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The Annual Enchanted Doll birthday contest!

Dear Friends, I’m back from my travels and I’m very pleased to announce that the annual 2013 Enchanted Doll birthday contest, where I give away one doll on my birthday, is now open!

I was drawing a map of some of my recent travels when I came up with the submission criteria. To enter the contest, send me a beautiful, captivating and wander-lust-inspiring travel postcard depicting any thing or any place in the world you want. It can be contemporary or vintage, commercial or custom printed, store-bought or hand-made, from your home town or another country, color or black/ white, featuring a painted, drawn or photographed image of nature, cathedrals, cities, mountains, ocean floor or outer space -whatever. Anything is admissible as long as it’s in a standard post card format and it stirs your imagination, longing and compels you to visit that place.

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Your Rules:

One Card per person. No envelopes-just the postcard. Cards arriving in envelopes will be disqualified. Submission Deadline February 28th, 2013. The winner will be picked from elimination stages starting on March 1st. All the entries will be posted online on March 1st. My top favorite Cards will be selected on march 2nd, and then eliminated randomly in daily draws, until one winner is announced on March 16th.

Your Prize:

In honor of the new Enchanted Doll resin line, the winner gets a painted, wigged and fully costumed resin Enchanted Doll.

Mail your cards to:

Marina Bychkova. #105-2061 Beach avenue. Vancouver, BC. V6G 1Z3. Canada

Good luck and Let the games Begin!

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131 Responses to “The Annual Enchanted Doll birthday contest!”

  1. Veerle
    January 8th, 2013 16:33
    1

    What a wonderful idea! I can’t wait to start spacer .

  2. Sonia Ivette
    January 8th, 2013 16:58
    2

    That is so kind of you! To give the day you are suppose to receive… how beautiful. God bless!

  3. Elizabeth
    January 8th, 2013 17:08
    3

    Does this mean we can buy postcards, or make them ourselves, or both? Because a combination of both could work.

  4. Hazel
    January 8th, 2013 17:32
    4

    Eeeeee!!! Im so excited! spacer
    Thank you, Marina.

  5. Orangey
    January 8th, 2013 17:32
    5

    Ohhh! This is really intriguing! Thanks so much for giving us another chance to grab your lovely work.

    About the envelope… I’m over-thinking now, so you literally want the card sent to you without a shipping envelope?~

  6. Marina
    January 8th, 2013 17:52
    6

    You can buy postcards, or if you have your own image in mind, you can have it custom printed, or you can make it completely by hand.

    Just keep in mind that you have to send it without an envelope, and it has to fit the postage format, front and back.

    Traditionally, postcards get sent without envelopes because they have all the postage, like stamps and address info on the back.

  7. An Bidault
    January 8th, 2013 18:06
    7

    YES! I’ve been waiting for this for months!
    It’s a very interesting criteria spacer

  8. Luna
    January 8th, 2013 18:11
    8

    Any place ?? So it can be imaginary right

  9. Christiane (Quebec)#24
    January 8th, 2013 18:35
    9

    Ok I need to sleep on this one……..love a challenge and this is a good one! Thank you Marina

  10. Sylvia Leticia
    January 8th, 2013 19:07
    10

    So *Exciting* A Lovely way to travel with the Imagination & the Heart to all the corners of our Beautiful World… THANKS MARINA!! ;-}

  11. Marina
    January 8th, 2013 19:10
    11

    And yes, it can be a fictional place, as long as it’s rendered beautifully.

  12. Mai
    January 8th, 2013 19:30
    12

    What an intriguing contest! Already, I can’t wait to see all of the fabulous and beautiful cards that you are going to receive, Marina! And your hand-drawn map of your recent travels…oh my goodness, it’s amazing. So beautifully drawn. I love the little train chugging along. spacer

  13. Bertha
    January 8th, 2013 20:50
    13

    Wow, hope I can think of something!

  14. Merri
    January 8th, 2013 22:57
    14

    Another wonderful map, thank you Marina! I love the Budapest balcony. Hope you can include pictures of your maps in the next Enchanted Doll book! spacer

  15. Eiko
    January 9th, 2013 01:14
    15

    That’s such a cool idea. I love it! Will have to think hard of what to send.

  16. MyFragility
    January 9th, 2013 02:49
    16

    Oh I can’t wait to get started! This is such a fun and unique idea!
    lovely.

  17. Signe
    January 9th, 2013 03:14
    17

    Love it!! I am entering no matter what. Love the `assignment` of making map postcards. It was on my to do list.

  18. Laurence (France)
    January 9th, 2013 04:18
    18

    Excelente idea! And a wonderful price to win!!!!

  19. Annina
    January 9th, 2013 05:13
    19

    oh i love this contest, thank you so much for holding it, so exciting! spacer

    and lovelove your new travel map ♥

  20. Ranjiangzi
    January 9th, 2013 05:55
    20

    Dear lord!This is the first good new to excited me after all the f**king exams!!Tnanks for Marina,I’ll enjoying this game right now !
    BTW the deadline is my birthday and good luck for myself~~~

  21. Swdolls
    January 9th, 2013 07:49
    21

    One more question. When you mean standard, does it mean it has to be 3″ x 5? Please clarify the measurement please.

  22. Julia
    January 9th, 2013 08:58
    22

    Oh that’s so amazing! I’m totally up for it. And on the back of the postcard, do you have to put some information there or just leave it blank?

    Love from The Netherlands

  23. Niiv
    January 9th, 2013 10:13
    23

    Wow, what a cool idea! It’s such an open contest though, I think it’ll be really hard to eliminate contestants that have all sent something so different. I can’t wait to see all the different entries though!
    Ah, what to send, what to send! Much get crafting right away. And such a beautiful prize too!

  24. Silviacat
    January 9th, 2013 12:34
    24

    Wow great idea I really really really would love have one of your amazing creations.

  25. ziggytaku
    January 9th, 2013 16:00
    25

    oh my goodness this is so much fun there is so many lovely places i would love to go ^^
    it is so wonderful to dream ^^ and ones some one dream will become the reality ;}

  26. Issilyn
    January 9th, 2013 16:47
    26

    On the back of the postcard, is there any other information that you want besides the full return address? Thank you

  27. Mai
    January 9th, 2013 20:57
    27

    Marina, how do you pronounce your last name? Would you be able to “sound/spell” it out for us? Whenever I tell people about you and your work, I am always uncertain as to how to pronounce it correctly.

  28. Jenny
    January 10th, 2013 03:00
    28

    I agree with Niiv. It’s such an open contest for anyone interested. It’s great to feel that one has a chance to enter and win a beautiful resin doll. I can’t wait to know more about the little creation. =)

    Oh, and I’d like to know the postcard measurements as well.

    Thank you for this opportunity, Marina!

  29. Candice
    January 10th, 2013 17:48
    29

    According to the USPS standard postcards are defined as follows:

    “Rectangular
    At least 3-1/2 inches high x 5 inches long x 0.007 inch thick
    No more than 4-1/4 inches high x 6 inches long x 0.016 inches thick”

    Can ours fall in the size range or would you like them all the same size?

    Thanks so much for doing this again!

    Candice

  30. Marijke
    January 10th, 2013 23:33
    30

    Hay Marina,

    Waua…this idea is great…!
    I love this idea…
    And I started creative…and
    love it to work on this!

    It’s amazing this open contest,thank you Marina
    maybe I can win a little wonder…

    Love &happinesssssss
    from Holland..
    www.marijkevanooijen.blogspot.com

  31. Anton
    January 11th, 2013 00:42
    31

    Hi.
    Can I make square postcard?
    What do You mean standart size?

  32. Sabine Virgo
    January 11th, 2013 01:13
    32

    Such a wonderful idea. I am excited and can’t wait to beginn to work on it at the weekend. I love your dolls and it’s a dream for a very long time to hold one in my hands.

    Thank you, Marina, for giving us the chance to own one of these marvelous dolls.

    Hugs and greetings from Germany

  33. Manu
    January 11th, 2013 03:42
    33

    Hi Marina,

    That’s a wonderful contest it´s will be a pleasure to participate!!!!

  34. Glynis
    January 11th, 2013 05:41
    34

    Merri, maybe Marina could be persuaded to do a book just of her drawings/thought processes,that would make a wonderful book to stand alongside the doll book,here’s hoping!!

  35. Ilona of Lightpainted Doll
    January 11th, 2013 06:14
    35

    This is very kind, Marina!

    What a lovely idea as well!!!

    Ilona

    LIGHTPAINTED DOLL

    lightpainteddoll.com/

  36. Dianna Bird
    January 11th, 2013 10:59
    36

    I am a big fan of your gorgeous dolls You do such fabulous work. Just mailed my post card
    Your map is really neat

  37. Helen Roberts
    January 11th, 2013 11:18
    37

    Inspiring idea Marina. Off to work on my postcard!

  38. Beth
    January 11th, 2013 14:01
    38

    Wow, I had no idea you live so close by…

    This changes my postcard plans a bit…

    I look forward to seeing the enteries in this contest! This sounds like fun, so I am definitely going to enter.

  39. Lalys
    January 11th, 2013 15:29
    39

    <3 I loved the card- idea!!!

  40. Katarzyna
    January 12th, 2013 01:06
    40

    What a brilliant IDEA!!! This is so great!

  41. blablette
    January 12th, 2013 01:19
    41

    Ohhh, what a beautiful gesture from you!
    I will now start to think about my postcard to you… ^_^

  42. itsallyourgoldlust
    January 12th, 2013 02:17
    42

    just lower the price of your doll, Maria, before showing off

  43. Donna Wright
    January 12th, 2013 03:19
    43

    Hi Marina,
    I am so excited about this, just one question, what are the postcard dimensions you would prefer?

  44. Fernando Rocha Oliveira
    January 12th, 2013 03:27
    44

    Great idea, Marina ….I´m going to start thinking in a beautiful postcard.

    And the Oscar goes to?………….

    regards spacer

  45. Wilma
    January 12th, 2013 06:57
    45

    This sounds like a great contest, Marina .

    What contact information do you want on the postcard ? Full address ? Email address ?

    Do we need to write why we chose the particular postcard ?

  46. Maria Garrido
    January 12th, 2013 08:20
    46

    Thank you for this opportunity, Marina! This will be fun!!!

  47. Marina Bychkova
    January 12th, 2013 12:33
    47

    @Julia 22
    There isn’t much space on the back. You can write a couple of words why you like this place on the card, if you want.

    @Candice 29
    Thank you for providing the standard dimensions of a card for those who are asking.
    If you want, you can make something smaller than the standard size, but nothing bigger please.

    @Donna 32
    Dimensions are stated in comment 29

    @Wilma 42
    Only a little bit of text will fit on the back, so you can say why you chose that image in a single sentence.

  48. Annina
    January 12th, 2013 13:22
    48

    thanks for clearing that up.
    based on the info in comment 29 i calculated the metric size, here it is:

    “Rectangular
    At least 8.89 cm high x 12.7 cm long x 0.1778 mm thick
    No more than 10.795 cm high x 15.24 cm long x 0.4064 mm thick”

    (note: thickness is in millimetres)

  49. Gotpaintinmyhair
    January 12th, 2013 13:28
    49

    But Marina, decorative postcards are often stolen en route. The post office advises to put them in an envelope.

  50. Marina Bychkova
    January 12th, 2013 13:53
    50

    Hm, really? Stolen?
    Never heard of that happening.

    Alright. Please let me look into it today, and if there is a likely hood of that happening, I will make a change.

  51. Acela Tesch
    January 12th, 2013 14:20
    51

    This is such a wonderful chance and really a lovely idea from your part and I really want to thank you for this generosity. I am well aware that I probably will compete against very talented people here, but I will do my very best and I have the perfect idea of what I will do. After all it’s an enchanted doll at stake here.. My heart is beating faster just of the very thought <3

  52. Marina
    January 12th, 2013 14:30
    52

    You guys, you guys….I’m so, so very touched by how enthusiastic you all are about the contest and the postcard idea.

    I can’t wait to see all your entries!

  53. Piercednpainted
    January 12th, 2013 14:49
    53

    Wow omg omg I must send a card. You gave me the love of Bjd into my like. I love your dolls

  54. Rux
    January 12th, 2013 16:01
    54

    What a wonderful idea!! I love it!!!
    It would be really difficult to choose just one special place. (i want my country on your map:P)
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    I’d love to send you a handmade card:D.. so i’m working on it!

    ps: i’ve also asked at the post office (to get the info about the measures:P) and been told that a post card has few chances to get to you if it’s not in an envelope.. :-s

  55. T,
    January 12th, 2013 16:10
    55

    M.

    I have recently discovered your Art. How inspiring… and the alluring style of the competition adds a new depth and smile to your work. I’ll be posting from Australia, hope it doesn’t take a decade to reach you. spacer

    Thank you!

  56. guga
    January 12th, 2013 16:15
    56

    I really wanted to participate, my dream is to have an enchanted doll, I’m from Brazil! I am a designer girl and I’ll send something very creative, would do anything to win an enchanted doll
    I have a question, I can send him a cartoon by email?

  57. Rina
    January 12th, 2013 19:14
    57

    Love the idea, everything is pretty clear to me, except one thing. You say it can be absolutely anything on the postcard, which means it doesn’t have to be a picture of a place? It can be any image that is alluring and inspiring to us?

    Thank you in advance!

    -R

  58. Felicity
    January 12th, 2013 19:27
    58

    ooooh Marina,

    this is the most wonderful, lovely news!

    This will supercharge my creativity, to try my best. I am too happy for words, that you have given us a chance to win one of your outstanding pieces of stunning artworks!
    YAY – happy dance!

    cheers, F

  59. Marina
    January 12th, 2013 20:34
    59

    @Rita
    It has to carry an essence of a travel postcard. Choose any image that inspires you to travel and conveys that message to me on some level.

  60. Laeticia
    January 12th, 2013 20:48
    60

    Oh Wow!
    What a wonderful way to celebrate your birthday. I so want to be a part of it even if i don’t win.
    Its great to that you will be posting all entries online…It will be great to see all those wonderful places on our Earth that other people find lovely.

    Time to start getting creative!

  61. guga
    January 12th, 2013 22:30
    61

    I really wanted to participate, my dream is to have an enchanted doll, I’m from Brazil! I am a designer girl and I’ll send something very creative, would do anything to win an enchanted doll
    I have a question, I can send him a cartoon by email?

  62. Rhiannon
    January 12th, 2013 22:38
    62

    Ah! This is so great! I dunno where to start! Thanks for the contest! spacer

  63. Mariana
    January 12th, 2013 22:39
    63

    Im from México, can I enter the contest?

  64. Nancie
    January 12th, 2013 23:58
    64

    Wow … what an incredible journey you have been on! An adventure worthy of your talent. Now if I can come up with something that not only inspires you but expresses my love of travel too, what a wonderful challenge! Thanks from Port Moody.

  65. Nancie
    January 13th, 2013 00:04
    65

    Forgot to ask my question … spacer … does the postcard have to be a “real” place or can we exaggerate/enhance the image spacer

  66. Nancie
    January 13th, 2013 00:07
    66

    Sorry, ignore my previous post … I just re-read your rules … I guess if it can be outer space or Ocean floor we can exaggerate/enhance/imagine to our hearts content spacer Silly me!

  67. Claudio Macri
    January 13th, 2013 00:36
    67

    Thank you so much Marina for this opportunity .
    “Italy whithout Sicily leaves no image in mind:
    Only here is the key to everything …” Goethe

  68. Natalia Feschenko
    January 13th, 2013 00:42
    68

    Marina, it is a very inspiring idea, thanks a bunch!
    I will do my best to create a lovely post card for you and possibly win the prize! It has long been my dream to have an enchanted doll and to create beautiful embroidered clothes for her.

  69. Chuhong Guan
    January 13th, 2013 03:35
    69

    Great idea and I am sure it is with lots of fun. I am going to do it ^^

  70. Nada
    January 13th, 2013 04:15
    70

    Is it possible to send the chosen card twice or three times? So one might come through!
    Best wishes and thanks for the contest!

  71. Mitchell Imar van Tilburg
    January 13th, 2013 05:26
    71

    Dear Marina Bychkova,

    Thank you so much for the inspiration and a chance to win such a beautiful piece of art!

    I found a vintage postcard of my mother’s place of birth, and created another with the help of a professional promo-site. I’m ecstatic with anticipation which will come first, and hope I can send you my greetings with love soon, from The Netherlands!

    Namasté,

  72. Alessandra
    January 13th, 2013 06:02
    72

    Hi Marina! This contest is wonderful.
    I’m excited to partecipate.
    Should I put my personal details in the back of the card along with a short message?

  73. Marcia
    January 13th, 2013 12:52
    73

    Most exciting! Now I just have to decide on what to do.

  74. claudia
    January 13th, 2013 13:24
    74

    I’m enchanted… hope I succeed in doing something…:)
    thank you

  75. Marina
    January 13th, 2013 15:37
    75

    @Mariana 63
    Entries from around the world are accepted.

    @Nada 70
    Yes, you can send multiple back up copies of your entry if you have concerns it might go missing in the mail. Only one of entry from each person will count, no matter how many back ups you send.

    @Alessandra 72
    You personal details are necessary for mailing and contest entry. Any other writing is optional.

    Attention birthday contestants! This is a modification to the mailing rules:
    You may mail your cards in envelopes if you have concerns that cards might go missing in the mail. They won’t be disqualified.

  76. julie
    January 13th, 2013 17:11
    76

    Yayyyy!!! This is excitinggg! spacer

  77. Christiane (Quebec)#24
    January 13th, 2013 22:46
    77

    Thank you for the envelope option! I did have a few concerns…..If the post man does not know who you are…..well he will after Feb 28!

  78. Clarisse
    January 14th, 2013 05:03
    78

    Thank you so much for this opportunity !

    You’ll receive one from Paris very soon, I posted it this morning I was so inspired by the contest ! spacer

    I saw you changed the rules just after i already posted it, so… hope everything will be okay ! spacer

    thank you again.
    C.

  79. Rubyyyy
    January 14th, 2013 08:20
    79

    I’m only 11, can I partecipate??

  80. professional Copywriter
    January 14th, 2013 08:32
    80

    professional Copywriter…

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  81. Marina
    January 14th, 2013 12:54
    81

    Yes, Rubyyyy, you can participate!
    There are no age restrictions.

  82. Silviacat
    January 15th, 2013 14:47
    82

    HI Marina ^_^
    Do I have to write just my name on the back of the card or you need the address too?

  83. livalic
    January 15th, 2013 21:06
    83

    Thank you , Marina
    Thank you for this opportunity .
    How exciting~~~~~

  84. Sonia
    January 16th, 2013 08:39
    84

    Thank-you Marina, for giving us this chance to possibly own one of your beauties!

  85. Joanna
    January 16th, 2013 10:08
    85

    probably you have already planned it but if not I think that really interesting will be the map with all places you’ve received postcards from mrked on.

    go to work!!!

  86. Pati
    January 16th, 2013 13:30
    86

    Wow, its wonderful idea, you are so generous Marina!Your dolls are so amazing! I totally fell in love with them ♥

  87. Alina
    January 17th, 2013 09:42
    87

    Marina, if sent in an envelope i need to write something on the card itself? (Address, name, etc.)

  88. Isabel pacheco
    January 18th, 2013 18:00
    88

    Thanks sweet Marina.

  89. Svetlana
    January 19th, 2013 10:41
    89

    Woohoo
    J

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