The Doll Wardrobe

Friday, May 24, 2013

Extra! Extra! Special Reader Submission Doll Giveaway Starts Today!

Yola!

We have decided to do something unplanned -- a doll giveaway!

In order to enter this doll giveaway you have to send us a post to put on this blog!

Woot!

Here is what you should send:

1) A fabulous picture of your favorite doll in her/his favorite outfit.

Can be any type of doll.

Can be any type of outfit -- handmade or store-bought.

You can send more than one picture.

2) Tell us about your doll and his/her outfit.

Where did you get the outfit?

Why is it your fav?

3) A picture of a human outfit that you would love to have in AG size.

So like our Trends to Sew -- but chosen by you!

Can be a picture from online, or a catalog or a magazine.

You can send more than one picture.

You can also tell us about your doll blog, website, Etsy shop, Youtube channel and/or Flickr account as part of your post as a sort of shout-out to yourself. :-)

We will post your Reader Submissions as you send them in.

Send your post to nora.demington@gmail.com

One post submission per person please --

but you can have multiple pictures in your post.

This contest is open to all ages,

but anyone under 18 should have parent/guardian permission to enter.

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How do you win???

Each person who sends us a post with those 3 items listed above will be automatically entered to win an AG doll or AG gift card of the equal $ amount as a doll.

The winner will be randomly selected from the submissions.

So enter today!

The last day to enter will be July 24th, 2013!

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Any questions???

Please let us know via comments or via email to nora.demington@gmail.com.

Sunday, May 19, 2013

2013 Grand Photo Contest Final Round Entries!

First off -- a reminder: We have 2 May Giveaways happenings right now! Woot!

Check them out here: http://thedollwardrobe.blogspot.com/2013/05/2-may-giveaways-mini-me-dolly-divas-and.html

These giveaways are offered courtesy of

Mini Me Dolly Divas

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

and

2 Sisters Sew Crafty

http://www.etsy.com/shop/2sisterssewcrafty

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For this post we have the Final Round Pictures from our four 2013 GPC Finalists!

Weee!!!

Here they are in no particular order....

Wall

I wanted my final entry to be more than just a pretty picture, so I decided to go with a Memorial Day theme in light of the upcoming holiday. Charlie and Rontu are standing at the "Wall of Honor", part of a local memorial called the "Veterans Walk of Honor". Charlie is holding a bouquet of roses that she plans to leave at the wall as a thank you.

I am so thankful for the men and women who served and are currently serving in our military, and I wanted to express that in this photo. What makes this even more significant for me is that my grandfather and my father both fought for our country. They were fortunate enough to survive the wars they were a part of, but many others were not. My prayer is that as a nation we will never forget the sacrifices made by our military men and women, for freedom is never really free.

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Surreal

I was at my favorite reading spot, an old stump, the warm summer light shown down on me. I was completely lost in the book I was reading; the story was wonderful with its epic action, touch of love, and a bit of mystery. I must have grown tired as I read and my eyes must have closed because the next thing I knew I was the brave maiden walking by the elf princess’s horse to her coronation. The butterflies danced around us and the trees sang. I should have known it was a dream… it was all so, surreal…

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Environment

Kit and Ruthie spend their afternoon searching their environment for buried treasure.

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Installation

This entry was quite the process. I chose the theme of Installation because it was one of the few terms that I didn't know; I wanted to learn something new. Wow, installation is cool!! I looked at some other artists' works and spent a couple days brainstorming ideas. Then it was time to get out the doll clothes and the duct tape....

This is my entry, I have named it after a question that transcends time itself:

"What Will I Wear?"