What a fun idea to take your dolls on vacation! My favourite place to go on vacation is Summerland, BC. It’s a beautiful warm climate with wineries, fruit stands, shopping and best of all my dear friends who I stay with. I did bring two dolls with me last summer and they were amused that I was filming them around their beautiful property. 😊How horrifying to have your doll get so wet and sandy at the beach! What a process to get her clean. Incredible. It made a great story for your video though! So entertaining. Sophie looks amazing. Thank you. 😌👍
@@CherishedDollFriends yes! Rehabbing Sophie made a great story for my video and she is much better now. Wow - Summerland, BC sounds like a place I would visit. It’s nice to hear that. Your friends are excepting of your dolls, even though they were a bit amused. 🥰
@@desnakellum-yanzuk2217 you’re right about that I guess I like living on the edge lol. But I was pretty far back from the water and avoided that situation from happening again.
I've never heard of Fire Island. But it looks like such a fun vacation spot. All my dolls have names. If my dolls came with a name I leave them with that name. And then I have fun naming the TM dolls that I have. The TM dolls get first and middle names. I love that you took your dolls with you on vacation. So fun. Wow, you did such an amazing job rehabbing Sophie. She looks so great. I love the little necklaces. I enjoyed all the pictures and videos. I'm so glad you had a wonderful vacation.
@@katherinejohnson4184 awe thank you so much! I’m so blessed to have been able to escape for a week. That’s great that all your dolls have names, good for you! Rehabbing Sophie was a little touch and go since I didn’t have the necessary tools and even a mesh bag to wash her stuffing in, but I improvised and that’s all that matters, right? ☺️
@AGTV4Life you did a great job getting Sophie fixed. I enjoyed watching the process (sad that it happened) You always amaze me with your crafting skills and what you can do. I'm almost caught all up on life after being so busy with vacation, starting up my homeschooling year, my sons birthday, and my grandmother passing away. I can't wait to get back to watching your videos.
I have 146 dolls,and all of them have names, personalities and backstories. There are several families. My mini me has the largest family. I recently FINALLY have ALL 146 in one room sadly, I'm moving. Now part of the House Hunt is a large enough room for my Dollcave and ALL my dolls and ALL of their stuff.
@@rhondalong152 wowza! 146 dolls …I love it! I need to count mine. All the best to you with the house hunting and move. Sending positive vibes your way for a place that has a nice sized doll cave 🥰 🏠
Amazing that you were able to rehab her away from home. We cruise these days for that all in one experience. I take the a wellie wisher with us for fear she is going get splashed or wind up in the pool and it would easy clean up if it happened .
@@TeresaMinsinger that’s smart of you to take a WellieWisher since you don’t have to worry about the soft body. Taking a cruise is definitely the way to go!! 🏖️
I don’t name my dolls I often don’t remember their numbers for the truly me dolls. My main collection is historical so they have names as do the girl of the year dolls. Sofia and Agnes look like they are have a relaxing vacation.I am glad you were able to fix your doll. I love the BBL. I thought you would have to take out her eyes. The pleasant company suits are really nice. Those suits are on my list. No we never have lol because I was afraid the girls would put them in the water. I hope you and the family had some time to relax also. We just came back from vacation in Florida and the girls had a ball. We even went to the Orlando AG store. That was the first store I went to that was not New York.
@@user-de6wx1sx3b that’s so cool that you got to visit the AG Orlando store!! Well, I guess since your main collection is historical and they already have names along with the girls of the year there would be no need for you to have to name your dolls. It can be a pretty daunting task and I admire people that name many dolls, and can tell you that will not be me. I have a handful of dolls in my mind that I want to assign names to in addition to the ones who already have names so basically the truly me or custom dolls. Thankfully, I didn’t have to take her eyes out because (I didn’t show you guys this) I was banging her head around to get the sand out and I used Q-tips to work around the eye sockets to get it out as well. I also turned her upside down and many other ways to drain any water that might’ve been behind the eyeballs. I’m so glad you mentioned her BLL because I thought it came out great lol
Being raised on Long Island, been to Fire Island a lot. My favorite area was Kismet (haven't been there in many years), there was a clam restaurant where the owner had a secret place to go clamming and the raw clams were delicious. We would walk forever along the Atlantic especially off season. Very peaceful. I hope the girls didn't get too sun burned, didn't see the sunscreen. You did a great job cleaning So[hie up considering the circumstances.
Thanks for sharing your FI memories 🌊🥰. Thankfully they didn’t get sunburned and only went out very early when the UV Index was low lol Thanks for the kudos in cleaning Sophie up because it was a challenge. Have a wonderful day!! 😊
i love this! i took my dolls to the beach a few months ago and it was so fun! the sand and wind really just do their own thing. what a wild memory to share with your doll sofie ! nice job fixing her up in a pinch ☺️ also adore the pleasant company swimsuits
Right the PC swimsuits are so nice! You’re absolutely right the sand and wind just do their thing and it’s just something we have to suck up if we want to get some cool beach pictures lol
AG doesn’t use the metal crimp rings anymore. They just tie knots to attach the limbs. That’s why newer folks get loose limbs so fast. My first new dolls that I got in 2009 came straight from AG with knots and loose limbs. I restrung them and used crimp rings and knots. So your doll might not have been rehabbed before, just came from AG that way. Sophie looks better than ever!
Thank you and Thanks for sharing that information with me. I didn’t realize that they don’t use crimps anymore. Which is quite natural for me since I don’t take my dolls apart and restring them often because they don’t get played with enough to get loose limbs.
you did a real good job putting the doll back together and cleaning her up. i've never seen a doll apart before. I'm sorry she got all wet to begin with and that you had to clean her up. real nice vacation pics, i like the beach.
I love this video looking at the beach.The outfits, everything about this video was perfect. sorry about what happened to you while trying to take your videos, but Iso happy that you were able to restore Sophy. Thank you so much for making the video. I know it's not e c.I'm glad that you'll enjoy your vacation. I wish I would have been there with you.I would bring some of my dolls. Lol
@@annettefedd488 we would have so much fun if we were together with our dolls on the beach. Thank you so much for your kind words I definitely could’ve use them when I was feeling slightly stressed after being taken down by a wave. I’m so glad I was able to make this video and include most of my dolls restoration. 🏖️☺️
AG doesn’t use the metal crimp rings anymore. They just tie knots to attach the limbs. That’s why newer folks get loose limbs so fast. My first new dolls that I got in 2009 came straight from AG with knots and loose limbs. I restrung them and used crimp rings and knots. So your doll might not have been rehabbed before, just came from AG that way.
Thanks for enlightening me! I’m so glad you watched this video. How did you come to know this fact about not using crimp rings anymore? Did you just figure it out by taking your own dolls apart?
You fixed up Sophie so well, Joe; she looks better than ever! Love that PC black bathing suit. Your blonde doll is a real cutie too. We love taking our dolls to the beach. I got our 67 in Florida, and named her after our favorite island there, Sanibel. It was fun posing our Sanibel on the island of Sanibel. We also took Joss to the beach when she was released. We love doll beach pics. 🐚🐠 So glad you had a nice vacation. 🌴 We just had a mini vacation in NYC and got Rapunzel the day she was released at AG Place NYC. Such a nice store. 💜 Have a great week. ❤And as usual, I'm having trouble replying back, after folks reply to my comments. It's very frustrating. I'm not sure why this is happening to me. So, if you reply to my comment, and don't hear back from me, you'll know why. 😆
That’s a bummer that you were having problems commenting because you always leave such thoughtful comments and I just love all your little emoji’s. Well first off congratulations to you that you got Rapunzel.!! YAY!! Beach pictures of the best and I love the fact that you named number 67 after Sanibel Island. I think the PC bathing suits are really well-made and the dolls look stunning in them or at least a few PC bathing suits I have. I’ve really wanted to go through my collection and find every outfit with a PC tag on it and do a video because the quality is so much better than the newer stuff. I don’t mean to complain, but I just completely appreciate the quality of the older items. 🥰
I had a weird thought about the sand in her hair. I wonder if you used a little lice comb would help get some of the sand out? I realize that wouldn't have helped helped you at the time but maybe if it happens to someone else's doll it might help!
That’s actually a really great idea!! if I had one handy I would’ve used it. I might need to check her hair to make sure there’s no more sand in it and if for some reason I need to get it out I’m going to have to buy one of those lice combs.
I took the head off a doll for the first time soon after watching this and was surprised to find knots on their limb elastic too! I’d never seen that in a video before this. You did such a good job cleaning up your doll after her mishap! I’d have never known. And, I can’t wait to see your video when you give a doll breast implants!!! lol!😂 🥰
Soif i get this right you went to have fun but ended up working most of the vacation with restoration, that sucks so sorry for that but she was worth saving.
Yes, you got it right! I had to work on restoring Sophie - it was a lot of work, but it wasn’t too bad. Luckily, I don’t have a I had a lot of time to do what I wanted to do 🏖️🤗
I took Luciana to Cocoa Beach, Florida. Cocoa Beach is right near Cape Canaveral. We went to a satellite launch in early 2020, just before COVID lockdowns. I was trying to get a shot of Luci standing in the water when a wave took her out. Luckily, she fell backwards and only got a little wet. I just undressed her to get the wet suit off and let her sun dry. I don’t think I did anything else. If I had a doll get totally wet like you did, I’d do exactly as you did, unstuffed her and unstring her. I’d wash her either by hand or in a washing machine (stuffing goes in a lingerie bag). Dry inside of limbs do not mold grows and then restring and restuff.
That was a pretty cool experience to go to watch a launch! After reading your comments, you totally get what I was going through to a certain degree and you came up with a good plan if your girl got soaked like mine. You’re right a lingerie bag would’ve been ideal but unfortunately they didn’t have one of those in the beach house so I used a pillowcase and improvised lol
OK, I read through all the comments to make sure I wasn't being redundant, but I don't think I see it noted anywhere else. I believe you put the white plastic cups in backwards when you put them back in the limbs. I was worried they were going to come out because of that, but she looked solid and good as new, so maybe it's not as critical as I'd assumed to put them back in the same way AG does. Also...holy crap are you prepared. I can't believe you were able to do that while ON VACATION. Did you take magic eraser with you everywhere you go? I'm impressed, Jo! And lastly, my 4.5 yr old usually doesn't show an interest in agtube but she really liked that you showed *videos* of the dolls on the beach and commented that "people usually put pictures but not videos. I like it."
Oh my goodness, I put the cups in backwards, well, that tells you how often I do this sort of thing lol. Hopefully I’m not going to have any problems. If not, I’ll have to take her part apart again. Funny about the magic eraser ~ believe it or not, I found it at a small grocery store on the island. Thank you for sharing that your kiddo watched my video and enjoyed it. 🥰
I love to do what you are doing but I 51 years old and my husband let me take camping and travel place but use stay near by are tent or in hotel room I do take my doll out to a park area to have some fun. My doll have names
What a fun idea to take your dolls on vacation! My favourite place to go on vacation is Summerland, BC. It’s a beautiful warm climate with wineries, fruit stands, shopping and best of all my dear friends who I stay with. I did bring two dolls with me last summer and they were amused that I was filming them around their beautiful property. 😊How horrifying to have your doll get so wet and sandy at the beach! What a process to get her clean. Incredible. It made a great story for your video though! So entertaining. Sophie looks amazing. Thank you. 😌👍
@@CherishedDollFriends yes! Rehabbing Sophie made a great story for my video and she is much better now. Wow - Summerland, BC sounds like a place I would visit. It’s nice to hear that. Your friends are excepting of your dolls, even though they were a bit amused. 🥰
Fire Island is amazing!
@@bellaboo8952 so glad you liked it! I love love love sharing this amazing place 🧡
That’s ambitious. Even after the mishap, you took them back.
@@desnakellum-yanzuk2217 you’re right about that I guess I like living on the edge lol. But I was pretty far back from the water and avoided that situation from happening again.
I've never heard of Fire Island. But it looks like such a fun vacation spot.
All my dolls have names. If my dolls came with a name I leave them with that name. And then I have fun naming the TM dolls that I have. The TM dolls get first and middle names.
I love that you took your dolls with you on vacation. So fun.
Wow, you did such an amazing job rehabbing Sophie. She looks so great.
I love the little necklaces. I enjoyed all the pictures and videos.
I'm so glad you had a wonderful vacation.
@@katherinejohnson4184 awe thank you so much! I’m so blessed to have been able to escape for a week. That’s great that all your dolls have names, good for you! Rehabbing Sophie was a little touch and go since I didn’t have the necessary tools and even a mesh bag to wash her stuffing in, but I improvised and that’s all that matters, right? ☺️
@AGTV4Life you did a great job getting Sophie fixed. I enjoyed watching the process (sad that it happened)
You always amaze me with your crafting skills and what you can do.
I'm almost caught all up on life after being so busy with vacation, starting up my homeschooling year, my sons birthday, and my grandmother passing away.
I can't wait to get back to watching your videos.
I have 146 dolls,and all of them have names, personalities and backstories. There are several families. My mini me has the largest family. I recently FINALLY have ALL 146 in one room sadly, I'm moving. Now part of the House Hunt is a large enough room for my Dollcave and ALL my dolls and ALL of their stuff.
@@rhondalong152 wowza! 146 dolls …I love it! I need to count mine. All the best to you with the house hunting and move. Sending positive vibes your way for a place that has a nice sized doll cave 🥰 🏠
@@AGTV4Life Thank you
Amazing that you were able to rehab her away from home. We cruise these days for that all in one experience. I take the a wellie wisher with us for fear she is going get splashed or wind up in the pool and it would easy clean up if it happened .
@@TeresaMinsinger that’s smart of you to take a WellieWisher since you don’t have to worry about the soft body. Taking a cruise is definitely the way to go!! 🏖️
Fire island sounds like mackinaw island
Oh no , waves will get you every time 😢
@@TeresaMinsinger you got that right!! 🌊🌊
I don’t name my dolls I often don’t remember their numbers for the truly me dolls. My main collection is historical so they have names as do the girl of the year dolls. Sofia and Agnes look like they are have a relaxing vacation.I am glad you were able to fix your doll. I love the BBL. I thought you would have to take out her eyes. The pleasant company suits are really nice. Those suits are on my list. No we never have lol because I was afraid the girls would put them in the water. I hope you and the family had some time to relax also. We just came back from vacation in Florida and the girls had a ball. We even went to the Orlando AG store. That was the first store I went to that was not New York.
@@user-de6wx1sx3b that’s so cool that you got to visit the AG Orlando store!! Well, I guess since your main collection is historical and they already have names along with the girls of the year there would be no need for you to have to name your dolls. It can be a pretty daunting task and I admire people that name many dolls, and can tell you that will not be me. I have a handful of dolls in my mind that I want to assign names to in addition to the ones who already have names so basically the truly me or custom dolls. Thankfully, I didn’t have to take her eyes out because (I didn’t show you guys this) I was banging her head around to get the sand out and I used Q-tips to work around the eye sockets to get it out as well. I also turned her upside down and many other ways to drain any water that might’ve been behind the eyeballs.
I’m so glad you mentioned her BLL because I thought it came out great lol
@@AGTV4Life you are so right I would not remember the names so glad don’t have to do it. Let me know if you ever do a meet up at the New York store
Being raised on Long Island, been to Fire Island a lot. My favorite area was Kismet (haven't been there in many years), there was a clam restaurant where the owner had a secret place to go clamming and the raw clams were delicious. We would walk forever along the Atlantic especially off season. Very peaceful.
I hope the girls didn't get too sun burned, didn't see the sunscreen.
You did a great job cleaning So[hie up considering the circumstances.
Thanks for sharing your FI memories 🌊🥰. Thankfully they didn’t get sunburned and only went out very early when the UV Index was low lol
Thanks for the kudos in cleaning Sophie up because it was a challenge. Have a wonderful day!! 😊
i love this! i took my dolls to the beach a few months ago and it was so fun! the sand and wind really just do their own thing. what a wild memory to share with your doll sofie ! nice job fixing her up in a pinch ☺️ also adore the pleasant company swimsuits
Right the PC swimsuits are so nice! You’re absolutely right the sand and wind just do their thing and it’s just something we have to suck up if we want to get some cool beach pictures lol
you did a great job
@@brownnikki1 awe thank you so much!!
AG doesn’t use the metal crimp rings anymore. They just tie knots to attach the limbs. That’s why newer folks get loose limbs so fast. My first new dolls that I got in 2009 came straight from AG with knots and loose limbs. I restrung them and used crimp rings and knots.
So your doll might not have been rehabbed before, just came from AG that way.
Sophie looks better than ever!
Thank you and Thanks for sharing that information with me. I didn’t realize that they don’t use crimps anymore. Which is quite natural for me since I don’t take my dolls apart and restring them often because they don’t get played with enough to get loose limbs.
you did a real good job putting the doll back together and cleaning her up. i've never seen a doll apart before. I'm sorry she got all wet to begin with and that you had to clean her up. real nice vacation pics, i like the beach.
Thank you 🤗
I love this video looking at the beach.The outfits, everything about this video was perfect. sorry about what happened to you while trying to take your videos, but Iso happy that you were able to restore Sophy. Thank you so much for making the video. I know it's not e c.I'm glad that you'll enjoy your vacation. I wish I would have been there with you.I would bring some of my dolls. Lol
@@annettefedd488 we would have so much fun if we were together with our dolls on the beach. Thank you so much for your kind words I definitely could’ve use them when I was feeling slightly stressed after being taken down by a wave. I’m so glad I was able to make this video and include most of my dolls restoration. 🏖️☺️
@@AGTV4Life I'm looking forward to your next video.
AG doesn’t use the metal crimp rings anymore. They just tie knots to attach the limbs. That’s why newer folks get loose limbs so fast. My first new dolls that I got in 2009 came straight from AG with knots and loose limbs. I restrung them and used crimp rings and knots.
So your doll might not have been rehabbed before, just came from AG that way.
Thanks for enlightening me! I’m so glad you watched this video. How did you come to know this fact about not using crimp rings anymore? Did you just figure it out by taking your own dolls apart?
Never been there , it looks like a fun place! 😊
So much fun! Maybe you can go someday.
You fixed up Sophie so well, Joe; she looks better than ever! Love that PC black bathing suit. Your blonde doll is a real cutie too. We love taking our dolls to the beach. I got our 67 in Florida, and named her after our favorite island there, Sanibel. It was fun posing our Sanibel on the island of Sanibel. We also took Joss to the beach when she was released. We love doll beach pics. 🐚🐠 So glad you had a nice vacation. 🌴 We just had a mini vacation in NYC and got Rapunzel the day she was released at AG Place NYC. Such a nice store. 💜 Have a great week. ❤And as usual, I'm having trouble replying back, after folks reply to my comments. It's very frustrating. I'm not sure why this is happening to me. So, if you reply to my comment, and don't hear back from me, you'll know why. 😆
That’s a bummer that you were having problems commenting because you always leave such thoughtful comments and I just love all your little emoji’s. Well first off congratulations to you that you got Rapunzel.!! YAY!! Beach pictures of the best and I love the fact that you named number 67 after Sanibel Island. I think the PC bathing suits are really well-made and the dolls look stunning in them or at least a few PC bathing suits I have. I’ve really wanted to go through my collection and find every outfit with a PC tag on it and do a video because the quality is so much better than the newer stuff. I don’t mean to complain, but I just completely appreciate the quality of the older items. 🥰
@@AGTV4Life Thank you! 😊 A video about PC clothes would be a really great idea. I’d love to see that. I hope this posts. 😍
@@sarahb9240 yes it did!
I had a weird thought about the sand in her hair. I wonder if you used a little lice comb would help get some of the sand out? I realize that wouldn't have helped helped you at the time but maybe if it happens to someone else's doll it might help!
That’s actually a really great idea!! if I had one handy I would’ve used it. I might need to check her hair to make sure there’s no more sand in it and if for some reason I need to get it out I’m going to have to buy one of those lice combs.
I’ve never been allowed to take them to the beach, but when I go they wear their swimsuits :)
The best fun is dressing them up!! 🏖️
@@AGTV4Life it really is! 💚
I took the head off a doll for the first time soon after watching this and was surprised to find knots on their limb elastic too! I’d never seen that in a video before this. You did such a good job cleaning up your doll after her mishap! I’d have never known. And, I can’t wait to see your video when you give a doll breast implants!!! lol!😂 🥰
Right?! Knots in the elastic. A first for me too. Yes, one of my dolls scheduled her surgery for her augmentation ☺️
Soif i get this right you went to have fun but ended up working most of the vacation with restoration, that sucks so sorry for that but she was worth saving.
Yes, you got it right! I had to work on restoring Sophie - it was a lot of work, but it wasn’t too bad. Luckily, I don’t have a I had a lot of time to do what I wanted to do 🏖️🤗
I have to name them, because I don’t like to refer to dolls by numbers (I mean I also only have 2 TM in my collection right now) 😂
That’s funny - you only need to name to right now.
I took Luciana to Cocoa Beach, Florida. Cocoa Beach is right near Cape Canaveral. We went to a satellite launch in early 2020, just before COVID lockdowns.
I was trying to get a shot of Luci standing in the water when a wave took her out. Luckily, she fell backwards and only got a little wet. I just undressed her to get the wet suit off and let her sun dry. I don’t think I did anything else.
If I had a doll get totally wet like you did, I’d do exactly as you did, unstuffed her and unstring her. I’d wash her either by hand or in a washing machine (stuffing goes in a lingerie bag). Dry inside of limbs do not mold grows and then restring and restuff.
That was a pretty cool experience to go to watch a launch! After reading your comments, you totally get what I was going through to a certain degree and you came up with a good
plan if your girl got soaked like mine. You’re right a lingerie bag would’ve been ideal but unfortunately they didn’t have one of those in the beach house so I used a pillowcase and improvised lol
OK, I read through all the comments to make sure I wasn't being redundant, but I don't think I see it noted anywhere else. I believe you put the white plastic cups in backwards when you put them back in the limbs. I was worried they were going to come out because of that, but she looked solid and good as new, so maybe it's not as critical as I'd assumed to put them back in the same way AG does. Also...holy crap are you prepared. I can't believe you were able to do that while ON VACATION. Did you take magic eraser with you everywhere you go? I'm impressed, Jo! And lastly, my 4.5 yr old usually doesn't show an interest in agtube but she really liked that you showed *videos* of the dolls on the beach and commented that "people usually put pictures but not videos. I like it."
Oh my goodness, I put the cups in backwards, well, that tells you how often I do this sort of thing lol. Hopefully I’m not going to have any problems. If not, I’ll have to take her part apart again. Funny about the magic eraser ~ believe it or not, I found it at a small grocery store on the island. Thank you for sharing that your kiddo watched my video and enjoyed it. 🥰
I love to do what you are doing but I 51 years old and my husband let me take camping and travel place but use stay near by are tent or in hotel room I do take my doll out to a park area to have some fun. My doll have names
Good for you! That’s good that you name your dolls.
I don’t think I been to that place yea
Try watching a thousand splendid dolls videos one is treasure hunt baggies& Barbie’s or dolly transformations: A very battered bitty baby videos
Thank you! I’ll definitely check it out☺️
@@AGTV4Life you’re welcome
I work on get knew them better I think about to take pictures of put in a book
That hold pictures
Great idea!