A week has past and all seems a distant memory but boy what memories I have……

It is a week since the Blythe meet in Adelaide. This week has flown by so fast in comparison to the lead up to the meet. In the lead up I had to organise where to stay, how to get there, who from my friends in Melbourne was going to join me in the weekend away from the daily grind. In the end I had many accomplices and we had a great time in the city of churches. I was the only one headed to the meet on the sunny Saturday that Adelaide had put on for us.

My excitement at going to this meet-up was off the scale. I have only been collecting Blythe dolls for a short time but my interest in them has become great and the prospect of going to spending an afternoon with a bunch of very knowledgeable women was very exciting. I knew there was going to be a room full of dolls I hadn’t seen before, some in their original form and some not. I had never seen an original kenner and the customs held an interest for me as I had only seen them on the computer and not in the flesh. I wanted to study their make up and hair and all their extra bits.

Now I can say after spending several hours at the hall with all the ladies and dolls nothing disappointed me. The hall was fabulously decorated for a party, there was lots of tasty food, musk sticks and spearmint leaves galore……….I haven’t eaten these in such a longtime it bought back lots of childhood memories. The displays of dolls was many, oh so many beautiful dolls. There was conversations with people as to which dolls they chose to bring along and how that decision was made. I found out that there a many people with many dolls and all can’t be bought along. I learnt many things about the Blythe I didn’t know, the list is to great to write here but it is like any new interest there is always so much to learn. I did love hearing the stories about how each Blythe is collected from the very special Kenners to the newer Takara girls and then the decision to change them and find their true identities. Everybody and every Blythe has a story.

Now bringing this story to an end. I had a fantastic day and I am glad I made the effort to travel such a long way to join in the fun. I loved eveything I saw and everyone I met. I hope I get to meet alot of these girls in Sydney next year both the real ones and the 12 inch ones!

Angelique

P.S I came home with 3 new girls!!!!!!!!!!!!