UK's RoseDolls Charity Raffle - and store closing!

Directly from RoseDoll's website--please pay them a visit for a great cause!

Charity Raffle!

RoseDolls are holding a charity raffle with awesome prizes to raise money for Cancer Research UK. Further to our 50% discount just recently announced, we will be donating the remaining 50% of sales of our in stock items directly to the charity fund.

With our greatest regret, we wish to inform everyone that we will be closing. After the raffle is complete and money donated to charity, we will be officially closed. We invite you to read on about our last endeavour!

Why this charity/ What is it all about?

In 2010, in the United Kingdom alone, 325,000 people were diagnosed with cancer. That is 890 people a day. In addition, it is estimated that 1 in 3 people will develop cancer in their lifetime. (Source: Cancer Research UK).  Cancer has, and will continue to affect the lives of millions- not just those diagnosed, but also their family and friends who care for them. It is something close to the heart of RoseDolls and was chosen not only because of this, but due to its existence and prominence all over the world. This is significant, as we know this message will reach a BJD community worldwide.

This charity uses it’s donations in order to fund cancer research, thus the development of treatments for many types of cancer. This has benefited the lives of countless people affected and with further funding will undoubtedly help save more lives. To find out more, please take a look at the official charity website:  http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/

Every single penny raised will go straight to Cancer Research.

What are the prizes?

We have some fantastic prizes donated to us be wonderful companies! We thank them for their display of generosity:

1^st Prize:Little Monica donated a beautiful Little Harmony Irin. She is a ¼ size doll, in white skin tone. She comes with a pair of acrylic eyes only and without face up. 

Company Picture:



Details can be found here:

http://dec89229.gdreamweb.com/shop/step1.php?number=896&b_code=B20090616064226

2^nd Prize: 
  RoseDolls are donating a Dikadoll Shall Head, with face up (as in pictures). (Additional items TBC) He is a 70cm doll head in a creamy white skin tone.
Company picture:

3^rd Prize: 

Ersa Flora and Alice’s Collections have donated to us 21 pairs of lovely BJD eyes. Some are acrylic and some glass, ranging from natural browns, to vibrant blues, rainbows, anime eyes, pupil-less, glittery and more. They also range from 14mm to 20mm, though, the majority are 14mm and 16mm. Perfect for trying out a new look for your dolls!

(More pictures soon)

So… tell me more about these raffle tickets….

As of the 27^th of December, raffle tickets will be sold until the 30^th of January 2014. Drawing will take place on the 31^st of January 2014 and the winners announced on the 2^nd of February 2014. (Deadline may be extended to allow more time for fund raising. We will immediately notify everyone if this is happens and adjustments to dates will be made as appropriate. )

One raffle ticket is a £1 GBP.  Tickets are electronic and will be submitted for drawing once we have confirmed that everything is ok. Raffle tickets can be purchased on our site here:

http://www.rosedolls.com/store/raffle-ticket.html

There is no limit on the number of raffle tickets you can purchase, so of course the more you purchase the greater chance you will win a prize! There will be free shipping for this prize to the winner worldwide (Though we kindly ask the winner to provide funding if they wish to have extra insurance to cover the full value of their prize where applicable.)

IMPORTANT : Please order the raffle tickets alone; If you wish to make other purchases please make it a separate order! This will help us greatly with preparation for drawing winners. Thank you.

Finally…

We hope you can spare a small amount to support this cause, a cause which is heartfelt and dear to so many. Please help spread the word to other BJD fans you know~

Thank you for your time and thank you again to the amazing companies who donated the prizes!

To take a look at the sites of the wonderful donators, please see below: 

Littlemonica- http://www.littlemonica.com/index.php
Ersa Flora Eyes- http://www.ersaflora.com/
Alice's Collections- http://www.acbjd.com/

Meet Rex!

Rex!, a photo by alington on Flickr.

Meet Rex, my latest BJD Pet by Eve the Cat. He is so cute! Strung, cast and resin, he is just too cute.

My cats are less impressed, though. Check out his first photoshoot on Flickr.

Remember Megu?

Megu, a photo by alington on Flickr.

Here she is in the afternoon sunlight (almost none in my living room)--after her new face-up by Leah Lilly from FroggyDuds, and my thought is... she is simply perfect.

She's wearing Mint on Card glass eyes in dark purple (probably 20mm, though these might be 18mm), her original lingerie, and a hoodie set by Nine9Style, which is currently sold out (but you can still get it from some dealers, like Peak's Woods).

Personally, I believe the sign of an excellent face-up artist is that you can feel comfortable sending them a head that needs a new look with little to no instructions, and ask the artist to do whatever strikes his or her fancy. Leah Lilly did just that for Megu.

You can see Megu's original look below--which is actually her original hand-painted look from Volks. What a difference! (She is a standard Volks model SD10 from 2004--quite old in BJD terms.)

Megu, before her makeover

F03 (also old F-05) SD10

F03, a photo by alington on Flickr.

My girl is back and has a gorgeous new face-up by Leah Lilly. She's a sleeping version of Volks' Four Sisters sculpt (Megu, Nana, Kira, Sara--they all share the same face) on a very old SD10 body, which I found on the marketplace.

The body needs a little work still, but I'm thrilled with the face-up.

Iplehouse Audrey

Iplehouse Audrey, a photo by alington on Flickr.

She's here--and I forgot to post about her arrival.

You can see my box opening photos and some redressing photos on Flickr.

Audrey is an nYID Iplehouse girl in white skin with make-up style C. She has the medium bust. I think she's lovely.

BJD Design by MegannArt

Among many other SD-sized BJD outfits by MegannArt designs, this outfit seems to be gaining popularity.  Check out the cute sage colored tank top with lace trim at the shoulder, floral print skirt, and matching necklace with a pink flower bead.  The outfit will likely fit a variety of SD, SD13, and SD16 sized dolls.  Get it while you can from the Etsy shop, because it will sell out fast!

Want some special designs for your dolls?  MegannArt provides lots of dolly attire and a pattern book for DIY designs.  Support an artist!  Visit the website (MegannArt) for an Etsy shop, Twitter, Facebook (with occasional discounts), Pinterest page, and much more.
 
Picture courtesy of MegannArt.  Doll pictured:  Peak's Woods Bella the Moon on AB body.

Attention - European readers!

Hello, my dear European readers,

I've been working on my next book, working title is currently A Little More BJDs for Beginners, and I'm revising my list of current doll dealers and doll companies. It's with a heavy heart that I just saw that Mikka's Dollhouse is going out of business. I did see that she has all her current inventory listed at fantastic prices, however, and she ships to all European countries.

If you're a fan of Berdine Creedy, Doll in Mind, Bo Bergemann, DollnDoll, or Fantasy Doll, go check out her store. And be sure to check out the good prices on wigs, too--some are listed at 50% off, and I think you guys may be able to save some taxes and the like.

While I'm on the subject... what else would you be interested in as I'm updating a list of doll companies? I'm adding the price range, doll quality and notes (according to feedback I've personally had and also what I'm reading from owners), company communication and shipping times, and how and where you can order. Is there anything else you'd be interested in knowing in a great, grand list of dolls?

I'm actually thinking of contacting each company as well--to see if they'd like to let me know something special about their dolls.