Not-so-good CAGD Pics

Don't know what to get the special American Girl doll in your life? Well, fret no longer! Crazy for Cali is preparing a two-part holiday special featuring gifts that cost little to nothing to make or purchase for your AG doll this season.

COMING SOON

Until then, it's about time I show some pictures of our custom Rapunzel doll. Since she's not yet fully customized, Sunny photoshopped her eyes green on Picnik. The freckles and straightened hair are real however.The photos below aren't the greatest since it's been veryyyyyy rainy and cold here in Florida, and I haven't had the courage to risk getting my doll wet outside. So Sunny grabbed the camera and shot the photos in her bedroom, which unfortunately has not-so-good lighting. When the skies clear up, we'll definitely have some better photos to show you all.

Hope you enjoy them nonetheless!

This enchanteddesigner dress is a beautiful two-piece set that looks wonderfully realistic! It's exactly like the dress Rapunzel wears throughout Tangled.

Cali***

-Check our Flickr for Walt Disney World pictures! We'll be posting more soon.-

Disney World Bound!

(picture courtesy of Google Images)

Hey, everyone, it's Cali! If you're reading this, Sunny, her family, and our new custom Rapunzel doll will be on their way to Walt Disney World! She's bringing her laptop since her room has Wifi so a post with WDW photos and photos of Rapunzel will be posted later this evening. Also check our Flickr because lots of photos will be uploaded there, as well. Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!

Cali***

December and Rapunzel CAGD Updates

Well, everyone, it's officially...

DECEMBER!

Actually it has been for almost a week and I haven't even posted yet! Tsk tsk, Cali. Anyways, things have been getting busier and busier as we, meaning pretty much everybody at FMSG, have been preparing for or enjoying the holidays whether it be Christmas (like I am) or Hanukkah (like Rebecca). I hope all of you are enjoying the festivities and if not, then enjoying the wintry weather!

Also, many of you saw that we've been working on a custom doll, Rapunzel, from Tangled and we're getting a lot accomplished! So far our Elizabeth doll has been given an array of light freckles and her hair has been straightened and then put in braids to give it a silky slight curl. We also purchased her signature pink/purple dress from enchanteddesigner, an etsy shop you need to check out! Right now I believe there's one Rapunzel dress left and an assortment of other stunning princess, fairytale, and character outfits at an affordable price and exquisite quality.

The dress looks identical to that of the dress Rapunzel wears in the movie. Pictures of this stunning outfit will be available soon, I promise! Our main and currently only problem is that our Elizabeth (soon to be Rapunzel) has blue eyes... not green... and Rapunzel's green eyes are a kind of important aspect of her look. However the whole eye-swapping thing gives me the shivers. We don't know if we should go through with an eye-swap or just leave our Rapunzel unique with blue eyes. Please let us know how you feel about this! We'd love the feedback because the problem has been eating at us for a while. Thank you(:

So Rapunzel will be done quite soon and when she is pictures will be mandatory! We're going to Disney on Saturday and Rapunzel will be accompanying us quite hopefully to at least Downtown Disney or to one of the parks. We'll try our very best to post some pictures and to have a post while we're there because Sunny will be bringing her laptop. It's going to be very fun! I sure hope I'm allowed to come along...

Cali***

Custom Doll Teasers!

A new custom doll? Perhaps... ;)

Gorgeous emerald-green eyes. Blonde hair. Hmmm...

Could FMSG be getting it's very own Disney royalty???

I'm going to keep this post short and sweet to add to the mysteriousness and surprise of the whole thing. Comment below on your custom doll thoughts and opinions, as well as about any custom dolls you have had or have. Once our custom is finished (which will hopefully be soon) a photoshoot/video/post will be vitally necessary. :)

*None of the pictures included in this post are mine, all are property of Disney Animation Studios*

Cali***

Happy Thanksgiving

Thank you for inviting us,

To your Thanksgiving dinner,

A day spent in your company,

Is invariably a winner.

Thank you for the time you spent,

Preparing all the food;

For making us feel welcome,

You have our gratitude!

-By Joanna Fuchs-

Pictures courtesy of Google Images

Hope everyone has an amazing (and delicious) Thanksgiving! Eat lots of turkey, enjoy the company of family and friends, and be thankful. :)

Cali***

Walt Disney World Photos: From Piper

Hi, I'm Piper! I think I've only posted on Cali's blog once before this so I'm still getting into the swing of the things. :)

As most of you know, I went on a very fun but very HOT (it was nearly 90 degrees the entire trip) visit to Walt Disney World. I had a great time and I wanted to share some photos I took there. Hope you like them!

Me in a butterfly garden at EPCOT

Chilling at the hotel with my new book, Kingdom Keepers, which is about four kids who have to save the Walt Disney World Parks.

On Saturday, I couldn't go with Sunny and her family to Magic Kingdom so I stayed at the hotel and checked out the view from the window.

A photo Sunny took of a water flower in front of our hotel, Coronado Springs.

So that was my trip! I had a fantastic time and I hope to be able to come again sometime! :)

~Piper~

Be back online May 23rd!

Not my picture! I found it on Google Images. BTW, Aurora is my favorite princess. I don't remember if I mentioned that in my last post.

Piper and Sunny will be going to Walt Disney World tomorrow/Saturday for a mini-vacation. This means that I won't be able to be online. =( But, she'll be back on Sunday during the afternoon or early evening so if I can I'll update then and post some of the pictures they took there. Last time Sunny went Disney (she took me and was given Rebecca there as a gift) she didn't bring any of us to the parks so therefore she didn't take any pictures. This time will *hopefully* be different. Sunny is planning on bringing Piper to at least EPCOT tomorrow night, if not on Saturday.

Also, Rose awarded me the Beautiful Blogger award. Thank you SO much, Rose! :)

Now I have to tell you 7 interesting things about myself.

1) I am left-handed.

2) I sleep walk... A LOT.

3) I love going to the beach but hate swimming in the ocean. (I'm deathly afraid of sharks)

4) I hate math but wish I could be good at it.

5) I used to have braces when I was 9.

6) I sometimes pretend I am a famous author and am signing autographs for my adoring fans.

7) My favorite color in the entire universe is turquoise!

I tag...

... anybody who wants to be! All of you are beautiful bloggers.

Cali***

Once upon a dream...

Princesses and fantasy have been on my mind so much lately! I can't help but want to sing my favorite Disney princess song "Once Upon a Dream" as I waltz around the house. This is for two reasons:

1) Shannon Rose found out her next topic for AGMA and it's princesses! She has so much work to do for this challenge, but she's up for it. Sunny has been primping that girl all weekend, getting her prepared and ready for the photos. Lucky!

And 2) We're going to Disney World on Friday and Saturday. I know you're probably thinking that my family goes to Disney A LOT, but we have yearlong passes and we only live about 2 and a half hours away. Unfortunately, "we" does not include me this time. :( Since I've already been to Disney, Sunny wanted to bring someone else. That someone is Piper! Piper is super excited about going and "meeting all the princesses", especially Snow White, her favorite.

So although none of the princess-related going-ons truly involve me, I'm having so much fun! I was actually having SO much fun that I made a collage on Picnik (without using Picnik Premium...) with the princesses. All the cartoon photos are not mine, so all credit goes to the owners. The doll photos, however, are mine! Hope you like it:

Cali***

Downtown Disney Photos Are Here!

Jane here! This is my first (and most likely only) time I've written on Cali's blog. Thanks for letting me post, Cali! Anyways, this morning I got back from my mini-trip at Downtown Disney. I had a fabulous time!

Here is a short summary of what we did:

We checked into our hotel room.

Then we went shopping! I totally wanted these boots :)

And, of course, we ate at Planet Hollywood. This was the dress Judy Garland wore in her role as Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz. Isn't that cool?

After that we walked around some more and shopped some more. I posed for a pic with Mr. Potato Head.

Before we left for the hotel, Sunny's parents got everyone hot cocoa...yumilicous!

Back at our room, Sunny surprised me with a stuffed animal that I named Peaches. It was my early Christmas gift!

For more pictures of my trip, click here. I hope you enjoy the photos!

Happy holidays, everyone!

~Jane~

Downtown Disney

Tomorrow Jane is going to Downtown Disney with Sunny, Marigold, and their parents to finish up some Christmas shopping. They'll be staying the whole day at Downtown Disney and overnight at a Disney hotel and will be taking lots and lots of pictures of the magical holiday decorations. Since I'll be at a holiday sleepover tomorrow I was unable to tag along to the trip. It's okay, though, since I'm the only doll (other than Victoria) who has gone already. Expect a post of their holiday trip on Sunday night or Monday!

Merry Christmas!

Cali***

Live From The Wilderness Lodge At Disney!

Hi, everyone! It's me again, writing to you from Walt Disney World in Orlando Florida. We've done so much cool things so far it's really hard to sum it up. First of all, Grandpa picked Sunny and me up from school early so we could get there at a reasonable time. Then we got Grandma and Sunny's sister. It took a LONG time and I was getting pretty restless but we FINALLY arrived!!! Once we checked in, we got our room at the Wilderness Lodge and got ready for dinner at Downtown Disney. Sunny was wearing her favorite camo-green skirt and I was in my favorite Disney tee-shirt and my Mickey ears.

Then Grandpa suspiciously went to the car to get something he "forgot". Sunny was fooling around on her mini laptop. When he came back, he came back with a bag.

"Mickey wanted me to give you something," he said with a wink. Then Sunny opened the bag and found........

REBECCA RUBIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

She was freaking out because normally she only gets one gift from her parents but 2??? She was in shock and so was I. It was like the icing on the cake, I suppose!

I talked to Rebecca after Grandpa helped take her out of her box and she seemed very nice. I could tell that she loved acting- just her presence was like a performance! I could also tell that she had a great sense of humor! She told me this joke:

Why do seagulls fly over the sea?

Because if they flew over the bay they'd be bagels!

Get it?

So now I have a buddy to enjoy Disney with and Sunny finally has Rebecca! I can't wait to see how Animal Kingdom is tomorrow! :-) Have a great weekend, everybody!

Cali***

Live From Sunny's Laptop!

Yesterday Sunny got an early b-day present...a laptop! I'm using it right this second and I like it a lot. This past week has been pretty good and now I get to end it by going to Disney World this afternoon! I am so excited! (Sorry for so many exclamation points :-)) I'll be sure to post a link to our pictures at Disney as soon as I get back. Bye, everyone!

Cali***

Disney World, Here I Come!

Sometimes birthdays can be the greatest things in the world. This is one of those times. Sunny's parents just informed her that for her birthday she's going to Disney World...and I'm coming along! It's too good to be true! I mean some people never go to Disney World in their entire lives and I'm GOING! Hip-hooray! Happy Birthday, Sunny!

BTW, we're going on Friday, two days before her birthday (Friday the 18th) and leaving on the 20th, her birthday. I am so excited it's not even funny! Sunny's parents are keeping the Disney hotel a surprise so we don't have too much information on that but we do know that we're going to Animal Kingdom during the day and either MGM (now Hollywood Studios) or Magic Kingdom at night. It's going to be great :-)

*This picture belongs to the Walt Disney Company and is from Wikipedia. It is not mine.

Another great thing about the trip is that I get to leave school early on Friday, right after 5th period. I am so happy about that because my last subject is science and I *stink* at science.

Anyways, Sunny is hoping to get some AG stuff for her birthday and a few $$$ to put towards her Rebecca fund, as she calls it. I am really excited about the new friend! Hopefully, she'll come soon...

Well, that's all for today! Bye :-)

Cali***

PS: Do you like my new signature?