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Daughter’s Desire To “Look Like Barbie” Spurs Mom To Create New Doll Line

June 5, 2015 by Hania Ahmed Leave a Comment

A mother in Miami, Florida has taken it upon herself to change the doll market after hearing her daughter say she didn’t like her dark skin and kinky hair. Angelica Sweeting, a 27-year-old mother of two girls, has created the Naturally Perfect Doll line to challenge mainstream media’s perception … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Parenting, Parenting Issues Tagged With: Beauty, dolls, girls toys, parenting issues, self love

Barbie Joins Instagram & We Want Her Style!

September 2, 2014 by Marianne Litman 1 Comment

Hello. My name is Marianne, and I am an Insta-addict. It’s true, of all the social media platforms available to me, Instagram is by far my favourite. I am constantly looking through my newsfeed and also my explore tab. There is nothing better than finding a new, amazing Insta account to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Celebrity, Entertainment, Technology Tagged With: barbie, barbie dolls, barbie on instagram, dolls, fashion blogger, Instagram, mattel

Why The Buzz And Fuss Over American Girl?

May 13, 2014 by Sonya 2 Comments

I had first heard about this line of dolls from a friend a few yeas ago on a business trip to Chicago. I can't exactly remember what year it was. What I do remember is that a mommy friend of mine was obsessing over a visit to the store to get a doll for her daughter. I accompanied her to the shop … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kids, Life Tagged With: american girl, Chapters Indigo, dolls, MapleLea Girl, Robson, Toronto, toys, Vancouver, yorkdale

Shadiness: The Christmas Babies

January 9, 2013 by Tracey

Around the holidays when my mother came to visit, we got busy making a little bed for the dolls Ava Scarlett was to receive for Christmas. My mother gave her one doll, and Santa brought her the other. I ordered a bunch of stuff online and had it all shipped directly to the cottage, where we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Parenting Issues Tagged With: barbie, blackness, Christmas presents, colour, dolls, races

Being the Wino Has It’s Advantages

December 20, 2012 by Tracey

Okay, that title is a tad facetious - I'm not really a wino. But I'm working on it. I wish I DID order my wine by the crate! No, no... but the crates I have were simply procured from a pile set for the trash sometime last year. I had dreams of putting casters on the bottoms of them... or for storing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home Tagged With: Christmas, DIY presents, doll's bed, dolls, play toys, wine crate

CREEPY DOLLS……

June 12, 2012 by ChantelK

I love my children.  All eight of the beautiful, wild, crazy monkeys that they are.  I do have to admit though - they are weird at times.A few months ago I was getting something from the garage (I can't remember what it was but it must have been important for me to be in there because I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: creepy, dolls, fears, garage, monsters, scary

She was an American Girl

August 2, 2010 by gorillabuns

Every evening, my seven-year-old, sweetly tucks in her Carrisa doll. She sings lullabyes, pats her back and regales stories to her inanimate object. At times she's been known to wish the doll was her sister in place of the actual character in her life. Last night before bedtime, I let her collage a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: american girl, Carrisa, dolls, head-gear, sleep, wish list

CLOSED: Win a Canadian Girl Maplelea Doll for Your Canadian Girl!

November 9, 2009 by Jen

THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED.Congratulations to our winners Amanda, Jean, DragonFly, MyTeacher, and Lauren!At urbanmoms.ca we are proud to be Canadian and so are the creators of the Maplelea dolls! These beautifully crafted, 18" dolls retail for $99.99 and are a wonderful gift for any little girl. If you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: american girl, canadian girl, contest, dolls, maplelea, win

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