In the July & August 2008 issue of Doll Castle News
We survived a heat spell and now if feels like early Spring here in Northwest New Jersey! The grass, flowers, vegetables and WEEDS are all going strong! I will be off to Norfolk, VA to be with my daughter Amber for her 24th birthday celebration. Her twin Brittany is scheduled to go to a work related convention so will not be able to join me this year, however they were together last year. It is a nice break for me in between issues and the ocean ALWAYS gives me a brand new perspective on life and I come home with new ideas and energy and will be ready to jump into the Sept-Oct. 2008 issue of Doll Castle News.
We are gathering information on all types of cloth dolls for this issue. Clothespin dolls articles and a project will also be included, as well as R. John Wright and Kathe Kruse dolls, some of my favorites. Not Just Rag Dolls by Debbie Garrett will present many interesting and unique cloth dolls, also. A write up about my tour of The Williamsburg Doll Factory and a paper doll by artist Angela Dugan who has designed dolls for The Middleton Doll Company will also be included.
I am busy sewing the adorable outfits that Diana Eufrasio Vining designed for our FIRST LIMITED EDITION DOLL CASTLE NEWS SOUVENIR DOLL! IT just happens to be a Vintage Ginny Doll! There will only be 50 of them and they will be the souviner dolls of our Doll Castle News Luncheon event in Myrtle Beach, SC October 25, 2008! For more details go to our Events Page www.dollcastlemagazine.com/events.asp or www.knightshows.com. It is going to be a wonderful Doll and Bear EXPO and the location couldn't get much better! The view from the hotel rooms is breathtaking and the non-doll lover who comes along is sure to find a golf course or another activity to enjoy while you enjoy the EXPO. I am looking forward to meeting many of our subscribers there, as Barry and I will present a nostalgic look at Doll Castle News from the early days around the kitchen table, up to the present. We will have a wonderful display of our early back issues and photos of MOM with some of her dolls from the early 1900s up until her passing in 1996. A fun - people participation - Doll Castle News Luncheon event, as well as many other workshops offered by Doll Artists and Doll Experts. SEE YOU THERE! BUT HURRY AS SPACE IS LIMITED FOR THE WORKSHOPS AND LUNCHEONS!
Now for the July August 2008 ISSUE Contents!
Photo Gallery of Vogue's Jill, Jan and Jeff from the 1950s
New Vogue Ginny Dolls for 2008
Vogue's Jill Was A Big Sisiter by Vicki Broadhurst
Montana Museum Doll Collection Has Special Meaning
Lynda Dunham-Watkins, Artist in Bloom by R. Lane Herron
Speaking With the Stars
Furnishing a Vogue Family House by Ruth Leif
Welcome to Playtown by Carolyn Johnson
Ethnic Costume Dolls of Scandinavian Countries by Joan Cigler
Betsy Ross Pape Doll by Jacklyn Dudek
Restoring "Schnickel-Fritz" by Louise Sleeter
Eleven Ginny Dolls Started It All by Cherie Kaiser
1950s Cosmopolitan Ginger Doll in Sweden by Sandi Winfrey
A Weekend With Ginny and Friends by Margaret Ann Whittington
UFDC Travel Doll - Vogue's "Just Me" Update by Lorella Farmer
Dress and Jacket Pattern to fit Riley or Tiny Betsy by Jeannie
So Beautiful Her Name Just Had To Be Revlon (Showcasing a few dolls from Robert Tonner's collection) by A. Glenn Mandeville
PLUS SO MUCH MORE!!!!
Don't miss this wonderful issue! Call 1 800 572 6607 or order online, using paypal!
The response to requesting one of mom's doll kits to assemble, dress and return to us for our 50th Celebration has been fantastic! We only have a few mostly miniature dolls and doll kits that need to come alive! If you are interested email info@dollcastlemagazine.com for more about that project, ALSO if you would like the Robert Raikes wooden travel doll "Little Edwina" to visit you and or your club for 20 days ask about that also! SHe's booked up until the end of 2008, but can't wait to see where 2009 will take her!
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.
Now it's time to move on to my next thing on my "to do" list! Have a great Summer and the July-August 2008 issue should be in the mail by the end of next week!
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.
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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 .
