Thanks to Jpopdolls for their wonderful donation of four wigs! A photo of three of them is attached here. If you order from Jpopdolls, please thank them for their support of PUDDLE. Here is their website:
http://www.jpopdolls.net/
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April 1 is the deadline for the PUDDLE online photo contest, and only a few people have entered. It's going to be a nice weekend in many places - please consider taking some photos of your doll for the contest!

All you need to do is take some photos of your doll and send one (or two) to TrueFan. While there needs to be a connection to the PUDDLE theme of "turtles," it can be very remote. A turtle toy, an outfit with turtles on it, a turtle button, a doll reading The Tortoise and the Hare, a picture of a turtle or a turtle-shaped cloud in the background. And you could win a $50 gift certificate to online store Panik's Toy Box! It would really help me out if some of you would enter. Thanks!
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If you'd like to prearrange a doll split at PUDDLE, don't forget about the forum:
http://puddle.forumotion.com/

Hi all. This is just a reminder that the deadline for getting the hotel convention rate of $69 plus tax per night for June 4 and June 5 is May 15.

The group code for reserving a room is PDS. You can book online or by phone. You can choose a king or two doubles.

Holiday Inn Chicago Elk Grove Village Hotel web site:
http://www.hielkgrove.com/

Phone numbers:
Hotel Local Phone: (847) 437-6010
Toll-Free: (888) HOLIDAY

You can advertise for rides, riders, or roomies on the forum:
http://puddle.forumotion.com/

A big thank you to Keelyvh! She is donating three beautiful kimono to PUDDLE, to be used as prizes in the costume/dress-like-your-doll contest (which she will also be judging). You can see photos here:
www.flickr.com/photos/keelyvh/sets/72157623636372614/

And more of her work in her shop:
http://keelyvh.etsy.com/

Online photo/art contest deadline approaching!

Want a chance to win a $50 gift certificate to Panik's Toy Box? Enter the PUDDLE online photo/art contest! I haven't received any entries yet, so you have a really good chance of winning! (You can submit up to two entries online and two different entries at the event if you are coming.) The deadline is April 1. You do not have to attend PUDDLE to enter!

The complete rules are here, but the main things are that it must be your own work and connected in some way to the PUDDLE theme of turtles.
http://www.puddlestyle.com/contests.html

Gogojimmy will be judging the entries. Here's a link to Panik's Toy Box. They have a lot of cool and creepy stuff.
http://www.panikstoybox.com/

So, take a chance and take some photos! Thanks!