"Endless Style" Game on AG Website

LOOK WHAT I JUST DISCOVERED!!!!

One of the new BeForever games on Play at the American Girl website is called "Endless Style". You can make your own avatar and dress it up in BeForever inspired clothes.

I usually never play games on the AG website, but today I just decided to and I discovered this awesome game!

Some of the styles available are based on the BeForever outfits from the AG inspired episode from Project Runway! Only the Samantha, Kit and Kaya inspired outfits are available online though. I thought this was peculiar, but also very cool that you could dress them up in those styles! As you can see, I tried to make the avatar look like the original model from the Project Runway episode.

The complete "Samantha" inspired outfit

Designed by: Kini Zamora
Model: Anita

The complete "Kit" inspired outfit
Designer: Alexander Knox
Model: Emma

The complete "Kaya" inspired outfit
Designer: Char Glover
Model: Faith

American Girl Doll Hearing Aids vs. MyTwinn Doll Hearing Aids

In 2010, I purchased the MyTwinn Doll Hearing Aids off of their website. Although I do not own a MyTwinn doll currently, I thought it would be a nice accessory for my dolls.

In 2012, American Girl came out with their version of doll hearing aids. Of course I had to buy those too! The American Girl Brand hearing aids can be fitted in American Girl Stores that have a Doll Hair Salon or through the American Girl Doll Hospital.

The MyTwinn hearing aids retail for $9 for one or $18 for a set of two. American Girl's doll hearing aids retail for $14 for one or two.

As you can see from the photos above, the MyTwinn doll hearing aids look a little bit more realistic. The case (outer part; behind the ear) is a peach color and the tubing is clear. I don't like, however, that the ear mold (inside the ear) is also clear. Most young children with hearing aids color their ear molds, so it would be only appropriate that the doll version would too. The MyTwinn doll hearing aids do not require any behind the ear piercing and are simply put on.

The American Girl Brand hearing aids have a pink outer case and white bendable tubing. The ear mold is pink. The AG Brand doll hearing aids also require a permanent piercing behind the doll's ear (similar to the piercing done when your doll gets her ears pierced).

On the dolls, the American Girl ones are definitely cuter!The MyTwinn ones don't stay on very well and kind of blend into their skin (perfect for a self-conscious doll who likes to hide her imperfections)! The American Girl hearing aids are secured with a little pink post that is pierced into the doll. The MyTwinn ones are not secured, so they fall off easier.

When I purchased the MyTwinn doll hearing aids in 2010, I didn't consider the height difference between MyTwinn Dolls (22 inches) and American Girl Dolls (18 inches). The MyTwinn hearing aids fall off of AGs all the time! I'm not sure how well they fit on MyTwinn Dolls.

The American Girl hearing aids are on my My American Girl #53, Cassidy Cambrie 24/7, whereas I use the MyTwinn hearing aids for display.

MY RATES:

MYTWINN HEARING AIDS: 6/10

AMERICAN GIRL HEARING AIDS: 10/10

Girl With Type 1 Diabetes Creates the "D-Pack" for Dolls

Anna Bemiss is a 9 year old girl from Connecticut who has type 1 diabetes.

She has to bring her glucose meter, her insulin pump, tests strips and more, in a bag wherever she goes. Sometimes, she likes to bring her doll along, and it is hard to hold both objects. Anna combined the two and invented the "D-girl Backpack".

The "D-pack" is designed to be strapped onto her doll's back like a backpack. It can hold all of her necessary equipment for living with T1D.

Anna decided to make the pack for the Enfield Invention Convention.

"First, you have to come up with a problem in your life, then you come up with an invention to solve it," Anna said.

After coming up with the prototype, she had to design the finished product.

Anna even learned a new skill: to sew by hand.

Anna says that if she ever patents the "D-girl Backpack" or other diabetes related inventions she would donate the profits to juvenile diabetes research.

Anna Bemiss: 9 year old diabetic doll lover and inventor of the "D-girl Backpack"

AGP Boston Visit with Project Runway Designs! {11-4-14}

Hey!

On November 4, 2014 I was at the American Girl Place at the Natick Collection (aka AGP Boston)! I went with my lifelong friend, who has an AG instagram and AG blog! We had so much fun!

The day we went some of the BeForever themed Project Runway designs where there! On September 19, American Girl was the star of an episode of Project Runway! The designs by Kini Zamora and Char Glover were both featured. These designs just so happen to be the designs modeled by Anita Lugina and Faith Jackson, the two girl models who I interviewed on this blog an few posts back!

 Do these designs look familiar?

Just after I took this photo, I was feeling the material of the houndstooth coat on the right, and it fell! My friend and I were mortified and we ran away as fast as we could!

The cause of why only two of the outfits were here remain unknown.

I also made a youtube video with all of the pictures I took at the store on 11-4-14! Here is the link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOEgaHJHoWE&list=UUXc40A0PLEshNRBBVSBJUrw

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American Girl Hearing Aids Review

This is Cassidy. Cassidy loves cheerleading, cooking and playing dolls. On the outside Cassidy may look like a typical My American Girl Doll #53, but she is different in many ways.

One way is that Cassidy suffers from a 60-decibel hearing loss. Cassidy has the American Girl brand hearing aids in both ears.

She was fitted for them on January 5, 2013 at American Girl Place Boston. The hearing aids retail for $14 and can be fitted in one or both ears (you choose) for the same price.

When American Girl gives your doll hearing aids, they make a permanent piercing (similar to the piercing they give when a doll gets their ears pierced) behind the doll's ear so the hearing aid fits snugly.

As you can see, the hearing aids are pink with white tubing and a pink ear mold. They look very realistic.

When your doll gets hearing aids, American Girl includes a little pamphlet on how to learn ASL (American Sign Language).

The white tubing on the hearing aid is bendable so you can position it the way you choose.

If you lose one (or both) of your hearing aids, at the store you can show a worker or your personal shopper that you have a doll with hearing aids and they will give you two new ones for free!

The American Girl hearing aids are definitely in my top 3 for favorite doll accessory. They are adorable and make your dolls very unique.

RATE: 10 out of 10!



SOME PICTURES OF CASSIDY AND HER HEARING AIDS: