Hey, guys! Madi here. Yep, the server switch is done! (Finally, right? XD Do you notice a difference in the speed of the entire site?) I’m so excited to get back to posting! I have tons of posts in the makings and two different huge AGSM ideas and… Whoops, I’m getting ahead of myself. ;)
First, I’d like to give a HUGE thank you to everyone who participated in the First Annual DWOD Christmas Card Exchange! It was SO exciting to send and receive cards, and I cannot believe how many of you participated! I was only expecting eight or nine cards to come in at the most, but seventeen came in instead! I was so excited and happy and blessed by your absolutely beautiful cards & kind words! You guys are the best! ♥
Can you spot your card? (If you sent one) Mya from AG Lane gave me the fabulous idea of hanging her gorgeous card up as a decoration in my doll room, and then I thought – Hey, why not ALL of them? My dolls LOVED looking at the absolutely amazing cards you guys sent – and I adored reading them, gazing at them, smiling at them… I even gained multiple new pen pals! ♥
Pictured above are cards from Reya, Addylover, Olive, Megan, Gracie, Maddie, Christian Homeschooler, Anna, Clara, Olivia Bell, and Light4theLord! At the bottom, there are four pieces of paper above Molly’s bed. Light4theLord’s doll, Katie, sent Molly an awesome gymnastics poem that Molly totally loved!
There were so many cards, I couldn’t fit them all into one picture! Above Chloe and Ellie’s bunkbeds, these awesome cards from Miri and ThePolkaDotPatriot decorate the walls!
Wait, what is Emelie doing in Taryn’s bed?
And here are gorgeous cards from Mya and Stephanie!
And last but certainly not least, these last two lovely cards are from Lydia and Jessica! (Actually, I participated in Jessica’s card exchange, not the other way around, but I have her card up as a decoration anyway because it’s pretty! LOL!)
Thank you SOOO much to everyone who sent me a card – all seventeen of you! ♥ You are AWESOME! Each of your cards are so beautiful and amazing, and made me feel SO blessed and thankful when I got it! If you haven’t received a card from me yet, don’t worry. I’ve already sent them out before Christmas (besides one card in return to a card I got after Christmas), so if it hasn’t arrived yet, that means the mail is just running behind and my card should arrive soon! :D
But that’s not all! My dolls received cards as well! Pictured above are the absolutely incredible cards from the dolls at Clara’s Craft Corner, ThePolkaDotPatriot’s dolls, Small Dolls Big Hearts, and the dolls at Dolls N’ All! My dolls had a total blast sending and receiving cards, too! ♥
And here we have the amazing cards from the dolls at Smile and Craft AG!
My dolls and I thank you all sooo much again! We had so much fun making cards, and it was such an amazing experience to host my very first annual Christmas card exchange!
If you didn’t get a chance to participate or weren’t allowed to, don’t worry!
I have many more posts planned that I hope you’ll love! I also happen to have two super cool AGSM production ideas (like, not short stopmotion videos, but movie productions!) that I can’t WAIT to get started on! Yesterday, my family and I went to clean our RV to get it ready for an evaluation on how much it would sell for, and on the way home, I spotted the PERFECT place I had been looking for to shoot this one scene of an upcoming stopmotion production. I am mega, mega excited to get back in the stopmotion-making!
Oh, thanks for reminding me, Taryn! I have one more thing to thank you all for…
Last week I underwent a procedure for my teeth that was really scary for me and put me in a lot of pain, and figuring the post would be lost due to the server switch anyway, I posted a quick prayer request and was honestly blown away by the number of responses that came in! You guys (from all over the world, hence the background of the picture above!) and your prayers were such an encouragement to me! After the procedure I posted another update and got even more responses, prayers, encouragement and sweet words! They really, really helped – I was in a lot of pain after the procedure, but after about an hour and a half I was feeling so much better, I could not believe it! (Thank You, Jesus!) I couldn’t ask for a better group of online friends God has blessed me with! You guys are so amazing! Thank you (yes, you!) SO much for being such an incredible encouragement and friend! Both of the highly unprofessional XD posts are deleted now, but I’ve saved every comment and I’ll never forget how blessed and thankful I felt (and still do feel!) by you guys! Thank you from the bottom of my heart! ♥
Taryn thinks that sounded mushy, but I am listening to a very slow and sweet violin track as I type this, after all. *shrugs* I actually didn’t plan on playing it while I wrote that, I just wanted something soft to listen to while I typed up this post, but it ended up helping the mood, I guess… XD LOL!
In conclusion, I wrote this post to say…
THANK YOU! ♥ Though that’s pretty obvious. ?
Stay tuned…
For more posts coming up next – like the next parts of I’ll Be Home for Christmas if Only in My Dreams, multiple photoshoots of Taryn, a new thing called Taryn and Jazzy’s Fashion Academy, stopmotion plans (and sneakpeeks, once I actually make some of the stopmotion), Texas Trip Pics, and so much more!
See you in the next post!
Heya! I found mine! I was gonna write you back nut I wasn’t sure if you would want me to. But I would love to be pen-pals!
Yay! :D Ooh, I’d love to be pen-pals with you! That’d be awesome! :D
Okay then! I wil write you up a letter tonight!
Hurray! I can’t wait to get it! :D
:-D
Wow, Madison, it’s amazing how fast your blog loads now! Yay!! :D
And yes, I see my card! :) I really like the one I received from you, and I will probably put it in a pocket in my scrapbook. :)
As for the signatures, I think I like the first one(Madison), better. I like the blue color a lot(because my favorite color is blue), plus, I think it matches your blog’s theme better.
Oh, and I’m just curious, what do you rather people call you: Madison or Madi?
~Christian Homeschooler
Ooh, yay! I am so glad to hear that! Thank you! :D
Aw, I’m so glad you like it! Thank you so much! :D
I think I like the first one better, too, because it match my blog’s theme. (I love the color blue, too!) And I actually don’t have a preference, Madi is just my nickname. :D
You’re welcome! :D
Okay! Is blue your favorite color, or is it something else? And that makes sense. :)
~Christian Homeschooler
P.S. Sorry I commented as anonymous before! I am on a different browser and computer than what I normally use to read your blog, so my comment information wasn’t typed in.
Blue is half of my favorite color – my favorite color is a minty-ish blue, kind of like turquoise but bluer than mint. LOL! :D
P.S. Oh, no problem! Would you like me to change the name from Anonymous to Christian Homeschooler?
Okay, then it makes sense that your other signature is a minty color!
Yes, that’d be great! :)
Yep! Okay, I changed the first comment! :D
I don’t know if you got my earlier comment . . . some weird glitchy thing happened, so idk if it went through. :P
Anywho, your website loads so much faster now, Madi! *applauds* Also, Grace said that if she decides to do Camp NaNo, she’d love to be in a cabin with us, which is awesome! She won’t be doing it in April, but I’ll still be doing it if you want to do it then as well. Like I said, I’m going to be writing a first draft in April and then rewriting for a second draft in July, if that’s something you want to consider.
Another thing: something really really weird is going on with the laptop I’m using . . . no matter what browser (I tried both Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome), someone else’s name, email, and website is already filled in. I don’t want to tell who that person is since that would be awkward — but I’m not sure if that’s a problem with your server/site, or whether my device is just screwed up. It’s really odd and I’m worried that my laptop isn’t secure — like it got hacked — or something like that.
I got it, but I’ll just reply to this one :D
YAY! I’m so glad! Phew! LOL!
And ooh, that’s awesome! I’m still not sure whether or not I’ll do it in April, but that’s a really great idea!
Okay, that’s really weird. You’re not the only one that it’s happening to, though, so I don’t think you’ve been hacked or anything. I have no idea what’s going on! It might just be since the server just switched yesterday, a few technical kinks are still being straightened out. Try refreshing the page and replying to this comment – is the problem still happening?
Oh! Could I be in a Camp NaNo cabin with you girls? I turn 13 ON April first, and I’ll have no time to find a cabin. If you don’t want me, that’s TOTALLY fine!
If Sarah says yes, OF COURSE! I’d love to be in a cabin with you! I might not do the one in April, but I’m 99% sure I’m going to be doing the one in July. :D
Oh, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!! Yes, it is my first Camp NaNo.
Aw, you’re SO welcome! It’s mine, too! (Probably only July :() :D
Hmm . . . yeah, it’s still doing the weird someone-else’s-info-already-filled-in thing. It changes people every half hour or so, though. I’ve already gone through three people, it seems? XD It’s fine, though — probably just the server getting things straightened out.
And Chloe, of course you can join our cabin. Is this your first time doing Camp NaNoWriMo? :D
Oh dear, I’m so sorry! I’m going to contact my server company about this ASAP. This is crazy. XD
Wow! It was so much faster today! Way better
~ Taryn
Ooh, yay! I am so glad to hear that!
Yay!
It loads sooooo much faster now!
(I’m so happy it snowed today)
I’m happy that you’re feeling better after your propel surgery!
Peace to the world;
-Lucky ?
Hurray! I am so glad! :D (And enjoy the snow! That’s awesome!)
Aw, thank you SO much, Lucky!
It’s so cool to see a picture of my card! And a couple of days ago I received yours – thank you SO much!!! It’s on my desk right now! I love it!
(I’m so glad you liked that! I loved seeing pictures of my card whenever I sent in stuff for AmericanGirlFan’s card exchanges, too!) Aw, you’re SO welcome! I am super duper glad you like it!
Glad to hear you’re feeling better!
Thank you SO much! <3
MADI! TARYN LOOKS GORGEOUS IN THAT PICTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ahem, sorry! :P
I like the new “Madi” signature the best!
I can’t wait for the upcoming posts!
HEHEHE! I KNOW! I LOVE HER HAIRSTYLE AND OUTFIT SO MUCH! :D She says thanks! LOL! :D
Thanks so much, Kendall!
Your welcome! I did spot my card! :D Those posts sound amazing! I’m actually working on a stopmotion right now! I came downstairs to download some of the pictures! I like Madi.
-Anna
Thanks so much, Anna! And ooh, have fun making your stopmotion! Will you post it on From a Doll’s perspective when it’s done? And thanks! :D
Yes, as long as everything goes well I am planning to!!!!!!
Yay! I can’t wait to see it!
Yay! Wow, it is SO much faster. I love it! I’m sew glad you’re feeling better. ? that was a good one. I think the Madi signature is better, but you should do the color of the first one. Just my personal opinion, you can make whatever decision you want. ? I’m so excited that you’re back!!! Can’t wait for IBHFC!!!!!!!!
-Izzy-
HURRAY! So glad to hear that! :D Hehe, thank you so much, Izzy! ? Thanks so much for your input! And aw, thank you SOOO much! :D :D
Also for some reason other people’s info keeps coming up in the comment. Do you have any idea why?
That’s happened to someone else today, too. I think it just might be because the server switch happened so recently, there are still a few technical kinks being worked out. Try refreshing the page and replying to this comment and seeing if it happens again. So sorry about that! :(
I see mine! I see mine!
I like the light blue one :P
Most crazily, ~Olive
Hehehe! Thank you! :D
Hooray!! I can’t wait to see all your awesome future posts, Madison! Taryn looks so pretty in that outfit and hairstyle-can you do a tutorial??? I am hoping that by now you can feel your face! :)
*grins*
-Natalie
Aw, thank you sooo much, Natalie! :D And ooh, I was hoping somebody would ask that so I could do a tutorial on her hair! XD I’ll do a tutorial on how I did her hair super soon! And LOL! Yes, thankfully, I can now feel my face. XD
That’s a lot of cards! I was going to send one , but I forgot. :( But at least your feeling better! God’s amazing! :D
LOL, yeah! And that’s okay! Thank you SO much! And yes, He totally is! :D
Glad the switch got finished! Woohoo!
I had so much fun with the card exchange, too! Thank you for hosting it! I’m glad that you were able to do it on your blog!
Taryn does look really pretty; I feel like that outfit is good for her! Yes I agree with Natalie: a hairstyle tutorial would be neat!
Looking forward to your upcoming posts!
~Gracie
P.S. I saw mine! XD
Me too! LOL!
Aw, I am so glad you had fun! Thank you SO much for participating, I LOVE your card!
Hehe, Taryn says thank you! I’ll do a tutorial with her super soon!
Yay! Thanks so much! :D
P.S. Hehe! ?
Oh no! It said the wrong information!! I just posted a comment, does it say the wrong person’s information? I signed off as Gracie. I noticed people were saying that was happening, and apparently didn’t think to check until after I clicked “post”! I can also see a comment still in moderation that that same person put. If you need me to try to repeat the comment or something, I can try to do that. :-)
~Gracie
Oh dear, it did! I’m so sorry about that! I edited it for you, though! Could you try commenting once more and seeing if the problem happens again? (You could just say “Test” or “Blah” or whatever XD)
I’m so sad that I didn’t participate, it looked really fun! That is so cool that you got new pen pals, I’m pen pals with Mya from Aglane! I don’t know if you know about my giveaway, but today is the last day to enter, and I’m giving away the AG tropical dress, polka dot and stripes swimsuit, and the gemstone doll earrings!
This post was so cool, I got the same card from Mya and it’s hanging up in my doll room too! I’m SO glad that you are feeling better! You are an amazing, and I mean amazing blogging friend, and I’m so happy so many people sent you cards! I have a question, are we allowed to send fan mail to that PO box? I’d love to send you some!
-Sam
Aw, no problem! And wow, that’s so cool! Oh my goodness, thank you SO much for reminding me! I think I saw your giveaway but TOTALLY forgot to enter. I’m going to enter right now!
I’m so glad you liked it! And isn’t her card amazing?! Aw, thank you SOOOO much, Sam! That means SO much to me! And yes, my P.O. box can receive anything! It makes me so happy to know you’d love to send me mail! :D
Oh, I just loved this post! Thank you for featuring my card and mentioning me, that was sweet! I really loved your card too, it was beautiful! :D
I am so happy that you are feeling better now! And you are so welcome for the prayers, it was my pleasure! ;) I missed the update post you mentioned! But, I’m glad you’re doing well! :D I’m so thankful that you are doing better, praise the Lord!
Have a blessed day, my friend!
Oh, p.s. I could tell who’s card Megan’s was, the bunnies!!! :D
I was reading the comment above mine and I wanted to tell you the same thing happened to me! When I went to comment I almost commented under someone else name, email and blog address, it was the person’s who had commented before me! What do you think is wrong? :(
Oh man, I’m so sorry! This has to be something going on with the new server switch… I’m contacting them ASAP about this issue. Again, so sorry about that! :(
I’m so glad you liked it! Aw, you’re welcome! I know you don’t have a blog and was wondering whether or not to link to The King’s Princess columnist page or not – would you like me to do that?
Thank you SO much, Livy! <3 Praise the Lord! :D You too!
P.S. Hehe! Aren't they CUTE?!
Um, no, I don’t think you should, but thanks for asking! :d
Okay! :D
Hi Madi! It looks beautiful! We were going to write you, but we were not sure if our patents wanted us to! We wish we could somehow be pen-pals, though! ?
Thank you so much, guys! No problem, I totally understand! Same here! :D
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YAY! Wow, Madi, your site is so super speedy now! It’s very professional-looking. :D
MY CARD! I SEEEE IT. :P I had so much fun exchanging cards with you, Madi!
I’m so glad you’re feeling better. <3 I can't wait for the upcoming posts! And Taryn is so cute. :)
The weird info filling in thingy is happening to me too. I *think* what's happening is that the comment form is filling in the info of the person who commented before me. Cause' it's filling in kaitlynrh1's info, and I can see kaitlynrh1's comment above this form, and it says "your comment is awaiting moderation" on that comment. I don't think I'm supposed to be able to see that. XD So it's like the site thinks I left that comment. Or something. XD
Anyways, awesome post! :D
-Clara <3
Thank you SO much, Clara! I’m so glad to hear that it’s way faster now! Aw, thanks! :D
And hehe! I had so much fun, too! Thanks again for being among the very first to participate! :D
Thank you SO much! ❤
Oh dear, I’m so sorry about that! I’m contacting my new server company as soon as possible… it’s got to be something with the server switch. So sorry again about that! Feel free to just change the information if you comment again and the problem still happens. Thanks again, Clara!
Hey! I guess I’m commenting as Rutvi but I’m…Jackylina??? Anyway… Your blog is great – so much faster. Lea’s hair looks gorgeous! I can’t wait to see a stop motion from you. That’s something I don’t think I’ll ever attempt. I just don’t have the patience for it.
Oh no, I’m so sorry about that! The server switch must be having a technical difficulty… I’m contacting my new server company about it ASAP.
Thank you so much! I’m so glad it’s faster now! And aw, thank you so much! Yeah, stopmotioning does take quite a while… XD
My goodness gracious girl!! I was so excited when the page loaded so fast it was like…. BAMMO!! I love to!! Oh yay! I found my card!! In so glad you liked it, yours was so nice it made my day (ok lie number #1 it didn’t make my day… IT MADE MY WEEK!!?) You are so very welcome- I’m glad your procedure went well and your (hopefully) fully recovered now! And we will always pray for you when you are going through tough times… or just a plain out scary dentist appointment… your such an amazing friend❤️
YAY, I’m so glad it loads fast! And aww, thanks sooo much! I am SO glad you liked my card! And I’m feeling way better now! :D That means so much to me Maddie, thank you SO very much. ❤️❤️❤️ (By the way, I got your letter! I’ll be sending a reply super soon!)
Aww your so welcome! Oh yay, I’m glad you got my letter!! I was getting a little worried I’ll admit… but I knew you got it and would reply ? Thanks for letting me know!!! And btw, the response you’ll be getting to this letter is (I’m just letting ya know) gonna be MONSTEROUS!! ??
Yeah, for some reason it arrived late! Just thought I’d let you know that I DID finally receive it and will be sending you a letter back super soon! Ooh, MONSTEROUS?! I AM DYING OF CURIOSITY ???
Hey! Not trying to sound mean or irritated, but just wanted to give you a friendly note: I haven’t received your card yet (our mail has been having some weird problems lately) and I just wanted you to know that because I didn’t want you thinking that I’ve gotten it and have just been stalling to reply ? And It’s totally ok if you still haven’t replied, I know your super busy?
So sorry it hasn’t gotten to you yet! :( I was finally able to send it early this week, so it should be arriving just as soon as it can! :D :D
This is so weird, but when I scrolled down to leave my comment, the form had Rutvi for a name, and then rutvi’s email and website….
0.o
But whatever, I guess?
And technically I gave you a card through my blog. :) Naomi says you have to count that one too because it’s the first one she has been in.
I’m glad your procedure went well!
Yeah, I’m so sorry about that! The server switch must have caused something weird. I’m contacting my new server company ASAP about it *sigh*. Please feel free to change the information should the problem happen again. :/
Hehehe! :D :D Thanks so much!
That happened to me too, except with Grace’s information. I changed the info. I guess it happened to everybody. Oh well, not a huge deal. ;) Just thought I’d let you know it happened to me as well!
~Lydia~ <3
Okay, thanks so much for letting me know! I contacted my new server company about it so I hope it’s resolved soon. :P
I loved this post. :)
I’m so sorry that I couldn’t send you a card (and didn’t make you an e-card), but I loved getting to see all of the pretty ones! :D And I’m so happy that you’re feeling better. :)
Aw, I’m so glad! :D
And that’s totally fine, I completely understand! <3 Thank you sooo much, Grace!
Hehe, there’s mine! ;) I already sent you a message, but once again I absolutely LOVED what you sent to me!! It was so cool to send and get a card/message back from an online friend, that’s the first time I’ve ever done it with any of my friends from online. :D
So excited to read more new posts! :D Oh, and Happy New Year by the way.
~Lydia~ <3
Aw, thank you SO much! I am super duper glad you liked the card, and I agree, it was SO fun to send something to you! :D Aw, thanks so much! I’m excited to post them! And Happy New Year! :D
I think the glitch is that whoever commented above us is automatically who they assume we will be, which means our emails are kind of not private… so Im going to use a fake one…
Yes, that’s what’s happening. Feel free to use totally different information or no email at all. :D
It’s no biggie, I just like my email privacy.
Yeah, I totally understand. :D
Testing Testing one two three…
Ahem XD LOL
the form is blank now. Yay!
~Gracie
Ooh, lovely! I’m so glad it’s blank now! My server company returned my email and said they couldn’t find what I was talking about, but they must have fixed the problem… Ah, well. Thank you SO much for letting me know!
I didn’t get a chance to send you a card, but I was wondering if you would still respond if I send you a letter?
Your blog loads so much faster now by the way. It’s amazing!
Aw, no problem! And yes, I absolutely would! ?
Thank you so much, Mia! I am so glad to hear that! Thanks for commenting! ?
YAY!! Congratulations it loads way faster!!
Thank you so much! I am so glad to hear that! :D
Awww, I am so glad that you are feeling better after that procedure. Hugs to you! Also, your blog is loading much faster now so that’s awesome! Can’t wait for all of the fun post ideas that you mentioned! :)
ginnie / http://www.fakingitmostly.com
Thank you sooo very much, Ginnie! ? And yay! I am so glad to hear that it’s loading faster! Thank you so much again! ?
Can I just say that your Lea doll is GORGEOUS??????
(I KNOW, RIGHT?!) She says thanks so much! ?