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2008
- Tonner Collector's Convention - Lombard, IL
Type of Event: Convention
Friday, May 16, 2008 to Sunday, May 18, 2008 Save the date! More details to follow! - - Orlando, FL
Type of Event: Convention
Friday, May 16, 2008 to Sunday, May 18, 2008 The twentieth anniversary of the Disney Doll and Teddy Bear Weekend. Exclusive Disney character dolls and Plushies, by different manufactures including, Goodreau Doll LLC debuting a brand new crossover character, Vogue Dolls, Steiff, Bev White, and many more. Also enjoy a wonderful auction, and of course Disneyworld!! Packages available.
Please phone 1-407-827-7600 for more information. - Center City Doll Club Meeting - Philadelphia, PA
Type of Event: Club
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 from 7PM Our program will be on Hitty dolls by Carol. Please bring in your favorite wooden doll or doll and book to share with the group. - Germna Puppen Festival PLACE TBA
Type of Event: Convention
Sunday, May 25, 2008 to Wednesday, May 28, 2008 - Fire-Flies Golden Age of Dolls Convention - Orlando, FL
Type of Event: Convention
Thursday, May 29, 2008 to Sunday, June 01, 2008 "PRINCE CHARMING" - Souvenirs by Vogue Doll Convention - Black Doll Collectors Convention - Mansfield, MA
Type of Event: Convention
Friday, May 30, 2008 to Sunday, June 01, 2008 Harambee - The Doll E Daze Project, DALLSS Inc; and The Philadelphia Doll Museum invites you to attend the Black Doll Collectors Convention at the Holiday Inn at 31 Hampshire Street.
Fee is $250
Limited to 250 Attendees
Includes Welcome Reception, Fashion Show, Charity Auction /Banquet, Awards Tea, workshops, seminar, town meeting, Exhibit: No Longer Hidden, goodie bags, souvenirs and more.... - Young At Heart Doll Club Of New Jersey - East Brunswick, NJ
Type of Event: Club
Monday, June 02, 2008 from 7:30 PM Pot Luck - Place To Be Annouced.
The Young At Heart Doll Club of New Jersey strives to enhance the hobby of doll collecting for its members, guests, and others, by fostering a love and appreciation of all types of dolls through the promotion of education and the sharing of knowledge regarding all aspects of our beloved hobby. The club meets every First Monday of the month from September through June. Meetings begin promptly at 7:30PM (Except for December) and are held at the East Brunswick Library (Phone 1-732-390-6761). - Gaithersburg Show - Gaithersburg, MD
Type of Event: Show
Saturday, June 07, 2008 to Sunday, June 08, 2008 For more information please contact Bellman Events at 1-410-357-8451. - Doll Show - San Jose, CA
Type of Event: Show
Saturday, June 07, 2008 from 10AM - 3PM Location: Santa Clara Fairground 344 Tully Road
Our sales floor exhibitors are the finest in the west with dolls, bears, miniatures, supplies, books and accessories from Antique to Modern. We have added collectibles, antiques, vintage clothing, vintage jewlery, etc. to this show! I hope you will join us!
Admission: Adults $6. Children under 12 $3. Children under 5 free! - CED Fashion Doll Event - Ontario, CA
Type of Event: Convention
Friday, June 13, 2008 to Sunday, June 15, 2008 Come join us for a fabulous week end of glamour and fun. The independent manufacturers and designers are pooling their talents with surprises galore. Our theme is awards night glamour. - Center City Doll Club Meeting - Philadelphia, PA
Type of Event: Club
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 We will have a very special meeting featuring the winner of Project Dollway Andrea Jacques! Ted Menten will join her as they speak on Project Dollway and show the winning fashions! Please bring in your favorite fashion doll to share! - National Barbie Collectors Convention - Kansas City, MO
Type of Event: Convention
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 to Saturday, June 21, 2008 - Maggie Iacono At Longwood Gardens - Kennett Square, PA
Type of Event: Other
Saturday, June 21, 2008 from 6PM - 8PM Enjoy the day in the dazzling floral splendor of Longwoods Gardens and then dinner with Happily Ever After! This yearly event will feature local felt artist Maggie Iacono with an exclusive doll limited to sixty pieces plus dinner and all day access to the park. End the day with a spectacular illuminated dancing fountain show. More details to follow. Limited to only sixty people!
Area Hotel Rates – A Guide to Local Lodging
(Rates may vary from these quotes)
Hilton Garden Inn (Route 1, Kennett Square) . . . $125
610- 444-9100 Indoor Pool – heated pool.
Mendenhall Inn ( Route 52 south). . . from $119
610-388-2100
Comfort Inn & Suites (1310 Wilmington Pike) . . . from $99
610-399-4600 Indoor pool – heated pool.
Holiday Inn (Route 202 – West Chester) . . . from $79
610-692-1900 Outdoor pool.
Holiday Inn Express ( Route 1 & 202) . . . from $107
610-358-1700 or 1-800-670-7275 Outdoor pool.
Microtel Inn (West Chester) . . . $72
610-738-9111 Accepts pets. Free continental breakfast.
Brandywine River Hotel (Route 1, Chadds Ford) . . . from $125
610-388-1200
Staybridge Suites Brandywine (Route 1 at Shoppes of Brinton Lake)
. . . from $142 877-660-8545 400 Evergreen Drive, Glen Mills
outdoor pool, accepts pets.
Days Inn (Route 202 & Naamans Road) . . . from $72
302-478-0300
Doubletree Hotel Wilmington (Route 202) . . . from $89
302-478-6000 x112 Next to Concord Mall – indoor pool.
Sheraton Suites (422 Delaware Avenue – Wilmington) . . . $100 to $275
302-654-8300 indoor pool
Brandywine Suites (707 North King Street, Wilmington) . . . from $110
302-656-9300
- MADC 2008 Convention - Sunsets And Stars - San Diego, CA
Type of Event: Convention
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 to Saturday, June 28, 2008 - Christmas in July Doll Show and Sale - Ewing, NJ
Type of Event: Show
Sunday, July 13, 2008 from 11AM - 4PM Delaware Valley Doll Club of NJ presents its annual Christmas in July Doll Show and Sale. Sunday, July 13, 2008 at the West Trenton Volunteer Fire Co. #1, 40 West Upper Ferry Road, Ewing, NJ 08628. For dealer info call (609)259-3428, all other requests call (609)371-1902. For directions visit: www.wtvfc.org/directions.htm - Admission $4.50 (door prizes, snacks and lunch available).
- Center City Doll Club - Philadelphia, PA
Type of Event: Club
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 Please bring in an 18" Little Girl Doll of Today! - NIADA - Las Vegas, NV
Type of Event: Convention
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 to Sunday, July 27, 2008 - United Federation Of Doll Clubs National Convention - Las Vegas, NV
Type of Event: Convention
Sunday, July 27, 2008 to Friday, August 01, 2008 To be held at Bally's Casino. Convention registration cards will be found in the Winter Issue of DOLL NEWS. Souvenir doll by Stephanie Blythe of NIADA. - International Fashion Doll Convention - Las Vegas, NV
Type of Event: Convention
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 to Saturday, August 02, 2008 At the Orleans Resort & Casino - 4500 W Tropicana Ave - Las Vegas Nevada 89103. For more information please contact Jim Faraone at JimFaraone@erols.com.
- Paper Doll Convention - Parsippany, NJ
Type of Event: Convention
Wednesday, August 06, 2008 to Sunday, August 10, 2008 At the Embassy Suites in Parsippany, New Jersey. More information to follow. - Knight Show - Knoxville, TN
Type of Event: Show
Saturday, August 09, 2008 - Doll & Teddy Bear Expo - Washington, DC
Type of Event: Expo
Saturday, August 09, 2008 to Sunday, August 10, 2008 The 17th Annual Doll & Teddy Bear Expo will be held at the Marriot Wardman Park Hotel near the Washington DC zoo!
Happily Ever After will be the first booth you see as you enter Expo East 2008! We plan a CED.Goodreau Event with Doug James Paulette Goodreau plus exclusive dolls by a variety of our favorite artists.
For more information please phone 1-800-331-0038 x126. - Afternoon Delight - Washington, DC
Type of Event: Expo
Saturday, August 09, 2008 from 3PM - 4PM "Afternoon Delight With Happily Ever After"
Admission: $25
Happily Ever After will credit the $25 admission towards your purchase of our exclusive Afternoon Delight doll!
Special Doll Artist Guests
Doug James of CED and Gabby & Violett
Paulette Goodreau of The Goodreau Doll Company
Berdine Creedy of Berdine Creedy Originals
Wind down your day with the guys from Happily Ever After, Ed Ferry and Glenn Lash, as they create an afternoon of delight for all of your senses.
Be one of the first to view the only collaboration between Paulette Goodreau and Doug James. Doug has taken inspiration from Paulette’s Rumor doll to create an exclusive dressed vinyl Rumor named Afternoon Delight for the 2008 Doll & Bear Expo.
Plus, doll artist Berdine Creedy will be unveiling the fruits of her own collaboration with Goodreau: five new outfits for Berdine’s BJD dolls Melodi and Uniti. Be the first in the world to get yours!
Inhale and devour from a buffet of delectable treats such as pound cake, scones, madelines, mini pastries, assorted tea sandwiches and chocolate dipped strawberries and biscotti. And a variety of teas and soft drinks will be at the ready for you!
Listen to hilarious tales about the doll world from Doug James and Paulette Goodreau. Plus, prepare for the unexpected during our questions from the audience!
And remember to end your day with a big hug from Glenn! Hope to see you there!
To register, call Ed Ferry or Glenn Lash at (215) 627-5790 or via e-mail at heastore@aol.com - Twickenham Doll Club Show and Sale - Huntsville, AL
Type of Event: Show
Saturday, August 16, 2008 from 10AM - 4PM The annual Doll Show and Sale sponsored by the Twickenham Doll Club in Huntsville, Alabama will be held for the second year at the historic Depot Roundhouse. Vendors offer everything from modern vinyl dolls and BJDs to antique china dolls as well as furniture, accessories, hand-made doll clothing and patterns and much more. There will be a wonderful trunk set auctioned off to raise money for children's charities. - Rothman Doll Show - Hackensack, NJ
Type of Event: Show
Sunday, August 17, 2008 from 10AM - 4PM Happily Ever After will have three tables against the back wall with Doug James from CED and Gabby & Violette fame!
For more information please phone JMK Shows at 1-352-527-6000. - Center City Doll Club Of Philadelphia - Philadelphia, PA
Type of Event: Club
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 from 7PM Please bring in your doll ready for the beach! - Metro Dolls - Woodbridge, NJ
Type of Event: Convention
Saturday, September 06, 2008 to Sunday, September 07, 2008 More information to follow. - Southern Maryland Doll Club Show - Waldorf, MD
Type of Event: Show
Saturday, September 06, 2008 from 10AM - 4PM Located at the Thomas Stone High School in Waldorf, Maryland. For more information please phone Ruth Gaborko
at 301-868-6410.
- The Pee Dee Doll Club Show & Sale - FLORENCE, SC
Type of Event: Show
Saturday, September 06, 2008 from 10 AM - 4 PM Location is Holiday Inn & Suites, 1819 West Lucas Street, Florence, SC Off I-95 at Exit 164 & Hwy 52. We will have an appraiser on hand. - Gene Convention XIII - The Girls From Dream City - Orlando, FL
Type of Event: Convention
Thursday, September 11, 2008 to Saturday, September 13, 2008 Integrity is super excited that the 13th Gene Convention will be taking place in Orlando, Florida this fall!
Convention sign up will begin in early March, at which time they will provide you with additional information including the hotel venue, convention pricing and more. - Let's Play Dolls Luncheon - Lancaster, NY
Type of Event: Luncheon
Sunday, September 14, 2008 from 10AM - 3PM The Buffalo Regional Doll Club will feature an exclusive Heather Maciak Doll at their Luncheon, "Let's Play Dolls," at Salvatore's Italian Gardens. Sale Tables, Door Prizes, and Chinese Auction. Cost is $100 which includes lunch and souvenir doll. Contact Pat Butler for more information at 1-716-510-2449. - Buffalo Regional Doll Club UFDC Region 14 - Depew, NY
Type of Event: Luncheon
Sunday, September 14, 2008 from 10AM-3PM "Let's Play School" is the theme of the 13th Buffalo Regional Doll Luncheon at Salvatore's Restaurant in Depew, NY, featuring an exclusive porcelain doll, "Jenny," by Heather Maciak. Registration is required with a fee of $100. Sales tables available.
Contact: Patricia Butler, 716-510-2449 , Pbu45@aol.com - Center City Doll Club - Philadelphia, PA
Type of Event: Club
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 Our program will be on Ball Jointed Dolls (BJDs) by Robin. Please bring in your poseable dolls to share with the club. - BJD Convention - Austin, TX
Type of Event: Convention
Thursday, September 18, 2008 to Saturday, September 20, 2008 - Gaithersburg Show - Gaithersburg, MD
Type of Event: Show
Saturday, September 20, 2008 to Sunday, September 21, 2008 For more information please contact Bellman Events at 1-410-357-8451. - Modern Doll Convention - St. Petersburg, FL
Type of Event: Convention
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 to Saturday, September 27, 2008 Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront
333 First Sreet South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701-4342
Convention Registration $300.00
Limited to 275
Souvenir Doll by Kish & Company - Jason Wu Event V - The Heist - Pittsburgh, PA
Type of Event: Convention
Thursday, October 02, 2008 to Saturday, October 04, 2008 Integrity is thrilled to be returning to the site of their very successful event last year for an even more amazing convention!
Convention sign up will begin in early March, at which time we will provide you with additional information including the convention pricing and more. - Central Penn Doll Club Show - Hershey, PA
Type of Event: Show
Sunday, October 12, 2008 from 10AM - 4PM To be held at the Granada Street Gym - 30 East Granada Avenue - Hershey, PA 17033. Adults $4 - Children Free!
Glenn Lash of Happily Ever After will be in the sale room with new dollies to add to your collection. Please phone us if you wish to see anything specific at 1-215-627-5790.
For show information please phone 1-717-697-6767. - Robert Tonner Halloween Event PLACE TBA
Type of Event: Convention
Friday, October 17, 2008 to Sunday, October 19, 2008 - Center City Doll Club - Philadelphia, PA
Type of Event: Club
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 from 7PM Please bring in your favorite dolls dressed for Halloween. Also please bring in goodies to trick or treat with everyone! - Knight Show - Myrtle Beach, SC
Type of Event: Convention
Friday, October 24, 2008 to Sunday, October 26, 2008 - UFDC Region 13 - A Victorian Holiday In Cape May - Cape May, NJ
Type of Event: Convention
Thursday, October 30, 2008 to Saturday, November 01, 2008 UFDC Region 13 Conference. $265 registration includes an Opening Banquet, Souvenir, Entertainment and Favors. Plus a Saturday Evening Gala Banquet with a special Souvenir made by renown doll artist Cathy Hansen.
Glenn and Ed from Happily Ever After will be present in the sales room so please stop and say hello!
For more information please contact Joan Benzell at 1-609-886-4552 or e-mail her at biskbb@joanbenzelldolls.com. - UFDC Region 13 - Public Doll Show & Sale - Cape May, NJ
Type of Event: Show
Saturday, November 01, 2008 from 10AM - 4PM Ed and Glenn will be in the sales room with many little ones needing new homes. Please stop and say hello!
At the Grand Hotel - Ocean Front At Philadelphia Avenue. Admission is only $5! For more information on the Grand Hotel please see their web site at www.grandhotelcapemay.com.
For more information on the doll show please call 1-609-886-4552. - Rothman Doll Show - Hackensack, NJ
Type of Event: Show
Sunday, November 16, 2008 from 10AM - 4PM Join Happily Ever After as they bring the best doll artists to you at one show! Meet Doug James of CED and Gabby & Violett, plus Paulette Goodreau of The American BJD Company and Berdine Creedy of Creedy Originals!
Please phone us before the show if you wish to see anything specific!
- Center City Doll Club Of Philadelphia - Philadelphia, PA
Type of Event: Club
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 from 7PM Please bring in your favorite doll to share with the club. Be ready to share the story behind your pick! - Byers' Choice Event - Philadelphia, PA
Type of Event: Seminar
Saturday, November 22, 2008 from 12NOON - 3PM Come to Happily Ever After store on Antique Row and meet the folks from Byers' Choice and see the new designs for 2008. Carolers, Kindles, Advent Calenders and tons of ideas for holiday decorating!
For more information on Byers' Choice please go to:
http://www.byerschoice.com - Jersey Shore Doll Club - Victorian Fantasy - Toms River, NJ
Type of Event: Luncheon
Sunday, November 23, 2008 from 10:30AM - 3:30PM Jersey Shore Doll Club (UFDC) presents A Victorian Fantasy Doll Luncheon.
At the Holiday Inn on 290 Route 37 East, Toms River, New Jersey.
Souvenir doll, guest speaker, doll competition, door prizes, helpers auction and a sales table with a select number of vendors.
Cost is $65.00. For more information please contact Lorna Cooper-Piver at 732-349-6628 or Rachel Martirano at 732-506-0719 or e-mail ALEX514329@AOL.COM. - Center City Doll Club Of Philadelphia - Holiday Party - Philadelphia, PA
Type of Event: Club
Tuesday, December 02, 2008 from 7PM Our annual holiday party. Please phone 215-627-5790 for more information. - Gaithersburg Show - Gaithersburg, MD
Type of Event: Show
Saturday, December 06, 2008 to Sunday, December 07, 2008 For more information please contact Bellman Events at 1-410-357-8451. - Letitia Penn Doll Club Of Philadelphia - A Kewpie Christmas - Philadelphia, PA
Type of Event: Luncheon
Saturday, December 13, 2008 from 10AM - 3PM At the Sheraton Society Hill Hotel. For more information please phone Mary at 1-732-329-3779.
2009
- IDEX - Orlando - Orlando, FL
Type of Event: Convention
Friday, January 30, 2009 to Friday, February 01, 2008 At the Rosen Shingle Creek Golf Resort & Convention. For more information please contact Madavor Media at 617-536-0100.
Happily Ever After will be setting up shop in the Sales Room at tables 1009 and 1010. Please stop and say hello! - - Nashville, TN
Type of Event: Convention
Friday, March 27, 2009 to Sunday, March 29, 2009 Friday night party, Saturday evening banquet with live entertainment, Show specials, seminars, break out event luncheon on Saturday, show and sale open to the public on Sunday. - United Federation Of Doll Clubs National Convention PLACE TBA
Type of Event: Convention
Tuesday, July 00, 2009 More information to follow. - Barbie Convention - Washington, DC
Type of Event: Convention
Wednesday, July 08, 2009 to Saturday, July 11, 2009 At the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. Hosted by Western PA Doll Club of Washington, DC. - Young At Heart Doll Club Luncheon - Jamesburg, NJ
Type of Event: Luncheon
Saturday, October 03, 2009 More information to follow! - A Stroll Through Paris - Bethlehem, PA
Type of Event: Luncheon
Sunday, October 11, 2009 from 10:30 AM Join the Twin County Doll Collectors of PA for "A Stroll Through Paris" luncheon, program and sales room, at the Best Western Inn in Bethlehem, PA. Souvenir doll by renown doll and miniature artist, Pat Boldt, dressed by JoAnne Roberts and Gail Lieberman. C'est Manifique!!
For more information contact: Mikki O'Hara pleighsgram@yahoo.com .
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