The Banquet

I felt really sad tonight.  I have met so many wonderful doll people and believe I have made some true friends.  Veronica, our table host, was amazing.  She is one of the sweetest, dearest people you could ever hope to meet.  Everyone at our table was so friendly.  I have a special place in my heart for Victoria.  Christine is so beautiful.  I hope to e-mail back and forth with Veronica forever.

I have put faces to names and cannot believe how many incredible doll people I have added to my list of friends - there's Michael aka Monkeyhaircutter and David, Rob, Uriah/Rob, Denise, PetraElise, Deb, Debbie, Rhonda, Rebecca, Brent, Deron, Patrick, Shuga Shug, Franklin, and the list just keeps going.  I wasn't able to catch up to everyone I wanted to meet and the names and faces are just swimming in my fuzzy brain right now! I finally got to meet Rich and he is coming to visit next weekend. 

We got our doll that was missing from the box with the dress.  It is mold #3 Vanessa.  That's right - Mold #3.  She is gorgeous!

Every Vanessa lover should be very happy.  She is an awesome addition to the Integrity Line Up.  This particular dolls reminds me a great deal of Shock Bon Bon with better eye screening. 

The table centerpiece tonight was Eugenia.  Everyone knows what a Eugenia lover I am.  Guess who won the opportunity to purchase her?  My husband!  He definitely redeemed himself from the DG!

This girl is a tan, raven haired beauty.

Then out comes the convention doll.  She was a giftset.  She was in the coolest packaging - it was like a beach/travel bag.

There are three outfits included with the doll - and she is an Imogen!!

And what a lovely face up!  Again, I apologize for the glare.  There was no natural light tonight.

We're leaving out early in the morning.  Hopefully I'll get some photos of the Color Infusion dolls soon.  They are much better than anticipated.  Everyone knows I am one of the loudest screamers and hardest kickers when it comes to a new body style.  We'll see how it goes.

BTW, have you ever heard of Non-Buyer's Remorse.  I started regretting not getting the Elise Centerpiece from the Integrity Club Luncheon today.  My husband and I went for a walk on the grounds and to sit on the beach.  He ordered a drink and it cost $30.  On the way back to the room, we briefly stopped by the Sales Room.  They had a few leftover Elise and Victoire for sale.  He said, "Heck, if a drink costs $30 here, go ahead and get your doll!" 

What a great husband I have.

We found out that the convention will be held in Los Angeles next year - they're going to the West Coast. 

Someone had speculated that the Loni Lawrence doll was the Breakfast at Tiffany mold.  I spoke with David Buttrey and he confirms that is correct!

Some Very Creative Doll People

One of my favorite part of the Integrity Convention was looking at the contest entries.  They were in a room across from the Sales Room.  First there were several dressed dolls.  I have several photos.  The gowns were quite intricate.  (Forgive the photos, but I relied on room lighting.)

I'll start with the Anja (I believe) in tis gorgeous orange confection.

Next up are a pair of dolls that look like beautiful tropical orchids.  For some reason my camera wouldn't stay focused off the Venus Eugenia in the background.

Probably because Venus is on my list of "will never own" dolls.  Here she is.

There was a beautiful fuschia girl.

I really liked the colors in this entry.

I couldn't photograph each doll individually.  So, I apologize to anyone I missed.  I appreciate the incredible amounts of time and effort to create an outfit, and the omission was not intentional.  

 I cannot imagine which doll will win.  They were all so extraordinary. The diorama entries were also in this room.  There was doll sleeping inside an aquarium. This was very clever.  It reminded me of an old movie I watched as a little girl about a family living on the bottom of the sea.

There was a lovely diorama of an upscale apartment.

 There was a birdcage with dolls dresses as birds.  It was breathtaking.

There was a Nadja wren on the lawn.

There was a beautiful bird opening the cage door.

There were two very exotic dolls inside the cage. The first ...

And the other ...

In your Convention package there was a ballot for voting for your favorites in each category.  It will be exciting to see who wins.

The competitions entries were in the same room as the raffle items.  Integrity brings out many dolls they have produced and attendees can purchase raffle tickets to put in boxes for each doll.  There were just too many to photograph.  You can buy and enter as many raffle tickets as you want.  I didn't buy any.  

They had color version of the IFDC Shake It Up Korrine.  They gave away three at Welcome Dinner and three at the Poppy luncheon.  I don't know how many they made or how many will be given out tonight.

There were also two OOAK dolls.  One was a 16 inch doll and the other was a Eugenia in a gorgeous gown.

I thought you would enjoy seeing this side of the convention.  I am off to the banquet!  Can't wait to see what happens tonight!