I get this question a lot:

What do you do when you’re not blogging about dolls?

Sometimes the question is worded differently but the question is still the same. I’ve interviewed a great number of people in the doll community, but I’ve never been interviewed myself. So here goes, I guess?

When I’m not blogging about dolls, I’m a full-time nursing student. I’m halfway through my program and when I’m done I will be a registered nurse. When I’m not doing blogging or working on school things (papers, studying, readings, more studying), I spend time with friends, do some crafting (knitting, crocheting, beading) and then I drink a lot of Chai tea lattes.

Any other questions for me? What questions do you want to ask the blogger behind the blog?

You have a doll-related website and I’ve got your target audience!

BlytheLife.com is an active doll website with a high readership that primarily consists of women who are Blythe and other doll collectors. By advertising your doll-related site or business with BlytheLife, you can ensure that your ad is being seen by the people that are your potential customers. Sponsorship costs are kept low to keep advertising accessible to people in the doll community.

Did you know? In the month of August 2013, there was an average of 1460 unique visitors per day and a total of 424988 hits for the entire month!

There are three spots currently available for the month of October and all sponsorship funds go towards keeping BlytheLife.com up and running!

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• $18 – 2 months
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• $5 – 1 month
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If you’d like more information on how you can advertise on BlytheLife, click here.

This is a guest post by Alice (nuwandalice). If you’re interested in contributing and writing for BlytheLife.com, click here for more information.

Sometimes, it seems like when it comes to conventions, the UK gets a bit neglected. We’re just little, and when there’s a mass gathering of people interested in something niche – generally, there are more of those people somewhere bigger – usually across the pond.

So, when Blythecon 2009 was announced, I know that I did a sad little sigh and hoped one day I’d make the 3000 miles to make a future event.

But – thanks to three magnificent ladies we got our own Blythecon in Oxford in 2010, and it’s been going strong ever since. 2011 was hosted in London, 2012 in Manchester – and 2013 is somewhere rather close to my heart, in Glasgow!

On October 5th, 2013, the fourth annual BCUK will be held in The Lighthouse, Glasgow, with all funds raised going towards Guide Dogs UK and Yorkhill Children’s Foundation. Tickets are still available!

There’s going to be an amazing list of vendors, which you can see in full here as well as a Bring & Buy to empty out your doll closet and makes a few pennies at the same time. There will be a photo competition in honour of the 2014 Commonwealth Games which are to be hosted in Glasgow next year, and a fashion competition where tartan will feature heavily. There will also be a really awesome raffle – all of the donations can be seen on our Facebook page.

Blythe excellence aside – Glasgow is one of my favourite cities! I highly recommend a visit – there are tonnes of things to do and see. The lovely Fiona (below!) will be doing a walking tour of Glasgow on the Friday, with an evening ceilidh planned at Sloane’s. We have an excellent after-party planned (with food!) at the Jury’s Inn, which is also running a discounted rate for Blythecon attendees. Glasgow has great transport links by bus, train and air.

Hope to see you there for lots of Blythe awesomeness!

You can find out more about BlytheCon UK this year on Facebook, Twitter and on Flickr!

You have a doll-related website and I’ve got your target audience!

BlytheLife.com is an active doll website with a high readership that primarily consists of women who are Blythe and other doll collectors. By advertising your doll-related site or business with BlytheLife, you can ensure that your ad is being seen by the people that are your potential customers. Sponsorship costs are kept low to keep advertising accessible to people in the doll community.

Did you know? In the month of July 2013, there was an average of 1250 unique visitors per day and a total of 247649 hits for the entire month!

There are three spots currently available for the month of September and all sponsorship funds go towards keeping BlytheLife.com up and running!

Large – 1 spot available for September! (325×200 pixels)

• $10 – 1 month
• $18 – 2 months
• $26 – 3 months

Small – 2 spots available for September! (160×160 pixels)

• $5 – 1 month
• $9 – 2 months
• $13 – 3 months

If you’d like more information on how you can advertise on BlytheLife, click here.

Once in a while, I’m reminded that not all of you have been reading BlytheLife since the beginning (a long, long, long time ago back in 2010!) and I’d like to introduce you all to some of the great features of BlytheLife.com. I like to make it easy for people in the doll community to get involved and share their stories, shops and dolly-related tidbits here on the blog as well.

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Blog Blurb Wednesday

Blog Blurb Wednesday is not a frequently used feature, but I’m hoping that after you read about it you might be interested. It’s a way for people to have their blogs ‘showcased’ on BlytheLife with a small amount of information about you and what you write about. Doll/Blythe blogs only, please! Blogs that are primarily dedicated to posting about shop updates will not be featured. But if your blog is like that, I would always be interested in interviewing you!

Community Corner

Community Corner is my way of letting others in the doll community make announcements! So far it’s been used a small number of times – mostly for mentioning fundraisers that people in the community have organized. If you have a cause that is near and dear to your heart, or anything else that you’d like to announce, you can let me know in an email and I can see if it’s appropriate for the blog.

Events

The Events page is a way of showing the need-to-know information about upcoming major Blythe events like various BlytheCons happening around the world. If you happen to know about an upcoming Blythe event that I do not have listed, be sure to let me in on the news and I can keep others updated as well.

Shopping Saturday

Shopping Saturday is a great way for you to let others know about any sales you ave going on at your Etsy or other online shops! Shops must be Blythe related. Simply let me know the name of your shop, where it is, the coupon code (and what it’s for!) and how long the coupon code is valid for. All coupon codes must last for the duration of the weekend to be eligible to be included with the Shopping Saturday posts.

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I hoped this help you to become more familiar with some of the lesser known features of BlytheLife.com!