NYC Blythe Meet 2012

Flo, Fabian, Beautiful blue haired girl, Middie Blythe, Felix, Moof and Whitney, Cutie AA Blythe, Poppy, Ama, Group Shot, Group shot close up, Hamsa making  a friend, Joplin, Group close up, Mimi

This weekend's NYC Blythe Meet was at Cowgirl NYC on Hudson and West 10th Street. I was delighted to be able to sit with Linda and Paula, two women I know and love near the window at this lively little hipster location. I met Linda for the first time ever at a Blythe meet and it is wonderful ti see her every time. Paula and have already had a few dolly lunch meets together in midtown and Brooklyn and but this was her first massive meet and I was so happy and excited that she could make it!

Apparently people arrived on time as our table were packed on arrival! Some people came from as far away as Baltimore! I love it! Michael, AKA Maw Photo on flickr, joined us at out table as well. Interestingly enough he didn't bring any dolls but had a great time chatting with us about his amazing miniature diorama work, about photo apps, about Blythe and about the city.While all this was happening and food began to arrive Linda would occasionally hand me beautiful dolls to photograph from across the table. I had also made online requests to see Mel's Fabian and Erica Duh's Flo and Toast and I loved seeing them all! I sooo need to do another mohair reroot! I just l love mohair girls so much but these in particular just steal my heart

Mel's Fabian and me at Cowgirl NYC

Paula's Una Moof

I also loved spending time with Paula's Moof Doll who I have loved seeing in her photostream. I had never seen one up close and I just really like her lot. I'm a big haired redhead fanatic which is part of it but there is something else about her as well. Like Blythe she seems to be in and of her own world, very self contained but perhaps not as snarky or opinionated. Hahaha! I need to do more research on these dolls.

Paula's girls Felix and Ama were there as well. Moz was absent but I didn't get the chance to ask why. I myself wanted to keep the number of Blythes I bought down to about four or five. I ended up going with four; Hamsa, Hendrix, Vida and Whitney. I regret that they didn't get to mingle as much as I would have liked but I just became so totally immersed in photographing  many of the old and new faces...of dolls! LOL!!

Linda's Holly Rosey and Ivy were there and I love this shot she took of Hamsa and Holly together. I love Punkaholics. They just make me smile so much!

66 in all!!

I was just writing Linda on flickr that this was the first time I had stuck around for the large Blythe doll group shot and it was just so elating!! All the waves of uniqueness and personality staring back at us from the collective bunch was quite powerful and intoxicating. I really could spend hours just taking pictures of all them, rearranging them and playing with them.

On my way out of the restaurant, a woman who was waiting at the front for the table asked me what this whole doll thing was about. It's always interesting attending these meets at restaurants because people around us, including the waitstaff naturally have some very varied reactions to our dolly shenanigans. I'm usually so preoccupied in the bubble of our world that I don't notice unless I break away for the restroom and then it's like, oh yeah, there are other people here. We usually take up about four or five  large tables so we are quite a noisy bunch.

I nervously tried to give the inquiring lady a brief overview about what Blythe is and she seemed genuinely engaged the whole time. I also told her to Google Blythe. I guarantee you she will become addicted. I guarantee it!
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