Yellow was the color of the day!

Norma Lu's Hat

Normal Lu admires the hat she made in David's workshop.

Mask and Headdress Workshop

David Wolfe gave a workshop on making headdresses or masks for the Saturday night banquet. Here we see a lively group totally immersed in the creative process. David passed out oodles of materials....feathers, sparkles, glitter, etc. Then he told us to "go crazy." It was an anything-goes kind of workshop and as you can see, we had a great time!

Catherine Dobson

Meet Catherine Dobson, age 8. Catherine and her sister Isabella were special guests of their grandmother at this year's convention. And like me, they got to skip three days of school!! I met Catherine and Isabella during the Artist Showcase. They are both artists, too, and were interested in how I go about creating my paper dolls. On Friday morning Catherine came to my sales table and told her mother that she wanted the "ice skater" paper doll. Her mother made a mental note and Catherine came skipping over to my sales table later that afternoon with a big smile on her face, waving a $20 bill (my sets were $15). Let this remind us that sometimes paper dolls really ARE meant for children. Thanks, Catherine. You made my day!

Beverly and Elaine

Beverly Micucci and Elaine Paulson at their sales table on Friday. Elaine had a bunch of Betsy McCalls priced very reasonably. But of course I had left my list at home and didn't know which ones I had/needed. Hopefully we can get together via email and I can take some of them off her hands.

Kwei-lin Lum

Kwe-lin looks up from her sales table for a moment. It was exciting to see her first Dover publication, "Day of the Dead," which I purchased, along with her PD deck of cards.

Other convention purchases included a Gabriel boxed set called, "Best of Friends," the "Grease" set that Jenny published, "Michelle" (Obama) from David Wolfe's PaperDollywood, "Flower Girls," a Saalfield set, a Betsy McCall set from Saalfied, a punch-out Nativity and "Barack Obama" paper dolls from Tom Tierney, a set of Anne of Green Gables notecards from Donald Hendricks, and the previously mentioned Raggedy set from Jim Howard.

I bought some things in the salesroom and others I got while room hopping/shopping after dinner on Thursday. Going from room to room is always fun. It sort of reminds me of trick-or-treating.

Except, of course, that nothing is free!!

Jan and Sam McKay

Jan and Sam McKay are a special paper doll couple. Jan is an avid collector and we can always expect to see something unique from her in the competition. Sam is the ever supporting husband. He is known to load his van up with Jan and her PD friends and haul them all off to an antique mall or craft store. We love you, Sam!!