This past weekend was the Wonderland Regional Doll Conference in Brea. I served on the Board of Directors for the Conference, as the Chairman of the Helper Room.  This is a donation center and many dolls and miniatures were donated and adopted!  The room raised about $2700 for this non-profit organization!

 Dollhouse display

I was recently asked if people ever build display stands for their houses, or just concentrate on the houses themselves.  Here is one of my favorite examples of a dollhouse where the artist built not only the house, but the cliff it sits on with the ocean waves crashing below.  

 It's that time again!  I'm at the Carmel Doll Shop in Northern California.  Here I am presenting my chosen Rohmer reproduction "Matilde" to the table.  This is always such a wonderful gathering.  I am privileged to attend.

 Adopting Another Dollhouse

Here is a Log Cabin!  This looks like a great project for the high school class!

 I had a wonderful opportunity to lecture to a group of PHD students about Business and the Creative individual as part of the Triple Helix Executive Leadership program.  Lots of discussion about managing creativity.  Really a wonderful time!  

 Dollhouse Moving Day.  Just back from a presentation at the Library.  For those of you who might wonder...yep...this is how we move it!

Halloween Doll Club Meeting & Luncheon

I hosted my doll club, The Renaissance Doll Study Club, for our October meeting.  Of course, I had to do some fast dusting and tidying of the doll room which usually tends more towards chaos.  I preset the dining room table for a buffet to keep it simple and I did my program on the Christian Hacker Shops.  Sooo...that sounded great in theory until it occurred to me I had to move them downstairs for the talk.  The shops have a lot of "little" things in them!  Lol.  All in all a good time was had.

 

The Shops set up for the program....all the little things made it safely down.  These shops were made by The Christian Hacker Company in the late 1800s early 1900s.  

Meanwhile up in the Doll Room....

My collection of Kitchen miniatures resides in an antique Hoosier cabinet.  I have a lot of fun setting up the displays.  I always place dogs in the settings...every doll needs a dog!

Even though I have not started the monster restoration project that is the Mystery House...I had some fun setting it up for viewing....