Inki-Drops Kick Starter for three new plushies!

Shelly Rodriguez is the owner of a indie plush company called Inki-Drops, where she makes sea animal plushies to spread awareness about endangered animals. She is running a kickstarter campaign for her 3 new plushies, Loin Shark, Eclair, and Mint Chocoturtle! To put them into production, on kickstarter she will need $26,000, and the campaign ends September 7th! The campaign is currently at $12,731, so hurry over and pledge for the plushies! Here's the kickstarter link - http://bit.ly/InkiDrop_KS_SS

I really hope you guys decide to to pledge on kickstarter so the plushies can be put into production!

Sincerely, The Wonderlandiful Crafter

TsumTsum Tuesday - August 2015

Hey everyone! So, as many of you know, on the first Tuesday of every month, Disney releases a new set of TsumTsums. If you don't know what TsumTsums (pronounced soom sooms) are, they are sort of hamster-shaped plushies made by Disney, originating in Japan. TsumTsum is Japanese for "stack stack" because one thing everyone loves about them is that you can stack them in towers, pyramids, etc.

Anyway, here is a review of the TsumTsum Tuesday August release Tsums.  This month the TsumTsum set was Aladdin, including Tsums of Aladdin, Jasmine, the Genie, Jafar, Sultan, Abu the Monkey, Iago the Parrot, and finally, Jasmine's tiger, Rajah.

(bottom left to right) Jafar, Sultan, Jasmine, Aladdin
(middle left to right) Iago, Rajah, Abu
(top) Genie

TsumTsums are soft, squishy, and have flat bottoms and tops so they can be stacked easily. They are filled with beans, which also helps them sit straight when being stacked.

Here are pictures of each individual Tsum.

Aladdin

Jasmine

Sultan

Jafar

Iago

Rajah

Abu

Genie

Overall, I am very impressed with these TsumTsums, as well as all of the other ones, and I can't wait for next month's release!!!

(I'm a Nightmare Before Christmas fanatic!)

Sincerely,

The Wonderlandiful Crafter

P.S. Share your TsumTsum stacks with me on Instagram using #WonderlandifulCrafts!

Cutie Marks

My edited MLP cutie marks... TOOK FOREVER! Hope you guys like them!
Sincerely, The Wonderlandiful Crafter

American Girl Benefit Sale 2015

As many of you know, every July, American Girl has a benefit sale where it started in Middleton, Wisconsin. The American Girl Benefit Sale is a warehouse sale put on by the Madison Children's Museum, selling dolls and accessories donated by American Girl. I live very close to Middleton, so I've gone to it the last few years.

You can buy tickets for Saturday, and for the first time, this year you can buy tickets for 7-o'clock on Sunday, the day when prices are lower and they hand out free tickets,starting at 8:00am.

Here is the item list that was for Saturday:

Also, it is inconvenient for the businesses around the sale because of everyone trying to park everywhere, so Mattel gives tickets to employees of the businesses in the area to come to the sale early, on Wednesday night. Anyway, a family member of mine was able to go on Wednesday, so I got the Coconut Puppy, the Corgi Puppy, the Pet Camping Outfit, and Ivy's Accessories.

Coconut Puppy

Corgi Puppy

Pet Camping Set
(Corgi not included)

Ivy's Accessories

I went back to the sale on Sunday morning with my mom. We arrived at the sale at about 7:30am and got in line for the tickets. They started handing out the tickets and 8:00am. We were numbers 357 and 358, which meant we were in Wave 3 at about 9:45am. There are 100 people in each wave. 

Here is the item/price list for Sunday:

By the time we got in there, there was hardly anything. In previous years, I've been in Wave 8, with still lots of items left. There is normally at least 20 different My American Girl/Truly Me dolls, with more than a pallet of dolls of each kind, but when I got there today, there were only 3 different My American Girl dolls, with only a few dolls of each. Yet there were more than 3 palllets of Isabelle, the 2014 Girl of the Year.

Although there were few dolls, they did have a few accessories. I got 2 of Saige's Wrap Bracelet, 2 Oodles of Horses books, one Taking the Reins book, and Rebecca's (new) Meet Sweater.

Rebecca's New Meet Sweater

Saige Wrap Bracelets

Taking the Reins book

Oodles of Horses books

There are also vendors outside of the warehouse the sale is in. Most of them are people selling AG doll crafts. In the craft sale/vendor area,  I also purchased a wooden doll desk and chair, and a Disney Frozen apron for myself.

Frozen Apron, includes 4
cooking utensils

Desk and Chair

Over all, I am a little disappointed there weren't many dolls, but I am very happy with everything that I got and I hope that you are considering checking out the American Girl Benefit Sale next year!

Sincerely, The Wonderlandiful Crafter

Ever After High Rosabella Beauty Doll Review

*Please note that this review is based on the opinions of the Wonderlandiful Crafter*

Rosabella Beauty is an Ever After High doll by Mattel. I personally think that she is one of the prettiest EAH (Ever After High) dolls so far.



Rosabella's outfit is very detailed. She has a light green flower belt with two small red roses in the center. Her skirt is yellow-gold with a shiny golden rose print. She has a fur collar and a pink, red, white, and green rose print blouse. Her handbag is shaped like a book. It is golden with a red rose clasp. Rosabella's brown hair is long and wavy, with pinkish-red highlights at the top. She has a golden rose crown with matching rose earrings. She also has a golden ring connected to her matching bracelet. She is wearing light purple eyeshadow and bright red lipstick. Her eyes are deep brown and she has dark eyebrows. Her brown plastic boots have one red rose painted on the top of the side facing outward on each shoe. They have a texture like fur and have brown roses going down the side. Finally, Rosabella's brown glasses have a little red rose on each corner. She is very good quality, and if you like Ever After High dolls, I would definitely recommend purchasing this doll.

golden skirt 

green belt with roses

fur collar

pink and red rose print blouse

                                               

red highlights

golden book handbag

gold rose crown

gold rose earrings

                                             

bracelet ring

close-up on Rosabella's face

                                 

fur boots

her glasses

Rosabella Beauty also comes with a doll stand. The stand has a golden base in the shape of the EAH logo, and has a clear pole in the back, and a clear clip that holds the doll in place. Rosabella also comes with a golden hair brush, and a booklet with her story.

doll stand

hair brush

booklet

I hope you enjoyed this review and are considering purchasing this doll. If you end up liking this review and you get Rosabella Beauty, show me on Instagram using #wonderlandifulcrafts!
See you soon!
Sincerely,
The Wonderlandiful Crafter

12-inch Doll / Miniature Hanging Flower Basket

Here are instructions on how to make a hanging flower basket for your 12-inch doll or dollhouse.

Things you will need:

(small) Fake Flowers
Felt (I used brown)
Glue (Hot Glue works best)
Twine, Yarn, or some type of string
Something small shaped like half of a sphere (I found a little plastic half-sphere thing in a fake flower when I took the flower apart. It will be shown in the image below.)

The half-sphere is hard to see in the
flower because it is red, but it is the
same thing as the clear one I will be
using.

First cut your string/twine as long as you want. I cut mine 6" long.

Next you glue or tie your string onto your half-sphere. I used glue.

Now cut a circle out of your felt and glue the middle of your half-sphere in the center of the circle.

Start gluing up the sides, repeating all the way around. 

You will end up with a fold sticking out one end. Trim and glue.

Trim off excess felt so it is lined up with the edge of the half-sphere.

I was using a little bush of flowers, so first I cut each of my flowers apart. 

Then begin gluing each flower into the basket, filling it up. Hang it up in your dollhouse, and your done!

 

Remember, if you make any of my crafts, share them with me on Instagram using #wonderlandifulcrafts!

Sincerely,

The Wonderlandiful Crafter