Report from IDEX with PICS! :)

Finally....I've caught my second wind and I can report from IDEX! With PICTURES :)

First I should say who I am here with. My friends Sally, Becky and Lainey are all here with me helping me all through this show and being my room mates. They are wonderful helpers and friends. I think I have said before and I will say again...I am blessed.

Before the "work" began, we had to spend a day playing. Here Becky and Lainey get Lainey's baby, Ava ready for an outing.

Baby Jena is staying at the hotel for this trip out as she is exhausted from being shipping and stored in a box for a week!

A nice shot of the Rosen Resort from outside after dark with my new camera:

And just what do girls to best???? SHOP! Do you see the sign above our heads?

From left to right are myself, Becky, Sally and Lainey. Of course babies came to shop with us! Lainey's husband Paul was our chauffeur and entertainment for the night. Paul is a great guy who is very attentive to us and the dolls. After shopping the Prime Outlet malls and all the baby stores we could, we all went to a nice dinner at the Crab House.

This morning started the day of "work" with Becky and I setting up the room for my LDC painting class.

Sally is in eager anticipation and wonders...."When do we start??"

Me opening the class up:

Sally babysitting Wee Yawns prototype. I brought him and Ari to the class as samples of the LDC paints in action:

There is sweet girl Ari! I was demonstrating a little bit regarding painted hair.

Sandy and Martha hard at work. I had 11 ladies total in my class including my three helpers who also got to participate in the class.

I am all about one on one helping :) Here I am helping Dianna:

One table of lovely ladies doing a fine job of painting:

The other table of lovely ladies doing a fine job painting:

Making the rounds and helping Claudia out:

And helping Charolotte:

Are we having fun yet??

Uhhh...does anyone know this person??? ROFL!!!
I have NO idea what was going on here! It was probably time for more coffee!

Here is my class with their mostly painted heads. Now, I do not teach to paint the head all the way and then do the limbs but for the sake of the limited time, that is what we did today, however I did show the ladies how to do the finger and toe nails with the LDC paints.
They all did such a fabulous job, even the beginners. I am so impressed with each one of them. Let's name them below.

The back row L-R:
Dianna, Becky, Sandy, Lainey, Karen, Claudia, Charolotte
The front row L-R:
Sally, Laurie, Salud (who came all the way from Switzerland for this class!), Julie and Martha.

I appreciate these ladies SO much for putting their trust in me to teach them. You can't see the correct color or details on their dolls but I attest that they no longer looked like plain vinyl but rather had realistic skin tones.

And then...more excitement! MY BOOTH on the IDEX show floor!
I was very excited and so happy to teach my class that it's hard to tell which I was more excited for but seeing this booth with MY nursery name on it was pretty overwhelming!
Now it's time to set up.

There was a delay in the arrival of the baby crib I would be using so after a picnic dinner on the show room floor, we began to unpack the babies and change their clothes from the traveling clothes to the show clothes. Sally is changing Nicky.

Oh I just have too much fun! Lainey was off gally banting around while we were changing babies so when she got back there was no one else to care for. I told her to do this baby's hair...Angie. She was excited to get straight to work on it and then realized that this baby has painted hair! Giggle giggle...Joke is on you Lainey! Love you gal!

OH and this picture is so wonderful! The crib arrived and Sally started to unbox it. Lainey looks as if she were asking, "Now just WHAT did I get myself into?" LOL

These laides worked faithfully until this crib was all together. And it was not an easy task! I appreciate them more than I can say! Thank you Sally and Lainey!

Well that is all the pictures I have for now. We did not get the booth finished tonight as they were trying to clear the show floor. We will be down to the show floor early in hopes that they will allow us in a little bit early.

OH...and I got a little peek at some of my favorite little OOAK's from Sharon Robinson and...I have picked out a little boy that I will be adopting from her. Joy!

I do hope I have given you a bit of a taste of IDEX....The Rosen Resort is a lovely and wonderful place and the activities here with all the dolly friends are never ending but my brain is just about running on empty. Hopefully I will be show you much more and have clearer words to share.

Hugs!

New Camera! For now anyway!

We found a Best Buy close to the resort and I purchased a Nikkon Coolpix camera that will get me through this show. I actually kindof like it too :)

All is going well! It was a nice day of fun and relaxation. No real pics to post yet.

We ran into one of our favorite sculpting artists, Sharon Robinson. We soaked in the hot tub with her and will be seeing her a lot through this weekend...oh and of course we will all be adopting at least one of her sculpts. :) :)

Tomorrow is my class and set up!

Hugs!

In Orlando......CAMERA IS BROKE!

ACK! Don't know what happened but my camera will NOT work! And here I am in Orlando showing at my first IDEX....Whaaaahhhh!

Thank God my friend has a nice camera and tripod!

More reports when I have time (just got in this afternoon and just checking quickly on things)

XO
Debbie

I'm leaving on a jet plane....

Wow the time has finally come! I am headed out today!

My airport is 2+ hours from my home so I will travel to a town nearer the airport. I have a dear, dear friend who lives there so I will spend the night at her house. She and I will spend the afternoon today baby clothes shopping and then have a lazy evening. My flight leaves at 7 am tomorrow and I will be in sunny Orlando tomorrow afternoon!

I can't believe it's finally here! I am so ready! All chores are done and my hubby has enough food here to feed an army!

I won't blog until oh...late Wednesday night MAYBE! We have dinner plans and outlet mall shopping plans that evening so I'm not sure if I will get to it or not.

Thursday is an intense day with setting up my painting class early that morning, teaching all day (9-5), cleaning up and then rushing to the show floor to set up my booth that night. We can stay as long as we want to set up but we HAVE to be on the show floor by 6 pm as the doors will be locked after that.

Friday morning will find us greeting the dealers on the show floor as the show opens. I can't wait!!! The show is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday. My friends and I love doing shows and to get the privileged of showing at IDEX is beyond wonderful!

So, be watching the blog for pictures from IDEX and stories galore!

Hugs to all!
XXOO

All the IDEX babies together in one post

I thought it would be fun to put all the babies together in one post who will either be up for adoption or on display in my booth at IDEX.

First up is adorable Jason. I will also be selling diapers like he is wearing (I did not make them but I love them so much I want to promote the lady who did make them~Reborn Styles by Christine

~Christine's link~


Three time award winning Megan:

Super sweet Sweet Stuff Prototype #1:

Newborn Angie:

Twin brother Cody:

Big girl Yentel:

Darling Rilee:

Precious Kirsten:

Bi-racial Lakita who is MUCH better than her pictures show!

Heart-Breaker DeShon:

Charming Nicky~such a ray of sunshine!

Toooo cute Jamaar:

Twin sister Jamika:

On display/on eBay, Wee Yawns Prototype #1

On display, Baby Jena who is an example of my portrait work:

On display when her mommy is not taking her around in the show to meet other babies is Baby Ari. Ari was nominated for a 2009 Colliii award:

Wow...I can't believe it's almost time to go. I've been planning and working on IDEX 2010 since May of 2009. I appreciate my dear husband so much who has been very patient with my long work days and nights...who has given up his time and his money for this huge dream of mine. My kids, parents and friends have been great support too and it's much appreciated. To all of you....thank you!

XXOO

Welcome Wee Yawns Prototype :)

When my will is broken, frustration ends. When frustration ends, learning begins....

The problems I was having with Wee Yawns were due to the fact that I did not heat his soft head for rooting. Now, I did not NEED to heat it~it's already very soft but heating the vinyl creates a better root and finished product. It helps close the holes up around the hair and helps the hair to lay back down after the trauma of rooting.

I spent another 5 hours on his hair and then another hour on his final details of gloss and walla...a gorgeous baby boy is born.

Please meet Wee Yawns. He will be on eBay on Wednesday morning and will be on display in my IDEX booth #104. If you are going to IDEX, come by and give him a cuddle.

All praise to God for the results of yesterday. Even the pictures turned out wonderful! :)

NOTHING funny about this Friday!

Meet Crabby Debbie. She does not get crabby like this very often but today she is a BEAR!

She was up until 1:30 rooting last night...after being at it for more than 12 hours. Her body hurts and she did not get done. Her goal was to get done but the truth is, she probably has another 5 hours of rooting to go. She's not happy with the crown or the way some of the hair is laying. And...it's on a prototype doll that needs to go to IDEX. She leaves Monday morning. She has food yet to cook for her husband before she leaves. She is CRABBY!

And to top it all off, her massage therapist called today and canceled her afternoon massage.

And now she is crying. But that's okay....she believes that her will is broken through her tears and that problems are solved when drops of tears hit the floor. :)