:36:02 GMT -5
Post by arlsdimples on Apr 8, 2009 18:36:02 GMT -5
Let me start by saying I was very uncertain when I picked this up in AGPNY last week. However part of my uncertainty was that I intended on getting historical items, but this was staring my in the face.
The table alone is a very lovely piece. Actually when I pulled it out of the box I immediately felt relief and a tiny squee. It is wood and seems very well made. The shade of blue is nice. The drawer has lots of storage space in it. It's a very nice versatile piece of furniture.
There are MANY different little pieces!
There is a green speckled plastic bowl. It's pretty....it's a plastic bowl. I guess it's meant to look like a piece of Chrissa's dad's pottery.
There are three rolls of yarn. A pinkish red, purple, and brown. They have Soft Yarn written on the label.
There is a pink pokadot pin cushion with a little green button in the center. This is very cute.....the only thing that bothers me is the big made in China for American Girl label on it. The label is bigger than the pin cushion.
Next is a brown caddy for the spools of thread and all the other stuff to go inside. It's cute and looks nice on the table.
Pink handled scissors.....plastic but very cute.
Two turquoise knitting needles.....also plastic, but I wouldn't expect anything different as with the scissors.
Two small pencils. One green on the outside one pinkish. Both of these can write.
A Designer sketchbook. Blank pages on the inside.
Five spools of thread in pink, coral, green, turquoise, and purple. The color on these is either painted or a colored tape. The thing which I found interesting for some reason is every piece was wrapped in individual plastic, including each thread spool.
There is a measuring tape. It is very small and made out of a nice yellow ribbon with the writing on one side. It comes with a soft plastic......uhm......"thing"....which helps keep it folded up. It's a bugger to put back in but it does go. So much nicer than paper would have been.
The Sewing machine. I was a little blah about it to be honest at the store. I think it was my mood. It looks like a modern sewing machine, except there is no peddle on the floor. So when I opened it I noticed it needed batteries. I put them in as I was talking to DH. I turned the on switch on the bottom and tried pushing various things because apparently I can not read the on off button on the side. I pushed the button finally and went OOOHHH. A light comes on underneath, it makes a kind of sewing sound and the foot (I have not sewed in a long time so forgive me if I'm not using the correct term) moves up and down. I believe the foot is metal but don't quote me on it. The dial on the front also turns and makes a clicking sound as you turn it. Also something curious, where the spool goes on the top of the machine.....the pole can be pushed down. It doesn't do anything but you can push it.
Over all considering my weariness and second guessing myself I am very happy with this piece right now. It is very cute and the table alone made me happy.
One thing that I have to say makes me question things though. AG has been making all of this molded together food. Most of which didn't bother me until the fateful Molly lunch incident. Supposedly they did this to prevent choking hazards. However the pieces to this set are much smaller than any of the food I've seen would be. Especially the thread spools they are very tiny. I'll have to take a comparison picture at some point.
Well that's all for now here is a picture and an album of the rest of the pictures I took for you to gaze over.
The table alone is a very lovely piece. Actually when I pulled it out of the box I immediately felt relief and a tiny squee. It is wood and seems very well made. The shade of blue is nice. The drawer has lots of storage space in it. It's a very nice versatile piece of furniture.
There are MANY different little pieces!
There is a green speckled plastic bowl. It's pretty....it's a plastic bowl. I guess it's meant to look like a piece of Chrissa's dad's pottery.
There are three rolls of yarn. A pinkish red, purple, and brown. They have Soft Yarn written on the label.
There is a pink pokadot pin cushion with a little green button in the center. This is very cute.....the only thing that bothers me is the big made in China for American Girl label on it. The label is bigger than the pin cushion.
Next is a brown caddy for the spools of thread and all the other stuff to go inside. It's cute and looks nice on the table.
Pink handled scissors.....plastic but very cute.
Two turquoise knitting needles.....also plastic, but I wouldn't expect anything different as with the scissors.
Two small pencils. One green on the outside one pinkish. Both of these can write.
A Designer sketchbook. Blank pages on the inside.
Five spools of thread in pink, coral, green, turquoise, and purple. The color on these is either painted or a colored tape. The thing which I found interesting for some reason is every piece was wrapped in individual plastic, including each thread spool.
There is a measuring tape. It is very small and made out of a nice yellow ribbon with the writing on one side. It comes with a soft plastic......uhm......"thing"....which helps keep it folded up. It's a bugger to put back in but it does go. So much nicer than paper would have been.
The Sewing machine. I was a little blah about it to be honest at the store. I think it was my mood. It looks like a modern sewing machine, except there is no peddle on the floor. So when I opened it I noticed it needed batteries. I put them in as I was talking to DH. I turned the on switch on the bottom and tried pushing various things because apparently I can not read the on off button on the side. I pushed the button finally and went OOOHHH. A light comes on underneath, it makes a kind of sewing sound and the foot (I have not sewed in a long time so forgive me if I'm not using the correct term) moves up and down. I believe the foot is metal but don't quote me on it. The dial on the front also turns and makes a clicking sound as you turn it. Also something curious, where the spool goes on the top of the machine.....the pole can be pushed down. It doesn't do anything but you can push it.
Over all considering my weariness and second guessing myself I am very happy with this piece right now. It is very cute and the table alone made me happy.
One thing that I have to say makes me question things though. AG has been making all of this molded together food. Most of which didn't bother me until the fateful Molly lunch incident. Supposedly they did this to prevent choking hazards. However the pieces to this set are much smaller than any of the food I've seen would be. Especially the thread spools they are very tiny. I'll have to take a comparison picture at some point.
Well that's all for now here is a picture and an album of the rest of the pictures I took for you to gaze over.