June/July Cover Competition

We are now accepting entries for the next Hello Dolly Cover Competition.

The Closing date for the competition is 21st May 2010

The theme of this competition is "Mummy and Me" we wanted to give a theme that would challenge both artists imagination as well as your photographic skills.

Now whilst we are not saying you should copy the following pictures, we thought we would give you some ideas and some examples of what you could do.

Artists do not have to show their faces in the pictures, how you interpret the theme of "Mummy and Me" is entirely up to you but the idea is to demonstrate the bond between mother and child, the love between mother and child.

As usual your photos must be unedited with no additional graphics added to the photo, you may of course crop your picture to the size you wish but remember we need high resolution photographs to make a good cover image. Email your image to Lisa@hellodollymagazine.co.uk titling your email "June Cover Competition Entry" .

As this may be the last cover of Hello Dolly it would be lovely to see a bumper crop of entries.

Bethan Rose- Prototype No. 1

Three of the Bethan Rose prototypes were displayed at the Brighton Doll Festival recently and are now coming up for sale via Ebay. Currently Prototype No.1 is on ebay beautifully reborn by Cassie Peek of Baby Dust Nursery.

Cassie's skill has brought Bethan Rose to life and given her a bright cheerful personality, Bethan Rose's endearing qualities have really been highlighted by Cassie's paintwork and beautiful photography skills.


Cassie's amazing rooting skills are demonstrated in the directionally micro rooted hair on Bethan Rose.

The Bethan Rose Kit is available to purchase from Gloriarty.

Bethan Rose - Brighton Celebration Sculpt

To celebrate the Brighton Doll Festival we decided to have the logo turned into a doll kit. Ceinwen Clarke, the organiser of the Festival and Hello Dolly approached Menna Hartog, a well respected sculptor and asked her to take on the task. The original photograph was taken from an old postcard but the face was so engaging and happy it just shouted out to be made into a doll kit.

Original Postcard Image

Menna created a beautiful OOAK with such a close resemblance we were immediately convinced she had to be turned into a kit.

Prototypes have been distributed to Cassie Peek of Baby Dust Nursery, Shirley Atkins of Sugar Plum Nursery, Lisa Pybus of Best Beloved Nursery and Karen Balogh Williams the winner of the Prototype competition.

Prototype No. 3 by Lisa Pybus of Best Beloved Nursery

Prototype No.1 by Cassie Peek of Baby Dust Nursery

Further prototype pictures will be available soon.

The kit is available at the Brighton Doll Festival on the 11th April at the show special price of £49.99.

Count Down to the Brighton Doll Festival

Easter weekend is over which can mean only one thing, only 5 days to go until the Brighton Doll Festival and we can't wait. The Festival is held at the Brighton Racecourse which is a fabulous venue very bright and airy.

I loved the wide aisles between the stands which made it so easy to get around and look at the stands. Plus with the generous parking there is no problem for visitors and exhibitors getting to the venue.

This year the show is being held on Sunday 11th April and looking at the weather forecasts it looks to be a great day.

It's going to be an even more exciting day for us at Hello Dolly Magazine as we will be presenting a special sculpt created especially for the Brighton Doll Festival.

So if you've got some time next weekend come along to the Doll Festival and say hello, you can also enjoy a stroll along Brighton's sea front and visit the Pier, make it a real day out.

See you there!