Sutton Coldfield - August 2013

Even though the weather was not the best as the recent Christines Doll and Teddy Fair in Sutton Coldfield, inside we had a lovely day,  great chance to chat and meet up with other dollmakers and get our gossip on.

Below are a selection of photos that I took on the day... Enjoy!

Kimberley Beth

A sweet friend of mine and fellow doll enthusiast Christine Derry asked me to reborn one of the Bethan Rose sculpts, I knew she liked what I had done with the prototype for the sculpt but was really honoured to be asked to do one specially for her.   I think reborning for a friend is possibly more daunting than doing one for a stranger as when its a friend you really really want to give them the baby of their dreams even more...disappointing someone you care about is very hard to swallow after all.

Christine was incredibly patient with me as I worked on Kimberley Beth really slowly and was really precise in what I was doing... plus there was all the hassles of winding up the magazine etc which kind of brought me down.

I was finally able to present Kimberley Beth to Christine at yesterday's Discover Dolls fair and it really made my day to see her reaction and I managed to get a couple of fantastic pictures of just how pleased she was with her new baby.

Christine's Doll & Teddy Fair - 28th February 2010

Christine’s Doll and Teddy Fair

28^th February 2010

Sutton Coldfield Town Hall

I had really been looking forward to being at Christine’s fair, I went to the first one she hosted as a visitor and a reporter for Hello Dolly so I knew what a fantastic venue the Town Hall was already.

I was a bit concerned that bad weather was going to strike and make turnout poor but this was not the case, there was a steady flow of visitors all morning and it was great seeing so many people making the effort to come out despite the rain and take a look at the available dolls and items.

It was a lovely day, I really enjoyed spending the day with my friend and fellow reborn artist Cassie Peek who was a great help, helping me set up on the day and manning my stand with me.

It's always good fun meeting up with other reborn artists and collectors.

The Next event at this venue is on 1st August 2010

Cassie Peek and Shirley Atkins

Georgeous Displays of Coverlets and Treatments

Coach Prams