Sunday, May 15, 2011

New Photo Contest Begins Today;
First Prize: A Doll!

Sup! Well the majority of peeps wanted to start the new contest asap, so we might as well get this ball rolling! Really long explanatory post ahead...

First off: Prizes.... everyone always wants to know about zee prizes! There will be four winners of this contest, ooooo!

The first prize winner will receive the doll of his/her choice from the 3 dolls we have for our current giveaways: Kanani Akina, Ivy Ling, and MyAG #26. Then there will be 3 runner-up prizes -- dolly outfits/accessories. (We have yet to decide what exactly those 3 prizes will be, but don't worry -- they will be cool!)

For this contest, "The 2011 Doll Photo Contest," anybody can enter -- but if you are younger than 18 please get your parent/guardian's permission to participate, and if you are younger than 13, please get your parent/guardian's help with participation.

So here is the outline of the contest, four activities, and a final round....

Activity One: Introduce Your Doll!

Pick one of your dolls to "star" in this contest. She/he should appear in every photo you send us. Take a photo of your doll, a good introductory photo so we can see what she looks like. And maybe the photo can give us an idea of her personality. Email us the photo at nora.demington@gmail.com. And include some info about your doll: name, biography, hobbies, likes and dislikes, etc. Due Date: May 22nd-- A week from today!

Then there will be a week of voting, after we manage to post everyone's pics and info here on the blog.

Votes will then be calculated and Penny will choose the winner from those people in the top 20%. So if there are 18 entries, for example, Penny will look at the 4 people with the most votes and decide who wins this category. This winner will be entered for the special "Final Round" and will have a chance to win zee doll. Ooooo!

Activity Two: Hooray for Handmade!

Take a photo of your doll that you featured in Activity One with something handmade. It can be something purchased or made by you or a family member or friend, etc. As long as it is handmade and for dollies. It can be clothing, or food, or furniture, or a hair accessory, anything really. The doll can be "modeling" the item or even showing us how to make it, or even something more creative that we can't come up with off the top of our head! Email us the photo at nora.demington@gmail.com. And include some info about the handmade item(s). Due Date: To Be Announced (about a week after our voting for Activity One is complete.)

Then a week of voting will commence, Penny chooses a winner from the top 20%,  and that person will be entered in the "Final Round." (Same schtick as for Activity One essentially.)

Activity Three: Fashion is Fabulous!

Here is your opportunity to pretend you are a fashion photographer. Use your "star" doll as a fashion model. She can be in a fashion photo shoot, or on the runway, or even on a magazine cover or advertisement (you can obviously add text and stuff for that idea). Or something even more creative beyond our suggestions-- whatever you can think of that says "fashion." Be creative! The "fashion" being featured can be accessories, or clothing, etc. -- and it can be handmade or AG or whatevs. Email us the photo at nora.demington@gmail.com. And include some info about your ideas for the photo. Due Date: To Be Announced (about a week after our voting for Activity Two is complete.)

Then a week of voting will commence, Penny chooses a winner from the top 20%,  and that person will be entered in the "Final Round." (Same schtick as for Activity One and Two - seeing a pattern yet? Heehee.)

 Activity Four: Behind the Scenes...

This is the last opportunity to get a chance to compete in the "Final Round." The pressure! Haha. For this photo we are interested in seeing what goes on in "the secret life" of your dolls. It can be bloopers from the previous photo shoots. Or a shot of what your dolls were doing while you were prepping those shoots. Your "star" doll demanding her caramel macchiato with double whip cream... or something even more hilarious and creative than we can think of right now... think of this photo as the "Special Features" section on a DVD movie disc, going beyond the "main film." Email us the photo at nora.demington@gmail.com. And include some info about your ideas for the photo. Due Date: To Be Announced (about a week after our voting for Activity Three is complete.)

Then a week of voting will commence, Penny chooses a winner from the top 20%,  and that person will be entered in the "Final Round." (Same schtick as for the other 3 Activities.)

The Final Round: Your Creativity!

The winners of the four previous rounds will be asked to submit a final photo for a chance to win a doll as the first prize. This photo should include your "star" doll and showcase your creativity. It is sort of like AG Playthings "Anything Goes" round. It has to be something different than your previous photo entries, and since there aren't really any "instructions" it can be a little more challenging. It's a chance to put your thinking cap on and go "outside the box." Email us the photo at nora.demington@gmail.com. And include some info about your ideas for the photo. Due Date: To Be Announced (about a week after our voting for Activity Four is complete.)

Then a week of voting will commence, Penny chooses a winner from the top 50% (the two people with the most votes), and that person will be asked to choose which doll they would like as their prize: Kanani, Ivy or MyAG #26. The other 3 people will also win prizes, as we explained above. Exciting!

Things to Keep in Mind:

Using Photoshop and other photo editing programs is fine.

You can include more than one doll in your photos, but your "star" doll should be in all of the ones you enter.

If you win one activity, you can still enter the other activities and get votes -- but each person who enters can only win one activity -- that way we have 4 different people in the Final Round.

If you miss an activity, that is fine -- you don't have to participate in all four activities to be in the contest -- but doing all 4 does increase your chances of getting into the Final Round.

No human faces in the photos please -- remember: privacy is important! Hands are okay -- but no actually identifiable people.

Our email address is nora.demington@gmail.com. You will be using this to send in photos and to vote.

If you are younger than 13 have your parent/guardian email the photos to us (remember: internet safety is important!).

We will be posting the photos here at The Doll Wardrobe - so make sure your photo is something that you don't mind if the whole world sees it. (Again, this is why you and/or your family shouldn't be in the photo.)

Readers will be asked to vote for their favorite photo. Voting will be done by email -- to vote you just email me at nora.demington@gmail.com and say something like "I vote for photo #8." Everyone will have a week to vote, from the point when we post the photos.

The Doll Wardrobe does not share or sell your email to anyone. Only Penny sees your emails.

At the end of the contest we will email the winners for her/his shipping address. (This is why it is important you have a parent/guardian's permission to enter if you are under 18).

Any questions? You probably have some -- so feel free to ask! :-D

And remember, if you want to participate in this contest, 
the Activity One photo is due Sunday May 22nd!

Please email your photos to nora.demington@gmail.com.
Good luck everyone!

Also ----- We will be in DC this week, so no new posts until we come back -- but we can still respond to post comments and emails -- so feel free to ask questions and send entries. When we return we'll have a video of our pics of the Spring 2011 Melody Valerie Couture line (we managed to get one of each dress again) and several new colonial dresses to show off. Actually many, many new colonial dresses to show off.....so stay tuned!

36 comments:

Anonymous said...

What size pictures would you like (e.g. dimension in pixels)? I don't think that was in the post...

Dawn said...

What a fun contest! I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with.

Nora and Maple said...

Any size pic is okay. We will resize it to be 500 pixels wide to fit in the blog. :)

anya said...

I literally screamed when I saw the prize! I already know who my star doll will be-Ivy Ling.
I'm probably going to lose (terrible photography) but I'll give it a try!

Anonymous said...

OH!!!!!! This is going to be FUN!!!!!!! I hope I win! Not the best photographer but still...... YAY!!!!!!!!

Chloe said...

I sent you a picture. sometimes my computer can be weird and people dont get my emails so can you please tell me if you got mine. It was the one of jly#40. thxs

piggypower29 said...

Is the doll used? Can people who don't follow the blog vote? I don't understand the persentages. I will love to enter anyway!

anya said...

Nora, you can't vote for your own photo right?

~Spicemuffin & Co

Nora and Maple said...

1. We received your entry Chloe. 2. The dolls to choose from are all brand-new, unused, in their boxes. 3. It is okay to vote for yourself. 4. We will try and explain the percentage thing better when we get back from DC. ;-) 5. Feel free to keep asking questions!

Nora and Maple said...

Oops, we forgot to answer a question. Anyone can enter, even people who don't follow the blog.

Anonymous said...

Can we have our 'star doll' be a non-AG doll, or is only Ag allowed?

piggypower29 said...

Not trying to be picky but why does the winner have to pick from thoose 3 dolls? Did you get my entries for rounds 1-3? Is it okay that I sent them early? Do I need to send them again? I hope not. They got deleted after I sent them.

Nora and Maple said...

1. Your "star" doll can be any type of doll, not just AG. 2. Those three dolls are the ones we currently have for our seasonal giveaways. So they are the ones we are offering for first prize. 3. Checking entries now to see if we have 1-3 from piggypower.... brb

Nora and Maple said...

Piggypower29- we got all 3 of your entries.

Anonymous said...

So excited!!!!! Tell me if you get my entry. It is a pic of Samantha Grace Parkington. THX!!!!!

piggypower29 said...

Okay that is great. Do you like them? Is it okay that I sent them early for rounds 2 and 3. Also look out for round 4 coming your way soon!

HannahM said...

Oh, I would like to enter! But I'm afraid to ask my mom, I'm already entered in one contest! I have till Sunday to get my pics in right? Thanks!

HannahM said...

Umm, I had a question. 'When is the last day to get all of my pictures in? By the way I don't know if I'm going to enter. I have to ask my mom first.

Nora and Maple said...

1. We got the Samantha Parkington entry from Anonymous. 2. It is okay if you send in your entries early. 3. Yes, you have until Sunday May 22nd to get your first picture in.

piggypower29 said...

i HOPE i WIN SO BADLY!!!!! I WANT A NEW DOLL SO SO SO SO SO BAD!!!! YOU ARE SO NICE FOR DOING THIS!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!! (that was weird)

HannahM said...

I hope I win! But only one can win the doll! If I win I'm going to pick MAG#26 I think! I'm so excited I could burst! I still have asked my mom:( I'll ask her soon since the due date is Sunday.

imrachelnicole said...

This is totally awesome! I've entered so many contests to win Kanani, even the American Girl one. But I haven't won any! I need Kanani for SO many things (I know, that sounds really weird, but it's true!) and I think I'll die if I can't get her! :O just kidding! ;)
But I'm going to try for this one! Thanks so much for hosting this awesome contest!

~Rachel♥

P.S. I have my Mom's permission! :)

Alisha said...

Do we have to enter all rounds? My schedule is really busy right now as I'm trying to finish my senior year of school and won't be finished until about mid June. I'm not sure if I'll have enough time to enter all rounds.

~Alisha

Nora and Maple said...

Nope you do not have to enter all rounds. You can enter one or a few or all. Your choice. :)

HannahM said...

This is going to be so fun! I just hope I win! I really, rally want a MAG! I have a pretty good photo for round 1! I just hope I'll win! Oh yes, will you be having any more contests after this one?

Nora and Maple said...

Yep we are going to have more contests- we will have another doll giveaway in the fall/winter, we will have various giveaways every month for the 25th anniversary, and we will probably have more photo contests with prizes because people seem to like them. :)

Anonymous said...

I just entered!!! I hope I win!!!

piggypower29 said...

Yes more contests!!!! BTW how do you vote?

Anonymous said...

I have an outfit that I want to use for the fashion category but I was also thinking about using it for the handmade category.......can I use it for both? Also I want to buy some stuff from AG but dont want to pay $13 for shipping......do you mind telling me if there is one or when you get one?

Kendall said...

can I just enter for fun please cause im not allowed to be sent a doll hehe......

Kendall said...

to see if people like my photos :)

Wendy said...

I just sent my entry. Mine is for Wendy, a PM JLY #12. What an awesome contest... I'm really exited to see everyone's entries! Thanks!

Kendall said...

actually I'm not gonna enter.......I'll do contest on my blog! (free advertising hehe)

Nora and Maple said...

We'll explain more thoroughly how you vote when the voting begins, just to make your lives easier. ;)

You can use an outfit in more than one Activity - for example you can use that handmade outfit for two Activities. :)

You can enter even if you can't technically win anything. But posting your pics on your blog instead of here works too!

And we are responding to each entry email by saying "Received your entry. :)" -- So hopefully if you sent something in, you have gotten that email. Let us know if you didn't. :)

Rawani said...

My entry photo stinks :(
Im trying to win Kanani or Ivy for my cousin who doesnt have an AG doll

Nora and Maple said...

Your entry doesn't stink. Don't worry -- everyone has a chance to win and there are three more activities!

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