Tag: American Girl Doll
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The Kirsten Project | Happy Birthday, Kirsten!
It’s a new year and it’s time for another edition of The Kirsten Project! I’ve already recreated her looks from Meet Kirsten, Kirsten’s Surprise and Changes for Kirsten and for this version, I’m taking inspiration from Happy Birthday, Kirsten! LITTLE JESS around age 10, wearing a mom-made birthday dress and apron, a gift I received…
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The Kirsten Project | Kirsten’s Surprise
Night walks with a heavy stepRound yard and hearth,As the sun departs from earth,Shadows are brooding.There in our dark house,Walking with lit candles,Santa Lucia, Santa Lucia! Night walks grand, yet silent,Now hear its gentle wings,In every room so hushed,Whispering like wings.Look, at our threshold stands,White-clad with light in her hair,Santa Lucia, Santa Lucia! Darkness shall…
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The Kirsten Project | 1854
After months of planning and research, designing and sewing, I am so excited to finally share my finished costume for The Kirsten Project! The goal of this project was to take one of my childhood passions – the pioneer life of my favorite character, Kirsten Larson – and interpret her through a historical lens. I’ve…
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Introducing | The Kirsten Project
My pleasant company edition of meet kirsten (1986, when it was just her, samantha and molly!) from childhood plus original outfit. Over the course of the past year I’ve returned to one of my childhood passions with historic costumes. It was only after going to my first Jane Austen Festival did I remember how I…
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An American Girl
EDIT: This post was original written in 2016 but I’m reposting it now to correspond with the #FallforCostume challenge I have been participating in on Instagram. Also! A lot of you have mentioned to me that your dolls’ hair was all frizzed out and these are proof mine was too! She was sent to the…