About Pleasantville

Pleasantville began with my first American girl doll Amy. She was originally named Molly, but after several name changes, I settled on Amy. Later I decided it was short for Amethyst. Back then it was just her and an Our Generation doll named Courtney. I don't know where Courtney is, i think she was chewed up by my rabbit or my dogs. All my stories revolved around Courtney, Amy and their horse, Honey(I do have Honey still). Later, Susan arrived, then Felicity, and when Sophie came into the picture, I discovered Ourdolls.net. It quickly became my favorite doll website because I liked how they had an actual town with businesses and families. I was getting tired of seeing everybody always just have their dolls live together. I shifted some of the doll's personalties to fit into my version of their town. Later I added more dolls and began introducing dolls I already had, but hardly ever played with. The modern girls are mostly made up by me, but the historicals were inspired by Ourdolls and therefore are extermely similar. The hair salon, run by Cristal, is something taken directly from Ourdolls. I just love that character, and even though I don't have some kitties to play the Purr family yet, you may just be seeing them in the future. The town name is actually just a coincedence. Years ago, when it was just Susan and Amy, I was trying to name the city/town the girls lived in. I came across an AG library card that said the area was Pleasantville. So that became the unofficial name. After I found Ourdolls and began building my town, I made it official. I will try to credit the Gothard sisters as much as possible, but if I miss something, please quietly let me know and don't make a big deal about it.
I am hoping to put up pages for the dollhouses and the town businesses, but for now, here is a quick overview of the town, which is located in an unused guest bedroom with an attached bathroom.(please excuse the slightly blurry pictures)

 Coming up the steps to town, we can see the Larson's food market and a small closet that the Montoyas are temporaily living in.

From here we can see the Montoyas in the closet as well as the closed hair salon and the open bank.

Here is the view from one end of the room. We can see the modern girl's house on the front left, the Parkington's property on the back left, and town "square" on the right.

Here is a better look at the town square businesses. (left to right: Merriman's General Store, Sweet Treats better known as The Sweet Shop, and The Lucky Clover)

In the bathroom is where the forest and a few "edge-of-town" homes are found. The Gardner's house is just visible on top of the sink.

A better view of the waterfall and the river.

(Please excuse the cardboard) To the right is the tub. Later I will add a piece of wood to the top and move the Montoyas to it. At the end, is the closet the Merrimans live in.

So that's Pleasantville in a nutshell! I will try to add my first craft in the next few days as well as the houses and businesses pages. Hang in there! I'm still figuring all this out after all! :)