Go buy the Winter 2013 issue of Fashion Doll Quarterly! There is a four-page spread on last year's Pullip and Dal Doll Lovers Event. We are lucky because it's the 10-year anniversary issue. Thank you to FDQ for publishing the article and photos.

Also buy the November 2013 issue of Doll Collector magazine. It contains coverage of PUDDLE 2013 plus photos from the event taken by CornflowerBlue and many of the photo contest entries. Thank you to Doll Collector for great coverage.

Thank you to everyone who attended for another great Pullip and Dal Doll Lovers Event. We raised the most ever for our charity group Willowbrook Wildlife Center - over $700! It was so high this year thanks to the donation of five auction dolls from GROOVE USA and from generous buying of tickets sales by all of you. Photos of the event are starting to pop in various places. If anyone has any feedback and suggestions for next year's event, please let me know. We are mulling over a theme, a date, and a location.

Alba is an Henri Pullip donated by Hina Ichigo. She wears a gorgeous kimono donated by keelyvh. She will be a PUDDLE raffle prize, with proceeds going to the Willowbrook Wildlife Center (a wildlife rehabilitation center near where PUDDLE is taking place).

Wow, a bunch of donations came in today!
A generous set of seven quality outfits from KerriaRosette. Most will be prizes, but at least one will be a raffle item
http://kerriarosette.com

Wrapped gift bag items from Tinnu:

 

A large donation of items for the gift bags from eTradersPlace.
www.etradersplace.com

Close up. So cute!

 

And an adorable sweater and skirt set from CarolineLouise. French Fashion comes to PUDDLE!
http://carolinelouise.fr

Thank you for all the donations!

 



Thank you to the Ruby Red Galleria!

My Sentimental Noon Meridiem shows off some of the SIXTY wigs of various styles, colors, and sizes donated to the 2013 Pullip and Dal Doll Lovers Event by the Ruby Red Galleria. Every premium gift bag will contain one. Thank you!
http://www.rubyredgalleria.com/

Groove USA will be in attendance; don't forget the photo/art contest

Great news! Groove USA will be attending this year's event. Last year, Yosuke Oba brought top secret artist prototypes from Mango Park and a table full of nude dolls and bagged stock for sale. What will he bring this year?

Also, don't forget to enter the online photo/art contest! Anyone can enter - you don't have to be coming to PUDDLE. Details here:
http://www.puddlestyle.com/contests.html

Register now for PUDDLE 2013

 

PUDDLE is only four months away! It's on June 15 at the Chicago-Elk Grove Holiday Inn.

If you planning on attending and have not yet registered, please do (even if you aren't ready to pay right now). It really helps with planning if I have an idea of how many people are attending. Thanks! Registration info here: www.puddlestyle.com/register.html

Also, if you are attending, please think about ways you can help make PUDDLE a success! One of the reasons Blythe conventions are so great is that many attendees donate items to other fans. If you can knit, sew, create, or make items you think other Pullip fans would like, please consider doing so. Donations of any amount - 1, 10, or 50 - will be happily accepted, as will mini chocolates to put out on the tables, or small items you buy for the gift bags. Be on the lookout for great doll-sized clearance items. Thanks!

The 2013 Pullip and Dal Doll Lovers Event is only five months away! It will take place on June 15 at the Holiday Inn Chicago-Elk Grove. To help us in planning the event, please register and pay as soon as you know you will be attending.

To register, send me the following information plus $16 per person. The fee includes a gift bag. While not refundable, it will carry over to the next PUDDLE if you have to cancel. The paypal address is jane underscore easterly at hotmail dot com.

• Your name
• The names of others in your party, if any
• Where you are coming from (City, State, or Country) and approximately how many miles you will be travelling one way
• Your email address
• Whether you think you will be staying at the convention hotel
• Whether you will be selling things as a vendor.
• Other information you'd like to pass on, or any questions

You can also make your convention hotel reservations at any time by following this link:
http://www.holidayinn.com/hotels/us/en/elk-grove-village/chieg/hoteldetail?groupCode=PDS

Last year we were lucky enough to have Yosuke Oba at the event representing GROOVE, selliing nude dolls and displaying prototypes of the upcoming Steampunk dolls. I don't know for sure whether he'll be there this year, but I'm hoping!

- TrueFan/Jane