General Information

	Check In Opens at 3:00 PM April 30, 2009 April 30, 2009 Hat and Heels Banquet starts at 6:30 PM Full Day Workshops  May 1- 3, 2009 Workshops are 1/2 days, 1, 2, or 3 days.    Registration Fee:  $399.00
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What does Your Registration Fee Cover?

1. Three Days of Classes

2. Orientation Packet

3. " Artistic Figures In Cloth" Memory Book

4. Fantastic Gifts from companies and promotional items

5. Opening Night - Shoppers Madness

6. Opening Night - Challenge

7. Opening Night - Exhibits

8. Opening Night - Instructors Sales Tables

9. Unlimited Access to Vendor’s tables throughout the convention

10. Unlimited Access to exhibits throughout the convention

11. A chance to win Door Prizes and other fun giveaways

12. Thursday Night Banquet "Hat and Heels"

13. Continental Breakfast: Friday, Saturday and Sunday

14. Lunches: Friday, Saturday and Sunday

15. Registration Name Tag

16. Evening Events

17. Vendor shopping coupons

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AFIC is just not work and no play!  Check out the evening events awaiting you.

Thursday After Dusk!

Hat and Heels Banquet starts at 6:30 pm.  These are not your ordinary hats.  Pretty hats, funny hats, hats for Queens and hats for a Mad Hatters!  Prizes awarded for creativity, vintage, theme, elegantly demur and WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?  You may ask are hats and heels required?  Well, of course not! Leave the heels at home.  Come without a hat at your own risk! Bring your camera this will truly be a night to remember.  Fun, Food, Friends and Laughter.

Games & More  If you have ever been to the Hat and Heels banquet at AFIC you know it is anything but dull.  If this is your first time you’re in for a treat. Anything can happen and this year is no exception.  We have great things planned for opening night.  There will be jokesters, games and prizes.  

    Instructors Sales  After the banquet sale put on by the instructors.  

Friday Evening Up until Midnight!

Shoppers Madness Night!   You will delight in a bountiful supply of beads, yarns, patterns, doll making products, lace, trims and doll accessories. While you are in class on Friday the vendors are setting up shop.  Sales open from 6-8:00pm Friday night, for AFIC participants only.  You have first choice!  Sales will be open on Saturday and Sunday to the public. Friday night is just for us.  You can shop on Saturday and Sunday but, isn’t it nice to know you get to touch everything before the public arrives?

Exhibit Room opens!   The exhibit room opens Friday night  at 8:00pm.  Check out the exhibit and make sure your dolls are displayed properly before the grand opening on Saturday.. A sneak peak at the exhibit hall and all the fabulous art works.

Up till Midnight for Crazy Doll Makers.  This is for crazy doll makers: you know who you are!  You can’t get enough of fun and friends.   The River City Doll Club, from Cincinnati, Ohio will be teaching.  All levels of doll makers can participate.  It begins at 9:00 and goes till, well maybe not Midnight but you can stay up as long as like. Don’t miss the opportunity to have loads of fun.  Class is free. You will be required to pay a small kit fee to cover the clubs material cost.  

Saturday Evening—Muses on the Prowl!  

NEW Izzy Swap’m Night.  BRING YOUR STUFF. You know what stuff ! The stuff you got because you just had to have it, you still have it after 5 years  and you still do not know what to do with it. That stuff!  Stuff you bought too much of. How about bringing the stuff you make like doll pins, soap or jewelry? Or what about the, stuff you love but need to make space in your studio for more stuff . Someone wants your stuff.  I bet I would buy your stuff!  Sell your extra stuff so you can have money to buy some new stuff.  How about trading stuff?  Just think about it . A night devoted to stuff !  We all love stuff!!!!!! Swap, Sell, Trade or just come to buy!  It will be a great time and deals galore for everyone.  

   Sunday May 3, 2009 6:30pm

Closing Ceremony & Banquet - We have invited “elinor peace bailey” to entertain us at the closing banquet.  Elinor  is a very inspirational artist and speaker.  Do not miss her talk on Breaking Thru the 21st Century Doll making Hang ups. It will be an extraordinary evening for those that can stay.  The closing ceremony is not included in your registration fees. We understand not every one will be able to stay for this event.   Please look for this on the registration form.  

Silent Auction Every Day!

Silent Auction  The Silent action supports the scholarships and miscellaneous expenses at AFIC.  We are giving out 8 scholarships this year. Donations have supported this for the past 3 conventions. We are proud that you care so much about others to give them this experience.  This year we are dividing the dolls up into three groups. We though it would be more fair for the bidders if they had several chances to win a bid.  Each day new dolls will be put out on the bidding table during the day for the auction. The winners of the bid will be announced after classes each day!

Thank you for your Donations: I would like to thank you in advance for your donations. Your doll and doll items may bring money to the Silent Auction, but on a personal level they support individual artist.  Past students who have received these scholarship have felt extremely lucky that other artists have made this possible for them.  We too are delighted that you make this possible and proud that we have such a strong community  that cares about others.—Thank you so much Cyndy Sieving