In the November & December 2009 issue of Doll Castle News
As I am writing my very long overdue newsletter! it is very mild here in Northeast New Jersey. I am hoping you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends and I wish everyone a very Merry Chirstmas, Happy Holidays and Healthy New Year!
Before I begin to catch you up on so many things I have done since my last newsletter, I will list the contents of the Nov-Dec 2009 issue of Doll Castle News which is in the mail right now!
New American Girl Doll, Rebecca Rubin; Still More About the Elite World of Dolls by R. Lane Herron; Bedtime On The Night Before Christmas by Claire Shefler; World Wide Doll Club by Loretta Nardone; Santa Peddler Doll by Polly Hackett-Morey; Russian Matryoskha Dolls by Rett Ertl; Samantha's 1st Christmas Paperdoll by Diana E. Vining; Welcome to the Doll House, The Hoyt Doll Museum by Stacia McDonough; Remembering Steffie by Stephanie Strunk Baker; "Little Edwina" Travel Doll Adventures; Coats and Dresses From The Early 1900s; Secrist Doll Company Cover Contes; From Stacia With Love by Christina Edson; Pages from Sears Christmas Catalogue 30 years ago ... plus all our regular columns, articles and patterns.
Don't miss this wonderful issue! Call 1 800 572 6607 or order online, using paypal!
Summer and fall have passed and winter is now upon us. I kept very busy this year working on the issues of Doll Castle News and hope you all have enjoyed reading and re-reading them. We are now working on the March-April and May-June 2009 issues and I would like to invite you all to send us some photos. For the next issue I would like to invite you mail a photo of your favorite Black doll with a paragraph about why he or she is your favorite, when it was added to your collection or wish list and any other interesting information about the doll. Please mail it directly to me: Dorita Mortensen, PO Box 73, Far Hills, NJ 07931 or email dcn61@verizon.net and send the picture as a large file jpeg attachment NO LATER THAN JAN 15th, 2009 For a future issue we will be presenting Celebrity Dolls, so you can do the same with a picture and paragraph of your favorite celebrity doll, NO LATER THAN MARCH 10th, 2009.
The EXPO in Myrtle Beach was a great experience. I met many wonderful doll people, some who had never heard of Doll Castle News and many of our subscribers. We do have a few of our L.E. Ginny Dolls still available and you can order them by calling 1 800 572 6607 or email me dcn61@verizon.net if you have paypal and would like to be invoiced using your paypal account. Her picture can be seen on page 29 of the Jan-Feb 2009 issue or online at our Events Page http://www.dollcastlemagazine.com/events.asp
We are hoping to receive the rest of Mom's Doll Kits back by Mother's Day 2009. And this year we will be dressing "gently played with Barbe Dols" For a Christmas Give-Away 2009. If you would like to participate contact me. I found a box of 50+ naked Barbie dolls that mom had gathered to dress and give away, so with the help of our readers I am going to clean them up and dress them this year!
We would also like to include more articles and photos on Ginny and her family, Barbie and her family, and other dolls that would interest you. So please contact us with suggestions and comments.
If you would like the Robert Raikes wooden travel doll "Little Edwina" to visit you and or your club for 3-4 weeks in 2009 Let Me Know! She is in California right now but will be coming home soon!
Is you club interested in making some extra dollars without much effort? Register your club online at: http://www.dollcastlemagazine.com/subscribe.asp and start earning money on every subscription and renewal that comes to us with your club code.
I ALMOST FORGOT TO TELL YOU THE EXCITING NEWS! We are now publishing RAGS Magazine, the voice of the Raggedy World and I have already attended a Raggedy Ann Christmas Tea in Lancaster, PA which was absolutely WONDERFUL! Visit our website: www.ragsmagazine.com or call for a sample issue, you won't be sorry you did!
Until next time! Happy Dolling!
Dorita Alice, editor
We receive many letters and phone calls requesting that Doll Castle News Magazine become a monthly publication. Our subscribers just can't wait to receive each issue, so we have decided to include an online Doll Castle Magazine Newsletter that you can receive on the in-between-months, i.e. February, April, June, August, October, and December. Each newsletter will feature a sneak preview of what is coming in the next Doll Castle News Magazine, Can You help Identify this Doll section....What's New from the Doll Manufacturing World... an informative article from our archives...and a Doll Trivia Contest, plus much more exciting and detailed information about Doll Club Events.
Sounds Interesting??? Sign up by sending an email to newsletter@dollcastlemagazine.com and you will begiin receiving it starting with the current Newsletter.
Doll Castle News Magazine features a "From the Scrapbook" page that invites all its subscribers to participate in. If you have a photo of yourself, your mother, grandmother or neighbor from long ago, playing with a favorite doll or dolls, and you would like to see it published in our Doll Castle News Magazine, email me.
Doll Castle News editor, Dorita Alice is proud to announce the Doll Castle News Doll Careers Patch/Certificate Program. This program is dedicated to Edwina L Mueller, our Mom, and founder. She always believed that you should share your love of dolls, doll making and doll collecting. What a better way than to introduce and encourage young girls and boys to Explore Doll Careers. We have printed the program requirements and have a patch available to purchase when you finish the required activities. Several Girl Scout Troops are currently working on receiving this special patch. You do not have to be a Girl Scout to participate. Since we are a nationally circulated Doll Publication, we have doll contacts all across the US who are williing to help you complete the required activities to receive your patch. If you are interested in this program for yourself, or your organization email me and ask for information about: Doll Castle News Explore Doll Careers patch .
