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

Our Blog Has Been Updated!

Greetings Readers!
     Yay! We finally changed our blog background! We changed our blog's appearance a lot, actually. We also FINALLY convinced our owner to make a page about her, so we can just call her Ashleigh when we write on the blog. We also made a Contact Us! page. That just has our email address and Pinterest info for now. Natalie and Saige have finished writing out their craft, they just need to add pictures now, but our computer's being silly and won't let them use Picmonkey to edit their photos.

     Take a look around! Tell us how you like it. We changed the background, changed some font colors, and made the writing bigger. That's all for now!

Emily and Friends

Craft Time With Natalie and Saige!

Natalie and Saige here!
     Before we start, everyone at Emily and Friends wishes Saige a super happy belated birthday!!! 
     Thanks! So we have an idea for a new series of posts here, called "Craft Time With Natalie and Saige!". It's a pretty self-explanatory series. 
     What Saige is trying to tell you is that we are starting a crafting series! We've been feeling like, SUPER CRAFTY since we got back from camp in July, but we just can't think of any good crafts! 
     So we need your suggestions! Anything would be a big help. We're thinking of fall/halloween/thanksgiving crafts for right now. We would even accept winter crafts, too!
     You can leave us a comment or email us your suggestions/requests (You could also email us just to say hi!). Just tell us your craft request and if you want us to write your name at the beginning of the post. Example: This craft was requested by DollLover42003! 
     Which would be cool because then our other readers could be like "Woah he/she made an awesome request!"
      By the way, if 2 people suggest the same craft, we'll use both names in the introduction :)
     So that's pretty much it! Thanks for reading and don't forget to request/suggest a craft!
     
     Natalie
     Saige

P.S.- Our email is emilyandthedolls@gmail.com, for those who feel like emailing us.

10 Followers!!

Hello from Emily and Friends!
     Have you seen our blog lately? If you look at our followers, you will see that we now have 10 FOLLOWERS!!!! WOO HOO! Not too bad for only being on Blogger for 9 months, if I do say so myself. We would like to give our followers a BIG, HUGE, GINORMOUS, THANK YOU! Thank you to Doll Daydreams, Shelby-Grace, Ginny June, Maria, AGDTIME, London Peony, Juliet XD, Liberty, Rapunzel Rae, and Ashleigh N. Thank you thank you thank you!!

     In other news, so far, we have only received 1 vote on our suggestion survey. We'd like to boost that number! The more votes that we get, the more improved our blog will be! And we'd like your opinions! Do you think that Taylor should post more? Should we change our font size? Would you just like to say hello? Leave us a note in the suggestion box at the bottom of the survey. You can find it at the top of the page, where it says "Help Us Improve Our Blog, Please!". It will be greatly appreciated.

     Thanks Again!
     Emily and Friends