2014 Year In Review!

Molly McIntire here!
     This is our "Year In Review" post. I'm going to do this at the end of every year, telling you a lot of the interesting stuff that has happened to this blog throughout the year. This is also a good recap post if you're new here and you weren't sure what was happening :)

February

12th- Our first post!

March

16th- Taylor's first post! Emily tries on different outfits for the FIRST TIME EVER!!!!!

23rd- Our first poll

April

20th- Saige's first post!

May

Nothing particularly interesting...

June

12th-Natalie's first post! (A collaboration with Saige)

13th- Saige and Natalie are off to camp!

July

22nd- 1000 pageviews!

25th- We got a Pinterest account! 

August

8th- Natalie and Saige return!

30th- Ashleigh and Taylor's birthdays!

September

7th- Our Suggestion Survey was created! (Take a look! you can find it by clicking on the page titled "Help us improve our blog, please!")

29th- Emily's birthday!

October

6th- 10 followers!!!!

November

22nd ish- We changed our blog's background to the adorable and cheery look that it has today

December

17th- My (Molly's) first post!

25th- Christmas! And, the addition of Addie to our family!!

     

     Now that I look at this, I feel like we didn't do enough stuff...... We are going to try to post a lot more next year! Hopefully there will be more interesting things to put onto our "2015 Year in Review" post!

Happy New Year!

Emily and Friends

Introducing Addie! An Interview

Merry Two Days After Christmas and a Happy new year from Emily and Friends!!
     OUR OWNER GOT ADDY FOR CHRISTMAS!!!!!! WHOOP! OK, so I've calmed down now. Hooray! Addie is such a sweet doll! Molly interviewed Addie so that you could learn all about her, so here they are!

    
      It's Molly here! Well, now that we've kept you waiting for a few days, we'd like to introduce you to Addie Walker! I'm going to interview her for this part. Addie types in red ink. As usual, I'll be typing in orange ink.

 So what's your full name?
Adelaide Maria Walker, but everybody just calls me Addie. 
Why do you spell your name with an "IE" instead of a "Y" like in your books?
Well I needed to add my own spin on it! Our owner said that a lot of other people that have Addy dolls just call them "Addy", and she showed me the "Steampunk Addie" blog and I loved the spelling! So I s'pose that I sorta copied her...
Did you change anything else in your stories?
Yeah, a lot actually. Well I'm not from 1864, so that changes a lot of stuff! My name isn't Aduke like in my books either. 
Anything else?
Um, I'm not from Philadelphia? 
I've noticed that you have a southern accent. Where did you used to live?
Atlanta, in Georgia. 
How old are you? And when's your birthday?
14, and my birthday's on April 9th.
Is there anything in particular that you plan on posting about on the blog?
Hmmm... I'm not too sure yet. 
What kind of stuff do you like to do?
I like reading and sewing. I also love to write stories!
How do you like living in Maple Meadows so far?
Well, y'all are so kind! Also, I've said it before, and I'll say it again. It's so cold here!!
Well, I've gone through all of my questions here, so I think that we're done! Anything else that you'd like to say?
Nope! 

Thanks for reading, and stay tuned for more posts about -and from- Addie!
Happy New year!
Molly and Addie

An Interview With Ashleigh!

Hi Everybody!

   It's Molly McIntire here, the official interviewer for Emily and Friends! I'm just going to post interviews and news articles that I write from time to time on here. I'm starting a series of interviews of the other dolls that will be happening in 2015, but I'm going to start now with our owner, Ashleigh. Ashleigh posts in black italics, and I post in orange.

Why did you decide to start this blog?
I guess because I like writing stuff, and I love dolls!
What blogs inspired you the most?
Probably Doll Diaries, The Doll Wardrobe, Fun With AG Fan, and a whole bunch of other ones. 
What do you want to be when you grow up?
A NICU nurse.
Which of your American Girl dolls looks the most like you?
Taylor. We both have curly brown hair, and green-brown eyes; but mine are more blue and I have some freckles.
Is there anything that you plan on doing with the blog in the future that you think is worth noting?
Hmmm.... I'd really like to post more, and maybe get a better camera, but other than that, I'm not sure.
What are your favorite hobbies?
Sewing, knitting, crocheting, reading, and some origami. 
When's your birthday?
August 30th, like Taylor!
What is your favorite book?
Uhm, The Fault In Our Stars, probably.
Which AG doll would you like to get next?
Definitely Addy. 
And after that?
If they release a 1950s BeForever doll, I will get her.
What's your favorite color?
Turquoise.
Favorite TV show?
Either The Office or Call the Midwife.
Ok! That's all of my questions! Anything else that you'd like to add?
Yes, actually. We should have a post on -or a few days after- Christmas!

Thanks for reading my FIRST post!!!
Molly and Ashleigh

We Owe You Guys An Apology...

     Alright, so we owe you an apology. We haven't posted in a while, and we can't post like, anything that we had planned to post about. Ashleigh(our owner) has been like, CRAZY BUSY these past few weeks; and to add on to that, her laptop hasn't been running Adobe Flash so she can't use Picmonkey to edit her photos. AND, since she has to use her laptop camera, (quick story about that, she actually has a nice camera, she just can't find the cord anywhere and she keeps forgetting to buy one) the pictures really need to be edited and cropped and stuff to make them look decent. Ashleigh's also been working on starting an Etsy shop,(more on that another time) so she's been making things for that too. ANNNND it's almost Christmas and she's making gifts for people. 
     So we're hoping that we can upload and edit our photos by Christmas so we can post stuff! We've kept you waiting on our Craft Time With Natalie and Saige! post, but I don't think that we'll be able to upload it :( Sad times. Anyways, I have to go!

Merry almost-Christmas!
Saige