Showing posts with label OOAK Doll convention. Show all posts
Showing posts with label OOAK Doll convention. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Va. Fashion Doll Club Meeting April 2017- Part ll Dioramas & OOAK Convention presentation

Part ll continues with the Va. Fashion Doll Club's Diorama 'Real' Families and Leslie's OOAK Convention presentation report. 

Let's start with the Real Families dioramas. One stipulation was each family had to have a child or children. I admit when I began my family I did not know this, lol. 

I'll begin with my family- the French royal family, Louis XVl and Marie Antoinette and their children, Marie Therese and Louis Joseph, the Dauphin. I won first place with this diorama. 


2nd place went to Janice, our Vice President , for the Crime of the Century, the Lindburgh family. 


3rd place went to Jodie for her version of Thomas Jefferson and his family and Sally Hemmings. 


Linda did President Trump and his family, a very good rendition.

Scarlett did a flashback to Tom Cruise when he was married to Katie Holmes and their daughter Siri


Laurie's was inspired by a book written by Gloria Vanderbilt and her son, Anderson Cooper 


Debbie our club President did the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge with Prince George and Princess Charlotte

Leslie used the famous TV Show family Jon &Kate Gosselin and their 8 Children


Barbara displayed how Kenye and Kim Kardarshian fly around the world with their daughter North-West...


those were the visual presentations, our slacker prize went to Nita who described her entry , lol. 

This diorama really had me sewing for a couple of weeks. Sometimes to finish a project you just need to have a focus and a deadline. Everyone at the meeting talked about how frenzied and flurried we were, even though we had a few weeks to do the project. 

Leslie, one of our members who lives in Northern Va. , had been invited to the OOAK Doll convention which was by invitation . She had a great time and brought her dolls and outfits and souvenirs from the convention. 

They were set up in Debbi's florida sunroom for the presentation.


The two main convention dolls were by Magia2000 and Ninimomo.




The convention was held in New York City and the convention attendees got to do alot of things like go to the famous garment district and see the famous stores 'Mood' and Trimmings that Project Runway uses, for their doll workshops. 

Some of the Ninimomo dolls that Leslie was able to purchase.







Paintbox designs-


workshop doll


Belissima Couture 





Centerpiece dolls




And that is pretty much my report. I had a ton of fun at the meeting and now am currently working on some other dolls. Pictures will be up soon when I am finished.  

Monday, April 3, 2017

Va. Fashion Doll Club meeting April 2017- Tutti & Todd Part l

I might divide this blog post into two parts, the Tutti and Todd presentation- which is HUGE! and then the club's diorama competition of 'Real' families and Leslie's report of the OOAK Doll convention. I have tons of photos. Our meeting went on for 5- 5 1/2 or 6 hours of fun. I was tuckered out by the time I got home - 12:30 to 5:00 but really, folks, the fun goes on longer than that because our doll club is intense with the food, dolls, etc. I didn't even take anything for show and tell this time. And we were just sitting down to show and tell at 5 pm! 

So let's start with the presentation. The meeting took place at our club president's home, Debbi. She goes all out for spring and Easter. She set up the Tutti display from her upstairs bedroom in front of her fireplace . 




Yes, that double wide cabinet on the right is full of silkstones. The shelves were on the display had over 100 Tutti and Todd vintage dolls on them. It boggles the mind. And some were in the box, and OOAK. 

To continue the obsession, the table further down held paperdolls, and a collection of cases. Our club president didn't have every item, there is a very rare European Parian case in pink that she can't get ahold of and she had a print out of. 

I will just continue with pics.  

































I will continue more tomorrow with Part ll of the diorama presentations and Leslie's report on the OOAK Doll convention. She brought all the fashions and dolls she had and the items she received and it was wonderful to be able to see so many beautiful items from that convention. More Tutti and Todd photos are available on my Flicker 

Enjoy!