Va Fashion Doll Club celebrates Barbie's 60th Birthday!

So I had posted about my little raffle item I donated for my Fashion doll club's luncheon celebration of Barbie's 60th birthday celebration. It took place on October 13th, 2019 and we held it at a local clubhouse located in the subdivision of one of our member's homes, a very nice place to use, with kitchen facilities. 

The only cost of admission was to bring one item worth $20 to raffle off and you could purchase tickets to have a chance at all of the wonderful items donated. The club has done this privately on our own , but we thought it would be wonderful to do this to outsiders to celebrate Barbie's birthday as well as extend our presentations and have some fun trivia games as well as have lunch. 

So onto the photos of the raffles, and the fun!

Dolls on the centers of the tables were meant to be from certain 'eras' to fit in with the presentation of fashion and Barbie down through the decades.  

There were presentations boards set up with dolls with 'iconic' fashions, career, cocktail, sporting, bridal, nighttime, formal, casual

Sometimes in some of the decades, it was hit or miss.

First up Vintage years

                                  Next up Mod ERA

NEXT- Malibu Era

Next up- Superstar Era

Next up--  Collectible Era

Next--  Silkstone Era

Next-  Inclusive Era

Some eras had so many dolls & outfits to choose from it was hard for the members to choose, so the most iconic and recognizable outfits were chosen from their collections. Before the presentation members at the luncheon were broke into teams and given markers, paper and barbie reference books and asked to 'help' with the presentation and make a poster answering 5 of the basic questions of the presentation and members had alot of the fun as each team was given a specific era to research and some of the answers were fun to find out, and meshed out the club members presentation and helped the attendees feel like they were actually participating and not just sitting listening to a boring presentation on dolls.

Of course, prizes were awarded! 

The raffles were then called after lunch, and many won multiples- the more tickets you purchased, the better chances of winning. 

(I won Toy Story Barbie! I was so pleased!)

I forgot to take a photo of my Hermoine Harry Potter item on the table, I was so busy taking photos of everything else. But here are my previous photos of it. Nita, a club member won it and she was so happy!

Enjoy the pics! 

Halloween Raffle donation for Va Fashion Doll Club Barbie's 60th Birthday Celebration

I haven't been posting this much on this blog this year. Life has been taking a toll as my husband has been severely ill this year . I have refrained from posting /talking about it here, but now that we are through the worst of the scares , pnuemonia, but worst of all, cancer- I can breathe a little easier now. I have been the main caregiver and everything this year and it has taken a toll on my doll collecting and my creative play. Some things are more important than dolls, hobbies, etc. as much as I enjoy them, I honestly have had no heart for them. 

So I could breathe a little easier as things began to improve and I could create a small raffle donation for my Va. Fashion Doll club who were organizing a small club luncheon this weekend. Here is the flyer-

I decided to create a Halloween type themed item, and went with a recent Mattel Hermoine Grainger doll that I had recently purchased. I customized a Disney Princess table and chair set by painting it black, and adding a dollhouse miniature carpet underneath. 
I created the miniature Halloween Candy corn cake with a slice cut out, as well as the Mandrake book and the Mandrake plant. I also added Hermoine's cat Crookshanks, which I purchased at A.C. Moore along with the funny little resin stack of books that had a skull on the back. There is also a jar of stick candy on the table as well. 

It has been quite a while since I made mandrakes plants, so I am quite rusty at it. I used to make them in miniature years ago, smaller than this one. I sculpted it out of clay then baked it in the pot and painted it a variety of colors and added the leaves. 

I am hoping to post more soon of Annabelle and Marie Terese's dollhouse soon. Have been adding a few things here and there.  Enjoy.