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Post by Impy on Aug 24, 2021 6:09:47 GMT -5
Your little one can snuggle Bitty Baby on cool nights in this beary sweet outfit. It includes: A long-sleeved top with soft faux-fur trim at the hem and a sweet, fuzzy bear face with embroidery and a bow Periwinkle leggings with dimensional terrycloth polka dots Faux-fur slippers with matching bows A darling faux-fur headband with an organza bow $26Definite A+I love this outfit so, so much. The bear face is very soft and pet-able (something kid!me would've loved) and the fabric for the rest of the top is also very soft and comfy. The headband goes on easily, at least for the dolls with painted on hair, and is also very soft. There isn't a ton of give on it, though, so be wary for the Bitty Twins or dolls with actual hair. The little boots go on pretty easily and come off fairly easily as well, but not so easily that they'll just fall off as BB gets carted from room to room. While I don't normally love dimensional polka dots, these don't bother me and the overall color scheme is soothing. Cannot say enough good things about this.
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Post by Impy on Aug 24, 2021 5:58:51 GMT -5
Bitty Baby is ready to dream of holiday magic in these super-soft plush pajamas. They have a sweet embroidered reindeer face with dimensional ears and antlers, and festive red long sleeves. A red Santa hat with a holiday stripe and furry white trim tops off the outfit. $24 (was on sale for $16 at one point) I don't look at these and think reindeer. I get llama vibes and this set is just so weird to me that I absolutely, positively had to have it. I just waited til they went on sale because sometimes my more WTF wants should be more reasonably priced. So as much as I wanted to love these, they fit very strangely. Because the white part is all plush, it's very difficult to get any proper grip on them and get the feet where they should be, and I don't know if they make BB smaller these days or what, but ancient BotD was having none of this wearing it without a fight. If the feet aren't on just so, it makes putting the sleeves on and doing the Velcro up the back nearly impossible. I will say the plush is very, very soft and the outfit itself is cute as can be. Alas, the red on the hat, at least the bottom portion closest to the red of the sleeves doesn't quite match and sometimes that's irritating. For some people it won't matter. Due to the sizing, I'm giving this a B but in my heart it's an A for being just so very weird.
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Post by Impy on Aug 24, 2021 5:43:52 GMT -5
Hooray for birthdays! Bitty Baby will be ready to celebrate in this pretty party outfit that includes: A white dress with a full skirt, pink embroidery on the bodice and hem, and a satin bow at the waist A headband with a mesh and pink satin rosette A pair of soft-soled shoes with scalloped edges and a mesh ankle bow $30I'd give this an A- overall. I think the dress is lovely. The fabric is a little thin in places but it's not a deal breaker for me since the sleeves are pretty full and I'm not going to be shining a spotlight on said dress anytime soon. As BB isn't really my territory, I don't know how big/small the heads are these days, but it was a PITA trying to get that headband on Bitty's head. I'd honestly worry about scratching the painted on hair for any of the newer/darker haired dolls. So the headband I'd probably give a C for Bitty, but it works fine for the dolls with actual hair. The shoes are rose gold for some reason and thus they don't go with anything else in the outfit. They're a pretty color but I'd rather the pinks matched. They're basically what I think of when I think of BB shoes so they're fine. Easy on, easy off but not so easy they just fall off. You'll notice the fraying there at the bottom of the dress and it probably won't bother me but it might drive other people bonkers so be warned. I don't particularly love it on the larger/older dolls as it looks too young for them in my opinion. I think it's a case of it working better in photos than it does in reality. In person, the bow is definitely too big to look quite right on an older girl and as it is, it looks like the kind of dress an out of touch relative sends that technically fits, but is years too young for the wearer. The headband works just fine for dolls with hair if that's your thing. Back of the dress on Sonali. The embroidery goes all the way around the dress. I'm not a big BB fanatic but I fell in love with this dress immediately it mostly lived up to my expectations. It's not perfect but it is pretty and I love that they actually went with embroidery and didn't do it just on the front of the dress.
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Post by Impy on Dec 27, 2014 10:08:27 GMT -5
I bought BF Kaya just before Christmas (the 15th maybe?) so that my purchase would generate a donated doll. While I couldn't tell you anything else that might have changed from pre-BF Kaya to BF Kaya, I can tell you this much is new. Kaya still mostly boxed, complete with her hairnet that is tied underneath her braids which means it's a royal pain to get off without mussing up her braids at least a little. Boo and bullfrogs. However, Kaya herself is adorable. Her hair is very soft and her braids aren't as tight as I thought they'd be. Which is probably just as well because her dress's velcro snagged one of them when I was switching her into something a little less likely to serve as catnip. Luckily, Kaya has a whole bag of new stuff to try out thanks to all the sales AG did this season. (rofl) I'd definitely recommend BF Kaya if she's on your radar.
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Post by Impy on Oct 31, 2014 12:12:32 GMT -5
Just a couple of things to go with the random picture: 1) I can't get this to fit on my PM Samantha, so if your Sam/doll is chubbier than usual, this might not be the dress for them. 2) Stain Warning: This dress will stain if your doll's vinyl touches the black trim for any length of time. About a week ago, I put this dress on Nellie because a friend requested a picture and sometime after that, Samantha (who had been standing next to her) got jostled and was leaning on Nellie's shoulder for a day or two. Yeah, she's got black mark on her cheek now and I'm kicking myself for not realizing that she wasn't propped up on Nellie's hairbow of doom but rather the dress. So yeah, it'll stain if the vinyl comes in contact with the black trim.
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Post by Impy on Feb 24, 2014 5:08:02 GMT -5
As a reward for filing my taxes early and getting them back rather quickly, I bought Kit's Candy-Making Set for my Ruthie. Let's be honest, Kit's not a pink, frilly girl and Ruthie so totally is. Unlike the last Kit outfit I bought for Ruthie, this dress is perfect for Miss Smithens. I'm a huge dork, so I was curious as to what size box they'd use for the sets considering there is a lot going on for this set in particular. Normal box, crammed to the gills with stuff. Spot the shoes, spot the shoes! (It's a trick, only one is visible as the other is hidden under the bunnies.) Speaking of shoes, they're very, very pink. Which I wouldn't necessarily like for Kit, but for Ruthie? Sure, why the heck not. They're plastic t-strap and really, they're doll shoes. There's not a lot to write home about except for the soles... Which have American Girl embossed on them. It's a nice touch even if I really should have done this review before my nap caused all the light to be sucked away. I think the dress is adorable. I'm normally with Kit on the whole "no frils, no pink, no thank you, ma'am" side of things but I actually adore this dress. I think it'll look good on a lot of dolls, though redheads may be trickier. The fabric didn't catch on my hands, the dress went on easily, and it's pretty much no fuss, no muss. The back lines up perfectly on almost the first try! Usually it takes me three or four tries on dresses. It's lined so no embarrassing see-through flash moments for your dolls. Ooh, ahh. (Sorry, Ruthie.) I give the dress side of this set a decided A. It's lovely, honestly. Stuff in plastic. Ooh. Ahh. Not in plastic. Ooh. Ahh. Well, the gift bags are because if I open them now, the cat will wear them as tiny capes as she runs through the room demanding attention. The absolute best thing about this set is that the moment you think, "Hunh, I wonder if the bunnies fit the mold" and you pop them in, they do. Perfectly. Oddly aligned ears and all. Eee! I would not have expected to find this so much fun, but I really did. Go figure! The worst thing about the set is that since it's doll food (and the bag warns you "Do Not Eat!") the chocolate blocks don't break apart so that they'll fit in the double boiler properly. Which is just a bit of a pain and is harshing my squee. The basket is adorable and if I were 8 again, I'd skip through the house on Easter handing out mini candy from it. Ruthie can hold the chocolate bunnies without assistance, in case you wondered. Candy making set side of this $64? Get's a B+/A- from me, depending on how vexed you are by plastic and fake food not fitting where it should. The spoon is plastic (very much so) and the chocolate block is just a little too big to put into the pot which is just annoying as an adult and frustrating for a child who is very big on things being done the "right way". The mold is super fun, and the bunnies are cuter than real chocolate bunnies frequently are. Overall, I'd buy it all over again. It was worth the money (to me) and even worth biting the shipping.
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Post by Impy on Nov 10, 2013 18:20:35 GMT -5
I'm still not sure who will end up wearing this for the holidays, but I thought I'd try it out on Sonali first. I think it looks lovely on her. The dress itself is very soft and I love the subtle glitter given by the metallic threads (see any of the gold stars). I adore the velvet stripe around the waist. The back in case that's your thing. The tights are pretty thick and went on easily. The shoes are kind of blah, though. They don't add anything to the outfit and while I get that they were going for understated and the colors technically go with the dress, it still feels mismatched. I wish they had a bit more sparkle. The outfit does need something for the hair and I like the design on the headband, but the actual band is too short (it keeps popping off her hair if you look at it funny, let alone touch it) and it also suffers from an extreme case of "super long tag" syndrome. I wound mine around the band and taped it there until I decide whether or not to cut it off. And the underside which is more gold than the dress, though it wouldn't show up in my pictures. It adds an extra touch of "oooh, shiny!" to the dress. Overall, I give the dress an A+ because it fits very well (though I sincerely doubt mine would fit on my chubbier girls) and it is beautiful. The shoes get a B and the headband gets a C+ because it doesn't really fit all that well and it has that horrible tag.
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Post by Impy on Oct 15, 2011 11:32:39 GMT -5
From the DC display at the end of September. I think this is one of those outfits that looks better if it's on a doll you love. I waffle on this one, personally. Originally I thought it was interesting and then the more I looked at it, the less I liked it. But I think Grammychris's photo makes it seem very cute. So... I'm no help at all. ;p
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Post by Impy on Sept 28, 2011 15:17:20 GMT -5
I adore Ruthie. I originally fell for her when on a Gilmore Girls kick and in certain pictures she looked an awful lot like a dollified Lauren Graham. I ordered her and waited (she was my first doll in 12 years or something) impatiently. I read her book and I fell head over heels. Ruthie is my everything will be okay doll. Having her around makes things better even when they are absolutely, positively awful. Oh, and a little known fact about Ruthie? She can tame sharks. True story.
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Post by Impy on Jul 20, 2011 17:39:49 GMT -5
Ivy as a friendly witch for Halloween. Apparently I haven't taken as many of Ivy as I thought I had. Ivy claims Addy's holiday dress for her own. Much cuter in person. (She's also painfully cute in Kit's overalls and Lanie's pajamas, but of course I can't find my shots of those.)
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Post by Impy on Jan 18, 2011 6:59:11 GMT -5
Rebecca's dress on a PM Samantha. Originally I bought this dress for Nellie, as I figured that there was no way it would fit Sam, since she's easily my biggest doll. I tried it on Nellie and she was swimming in fabric. Part of that was probably trying to get the dress to lay correctly (the lace can be a bit tricky if you're not properly caffeinated) and part of it was simply my dress was awfully large. Which would be bad if I had a Rebecca doll, but for Samantha it worked out perfectly. The shoes fit, which I truly did not expect since Sam also has fairly large feet and Mattel shoes almost never fit. The heels don't hamper her ability to stand on carpeted surfaces, but I haven't tried to stand her on my desk. Please excuse the less than stellar bow. I either tie them very well or it's embarrassingly bad. There is rarely an in between. Poor dolls. Close-up of the lace and sleeve. I think the dress looks gorgeous on Sam, but I am a little disappointed that unless I was completely out of my mind the day I tried it on Nellie, that it probably won't fit my smaller dolls. Also, I think the shoes look a little... odd in person. Dress: A- (it's gorgeous, but the sizing throws me for a loop.) Shoes: B
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Post by Impy on Jan 11, 2011 8:08:32 GMT -5
Kanani is gorgeous. She's one of those dolls that looks prettier each time I see her. Which is dangerous since she's currently the only doll in my line of sight. Her hair is ridiculously long and I'm a little worried about how easily it seems to want to tangle, hence the current hairstyle. If I didn't happen to be absurdly fond of the curls, I probably wouldn't care because if nothing else, she invites you to play with her hair. I'm guessing that was the point. I just wish her hair net hadn't come tangled up with her flower. Not a big fan of her shoes personally, but I think it's simply that I don't like that style in non-doll size either. (They're held on by clear elastics when she's in the box and almost immediately the back band slid off Kanani's ankle, which meant they'd have gone flying in transit.) Not sure how I feel about the dress. It's pretty, but it's also pretty plain, sequins not withstanding. Not that I paid a lot of attention to it because I keep getting distracted by her eyes. Overall, I'd go with an A.
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Post by Impy on Jan 11, 2011 7:43:03 GMT -5
I was really excited for these, which is odd since I'm usually in the "ew, pink" camp, but I thought they'd work for Kanani. And they do. I love them, although I will agree that the shorts are going to ride up and the elastic for the shorts, in my set anyway, gets a little twisted or something. It takes another minute or two to smooth it out. The boots are a little odd, but I guess it makes sense since this way they're more substantial than they'd be without the padding. Boots as opposed to simply glorified socks, which is honestly what I was expecting. I'm going with a nice solid A.
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Post by Impy on Nov 15, 2010 8:16:41 GMT -5
I bought mine for Sonali after seeing someone else's wearing it and falling in love. Sadly the photo from last year isn't so hot, but that's why one should not take photos while sick, no matter how good the idea seems at the time. Attachments:
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Post by Impy on Jul 16, 2010 9:47:53 GMT -5
Ivy in Lanie's nightgown/shirt/whatever. I love Ivy something fierce and I haven't even had her all that long. I still think her shirt is unfortunate, particularly when paired with the pants/boots they chose for her 'Meet' outfit, but doll-wise it's hard to find a cuter doll. The cute, it burns. Perhaps not in the photos as my room is a sucking void for light, but still. In person, she's adorable. And while she didn't come with the dread green-leg syndrome, she did introduce me to a whole new threat. Those blasted little hang-tags that come wrapped around their wrists telling you just how to care for your doll with _whatever_ hair? Ivy's rubbed up against her pinkie and now she looks like she hurt herself. I didn't even know that was possible. I should probably actually semi-review her and not just OD on cute. Her hair is definitely unique, not just in style but in the feel of it. I like it, though I can understand how it would be off-putting to some people. Also, people really aren't kidding when they say there's not really enough to do much with. It's an odd length, really, because there's enough that fans or wind will blow it around, but even pigtails will stick straight out because there's *just* enough to gather into them. Her boots are pretty nifty and the pants seem interesting although there's a saddlebags issue, at least when paired with her meet shirt. Her undies are cute, although I expected a more vibrant color for some reason. Overall, Ivy gets an A- from me. She's adorable, her outfit isn't all "burn it! Burn it now!"; I just don't care for it all put together.
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Post by Impy on Feb 9, 2010 7:43:45 GMT -5
I'm not really a pajama person myself, though I do love pajamas for dolls, but even I want a pair like this. They're so soft and they really seem to make whichever doll is wearing them seem more huggable. I also have to agree with the wave of love for the functional buttons as opposed to velcro. I shouldn't have doubted anyone who said these were worth the price tag. They are! Definitely a solid A. So solid an A that I bought a second pair. Bonus points for how cute they are on Ruthie:
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Post by Impy on Oct 26, 2009 16:33:27 GMT -5
I snagged Kirsten's birthday dress years ago. It was the only dress/outfit I bought for her until this year from her own collection and it's so pretty that I probably felt I had time to acquire the other things.
I'm obviously in the minority here, but I like the dress on it's own as well as with the apron, though I will admit it looks 100% better with the apron on. The wreath is pretty but I've never managed to take it off without messing up her hair, no matter how carefully I put it on to begin with. Since my Kirsten wore her hair straight for years, this didn't really surprise/bother me, but anyone who is keeping their Kirsten in stock braids will probably want to take a little extra care.
Yay for the socks that are infinitely prettier than her Meet Socks (and quite probably a big reason I bought the outfit back then) and the overall look of the outfit is gorgeous.
Sadly, I somehow managed to snag/pull the bow on one of the sleeves and once you do that, you've got to be handier at fixing things than I am. Poor Kirsten's bow is now a string and it annoys the heck out of me every time I try and fix it.
Pictures to be edited in whenever it stops raining/looking like it's going to rain.
Overall, A.
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Post by Impy on Oct 19, 2009 14:06:47 GMT -5
Please excuse the shadows. Kirsten's got some serious bangs and the sun doesn't always like to play nice. My Kirsten's PM and I was most worried about the shoes fitting. The left slid on without a problem, the right required a bit of a push, but they slid on and stayed. karrierock is right, they'll leave little scars on the back of your doll's feet, which is not a fun discovery. They'll also scratch up easily if your Kirsten ventures near concrete or the great outdoors, but that's to be expected. They're much prettier than I thought they'd be. I love the apron, and while it may be historically accurate for it to be painted, I think it would have been prettier embroidered. If nothing else, it's a challenge for another day. In case you were dying to see the back for some reason. Or the side. I've got to say I really like the odd sleeves, though I couldn't tell you why other than it's something different. I love the blues used in the dress, though the paisley print is a bit hit or miss, depending on how I'm feeling. Despite Kirsten being able to shimmy into the catsuit of doom no problem, I swear this outfit nearly drove us both over the edge. It took some fiddling to get her into the dress, so anyone with a chunky Kirsten should be warned. I waffle on the dress itself without the apron due to the neckline and the fact that it's really tight in places. It's why her pantalettes are showing. They can't go any higher or the velcro laughs at me. Overall, I think the outfit is worth the $28 price tag, but there's no sense paying more. B+
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