What we have planned...

Hi everyone!!! We (Iman and I) were talking today and we are here to present to you our new summer blogging plan!!!! (FYI Hannah is this color and Iman is the hot pink)
I want to do a weekly post about fashion and what we consider cute & stylish. We hope that you can use these outfit suggestions as inspiration for crafting/sewing projects for your dolls and/or yourself.
I/we would like to post AT LEAST one craft project a week. Maybe more... But at least one!!! :)
Randomness will also be a new weekly edition that we will do together. We will put together a bunch of images that we have seen that have caught our eyes... and believe me- it will definitely be random!!! 
We will maintain the polls- just don't forget to leave your comments!!!!! We will continue to do posts that are random and unscheduled- like the ones that you are used to. We will do our best to try out this new schedule this week- I will be gone- so this might not actually happen until next week.
Have a wonderful weekend!!!
~Hannah and Iman
P.S. We will try to get Saturday Sites up and running again!!!

How to make a Cute Doll Pendant Necklace!!!

Hi guys!! Today I am going to show you how I made my doll a cute pendant necklace!!! I was shopping with my friend (the same time when we got cupcakes) and we decided to go into the local bead store. We found a HUGE bowl full of leftover beads from the shop's classes.  Each bead in the bowl was 5 cents!!! They had another bowl, though slightly smaller, of bigger, shaped beads that were only 15 cents. I spent about half an hour digging through the bowl with my friend picking out beads. I have a feeling that this whole mixed up bowl of beads thing is at a lot of bead stores. I don't know... But I got 7 awesome beads for 54 cents. (they had some beads that were smaller than a pea but cost over 3 dollars) I decided to make a cute doll necklace with the beads!! Doll jewelry is really pretty simple, but I wanted to share with you how I made the necklace.

What you will need:

• beads (I only used one larger bead and a smaller bead as an added accent)
• scissors
• thread or string (I used thread because it was in a nice color)
• needle (optional, I used it to help me thread my beads, but you can survive without one)

 

First, gather your supplies. I only used the leaf shaped bead and the grayish white square bead.

 

Next, cut a super long piece of thread, fold it in half and thread the loop through your needle.

 

Then push your needle through the bead and then thread the tail through the loop. Pull and tighten the thread.

 

After that I threaded another bead on both pieces of the tail and tied 3-4 knots in a bunch so that the bead would not slide around.

 

Then separate the two threads that make up the tail and tie it around your doll's neck. If the knot will be permanent be sure to leave enough room for the necklace to come off over the head.

 

For Christmas my grandma gave me this doll shirt that was handmade by someone, the white capris are an AG store exclusive, and I made the headband from a strip of tulle. I tied it in a knot on my doll's head, and took it off and tied a bow. It accents the outfit and gives the final touch!!!

 

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!! Don't forget that if you leave me the name of your blog in a comment and the web address before Saturday evening, I will put together a couple blog shout-outs for next week while I am gone at camp. This would be a great way to get the word out about your blog!!! Thanks for reading!!!!

~Hannah (the human)

Blogs and AG Release Sneak-Peek!!!

Hi everyone!!! Doll Diaries had a post yesterday where one of their readers visited the new Columbus, Ohio AG store. She took a lot of pictures of all of the new releases, though it hasn't technically been released yet. Saige has a new outfit and a picnic set (and all fairly reasonable, too), there is an adorable new science set (want it soooo bad but $36?!?!?! I don't know...), and there are some really cute school themes items and trendy outfits that I would sooo wear. Check out that post here.

Next, I got a note from Anna Banana of Banana and Bear. She has a really nice giveaway going on with all of the supplies needed to make 3 pairs of cute fingerless gloves!!! (for humans) Check out her blog at Bananaandbear.blogspot.com!!! If any of you lovely people have a blog just leave me a note (really a comment) before Saturday afternoon and I will compile a bunch of posts about all of those awesome blogs out there that will go up next week while I am away. Feel free to put more than one blog on your comment, as long as you have part/full ownership of the site. :) And don't forget to leave me a comment with your thoughts on the new AG releases!!! Have a wonderful day everyone!!!
~Hannah (the human)

P.S. This is my 50th post on this blog. I have had so much fun with this and I hope you all have had fun along the way as well!!! :)

American Girl Books and a bit on the Polls!!!

Hi everyone!!! I have two things to share with you today!! The first item of interest is the polls. The Question this week is... "When camping, would you prefer to sleep in a..." Thank you to Melody Silverleaf of teatimewithmelodyq.blogspot.com for providing this week's question!!! (TL Irvin, I received your comment and it will be posted in about two weeks when I get home from camp!!) Look over on the sidebar to vote!!

The second item of interest are these American Girl Boxed Innerstar University books. I found these at Costco when I was there over the weekend. Each set of four costs $19.99.

 

Set number one...

 

And set number two!!! 

Thanks for reading!!! Check back tomorrow for another fun post!!!

~Hannah (the human)

P.S. Check out this amazing raspberry grapefruit cupcake that I had today!!! I took my awesome friend Megan out to a local bakery as a belated birthday treat!!

 

YUM!!!!!!

The Polls!!!

Hi everyone!!! I don't know if you have noticed, but I don't have another question for a new poll to put up. Please leave a comment with a question and answers. I won't publish it so it remains a secret. If you want to make sure I have received it, leave another comment and just ask!!! I will reply to that one!! :) If you have any more questions on how this works I wrote up a post here explaining how it all works!!! Thanks again!!!

~Hannah (the human)

P.S. And if I don't receive a question by this weekend, Iman and I will just make one up. :) I leave for camp early Sunday morning and I want to have a new poll up. Feel free to keep commenting after, just I won't be able to do much with the blog next week. :)

My Swimsuit!!

Hi everyone! I wanted to show you my swimsuit today!! I made it with the help of My Froggy Stuff's  How To Make a No Sew Doll Swimsuit video. Last year I picked up a two pairs of socks on clearance at Target. It cost me less than 5 dollars. One pair had a pink/orange/purple zebra print. The other pair had the same print but was green and blue. I made a swimsuit out of a pink sock and a shirt out of a blue sock by cutting off the bottom. I am tempted to make a bikini by cutting a section out of the middle. The edges roll so if you do do this be sure to leave enough extra space for the roll. Anyways, the pictures of my swimsuit and shirt!!

 

 

The shirt !!!

 

 

I hope you enjoyed looking at my swimsuit and shirt!! Don't forget that American Girl still has a sale going on. I'm pretty sure what they call a star flower dress-

 

 is really a swimsuit cover-up. And $12 is a good deal from American Girl. Just wanted to let you know seeing as this whole post involved swimsuits. :)

Thanks for reading!!!

~Hanna (the doll)

WOW!!!

Hello!!! I was one of the lucky winners in Doll Diaries' Camp Doll Diaries Photo Challenge!! Woot Woot!! :D Here is the picture:

 Also, I was on the American Girl Homepage when I noticed that the shop tab read:

See what's new for the season- including Saige's favorite outfit.

It only caught my eye because of a post on Doll Diaries where a Saige doll was in an advertisement wearing an outfit that was not currently available. Click here to see the post on Doll Diaries!!!

Anyways, that's about it for today. Thanks for reading!!!
~Hanna (the doll)

Loft Bed and Disturbing tags!

Hi everyone!! I'm here today to share two things with you- the loft bed that a made and a discovery at Costco. So first... the pictures of the loft bed that I made.

 

I apologize for the horrible photo quality and bad lighting. Anyways, it was pretty awesome until it collapsed.

Then a few weeks ago I was at Costco and noticed they had the Travel Carrier sets again. And I also noticed they were selling Chocolate Chip individually.

 

And then I noticed this....

 

Huge tags coming out of their butts!!! My Coconut and Licorice from around 2007 have no tags, Pepper from Christmas 2011 has a smaller tag, and these huge tags on these pictured here are at least 2 inches long!!!

 

And it wasn't just  Chocolate Chip!!!

Anyways, I found that to be slightly disturbing. You can always trim the tags, but because of the fur you either end up with a bald spot or an unsightly white tag stub.

I hope everyone is having a good weekend!!!! 

~Hannah (the human)

P.S. Did anyone else notice that AG added new earrings and discontinued all of the old sets???

Camp Doll Diaries!!!

Hi everyone!!! School is finally out so I hope to be posting on here more often. I am participating in Doll Diaries' Natalie's Photo contest for Camp Doll Diaries. I created a pinterest board for it called Camp Doll Diaries. Click here to go to the board!! If you are also participating I would love to know!!!
The loft bed that I mentioned earlier completely collapsed thanks to my cat Zippy and no matter how much duct tape I used it would not stay up. Because of this I crafted a trundle bed that is definitely much sturdier and as an added bonus it has 2 mattresses so each of my cats has a place to sleep. Another reason for a trundle bed is that I have a feeling that sometime soon Saige will be coming home. It turned out pretty nicely and I will post about it sometime. I will post some pictures I have taken concerning the doll world soon. Thanks so much for continuing to come over here while I was gone!!!
~Hannah (the human)

Rollerblades!!

Hi everyone!! Sunday was absolutely beautiful!! The sky was blue and the sun was as bright as ever. Everything looked beautiful in the sunlight!!! I decided to do some rollerblading and figured we might as well take pictures while I was at it.

 I really like the second to last one. You can kind of see Hannah in the reflection of the helmet. The ones of me carrying my bin with my helmet and rollerblades are pretty awesome too. I got the bins at target as two for one dollar. They are really nice bins and I like them a lot. They would look cute as a slide-under-the-bed bin.
Thanks for reading!!!
~Hanna (the doll)

My Doll’s Life Bathtub & Accessories Giveaway!!!

Doll Diaries is holding a giveaway until Midnight April 30th, 2013. They are giving away one Bathtub and Towel Wrap Shower Set for 18″ dolls from MyDollsLife.com (total value $36). Go check it out here!!!
~Hanna (the doll)

Hello International Readers!!!

Hi everyone!!
I was looking at my blog statistics, and I noticed that I have readers from all over!!! To name a few...

Romania

Argentina

India

Saudi Arabia

Turkey That is sooo cool and awesome!!! I don't know if any of you actually live there or are just visiting, but I was shocked. So, to all of my foreign readers... Hello!!! I just wanted to give all of you guys a special shout-out!!!

Thanks so much to EVERYONE who reads my blog!!! And don't forget that you can always submit a question for our weekly question polls!!!
Hannah (the human)

Polls and Such...

So, what is up with the polls??? I came up with a new system for things to run smoothly.

• The polls will be changed when someone leaves a comment suggesting a new question, and at least four, maximum of six, possible choices. Each poll will be up for at least one week. If there are no questions that have been suggested, I will write that in a post, and the poll will be up until a new one is suggested.
• Feel free to leave multiple questions, or suggest a new one if your poll is still up. I will post the questions in a first come, first posted order, but please be considerate of others and do not send me twenty.  :)
• Please leave your question in the form of a comment, preferably on the most recent post. I will not approve it so that it remains private until I post it. You will not be able to see that I have gotten your comment. If there are any worries, please leave another comment and I will reply to that one. 
• I will not post the results, only the new question. If you vote, the poll box then displays the result. If you would like to see the results of a poll, please leave a comment before I close the poll, and I will be sure to post the results.

This week's question is from Melody Q., author of teatimewithmelodyq.blogspot.com. Thanks Melody for your question!!!

~Hanna (the doll)

Hi Again!!!

Hi everyone,
First off, I am so sorry for my absence on the blog. I participate in Science Olympiad at my school and meeting four times a week and preparing for the state competition, doing homework, and life in general sapped up my energy. I will try to write more here, but in the meantime, this is what i have enjoyed doing...

1) I built a loft bed!!! Of course it was for my doll, and not me, but pictures to come soon. 

2) Debating on what glasses to buy for my doll. The raspberry glasses that I had broke after a few too many face-plants while I was trying to do my doll's hair, and I have been thinking about buying the sweet peach glasses. I just want to wait to see if the will go on sale, but the bitty baby sale has been extended for the billionth time. I have heard that bitty baby clothes fit the 18" dolls quite well, so if you see something you like- a lot of stuff is 30% off.

Thank you so much for all of your continued support!!! Check back soon for pictures of the loft bed and much more too!!!
~Hannah (the human)

The Weekly Question Feb. 26 2013

Hi!! As some of you may have heard, I was in a skiing accident and fractured my pelvis. Nothing serious, but enough to keep me on crutches for at least two weeks. With all of the excitement around here I totally forgot about The Weekly Question!!! The results from last week's question...

What is your favorite MAG outfit from the 2013 AG spring release???

 The choices and results were...

Sweet Spring Dress...	3 votes
Plaid Party Dress...	4 votes
Cycling Outfit...	6 votes
Easy Breezy Outfit...	7 votes
Lots of Dots Bath Wrap...	4 votes

We totaled 10 people who voted and 24 votes total... remember that you can vote for more than one item!!!

Now for this week's question...

What is your favorite MAG accessory from the spring 2013 release?

Cast your vote as soon as possible!! I will post the results, and the new question every week when I change it. If you would like to submit a  doll-related question and up to five possible answers (you can pick more than one when you vote) please leave a comment and it will appear in the weeks to come!!

Check back next week for results and the new question. Thanks!!!
~Hannah (the human)

The Weekly Question!!

As some of you may have noticed, I have added a poll to the side bar!! I will try to change it every Monday (not tomorrow but in the future) or at least every month!! (let's hope not) This weeks question is...

What is your favorite MAG outfit from the 2013 AG spring release???

Cast your vote as soon as possible!! I will post the results, and the new question every week when I change it. If you would like to submit a  doll-related question and up to five possible answers (you can pick more than one when you vote) please leave a comment and it will appear in the weeks to come!! I have one planned for next week, though, so do not worry if your question does not appear on the poll!!  Thanks!!!

-Hannah (the human)

AG Spring Release!!!

It's what we've all been waiting for!! The AG spring release!! I advise you take a look around their website and check out the catalog- whether it be one you got in the mail, the one on the website, or the one from the app! Keep reading for my personal favorites!!! 

 $28

The Easy Breezy outfit has a very fun and fresh look with great colors!! I like that it is a halter top and not just another sleeveless shirt. The colors compliment each other, and I really love the whole outfit. I am just unsure about the prints on the shirt. But for the awesome price of $28, it is veryyy tempting!!!

$28

I really like the cycling outfit, especially because my aunt has recently gotten into riding her recumbent tricycle (not a little kid trike, a very high-tech recumbent trike) and has shorts just like this. I am also happy that this is only $28!! Yay!!! The colors are similar to the colors of the running outfit,

and they also remind me of the colors that Lance Armstrong wore. With all of his bad publicity lately it is bad for AG, because he used to be a heroic figure to many people. Oh, and look who is modeling it!!

  trail bike- $100

pet trailer- $48

These are both super cute and I really love the pet trailer, but nooooo, return of the HUGE prices!!!  Otherwise, I am so glad they made a modern bike again and the pet trailer is such a cute accessory.

What are your favorites??? Iman and I would love to know!!! Feel free to leave a comment with your thoughts, and have a great Valentines Day!!!!

~Hannah (the human)

Hanna's Hangout's Newest Blogger!!!

Meet Hanna's Hangouts Newest Blogger!

Hi Hannah, Hanna, and readers. Hi I'm Iman I am best friends with Hannah and I love to dance. Thank you for the shout-out Hannah. I am so happy to be the co-blogger/co-writer of your new blog. Readers I am sure Hannah appreciates you for checking her blog, commenting on her posts, and following her blog. I know she is trying to make her blog the best it can be. Awesome job Hannah. Thanks for being such a fabulous friend.

-Iman

I Know we are so excited to have Iman join the Hanna's Hangout team!! How about you??? Feel free to leave a word of inspiration for Iman!! Thanks!!!
~Hannah and Hanna 

Sweetheart Skirt Set!

Wow,it has been a long time from the last time I blogged!! Sorry! As Valentines Day is coming up, I wanted to show everyone the retired 2007 Sweetheart Skirt Set. It came with a white sleeveless top with eyelet lace and hot pink ribbon details, a pink skirt with hot pink embroidered flowers, pink crocheted espadrilles, two hot pink heart hair clips, a hot pink purse, and a pink scarf. When I got this at age 7 my favorite part was the pink espadrilles. I received the outfit for Easter one year and almost immediately the stitching that held the shoe straps in a criss-cross shape broke. I was devastated but thankfully my mom sewed it back together. When the other pieces broke in the back she fixed them too. Thanks Mom!! Anyway, I think I only have one original tie remaining. Now for the pictures...

 

the scarf, I personally like it better without the scarf

 Hairstyle... two mini braids clipped together on the back of the head...

 

And finally a special valentines day shout-out to my bff!!! Luv ya always!!! 

Thanks for reading!!! Keep checking back for more posts!!!

~Hannah (the human)