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NBDCC 2011–Beach Party and Silent Auction

The first scheduled social event of the official convention was a beach party. As we waited to enter the ballroom during cocktail hour, we were given Ken hand tags . A big “Thank You” to Pam for being my tag model!

There was such an atmosphere of joy and anticipation. It was so much fun to renew Barbie friendships and have the opportunity to make new Barbie friends.

The fabulous Barb and Rocky

Cheryl, Matt, Jenny,Ann and Cheryl

The nicest sisters you could ever meet, Joan and Pinky(Denise)

…and the silent auction too. I was too busy visiting to take photos of all of the silent auction entries but here are a few that I did get. There were some really phenomenal entries this year!

NBDCC 2011–Beach Party and Silent Auction

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Posted by raberry65 | August 6, 2011 | Categories: Barbie, NBDCC 2011 | Tags: Barbie Convention, doll convention, NBDCC 2011 | 2 Comments

NBDCC 2011–The Fashion Show

I am jumping a bit ahead in the schedule because I was excited to share these photos. The Fashion Show at NBDCC is always a favorite. Crowds start to gather at least 30 minutes before the door opens for good seats. If you are a photographer, you want to scope out the best vantage sites early. While I wish I had sat in a spot that did not have the auction dolls in the foreground (they have never had the live auction held after the fashion show before so dolls were never there), I was generally happy with my vantage point for photos. I especially liked the fact that I could catch the wonderful expressions from the Mattel crowd in a number of my photos. They looked like they were really enjoying the show and I hope so as the show is really a way of showing them how much we love what they do.

Here are a few of my favorites from the show.

Stan – how adorable is he! And…Bill Greening is smiling in the bottom corner.

Loved her attitude!!

Adorable Citris Obsession

Steven Frasier’s daughter stole the show with her outfit. She was fantastic on the runway!

The Palm Beach entries were a huge crowd pleaser…….all strutted to the theme from Austin Powers. It was fabulous!

Congratulations to all the organizers of and participants in the fashion show. It was a wonderful event!

NBDCC 2011 Fashion Show

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Posted by raberry65 | August 5, 2011 | Categories: Barbie, NBDCC 2011 | Tags: Barbie Convention, doll convention, NBDCC 2011 | 5 Comments

NBDCC 2011 Day Three–Artist Creations

Tuesday was definitely the day for OOAK unveilings. Magia2000, Ninimomo and Artist Creations all had their parties within hours of each other. It was a challenge to make it to all of them not to mention I was volunteering during some of the time too. Thank you all for your patience in waiting for updates and photos. I had such great plans of posting photos and blogging while at convention. You know what they say about best laid plans. Oh well…. perhaps I will be better organized next year.

The last party of the day was Artist Creations and they did not disappoint. I must say these was the most exquisite work I have ever seen them do.

Artist Creations OOAK NBDCC 2011

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The raffle doll for Artist Creations was gorgeous and sadly I did not win it…booohoo. But, it did go to a lovely Barbie friend and I am sooooo excited for her. Winking smile

Posted by raberry65 | August 4, 2011 | Categories: Barbie, NBDCC 2011 | Tags: Artist Creations OOAK Barbie, Barbie Convention, doll convention, NBDCC 2011 | 6 Comments

NBDCC 2011 Day Three–Ninimomo

The second stop on my OOAK photo trip was the Ninimomo party. They had amazing displays of the most jaw dropping creations.

Ninimomo OOAK Party NBDCC 2011

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They did a trio of dolls for their live auction entry and they are simply stunning.

Posted by raberry65 | July 28, 2011 | Categories: NBDCC 2011 | Tags: doll convention, NBDCC, NBDCC 2011 | Leave a comment

NBDCC Day Three–The Magia2000 party

For many collectors, the Magia2000 party is a must see. They are truly artists and it is a pure pleasure to photograph these beauties.

The crowd gathered and waited with great anticipation!

There was even a press release!

Then the doors opened and mad buying ensued

Magia2000 Party NBDCC 2011

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It was an amazing event!

Posted by raberry65 | July 27, 2011 | Categories: NBDCC 2011 | Tags: doll convention, Magia 2000, NBDCC, NBDCC 2011 | Leave a comment

NBDCC Day two continued…..

Barb ( Barbaddicted ), Jenny ( JennyM) and Cheryl(proopschick)

Magia2000 – Mario and Gianni with friends

The venue is just beautiful. Here are a few snaps of the Harbor Beach Marriott Resort and Spa

Posted by raberry65 | July 26, 2011 | Categories: Barbie, NBDCC 2011 | Tags: doll convention, NBDCC, NBDCC 2011 | Leave a comment

The buy a Matt Sutton then go get a cocktail club meeting

Last year a group of us who purchased Matt Sutton’s work started the “ Buy a Matt Sutton then go get a cocktail” club. We had our second annual meeting!

The club members all had fun doing show and tell with their new Matt purchases.

The Matt Club Show and Tell

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Oh, and I managed to walk away with some goodies too….

These beauties are “ Le Cirque” and “Black Diamond”

Posted by raberry65 | July 26, 2011 | Categories: Barbie, NBDCC 2011 | Tags: doll convention, Matt Sutton OOAK Barbie, NBDCC, NBDCC 2011 | Leave a comment

NBDCC Day Two

The official convention has not even begun yet but the room shopping is in full swing. We were given a bonus today in that there was an extra early registration announced and we could receive our registration packets between 5 and 7 PM this evening. The big event today, besides the amazing room shopping, was Matt Sutton’s and Matt Trujillo’s room opening for sales. The line started around 4:00 PM and by 5:00PM the hall was rowdy and ready to see the amazing works of art by Matt and Matt.

Waiting for Matt and Matt’s room to open

Sheree and Peter ( PeterVermont) waiting for Matt Sutton’s room to open

The line grew and grew throughout the 1 hour wait from 4pm – 5pm

Matt and Matt had the most amazing group of dolls for sale! Yes I walked away with a Matt Sutton and photos of her will be up soon.

Matt and Matt’s OOAK dolls at NBDCC 2011

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Posted by raberry65 | July 25, 2011 | Categories: Barbie, NBDCC 2011 | Tags: doll convention, Matt Sutton OOAK Barbie, Matt Trujillo OOAK Ken, NBDCC, NBDCC 2011 | 2 Comments

NBDCC Day one

Hello everyone from the NBDCC in Ft Lauderdale, Florida. It is midnight and I have just finished my first round of room shopping. There are quite a few rooms open for shopping and many people arrived today. I met Sheree for dinner and we had fun shopping in Randall Craig’s room as well as Steven Frasier’s Dressmaker Details room. Here are a few photos to share. I will share more tomorrow but it is late and have to go to bed.