On Saturday, March 16th, at 2pm, we will be hosting a tea party as a fundraiser for the convention!

If you're in town that weekend, we'd love to see you!


Please join us and bring your doll and non-doll friends! Each of our tables will be decorated to various themes and hosted by a different member of our committee. While we enjoy tea and a marvelous buffet, there will be a special guest to speak about tea customs through the years. Our Dollar Table Sale will raise funds for the OBC food pantry, and our amazing raffle will raise funds for the St. Louis BJD Convention.

For more information, Click Here to go to the Tea Party page!

The last of the Spark the Wyvern dolls have arrived! We are having a little dolly Little Christmas get together at OBC tonight to distribute them. We will meet up at 7pm and the party will likely go until 10pm or so.
Anyone who came to the convention is welcome to come to our little gathering. It is pot luck and there might even be some presents!
We will also have a small sales table in case anyone has holiday cash they want to spend.
There will be a face-up area as well, with some spray sealant, pastels, watercolor pencils, kneaded erasers, paint brushes, acrylics and more. We thought that perhaps some people might want to add details to their little Spark dolls, but feel free to get in some "face time" with another doll if you like.

And now, a little bit of Holiday Cheer to share during the last few days of Christmas. This photo was taken at the Galleria and Santa was very gracious. So as we approach 12th night, may everyone have a merry "Little Christmas" and a Happy New Year!

A first-year convention always has surprises, and ours is no exception. Fortunately most of our surprises have been pleasant ones so far! We have a new surprise to share with regard to our Convention Doll, Spark. Sarah Seiter has reported some delays with the casting of the dolls. The casting company is going to work hard to get as many dolls ready as they can, but we wanted to let everyone know that it is possible that your doll won't be available in time for the convention. We are working on a solution to this delay which we will announce at the convention. Sarah has offered her sincere apologies, and we're looking forward to hearing the particulars of this story at the convention. I'm sure it will make a great narrative! What we're currently working with is the idea that we may have a Doll-Pick-Up mini-meet up when the rest of the dolls are finished and distribute them then. 

Have you ordered your Convention Doll yet?

Sarah Seiter has agreed to allow convention members to order more than one convention doll.

*GASP!* That means... you could order one in each color! You could order a pair of twins in a single color!

If you are registered for the convention and haven't pre-ordered even a single doll yet, we want to remind you that the pre-order deadline is October 31st, so you might want to make sure you have ordered your preferred color before Halloween.

Here are the links to the dolls on The Mushroom Peddler's Etsy site:
White:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/109252849/convention-exclusive-spark-the-wyvern
Blue:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/109215262/convention-exclusive-spark-the-wyvern?ref=v1_other_1
Green:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/109213137/convention-exclusive-spark-the-wyvern
Purple:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/109213698/convention-exclusive-spark-the-wyvern

Remember, this pre-order is for members of the convention only. Any leftover dolls may be available for sale after the convention.

Our convention doll is absolutely adorable! It is a convention exclusive, but if you want to get one of these precious dolls, you can always buy a supporting membership (even if you cannot attend) and therefore have the opportunity to acquire one of these amazing dolls.

Sarah Seiter has arranged for a very limited number of Spark the Wyvren dolls in colored resin! The colors available are blue (pictured here), green, or purple. A white option is also available for those who can't decide, or want to blush the little guy a different color.
After you register for the convention, you can pre-order your doll from Sarah on her Etsy site here: 
http://www.etsy.com/listing/109252849/convention-exclusive-spark-the-wyvern?ref=v1_other_1

For those who have already registered and ordered your doll, we will send your pre-order along to Sarah. If you haven't indicated a color preference, we will order a white doll for you. If you have any questions, please contact Tricia, the Guest Coordinator and Assistant to the Chairman:
[email protected]

Sarah just gave us permission to post the prototype pictures of our convention doll!

Introducing Spark the Wyvern!

From Sarah, "He may be available in a few different resin colors. I am considering blue, pink, and green :)

Comparison with Singe the Dragon and Flicker the Mini Dragon"

Spark the Wyvern will be available on our Kickstarter pre-registration at the $200 level - our Kickstarter runs through August 31st. Click the link on the right to visit our Kickstarter page and pre-register today!

This is our last weekend for our special Kickstarter pre-registration! As a reminder, this is the best way to register for the convention, because it guarantees you a spot at the convention. This is also the best way to get the official convention doll, as the Mushroom Peddler needs to send out her pre-orders in September!

As a special suprise for you, here's one of the videos we made while we were working on the video on the Kickstarter website - Dollies Anonymous!

We are pleased to announce that the Mushroom Peddlar will be offering a limited edition dragon doll just for our convention!

Check back soon for pricing and special offers, not to mention announcements of our soon-to-start KickStarter!

We had considered making a theme for the convention, but didn't want to restrict anyone in how they wanted to play.

However, we really do like dragons. And our convention doll will be a dragon. And it is the year of the dragon, and thought we should have some sort of decorating theme for the banquet, which is planned to be the major event of the convention. Therefore, we will be decorating the Banquet in a dragon theme.

If you would like to play with the dragon theme for the convention, great! If it's not your thing, you're happily welcome to theme or not theme however you like!


On an additional note, we got some really amazing shots during our photoshoot! Lots of local doll collectors are also contributing photos of around St. Louis to share. If you would like to contribute, please email [email protected] and we'll post your pics!