Happy Halloween or as my friend Sheila would say Happy Dolloween!

Since Halloween is tomorrow, I thought I would share with you a good AG friend named Alisha's Halloween doll set-up. Alisha always dresses her dolls for the various seasons and holidays and Halloween is definitely no exception there. She has an awesome doll room to begin with that has built-in shelving so she definitely takes advantage of a super nice set-up area.

Here are three of her dolls, all ready for Halloween. Alisha particularly likes the older, Pre-Mattel outfits and has Raine (left) dressed as the Wood Fairy. Her doll, Avery, in the middle is wearing the Sock Hopper (I know there is another name for it but I can't remember that now, sorry Alisha!) and Zaide on the right is wearing the newer Friendly Witch outfit. Yes, Alisha does collect newer outfits along with the Pre-Mattel outfit, she just prefers PM items. But anything that is cute or well-made usually finds its way to her impressive collection.

See the fireplace in back? Alisha found that at Toys 'R Us and it's really very reasonable. It gives just the right touch to her comfortable living room that her girls have gathered in. She has leaves and pumpkins scattered around for just the right festive touch, along with pumpkin lights strung up along her window in the back. No peeking, I'm going to save that picture for last because the effect is really cool. In this picture you can also see the Fall Treats set on the table that came with the fireplace.



 Here is her doll, Zaide, looking so fun and cute in the Friendly Witch outfit. I love this angle that Alisha used to take this picture. Zaide is holding a really yummy-looking caramel apple.

Here's the full shot of her Halloween display. Somehow, Kailey can't be seen but she's directly behind Zaide wearing the Hippie Outfit. In the back by the right window is Quinn wearing the older Mermaid costume, Marisol is the Spider Witch, Emery is the Medieval Princess and up front, the PM Kitty Cat outfit is being modeled by Chrissa. That outfit is one of my favorites of the older costumes but they are all exceptional, especially the fact that they came with such nice accessories. The girls are getting ready to enjoy some pizza that you can see on their white table. Ok, get ready, here's the picture with the lights dimmed and pumpkin lights turned on.

Isn't that a cool and spooky effect? I love how the fireplace lights up too. If her Halloween scene looks this good with the fireplace, just thing how awesome her Christmas set-up will look! I will see if she'll let me blog about it once she gets it finished.

I didn't really get a chance to talk to Alisha before writing this but I've known her long to enough to be able to tell you that she always gets a good early start on her resets for each season or holiday. For one thing, she likes to be able to enjoy the set-up for a nice long time, plus it also takes quite awhile to get all her dolls changed and their previous outfits and accessories all put away nicely organized. If you saw the whole room, you would know right away that she is a very organized person because everything is always very nice and just-so in her doll room (and the rest of her home as well.)

Huge thanks going out to Alisha for sending me the photos to share with everyone today. Everyone out there have a safe and happy Halloween! If you have trick or treat tomorrow night, be safe!

Christmas is coming (yes the goose is getting fat too but I'm not out to sing you that song haha) so if you need some clothes for your American Girl doll, be sure to stop by my site, Kitt's Kloset 18 Inch Doll Clothes soon! Whether you are looking for nice handmade doll clothes or are in a hurry and need some quality manufactured 18 inch doll clothes, I think I can help you out! Till next time!

Sneak Preview of My Newest Pajamas for Bitty Twins

It all started when I got an order from a really cool new customer a couple of weeks ago. I made her a set of flannel pajamas for American Girl dolls out of some ballet shoe print flannel I have. (She is mailing me some popcorn fabric for the other one because she loves picking out fabric but doesn't have a lot of time for sewing.) Before I forget, here's a picture of my doll, Becky, modeling the ballet shoe print PJs which are $15, slippers for sale separately for $5. This will be the new picture displayed for the flannel pajamas page:

So....in thinking about switching out the picture (yes I tend to put things off) I remembered I had some Bitty Twin flannel pajamas I had made for a craft show I was in last November. See, there is method to my madness. I figure if I make it public that I have this product, then that will make for some good accountability in getting these PJs their own web pages made. And what better way to sneak preview it than with my own blog readers, right? If you keep reading, you will be glad you did, hehe.

Here is my Bitty Twin girl, Jill, modeling a Christmas bear print, $15. Slippers available separately for $5:



Never to be outdone by his sisters, my Bitty Twin boy, Mikey, wanted to model these reindeer print flannel PJs for you, $15 for the PJs and his teddy bear slippers are available separately for $5:

Here's why you wanted to keep reading. To celebrate adding these new products to the site, I am going to give away two sets of slippers, one for your Bitty Twin boy and one for your girl. All you need to do is order either a boy set of PJs and a girl set of PJs, or both. Then in the shopping cart, write me a little message that you saw this in my October 16, 2011 blog post. The first person to order Bitty Twin PJs and leave that message will get the slippers. You don't have to order both sets of PJs. But whichever Bitty PJs you order, you will receive the slippers for free.

This offer expires October 23, 2011. That's where my accountability comes in. I have to get these items made as products so you CAN order them online. I feel like online orders are the only fair way to do this so whoever's order comes in numbered first, that will be the slipper winner(s). It could be one or two people depending on if the person orders one or both PJs.

So please give me at least 24 hours to get these PJs made as products for Kitt's Kloset Doll Clothes.The cool thing is that since I made a number of these PJs last year, I do still actually have them on hand. Most of my items are made after being ordered since I have no room to store very many items. This along with the old "anything I have made up never sells, but what I don't have, does sell" idea that has come true so many times with my handmade Barbie clothes site, Barbee & Friends.

If this little giveaway helps me become more productive, you may be seeing more in the future! Stay tuned for my comment that the product pages are live on the site. Until next time, have fun playing dolls!

Karen's Doll Chrissa Models the Chicago Tee I Sent Her

I was very relieved this week to hear that Karen Owen had received her Chicago t-shirt that I sent her in our shirt swap. I guess because the one she sent me (see my last week's blog below) got to me so quickly, I became a little worried when it was well over a week and her shirt had not arrived yet to her in Canada. But it got there and she was very sweet to take this picture of her Chrissa modeling it for my blog readers:

Chrissa, you look very cute! As you probably know, Karen Owens has Karen Mom of Three's Craft Blog. Karen has very graciously offered to let me interview her for a future blog post. Wow that's like asking me what I want from Santa, you know how you have all these ideas but when someone actually asks for those ideas for gifting purposes, you tend to forget them all?

So....if you readers have anything you would like me to ask Karen, how about making a comment below for me? The comments won't show up right away because I have it set to moderate. I want to keep all my doll fans safe from non-doll-related posts. Karen recently interviewed another doll acquaintance so I thought the interview idea was a good one to look into.

Another one of my favorite doll sites to follow is Doll Diaries. Actually I get the updates by being an email subscriber but it's also fun to visit their website. Charlene recently announced that this year's Halloween Parade is taking place, in fact it should be into Week 2. Everyone is invited to submit their dolls' pictures in costume. I have two dolls dressed and ready for Halloween so now all I need to do is remember to take their picture and submit it! If you view their pictures later this season and see Ginny Weasley and Abby from NCIS, that will most likely be my Emily and Margaret in their costumes!

What are your dolls dressing up for this Halloween? Do you like them to be funny, scary (just a little anyway) beautiful, cute or a little combination of all those?

Don't forget, my site, Kitt's Kloset Doll Clothes now has a toll free number for leaving me a message. You can read all about Kitt's toll free number from the link in this sentence. Now when you call you will at least know you have the right place! I share the service with my other site, Barbee & Friends Doll Clothes  so it would be good if you mentioned Kitt's in your message.

My college-senior daughter is home on fall break for a few days so I am planning to enjoy the rest of this weekend and Monday with her. The weather is beautiful and warm here in central Ohio so I'm planning to go outside and enjoy a walk today. Take care and see you next time!

Seattle T-Shirt Arrived!

Hi there! Last time I was telling you guys that I was doing an AGP t-shirt swap with Karen Owen of Karen Mom of Three blog fame. I was out of town last week so I was unable to devote time to a new post but this week I made sure I got a picture of my doll Britt wearing the Seattle t-shirt:

It was fun doing this swap with Karen, thanks Karen! A very good doll friend of mine, Alisha, had sent me one of the DC store t-shirts from when she was there this summer. So I got a Chicago t-shirt for her dolls and sent it to her. Here is my doll Sheila modeling the DC shirt from Alisha:



If you live where it is starting to get colder, you can definitely tell that fall is here. I am a summer person but my dolls like all the seasons. Of course as soon as it gets chilly outside, I am anxious to pull out the warmer outfits because it literally makes me feel cold to see dolls with bare legs or bare arms in this weather. My AG girls love fuzzy slippers, socks, PJs, robes and flannel nightgowns as well as sweaters, long sleeve tees, jackets and everyone's favorite, jeans!

This kind of weather also makes me feel like sewing with flannel. I have tons and tons of flannel fabric in my fabric storage so there are lots of possibilities for PJ pants and shirts (using a design from the flannel as an applique on the shirt) or just flannel PJs for your American Girl doll like these from my Kitt's Kloset Doll Clothes site:

An awesome new customer just ordered these PJs in the choice of ballet shoe print. She turned out to be a fellow AG doll collector so we really had a good time chatting about our dolls. As it turns out, she also likes fabric and buys for her dolls regularly. So instead of one of my choices for the second pair of PJs, she is sending me a fun popcorn print to make them for her. With her permission, I might post the finished picture in a future blog.

Just another idea--I not only can use fabric from my stash but I could also use your fabric, either what you have bought or maybe actually using a favorite pair of your child's outgrown PJs. I made a pair of PJs for a friend's granddaughter's doll from the little girl's PJs that she had outgrown. It was a fun green satin print with frogs on it. I will look for those pictures and share them in a future blog.

Until next time (hoping a week from now unless real life attacks!) stay warm and keep your dollies warm too!