Uglydoll Halloween Gift Set

Halloween just got even better.  This is a Halloween Gift Set put together by the great people of Uglydoll. You get everything in the picture for only 50.00 PLUS free shipping. That's a good deal. Take it from one who knows. 

You get:

Ninja Batty Shogun Classic Size

Poe Action Figure

Clip-on Poe

Ice Bat Journal 

Orange Ice-bat Tote

I already have everything pictured yet I am STILL tempted by this awesome Halloween Set! Such is the power of Uglydoll!

Click here to get one. 

Uglydoll Memory Book Part 2

As promised, I copied another page from my Uglydoll Memory Book to share with you.

 My Memory Book is made using an Uglydoll Journal, a glue stick, and MS Publisher.  In Publisher, I insert the photos and text, size it to fit in my Uglydoll Journal and cut it on a paper cutter for precise edges.  Then a few swipes of the glue stick and voila, a new page!

Click on the Memory Page to see a larger view.

It's a good project for combining  photography, writing, and page design with Uglydolls!

It's so much fun I get lost in it.

You can really get creative making your own Ugly Memory Book.

Chilly Chilly Ice Bat Book

Look what I just bought. Chilly Chilly Ice-Bat Book!  I don't want to give the story away, but I'll tell you someone's air conditioner is broken.  I don't yet have the book in hand, but it LOOKS like it has the same plushy, velvety, soft cover style as the Uglydoll Journals.  Now those are very nice.  

I'm not sure which Uglydoll Journal is my favorite, but tonight I'd have to say it's Uglyworm Journal. Rarely do you find a book that is so pleasant  to hold you don't need to open it to enjoy it.  Amazingly, that can be said for ALL the Uglydoll Journals.  It's so cuddly it's like having  Pet Book!

Soon I'm planning another post on Uglydoll Journals where I share some of the great uses for them, besides being your cuddle book. So stay tuned.

If you want to encourage someone to write or keep a diary, this journal should do the trick.  Who could resist?  Not me.

My Ugly Bag

My Ugly bag
Originally uploaded by Dragon's Landing

Just took a photo for a Flickr group called "What's in Your Bag". Is it any surprise that when I emptied my bag for the photo it was chock full of Ugliness.
Click here to check out the Flickr group. Snoop through other people's bags, and maybe share yours.

Scrap Book Fun with Uglydolls

Collecting Uglydolls is the best kind of fun. And once you have an Uglydoll Family there are all sorts of great projects to do with them. This is a page from my Uglydoll Memory Book. It is a combination scrap book and photo album.
To make this album, I got an Uglydoll Journal. This one has Ox on the front. Then I take pictures of my Uglies and print them out on regular paper, rather than photo paper. This makes them more economical, plus they lay flat in the book and aren't too bulky for pages that were meant to serve as a written journal. I also type up a bio, or other tid bit for the page. After cutting these items down to size, I use a glue stick and put them in.
Sometimes I load the picture into a program such as MS Publisher where I can arrange the text around the photo. Then I set the page size in Publisher to match the size of my journal page and print.
David Horvath, Uglydoll creator and artist, put darling little drawings of Uglydolls on each page of this lined journal. So when I can, I don't paste over his drawings, as seen in the example here. See little green Wedgehead and Ox in the bottom left corner? Other times I can't avoid it, and have to cover them up. I struggle with this aspect a bit, because it's hard to slap glued paper over the drawings.
When I get a new Uglydoll, whether it's from a retail store, a forum member, or ebay, I keep a record of when and where the adoption took place so I can add the information to my album. Sometimes the Ugly will have a special story or circumstance, and I'll note that. If the Uglydoll has a special event , such as in the example pictured here, I make a page for that. It's all just fun. So anything you decide goes, goes.
I have more ideas for Uglydoll Scrapbooking I'll share with you soon.


ABOUT MY JOURNAL
This is the front of the Ox Uglydoll Journal. It is normally used as a diary style journal, but can easily do double duty as a scrap book. You can't tell from the photo, but the book is soft and covered with fabric. It's actually cuddly. Ox is embroidered on the front with very smooth, light colored stitches, and he puffs out from the cover a bit. These journals are no hunk o' junk. They are squeezy, softy quality through and through. I have no end of enjoyment looking at the inside cover. It is completely covered in tiny Uglydoll faces. I'd show you, but I want it to be a surprise.
These Uglydoll journals come with other Uglydoll personalities on the front, such as Ice Bat, Uglyworm, and Babo.

They are currently available over at the Official Uglydoll Store if you want one for yourself. Or maybe two, or four. I have four. No. I have more than that. Anyway, you can use any kind of book you have to make your Uglydoll Family Book. So if you can't come up with one of these extraordinary journals, use what you have. Plock some Uglydoll pics on the front, and make it your own. Enjoy.