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  The  Wilson Bank & Trust Oktoberfest took place on Saturday, October 15, in Lebanon, TN, and it was full of cute and creative figures and dolls.  From Mexican cuties to whimsical little fairies, to soft cloth Christmas dolls and figures, there was something for any doll collector at Lebanon’s Oktoberfest.  But there was a lot more to see than just dolls: arts, crafts, wood, jewelry, fall and Christmas crafts, kids inflatables, food trucks, patriotic goods, pumpkins, scarecrows and more covered the expansive grounds around Wilson Bank & Trust   Best of all, it was also an America250 event. White better way to celebrate our nation’s heritage than with a small-town Oktoberfest with homemade, handmade arts and crafters.  Check it out next year. It’s worth the trip.  Related: Corn Husk Dolls: The Traditional Fall Craft with Deep Native American History Publix Cloth Doll for Fall What’s the Spiritual Reality Behind Halloween? A Very Minecraft Fall ...

  Happy Halloween from the Moxie Teenz dolls Halloween is here and the Moxie Teenz dolls and their friend Pauline Pumpkin are decked out for a Halloween party in their favorite spooktacular ensembles. Details & photos at: Happy Halloween from the Moxie Teenz dolls - Nashville Doll Collecting Examiner

Tonner's Marley Wentworth celebrates Halloween Tonner's Marley Wentworth has been celebrating Halloween all weekend long, enjoying the cooler weather and fall leaves but most of all, the Halloween activities. She went to trunk-or-treat at a church in her community on Sunday night, and she is getting ready to go trick-or-treating on Halloween night. She is so excited about dressing up she even dreamed she was in a magical Halloween forest with her friends. Here you can see Marley in the Bunny Costume that comes with the Marley Halloween trunk, as well as dressed up like Alice in Wonderland and like Lucy in Chronicles of Narnia. In her Halloween dream, you will see the same Marley dolls plus a Sugar Plum Party Marley. All costumes were made by the Tonner Doll Company for their respective series. Have a HAPPY HALLOWEEN from Marley and Me!

Barbie Halloween Treat a 2011 Target exclusive with Halloween Chelsea dolls As reported in Barbie Halloween Party doll now haunting stores shelves for $9.99 , the new 2011 Halloween Party Barbie dolls has been haunting Nashville grocery store and drug store shelves since earlier in October. Another Halloween Barbie has been spooking up the place at Target, and this time she's not alone! Read more: Barbie Halloween Treat a 2011 Target exclusive with Halloween Chelsea dolls - National Barbie Collecting Examiner

Plantation Belles Barbie Doll Club holds Halloween party in West Nashville The Belle Meade Plantation Belles Doll Club members were spooktacular at an Oct. 22 Halloween Party on Fleetwood Drive in West Nashville. Members came dressed in costumes ranging from kitty cats, to witches, to Ren Fests and literature and enjoyed a party under a covered gazebo on the rambling, multi-level hillside deck that covers most of the back yard. More: Plantation Belles Barbie Doll Club holds Halloween party in West Nashville - Nashville Doll Collecting Examiner

Halloween Dolls & Halloween Doll Displays : Halloween dolls are popular for gift giving and for displays at Halloween. You can find Halloween dolls everywhere from doll stores, to eBay to grocery stores. Most doll manufacturers make Halloween dolls and/or Halloween costumes for dolls. Continued at: Halloween Dolls & Halloween Doll Displays

Belle Meade Plantation Belles Doll Club host Halloween party October 7 - Nashville Doll Collecting Examiner On Thursday, October 7, the Belle Meade Plantation Belles Doll Club will hold their annual Halloween party at 7:00 PM at Shoneys in Bellevue. Members will bring their various Halloween dolls to display, and there will be a spooky Barbie haunted house on hand just for Barbie, Kelly and their friends. Not only will an assortment of Halloween doll displays be set up, but as mentioned in Zona Harris presents work of doll designer Luis Maturino at Oct. Plantation Belles Doll Club meeting , club member Zona Harris will be doing a program on the customized dolls done by doll artist Luis Maturino. Her program will focus on his Kelly dolls which are repainted and dressed to look like vintage Barbie dolls .

How to make Barbie a haunted house for Halloween   Halloween is coming up soon, and that means Halloween Barbie doll displays ! One thing collectors like to do is display their dolls in seasonal settings, and what better setting for the various Halloween Barbies than a haunted house?

Zona Harris presents work of doll designer Luis Maturino at Oct. Plantation Belles Doll Club meeting - Nashville Doll Collecting Examiner Kelly Queen of Hearts by Luis Maturino from the collection of Zona Harris Zona Harris, co-author of "The Barbie Doll Years" series of books, will be doing a special program on the creations of doll artist Luis Maturino at the October meeting of the Belle Meade Plantation Belles Doll Club in Nashville. Read More...