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Newsletters
I've learned a lot about paperdolls the last couple of years by studying newsletters. Some were published years ago; I just never new about them. How different my paperdoll collection would have been if I had only known! Some great newsletters are still in regular publication. I follow some from different countries. Here are some descriptions and contact information for some of my favorites, so you can learn more about them on your own.
American Newsletters
	OPDAG ("Other Paper Doll Artist Group") Newsletter for new and established paperdoll artists to show off their work. Features Dress-A-Doll, a paperdoll in each issue that the readers make outfits for and submit to OPDAG for the next issue. For example, to the left is a picture of the Summer '03 issue - it features the outfits that readers made for the "Big and Beautiful" doll contained in the Spring '03 issue. info@opdag.com

	Paper Doll Review Great articles about paperdolls and paperdoll artists. My favorite feature is called "Between the Covers" - shows an entire paperdoll book, front cover, rear cover, and all the sheets of clothes in between them. I also like "Playtime with Sandy". I wish I had a couple of friends I could play paperdolls with, like Sandy does. www.paperdollreview.com

	Paper Doll Pall Feature articles in each issue. Also, pictures of paperdoll discoveries that readers have sent him. I learn something in every issue. Jimfaraone@erols.com

	Now and Then A lot of fun reading plus great pictures of paperdolls. One article featured Jewish paperdolls. Also asks questions and readers send in answers. Example: "What's the most unusual first name of a real person you are aware of?" ["Lone"!] Also has an auction in each issue. Arlene Del Fava 67-40 Yellowstone Blvd. Forest Hills, NY 11375

	Cornerstones A newsletter from California. The editor is Deanna Williams. Each issue is themed. Summer 2003 was "Shop 'til You Drop!" - it showed every possible paperdoll shopper and paper stores. I love the Fruitland Chronicles, a continuing saga in the city of Fruitland. The chronicle installment in each issue coincides with the theme of that particular issue - so, the title for Summer 2003's episode was, "Bargain Shopping". williams733@earthlink.net

	Golden Opportunities Great paperdoll articles and pictures. Great pictures of "between" pages in paperdoll books. Full centerfold paperdolls to color and cut. Fun auctions in each issue. Nan C. Moorehead Box 252 Golden, CO 80402

	Legacy Pride Beautiful paperdoll artwork by Donald Hendricks. info@paperdolls.com www.paperdolls.com

	Bonnie Holden's Book Beautiful Victorian paperdoll book created by Bonnie Holden. The issue on the left was the first one in a series all about Rebecca, a young Victorian Lady growing up in Charleston, South Carolina, around the time of the Civil War. www.victoriancollection.com/paperdolls.html

	Fashion Etc. A totally awesome 3 page newsletter with Miki's ultra-cool paperdolls - one every month. Miki Gross 1610 Bay Meadows Lane Lady Lake, FL 32159-2202

	Paper Playthings, Past & Present I was just looking through a pile of papers mixed in with some paperdolls I had bought at a local thrift store. I found an ad for a newsletter called "Paper Playthings, Past & Present" The fist issue came out in1963, this ad is from 1964. The editor and publisher was Joan Carol Kaltschmidt in Flushing, New York. The description of the newsletter is, "It covers all the news for the paper doll and paper toy collector. The first issue came out April, 1963, and met with overwhelming response. "P.P.pp" proved that paper item collecting is coming into it's own, and prints stories of current paperdoll artists, old paperdolls, and their identification, where to buy, contemporary commercial cut-outs and artists, trades, exchanges, wants, foreign paper toys, and many other articles keeping you abreast of the world of paper dolls and toys." It goes on to say that if you're not happy with your first issue, your money will be refunded.The cost was $3.00 a year for 10 issues, with a Summer summary. I would love to know - is anyone is familiar with this publication? I would also be thrilled to purchase any issue, or even just a copy of one.
Danish Newsletters
	P.D. Bladet This Danish paperdoll magazine is created and edited by my friend Lone Mortensen. Bladet means magazine, so the "PD" in front would make it "Paper Doll Magazine". All the articles are in Danish, but there are tons of neat pictures of paperdolls, both old and new. Also, there is a paper doll insert and dolls to color on the back pages. Every issue also has a paperdoll for the reader to design clothes for. The readers send their designs to Lone, and she publishes their designs in the next issue, similar to OPDAG's Dress-A-Doll. Lone has a great way with words, I love to read her articles (but they are in Danish). It is also fun for me because paperdolls I am familiar with from my childhood are often pictured or discussed. Perhaps there is someone else who gets the magazine that can tell you what you would think. It has been in publication for six years and is one of the publications listed in the back of Paper Doll Studio News, and nearly every other American paperdoll publication. www.sitecenter.dk/houseofpaperdolls www.pd-shoppen.dk pdmagic@mail.dk
English (UK) Newsletters
	The Paperdoll Circle The only newsletter I know of published in England. The 80^th issue is coming out in November 2003, so it has been published for some time also. Lorna Currie Thomopoulos is the editor. This is a fun way to keep up with British Royal Family paperdolls and whatever else is new in England, paperdoll-wise. There are always featured articles, like last issue's Princess Stephanie of Monaco, Julie Andrews as Mary Poppins (with lots of Mary Poppins paperdoll pictures,) and Holly Hobby with pictures of the cute Holly Hobby paperdoll American Greeting Cards. currie.thomopoulos@btinternet.com