Pippa in Stratford upon Avon, All the world is a stage

In may 2011 it was time for another Pippa Convention, this time in Stratford upon Avon. Yes, that's right, it's the town where Shakespeare was born.

Of course I was planning to visit at least one of the famous houses there, but that was before I knew what was going to happen.....
My plane landed in Birmingham and I had to take a train and then walk from one railwaystation in Birmingham to another one. So far so good, and I arrived at Birmingham Moorstreet station withouth any problems at all.

I still had something like 45-50 mins to wait for my train, so I decided I could just as well read a bit more in my book.

I must admit here that I am a bit addicted to reading, and especially this series.....
So many trains passed the platform on which my train was due to arrive, that after a while I didn't realise anymore when a train was arriving or departing, I was no longer at a railwaystation but in the world of the wheel of time....... However, at a certain moment I had the feeling it should be around time for my train, so I looked up and checked..... Oh no!!!!!!!! It was 1 minute past time, could it have happened????? And yes, my train had left the station withouth me :-(    Another hour of waiting for me, this time I did set the alarm on my phone, so I could at least not forget to get on the next one...........
Well, finally I arrived safely at the Holiday Inn, but no time for Shakespeare sightseeing........

On Saturday morning I first had a small Daisy meet up with Jo, who lives in Cambridge. It was really lovely to meet her.

And I also got back one of my Daisy's which I had sent to Tracy Farrant for a reroot and repaint job.
Isn't she gorgeous?

The convo was just as brilliant as ever.

There were the themed displays:
Black & White theme

And Miss World:

And the competitions:

 The prize table was overwhelming as ever:

 Every time I had to get up there I was wondering how I could choose something out of so many lovely things.

Caroline was our brilliant Quizmaster:

And the winner is:
Louise!

Mandy had been working on a super duper surprise for Tracy:
One of the most amazing photobooks I've ever seen........
 

 And of course Tracy and her team had been working on another amazing convo doll:

For the prize table I had been rerooting a doll and Tracy made her all pretty, of course I had to take pictures:

 Babs is her lucky owner now........


The goodie bag was another amazing part of the day, here are the contents of mine:

 The outfit Britt is wearing was my win at the after dinnerswap, which I got from Babs.
I think there was even more in my goodie bag, but I must have forgotten to take pictures of it or otherwise I forgot to upload them from my camera to the pc, and I can't exactly find back everything, as I have been playing with my goodie bag stuff, putting thins on on dolls, etc.....



My prize table wins:

My super stunning Shirley doll, which I won off the prize table:

Updates

So many things have happened and I forgot all to write about it.
In may 2011 there was the Pippa convention in Stratford upon Avon, and yes, I took loads of pictures, so I might write something about it later.
Then in April 2012 I organised the first Daisy convention ever, which was a lot of fun. I've got a few pictures of the making of the convo doll on my website http://www.freewebs.com/the-ultimate-daisy-page/daisyconvodoll2012.htm 
And by the end of may there was Pippa in Manchester, Pippa's 40th birthday party!
So, lots of things to blog about. Will try to make a start with it soon.