TEN YEARS.
Can you guys believe that?
I know I sure can’t.
It feels like just yesterday I was shooting the photos for Heads Up, and I got really emotional as I took these celebration photos today, remembering that time.
November 4, 2012, I made my very first blog post.
Most of you know the story!
I was inspired by a blog called American Girl Doll Central on Blogger (the site has since been deleted), also called Julie’s Jumbles, and another blog called American Girl Fan to post photostories.
I wanted a Google Picasa album like Julie’s Jumbles had, so I asked my dad. He wasn’t going to let me.
But God said to him, “Let her have a blog.”
Only He would know what that would do for my life and mean to me!
On November 2, 2012, we created the blog. I wanted to name it Molly’s Madness, but it was taken. So was Molly’s Musings.
Then my Dad came up with the name Delightful World of Dolls, and I immediately loved it.
We created DWOD on a free platform called Blogger, pictured above. Way different than now, huh?!
On November 4, 2012, I published the first post—the title of which was completely copied from Julie’s Jumbles’s first post. XD
January 2013
It started as a fun hobby.
I was really active in the online world of doll collectors at the time, and blogging was all the rage, so nine year old me had a GRAND ol’ time.
May 2013
I blogged almost every day—sometimes twice in a day!
Writing stories, taking photos, making stopmotions of, making crafts for, and taking videos of my dolls was one of my absolute favorite things to do.
February 2013
I was able to release my creativity and just have the time of my life, while interacting with all my online doll blogger friends!
I spent my days crafting, creating, sewing.
Coming up with stories on the fly, taking photos, using every bit of my creativity in every way possible.
I made hundreds of videos and stopmotions.
I would work on DWOD almost every single day!
I vowed in my heart, and knew, that I would never grow out of dolls. That I would blog even when I was an adult.
May 2014
My passion for blogging never faded or wavered once. It was always something constant in my life. There was always the next DWOD project to work on or post to make, even when I moved halfway across the country.
My doll collection grew, and so did my storywriting and photography.
As I got older and the more I blogged, the more my creativity advanced.
From photostories to photoshoots, crafts to stopmotions, videos and movies to polls and contests and giveaways, I did everything imaginable that you could do with American Girl doll content creation.
October 2016
Right before I had been blogging for four years—and I was now 13—my blogging grew serious.
Instead of just a fun hobby, it now became something serious for me to strive for, and I wanted to make it successful and the very best it could be.
I fell in love with blogging even harder.
October 2016
Day in and day out, all I did was blog (or work on my novel; the writing skills of which all my blog posts helped me develop).
April 2017
I would pull all-nighters, I would stay up late, I would work from sunup to sundown and love every single bit of it. I poured money into it.
August 2017
I was devoted.
July 2017 | Image credit: Julia at Dolls N’ All
It was worth it. It got to the point in 2017 where I was living on a creative high at all times!
I felt like I was in a utopia. I was absolutely in love with blogging and couldn’t get enough of it.
July 2017 | Image credit: Julia at Dolls N’ All
I loved interacting with each and every single one of you, reading your blogs, replying to your comments, making amazing friendships, and being part of this incredible community.
July 2017 | Image credit: Julia at Dolls N’ All
I absolutely loved every part of it. It was my world.
I even had the privilege to point many to salvation through Jesus, because I wanted to impact others for eternity. God is so good to use the things I love to do as a ministry!
Now, most of you reading this have read my recent blog post.
You know that in 2018 I came down with health issues so severe I had to stop blogging for almost three years.
My desire to blog again kept me fighting through the worst storms of my life for recovery.
But when I recovered enough to return to blogging in 2021, it wasn’t quite the same.
I wanted to enjoy it to the same extent I did—I still loved my dolls and I loved creating, so what was the problem?
I hadn’t grown out of my dolls. In fact, I bought more.
Why wasn’t I getting the same fulfillment and enjoyment from blogging about them?
I beat a dead horse for months, forcing myself to blog but feeling exhausted and devoid of fulfillment.
This specific day I took the above picture, I edited the photoshoot feeling blah. I didn’t post again for three months.
Even though I started a DWOD Instagram, got a partnership with a doll Etsy shop, and had a sponsored giveaway… as AMAZING as that all was…
It just didn’t feel the same.
God had to speak through my dad to tell me to stop trying to recreate the magic—I wasn’t going to get that same fulfillment.
The grand ol’ days of DWOD had passed.
Coming to terms like that was like dealing with loss. I had to grieve over that like I had physically lost something I loved very, very deeply. Yeah, I cried.
Someone God used as an example was my dear inspiration Jessica from American Girl Fan. I adored her blog and would read it all the time before I had a blog.
She, too, ran her blog for 10 years, then got busy with other passions and had to move on.
That helped me not feel alone.
I still grieved. But God didn’t leave me with that. He said He had bigger and better things in store for me.
The next six months—as you know if you read my recent post—were full of so much goodness that I learned that God is not limited to only one means of bringing me joy.
God made my last senior semester of high school so incredible that it made up to me all those years of being sick.
And He did it in ways not even I—with my UBER creative writer brain—would have dreamed up in a million years.
So God only leads forwards, never backwards!
He doesn’t give us one great time in our life and then our life sucks after that.
Life with God, following after His plan and purpose for you, only gets better and better, not lamer and lamer (Proverbs 4:18)!
God said to my dad that my time doing Delightful World of Dolls was only a little taste of what He would do through me in the future.
I still can’t imagine that. If I’m convinced my ten years of blogging were the best thing that could ever happen to me… imagine how much greater the future is!
As I celebrate ten years of blogging today, I do admit I had to fight some tears.
But today is not a time for me to look back and be sad, but look back and be glad.
Because if golden blogging days were so amazing, and it was only a little taste—I can’t even imagine what the future will hold as I obey God’s leading!
Today, I celebrate DWOD’s ten-year anniversary, yes—and I cheer to God’s promise of an even better future!
Happy 10-year anniversary, Delightful World of Dolls!
Fun DWOD stats!
- Views since 2016: 250,556
- Comments: 25,142
- Posts: 812
- Followers: 1,044
- YouTube channel subscribers: 6,290
- Very first blog post: I’m Molly and You Know It
- Most popular post: Artist Mark: Does Your AG Doll Have It?
- Most popular page: Photostory Series Parts
- Most popular video: The Goodbye (AGSM Movie)
- Most popular craft: DIY No-Sew American Girl Doll Shirt
- Most popular photostory: Heads Up – Part One
- Most popular photoshoot: Happy Birthday to Me, I’m a Hundred and Three… Just Kidding!
- Most popular doll (as of a 2018 survey): Delaney (not surprised XD)
My very favorite posts of all time:
- Fashion Wars – May Edition 2016
- Christmas Craft Collab 2016
- I’ll Be Home for Christmas if Only in My Dreams
- Heads Up series
- Hang on to Hope series
- The Goodbye – Post Production Party
- Mini Doll Monday
- Lost in the Cold
- Magical Moments with Dolls
- Chronicles of Chloe – the Dreaded Writer’s Block
- A Day in the Life of Two Mini Dolls
- Mini Doll Life – an AGSM I’ve worked over three months on!
- Lost the Bet AGSM
- O Christmas Tree ~A DWOD Christmas Originial~
- Sweet Spring Days AGSM
- Innerstar University posts
- Maybe Earrings Aren’t So Bad
- Backyard Adventure | A Katy Christine Photoshoot
- Chronicles of Chloe – Outside with Ellie!
- The Great Birthday Bash-Smash
- What Molly is Thankful for this Year (Mainly Food)
- Silent Night – Yeah, Right!
- The Daunting Dollympic Trials series
- One Last Summer Adventure
- “Make It Immaculate, Already!” ~a photo story~
- Meeting New Friends…Mostly FINALE
- The Winner of DWOD’s 9-Year Anniversary Giveaway!
- Wrecking the American Girl Store — Del Style — Dallas, Texas
- Wrecking the American Girl Store — Del Style — Orlando, Florida
- Del’s Demolition of the Food Court
P.S. I reply to comments any time on any post, even old ones, so feel free to comment away!
Hidden DWOD lore you may not have noticed
1. The stuffed animals that appear in some DWOD stories are part of the Stuffed Animal Kingdom, which Celina visits!
2. Canonically, the DWOD dolls and the Barbies who appear in some posts have always been rivals, as seen here, here, here, and here.
3. Is Snowy alive? (look at his little wink!) I guess we’ll never know!
4. Jasmine used to be a big time bully throughout early posts until she was radically changed one Christmas!
5. Canonically, Molly, Josefina, Cécile, Emelie, and Jasmine are all gymnasts, as seen here, here, and here (and tons of other posts where I flipped my dolls around, haha!)—Ellie was the first doll who was not in gymnastics, as seen in this AGSM! Josefina then became their coach—”Coach Josie”—as seen here.
6. My brother, Russell, is often called Uncle Russell by my dolls in some posts, as seen here!
Image credit: Julia at Dolls N’ All | original post here
7. Delaney (Del) and Mia from Dolls N’ All are lowkey frenemies.
8. Del and Ellie started out as enemies, but then also grew to lowkey frenemies. Although they will not admit the friends part, it’s obvious they do great as buds!
9. Molly, Josefina, and Cécile are adopted sisters. They are not related to the others.
10. Taryn and Delaney are sisters—the crazy saga of how they came to both live here is recounted here and here!
11. Emelie has a British accent on and off throughout the years of posts. Canonically, she has one, but it’s faded the longer she’s been here.
12. Cécile used to be a brat, but she straightened out and Jasmine became the brat instead!
13. Jasmine and Del are sworn enemies (here, here, and more!). Delaney even planned to give her a spider for Christmas… but that backfired bigtime!
14. Cécile and Jasmine are best friends; Chloe and Ellie are best friends; Del and Katy are best friends.
15. Katy Christine has two nicknames—Katy and K.C. She was named after K.C. Cooper in the Disney Channel show K.C. Undercover. Katy’s last name is also Cooper!
16. Canonically, Molly, Josefina, and Cécile are my adopted children; they have my last name in their profile bios, and that’s why they are adopted sisters.
17. Ellie used to be named Joy. Then I changed it to Ellie-Mae. Now it’s Ellie, but her middle name is Mae. I wanted to name her Maisie after Among the Dolls’s Maisie, but I didn’t want to copy at the time.
18. However, Delaney is named after She’ll Go Down in Herstory’s Delaney!
19. Emelie’s name used to be spelled like Emilie. I changed it to Emelie in 2016. I spelled it Emilie simply because 2013 me thought “Emily” was too basic. I was really into renaming character dolls at that time, so Emelie, Jasmine, Ellie, and Taryn are all renamed character dolls (as is Sora).
20. Emelie and Jasmine used to stay in a separate room—under the desk in my parents’ room here—because I didn’t have enough space for all my dolls to have one bedroom.
21. That is the same place Molly, Josefina, and Cécile used to be (here and here).
22. Emelie and Jasmine had a super temporary room here.
23. Canonically, the dolls were adopted from the “American Girl Doll Orphanage”—but Sora lives with a foster mom. I haven’t finished the photostory series where she comes to live with the DWOD fam (spoiler!) but of course she does!
24. DWOD used to be on Blogger. In fact, the old blog is still up! With the help of my dad I imported things over to WordPress in 2013 and have been blogging here ever since.
And that’s it. Happy 10 years to DWOD, and to you—my most amazing friends! I am so grateful for all of you, whether old or new!
You mean the world to me, and so does your encouragement.
Sometimes I reread old comments and it makes my day all over again.
I’m so privileged that you guys enjoy my blog, and I hope you stick around for any posts I make in the future.
Yep, that’s right—DWOD is not shutting down! I don’t quite feel it’s time for that yet.
While it’s not my main focus like it was before my health crash, it still holds a place in my heart (and always will) so I’m leaving it open for when I can find the time and energy amidst my crazy college schedule to make a post.
I still love my dolls so much, and am such an American Girl fan!
Lately I’ve been drowning in the 90’s Pleasant Company nostalgia and plan to reread a ton of old AG history mysteries over the summer.
I recently read some of an Innerstar University book online. And one of the illustrations for Caroline’s books was my phone background for like, two months!
And don’t forget you can always contact me here!
If you would like my Instagram, let me know in the comments and I’ll get it to you!
On a final note, I want to thank my family for all of their support throughout these years.
They have helped me so much, not only with their permission and encouragement, but also their financial aid and time they have poured in to help me.
Especially my dad, but both my parents have been nothing but supportive.
Today is my mom’s birthday, but she constantly encouraged me to celebrate this 10-year anniversary and even made a toast to it before we celebrated her birthday. She would almost always buy any craft supplies I needed.
And my siblings have (almost) always been willing to lend a helping hand for my photoshoots.
I love you so much, family! You are part of this!
And my dear friends, I love YOU guys so much! DWOD would not be here without you.
I hope YOU throw yourself a celebration today, for being so awesome and amazing. For making this a community that means the world to me!
I had the time of my LIFE making posts for you guys, and it is such an honor to blog for and with you all!
The best days are ahead of us!
Love,
CONGRATS MADI!!!! I stayed up so I could read it when it came out and boy was it worth it!! It makes me so happy that God has bigger things in store for you! Even through your blogging, God brought more people to Christ because of YOU, because you include God in so many of your posts also your Easter agsm!! Congrats again!!
Awww Brooklyn!! That makes my day!! You are so sweet and encouraging and that means so much to me! Thank you so much for always being such an encouragement and support! You are so awesome!!!
10 years is such an amazing feat and you should be so proud of yourself. I know God has so many more great things in store for you, can’t wait to see what the next 10 hold!! <3
Awww Maddie, thank you SO SO SO much. You have always been such an encouragement and I absolutely love seeing your comments. Thank you so much my friend!! <3
CONGRATULATIONS MADI!!!!!!!!🎉🥳 What you have done is absolutely amazing. Everything you have done and said God has done for you is so inspiring. In fact, your blog is one of the reasons I made a blog. Your photography is beautiful and your writing is awesome. I can’t wait for you to see what God has in store for you. Congrats!
Aww Vivianne! Thank you SOOO much! Your comments always means so much to me and I’m always so happy to see them! I’m so honored that my blog inspired you and so glad that we met via the blogosphere!! Thank you so much again!! <3
Yaaaaay! Congratulations! God has really worked through you in an amazing way. I know you’re going to go some awesome places with all your gifts! Congrats!
Thank you so much, RJ!! That means so much to me and I’m so glad to hear from you! <3
Good Job! You have inspired me and many other blogs. I am glad your not leaving. It is sad to see that there aren’t many AG blogs left. I have seen you on many blogs that have stopped. But I am glad you haven’t.
Thank you so much, Viola! And same here. I miss so many other AG blogs that have stopped posting. That’s why it’s so important to me to try to keep you guys updated and post as much as I can! <3
Your doing Great 😊
MADIIII!!!!! THIS POST 😭😭😭😭 happy 10 years, DWOD!!! That is so awesome ✨🎉🎉🎉🎉😃 Honestly when you started talking about God having bigger and better things in store and all I was like “girlllll you be preaching to meeee” cuz I totally relate to wanting to hold onto the joyful times and God’s like, I have even better things than you could dream, just trust me. Ahhh!!! God bless you in your adventures of life, my friend!!! Hugs!! ❤️
HOOOPPPEEEE!!! It’s so good to hear from you!!! And yessss, same! I so often want to hold onto the old but God has even better things in the future for us! Thank you so much for commenting Hope, and for being such an amazing friend!! Did you know I still have the drawing you made of all my dolls on the wall of my doll room?? It’s so special to me :’) <3 HUGS!! <3
Awww i did see that in the picture, i was so excited to see it!!! Those were the days 🥲 i think i will send you an email so we can catch up!! It’s so nice to be able to keep in touch with online friends!! ❤️ Hugs back!!! ❤️❤️❤️
YAYAYAY! I got your email, and I will reply to it as soon as possible! I have midterms this week which is *nervous laughter* INSANE, but I am so super glad we are able to keep in touch!! <3
Take your time!!! 🤗 Ooh yikes!!! 😬 I hope they went well and that you’re having an awesome Thanksgiving!! 😃
Thank you so much, Hope!! I hope you had an absolutely awesome Thanksgiving, too!! <3
Congrats on ten years of DWOD! I’m glad to hear you’re keeping it up. Even though I don’t spend a ton of time on my websites currently, I still try to update whenI can. I have a lot of hobbies and also a day job, plus I don’t always have the time, energy, or motivation to update. That said, I still love my sites and am not ready to let them go. My petz site, Elfland Woods, was created in 2001 (actually 2000 as Melissa’s Petz Page); my doll site, Cherished Playtime, was created in 2006. For many years Cherished was a basic html website I coded myself, however I started trying out using WordPress for it last year and am slowly trying to move everything over.
P. S. Happy Birthday to your mom!
Thank you so much, Melissa! It’s so awesome to hear from you, and that’s incredible you’ve been blogging for so long! I checked out your doll site and it looks amazing! How are you liking WordPress?
P.S. Thanks so much!
HAPPY TEN YEARS! I’m so happy for you!! You are such an amazing person and photographer. And your dolls are very cute. :)
It’s encouraging to see people older than my still like their dolls, because sometimes I feel like I’m too old. :)
I share a birthday with your blog and your mom!
Ahhh Shantara, thank you so much!! <3 Same, I’m always glad to see other older doll collectors!
Really?? HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY! I hope you had an awesome day! What did you do to celebrate?
Ten years!!! Wow!! Congratulations! God has great things in store for you Madi! It’s been awesome getting to read your posts! You were an inspiration to my sisters and I when we started doll blogging. We have since moved on, but I still love reading doll blogs, and now want to make a post. :)
I have a YouTube channel if you want to check it out! https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC6XDhu_k6rbv1Wc3BEZR4Sw
I hope all is well with you! And congratulations again!
-Haley
Thank you SO much Haley! <3 I’ve always loved reading your comments and am so grateful for your support and that you guys like my blog! And hehe, you should totally make a doll post sometime!
And yayyyy! I just subscribed to your channel!
Hi Madi! I saw on your home page it says Has Worked With American Girl and I was wondering how did you work with them and is there a post about it?
Hey Viola! Yes, in 2018 they asked me to make a video reviewing their app American Girl World. The app is sadly no longer on the App Store, but here’s the video I made: http://delightfulworldofdolls.com/american-girl-world-app-review/
Happy 10 year Blogversary.
Madi your posts are always enjoyable. I too love to look at Pleasant Company catalogues and the original history books. There was something just special about Pleasant Company that is lacking with the new American Girl. I like seeing and reading about the new girls but my heart is wrapped up with the originals.
Happy belated Birthday to your mom. Wishing her happiness and blessings.
Happy College years.
Will be looking forward to hearing from you again.
Marion
Thank you so much, Marion! Same here — my thoughts exactly! Pleasant Company had such a unique, special charm that I enjoy so much more than the new AG. I still enjoy the new dolls, but same — the originals have my heart!
Thank you so much for your kind wishes, Marion! It’s so good to hear from you, and I hope you’re doing well! <3
Hi Madi, Nice hearing from you. Your collection is beautiful. Pleasant Company was the best. The original books were the best, The history is so interesting and informative. I miss the lack of history in the new books from American Girl. The original Pleasant Company catalogues are lovely and superior to the American Girl ones. Continued success in college. HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO YOUR MOTHER.
Marilyn
It’s so good to hear from you, Marilyn! And yes, exactly! There’s just something special about Pleasant Company that really is not present in the new AG. I especially loved PC’s “history mystery” books. I remember being eight years old and reading book after book after book of them in the summer!
Thank you so much again, and I hope you’ve been doing well! <3
Hi Madi! Happy Blogversary!!!!! * throws confetti* I hope God blesses your new path in life and leads you where He wants you to go! Don’t worry about losing that drive to blog. I know exactly how it is. One day you’ll get it again; maybe even stronger.
I just wanted to say that i LOVE your blog and that it was one of the first AG blogs i ever found. ( i just got permission to comment, or i would have earlier. I can’t tell you how excited i was to get permission. lol.) I think your photography and writing skills are amazing! I also love what a genuine Christian you are.
I’m a christian homeschooler,as well, in tenth grade and i love God, dolls, photography, dancing, and being outside. I’m really glad that there are such wonderful people out there like you that i can connect with!
May God bless you in college!
Sophia :)
PS. Tell Delaney not to drive you nuts while you’re in college!
Oh my goodness, hi Sophia!!! It’s SO COOL to meet you! I’m so honored you like my blog so much, and I’m so glad you’re able to comment and say hi!! Thank you so much for all your encouragement, it truly means so much to me! <3 Christian homeschoolers for the win! And oooh, what kind of dancing?
It’s so awesome to meet you, and thank you so much again, Sophia!! <3
P.S. Somehow Del suddenly takes an interest in learning how to sing RIGHT when I start studying and need some quiet… I wonder if that’s on purpose 🤔 XD
TEN YEARS!!
That’s so incredible Madi! There’s no telling how many lives you’ve touched and even changed just by being here. I always smile when I see you post. I hope you know that I (and I’m guessing many of your followers), will always be here when you post. Even if that’s only every year or two…I’ll be here.
Your doll collection is so lovely! I’m not surprised that Del is the favorite…she’d probably fight everyone who voted against her!
Also, happy birthday to your mom!
Again, I think it’s incredible that you’ve been blogging for ten years. Out of all the bloggers I’ve had the privilege to know, I think you’ve inspired me the most.
I wish you the best of luck in college and beyond! I have a feeling you’re really going to go places in your life.
AHH DIAMOND! Thank you so, so much, that truly means so much to me! I’m so grateful we got to meet over the blogosphere. I’ve always loved reading your comments, and it means a lot to know you still read my posts! <3
Oh, yes. Del would flat knock 'em out! XD
And thank you SO much again! That means so much to me and truly makes my day <3
10 years is incredible and you have so many wonderful posts that will impact so many doll fans! You have also impacted people spiritually as well. It’s amazing how God works through us with our talents to draw closer to Him and shine His light to others! The doll blog world looks different these days but I’m glad it’s still around! 😊
Thank you so much for reading and commenting, Michelle! It is always so awesome to hear from you, and I am so glad you are part of the blogosphere! I LOVE the DIY crafts on your blog! Thank you so much again, and I hope you are doing wonderfully! <3
Happy 10th anniversary! 🎈 I’m rather new to your blog so it was nice to see your memories. You make beautiful doll pictures I hope we’ll still see more when you have time. God gives us many “adventures”, and you’re about to start a brand new one which is very exciting 😺 Can’t help but wondering if maybe you’ll have the opportunity to go further with your photographic gift! Maybe an AG doll calendar, post cards? Whatever it is I wish you the best! God bless you 🙏
Thank you so much, Stella! It is so awesome to meet you—thank you so much for commenting! I am so glad you checked out my blog! You know, that’s a SUPER cool idea. I have always thought it would be really fun to make custom products, like a DWOD T-shirt, and an AG doll calendar would be the coolest thing ever!
Thanks so much again for stopping by! God bless you!! <3
Oh Madi, thank you so much for answering! It’s SUPER COOL to meet you too! I dance a lot; pointe, ballet, jazz, tap, acro, contemporary, lyrical, and hip hop. So yeah… lol. Have you ever taken any dancing classes? OH YES homeschoolers rock!!!
No way!!! I have done a lot of dance classes, too! I have done lyrical/group dancing, ballet, tap, jazz, and one class of hip hop, hehe. I also did musical theater, so theatrical type dancing too. I have always wanted to do more hip hop and acro but I was never able to get around to it! That is so cool you do pointe! What kind of acro moves can you do? I’m jealous!! XD
Oh Madi, thank you so much for answering! It is SUPER COOL to meet you too! I dance alot; jazz, tap, ballet, pointe, acro, hip hop, lyrical and contemporary. So yeah… lol. Have you ever taken any dancing classes? OH YES, homeschoolers rock!
Of course. Delany…… You need to invest in a pair of super head phones.
She really does! :’)
Happy 10th anniversary! Please can you pray for me.
I have health problems too.
And I have a violin exam soon. I am worried that I will not pass.
I love your blog.
Are you doing a Christmas card exchange or a giveaway soon?
Thanks so much Jayne! And yes, I will! Let me know how you’re doing! <3
Your violin exam sounds awesome! I am sure you will pass!
Thanks so much again! Sadly I am not going to do a Christmas card exchange this year, but I hope to do something fun again in the future, like maybe a smaller event!
Thanks for commenting, Jayne, and I hope you feel better soon and that you pass your violin exam! <3
Ok. Thank you so much for your prayers.
<3
Hey Madi! I found your website through smalldollsinabigworld, Dara and I am glad I did it’s amazing that you love Jesus and American girl (that’s my kind of girl) and you brought me back to Jesus! I am a Christian but after my grandmom pasted away this summer I kind of drifted away from God, but after I found ur website and watched The Goodbye I found peace in my heart and the love of God inside. Thank you so much Madi you changed my life!
P.S.
I am going to make a ag blog soon and I have like no idea what to call it have any ideas?
Aww Sofia, I can’t tell you how much your comment made my day!! It encouraged me so much, and I will always remember it! I feel so special and honored to know that God used me to bless you! Thank you so much for stopping by and commenting — I am so glad you found my blog and it is so awesome to meet you!! <3
P.S. EEK, that's so exciting!! A fun idea would be to name it after one of your dolls, if you wanted them to be the "main character" of your blog (for example, Molly's Musings). Or it could be a more general name where you could post anything you wanted and not be tied to a theme (like Sofia's Doll World). Or you could name it something specific to your doll family (like Pleasant Boulevard Dolls). I hope that helps!!
I’m so glad your back! Congrats on 10 years, I started reading your blog when around your last Christmas posts and read a lot of your other posts I waited a while for you to come back I literally almost screamed that you came back, you were also one of the blogs that inspired us to start our own blog, I found you around when we were just getting into dolls, can’t wait to see more from you! thank you!
Awww, oh my goodness! Thank you so much! I am so glad you found my blog and that you like it! That means so much to me! It is so nice to meet you. Anf I just followed your blog, it looks amazing!! <3
Happy (late) 10 year anniversary, Madi! It’s crazy how emotional this post made me! Your blog has always meant so much to me, from the very first time I found it <3 You've inspired so many (myself included) and I hope you know that! Thank you so much for always being here no matter what! God has made you very important in my life for a reason, and you (as well as so many others) strive me to be the best person I can be and live my life to the fullest. Thank you so much, Madi <3 For everything. I love you! And I can't wait to see what the future holds :)
AWWE HAILEY! Thank you so, so much!! That really means SO so much to me — thank you for being such an encouragement! I love your blog and I am so glad we met! Love YOU! Hugs <33
Thanks! Your ideas are really helpful I will be thinking about these! Thanks so much and again you are a real blessing to me!
From Sofia and the dolls,
Julie Lydia Kaya Miyax Kirsten Camille and Kanani
Thank YOU so much!! <3
Also I was just wondering what app/website do you use for stop motion?
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I have a YouTube channel right now and a blog soon the YouTube channel is called The Fisher’s Channel (you may have to search up ninja Camille after it I only have 4 subscribers! :) (my last name is fisher so that’s the reason for the name I share it with dad and brothers!)
Most of my stopmotions I made on a mobile app called iMotion HD! I would shoot one scene/clip at a time. Then I would put all the clips into iMovie to put the movie together and add music, text, etc! In recent years, I used a camera connected to iStopMotion on my laptop to make the stopmotion clips, and then I still used iMovie to put it together.
And your YouTube channel sounds awesome!!! I’m going to go find it and subscribe right now!
Merry Christmas Maddie ! And your dolls too. I will miss the Christmas card exchange.
Merry Christmas, Jayne, and to your dolls as well! Me too. I really wanted to do it this year, but just didn’t feel right about it with all the schoolwork I need to do. It’ll be an awesome Christmas though!
Thank you so much for subscribing to me on YouTube! And I will try out iMotion! Sounds good and guess what? I got my website up today! Yay! Inadollsworld.wordpress.com
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I can’t believe you are actually replying to my comments! You are like a famous celebrity or something to me! Thanks again for the help and I hope you like my blog!
-Sofia
Absolutely! And YAYYY! I’m so excited for you!! I’ll go check out your blog and follow now!
P.S. Of course! I’m so glad I can help!!! <3
Oh and this is Sofia Too I just have different accounts
I love your profile picture!
Aw, Madi…
First off, congratulations on 10 years! I’ve probably only been a reader for seven or so of those years, but I’ve enjoyed all your posts, even the years since I archived my blogs and became a comments section lurker. Reading DWOD was like reliving a little bit my happy childhood of American Girl Dolls and WordPress. As I’ve gotten older, while I no longer use my dolls, I still have a deep appreciation for them and this post gave me some nostalgia chills :) DWOD was one of the sites that inspired me to start my doll blog and continually improve my photography. I’m a senior now and headed off to college in the fall, and it seems like a lot of my childhood is wrapping itself up, including, it seems, DWOD. Which is okay. Nothing lasts forever (even cold November rain :P) but I’m glad I was around while DWOD was in it’s heyday. It’s contributed to lots of happy memories that I’ll never forget.
Here’s to all the best for you and all the other now-grown-up little girls who loved AG dolls. We were so lucky to have what we had, and I’m so glad we were all able to do it together.
– Natalie Therese (The American Girl Spot)
Thank you I was at the NC AGP with my cousin that time!
That sounds so fun!!
Congrats on 10 years, Madi!!!🥳 I wish you the best in all the things God leads you to do in life!<3
Also, where you said, "My brother, Russell, is often called Uncle Russell by my dolls in some posts" I thought that was so cute.🙃
Thank you so much, Katherine!!! <3
Hahaha! Isn't it? He didn't mind!
Hey! I was looking around your blog when I saw that in your home page it says “Has worked with American girl” and i was wondering when you worked with them?
In February 2018, AG’s app developers emailed me and asked me and a couple other AGtubers to make a video reviewing their new game app at the time. While it’s unfortunately no longer available, here’s the video review I did for them. http://delightfulworldofdolls.com/american-girl-world-app-review/ Getting to do a sponsored product review for AG has always been a DREAM of mine, so I was so happy! (I wished it was a doll of course, but it was still really cool!!)
Oh thanks for telling me!