IT'S COMING ALONG SOON

 

Yes , the Chat n Snap is getting closer. The photo above is of the two , at present, raffle dolls. The brunette doll, which I have donated is wearing a new smocked dress set donated by Shelley B-O. 

The baby is also wearing a romper that was also smocked and made by Shelley but he came in this and will also come with another newly donated outfit by Michelle S.

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I already have a lovely big box of raffle prizes, mostly donated by the lovely Leslie H and also some others by Ronny C and myself. There will be many more on the day.

So If you have a ticket or are on the list, my family and I look forward to seeing you on the day. There are NO admittance to non ticket /listed people on the day, please no turning up last minute as this would be unfair to all those who committed to the event and paid up early to ensure it could go ahead,

There are a few parking spaces at the front of the hall, please leave those for our older members with mobility issues.

 Please once parked up , make your way to the front doors and have your name checked off the list, please don't try to enter through the kitchen door at the rear. These will be locked.

All sales table sellers please park at the front then move your car to the rear once unloaded. Sellers can arrive from 10 15 onwards, non seller please try not to arrive before 11am

The sales tables will open when announced ,there is no selling or reserving items before they open. Let's be fair to everyone attending.

There will be the usual doll adoption table this year but with a slight twist. You can put up to three Sasha/Gregors on the table to sell but this year you can swap up to two of those for non Sasha dolls. All dolls need to have a tag with price and owner, so people can come and search for you to do the deal. If you want to buy a doll you can pick it up and go hunt the seller and do the deal. The seller must put a donation of a minimum of £2 into the box for selling the doll at the event.

Please do NOT carry any doll around if you are just thinking about buying it, this could stop the owner from making a sale to someone else on the day.

Food and drink are available for donations, there will be a box for that at the refreshment area. Please bring a mug if you can but there will be some available for those who forget or have travelled from abroad.

Raffle tickets will be on sale and the raffle will start to be called around or just after 2 pm.

There will be some new people attending, so please help them enjoy the event by having a chat.

This years display is a 1960's/ 70's playground. You can add a suitably dressed doll to the display but only one but you do not need to add any. Please be careful of the play equipment , also note there was no proper health and safety back then so safely surfaces. Your doll uses the playground at it's own risk.

Hopefully this is all not too bossy but hey you know me  !! But you will enjoy yourself honest !! 

Dee

FIVE YEARS OR MAYBE LONGER. . . . .

 

I had this little brunette baby with falling hair and decided to remove the falling hair and re root her with maybe red hair.

So I removed all the old hair and started to re root however before I'd gone far , I set her to one side and wandered off on other things. I had stored her and all her parts in an old Tupperware box, that I'd used to keep my knitting needles in. 

And there she stayed for several years, by the time I remembered her the arthritis in my hands was way to bad to push needles of hair through the hard small holes. Mm what to do ? I decided to remove the hair I'd rooted and sell her for someone else to finish off.

But the neck hook was broken ! So back in the box she went and several more years went past ! 

Then a few months ago I was hit by my. . . . I need more babies phase ! Babies began arriving like I'd opened either an orphanage or nursery , although It must be an orphanage has they are all still here ! But this meant |I went looking for the bald baby who was still in pieces. Then sent for a new neck hook, only for it to arrive and me to realise the one I already had was not broken but it was meant to be put together ! 

Yet again the poor girl was left in the box when I realised I had to heat up her neck to get the plastic bar back in. 

Finally today I decided  was the day she'd get put back together. The kettle was boiled, the neck dipped and the fight began ! I hate restring dolls ! Finally the neck ring was back in and now it was just a case of putting her head and legs back on to the body, which I had cleverly left the arms in place, so yet more time was spent trying to get the legs strings in place and the legs hook back on ! 

Then the poor girl was finally after five ( I maybe well out with that number ) years, she was whole ! Well apart from her hair ! But I had bought a wig for another non Sasha doll which I decided may do her and a lovely new smocked baby dress by Ruth Hartley , which had been sitting around waiting for her to come together .

So this is Romilly , finally getting to enjoy life again.

I think the dress suits her and she deserves it due to how long she's been tucked away !

Although the wig from the back appears more suitable to an older doll, I think from the front she can get away with it.

So Romilly is now getting to meet her baby brothers and sisters and there is one less box sitting around.

And  one tick on the to do list !