The Dolly Crazy Tag!

Well, well, well... look who's back again, at the last possible minute to post for June no less...

Yup! That'd be me, sorry about that y'all, LOL! XD 

Hey, friends! So, you might be wondering, "Katie, where's that photo story you promised us? Are you procrastinating again? Is this another situation where we're just never going to see the post then you'll come here 3 years from now and tell us it's still happening?" and those are very valid questions to ask with my track record lol, but the answer to all the above is ye of (very justified lol) little faith! For I have been doing the things and writing the words! This is definitely happening I promise!! So... where is it? Well... it's not done lol, not even close 'XD NO WAIT!! HOLD OFF THE TOMATO PELTING PLEASE I CAN EXPLAIN!! I tried I promise!! But here's what happened, I was thinking that I'd pretty much have the month of June to work on the photo story after the craft show (Which went really well btw, I almost sold out of crochet stuff :D), but I ended up going on my friend's family vacation literally the day after the show. I had an absolute BLAST but between being out of town for two weeks, doctors appointments, and some family stuff going on, the month got away from me a bit. So it left me about a week to make it happen and I have been working on it and I'm planning to have it finished for July, it's just taking longer than I'd expected because I'm VERY nervous about doing a photo story after all this time and I recognized at a certain point that I needed to have more time to refine and edit it so that it would be something y'all would (hopefully) really enjoy and I'll (also hopefully lol XD) feel good about sharing. So that's why I pushed it to next month, I'm so sorry, guys! I hope you understand, I'm really sad about it but I think this is for the best, especially since this is a story I've been excited to tell for over a year.

ANYWHO! Enough of my excuses, I know what you all are truly here for... 

THE DOLLY CRAZY TAG! (That's right, I knew that's what you clicked on this post for, it's because I can read minds. I also know you want a cinnamon roll right now.)

I was tagged for this by the AMAZING ForestPoodle88 (thanks so very much for tagging me, you're awesome!), but I somehow managed to miss her post completely. She tagged me back in 2023 *-* (I am so SO sorry!) I'm bummed I didn't see this sooner, but better late than never, I guess! I absolutely LOVE tags! So let's jump in and get started! :D

Here are some handy dandy rules:

1: Use tag photo.

(It's the one above with the gray background)

2: Answer the questions.

3: Tag 1-5 people.

4: Link the creator/author, Viola Smiles

(Okay, note real quick, I tried to link her and it said her blog wasn't active? So I tried to shortcut to her blog through WordPress Reader and it still doesn't seem like it's working right. I don't know if it's a problem on my end but I'll keep working on it and link it if I can.)

5: Have fun!

Awesome, okay! With that taken care of, let's move onto the questions! (Also I'm including random pictures because I can lol!) 

What was your most embarrassing memories of your doll?

Embarrassing? Hmm... I'm not sure. There aren't too many embarrassing things I can link back to my dolls, but there have been quite a few times I've felt very self conscious while traveling with my dolls. Now, before I continue I want to say that it's still 100% worth it! I love taking my dolls places and taking pictures of them that I can then share with y'all. But, I do tend to get a lot of looks. I've even had adults (not kids or people my age mind you, but people my mom's age) point and laugh as they walked by me taking pictures (that was when I was 14 which especially crazy to me, like what would they think if those women saw adult me now still doing the exact same thing? XD). Once again, it's still very much worth it to me to take my dolls adventuring with me and this absolutely isn't something that always happens (please don't be spooked out of taking your dolls places lol, I've had some really awesome experiences as well!), but it's definitely made me a little self conscious when I go out to take doll pics nowadays.

Why do you enjoy your dolls/doll?

Because they give me the opportunity to create! My dolls and doll blogging have been the most incredible creative outlet for me, I get to create characters, which I do with writing my books and such too but it's different with my blog. I can actually hold my characters in my hands and pose them and develop styles for them and everything! I get to create stories, sew costumes, make sets, I've even gotten to meet you all! My dolls have opened the door to my creativity so wide it nearly took the wall down with it, and it's given me the opportunity to make so many epic friends too, and I think about all that whenever I look over at them :)

What is your favorite memory of your dolls?

OOF!! That's really hard, I have so many wonderful memories involving my dolls!! Receiving Molly as a surprise then traveling with her for the first time the next day was so SO special. Our first big vacation since I was about 8 where I took Molly and Emily and made special outfits for the trip was another big one (also the trip where I got Kiera and Roxanne). But I think some of the most special memories I have with my dolls are the ones I've gotten to share with my friends and their dolls, especially my best friend growing up. Her Kit was my Molly's best friend growing up, they went on so many adventures together and had matching outfits and everything! I'm not really in contact with her anymore (nothing went down or anything, we just kinda went in different directions), but I'll forever cherish those memories with her, and it's actually the reason I ended up adding Kit to my collection. Kinda in honor of my friend and the memories we had, and so Molly and Kit could continue having adventures together :)

Is there ever a time when you don't like your dolls?

Definitely not. I think I've gone through phases where I was a little, but not much less interested in them just because life stuff had to take priority in those particular times, but I've never disliked them. I have more recently felt overwhelmed by the number of them that I have at this point (I got a little carried away last year lol, I was sad don't judge me please 'XD), but I'd never even consider getting rid of any of them so... yeah lol!!

Do you have a favorite picture of your dolls?

I absolutely do! It's this one of Joyce and Molly from my trip to Zion back in '23, but I have lots of other pictures that I'm really proud of as well :)

Has there ever been a time when you kinda forgot about your dolls?

Nope, not really. They're on a big shelving rack in my room across from the foot of my bed so they're kinda hard to forget about lol!! 'XD But like I've said there have been times when life required more of my attention, so they ended up on the back burner for a bit.

When blogging about your dolls do you ever feel uninspired/out of ideas for the next post?

You know, I post so incredibly far apart that I'm so backlogged with ideas that I don't really find I lack ideas for this blog as much at this point. HOWEVER, I do find that sometimes I feel uninspired about how to go about putting those ideas into words or bringing them to life. That's one of the reasons that one Easter post was a year late that one time lol!! XD

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Hooray!!! That was so very fun!! Thanks so much again for tagging me, ForestPoodle!! So sorry I got to it so late, but I really love tags so I appreciate you tagging me so very much! <3

Time for tagging others! I hereby tag...

E from Just Dolling!

Rose(? I'm realizing now I don't actually know you're name 'XD) from Restless Rose Dolls!

Diamond from Build A Bears Furever!

(Just pretend the questions that say dolls say stuffies lol!!)

Heather from Dollightful Dolls!

And Reagan from Adventures of AG Dolls!

And here are the rules and questions again in case you need them :)

1: Use tag photo.

2: Answer the questions.

3: Tag 1-5 people.

4: Link the creator/author, Viola Smiles

5: Have fun!

What was your most embarrassing memories of your doll?

Why do you enjoy your dolls/doll?

What is your favorite memory of your dolls?

Is there ever a time when you don't like your dolls?

Do you have a favorite picture of your dolls?

Has there ever been a time when you kinda forgot about your dolls?

When blogging about your dolls do you ever feel uninspired/out of ideas for the next post?

I hope you all have a super fun time with the tag!! And if you weren't tagged but would like to join in, please do so and let me know that you did so I can check out your post! I'd love to see your answers! :D

Well, I guess I should head out before it gets too late for me to still get this posted for June, LOL!! 'XD (Update, it's almost 1:00 AM on July 1st, I have failed but we're just going to pretend this is still June 30th because I tried very hard LOL!!!) I hope all is going well for y'all and that your summer has been a BLAST! I'd love to know what summery things y'all are up to and whatever else you'd like to tell me in the comments; I always really look forward to hearing from you guys :) Oh! Also, thoughts on the new Truly Mes and their meet outfits? I'd also like to hear your thoughts on that too because I kinda like them but I also kinda don't for some reason?? I don't know I just have mixed feelings on this particular meet outfit XD I love you all lots and I hope you have an amazing day!

-Katie :)