Dolltown.News  August 2016

dolltown.news     We are on Holidays!      Aug 4/16 
                         
 
Name change for our weekly newsletter!
From Dollygood.News to Dolltown.News
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This past week...
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And click the red button to see Hiya Dolly's own fun dolly book
about the letters of the alphabet!.  
 
What's happening in Dolltown...
Miley's Musings...
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We are on holidays!
So...a short newsletter!
 
Very excited because Lani will be home from Australia for a visit.
Is Lula coming with her?
 
We'll let you know next week!
Ellowynes'...
And Arlen, our 22" Amazonian Tonner...with her long blond curly do!
The photos posted this week...
Little Darlings
Chris Miller and Robin Woods boys
Chat soon!
I am who I am.
 
 
Dolltowners in their own book!
Barbie Liz
on Amazon since September.
Write us a Review!
Dear readers, if any of you from the US have little children or grandchildren learning the Alphabet, beginning to read, or who love dolls,this is a fun and useful book!
And I would love some reviews!
At the moment it is an eBook. We are working on a print version.
It is only $2.99US and features 26 Dolltown dollies, including Barbies, a Terri Lee, a Helen Kish, 3 Little Darlings...and more!
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Also, links to...
4 books in The Doll People series!
These are older books but are still worth a read...
****************************************
Don't have a Kindle device?
You can read also read Kindle books on:
  • the Kindle program on your computer or laptop
  • the Kindle App on your smart phone or tablet. (includes iPhone and iPad)
All Kindle Apps, computer applications, and downloads are free!
Please link to my site, Hiya Dolly to go to these books on Amazon.
(I am an Amazon Affiliate and I post books I personally want or have read...)
Read more at Hiya Dolly Shop
 
That's all for now!
Check the site hiyadolly.com this week
for new posts, photos and stories.
*****Thanks to my loyal email subscribers!*****
dolltown.news           Lula's Home!              Aug 11/16 
                         
 
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This past week...
Little Vera finds some sweet fruit, sort of...
And Guard One comes to tell the news...
After months of adventures!
 Add comments to the blog posts! Thanks!
And...
*New Captioned Photos on Doll Talk
*New Photos on the Gallery page
Read More on Hiya Dolly!
 
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What is Happening in the Doll World?
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Smart Watches! for dolls!
But you have to make them yourself...and here's the link that teaches you how.
It's that Fashion Doll Stylist, April, who had an inspired thought...and then worked tirelessly until she had success!
Now her girls, and guys, have Smart Watches!
I am doing my best to distract my girls so they don't see the watches and want them. Or else it'll be, "Please! oh please make us some watches!"
I'm lucky just to get my dolls dressed...with shoes!
Menswear is the focus of April's latest post...
So now I have to keep the boys from seeing THAT one!
Read More
 
Check the Shop page for great books with dolls!
And click the red button to see Hiya Dolly's own fun dolly book
about the letters of the alphabet!.  
 
What's New in Dolltown?
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Lula Star!
Lula is not new to Dolltown. She has been a part of our adventures here through several seasons.
BUT last year she left for Australia with Lani, our BC geologist.
She spent so much time in the wind and sun, that she returned with a mop of matted hair....
Pearl heard that Lula needed a makeoverand arrived with her hair brush. What a difference! 
And Lula gets lots of hugs from her friends...
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What's New in Fashion in Dolltown?
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New again...all the fashions Lula took with her to Australia!
This little white eyelet dress was ordered early last spring and was worn by several of our girls last summer.
Then Lula took it to Australia in November and wore it in Tasmania where she spent her summer Christmas.
Now it's back in Dolltown in time for the rest of our hot summer here in the Northern hemisphere!
Birdy didn't arrive until this spring. So she got to try it for the first time when Lula's bag was unpacked. 
Nice, Birdy!
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What's happening in Dolltown...
Miley's Musings...
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Tink and Xennia are so sweet! They made sure that all of us got cupcakes at Birdy's birthday party...
Priscilla, Baby Clown, Sky and even Chinese Horse and Guard One got cupcakes!
No one was surprised when Priscilla complained!
Who complains when they get cupcakes!
And, (drum roll)....
Lani arrived in Vancouver on a jet plane with Lula in her suitcase, and some new doll friends came too!
Lula has terrifying tales of risky adventures. It's enough to make a doll shiver! You wouldn't catch me doing that stuff! You-Know-Who was excited for Lula to have such amazing experiences, from the tops of mountains to the shores of the warm ocean. But she has to admit, she's glad Lula is back in Dolltown!
Now this week, we'll get to meet the new friends from New Zealand, the dolls Lula calls her family. And wait till you see who arrived from Indonesia. Beautiful! I got a sneak peek when Lani was unpacking her bags...
What else this week?
The  Ellowynes' stayed in the city after hitching a ride with You-Know-Who.
Who knows when they will return!
We've heard we get to go to the beach! As long as the summery weather holds.
The bjd Iples are hiding from the hot sun. Lula spent a few minutes horrifying them with tales of weather in Australia so hot it could melt resin!
AND she gets to have Tania's beautiful Rose wig, which matches her own now-sundamaged wavy hair. Switch out!
Thanks Tania! So kind.
The Children had some cute photos taken, posted next week we hope!
The photos posted this week...
Chat soon!
I am who I am.
 
 
Dolltowners in their own book!
Barbie Liz
on Amazon since September.
Write us a Review!
Dear readers, if any of you from the US have little children or grandchildren learning the Alphabet, beginning to read, or who love dolls,this is a fun and useful book!
And I would love some reviews!
At the moment it is an eBook. We are working on a print version.
It is only $2.99US and features 26 Dolltown dollies, including Barbies, a Terri Lee, a Helen Kish, 3 Little Darlings...and more!
****************************************
Also, links to...
4 books in The Doll People series!
These are older books but are still worth a read...
****************************************
Don't have a Kindle device?
You can read also read Kindle books on:
  • the Kindle program on your computer or laptop
  • the Kindle App on your smart phone or tablet. (includes iPhone and iPad)
All Kindle Apps, computer applications, and downloads are free!
Please link to my site, Hiya Dolly to go to these books on Amazon.
(I am an Amazon Affiliate and I post books I personally want or have read...)
Read more at Hiya Dolly Shop
 
That's all for now!
Check the site hiyadolly.com this week
for new posts, photos and stories.
*****Thanks to my loyal email subscribers!*****
dolltown.news        Secret Paris Trip!         Aug 18/16 
                         
 
For more photos see my Flickr albums.
And my hiyadolly.com Pinterest board.
And our Instagram Hiya Dolly page!
 
What's New on Hiya Dolly....
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This past week...
Aug 11  Xennia Takes a Nap
Too much excitement!
Aug 12  No Wonder Xennia Wanted to Go To Bed! New Furniture!
Aug 15  The Doll Children
A few photos before they get back to playing!
Aug 17  Our Little Darlings in Paris...Mystery Solved! It's a whole story!
 Add comments to the blog posts! Thanks!
And...
*Captioned Photos on Doll Talk
*Photos on the Gallery page
Read More on Hiya Dolly!
 
Like our site? The photos? The stories? Pass it on to others!
Pop over to our Home page and VOTE for Hiya Dolly.
The votes show up on Fashion Doll Top 100 and visitors click and visit us! 
Last I looked we were #9! Again! 
Thanks so much!  It means a lot to us!
Look for our Hiya Dolly banner on Fashion Doll Top 100
 
What is Happening in the Doll World?
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Look! It's Tink! In a wig! in Paris!
Well, Fashion Doll Stylist is in our column for the second week in a row!
And it's because her DOLLS were behind the biggest SECRET that mydolls have been involved in. (I think.)
The Paris Fall/Winter Fashion Show saw several of Dolltown dolls hit the catwalk for the Elie Saab couture collection earlier in the summer.
I'm serious! We have the photos to prove it! Birdy, Tink, Chantal...Asa!
And we actually published one here on Dolltown.News, on July 28th, with Birdy. We thought it was a doppelganger!
3 days in a magical city!
And on the Paris catwalk!
Read about it...and see more photos!
Read More
 
Check the Shop page for great books with dolls!
And click the red button to see Hiya Dolly's own fun dolly book
about the letters of the alphabet!.  
Ana's Alphabet Book A to Z
 
What's New in Dolltown?
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Vintage furniture!
 
It's actually mine, from my childhood!
It was pink, and I painted it for my own children, white with wild fireweed.
 
Now Xennia has discovered it and wants to try it out. Tink is reading Xennia a Summer Fairy story.
 
We also have a table and chair set, with Zoey and Pearl having a chat across the table.
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What's Happening in Fashion in Dolltown?
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Last week we mentioned "new" clothes in Dolltown because Lula had returned from a months-long journey to Australia.
And brought her wardrobe with her.
More sharing!
Here she is with the clothes she wore the most....worn jeans, geo vest, her backpack and her rock bag!
And her cool blue sundress!
And now she's in her leopardskin bathing suit...the other item of clothes she wore a lot.
"It's hot in Australia!" Lula said. "And now it's hot here!"
Read More
 
What's happening in Dolltown...
Miley's Musings...
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Here I am interviewing Asa.
It's all about the secret trip to Paris!
A dozen dolls disappeared from Dolltown early in the summer, for three days...and none of us noticed!
And I am an Observer!
How does that even happen?
Well, we are finding out just how it happened and most of the story is now up on Hiya Dolly! The short version?  
It was a great experience. 
Everyone who went returned safely. And Asa would do it again.
Lucky ducks!
Now we didn't get to post the photos of our gifts and new Dolltown members from Oceania.
But we will....
Just as soon as we get back from the beach!
What else is coming up this week?
The  Ellowynes' are still gone... At least we know where they are.
But we do have photos of Willow, on her trip to Paris! 
The bjd Iples are still hiding from the hot sun. Except Asa. 
She joined us for the Paris Trip Recall Gathering. As she should, as a ringleader...
The Children had some cute photos taken, now posted, and they went back out to play!
The photos posted this week...
Little Darlings in Paris
The Dolltowners who went with them
The Children
Chat soon!
I am who I am.
 
 
We are researching new, available doll products...like American Girl backpacks!
And there is...
Dolltowners in their own book!
Barbie Liz
on Amazon since September.
Write us a Review!
Dear readers, if any of you from the US have little children or grandchildren learning the Alphabet, beginning to read, or who love dolls,this is a fun and useful book!
And I would love some reviews!
At the moment it is an eBook. We are working on a print version.
It is only $2.99US and features 26 Dolltown dollies, including Barbies, a Terri Lee, a Helen Kish, 3 Little Darlings...and more!
****************************************
Also, links to...
4 books in The Doll People series!
These are older books but are still worth a read...
****************************************
Don't have a Kindle device?
You can read also read Kindle books on:
  • the Kindle program on your computer or laptop
  • the Kindle App on your smart phone or tablet. (includes iPhone and iPad)
All Kindle Apps, computer applications, and downloads are free!
Please link to my site, Hiya Dolly to go to these books on Amazon.
(I am an Amazon Affiliate and I post books I personally want or have read...)
Read more at Hiya Dolly Shop
 
That's all for now!
Check the site hiyadolly.com this week
for new posts, photos and stories.
*****Thanks to my loyal email subscribers!*****
dolltown.news          Beach Day!           Aug 25/16 
                         
 
For more photos see my Flickr albums.
And my hiyadolly.com Pinterest board.
And our Instagram Hiya Dolly page!
 
What's New on Hiya Dolly....
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This past week...
Xennia steps in to help
Tough choices for a doll collector, sort of
The girls arrive in bunches
Faith and Lula were inspired by the Rio Olympics!
 Add comments to the blog posts! Thanks!
And...
*Captioned Photos on Doll Talk
*Photos on the Gallery page
Read More on Hiya Dolly!
 
Like our site? The photos? The stories? Pass it on to others!
Pop over to our Home page and VOTE for Hiya Dolly.
The votes show up on Fashion Doll Top 100 and visitors click and visit us! 
Last I looked we were #8! 
Thanks!
Look for our Hiya Dolly banner on Fashion Doll Top 100
Hiya Dolly
 
What is Happening in the Doll World?
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A friend just sent me a Facebook post about this doll. But the CNN article we link to is from February. 
Here's a little of the article:

Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) Barbie has had another makeover. This time as a hijab-wearing Muslim.

It was only last month that Mattel gave Barbie a dramatic transformation with a variety of skin tones and different body types, including adding curves to her impossibly slender frame.
Now a Nigerian medical scientist has taken Instagram by storm since she began posting images of a hijab-wearing Barbie doll a few weeks ago....
(Haneefah Adam) told CNN: "I thought I had not seen Barbie dressed in a hijab before so I decided to open an Instagram account and dressed Barbie up in the clothes that I made. I thought it was really important for a doll to be dressed like how I would be."
The 24-year-old, who recently completed a Masters in Pharmacology in the UK, describes Hijarbie as a "modest doll" -- one that offers Muslim girls a relatable role model.
"It has roots in my religion and cultural identity.... I just wanted to give another option for Muslim girls like me.
She added: "I want to use the Instagram page to create an identity for her similar to Barbie."
The reaction has been overwhelmingly positive with requests from all over the world to buy the dolls. Hijarbie now has 19,400 followers on the social network.
Adam plans to expand heraccount (sic) to include dolls of color. Previously she was unable to locate any on sale in Nigeria and has had to order them from abroad.
"I couldn't find the different types in Nigeria (no Amazon or eBay or anything)," she says. "I'd have loved to dress up a black doll myself too. I've ordered for some internationally and they'll soon be here."
Way to go, Haneefah!
Read More
 
Check the Shop page for great books with dolls!
And click the red button to see Hiya Dolly's own fun dolly book
about the letters of the alphabet!.  
 
What's New in Dolltown?
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Coco!
 
Now. here's a way to get a new doll!
A new Little Darling...
 
Change her wig!
 
Conner has traded in her raven hair. Again.
This time she looks so different, we have even changed her name AND her BFF.
 
Little Coco is Birdy's buddy now . 
And Lula is buddying up with Evie. And Scout and Rosa are as thick as thieves since the change.
 
Conner has "gone on assignment".
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What's Happening in Fashion in Dolltown?
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Creativity!
For Beach Day, we were short of real swimsuits for the girls...
 
These two Little Darlings are wearing tube tops made from tube socks...
They are held snug with hairties that we use as belts and ribbons.
 
We also used bjd tshirt dresses and jean shorts, Little Darling underwear tops, and the cute pantaloons that are always hidden under sundresses!
The girls were all happy! Especially these two...
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What's happening in Dolltown...
Miley's Musings...
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Here I am in my underpinnings...it's been so hot!
But what fun this week!
You-Know-Who was chasing Tinkaround the garden. It was time to get ready for the Beach! But Tink didn't want to change out of her froggy outfit...
Scout got into You-Know-Who's drawer and found some soft yellow tube socks. And she cut them into 2 dolly tube tops.
Scout is going to get in trouble, I thought!
But she didn't. Because You-Know-Who was so happy that Scout shared with Tink and made Tink forget about her beloved froggy short set. It's in the wash finally!
And we had dolly switch ups (and not for the first time in Dolltown). Coco will make her appearance in a Beach Day post! This weekend probably...
It was lots of fun getting ready for the beach! The girls scrambled to find beach gear, grabbing pantaloons and other disguisable underwear, so they could go swimming.
Faith and Lula had the only swimsuits. They needed them for their new sport! Synchronised Swimming! They have been watching the Rio Olympics.
The two girls showed off their routine at the beach! At least they tried to, but other dollies joined in and soon there was chaos. Good try, girls!
More Beach Day photos coming up this week...
Including Lula's little New Zealand family! She brought them to the beach and they were a big hit! 
What else is coming up this week?
Well, the Ellowynes are still gone... They were in Italy, but nowhere near the big earthquake. Thank goodness. Those poor people!
Asa retreated to Dolltown Abbey's dark halls, joining the other bjd Iples who are still hiding from the hot sun. 
The Children are ready for their time at the beach!
The photos posted this week...
Little Darlings at the beach
Chat soon!
I am who I am.
 
 
Dolltowners in their own book!
Just edited for more improvements!
Barbie Liz
on Amazon since September.
Write us a Review!
Dear readers, if any of you from the US have little children or grandchildren learning the Alphabet, beginning to read, or who love dolls,this is a fun and useful book!
And I would love some reviews!
At the moment it is an eBook. We are working on a print version.
It is only $2.99US and features 26 Dolltown dollies, including Barbies, a Terri Lee, a Helen Kish, 3 Little Darlings...and more!
****************************************
Also, links to...
4 books in The Doll People series!
These are older books but are still worth a read...
****************************************
Don't have a Kindle device?
You can read also read Kindle books on:
  • the Kindle program on your computer or laptop
  • the Kindle App on your smart phone or tablet. (includes iPhone and iPad)
All Kindle Apps, computer applications, and downloads are free!
Please link to my site, Hiya Dolly to go to these books on Amazon.
(I am an Amazon Affiliate and I post books I personally want or have read...)
Read more at Hiya Dolly Shop
 
That's all for now!
Check the site hiyadolly.com this week
for new posts, photos and stories.
*****Thanks to my loyal email subscribers!*****

 

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Ana's Aphabet Book

Here's our super cute book! Available on Amazon! It has several Dolltown characters, all helping kids to learn the basic sounds of English. A is for Ana...

See a preview...


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It's currently under construction, but in action!

 

  

And...

Go to Lani's Adventures, my venturous photographer daughter's website of her first trip to Australia and Tasmania

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