American Girl Doll Recording Studio - Take A Look

Music is the universal language.....so we had to make a "music" room for our American Girl doll house.

     I started out with a piece of fiberboard and decorated it with scrapbooking paper as the back drop.  I used a tall box from a vacuum cleaner to make the sound booth and cut it to size and made an opening for a window.  I covered that in scrapbooking paper and used a clear paper cover and glued it to the opening for the window.   A piece of cardboard was cut to use for a shelf inside the sound booth to hold music sheets, microphone, etc. and necklace beads from the party favors section of Walmart were used as curtains for the booth.  I printed out some music themed photos like the keyboard and everything else you see on the board.  I used 2 straws and wrapped them in black electrical tape for the legs of the keyboard.  I cut a Lysol Wipes canister in half, wrapped it in scrapbook paper and sewed a small cushion for the seat.  A placemat was used for the rug.  Finally, the beautiful guitar and violin from American Girl and poof.....we have our recording studio.  We, my granddaughter and I, are very proud of this project! 

Hope you enjoyed these pics!!...and yes the sunshine keeps shining!

CHANDELIERS FOR OUR AMERICAN GIRL HOUSE

It is very soothing to finally sit when everything is quiet and it's almost the end of the day and you can focus on good things and accomplishments.  Well here I wanted to show you our "homemade" chandelier (thanks to MyFroggyStuff) so here is our version that we made for Kanani's room.  The 3rd & 4th pics was store bought but gorgeous, in our eyes, because it is battery operated and looks amazing when it's dark.  It was purchased at Walmart in the Back to School items as things you can purchase for your locker.  Not sure who would use this at school, none the less in a locker, but it's perfect for our dining room.  For our homemade chandelier we have a "How To" video on how we made Kanani's chandelier.  You can add so many types of trims to it and make it special and now that Christmas things have started to show up in craft stores, they have many bead type garlands that would make it look very elegant.  Enjoy the pics and if you are inspired, watch the video!

Keep the sunshine in your life!  Take care until next time.



Our "Favorite" AG four legged friends

Well, here we are at the end of the school summer.  Where does it go?  Work, summer camp, pool, beach, movies, play dates for the kids.....Once September hits....it's all over, the year, that is.  Anyway, wanted to show a couple of projects that I did for our favorite pets in our American Girl doll house. 

Cat Condo

Here is an adorable cat hideaway that I made from a Lysol wipes canister.  I cut 2 holes out and wedged a piece of cardboard in the middle to separate the 2 levels.  I wrapped  and hot glued twine around the canister then made the 3 cushions for the top and the two hideaways in the canister.  It came out really cute!

Ginger's bed

Here I sewed a round cushion and added a small backing using a dog themed fabric.  She just loves to sleep there every day!

Custom Dog House

 

The dog house is made completely from cardboard.  I used Google images for the roof top and some of the decor.  Decorated it with some AG stickers and made a comfy cushion for the inside.  I left the roof unattached for easy pet access.  It was a good addition to the house. 

Hope you have enjoyed these few pics and if you have any questions, "JUST HOLLER".  You can watch some of my videos here American Girl doll house crafts, ideas & more!

Don't forget to keep that sunshine shining in! 

Until next time....ciao!!

 





 



 





Our American Girl as Katniss Everdeen in Hunger Games

TGIF.... I have a few moments to catch my breath....RELAX...  We've been working on our new American Girl dollhouse, hand made with lots of love.  It has been a family affair in building it, from a Great Uncle, Great grandma, to grandpa, grandma, mom and my granddaughter rolling up her sleeves and doing some sanding and painting.   Pics will follow as we are in the process of finally doing the fun part "decorating"!  Wanted to show you our AG doll dressed up as Katniss.  The quiver is made from a black foam piece cut and rolled and glued and trimmed with leatherette binding.  The arrows were put together by covering some wooden skewers with black electrical tape.  The bow is made with an actual branch and twine.  Of course the hairdo, headband and we have our "Katniss".  Enjoy!