Keely prizes!

I met with Keely yesterday and she gave me the three wonderful doll outfits she is donating to PUDDLE to be used as prizes. (She will be judging the dress-like-your-doll contest and the original doll outfit contest.) Check out the photos - aren't they gorgeous!

And visit her shop here:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/keelyvh

thank you to the Sleeping Elf!

A big thank you to the Sleeping Elf for two gorgeous mohair wigs to be raffled off at PUDDLE. I know they will be very popular, as they have been each year. We appreciate the generous donation! Visit the Sleeping Elf here:
http://littlebloomers.tripod.com/thesleepingelf/id33.html

Thanks to the Mimi Collection!

Today I received from the Mimi Collection (www.mimiwoo.com) 60 copies of Dolly Whisper magazine - one for each premium gift bag. This issue includes an informative comparison of obitsu body comparisons. A big thank you to the Mimi Collection for this wonderful donation!

Thanks again to RubyRedGalleria.com!

Thanks again to RubyRedGalleria.com! Their donation to PUDDLE arrived today - a very cute complete moon-cake festival costume and piles of jewelry and hair accessories. Their generosity is very much appreciated!

Only 12 weeks until the Pullip and Dal Doll Lovers Event – can you believe it?

Don't forget to:

- Register and pay the registration fee

- Make or buy matching outfits for you and your doll so you can enter the Dress Like Your Doll Parade and contest (you can enter with any kind of doll – not just Pullip and family)

- Take or draw a photo of your doll from the Pullip family and enter the online photo/art contest (anyone can enter this – you do not have to attend PUDDLE)

- Customize or modify your dolls from the Pullip family and bring them to PUDDLE for the customization contests (the doll does not have to be fully customized to be entered)

- Put together items for a gift swap bag, gather up your items to sell or trade, start saving money for all the great things that will be for sale, and get ready to have fun!

If you have any questions, let me know, or visit www.puddlestyle.com. (And let me know your email address if you'd like to be added to the email news list.)

Ddung dolls!

One each of these adorable Ddung dolls will be available for purchase at PUDDLE!

Hip Hop, Versailles, Earplug Santa, Magica Angel, Alps Girl, mini Alice, and mini Little Red Riding Hood.

Each year at PUDDLE we raffle off custom dolls for charity. I'd like to introduce Whoopie, one of the dolls being raffled off this year.

Thanks to the donation of the doll by Wellermade and the rest by me, 100% of the proceeds will go to charity. The PUDDLE charity this year is Willowbrook Wildlife Center, which does great work rehabilitating Sandhill Cranes and other wildlife. (Visit their website here: http://www.willowbrookwildlife.org/ )

However, 100% of the proceeds from raffle tickets sold the next couple of days will be donated to the Red Cross for their relief efforts to the people of Japan and others affected by the earthquake and tsunami.

Raffle tickets for Whoopie can be purchased to anyone – you don't have to attend PUDDLE to win. Tickets are $5 each or 3 for $12. The drawing will be down the old-fashioned way – I will fill out a raffle ticket for you and the winning ticket will be drawn at PUDDLE on June 11.

The theme of this year's Pullip and Dal Doll Lovers Event is CRANES. Whoopie is a craniac – a maniac for Whooping Cranes. Her box has been decorated with photos from Volo Bog and Whooping Cranes.

Whoopie is a modified Lala with a fur wig from CanCan and CoolCat chips. (I'm not sure who made her outfit – if you do please let me know.) For modesty's sake she wears a pair of micro shorts under her dress. Her socks are from Sugarblocks. They haven't arrived yet but Whoopie will come with a string of seven paper cranes, for good luck in her new home.

"Graceful flight, haunting call, ancient bird, thoughts of peace…Feel Like So."

As a fun bonus, Whoopie comes with two Whoopie Pies, one for her and one for her significant other when they meet. The Whoopie Pies were made just for her by etsy seller MinnieKitchen.

If you are interested in buying raffle tickets before PUDDLE, please let me know!

I have noticed that many Pullip collectors admire Ddung dolls but don't have one. I have made arrangements with ddung.ca to offer a few Ddung dolls for sale at PUDDLE.

If there is enough interest, I was thinking of holding an inexpensive lottery - no more than $1 a ticket - for the chance to buy them. If you are coming to PUDDLE and are interested in DDung, please let me know what you think of this idea. The lottery money would go toward our charity, the Willowbrook Wildlife Center.

Thank you to cmair1202!

A big thank you to cmair1202! She donated a nice box of body parts for future PUDDLE customs.