Party pooped!

Pooped in a good, "I'm-just-really-tired-from-all-the-fun" sort of way.

The dolly meet was fabulous today, with seven of us regulars turning up. In total, we'd managed 52 neos and a couple of petites. Sue had went all out making Vera's party one to remember by making little dolly sized party hats, and the rest of us chipped in with some re-ment, a pop up birthday card, candy, and even some fairy bread (bread topped with 100s and 1000s/sprinkles).

The humans had a nice spread too - there were cupcakes, brownies, apple chips, cake, buscuits, fizzies, vodka cruisers and wine. *pats satisfied tum* It was lovely to see all the Blythes decked out in their party clothes, and there were some stunning sewing and embriodery on some outfits!

A couple of us took a short dekko to the patchwork fabric store a couple of blocks away (where Christina/Jamfancy's pretty much a household name there) and oh.... the choices!!! I'm trying to be frugal with my spending, so I wasn't about to splurge on so many of the wonderful fabrics there, but I did get some rolls of scraps that would make a couple of dolly dresses. :)

My girls did their best to behave at the party, and overall, I think they were pretty good. Except I think Kenn and Roo got into a little bit of a tiff on the way home (as you can see from the photo on the left where they weren't on speaking terms even in the group portrait). Something about who got the most attention at the meet.

I'm pretty satisfied with how all the dresses turned out - especially how the colours really complimented each girl's colouring - but I would have liked more time to add some extra accessories to them. Live and learn, I guess. :)

As with all Blythe meets, I can't wait for the next one! Thank goodness us Melbourne bunch do like to have meet ups pretty regularly - I think another one's in the works for next week! Coffee and chat somewhere in St. Kilda or Albert Park was the plan. Yay!