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Nerd Shirts and Weekend Puzzle #289

I’m kinda a nerd, and kinda excited for this… You can shop on Amazon here for all the Nancy Drew t-shirts we are offering. 😉   Here’s your weekend puzzle! Key: Ghost cgiilwttk qgit oljdkb We have a couple of birthdays to celebrate this weekend! -Little Jackalope

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Posted in: Birthday, Blogs, Merchandise

My First Nancy Drew Puzzle

Today’s Throwback Thursday is a favorite of mine from Message in a Haunted Mansion, which my first Nancy Drew game. And yes, for me, this was the first ND puzzle I had ever solved in my history of playing Nancy Drew games. <3 If you haven’t played this classic, you can get the digital download […]

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Finding Nancy Drew Treasures: Vintage Books

This last weekend I took a trip to my favorite store in the world, Powell’s City of Books in Portland, Oregon. The book store is made up of several buildings all taking up an entire city block. The Rose Room is my favorite, because that’s where the Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys books, as […]

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Fan Art, Stationery, and Tshirts

Hey all! In the video I made last week, I was using Nancy Drew’s letter stationery. If you want to print out your own letter paper and trim the edges yourself, you may! Click here for the full color version, or click here for the light version that takes up less ink and doesn’t color […]

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ND Chatter and Awesome T-Shirts!

An article was posted by SF Gate on “12 actresses who should portray Nancy Drew in the new CBS adaptation.” Click here to read it! What do you think? Which actress should play the role of Nancy Drew in the new TV series? My favorite (Nancy Drew nerd in me) news of the weekend is this: […]

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Posted in: Birthday, Blogs, Merchandise

Halloween & Prizes Excitement

We are getting into the heart of the Halloween season, with cosplay and pumpkin contests, exciting prizes, and Halloween-themed videos! First of all, we have some new photos of the awesome Charlotte Thornton doll by AY Collective. Take a look at all the photos on the contest page! (Isn’t she gorgeous?!) Also, we have a great […]

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Charlotte Cosplay and Shave Ice

We have another fun entry by Melissa for our Cosplay Contest. How cool is this?! Today’s Throwback Thursday is from The Creature of Kapu Cave. You can get the digital download today for 50% off using promo code CRE50 at checkout. Also, I’ve got some fun projects I’m working on right now, and some new […]

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Toys Are Fun

Ever since Curse of Blackmoor Manor (the chattering teeth toy in Jane’s room), I have learned to always try things repeatedly — just in case something special would happen if I played with the object 20+ times. In real life I’m sure it would ridiculous if I stood and played with the pigeon toy for […]

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Hotchkiss and Yurei – Fan Style

Check out this awesome pumpkin entry by Lizzy! It’s the ghost girl (yurei) from Shadow at the Water’s Edge: I have a pumpkin at home, and even though I can’t enter the contest, I can certainly show you my attempt at a cool carving! Now what to carve… Fan Taylor cosplayed at Prof. Hotchkiss from […]

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Posted in: Blogs, Contest, Fan

Family Photos, Nancy Drew Style!

We are starting to receive some great entries to our cosplay contest! Check out the Worthington family’s photo: we’ve got Nancy Drew, Charlotte, Minette, and “Das Monster.” Will you be dressing up as a Nancy Drew Character for the contest? As for the weekend puzzle, it looks like it was solved! Here’s the drop quote […]

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