This is your invitation.

I'm on committee for a convention in November, called the St. Louis Ball-Jointed Doll Convention. 2012 was our first year and we're doing fundraisers periodically to support this new endeavor.

Our next event is a Tea Social on Saturday, July 27th at 2pm.
The theme is "Doorway to a Place of Enchantment", and each table is hosted by a famous character and decorated to a specific fantasy theme.
It's only $10 to attend, and we will have a lovely snack/luncheon buffet, the very best tea (cold and hot), door prizes, and more!

Our last event was a wild success and everyone had a splendid time.

As before, we are having a raffle with items donated by our committee and local benefactors. Items in the raffle last time included household goods, hand-crafted items, decorative candles, original artwork pieces, collectable toys, and a huge dollhouse.
We've been taking in some amazing raffle prizes for the next one!

We are also bringing back the Dollar Table project. Items are set out on a special table, and each item is only one dollar. However, each participant can only choose three items at a time, and we have a random drawing to determine the order. The proceeds from the Dollar Table go toward the OBC Food Pantry, our favorite charity.

This time we've added a craft to the agenda, and we hope that you will enjoy creating a special display using thread spools.

Our convention focuses on doll collecting, and some of our dolls will be on display. However, this tea party is for anyone who enjoys Wonderland, Middle Earth, Hogwards, Mary Poppins, Neverland, Oz, Narnia, or other worlds of enchantment.

For more information and to pick up your tickets, visit our website here:
http://www.stlbjdcon.com/tea-party-registration.html

Please feel free to tell your friends, and we'd love to host you at our tea party!

See, this is what happens when you make an evil plan...

Ok, so I have a crowd of three who cannot make it tomorrow, so let's do this thing.

MINIONS ASSEMBLE:
Tonight, Creve Coeur Cinema. 7:45 pm. Despicable Me 2.

Pre-show foods: Sweet Tomatoes, same plaza. 6:30 or so.
Since there is no formal seating and you pay in advance, this works well for a gather-for-the-movie crowd.

Wear your minion gear. Or not. Some additional gear will be with me.

Yay! Minions!

Ok, that was awesome.

Do go and see Despicable Me 2. It is absolutely as good as the first one and does not suffer from sequelitis.

As it should be, it is an evolution from the first film. Gru goes from being a lone supervillain to a single father. He's doing a pretty good job. He gets a chance to do something to save the world, and the minions are everywhere.

I loved it.

It was loads of fun. There are nits I could pick (and I'm already sensing the potential backlash over a character that is an obnoxious stereotype) but mostly it was fun.

Sequels are created when Producers say, "We made money with that. Let's do it again, cheaper, and get all those people back to buy another ticket."

Serials are created when creators say, "Wait, I wasn't done telling that story. Here's the next chapter."

I could see this film series being a real serial.

And at Archon there will be minions. Oh, yes. There will. A certain Valkyrie has laid claim to "the purple one," Just in case anyone wants to know.

Good day, bad day.

I have some negativity bothering me right now.

Say something nice. I'll lock the comments.

I could use a little validation at the moment.