November News and Updates

So much going on this month!  Snow White's 80th is right around the corner and our gal seems to be popping up all over!

LuLaRoe announced new princess styles and My Fairy Tale life posted a few of the new fabrics...look out wallet!

One of my big holiday bucket list items is to go to New York to see the window displays.  If only I had choose this year! Chip and Company, Disney Style, and E News covered Saks Fifth Avenue's big new window displays.  Did you catch the live stream of the grand unveiling?  They have merchandise as well....I'm holding out for the $5,000 purse.  How about you?

Was anyone wandering in Central Park and saw this photo shoot taking place?  Yup, Snow, the prince, and the dwarfs were running around Central Park in New York City.

Check out this video on Snow White's style and the designer dresses made for Saks Window!

WDW for Grown Ups put together a gift guide for Snow White fans...so many things to choose from!

Any Disney's Magic Kingdom fans out there?  The next character release in the game must be Snow White!  Check out the speculation about what will show up.

A beautiful print was released this month at Mondo Con.

I have no idea what to cook in it, but I need a Le Cruset Snow White apple dish!

Japan gets all the best toys!  Check out this Snow White tsum tsum set complete with Hag and Prince.

Think Geek has this great new purse...you can never have too many purses...right?

The Besame Snow White line has been released.  I talked with these gals at the D23 expo and I was so impressed on the accuracy of their colors.  Very well done.

Check out the pictures from the Bristol Post where Snow White is being advertised.

This goes into the category of who thought of this?!?  Check out this video of Thanksgiving leftovers being created into 'art'.

Here is a profile on another Snow White collector!  How awesome!

Snow White 80th Anniversary Funko Pops

Funko announced in August that they would be releasing a full set of Pops to celebrate Snow White's anniversary in 2017 - the big 80!

Funko has previously released some Pops of Snow White, Grumpy, and the Evil Queen:

Evil queen number 42 - from 2012.  There was also a Grumpy in this series (number 46).  Sadly I don't have this.

Key chain version of Evil Queen

A miniature Evil Queen sold in a set with Ursula and Maleficent.  There was also a set of the evil queen and Snow and Snow and Grumpy.

One of the first in the Disney series from the Disney Store - Snow White - from 2011

The new series has all seven dwarfs plus a Grumpy variant and Dopey chase, two Snow White variants, and the Hag.  For those in the 'know'  a variant is a Pop that is available only at particular stores (Toys R Us, Books a Million, and Hot Topic in this case).  The chase is a tricky thing to land because it is randomly sent in boxes and stores don't know if they are going to get them.

I had to the witch - she is so well done!

The Hot Topic exclusive - the Snow White Diamond edition.  Very well done and I am grateful to Hot Topic's local instagram feed for posting when they arrived so I could put one on hold!

The Toys R Us exclusive - I love this so much! I haven't found her...yet.

This is the one that will drive collectors crazy!

Creating a Disney Collectables Log

If you are reading this blog, there's a good chance you are a Disney collector like me.  Over the years, I've fallen into the trap of, do I have that item?  Did I buy that one?  How did I end up with two of these?

I've tried making photo albums, but those are not easy to carry around.  I have found that using Google as a platform for logging my collection has been the best idea I've ever had!

Years ago, I had to move my entire collection into storage for some time.  Being a nervous Nelly, I decided that I needed a log of every item I was putting into storage.  I made a spread sheet of every item in each box.  I also took a picture of each item.

Fast forward ten years later, I realized I could digitize those pictures and then converted my spreadsheet to a Google Sheet.

Now I can access my files in Google Drive.  Here is a look at my collection file:

Each file contains pictures of all of the items I have.  The image has an identifying number that matches to my spreadsheet:

My Google Sheet has lots of room for improvement, but here's a peak:

The best benefit is that I can share these among all my Google accounts and can pull up my file no matter where I am (especially handy when at a collectible show sale).  I have also been able to share the file with others as I need to.  A great benefit when loved ones see something on eBay they want to get me.

Every few months I take some time to photograph new items, upload them to the correct folders, and make sure I have added details to the Google Sheet.  As of a few weeks ago, I have logged 2,149 items, so that's not too shabby!