Join us at the Cecile and Marie-Grace Charity Ball!

Hello American Girl doll fans!

This is a REALLY short notice but..... we (Christa and Mia) are going to the Cécile & Marie-Grace Charity Ball at the Chicago store on Monday night (8/29). Are any of you in the area? Any chance you could make it? It would be sooooo fun to meet you if you could join us!

We'll take some pictures and post them. Let us know if you can make it!

Video Podcast Interview with Jacqueline Dembar Greene!

Hello American Girl fans!

Did you listen to the podcast interview we had with Jacqueline Dembar Greene, author of the Rebecca books? We so enjoyed talking with her on the phone that day! She sent us a note earlier this month telling us she was going to be at the American Girl Place in Chicago and would love to meet us in person! You know what that means! Road trip!

It was such a pleasure to meet Ms. Greene. She is beautiful, smart, and was very gracious to spend time with us answering questions. Listen closely and you might even hear a sneak peek about an upcoming book!

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For our Jewish friends we trust you had a very Happy Hanukkah! And for those celebrating Christmas this week, Merry Christmas!

P.S. Tune in next week when we will be interviewing a person from American Girl about the new Girl of the Year! She is so beautiful and has a great story! We'll tell you more next week!

Video Podcast Interview with Jacqueline Dembar Greene!

Quick Update From Girl Doll Talk!

Hello American Girl friends and fans!

We hope you had a great Thanksgiving! We were crazy busy in November and didn't get an episode published. BUT.... today we went to the American Girl store in downtown Chicago for a very special event! We got some great video footage and will share that with you as soon as we can produce it!

Stay tuned! In the meantime, we pray you have a great start to your Christmas season!

Christa and Mia

Our First Video Podcast! Taking Care of Kaya's Bad Hair Day!

Hello! Thank you for listening to Girl Doll Talk, the podcast for fans of American Girl dolls!

We normally publish audio podcasts but we thought we would try a video podcast episode this time! Christa's Kaya has had a bad hair day and everything we do to fix things seems to make it worse! What's a girl to do?

Well, why not take a road trip to the American Girl Place in Chicago! In this episode you'll get to meet us and some friends as we go to get Kaya's hair fixed at the store's salon. Along the way you'll hear some interviews of fans at the store. In addition, we call some podcast listeners who contacted us, including Hannah, Lily, and Joelle! You'll hear about their websites and even a giveaway!

To watch the podcast here on the website, we've included it below using YouTube. If you want to watch it on your iPhone or iPod, just add our podcast to your iTunes list and it will automatically be downloaded. You can find us on iTunes at http://bit.ly/GirlDollTalkoniTunes.

We invite you to subscribe to our YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/GirlDollTalk.

Here's an insider hint: try to find a guest appearance by an American Girl doll in the video! Which one did you see? We're not talking about Kaya! This one is more sneaky!

Quick follow-up: in our last episode Liz asked how long it takes American Girl to design a new outfit. We called American Girl and asked! They said it can vary but in general it takes about 18 months. Wow! We're sure it must be a lot of work to come up with the ideas and then make them available to the world!

Please leave a comment and let us know what you think of our first video podcast! Also, please send us an e-mail at girldolltalk@gmail.com. We'll try to read it in a future episode!

Taking Care of Kaya's Bad Hair Day!