Vermont Doll Lovers

Vermont Doll Lovers' next meetup occurs August 13th, 1-4 PM, in the Koolvord Room of the Brownell Library in Essex Jct. We're doing Beach Party II, since just 3 people showed up for June's party. ^_^ Time for sun umbrellas, swimsuits, sunglasses, grilled food, and sunscreen to keep delicate BJD resin from yellowing! :p Brownell Library has free parking, accommodations for people with mobility impairments, and easy access to the CCTA #2 Essex Junction bus. If you are coming from the Burlington area and need a ride, please get in touch with me. I may be able to provide a carpool. As always, VTDL welcomes all kinds of doll lovers and all kinds of dolls. No age limit, no doll restrictions. People without dolls are also welcome -- you just need to like 'em! Hope to see you there! --MW Future meetup: 9/10.

Total attendees = 3. Well, this is a really late post, but better late than never! We had a beach party themed meetup, and I, vermont chick, and Lyrajean attended. Click on any photo to enlarge. vermont chick has photos on her blog. Lyrajean has photos on DOA.

Vermont Doll Lovers' next meetup occurs June 11th, 1-4 PM, in the Koolvord Room of the Brownell Library in Essex Jct. The theme is beach party! Time for sun umbrellas, swimsuits, sunglasses, grilled food, and sunscreen to keep delicate BJD resin from yellowing! :p Brownell Library has free parking, accommodations for people with mobility impairments, and easy access to the CCTA #2 Essex Junction bus. If you are coming from the Burlington area and need a ride, please get in touch with me. I may be able to provide a carpool. As always, VTDL welcomes all kinds of doll lovers and all kinds of dolls. No age limit, no doll restrictions. People without dolls are also welcome -- you just need to like 'em! Hope to see you there! --MW

Total attendees = 6. Lyrajean, vermont chick, Bittersweet Blue, Melface, and Shannon showed up today for our meet. The steampunk theme was mostly my ploy to get Bittersweet Blue to bring back her 1:4 scale telescope. Top hats, brass, ruffles, and other vaguely steampunky accoutrements also appeared on others' dolls. I have realized that we always have much more fun with a variety of props. Check the pictures below for details. Click on any picture on enlarge. vermont chick has photos on her blog.

Vermont Doll Lovers' next meetup occurs May 14th, 1-4 PM, in the Koolvord Room of the Brownell Library in Essex Jct. The theme is steampunk! A telescope will be available for smaller dolls to look through and/or ride. :D Brownell Library has free parking, accommodations for people with mobility impairments, and easy access to the CCTA #2 Essex Junction bus. If you are coming from the Burlington area and need a ride, please get in touch with me. I may be able to provide a carpool. As always, VTDL welcomes all kinds of doll lovers and all kinds of dolls. No age limit, no doll restrictions. People without dolls are also welcome -- you just need to like 'em!   Hope to see you there! --MW

Total attendees = 4 [me, vermont chick, Lyrajean, and Bittersweet Blue]. Click on photos to enlarge. vermont chick has photos on her blog.

Vermont Doll Lovers' next meetup occurs April 9th, 1-4 PM, in the Koolvord Room of the Brownell Library in Essex Jct. Brownell Library has free parking, accommodations for people with mobility impairments, and easy access to the CCTA #2 Essex Junction bus. If you are coming from the Burlington area and need a ride, please get in touch with me. I may be able to provide a carpool. As always, VTDL welcomes all kinds of doll lovers and all kinds of dolls. No age limit, no doll restrictions. People without dolls are also welcome -- you just need to like 'em!   Hope to see you there! --MW

Total attendees = 4. Bittersweet Blue, DragonGems, Lyrajean, and I goofed off this afternoon with lots of toy eggs, rabbits, chicks, and, of course, dolls. Lyrajean has pictures on DOA. Click on pictures to enlarge.

Vermont Doll Lovers' next meetup, March 12th, 1-4 PM, in the Koolvord Room of the Brownell Library in Essex Jct., features a St. Patrick's/Easter theme. Shamrocks! Pots of gold! Painted eggs! Baskets of chocolate! Anything else seasonal! Bring appropriate outfits, accessories, and props! Brownell Library has free parking, accommodations for people with mobility impairments, and easy access to the CCTA #2 Essex Junction bus. If you are coming from the Burlington area and need a ride, please get in touch with me. I may be able to provide a carpool. As always, VTDL welcomes all kinds of doll lovers and all kinds of dolls. No age limit, no doll restrictions. People without dolls are also welcome -- you just need to like 'em!   Hope to see you there! --MW

Total attendees = 6. Regulars Lyrajean, Melface, and Nerdy Victorian came to this Saturday's meetup, along with two newcomers, astraldoll7 [all the way from New York!] and Bittersweet Blue [all the way from southern Vermont!], each of whom had trekked over 2 hours to meet fellow doll lovers. Of course I was there too, with my usual complement of Valentine's props. Though I billed the meet as one with a Valentine's theme, we all paid much more attention to the swap/sale/get rid of it event going on concurrently. We spread wares across two tables: clothing and wigs that Lyrajean and I wanted to offload, furniture from Nerdy Victorian, and dolls and doll parts from Melface, astraldoll7, and Bittersweet Blue. While no large ticket items [i.e., dolls] exchanged hands, attendees did trade, sell, and/or give away smaller items. I -- and everyone else -- seemed to really enjoy seeing what others had to get rid of, especially as some items had never shown up at meets before. Thus ...

VTDL's direct URL, http://vtdolllovers.blogspot.com , will always work, but I just added a bit.do shortened URL for business cards: http://bit.do/vtdl . Yippee.

Lyrajean and I are planning to go to the NERDS Show and Meetup on March 5th, 12-5 PM, in Lowell, MA. We'll have a vendor table, and I'll be publicizing VTDL. Stop by and say hi!

Vermont Doll Lovers' next meetup, February 13th, 1-4 PM, in the Koolvord Room of the Brownell Library in Essex Jct., features a Valentine's theme. Hearts! Chocolate! Doilies! Anything else seasonal! Bring appropriate outfits, accessories, and props! We're also having a swap/sale, so bring any of the following you want to get rid of: eyes, wigs, clothes, jewelry, accessories, heads, hands, feet, optional parts, miscellaneous resin bits, props, furniture, backdrops, etc. All scales, all sizes. Brownell Library has free parking, accommodations for people with mobility impairments, and easy access to the CCTA #2 Essex Junction bus. If you are coming from the Burlington area and need a ride, please get in touch with me. I may be able to provide a carpool. As always, VTDL welcomes all kinds of doll lovers and all kinds of dolls. No age limit, no doll restrictions. People without dolls are also welcome -- you just need to like 'em!   Hope to see you there!...

Total attendees = 4. The first meetup of the new year kicked off with me, Lyrajean, Nerdy Victorian, and vermont chick attending. Some of us spent about an hour discussing Star Wars: The Force Awakens [Kylo Ren and BB-8 mostly], although we did manage to take pictures of some dolls. vermont chick has photos on her blog too.