ADAD June Ravelry Challenge - Days 1 - 7

I'm taking part in a photo challenge on one of the Ravelry Groups I belong to at the moment.  I am quite enjoying it as I haven't really been able to take part in the group for ages as I am unable to knit at present (still!)  As it is on the American Girl Doll Knitting group, I chose Mini Julie to take part.  

The first seven days are as follows:

June 1 prompt: pick your doll and take her photo. That’s it. Easy peasy, right?

June 2 prompt: Take a photo with your doll and a pet. Any pet, yours, your doll’s, the neighborhood stray…

 Julie feeds Bailey and Felix some dandelion leaves.

June 3 prompt: With another doll.

Nancy, Julie and Frog enjoy the hot weather, but have sensibly chosen somewhere in the shade to relax.

June 4 prompt: When you were young. Some ideas - with a picture of you as a child, dressed like you dressed as a child or with something that reminds you of your childhood.

4: Mini AG Julie, meets 'Mini Me, and Mini Michelle (my sister).  

I actually did a series of three photos leading up to this one for this prompt.

Excuse me, are you from the seventies?

Why yes?  Who are you?

I'm from the seventies too, my name is Julie. 

Hello Julie

June 5 prompt: With a book - on your bookshelf, with a book that has meaning for you, one of your children’s picture books, your doll reading, lots of possibilities here.  

I couldn't decide which photo to use, so currently have two!

5b: Julie with my favourite book from my Mum and Dad, given to me on my 10th birthday.

5a: Some of my childhood books.  Just loved these when I was little, as did my boys.  I still think the stories are wonderful.

June 6 prompt: Non-needlework or doll related hobby or collection. If you don’t have one maybe someone in your house does. I’ve heard that three of the same type of items is the beginning of a collection. Just saying.

Nancy shows Julie the Cavy Collection.  

June 7 prompt: With a beverage, your favourite

  Julie thinks this MUST be my favourite beverage as I drink so much of it...but actually my favourite must be L&P (Lemon and Paeroa) 

A Comparison of Mini American Girl Dolls.

For Valentines Day I got a little gift of the Mini 'Beforever' American Girl Doll Julie Albright.  I already had an earlier cloth bodied mini AG Julie, so thought I would do a comparison between the two.

The boxes are different...On first appearance I guess you could say that the newer box is 'fancier' but with more plastic on the front it is flimsier. 

On the back there is a picture of Julie on the older box, but not on the newer.  I like the description on the older box as well, it tells a little bit more about the actual character of Julie Albright.

Opening up the box, you can immediately see that the earlier book is bigger.  It is also a hardback compared to a paperback that the newer ones are.

The older books are lovely, they are just big enough that you can read them, and they are also illustrated and have a dust cover. 

I think these first books were very good quality.

The newer books are tiny!  They are much harder to read as the print is a lot smaller, plus there are no illustrations.  I can imagine they wouldn't last as long either if they were used due to have a soft cover as the pages are glued not sewn in.  This is one of the biggest disappointing things in my opinion of these newer Mini American Girl dolls.  The price of them isn't cheaper, despite the lower quality book.

Comparing the two dolls side by side we can see they are similar height with the older soft bodied doll being not as slim as the hard bodied doll.  She also has a more rounded face.  Cloth body Julie wears the original outfit, whereas the hard bodied Julie has the newer 'Beforever' outfit.  I think they are both fun outfits, but I especially like the yellow waistcoat.

Their hair is long, but the new girl has a blunt cut as shown compared to the original Julie's more layered look.  The girl on the right has especially soft hair, but possibly not as thickly rooted as the girl on the left.

The cloth bodied Julie also has more two toned hair than the hard bodied Julie.

They both have very pretty faces.  I can't quite decide which face I like best, they are both different even though similar.

Are you my twin?  Julie One asks Julie Two

Julie Two stands better on her own, partly due to her full plastic body.  

I can foresee that the newer Julie will probably see more action than the older Julie, who up until now has remained in her box.  Sad though that is.  I was a child in the seventies, so Julie is my era.  I also had long blonde hair as a child.  I think I will have fun with her.