Join us at the Pullip and Dal Doll Lovers Event on June 11, 2011!
Past PUDDLES
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PUDDLE 2010
The third Pullip and Dal Doll Lovers Event was thoroughly enjoyed by the 70 attendees who made the trip to Elk Grove Village, Illinois, on June 5, 2010. Attendees came from 11 states and from as far away as California.
The theme of PUDDLE 2010 was “turtles,” and turtles abounded. Raffle ticket sales brought in $250 to be donated to the Willowbrook Wildlife Center in Glen Ellen, Illinois, for their work with endangered turtles, and to the Louisiana Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Rescue Program to help turtles affected by the Gulf oil spill.
While the total value of the convention was over $6000, all but $1000 of it was covered through generous donations of talent and goods. Thanks to the generosity of the event sponsors, each registered attendee took home at least one door prize.
Sponsors in 2010 included PullipStyle, Jun Planning USA, Adore Magazine, Ningyou Magazine, eTraders Place, Panik’s Toy Box, Re-Ment, the Doll Peddlar, Gigi’s Dolls and Sherry’s Teddy Bears, the Mimi Collection, the Sleeping Elf, JPOP Dolls, Denise’s Dolls, nekoshiei, and etsy sellers effiedalshop, sewgrandmacathy, blythesocdcloset, salukimom, daydreamerdolly, wellermade, sugarblocks, kanamai, and jackiekie.
PUDDLE 2009
The second Pullip and Dal Doll Lovers Event (PUDDLE) was held on
June 6, 2009, at the Courtyard Chicago Arlington Heights/South in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, Illinois. The event was sold out, with 60 attendees enjoying gift bags, contests, doll pajama parties, and more. There were at least four dolls on hand for every attendee. Lovers of Pullip, her boyfriend, and his kid sister traveled from a dozen United States and Canada.
The day included a trip to Mitsuwa Japanese Mall for lunch and shopping. Online shop PullipStyle.com delivered both preordered and impulse-purchase Pullip, Dal, and Taeyang dolls, in addition to donating kawaii notepads for everyone. Raffle items donated by online store The Sleeping Elf Ltd and by etsy sellers keelyvh, salukimom, sewgrandmacathy, and BlythesOCDCloset were raffled off, and over $100 was raised to benefit the Save-A-Pet adoption center in Grayslake, Illinois. The event gift bags were filled with goodies from PullipStyle, Jun Planning USA, Rement International, and over a dozen other sponsors, including the Mimi Collection, AmbitiousLove.net, CanCan-Jseries, JPop Dolls, and eTraders Place, plus etsy sellers Megipupu, Jackiekie, FollowtheWhiteRabbit, Burntbao, and CommonlyCute. Etsy seller EffieDalShop made a pair of doll pajamas for every gift bag!
Kathy Davis was awarded a Haute Pullip in New York doll for her winning entry in the doll customization contest. Megan Standiford, the winner of the dress-like-your-doll contest, won a cute kimono from etsy seller keelyvh. Sara Egtved and Victoria Cossack, the winners of the online and event photo/art contests, received gift certificates from online shop panikstoybox.com and etsy seller MyOwnLittleWorld. Seven lucky attendees went home with mini dolls donated by event coordinator Jane Easterly and given out as door prizes. The $3,000 cost of PUDDLE was funded by a small registration fee and generous donations from the sponsors.
PUDDLE 2008
Lovers of Pullip met on May 31, 2008, at the first Pullip and Dal Doll Lovers Event. The event had over 30 attendees who participated in events, admired the dolls, took pictures, and just generally had fun. The group met at Mitsuwa Chicago Marketplace in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Fans traveled to the event from Minnesota, Indiana, Ohio, and Washington DC, in addition to Illinois. Mitsuwa has an extensive selection of Japanese groceries, books, and restaurants, and the group practically cleared out their assortment of Rement miniatures.
A handful of participants dressed to mirror their "mini me" dolls, and several customized mini Pullips were donated and raffled off. Pullip fans want to give back to the community, so extra raffle tickets were sold with the $36 in proceeds going to Save-A-Pet Adoption Center in the nearby suburb of Grayslake. Participants enjoyed seeing various stock Pullip, Dal, and Taeyang dolls as well as customized dolls. Online web store Pullipstyle.com, home to a very active forum for Pullips lovers, is located near the mall, and collectors were delighted to receive preordered dolls from the shop at the event. Attendees (including the dolls!) received cute keepsake nametags and other small gifts. The event included a grab bag swap and lots of sharing of Pullip love!
The September 2008 issue of Doll Reader magazine contained the following article:
