Save the date: San Diego BJD Convention 2014

San Diego BJD Convention
November 15th, 2014
10AM-4:30PM
Marina Village
Starboard & Terrace Rooms
1936 Quivira Way
San Diego, CA  92109

This Year's Theme is Feisty Fairy Tales. Admittance is just $10 (cash only) at the door. There will be a costume contest, and Volks is supplying the winning entry with a Super Dollfie! Notice that this year, the convention is taking up two rooms instead of one--I'm so pleased to see this!

Here is a list of vendors attending this year:

• AnimeCoast 
• Habi's Rabbits BJD Shop
• Karlyl's Creations 
• La Esperanza Doll Shop
• MegannArt
• Mischief Maker 
• Nancy Hay Decorative Arts
• PamSD's Miniature Costuming
• Pixiedust Designs
• Shiny Jumble
• Snowy Creek Treasures
• Studio KNH
• Susan Lake Designs
• The Doll Peddlar
• Volks USA

I'm attending, of course. Come see me at MegannArt's table--I'll be assisting her with her sales and her new baby!

Here is the current schedule:

8:00 AM
    Dealer Setup
10:00 AM
    Convention Opens
10:30 AM
    Announcements
 11:00 AM
    Doll Costume Contest Opens
12:30 PM
    Fantasy Parts Blushing Workshop
2:00 PM
    Restringing Workshop
 3:00 PM
    Costume Contest Ballot Box Closes
3:45 PM
    Dealer's Room Closes
 4:00 PM
    Doll Costume Winners Announced
4:15 PM
    Door Prizes Awarded
 4:30 PM
    Convention Closes

KBJD Show - location change - Westin LAX Hotel

There's been an update to the location of 2014 KBJD Convention. For more information, please visit their website, www.kbjdshow.com.


2014 KBJD SHOW has changed the convention Hotel location to Westin Los Angeles Airport due to many collectors who live in out of state of California interested in our KBJD Show. The original Line Hotel is a good hotel but Line Hotel is a boutique hotel which couldn't accommodate our convention size anymore. So we would like to ask apologies for everyone and we would like to introduce the new hotel location with many benefits.

Before: Line Hotel - 3515 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90010 (4 Stars) Discount Rate $159.90

NEW HOTEL: Westin LAX Hotel - 5400 W Century Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90045 (4 Stars) Convention Discount Rate $110

Benefits:

- Larger rooms (share rooms to save money)
- Lower rate $110 instead of $159 (save almost $50 per night)

• Kings: $110
• Doubles: $110
• Triples: $125
• Quad: $140

- Free Wifi internet for convention attendees.
- Free shuttle bus between (LAX) Airport to Hotel (about $100 roundtrip for taxi cost from LAX)
- Hotel will provide 60% parking discount for people check-in to hotel using our discount rate for collectors driving from Northern California and San Diego
- For our local collectors using public transportation, there is FLYAWAY bus from Orange County and Union Station to LAX to transfer to WESTIN hotel shuttle bus at the airport. Or you may take METRO to Airport Station as well.
- Huge Lobby area & same or bigger size of rent places for the convention compare to Line Hotel (4 times larger)


We hope our change was not making any inconvenience to our dolly family and we hope you like this hotel.

If in case if you have already booked Line Hotel, please let us know, we will help you with the refund.

New Hotel’s code will be provide via email (info@kbjdshow.com) today to individual preregisters.

By the way--I've registered, and I'll be there! (I can't wait!)

See you in Atlanta!

I'm on my way to the Atlanta BJD Convention, where I'll have a table. Please stop by and say hello! I'm easy to recognize, and I don't (usually) bite, even with jet lag.

I'll be teaching two panels while I'm there:
2:45 pm and 7:15 pm on Friday (one on how to write a book, and one on basic photography).

I'm bringing along a little helper (my doll enthusiast daughter) and also a precious goodie from Peak's Woods--a generous donation you won't want to miss--and you'll want to stop by to check out Peak's Woods' wonderful dolls in person. I can't wait to see you there!

Registration is live: Atlanta BJD Convention!

Atlanta BJD Convention registration site

Registration is open now!

Atlanta Ball Jointed Doll Convention
October 18-20, 2013
A doll convention for the fans by the fans
Eat. Sleep. Play. BJD.

It will be held at the Holiday Inn Atlanta Perimeter in Atlanta, GA. Room rates are $79 per night, with up to four people in the room, and this rate includes breakfast.

Tickets for the convention are just $30 when you purchase them now through June. Rates go up to $35 when purchased July through September. At the door, tickets are still only $40.

Guests include:

• Perish Dignam (model and performer--one of his amazing performances was in Kerli's video, Tea Party)
• Berdine Creedy (doll artist)
• Lady Saiyuki (doll artist)
• Ashbet (doll artist and one of my favorite BJD photographers--OMG!)
• and me (I'm hoping to have my next book finished, A Little More BJDs for Beginners, finished by then, too)

Follow this convention online via Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest. I'll hopefully see you there!

Meet Me In St. Louis - really!

The Kickstarter project is now live for the Meet Me in St. Lousi BJD Convention in November. Even if you can't attend in person, you can contribute (and be rewarded) for your generous support!

To find out all the details, you can visit the Kickstarter project page and also visit the St. Louis BJD Con website.