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Text and pictures by Ismael (Supernenek)

Barcelona was the first stop in Alpe’s long travel around Europe.
This city is the second largest one in Spain and the eleventh one in Europe so there’re a lot of interesting places to visit.
Alpe didn’t want to visit the typical ones so I guided her through my personal highlights.

Our first destination was the Labyrinth Park of Horta. There’s nothing more magical than this garden in a winter morning.

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This is a calling for all BlytheCon Europe fans!
From now on we’ll have our own subforum at Blythe kingdom forums.

Come by and say ‘hi’!

Our second featured seller is also a very special one, as she’ll be coming all the way from Australia to visit us. Of course, we are talking about Maria, the artist behind the imaginative ChuThings brand.

Photo by Maria (ChuThings)

Hi dolly fellas! My name is Maria Yeoshen, but everyone calls me Chu after my middle name “Jesus”; That’s why my dolly clothes brand is called ChuThings. So I am from Venezuela but living in Australia since 2008. I studied twice at uni, first Medicine and then Journalism, but I didn’t finish either both, because my truly passion is designing and creating things!. So now you see me, sewing, drawing and designing

When did you started with this hobby/business?
I started collecting Blythe as soon as I move here in Australia (2008) and I started sewing almost at the same time (without having any idea of what I was doing). I formally started ChuThings as a doll clothes brand in 2010 in the National Blythe Meeting here in Australia. Before that, I only made crocheted softoys under the same name on Etsy.

Photo by Maria (ChuThings)

Was the learning process too long? Did somebody teach you?
To be honest, It took me 2 years to be satisfy with my sewing work and say “ok, this is enough well made to be sold”, quality is the most important things in my dolly outfits, so I was very concern about this.
Of course, it took me 2 years without to many responsibilities, I was learning a new lenguage, adapting to my new country, so I spend all that time improving my sewing skills. My mom visit me early 2010 and she teach me so many useful tips and tricks about how to finish my dresses, lining and other sewing stuff. She is incredible good sewing <3.

Photo by Maria (ChuThings)

What makes your products different from others.
I think quality is one of my main things. About the style, I just create whatever I feel, sometimes can be romantic, sometimes, classic, sometimes mori, depends of my mood I guess, but dresses are my weak point for sure!.

What can we expect from you at BlytheCon Europe? (What are you gonna carry with you?)
I am preparing a special collection for the BlytheCon Europe, very elegant, so, stay tuned!. In other hand I will try to bring with me two custom blythes to be sold as well . And I expect for the Blythecon Europe to meet tons of dolly friends and make new ones too!

Photo by Maria (ChuThings)

And last but not least… Have you ever been in Berlin? What’s your opinion about the city? And if you have never been… What do you expect from the city?
I have never been in Europe! so this is so exciting for me! Everyone told me Berlin is one of the most beautiful cities in the whole world! So I expect to be amaze!!!

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Do aliens really exist? Is time travel possible?
We may not have the answer to those question, but we may be able to answer some blythe related questions for you.

BlytheCon Europe is proud to announce we will host an interview to Junko Wong, Blythe Creative Director and CEO of the CWC Group.
So if you have something to ask her, this is the time! Just post your question here, down in the comments section. We will make a selection with 10 final questions that we will address to Junko.

Photo from Junko Wong’s blog

This is the first “thank you” post of many to come.

It’s been a month since we put BCEU tickets for sale and we couldn’t be more happy, 2/3 of the tickets are sold out. Then, a couple weeks ago, we asked you to help us with our tombola, and one more time, everybody surprised us with amazing donations (seriously, there are going to be some mind blowing prizes).

We have been really touched by your generosity, your photos, your videos, your ingenious ways to make coming to Berlin possible.
There are still available tickets, we are still accepting donations, and there’s a lot of work to do in the following months, but BCEU is already a success thanks to all of you.

Wondering who is attending to BlytheCon Europe? We have the answer just here! A whole bunch of blythe friends from all around Europe and some overseas friends! We are really excited to meet you all!

Lovely Peggy (Madtwinsis) has made a google map were we are adding everybodies’ usernames, so if you are attending and you can’t find your name, throw us a comment so we will add you too

Chart made by MinkiDynamite / Sandra

Map made by Madtwinsis

We are pleased to introduce our first featured seller, Gema, the imaginative seamstress and creator under the brand Dollymix!

Photo by Gema (Dollymix)

Hello everyone! My name is Gema and I’m better known as Regenboog (which means rainbow in Dutch). After studying for several years, I decided to take a Sabatic year to travel around the world. At home I have different kind of jobs like freelance fashion designer and cook.

When did you started with this hobby/business?
I discovered Blythe in the summer of 2004.
One year later I got my first Blythe, which was an ADG Redhead and since that day I’m totally addicted to this hobby.
Dollymix! was born 4 years ago. Before I had a website, I started selling and swapping clothes in websites like Flickr and forums like DPNS, TIB & VDP.
I decided to call my brand Dollymix!, because I wanted to offer a mix of styles/items for different kind of dolls.

Photo by Gema (Dollymix)

Was the learning process too long? Did somebody teach you?
I learned at school the technic of ensembling and pattern making.
In the beginning I was used to make dresses without sleeves, because I hated to sew them. Now I can’t see any dress without them!

Photo by Gema (Dollymix)

What makes your products different from others?
The diversity of styles/items and colours. 

What can we expect from you at BlytheCon Europe? (What are you gonna carry with you?)
At the stand of Dollymix! you will find Felted Stuff, Mini Fashionista dresses for Middie, hoodies, leggings, capes and much more random items! 

Photo by Gema (Dollymix)

And last but not least… Have you ever been in Berlin? What’s your opinion about the city? And if you have never been… What do you expect from the city?
I have been once in Berlin and I had a great time, the people are very kind, they have amazing vega restaurants and you will need more than a weekend for to visit the museums and shops.

Dollymix on the net:
www.dollymix.nl
www.flickr.com/groups/d0llymix
www.facebook.com/D0llymix

Have you got a stall at BlytheCon Europe? Do you want to be featured?
Throw us a line! blytheconeurope@gmail.com

As Marisol (Spanish singer) used to say, “life is a tombola!” and we are hoping to have a great tombola in BCEU. But we need your help!
All kind of donations are welcomed, even monetary ones. Do you sew blythe clothes? Maybe you make custom dolls? Or maybe you just have something you want to give away. Get your shop promoted at BCEU and get the chance to win awesome prizes!
Contact blytheconeurope@gmail.com for more information.

*Funds will be used towards event expenses.
** All donors will be displayed at the Marketplace section of the website unless you say so.

Hello! My name is Alpe, and I’m the official BlytheCon Europe 2012 travelling blythe.
I’ll be visiting some European cities till the BlytheCon Europe event in Berlin (June 30th 2012), where I’ll be raffled so you can take me home too

My journey starts in Zaragoza, a medium-sized city right between Madrid and Barcelona.
Zaragoza was born as a roman city -called Caesaraugusta-, it was populated by Muslims -as part of the Emirate of Cordoba-, and later in time it became a Christian city -capital of the Kingdom of Aragón- , so there’s an interesting mixture of styles and cultures, specially in the Old city.

Zaragoza is well known for:
- The Basilica del Pilar (a HUGE Roman catholic church nearby the Ebro river), the Seo Cathedral and the Aljafería palace.
- Being a terrible windy town.
- Goya. He was born here.
- It’s football team. (It used to be good… Long time ago).
- It’s gastronomy. Tapas here are delicious.
- It hosted the 2008 Expo. (And we had amazing concerts back then. Even Akron/Family showed up, sigh).
- We had a tram. They dismantled it in the late 70′s. We are constructing a tram again. Therefore, all the city is “under construction”.

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