About Me!

     I became a fan of American Girl in 2012. Before I even had any dolls I would try my very, very hardest to convince my grandma to buy me McKenna's outfits to put on my Build-A-Bears. Safe to say, that didn't work. Then, on my 7th birthday, I was given a Caroline doll. There was no real in-depth reason for why I got her other than her wearing my two favorite colors. Little did I know what a rabbit hole that would get me down. As the years went on, I learned more and more about American Girl, collected more dolls, and became increasingly entrenched within the American Girl community and the strange lingo it had. For some examples, I give you: cubed, meet outfit, and perma-panties. In 2017, American Girl began hinting at the release of Nanea Mitchell. Now, this is what really got me going. I already had a slight fascination with the 1940s and 1950s and this information pushed me headfirst down a several months long endeavor into the information we had on Nanea. Thinking about it wasn't enough nor was ranting to my family, I wanted to have a community. I started this blog on February 18th, 2017. Now, it wasn't technically started because of Nanea. It was started because of American Girl's announcement of 6 brand new dolls. I didn't understand how they would have the room, so I decided to theorize how they did it. I had an idea and now I wanted to share it with the community I had grown to admire so very much. In short, I looked up Blogger and designed a blog, and then quickly got to posting. Yet, it wasn't quite that simple.

    This blog started with posts in assorted colorful typefaces, including yellow on a pink backdrop. I was deeply opinionated in ways that are wild to me now, but make sense for an 11 year old girl who believes in Girls Rule and Boys Drool. I don't think my theories were right once, but that's alright. That wasn't really the point, anyway.

     My blog officially took off in 2018, in spite of (or perhaps because of) my grammatical errors and YouTube esque titles. I found my niche and ran with it for a good year or so. I wrote about Molly's rerelease, Luciana, and Blaire. I had spin-off blogs for each new Girl of the Year. I didn't spend nearly enough time writing about Gabriella.

     Once the American Girl store in my state shut down, my site dwindled down as it was much harder to engage with my interest alongside people in real life. I enjoyed asking questions of store employees who definitely did not fully have an answer for me. I liked being the first one to get a doll on the release date. 

    I don't hate people who put historical dolls in contemporary clothing anymore. I think the boy dolls are cool but I hate that they all look the same. Where is my mullet-having boy doll with a guitar? I've actually been thrilled with a lot of the changes American Girl has made in recent years, but that doesn't mean I don't have my critiques. I'm just not the most well-equipped for these conversations. Being 11 and talking to other 11 year olds on here was easy, being 20 and talking to probably-11 year olds isn't quite as easy. If you've stumbled upon this, leave a comment about your thoughts on the American Girl brand as of 2026. I want to know what I've missed out on.

    From here on, this is more of a collector's and retrospective blog. I won't post much, but if you'll stick around, I'd love to stick with you.

30 June 2026

~Ella