Vermont Doll Lovers

Hi everyone. Happy New Year! Come to the first VTDL meetup of 2019! The next VTDL meetup is 02/09//2018, 1-4 PM, in the Koolvord Room of the Brownell Library in Essex Junction. The theme is Valentine's Day! Seasonal props, accessories, and clothes are welcome for your dolls! See you then! Brownell Library has free parking, accommodations for people with mobility impairments, and easy access to the GMTA #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!

VTDL said goodbye to 2018 with lots of winter and Xmas themed props and costumes, a veritable forest [=3] pine trees, and goofy posing. Total attendees = 6! Check out vermont chick's pictures on her blog.

Hi everyone. The next VTDL meetup is 12/15/2018, 1-4 PM, in the Koolvord Room of the Brownell Library in Essex Junction. Ring in the winter solstice/year-end/New Year's/Xmas/Hanukkah/etc.! Seasonal props, accessories, and clothes are welcome for your dolls! See you then! Brownell Library has free parking, accommodations for people with mobility impairments, and easy access to the GMTA #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!

Total attendees = 5. Pictures kindly taken by Lyrajean, since I was not able to attend. vermont chick has pictures [labeled with company and sculpt] on her blog.

Hi everyone. The next VTDL meetup is 11/10/2018, 1-4 PM, in the Koolvord Room of the Brownell Library in Essex Junction. Seasonal props, accessories, and clothes are welcome for your dolls! See you then! Brownell Library has free parking, accommodations for people with mobility impairments, and easy access to the GMTA #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!

Total attendees = 6, including Angel, who had never come before! The Halloween meetup attracted scifi characters and people in costume.... Click on any pic to enlarge.

Total attendees = 4.

Hi everyone. The next VTDL meetup is 09/15, 1-4 PM, in the Koolvord Room of the Brownell Library in Essex Junction. Brownell Library has free parking, accommodations for people with mobility impairments, and easy access to the GMTA #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!

I've been recording attendance at VTDL meetups since the beginning [i.e., 7 years ago]. Here's the data on a graph. The trend is very slightly upward. We're consistently at 4 or more attendees now! More people attend during summers. Fascinating...

Total attendees = 11. A truly international [including someone from Ontario] and regional [including people from Vermont, Connecticut, and Maine] meetup, this one set attendance records, both for humans and number of dolls [most supplied by Kukolka and Eseme]. Click on any photo to enlarge.

Hi everyone. The next VTDL meetup is 08/11, 1-4 PM, in the Koolvord Room of the Brownell Library in Essex Junction. The theme is "Beach, Barbecue, and Sixth Scale Spectacular!" Bring picnic, swimming, and fun in the sun outfits, props, and accessories for your dolls if you like. Also we have some guests coming with 1:6 scale action figures and stuff to sell/swap, so I encourage you to bring 1:6 scale dolls [like Barbie] if you've got them. Please note that the main library will be closed on this day. You'll have to go around to the side entrance to get to the Koolvord Room. Brownell Library has free parking, accommodations for people with mobility impairments, and easy access to the GMTA #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 wi...

Total attendees = 5. Number of dolls that Mary brought = n, where n is a very large number! Number of photos I took of totally groovy 1970s paper doll fashions = x, where x is a very large number!

Hi everyone. The next VTDL meetup is 07/14, 1-4 PM, in the Koolvord Room of the Brownell Library in Essex Junction. Seasonal props, accessories, and clothes are welcome for your dolls! See you then! Please note that the main library will be closed on this day. You'll have to go around to the side entrance to get to the Koolvord Room. Brownell Library has free parking, accommodations for people with mobility impairments, and easy access to the GMTA #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!

Total attendees = 8! I apologize for the poor quality of the photos. I took some with my tablet, which doesn't have a very good camera. Then a lot of those that I took with my decent camera ended up blurry for unknown reasons. Dammit. Two newcomers came, Mary and Kathy, the latter of which traveled up from western Massachusetts. I notice that attendees increase during the summer, probably because the weather is good for traveling. Urban Hermit, who first attended last July, swung down from Montreal, making this meet an international one. I think I'll invite the Montreal folks to next month's meetup... Click on any photo to enlarge.