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Special FeatureS Pages 11-15, 24-26, 1 Seattle Registration Raffle Coupons 28 & 36 - Club News 2 Membership Form - This makes a great gift! º 4 NUTS Club at Quilt Festival 4 Thank You Virginia State Day Miniature 7 The NAME Dollar Club Gazette 10 NAME Day 2016 Editor/Production - Dorothy A. Hansen 10 2016 National Convention - Chairman Contributors 13 Miniatures from the Heart of the Country Karen Gibbs, Raggedy Ann Shadow Box 14 Snowbirds in Yuma, Arizona Susan R. Shinn, Dollar Store Treasures 15 Harbor Minicrafters Host Sprint Retreat Barbara Renken, Mexican Tarahumara Chair 15 Friday Conundrums in Maryland First State Mini Club, Table 16 Johnny Gruelle, Inventor of Raggedy Ann © The Miniature Gazette, the acronym 18 Duck Race Winners “NAME” and the distinctive house logo are all copyright 1982 and 2012 by the National 20 Happy 100th Birthday Raggedy Ann Association of Miniature Enthusiasts. All 24 Virginia State Day Peddler Doll Pages 16, 20-23 rights reserved. No part of this publication, 25 Las Vegas Miniatures Enthusiasts Bookends Raggedy Ann in whole or in part, may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the express 26 Omaha/Council Bluffs Miniature Guild written permission of the National Associa- 27 Nights with Scheherazade tion of Miniature Enthusiasts. 27 Amazon Smile Persons who submit articles published in the 38 Sugar Valley Miniatures Society Miniature Gazette understand that copyright 38 NAME Chatroom for said articles is transferred to the publication and become the exclusive property of 42 NAME Day Events NAME and/or the Miniature Gazette and may be distributed worldwide in any form of ork rojectS media by NAME. W p 17 Roundtable Treasures from Madison THE MINIATURE GAZETTE (ISSN 1047- 367X) is a semimonthly publication. Material 19 Mega Roundtable Treasures from Madison published in the Miniature Gazette is contrib- 28 Girl Scout Project - Table uted by individuals for the reading pleasure 29 Dollar Store Treasures - Flower Pots Pages 17-19 of NAME members. We are happy to review Roundtable Treasures contributions of articles, reports, work 29 Mexican Tarahumara Chair projects and photos concerning miniature 30 Ragged Ann Shadow Box House Roundtable activities. Material accepted for publication 31 NAME Cutouts becomes subject to whatever revisions are Treasures necessary to meet the space requirements 33 Raggedy Ann House Diagrams and quality standards of the Miniature Ga- zette. NAME and the Miniature Gazette staff Madison cannot be held responsible for determining DepartmentS Wisconsin originality of content or accuracy of informa- 5 From the President tion in articles submitted for publication. - Thank You We take every care to prevent error and 7 The Dollar Club Page 42 omission; however, we assume no liability 8 Thank You NAME Day Events for such, except to the extent of running the 9 Bulletin Board corrected information in the next issue. 11 Headlines - Houseparties & Conventions Materials that are to be returned must be 11 State Days accompanied by a self-addressed envelope 12 For The Love of NAME - Thank You with sufficient return postage. 12 New and Returning Members Send address changes to NAME, PO Box 69, Carmel, Indiana 46082. 15 Welcome New Clubs 37 In Memory NAME reserves the right to reject any advertising or articles that do not meet edito- 39 NAME’s Business Partners rial standards. The appearance of ads in the 40 Shop Directory Inside Back Cover Miniature Gazette does not denote endorse- Seattle Preview ment of the advertisers by NAME. 41 Regional Map 43 Calendar On the Cover: 44 Classified Ads The Camel With The Wrinkled Knees. 44 NAME Promoters "YMarilyn Oaks 45 Regional & State Representatives See page 21. 47 Merchandise Order Form facebook.com/groups/291500559776/ Miniature Gazette 3 Phone, Fax & Mail NAME National Headquarters 130 N. Rangeline Road, Carmel, IN 46032 Editor’s Notes NAME Mailing Address: Dorothy A. Hansen PO Box 69, Carmel, IN 46082 t’s Raggedy Ann’s 100th Birthday. She is still very popular 1-800-571-6263 or (317) 571-8094 as you will see on pages 20-23. There is also a 1/4” Raggedy FAX: (317) 571-8105 AnnI Shadow Box House Workproject by Karen Gibbs, this will be perfect for those Raggedy items you have collected. Email: General questions: This issue includes the Roundtable Treasures from the small [email protected] scale houseparty in Madison Wisconsin. It was a great NAME National Convention or Houseparties: Country Fair! [email protected] October is International Dollhouse and Miniature Month. Membership, Regional accounts or payments: Are you going to a NAME Day event, or maybe exhibiting [email protected] your miniatures at a local library? A list of NAME Day events is on page 42. Tell us how you celebrate the month. Gazette Editor: [email protected]

Website: www.miniatures.org NUTS Club at Quilt Festival Facebook By Suzie Aguilar, Webster, Texas : Facebook.com/NAMEMinis Facebook Group: he NUTS Club (C385) of the Houston/Galveston area will once facebook.com/groups/291500559776/ Tagain help to display an exhibit of vignettes to thousands of international visitors at the 2015 Houston International Quilt Festi- val. The vignettes will be displayed by members of NAME and/or NAME National Headquarters Office Hours SAM (Society of American Miniaturists). Our 2014 exhibit was so 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday - Friday (Eastern Time) well attended that we were welcomed back in 2015 and they have already lined up a sponsor for us in 2016. We will be given a pin or NAME National Headquarters Museum Hours charm from Pin Peddlers and asked to use it in a vignette created 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday - Friday for 2016. We are getting excited about the challenge and I can’t wait to see the creative results. I’m also excited about showing off our hobby to people from around the world! Thank You Virginia State Day By Candace Pevahouse, Fairfax, Virginia NAME is proud to be: wanted to give a public “Job Well Done” to the committee for Ithe Virginia State Day 2015 project. The April 18th event was A Patron of the sponsored by the Multi Generation Miniaturists (MGM) Club Museum of Miniature Houses in Carmel, IN of Richmond, Virginia. The co-chairs were Cindy Lucas and Carol A Sponsor of The Denver Museum of House. The committee members were: Kelly Caprio, Traci Haden, Dot Hubbard, Alexis Hunley, Nancy Kilby, and Pris Parker. Many Miniatures, Dolls and Toys others donated tote bag favors, door prizes and State Day Helpers. A Patron of the The project, “A 19th Century Peddler Doll” was outstanding. Toy and Miniature Museum of Kansas City (See page 24) The committee members had completed all the ma- chine sewing so we participants had only to glue the clothing on A member of IGMA to a sweet looking porcelain doll. The kit came with a wooden tray International Guild of Miniature Artisans for the peddler to carry and many amazing items, either already made or as mini-kits. Cindy Lucas lead the group though each A Carmel Arts & Design District step with easy to follow verbal instructions, and written instruc- Business Association member tions were also handed out. Every attendee received multiple door A Patron of the Mini Time Museum in Tucson, Arizona prizes, tote bag favors too many to mention, and special gifts. The special gifts were handed out to each person, and we all opened A member of CIMTA them at the same time. The room was filled with gasps of surprise! Cottage Industry Miniaturists Trade Association, Inc. One of the gifts we received the box to find a filled sewing box, with a working drawer that was also filled! Cindy did admit that A Sponsor of Real Good Toys Dollhouse for a Cause program the sewing box was definitely a “gift of love”. I just wanted to let NAME know (or remind us all) what gener- A Supporting Member of the ous, talented and dedicated people we have in our organization! Miniature Museum of Greater St. Louis 4 September/October 2015 • www.miniatures.org facebook.com/NAMEMinis People & Policies 2015-2016 Board of Trustees Board Committees Parliamentarian Karen Barone, President From the 133 Rose Valley Road Terri Reasor Pottstown, PA 19464 612 11th Avenue Apt 1A President 561-596-6855 Huntington, WV 25701 [email protected] 304-840-8001 Karen Barone [email protected] Barbara Thornton-Hill 1st Vice President/Long Range Planning Museum Chairman Phil & Lynne Joehnk 13703 No Bloomfield Road 7240 Walnut Creek Drive A Year in Review Nevada City, CA 95959 West Chester, OH 45069 530-265-5704 s I write this column, we are all just home from Na- [email protected] Historian tional held in Indianapolis. What a wonderful time we Debbie Young A Rebecca Lipscomb had and a very special thanks to Kim Ash and the entire 11468 North Bloomﬁeld Rd. 2nd Vice President/Membership Nevada City, CA 95959 Steering Committee for a job well done. 1910 Bella Vista Drive sYNGATHRT GVNET I thought I would share my report from the National Chattanooga, TN 37421 Business Meeting with everyone for this column in the 423-899-2444 Academy of Honor Chairman Gazette. [email protected] Shawn Betterley Stan Boyd Treasurer 70 Wing Street , Bangor, ME 04401-5981 It is the duty of the President of the Association to pre- 2106 Hallmark Crt 207-947-3963 side over the Board of Trustee meetings. These meetings are Wheaton, IL 60187 [email protected] 630-752-9957 held monthly, conducted by video conference call and one [email protected] Founders Award Chairman Face-to-Face meeting, held at this Annual Convention. In Amy Rauch • 706-228-7239 Marcia Kay Icenogle May this past year, our President, Luci Hanson, resigned for , Secretary [email protected] 1116 N. Riley Avenue personal reasons. 1st Vice President Babette Overman, Past Indianapolis, IN 46201 Special Events President, Cary Yerves, Houseparty Liaison, Karla Smith 317-402-4999 Thuy Means • 316-210-1654 and Parliamentarian, Maxine Rudder, later resigned. The [email protected] [email protected] Board considers their reasons to be personal and is request- [email protected] NAME Webmaster ing that you contact each of those Board members individu- Bruce Steinke, Past President Dan Stewart ally if you wish to know more. 9927 S. Falconview Drive [email protected] Sandy, UT 95959 Your remaining Board members quickly pulled together 801-572-6113 Copy and Ad Deadlines [email protected] January/February: October 1 in unity and in an emergency Board meeting on May 14th March/April: December 1 voted in myself as President, Barbara Thornton-Hill as 1st Kim Wood Fundraising Liaison , May/June: February 1 Vice President, Bruce Steinke as Past President and Rhonda 10569 Georgetown Ct July/August: April 1 Indianapolis, IN 46234 September/October: June 1 Keef, as Housparty/Convention Liaison with Terri Reasor November/December: August 1 317-502-6961 as Parliamentarian. We had challenges, we still do, but your FUNDRAISINGLIAISON MINIATURESORG Advertising Information Board is committed to following the By-laws and working Request a rate card from the NAME hard to get NAME back on track. Leslie Swager, Club Liaison office for color and black-and-white ad PO Box 1090 prices. A typesetting/design service is West Point, CA 95255 available. Classified ads are 65¢ per word. A nominating committee, of Sue Herber, Donna Eckel, 209-293-4299 Abbreviations, initials, name and address are chargeable words. Leanne Kirsch, Jane Sanem and Terri Reasor has been assem- [email protected] Membership Dues bled to search for members to serve on the Board of Trustees. Tom Walden, Technology Effective June 1, 2015 This is YOUR opportunity to really let your voice be heard. 1361 Altamont Avenue NE Individual The Board heard everyone in May, but imagine what you Palm Bay, FL 32907 1 Year: $40 all can accomplish by becoming part of something as great 321-728-9321 2 Years: $68 3 Years: $95 [email protected] as the NAME Board. Barbara Thornton-Hill, although ap- Family Member (Must reside at the pointed by the Board as the 1st Vice President, will be placed Amy Rauch same address as full member) 1 Year: $14 on the ballot for President. Voting is another way to make Regional Coordinator Liaison 2 Years: $23 1043 Walton Pass, Evans, GA 30809 3 Years: $34 your voice heard, so don’t forget to fill out your ballot when 706-228-7239 Youth Membership it appears in the Gazette. 1 Year: $17 [email protected] 2 Years: $34 Rhonda Keef 3 Years: $51 In spite of the turmoil, your Board has been hard at work. Student Membership Leslie Swager, our Club Liaison kept our clubs informed Convention/Houseparty & Liaison Age 18-25 studying at a recognized 16 South Antigo Court college/university 1 Year: $17 by doing a Club Presidents Newsletter after every Board Greer SC 29650 Individual (Outside US) meeting. This year we have 94 clubs that were awarded the HOUSEPARTYLIAISON MINIATURESORG 1 Year: $42 (U.S. Currency) 2 Years: $74 (U.S. Currency) Blue Ribbon Award. Our hats off to those clubs. The Club Jan Skuppin, Member At Large 3 Years: $108 (U.S. Currency) outreach program has been astounding. Displays in librar- 928 Laguna Lane Life Membership - $750 ies and community centers, club shows and participation in Washington, UT 84780 Shop Membership 435-652-9746 $50 per calendar year Business Partner [email protected] $100 per calendar year — Continued on next page facebook.com/groups/291500559776/ Miniature Gazette 5 this a well utilized learning tool for our members as well as From the President — Continued from page 5 the general public. In early 2014, Bill Allen helped us acquire the NAME Facebook Group. At that time, there were just the NAME Day event help to promote our non-profit. Thank about 500 members and we are now proud to say there are you Leslie, for your hard work this past year. over 2,200 members. The technology committee of Tom, Dan, Janet Smith, Preble McDaniel, Jean Lierman, Callie Brunelli, As NAME’s secretary, Marti Icenogle kept our minutes and Kim Sher, Marti Icenogle and Barbara Herman, meets once a prepared a Board summary that would appear on NAME’s month as they work to investigate new and different avenues web site. Thank you Marti for your hard work this past year. thru social media to promote NAME and get new members. Pinterest is currently under review to see if this will work for Stan Boyd has the task of keep us abreast of all our finan- NAME. Callie Brunelli and Preble McDaniel have started a cial information. Thank you Stan for keeping a level head and very successful Sunday afternoon chat. They have even raised bringing us up to speed on the budget. their own money to fund this weekly social chat room and the balance goes to the NAME general fund. Thank you Tom, for Kim Wood worked hard at Media. Kim has worked with your work this past year. Diana Costanza of Creative Miniaturist to secure free advertising in her on-line magazine. She has analyzed different Gazette The NAME on-line event The Dog Days of Summer with printing options and the Board is currently looking at those op- Luci Hanson as chair, Janet Smith our web mistress and Thuy tions. Kim also looked at ways to distribute the Gazette on-line as Camp Activity Director was a wonderful event and a special as well as in print. Articles were written for several miniature thanks to Thuy, Janet and Luci for all their work on the Special magazines, and workshops were taught to Girl Scouts and Events and the Special Events Website. church groups. Kim took our Duck Race to its exciting conclu- sion as well as the Gala and we can’t thank her enough for her Lynne and Phil Joehnk continued to work their magic in dedication to NAME. Museum. The Museum received centerpieces from four Hous- parties/Conventions as well as Souvenirs. The Board thanks Becky Lipscomb worked hard at membership. Becky made you both for your service to NAME. sure to contact all non-renewing members. Age, limited space and death are and have been the source of our membership The Board is reviewing the Estate Policy and is hard at work decline. However, in late June, we formed a membership making guidelines that protect NAME as well as our donors. committee that includes Becky, Barbara Thornton-Hill, Roy To all who have donated, thank you. Moore and myself. We started looking at ways to increase our membership. A very special thanks to Roy for his Dollar Club I would like to acknowledge Dan Stewart our new web idea which raised over $9,000. You probably all know by now master, Debbie Young NAME’s Historian and Dorothy Hansen about the Grease Monkey campaign. Watch on-line and the our Gazette Editor. Thank you for your dedication and hard Gazette for more information as the idea takes shape. Thank work for NAME. you Becky for your work this past year on the Board. On a personal note, I would like to extend my appreciation Amy Rauch took over the Regional Coordinator Liaison to Luci Hanson for her years of service to NAME and to the position in October of 2014. Our regions have been very busy. Board of Trustees. Babette Overman, created the Duck Race There were 29 exhibits at Libraries & museums, 16 presenta- and what an awesome idea that was. Thank you, Babette. I tions for groups ranging from public schools, to Girl Scouts, will miss the opportunity to work with Karla. Her advice and to retirement homes. Our regions hosted 14 State Days, Fun good words during the Indy preparation was invaluable to Days, NAME Days, and had NAME tables at 43 shows this me and Kim. I have worked with Cary for a number of years year. All these activities are a crucial part of our Organization. on the Board and I will miss his insightful words. Thank Thank you Amy for showing us how busy we all have been! you, Cary. While I only spoke to Maxine once, I was excited to make a new friend. Thank you Maxine for your work on Karla Smith worked very hard during the year and a special the Board. To Bruce, Rhonda, Barbara, and Terri, thank you thanks to Rhonda for taking on this huge task again. Rhonda for taking my calls in May as each of you stepped up to the has been working with the Advisory Committee to update the challenge of returning to work on the Board. To Marti, Stan, HP Manual. During this past year, we have secured locations Kim, Leslie, Amy, and Tom thank you for staying and giving for a Regional in Kentucky and a National in 2018 in Charles- us a chance to work together to bring the Board back into a ton, South Carolina. Still in progress are site visits for an M1 cohesive team. Regional. Rhonda has done research for a Regional in Hawaii, but we suspect that this might be out of our budget and the We look forward to many more years of fun and friendships budget of our members. Thank you Rhonda. at NAME. We hope you will become more involved and don’t hesitate to call, email or speak to any Board member with new Tom Walden has headed our Technology committee and and innovative ideas. has been previewing our new website at this convention. Special thanks to Dan Stewart, our current webmaster, for his good humor at our transition of moving the web site and emails. A special events web site has become very successful. Many thanks to Thuy Means and Janet Smith for making

6 September/October 2015 • www.miniatures.org facebook.com/NAMEMinis The NAME Dollar Club By Roy (SPENDER) Moore

about a new NAME club along the lines The procedure for joining the Dollar of the Men’s Garden Club; let’s call it the Club is very simple. Just select your Dollar Club. In the Dollar Club, members Dollar Club name, associated with mon- would commit to giving annually a dollar ey, and email the name to us; shanroy@ amount, not necessarily the same every bellsouth.net or call us at 561-422-2189 if year. This could be a dollar a year, a dollar you have questions. Send a check made a month, a dollar a week, a dollar a day; or out to NAME to the office in Carmel, if you are really outta this world, a dollar an IN or make a Paypal donation online hour. The “dollar dues” would go directly to NAME. You can send ANY amount; to the general fund of NAME and be used it can be entirely anonymous. If you to supplement the NAME budget. This note on the check or Paypal transac- would not be a short term fund raiser, and tion, “Dollar Club”, the office staff will we hope not impact your decision to give keep a running total but no individual to the current and much needed “For the amounts except as required for your n early May, Shannon and I posted Love of NAME” campaign. This would be a receipt. We do not have and do not Ithe following message on the Yahoo chartered club but with the purpose of hav- want any checks and balances. This is NAME Online Group. We’ve had a ing more FUNds. an entirely on-your-own commitment tremendous response and are sharing and we are totally trusting that when our message in the Gazette. About one For ourselves, we are thinking of a dollar you send us a name, you will take care third of members belong either to the a day, $365, as an initial commitment and of a financial transaction. As of May 20, NAME Online group or the Facebook probably a separate donation for the current approximately $10,000 has been given Group. For the rest, this may be the first fund raiser. This is substantially beyond in Dollar Club “dues”; and we continue time you’ve seen it. our comfort zone and will definitely cut out to get new members on about a daily some fun things from our life. However, basis. Shannon and I, as I’m sure most of we’ve experienced a welling up of love and you, were sobered by the news in the recent caring for NAME, and it would be really Thank you, NAME members. It is Gazette that NAME is in a financial tight difficult, death in the family thing, if NAME truly heart-warming to have received squeeze and talked about what we might were to go out of existence. We encour- all the support you’ve given thus far give in order to help. First of all, we dis- age each of you to think about NAME’s and we look forward not only to stabil- cussed a number we could afford, you know situation and help all of us in the NAME ity but to thriving growth in NAME. “senior citizens on a fixed income” (that’s family. If we can get five “dollar members” us) kind of thinking. Then we thought about to charter a new club, the names “Spender” Shannon (SAVER) Moore what we’d like to give, a quite a bit bigger and “Saver” will belong to the Moore family Roy (SPENDER) Moore number; and then we thought about maybe and I’m sure you already know who is who. a longer term commitment, the NPR annual (Note: we had 20 members the first day giving thing. Currently, we are thinking and 100 within the first week.) Thank You to the individuals who have made generous donations to The NAME Dollar Club. Dollar Club Donations as of 5/31/2015

Ginger Anderson Amy Doucette-Allen Jane Justis Juawanna Newman Kim Sher Barbara Anderson Michael & Shirley Dufton Cathy Kalte Thomas & Hari O’Connor Karla Smith Linda Axtell Kitty Engstrom Dolores Kelley Sharon O’Neill Ronny Smith Luba Barnes Chris Ernst Leanne Kirsch Babette Overman Janet Smith Karen Barone Romaine Eyler Ginger Landon-Siegel Laurie Parker Helen Sparks Martha Bates Henry Field Barbara Larison Leanna & Edward Parker Sarita Speros Karen Benson Marilyn Filter Elaine Levine Edna Perkins Rachelle Spiegel Shawn & Robin Betterley Diane Fisher Jean Lierman Patricia Perry Dan & Ruth Stewart Ann Bird Bob Francis Doreen Lindsay Judith Pier Mona Stivers-Bagby Helen Borders Ruth Frank Dale Lovett Katherine Price Katharine Strobos Ann Bramlet Patricia Frost Barbara Lundberg Georgia Queen Leslie Swager Callie Brunelli Lynn Hamel Marilyn Maroney Veronica Risko Andy Tamburo & Gwendolyn Campbell Pat Hausman Michelle Martinez Nancy Robertson Suzanne Larson-Tamburo Susan Carlton Lorraine Heller Cynthia McDaniel Bernice Rosenberg Barbara Teta Karen Carter Sue Herber Preble McDaniel Jayleen Salter Barbara Thornton-Hill Carol Carton Lynne Hoffman Doris McIntyre Jane Sanem Tom Walden Chrissie Clapp Carol House Judith Meyer Marion Sargent Ina & Bill Waples Ellen Crawford Frances Johnson Roy & Shannon Moore Bobbie Schmidt Joan Webb Mark Crawford Patty Johnson Catherine Morris Victoria Scidmore Corena Wickett Virginia Davis Sharon Johnson Anita Myers Lucy Seiler facebook.com/groups/291500559776/ Miniature Gazette 7 Thank You to the individuals and organizations who have made generous donations to NAME. April 1st - June 30th

BOOSTER $5-$49 Sandi Sholometh SPRUCE UP FUND Kathy Abdinoor June & James Stikes IN MEMORY OF BETTY MOKE Hebe Alexander Tina Sykes North Orange County Berdie Cannon Lyn Verna Miniature Guild (CA) Linda Doering Joanne Whisenhunt Kristine Fisher Logan Wilhelm MEN’S GARDEN CLUB Candace Forest Martina Wishert Tom O’Connor Julie French Sandra Wong Gail Green IN MEMORY OF Mary Ellen Kennedy CONTRIBUTING MEMBER $50-$99 IRIS CRANDALL Mary Lynn Kincaid Milwaukee Miniature Club (WI) The Unfinished Kit Club (OH) Nancy Lessem Heidi Marriott SUPPORTING MEMBER $100-$249 IN MEMORY OF Tracy Ruiz & Tom Martz Sandra Wall-Rubin QUINTA MAHON Karen Mason The Minis of NE PA (PA) Janet Massey PRESIDENT’S CLUB $500-$999 Charlene Merriman Les Petits Collecteurs of South Florida (FL) Margie Morland IN MEMORY OF Multi Generation Club (VA) Joan Nieto GENEVIEVE TRULY Carol Ply Southern Oregon Miniaturists (OR) SPRUCE UP FUND Claudette Poirier Patsy Price Cardone Family Foundation Sue Proulx on behalf of Greg Snyder

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Wanted for Philadelphia WANTED Miniaturia NAME Auction Estate Disposition Chairman November 8, 2015 What to do with our treasured miniature collections NAME is the beneficiary of this year’s Philadelphia when we are no longer able to care for them is a huge Miniaturia Auction. To be successful, we need issue for many of our members. NAME is committed to donations of auction items in all price ranges. Please helping our members achieve peace of mind knowing that email Karen Barone @ [email protected] or someone will appreciate their cherished collections and call 561-596-6855 to donate. care for them long into the future. If you are the kind of person who likes to travel, doesn’t mind driving to various states to pick up estate donations, someone who is willing to work with donors WANTED and NAME to find the best homes for members’ estates Artisans for Souvenirs and if you are organized, can keep a detailed, accurate in- ventory, computer savvy, know how to run silent, online Are you interested in doing a Souvenir for and live auctions, are able to blog easily and keep interest alive by the use of social media, then we would like to an upcoming Convention or Houseparty? hear from you. NAME is looking to have this as a full NAME is looking for artisans to make time and commissioned based position. souvenirs for upcoming events. Please email your resume to Karen Barone, Contact Rhonda Keef or the Chairman of the event. NAME President at [email protected] Rhonda Keef: [email protected]

-INIATURE'AZETTE s.OMINATIONS7ANTEDs $EADLINES4HEMES *ANUARY&EBRUARYISSUEsDeadline: October 1, 2015 Theme: Members Gallery Nominations wanted for First Vice Show off what you have been working on. President, Second Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and three Members -ARCH!PRILISSUEsDeadline: December 1, 2015 at Large. One Member at Large will be Theme: Paper the Convention/Houseparty Liaison. The -AY*UNEISSUEsDeadline: February 1, 2016 other two Members at Large are flexible Theme: Final Touches positions which may include Grant Writing, Estates, Office Relations, Media *ULY!UGUSTISSUEsDeadline: April 1, 2016 Theme: Welcome to my Garden Programs. Nominations may be sent to. any Nominating Committee member 3EPTEMBER/CTOBERsDeadline: June 1, 2016 Theme: Small Scale Members of the Nominating Committee are: Sue Herber • [email protected] .OVEMBER$ECEMBERsDeadline: August 1, 2016 Leanne Kirsch • [email protected] Theme: Fun Days Donna Eckel • [email protected] Jane Sanem • [email protected] 3ENDALLITEMSFORTHE-INIATURE'AZETTETO Terri Reasor • [email protected] Dorothy A. Hansen, Miniature Gazette Editor PO Box 1285, Monroe WA 98272-4285 E-mail: [email protected] Deadline: October 15, 2015

Send information for the Bulletin Board to: Dorothy A. Hansen, PO Box 1285, Monroe WA 98272-4285 • E-mail: [email protected] facebook.com/groups/291500559776/ Miniature Gazette 9 In What Window Will You Be Shopping? By Pat Frost, Renton, Washington

e are in the waning days as we finished your shop windows. What can others in this worldwide workshop did Wcount down to NAME Day 2015. you do with them now? with their shop windows. Are you ready? Do you have your tools Did you make a display about minia- In this issue of the Gazette, you’ll and kits at the fore? Are you planning tures in the local library? How about a find a list of NAME Day events going to join a group, in person or online, or senior residence building or community on throughout NAME-Land (see page are you setting out on your own adven- center? 42). In the July/August issue was the ture? Or maybe a local store or stores list of Cutters—from whom you can buy As October 3 looms on the calendar, might like to band together for a minia- your window shop kits (pay attention to you may find yourself dreaming of the tures walk? You’ve heard of art walks their order-by deadlines). In that same shop windows of a charming Victorian and quilt walks? This is a variation immediate past issue, for the DIYers, we village, or a saunter past the stores on on the theme. Has any shopkeeper as- offered the directions for creating your New York’s 5th Avenue or the Magnifi- sociation ever done a miniatures walk? own kits. cent Mile in Chicago. Here’s the opportunity for a unique Before you know it, the project for Where will your walk down the experience. How about pitching the NAME Day 2016 will be announced. avenue take you, and what will you find idea to them? Mix window displays Planning is already in the works for that causes you to stop and gaze into the with individual tables inside or outside NAME Day 2016, and you’ll hear about windows at the wares displayed there? (if weather permits) stores demonstrat- it soon. You’ll want to sleep on it, So the time has come, the miniaturist ing techniques and inviting people though, to see what your dreams will said, to think of many things. What color to discover the wonderful world of conjure! paint shall I use? What merchandise should miniatures. I put in? How can I customize my shop Remember to send pictures to Pat window? What name shall I use? Frost ([email protected]) of any and all NAME Day 2015 Fast forward to the day or week or activities, to be used in an article for the Window Shopping month after NAME Day 2015. You and Gazette, a great record of NAME Day your club and your friends have all 2015 and an opportunity to see what October 3, 2015

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ss SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 2016 NATIONAL CONVENTION A-2 Nebraska Screened In Porch 7ELCOMETO-Y'ARDEN September 19, 2015 July 21-24, 2016 2EGISTRATION/PENS*ANUARY ss N-1 Nevada 1” scale Elegant Art Deco Entryway GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA April 9, 2016 SMALL SCALES HOUSEPARTY 'ALS 'ANGSTERS'ATSBY See the Calendar Section or the September 16-18, 2016 NAME website for more information Dealer, Instructor, and Theme Luncheon applications about the events listed here. postmark deadline is January 15, 2016 NAME Day SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 2015 HOUSEPARTY !"#SOF-INIATURES March 23-26, 2017

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$EALER 7ORKSHOP LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY HOUSEPARTY AND4HEME,UNCHEON *OCKEYSAND*ULEPSs-AY !PPLICATIONS Please note changes to application instructions and use current applications CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA from the Documents & Forms section on the NAME website. 2018 NATIONAL CONVENTION Application forms are available online at: www.miniatures.org 3WEET4EA3UNSHINE A3OUTHERN#ELEBRATION or from: NAME, PO Box 69 Carmel, IN 46082 August 23-26, 2018 facebook.com/groups/291500559776/ Miniature Gazette 11 For the Love of NAME Thank You to the individuals and organizations who have made generous donations For the Love of NAME. For the Love of NAME Donations as of 5/31/2015

Darlene Aarsen Linda Degroot Mary Johnson Grace Mlynowski Anne Smith Jean Alexander Bonnie Doggett Jane Justis Judy Orias Society of Miniature Memories Sharon Anderson Barbara Dugan Barbara Kalty Babette Overman Stanley Speakman Fran Arthur Marie Eastman Joan Kapetanakis Mary Patton Virginia Stoliker Vicki Ashenfelter Donna Eckel Lois Krasman Joy Pierle Janet Streilein Jennifer Ashley Arlone Emmington David Krupick Bonnie Poland Katharine Strobos Linda Backelant Ann Farmer La Mini Scala Ron and Jan Prescott Strongsville Miniature Club Martha Bates Norma Fisher-Mixon Judy Lancaster Patricia Roberson Heidi Stutz Rosalyn Boro Claire Flick Patricia Lates Wendy Robertson Leslie Swager Shirley Brown Joane Forsstrom Debbie Lind Mary Ross Barbara Teta Grete Buckley Linda Freeland Patricia Maciaszek Corinne Roxby Barbara Thornton-Hill Linda Burtoft Linda Fruscione Heather Maddux Billie Ruonavaara Kathy Tisko John & Susan Carlton Hilda Galster Cathy Mason Joyce Sandin Christine Van Dyke Judy Chaloupka Kathleen Geer Bettie McClendon Victoria Scidmore Janet Vivian C. Claudon Karen Hardy Velma McDonald Susan Scutti Winifred Wadzita Betty Claus Suzanne Harrington-Cole Barbara Meade Laura Seibert William & Ina Waples Heidi Conner Gail Hering Ellen Michaelson Susan Shinn John Wharton Laurel Coulon Lynn Hess Jan Mickelson Carol Silberman Tammy Witthaus Mary Crouse Irma Hood Deborah Miller Martha Sims Kim Wood Ann Cunningham Carol House Miniatures West Joyce Slimmon Sharon Zanassi Robert Dahlstrom Dale Hoyle Margaret Miniclier Karla Smith WELCoME NEW AND RETuRNING MEMBERS

ReGion A1 ReGion e2 Trish Farulla, Quincy MA Lucy Farulla, Quincy MA Sandra Wong, Naperville IL Sue Ezzell, Houston TX Pat Brennan, Chicago IL Judy Weaver, Mercedes TX ReGion n1 Lois Ann Christ, Cicero IL Catherine Clark, Tulsa OK Virginia Ann Ross, Redlands CA Virginia Sanderson, Minneapolis MN Amy Bannister, Katy TX Claudia Vigness, Scottsdale AZ Linda Doering, Two Rivers WI Grace Griffin, Albuququerque NM Sharon Zingery, Chicago IL ReGion e3 Naomi Stein, Newport Beach CA Riley Wilson, Decorah IA Patricia Byers, Shelby NC Lori Sorenson, Las Vegas NV David Jackson, Wheaton IL Debbie Wilkins, Winston-Salem NC Gigi Sainz, San Diego CA Jennifer Jackson, Wheaton IL Jodi Mattern, Jacksonville FL Cynthia Curry, Hinsdale IL Sarah (Sally) B. Bixler, Pt Richey FL Kim McCool, Davenport IA ReGion n2 Doug Beardsley, Columbia TN Gayle Vedder, McCormick SC Kay Harrison Taber, Sacramento CA ReGion A2 Catherine Koutsoumbaris, Palm Harbor FL Cathy Ellison, Martinez CA Anna McCuistion, Ceres CA Thelma Hembree, Hutchinson KS Kathy Buchanan, Knoxville TN Kathy Pedroni, Healdsburg CA Donna Hutchison, Bellevue NE Judy Lock, Blythewood SC Kammy Hill, Walnut Creek CA Linda Graft, Great Falls MT Hebe Alexander, Eads TN Kari Williams, North Palm Beach FL Ray Mendonca, Fremont CA ReGion A3 Matilda Pinto, Ocoee FL Lorraine Radauskas, Sarasota FL ReGion n3 Evelyn Schmidt, Kingsville OH Elizabeth Champlin, Lawrenceville GA Marla Nulph, Mill Creek WA Lori Tonkinson, New London MO Elaine Evans, White House TN Patricia Rockwell, Kent WA Deborah Mulder, Mooresville IN Susan J. Simons, Sedro Woolley WA Stella Denney, Wabash IN ReGion M1 Jim Larson, Anacortes WA Danielle Sphar, Fenton MI Cynthia Erickson, Deer Park WA Sandie Johnston, Grand Ledge MI Amy Nikolai, Locust Valley NY Patsy Price, Boise ID Darla Hall, Royal Oak MI Sue Prabhu, Middletown NJ Janet Man, Ann Arbor MI Nella Balling, Uniontown PA Kristen Savas, Trenton NJ CAnAdA West ReGion e1 Amy Brooke Michael, Nescopeck PA Jennifer Whittlesey, Vancouver BC Canada Carolyn Steinmetz, New Monmouth NJ Jo Sieber, Yorktown VA Janice Sites, Oxford PA inteRnAtionAl Teresa Lindstrom, Monrovia MD Anna G. Uhl, Delmar NY Janice Fabina Alexandria VA Nick Parreco, Uniontown PA Norma A de Marquez D.F Mexico Mary Ellen Raun, Chesapeake City MD Alexandra Glass, Lusby MD ReGion M2 Margaret Shifflett, Harrisonburg VA Jonnie Jackson, Damascus MD Tunde Miklos, Fairfield CT Lyn Verna, Ijamsville MD Gilda Dreher, Natick MA New Life Member Mary Coleman, Manchester MD Candace Forest, Goshen CT Sharon Gilleran, Redding CT Lucille Lalonde Lisa Murray, Cheshire CT

12 September/October 2015 • www.miniatures.org facebook.com/NAMEMinis t$MVC/FXTt Miniatures from the Heart of the Country By Ann Behan, Dubuque Iowa n May 15-16th, 2015, the Metro canning scene in a jar or Kate Hruban was a scene using a papier mache box. Mini Makers Club of the Quad Cit- showing how to dress a ladies chair. The results always make an interesting Oies, held their 31st annual “Miniatures Then on Saturday, during the show, exhibit when all lined up. Other items from the Heart of the Country” show club members taught a free children’s on display included all scales and many and sale. workshop where kids could learn to ways to use miniatures including a vari- Held at the River Center in down- make miniature bedroom slippers using ety of containers and room boxes as well town Davenport, Iowa, the show fea- mini hair scrunchies! as dollhouses. tured dealers from six states. There was also an exhibit room filled — Continued on next page On Friday, before the show opened, with items brought in by members. Each we had workshops available. These year, the club does a group project that were Patrick Kinney’s cherry wood jelly is then displayed the following year. cupboard, Mary Banner’s quarter scale The project for display at this show

1/2” A Little Paris by Holly Tappendorf.

1/2” scale Polka Dot Bedroom by Sharon Wagoner

1” Bunny Garden by Karen Cockerill

1” Black & White Cozy Bedroom by Jo Cohrs

1/2” Paris Cafe by Gloria Isham

1” Nancy Duden’s Bears by Carole Creger 1/2” Evening in Paris by Doris Gardner 1” Fairy Garden by Ann Behan facebook.com/groups/291500559776/ Miniature Gazette 13 t$MVC/FXTt Metro Mini Makers — Continued from page 13

Metro Mini Makers is proud to celebrate many continuous years as a club and wishes to thank all the dealers who help make the show a success.

1” Linda’s Sewing Room by Linda Weibold 1/2” Paris Boudoir by Gloria Isham

1” Grape Jelly Kitchen by Terri Neuzil 1/2” Wedding by Lee Ann Emanual 1” Candy Shop by Bette Accola.

Snowbirds in Yuma, Arizona By Susan R. Shinn, Missoula, Montana

his is our miniature class that started with the same birdcage and with colorful with all the springtime meets for five months of the everyone’s creativeness and personality flowers. We are ready to head winterT at the Palms RV Resort in they all look different. north and start digging in the dirt Yuma, Arizona. Looking at our mini scene, it is so and mowing our real yards. All of us are snowbirds and go south to escape the cold winters up north. This year we made a mini scene in a birdcage. It has a big tree with a kite stuck in it, a pond with rocks all around it and a fantail goldfish. We had fun making roses for our vine. A handmade basket was filled with spring flowers. The grass looks freshly mowed and had more flowers in a log and in the rocks and a cute little bench waits for someone to take a rest. It is amazing how we all

14 September/October 2015 • www.miniatures.org facebook.com/NAMEMinis t$MVC/FXTt Harbor Minicrafters Hosts Spring Retreat By Judie Volk, Spring Lake, Michigan 8FMDPNF ive members of the Roving Mini presented a class Club attended a Spring Retreat host- on 1/4” scale /FX$MVCT edF by the Harbor Minicrafters in Spring window treat- Lake, Michigan from Thursday, April ments. Many C-1039 The Sunday Brunch 30 until Sunday, May 3. Nine members ideas, skills, Rock Island, Illinois of the Harbor Minicrafters took part in suggestions, and the retreat and assisted with activities fun were shared C-1040 NAME Alumni Club and food. Lodging was provided for the during the three- Facebook link: https:// day event. out-of-town guests at the vacation rental www.facebook.com/ apartment next door. We are planning another retreat in groups/877594942282900/ Activities included a class and sup- conjunction with the 2015 NAME Day in plies for a fantasy fairy scene in a gourd, October. presented by Jeannette Utpatel from If you would like more information C-1041 Mini Misfits of Demascus Valparaiso, Indiana. Paula McDougall on future plans, please contact Judie Demascus, Maryland presented a class on potted topiary trees Volk at [email protected] or in three different scales. Barb Julian 616-443-7652.

Friday Conundrums in Maryland Sponsors Two Events By Carol Ann Frost, Lutherville, Maryland

riday Conundrums is a fairly new ists from throughout Maryland, from NAME club. Chartered in 2011 and Delaware, and from Virginia attended. withF only nine members, this Region After a lunch from Bullocks menu, E1 club has been very active. Their guests played midway games, includ- current focus is on supporting the 2017 ing a ring toss with floating ducks and Convention in Alexandria, Virginia. a washer toss. Winners received prizes. Several members of the club, which The guests also enjoyed a circus-themed meets in Westminster, Maryland, are on exhibit and a silent auction of miniature the planning committee for the conven- items. tion. In the past few months, they have The organizers promised their guests sponsored two events to promote the A circus themed miniature exhibit as one of the at- a “decadent dessert table,” and everyone convention and its theme. tractions at the luncheon on May 16 at Bullock’s received a package of miniature scaled On April 25, they sponsored a min- Restaurant in Westminster, Maryland. The 2017 desserts before the real brownies, éclair iature and collectible yard sale at the Alexandria, Virginia, NAME convention theme is pudding and other treats were served. Church of the Ascension in Westmin- Come to the Circus. Members of Friday Conundrums made ster, Maryland. Eighteen dealers from the miniature cherry pie, Strawberry four states sold dollhouse miniatures fluff , chocolate cake and Clown Face E1 Regional Coordinator Mary Myers in all scales and holiday collectibles. cake as souvenirs of the event. manned a NAME table to tell visitors about the organization. The goals of the event were to raise money for the Con- vention and to promote the miniature hobby. Table fees went to the Friday Conundrums Club and are being held for 2017. Tiny accessories and large inch scale dollhouses found new homes as shoppers toured the large sales room. Deciding to have a purely social event to promote the convention, on May 16, they held a luncheon, “NAME Sets the Table,” at Bullocks Family Gwen Cargill, Lutherville, Maryland, Mary Restaurant in Westminster, Maryland. Myers, Mount Airy, Maryland, and Leah Smith, The theme for the 2017 NAME National Attendees at the May 16 luncheon were promised New Freedom, Maryland, examine the silent Convention is “Come to the Circus” and decadent desserts. They had chocolate and fruit auction items at the Friday Conundrums Lun- the day’s activities echoed the theme. cheon at Bullock. Mary is Region E1 Regional to eat and received a package of miniature desserts Thirty-five dollhouse miniatur- Coordinator. as well. facebook.com/groups/291500559776/ Miniature Gazette 15 Johnny Gruelle: Inventor of Raggedy Ann By Polly Hackett-Morey, Akron, Ohio 1917 1938-1962 August, 11, Raggedy Andy patented. Dolls made by Georgene Novelties 1880 1918 1940 December 24, 1880, Raggedy Ann Beloved Belindy doll came back. John B. Gruelle born Stories, published, McCall’s issued first home sewer’s pat- in Arcola, Illinois, popularity enhanced tern #820. natural cartoon by end of World War style drawing abil- I families huddling ity; his older brother 1940-1941 together. Raggedy Ann c. 1940/41, Awake/ Justin also naturally Asleep Ann & Andy - faces both sides of talented artist. Camel with Wrin- kled Knees appeared head, eyes open on one side & closed on in magazine, white - black harness, red other. McCall’s remained Official Pat- 1883 tern maker of Raggedy Ann until 2000. Johnny quit school, no formal art train- blanket ing, first invented “Percy The Police- 1920 1941 man”. September Raggedy Andy doll ap- 1941, first ever Camel toy brown and 1899 peared, made by Beers-Keeler-Bowman red harness, red feet, yellow blanket Began doing political cartoons for India- Co. Inc. with red & napolis Sun newspaper blue stripe. Raggedy Andy Stories, published, 1901 Johnny fast drawing, huge output. McCall’s pat- Married Myrtle Swann age 17, Johnny tern #914 had age 20. 1926 13” Ann & Beloved Belindy, never patented, dark Andy and 14” 1902 skin mammy doll, always Lovingly Camel. Daughter, Marcella Delight Gruelle was treated in the Raggedy Ann stories. born. 1960-1982 1929 Dolls were made by Knickerbocker. 1903-06 Raggedy Ann patent lapsed.

Real job with Indianapolis Sun. 1970-1994 & 1998 to present November, Molly-E’s doll company Hallmark made Raggedy Ann items. 1905 began making Raggedy Ann & Andy 1905, drew comic strips. without permission 1979 The dog, Raggedy Arthur was intro- 1906 1931 duced. Began working on Raggedy Ann ideas. Johnny had seven dolls in production besides Ann, Andy & Belindy - Uncle 1983 1910 Clem 14 ½” - 16”, Percy the Policeman Doll making moved to Hasbro & Ap- Moved to Norwalk, Connecticut, won 15 ½”, Eddie Elf 15”, Pirate Chiefton 17 plause. $2000 prize for “Mr. Twee Deedle” ½”, Eddie Elephant 11”, Little Brown comic strip, New York Herald. Bear 12”, & Sunny Bunny 12” Raggedy Ann & Andy 1914 1934 Collector/Information books Illustrated Grimm’s Fairy Tales. Publisher Volland went out of business. Avery, Kim, The World of Raggedy Ann 1915 1935 Collectibles: Identification and Values, September 7, 1915, Johnny began copyright infringement Collector’s Books, 1997. patented “a doll” suit against Molly-E’s doll makers. which was Raggedy Garrison, Susan Ann Garrison, The Rag- Ann, family hand- 1937 gedy Ann & Andy Family Album, Schiffer, made dolls to keep December 23, day before his last birth- 1989. patent in force day, Johnny got the Raggedy Ann doll back. Rinehard, Joyce Gerardi, Wonderful Rag- November, only gedy Anns with Values, Schiffer, 1997. daughter, Marcella, 1938 Due to court fight, smoking, socializing died from contami- Tabbat, Andrew, The Collector’s World of Johnny died of a heart attack, January nated small pox vac- Raggedy Ann & Andy, Vol. I and Vol. II, 9, 1938. cine Johnny spent Gold House Publishing 1996 & 1997. her last days telling her Raggedy Ann Raggedy Ann & Andy live on. Tabbat, Andrew, Raggedy Ann and Andy stories, as she lay dying, age 13. I.D. Guide, Gold Horse Publishing, 1998.

16 September/October 2015 • www.miniatures.org facebook.com/NAMEMinis sMall scales Housparty $5 Roundtable naMe county Fair All roundtable kits are $5 each plus $3.00 shipping and Treasures handling for one kit, add 50¢ for each additional kit that you order from the same person unless otherwise indicated. Email individuals for international postage rates. Mail orders to each individual enclosing either check adison or money order. For NAME members only. Expires: M November 30, 2015. Check with individuals sellers after Wisconsin closing date for possible availability.

1/4” Scale Old Fashioned Coffee Mill 1/4” Scale • Cherrywood OR Vegetable Scale Trifold Screen: Solid OR Open Linda Groesch 1/4” Scale S/H: 1 kit - $3.00, no extra for additional kits Corner Shelves OR Granny’s Rocker 243 East Skyline Drive Leanne Kirsch Ballwin, MO 63011-3151 Karen Benson • [email protected] 1007 Broadway ST, Lisbon ND 58054-4723 [email protected] 6290 Longleaf Pine Dr., Jupiter, FL 33458-2479 [email protected]

1/4” Scale Doors May Vary Shabby Chic Garden Trellis S/H: 1 kit - $2.00, 1/2” Scale OR 1/4” Scale additional kit 50¢ Micromini Set of Two Christmas Shelves Potting Shed Ginger Landon-Siegel Alician Pearce 360 E 72nd St, B-1010 605 Wexford Road Amy Rauch New York NY 10021-4762 Janesville, WI 53546 1043 Walton’s Pass, Evans, GA 30809 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

1/4” Scale 1/4” Scale 1/4” Scale • Duck Engraved: Seasons/Holiday Windcatchers: Converter Crib (to youth bed) OR Jelly Cabinet (country theme) OR Christmas/Halloween Rocking Cradle with Clothes Rack Cow Planter with 3 Signs OR Spring/Summer Teresa Callender Dale Lovett Tammy Witthaus • [email protected] 9S310 Aero Dr, Naperville IL 60564 8403 SE Woodmere Street 24 Wolf Ridge Court [email protected] Hobe Sound FL 33455 St. Charles, MO 63303-4487

1/2” Scale 1/4” Scale OR Linen Stand 1/4” Scale with Lamp Rag Doll 1/4” Scale • Container Gardening (4 containers in each kit) Rosemary Shipman Sandra Whipple Daffodils OR Sunﬂowers 1221 Madison Street, Wenatchee WA 98801 5516 W. Lake Shore Drive S/H: 1 kit - $2.00, no extra for additional kits [email protected] Wonder Lake IL 60097 Lynn Jensen • [email protected] [email protected] 5345 S. Butterfield Way, Greenfield, WI 53221 — Continued on next page facebook.com/NAMEMinis Miniature Gazette 17 Roundtable Treasures • Small ScaleS HouSeparty • naMe county Fair All roundtable kits on this page are $5 each plus $3.00 shipping and handling for one kit, add 50¢ for each — Continued from page 17 additional kit that you order from the same person unless otherwise indicated. More information on page 17.

1/2” Scale 1/2” Scale OR OR 1/4” Scale 1/4” Scale Fall Corner Curio Shelves Decor: 1/4” Scale Jan Johnson Vase with Fall Leaves & Wreath of Fall Leaves Display Case OR Booth 2410 Riverwalk Dr. Linda Tulchinsky Plainfield, IL 60586 Charrita Teague 2001 West Wood St, Paris, TN 38242-5740 8903 Big Blue Ln, Orlando, FL 32836-7032 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

$5 Roundtable Treasures 1/4” Scale Dog: Standing OR Sitting 1/4” Scale • S/H: $5.00 up to 6 kits S/H: US or Canada: $5.00, up to 6 kits English Saddle OR Tack Trunk Madison Gayle Baillargeon Gary Baillargeon PO Box 981 PO Box 981 Wisconsin Winchester, Ontario, Canada KOC 2KO Winchester, Ontario, Canada KOC 2KO [email protected] [email protected] “A Quacker of a Duck Race Winners”

• Winners • #96 Virginia Davis: Lucky ducky in watering can by Lori Ann Potts and Georgia Matushak #409 Kim Ash: Ducky Cake by Ruth Stewart #33 Kim Wood: Seattle Registration/Lodging #118 Patty Johnson: Indianapolis Registration/Lodging #95 Virginia Davis: 5 pieces half inch furniture #369 Denise Clark Voelker: Grouping of small scale kits #102 Rosamond Dewart: Pete Aquisto, Silver Pitcher e are officially done with #120 Grace Johnson: Pete Aquisto, Silver Bowl Ducks 2015. I think we #417 Terri Miller: Bespaq Bench allW had a very good time, and #142 Stan Boyd: Shannon Moore , Sideboard hope you will join us again next #68 Chris Ernst: 50 Indianapolis Houseparty Helper tickets year. I already have a plan in by Becky Lipscomb mind. Yes, there will be racing #20 Mary Myers: Two Jane Graber pottery pieces given involved. by Babette Overmen #7 Georgia Queen: Subscription to Dollhouse Miniatures Thanks to all donors, duck #419 Terri Miller: Bespaq furniture pieces donated purchasers, Ruth Stewart by Babette Overman for making the gifts, and #352 Marlene Foster: Complete set of Greenville souvenirs from Luci Hanson Babette Overman for coming #157 Judith Walter: Doll and Carriage from Sangus Estate up with the idea and doing #75 Linda Backelant: Tool Bag and Tools from Lucille Hanson most of the work. Start #432 Judy Jazdzyk: 1/4” Flower Making Kit from Karla Smith saving your pennies for #209 Mary Allen: Karen Benson Workshop/Kit from Indianapolis 2016! #439 Sherri Hruby: American Miniaturist year subscription #340 Trish Billard: Miniature Collector year subscription

18 September/October 2015 www.miniatures.org sMall scales Housparty $10•MEGA naMe county Fair Roundtable All Mega roundtable kits are $10 each plus $4.00 shipping Treasures and handling for one kit, add $1.00 for each additional kit that you order from the same person unless otherwise indicated. Email individuals for international postage rates. Mail orders to each individual enclosing adison either check or money order. For NAME members only. M Expires: November 30, 2015. Check with individuals Wisconsin sellers after closing date for possible availability.

1/4” Scale 1/2” Scale OR 1/4” Scale 1/4” Scale • 6.25” W x 3.5” D x 2.75” H Strawberry Preserves in Process Toy Christmas Train Roombox, Frame, Mirror, Linda Groesch Includes all 10 cars - shown in 2 sections above Wallpaper and Flooring 243 East Skyline Drive Ginger Landon-Siegel • [email protected] Lucille Hanson • [email protected] Ballwin, MO 63011-3151 360 E 72nd St, B-1010 5531 Riverbanks Rd [email protected] New York NY 10021-4762 Grants Pass, OR 97527-9675

1/144” Scale Strawberry Kitchen Box Scene Table, 2 Chairs, Hutch, and 1/4” Scale Shelf (theme 1/4” Scale • Western Saddle & Rack Ice Cream Chairs and Table matched) OR Mounting Block & Feed Bins OR Back Counter S/H: US or Canada: $5.00, up to 6 kits Linda Tulchinsky Tammy Witthaus Gayle Baillargeon 8903 Big Blue Ln 24 Wolf Ridge Court PO Box 981 Orlando, FL 32836-7032 St. Charles, MO 63303-4487 Winchester, Ontario, Canada KOC 2KO [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Duck Engraved: 1/4” Scale • Potted Roses Changing Table with Horse OR 1/2” OR 1/4” Scale • 1/4” Scale • Carousel Horse: S/H: 1 kit - $3.00, additional kit 50¢ Jumper OR Prancer Wardrobe with Chair Susan Karatjas S/H: US or Canada: $5.00, up to 6 kits Teresa Callender 810 Balmoral Ct. Gary Baillargeon, PO Box 981 9S310 Aero Dr, Naperville IL 60564 Moon Township PA 15108 Winchester, Ontario, Canada KOC 2KO [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

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1/4” Scale • Farm Outbuildings: 1/4” Scale • 55 Gallon Drum: Hen House OR Outhouse Madison Grill/Smoker OR Stove with Hinged Roofs & Doors Carol Kubrican Stephanie Engeseth Wisconsin PO Box 2854, Petaluma, CA 94952 PO Box 130366, Carlsbad, CA 92013-0366 [email protected] [email protected] facebook.com/NAMEMinis Miniature Gazette 19 Happy 100th Birthday Raggedy Ann! By Joni Heitz, Cookeville, Tennessee or me, the love of Raggedy Ann start- found the pair of Ann and Andy that other Raggedies. Happy 100th birthday, Fed at age four when my grandmoth- now hang on the wall with my mini Raggedy Ann and thanks for the happy er used to read room box, photo and a collection of childhood memories, Johnny Gruelle! me the books. I still have those favorite books minus the covers from being read so much. Back then it was fun to believe the dolls really came to life when we weren’t in the room! Of course as a miniaturist I found Raggedy minis to love as well. The above photo is of me at age four playing with my original dolls that unfortunately were burned in a house fire when I was a teen. One day while antiquing with my husband, he Close up of miniature box on the wall.

Raggedy Ann and Andy in The Tunnel of Lost Toys A houseparty helper at the 2008 Portland, Oregon Houseparty donated by the BBOP’s club.

20 September/October 2015 www.miniatures.org Happy 100th Birthday Raggedy Ann! On The Cover: The Camel With The Wrinkled Knees By Marilyn Oaks Greenville, South Carolina

The camel was a class by Pam Junk. We cut out the Camel and added the room to fill with our own collections.

By Jan Prescott Moultonborough, New Hampshire

By Vicki Scidmore California

n the box, Raggedy IAnn (a little statue of my mom’s) is reading to all the teddy bears. A small Raggedy Ann doll is next to her and a tray of honey for the bears. Overlooking Framed Raggedy’s them all is my mother’s 1920’s Raggedy Ann doll, a From The collection of Georgia Matuschak, Poulsbo, Washington little the worse for the wear from two generations of Hand knitted sweaters by Dorothy Hawley. Dolls in frame by Maureen loving! Yes, the original doll had brown hair and you Thomas. Cirnet dolls sitting on top of frame by Kit Kropper. can feel the wooden heart in her chest.

facebook.com/NAMEMinis Miniature Gazette 21 Happy 100th Birthday Raggedy Ann! By Polly Hackett-Morey aggedy Ann was patented Septem- ber 7, 1915, this year is her 100th birthday.R Andy, her younger brother, patented August 11, 1917 will be 98.

Happy 100th Birthday Raggedy Ann.

This bedroom is a paper mache house (I covered up the windows on the inside). I used Raggedy Ann wallpaper, and added a quilt and accessories.

Raggedy Ann and Andy bedroom in a round top display suitcase. Heads on bookcase shelf made from round wood balls from a craft shop. Little pair on top were a craft shop find. Wallpaper is reduced sewing fabric. Raggedy Ann’s Sewing Room

100th Birthday of Raggedy Ann and 98th Birthday of her baby brother Andy. The first birthday party I made was the dome for the Akron Children’s Hospital Tree Fest, which came out well and won Special Honor ribbon.

22 September/October 2015 www.miniatures.org Happy 100th Birthday Raggedy Ann! Submitted by Edna Perkins • Omaha/Council Bluffs Miniaature Guild

A Valentine heart (cookie cutter) houses a few dolls. Edna Perkins exhibits her dolls in this cabinet.

Above: Del Faris, found a place for some of her collection. This Karen Gibbs project begins on page 30.

Left: Georgia Gregg put together this Carol Kolb put this display together with dolls lovely play from Ron Chase. room.

Deline (Del) Faris has quite a collection she shares with others. By Edna Perkins, a class by Karen Gibbs.

facebook.com/NAMEMinis Miniature Gazette 23 t$MVC/FXTt Virginia State Day - Peddler Doll Submitted by Kelly Caprio, VME n April 18th, the Multi Generation Deli. Well over 100 different State for those who will follow in 2019! In Miniaturists (MGM) hosted the Day helpers, tote bag favors, and door addition to having a fun day with other O2015 Virginia state Day in Richmond, prizes were generously donated from miniaturists, the committee’s focus and Virginia featuring a peddler doll for all clubs and NAME members resulting goal was for each participant to com- times. Committee Chairs - Carol House in all participants receiving bonus gifts plete dressing their doll. Thanks to the and Cindy Lucas, and members, Kelly galore in addition to specially designed oratory and teaching skills of Cindy Lu- Caprio, Traci Haden, Dot Hubbard, souvenirs. The doll was purchased cas and assistance from the committee Alexis Hunley, from Miniature Porcelain Dolls by Patsy members, this goal was achieved. For Nancy Kilby, Thomas and came pre-wigged. The the most part the doll’s outfit was pre- and Pris Park- pantaloons, dress, and cape are original cut and sewn (thank you, Carol House er, planned designs created for the project and all and Cindy Lucas) so minimal stitching the event over accessories were handmade or donated and gluing were required to complete a two year by the committee members. Needless this unique peddler lady. period and to say after this State day the bar is set were rewarded with enthu- siasm and accolades from participants State day helpers. around the region. Over 40 participants attended and enjoyed a tray sale event and a Cindy Lucas providing instructions to the class. delicious box lunch provided by Jason’s

Classroom and participants.

Committee members, Nancy Kilby & Traci Haden Jennifer Bishop, first time doing miniatures.

Working diligently.

Completed doll and storefront created by Carol House. Marie, Jane & Jean with their completed dolls.

24 September/October 2015 www.miniatures.org t$MVC/FXTt Las Vegas Miniature Enthusiasts • Bookends Submitted by Lorrilee Stackhouse, Southern Nevada State Rep

t one of our meetings we worked on our bookend project. October where it will remain through mid-November. The title Each member selected, or was assigned, at least one wood- of the display is ‘The ABC’s of Miniatures’ and it has an interac- enA letter, with some taking the left over letters. John Stackhouse tive ‘find the missing letter’ component. constructed 26 wooden bookends which we then decorated The October meeting was our NAME Day event: we worked with our letter as the theme. on the NAME Day project and enjoyed a pot luck luncheon. We The next month our bookends were brought to the meeting were thrilled to have a visitor who saw the library display, came to be admired, photographed, and collected for display in a to our meeting, and plans to join our group. local library during October. Lorrilee Stackhouse provided the For more information about the Las Vegas Miniature Enthu- materials and instructions so that everyone could make a minia- siasts club (including updated photos, club history, etc.), please ture book with pages and a bookcloth cover. go to our club’s web site: http://lvminiatures.wix.com/home. Our President, Jan Feldhouse, with help from Roger and Visitors and new members are always welcome! Judy O’Brion, Corena Wickett and Sandy Leal, installed the — Continued on next page bookend display in the Summerlin Library at the beginning of

A for Autumn • E • L for Liza N for Nook By Nancy McCrillis By Judy O’Brion By Kathy LaPorte By Corena Wickett

• B • I for Ice • M • O for Oscars By Leslie Nelson By Ana Conroy By Judy O’Brion by Kathy LaPorte

facebook.com/NAMEMinis Miniature Gazette 25 t$MVC/FXTt Cozy Corner NAME Day Submitted by Edna Perkins • Omaha/Council Bluffs Miniature Guild wenty two members attended our NAME Day here in Nebraska at the Ralston Public Library. Everyone was busy putting together their “Cozy Corner”. Carol Kolb gave everyoneT a gift of a plant for their tables. I gave them all a plate of cookies. It was a fun morning. Everyone received a NAME Day pin to add to their collection.

The “Cozy Corner” by Edna Perkins was inspired by the cover of the Gazette Sep/Oct 2014 issue. The little girl sitting at the table was made by Sue Fortney and she’s waiting for her parents to finish their cocktails in the Bar and come to dinner.

Las Vegas Miniature Enthusiasts • Bookends— Continued from page 25

P for Peacock R for Recycle T for Teddy Bear’s Picnic X for X-stitch By Caity Stackhouse By Ana Conroy by Nancy McCrillis By Vicky Ashenfelter

Q for Quill S for Snow W for Wine • Y • By John Stackhouse By Norma Kesling By Janet Gordon By Norma Kesling 26 September/October 2015 www.miniatures.org Nights with Scheherazade By Betti Brike, Slidell, Louisiana

used several found items to make from regular sized wallpaper and the many of the accessories in this scene. pedestals in the back of the scene, once IThe two female dolls were made from graced the ends of a drapery rod. kits and attired as slaves for the Sultan. The gong is made from a small saucer The Sultan I hand sculpted from Fimo. display stand. The water pipe that the Sultan puffs It was so much fun building this on, was once a lamp finial and the scene, trying to use as many odds and pillars in the room are wedding cake ends as I could find and then, seeing it separators. come to life, once I added the dolls! The scrolling on the floor was cut

of the purchase price to your favorite How do I shop at AmazonSmile? charitable organization. You can choose To shop at AmazonSmile simply go to from nearly one million organizations to smile.amazon.com from the web brows- support. er on your computer or mobile device. What is AmazonSmile? You may also want to add a bookmark AmazonSmile is a simple and auto- to smile.amazon.com to make it even matic way for you to support your Which products on AmazonSmile easier to return and start your shopping favorite charitable organization, are eligible for charitable donations? at AmazonSmile. National Association of Miniature Tens of millions of products on Ama- Enthusiasts ( NAME) every time you zonSmile are eligible for donations. Can I use my existing Amazon. shop, at no cost to you. When you shop You will see eligible products marked com account on AmazonSmile? at smile.amazon.com, you’ll find the “Eligible for AmazonSmile donation” Yes, you use the same account on Ama- exact same low prices, vast selection on their product detail pages. Recur- zon.com and AmazonSmile. Your shop- and convenient shopping experience ring Subscribe-and-Save purchases and ping cart, Wish List, wedding or baby as Amazon.com, with the added bonus subscription renewals are not currently registry, and other account settings are that Amazon will donate a portion eligible. also the same.

facebook.com/NAMEMinis Miniature Gazette 27 A Second Girl Scout Project Idea By Lois Weyer, First State Mini Club n the January/February 2014 Min- a workshop. You or foam board) wrapped in printed iature Gazette, I introduced a new can charge $10-15 to cloth or paper , glued, and secured IBrownie Girl Scout badge and a camp cover materials and with the small rubber bands sold for scene project that the First State Mini the badges or offer small hair-braids, Club used for a badge-earning work- the workshop as an 3) a magazine printee or two, and shop. The Brownie badge had been outreach service. 4) a plate of cookies. The cookies were recently added to the Junior and Older molded from polymer clay and baked Cadette/Senior/Abassador Girl Miniaturist badge set that had been Badge on site. The girls rolled out cookie developed by Wanda Simons of the First dough and State Mini Club several years ago. In Here is the link to the badges: punched out the article, I promised to offer additional http://www.gscb.org/02_for_girls/ and decorated project ideas that we have done for local awards_recog/councils_own_awards/ the cookies. Girl Scouts, and so I looked back into council_awards.html The plates our files and decided to tell you about were bottle cap this beautiful table project. I realize The tables were made as follows. liners that had that many of you are already familiar Plastic cups for the base were pur- been collected with the construction of a skirted table, chased. Circles of small-print fabric and saved by a but the girls at our workshop were not. were pre-cut, as were the squares for the member. I have We completed all of the badge require- top covering. The edging of the squares also made plates ments doing this project, and the results was fringed slightly, but that is optional. by cutting circles out of plastic milk were amazing. They all went home The edges of the circles can be fused jugs using a 1-inch die. with a beautiful”gift” for themselves or using craft glue. At the workshop, the a relative, and, years later, I have seen circles were laid down, the cups placed the table-gifts kept as treasures in their in the center, and the folds were pulled houses or apartments. Our original up, glued, and held with bobby pins un- intention was to have the girls make til set, as shown in the figure. The girls them as Mother’s Day gifts, but they can were taught to pull up a fold at one spot easily be used for birthday, holiday, or first, then 180 degrees from that spot, nursing-home visit gifts as well. then 90 degrees, and finally at the angles in between, so that they were spaced evenly. After the glue was allowed to set, they added the square cloth top- pings and glued those down also. Wanda Simons with a class about scale.

As of April, 2015, the Brownie, Junior, and C/S/A (Cadette, Senior, We purchased white 3”x 3” gift boxes Ambassador) badges from a box wholesaler so that the girls are all shown as being could carry their creations from sta- Marnie King demonstrating wood working tools. available on the Girl tion to station and finally take them Scouts Chesapeake home with them in a secure container. Other stations included a demonstra- Bay (GSCB) website, The items on the tables were made at tion and tryout of wood-working tools along with the re- Brownie Badge various stations. run by Marnie King and a short class on quirements and sup- These included: scale by Wanda Simons. Magazines col- plemental material. Anyone can contact 1) a vase and lected by First State Mini Club members this Council and flowers (bead were provided to fulfill the literature purchase the badges. and either requirement, and girls were allowed to I suggest that mini plastic flow- choose and take home two magazines clubs communicate ers or paper each. The 96 scouts who attended were with their local Girl cutouts/wire/ given show postcards to take home to Scout council, service bead flowers), help us advertise our annual show and unit (“community”), 2) a mini-gift sale, and they were invited to bring their Junior Badge or troop to organize (piece of wood creations to our show for display. 28 September/October 2015 www.miniatures.org •Dollar Store Treasures• Flower Pots By Susan R. Shinn, Missoula, Montana • Supplies • • Craft & Sew Assorted Thimbles

1. Paint thimble any color using Testors paint or spray paint inside and out.

2. Fill with greenery and your favorite flowers.

What have you made from the dollar store? Email or mail in your ideas to: Dorothy A. Hansen, Miniature Gazette Editor PO Box 1285, Monroe WA 98272-4285 • email: [email protected] Mexican Tarahumara Chair By Barbara Renken, Oregon City, Oregon area of Mexico. The men of Tarahu- Using a fine brush, highlight the mara work on farms; the women raise small carvings on the side posts of back their children and goats in tiny homes, and front legs with red. Paint the front nestled in the crevices of the hillside. rung below the seat with orange. They are hard working, very artistically talented and hike to the top of the hill With yellow, paint decorative circles, daily to escort their children to school as per photo on ladders of the back. and sell their weaving, pottery and art With toothpick and red paint, place a work. I snapped a photo of one of their dot in the center of each yellow circle. chairs and created it in 1” scale, using a With a fine red marker, draw lines Chrysnbon ladder back chair kit. from the center to the edges of the circle. Dry. To make your own Tarahumara Chair, you will need: Final step for the chair is to spray • Chair Kit or Ladder Back Chair with semi-gloss clear finish – outdoors, • Tacky Glue please and thank you. • Acrylic Paint: Turquoise or teal, dark For the seat, trace a pattern on green, orange, yellow cardstock for base. Place a small piece • Small Paint Brush of cotton/foam on top side. Cut a piece • Fine red marker of fabric oversize. Glue fabric over the • Small piece of cardstock stuffing and around to back as flat as • Colorful fabric for chair seat possible, trimming as you go. Apply glue only on back. Trace the seat on Please read through the directions first. another piece of fabric. Cut and glue this After assembling chair, paint the piece of fabric to finish the back of the n a vacation to Mexico’s Copper entire chair with turquoise or teal paint. seat. Canyon I visited an indigenous When dry, paint side posts of back and OIndian community in the Barrancas front legs with dark green. Let dry. Share your projects with other NAME members. Send your photos and/or workprojects to: Dorothy Hansen, Gazette Editor PO Box 1285, Monroe WA 98272 • Email: [email protected]

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CuTTInG LIST Editors note: This project is reprinted from the September/October 2005 Min- AnD MATERIALS iature Gazette. Celebrating Raggedy Ann’s 100th Birthday, I thought this would be a good time to share this project again for our more recent nAME members. For shell you will need to cut from 1/8” plywood: • 1 ea. turret front and back (2” wide x 5-11/16” high at peak) • 2 turret sides (2” wide x 4-13/16”- miter at top) • 2 turret floors (1-3/4” wide x 2” deep) • 1 short turret roof (1-5/8” wide x 2-1/2” deep) • 1 long turret roof (1-3/4” wide x 2-1/2” deep) • 1 back (3” wide x 4-7/16” high - miter at top) • 1 side (1-3/4” wide x 4-7/16” high - angle at top) • 3 floors (3” wide x 1-5/8” deep) • 1 roof (3-7/16” wide x 2-3/16” deep - angle at back)

From northeastern Basswood cut: • 2 pc. 3/16” clapboard 2-1/4” wide for left side • 2 pc. 3/16” clapboard 1-3/4” wide for the right side • 1 pc. 3/16” clapboard 1/2” wide for the center • 1 pc. 3/16” clapboard 2-1/4” wide for the center • 2 pc. 3/16” clapboard 2-1/8” wide for the turret front • 3 pc. 3/16” angle 6” long for corner trims • 1 pc. 3/16” angle 2-1/2” long for roof trim • 2 pc. 3/16” x 3/16” - 1” long with mi- tered ends for window boxes

For Trims and such you will also need: • 8 strips Grandt Line Shingles • Card stock have always loved Raggedy Ann and Andy, so it was only natural that, • Scalloped edged scissors for my first 1/4” project, many many years ago, that I would build a • 3/16” round hole punch I • Doily house for them. The original shadow box house idea came from pins that • Red bunka I made in the early eighties. I simply enlarged the original design to be • Greenery large enough to hold 1/4” furniture. MATERIALS AnD SuPPLIES • Scissors lucky enough to find a friend or family • Assorted Paintbrushes Cutting the Shell member to cut my pieces for me, but • Sponge for painting The shell is cut out of 1/8” thick • Tacky Glue airplane plywood. It is a beautiful if you can’t find anyone who has power • Zap-A-Gap wood that will give you an excellent tools, you could probably use basswood • YES Glue finished product, but it is also so hard or illustration board, but they have a • Ceramcoat - Lt. Ivory that it does require the use of power tendency to warp, so be sure to prime • Ceramcoat - napthol tools to cut it. You should be able to both sides of the wood after cutting to • Folk Art - Settlers Blue find the wood in your local miniature minimize that warping. • Folk Art - Milkshake or hobby shop. I have always been • Red Paint for accents —Continued on page 33

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Cut the pieces according to the structure together. On this part of Siding dimensions on the cutting list and the the house the side will fit beside the Cut siding according to cutting list. illustrations. back, flush at the bottom with the Remove any feathers on the siding angled part at the top. (Remember with a toothbrush or a paintbrush and Shell Assembly that the back has an angle at the top scissors. and this angle should match the angle Using the turret front and back, Starting at the bottom of the on the side of the house.) The floors 2 turret sides and two turret floors, left side of the turret, glue the are glued one flush at the bottom, one trial fit the turret pieces together. corresponding siding on (double down from the top of the back about The sides of the turret are glued on checking to make sure it is facing the 7/16” (so that it rests at the bottom top of the back, flush with the edges. right direction) using Zap-A-Gap or of the side angle) and one centered The floors are glued with the short other instant glue. Glue the second in between (about 1-7/8” from the end against the back, with one floor piece of siding on, butting it up to the bottom floor). flush at the bottom of the back and first and trim off the excess at the Glue the main part of the house to the other near the top (the top floor top when the glue has dried. Use an the turret, flush at the bottom and is just a spacer and will not be seen). emery board on the edge of the siding flush at the back. The front is then glued on top of the to match the miter at the top of the Because it will make it much easier sides. Once you see how it will fit walls. to apply the siding before the roofs together, glue it together with tacky Glue the siding on the right side of are glued on, set the roof pieces aside glue. the house in the same manner, flush at for now. Using the remaining back, side the bottom with the second piece and three floors, trial fit the main —Continued on next page

34 September/October 2015 www.miniatures.org Raggedy ann Shadow Box houSe - 1/4” Scale —Continued from page 34 Glue Roofs into Place Gingerbread Trims Glue the large roof onto the main Using scalloped edged scissors, butting up against the first and house, flush at the back (remember cut eight strips about 3” long out of trimming it off at the top. there is an angle on the roof and you 3/8” wide strips of card stock. Using Glue the piece of the skinny siding will want that angle to match the back the same scalloped edged scissors, onto the right side of the tower, in angle). cut the scallop a second time on four front of the floors. (Trim as needed There are two roof pieces for the of the strips to create a 1/16” wide - it should be flush with the turret turret - a short one and a long one. scallop trim. front.) The second piece will be Glue the short roof piece into place butted up to that, but is going to be flush with the peak and the back. real tricky to cut. At the bottom, Glue the long roof into place so that it where the piece is butted up to the Double Scallop overlaps the edge of the short roof. skinny piece, it will be 1/2” wide, but at the top, it will need to be trimmed to match the angle on the right side. Cut two rectangles of cardstock Position the roof in place and draw Painting about 1-1/2” tall and about 1-1/4” a pencil line on the right side of the Paint the entire exterior of the wide. Scallop edges, taking care at turret where the siding should fit. house (including all the roof and floor the corners to meet at a round edge. Trim siding to match angle and glue edges) using Ceramcoat - Light Ivory. Cut out interior to allow for the siding into place. Glue siding onto Lightly sand if needed after first window illustration to show through. front of turret, trimming off the top coat has dried and paint exterior and The opening will be about 3/4” wide after the glue has dried. The siding edges with a second coat. and about 1-1/4” tall. (You may need to on the front will overlap the edges of practice a couple of times before you the siding on the sides. get a good one.) Trim 3/16” angle trims to fit onto two front tower edges and the right edge of the main section. Cut a piece of angle trim the depth of the roof to use as roof peak trim. Cut the center out of a piece of doily to create a small lacy attic window - the window should be no more than 3/4” across. Cut two 1” long pieces of 3/16” x 3/16” for window boxes, angling the edges as in the illustration.

Window Box

Now that all the trims are cut, paint them with Folk Art - Settlers Blue. Paint: • 3 pc. angled trim for edges • 1 pc. angled trim for roof • 4 pc. 3/8” wide scalloped trim • 2 scalloped window trims • Doily for attic window • 2 window boxes • 2 front edges of tower roof Paint with a second coat if necessary. Do not paint the double scalloped trims - these will remain white. When the second coat on your gingerbread trim is dry, decorate as desired. Glue the angled trim onto the front of tower and the right edge.

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—Continued from page 35 In the same fashion, layer and want to color copy the cut outs, or paint scallop trims to fit on the side use them as they are printed. Rough Use the wrong end of a small and front edges of the large roof. cut wallpapers and floors and fit them paintbrush to paint light ivory dots Paint the window trims with into each room, trimming to fit before on the edge of the tower roof. When alternating size and color dots. gluing them into place. Use YES glue the ivory paint has dried, use a Paint a 1” square piece of card to glue papers onto walls and floors. toothpick to paint tiny red dots in the stock with Folk Art - Milkshake. Glue Cut two squares from the card center of each ivory dot. this behind the doily window and trim stock, the same size as the two Glue the white double scallop trim off excess. Punch 3 circles out of window pictures and glue the artwork onto the front of the 3/8” wide blue the Milkshake card stock with a 3/16” to the card using YES glue. (This is scalloped strips. Miter two of the hole punch. Decorate both the window just to support the artwork.) Run a 3/8” wide blue scalloped pieces so and circles as desired. bead of glue around the top and two they fit on the front of the tower, up side edges of the artwork and attach under the eaves. Use a toothpick to Hand Painted Wallpapers the gingerbread frames, leaving 1/8” dot red onto each peak of the white To add to the whimsical look of this at the bottom of the frame empty. double scallop and use a toothpick to project, I hand painted the wallpapers Attach the windows to the house. dot white dots onto the face of each and floorings. (See page 31) You may blue scallop. —continued on next page

➛ Roof Overlap

➛ Decorated Dots

➛ White Zig Zag Decoration ➛ 1/8” Paper Shingle Overhang ➛ Gingerbread Trim

➛ Attic Window ➛ Right Gingerbread ➛ ➛ Siding (R) Trim Side View of Section C Placement

(C)

Flower ➛ Box➛ ➛ Roof Line

Left Siding (L) ➛

➛ Center Siding (C) (C)

1/8” Win- dow Frame

Margin➛ ➛ Front Siding (F)

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—Continued from page 36 To finish the roof, pour less than a dime’s worth of Milkshake, dip a Roof and Shingles sponge in water (squeeze slightly), dip it in paint and press randomly on to Curl each shingle strip by rolling Random 1/32” Shingle Cut it around a pencil or a paint brush shingles. Leave light and dark areas handle lengthwise on the strip - like an (this is meant to be a wash). eyelash. Take a small pair of scissors Take a clean toothpick and Window Boxes and randomly trim every couple of randomly lift shingles to look Glue the artwork onto the front shingles 1/32” shorter to make them weathered. of the window boxes and trim as look irregular and weathered. Dip the same sponge in settlers necessary to fit. Use tacky to fill The turret roof has seven rows blue and repeat your dabs, again window boxes with greenery. Use red of shingles per side. Starting at the leaving spaces. The look is meant to bunka cut into 3/8” pieces and rolled bottom apply a line of tacky and lay be blotchy. into balls for flowers. Glue these into the first strip with a 1/8” overhang. When the shingles have dried, glue place as flowers. Repeat, making sure the shingle cracks the angled roof trim into place on the don’t line up evenly. turret peak. Karen Gibbs has been a NAME member Shingle the main roof - it will have for 35 years. She was admitted into ten rows of shingles. NAME’s Academy of Honor in 2004.

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Dorothy M. Hawley Anthonette Angelina Tezzi Pryde Genevieve Truly Dorothy M. Hawley passed away Anthonette Angelina Tezzi The members of Southern Oregon peacefully in her sleep on May 21st Pryde was named after her paternal Miniaturist (SOM) are saddened at the age of 89. Dorothy was born in grandfather Anthony and her paternal to report, Genevieve Truly passed England, December 16, 1925 and came grandmother Angelina, but to us she away April 19, 2015. Because of her to America on the Queen Mary at age 19 was always Toni. Toni died February love of miniatures, in 1972 she was with two small sons. She was an avid 20, 2015. She became a miniaturist in the inspiration knitter all her life, learning to knit in 1992 having watched and then helping and founder of school in England. her daughter build a dollhouse for her the Miniature Making many oldest granddaughter. She then made Enthusiasts of the knitted items for large dollhouses for her next three oldest Rogue Valley. From her six children, she granddaughters, and followed with a her vision, The then starting going bakery and boutique for her youngest Evening Miniaturist to craft shows and granddaughters. Toni loved quarter was founded for selling her knitted scale and made several amazing houses members that items to make extra including Robin Betterley’s Frosty’s money. Eventually Boutique and Karen Cary’s Rakki worked in the daytime. Genevieve she began making Hausu (a Japanese loved to make and teach porcelain dolls items smaller and smaller and joining 3 story house). She making, including miniature porcelain her daughter in the miniature business was a marvelous dolls. She was one of the first people to (Dorothy’s Doo-Dads) making one painter and some of join NAME. For the past twenty years, inch scale sweaters and then going her happiest days she met once a week with friends in her even smaller and knitting 1/4” scale were spent painting home to enjoy and play with miniatures. dresses. She was a NAME member for spindles for a porch She also enjoyed teaching ceramics and 25 years, serving on several houseparty or windows for her dancing. committees and making hundreds dollhouses. Her Genevieve was born in Oakland, of tote bag favors over the years. last project was a California, and passed away in Dorothy loved going to Conventions half scale house which she had learned Medford, Oregon April 19, 2015. and houseparties and seeing her mini to electrify and had added an amazing She is survived by her husband friends. number of lights. Toni was a NAME of 69 years, four children, twenty member and a member of the Benicia grandchildren and nine great- Mini Magic club. She was a gentle grandchildren and one great-great- woman in every sense of the word and grandson. Genevieve will be missed by she will be greatly missed by all who all. — Submitted by Gerri Frazier were lucky enough to know her. — Submitted by Suzanne Harrington-Cole facebook.com/NAMEMinis Miniature Gazette 37 t$MVC/FXTt Sugar Valley Miniatures Society By Jodee Garrelts, President Sugar Valley Miniatures Society

alloween miniatures created by members of Sugar Valley Miniatures Society, HRegion A-2, club 694. Our membership is open and we meet the second Tues- day of each month in members’ homes.

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By Judi Widmaier By Donna Bowman By Sherrie Peters NAME Chatroom – Every Sunday at 3pm Eastern By Preble McDaniel, Rossville, Georgia o you enjoy discussing miniatures? the same time but that is by no means a the convention or during NAME Day. DHave you ever wanted to meet up requirement. More details will be available on the with fellow miniaturists – but no one Some days we have a random draw- NAME Online. lives nearby? Do you have a computer ing or play a game. Fellow miniaturists and can you get online? Then I have a have donated gifts for this purpose. To How to access solution. win a gift the person must have been in The chat room is located at http:// the chat room during the day’s session www.chatzy.com/39042633672127. The What and When or play the game. password is NAME2015. When you Every Sunday from 3PM Eastern to enter the chatroom, you will enter a user 5PM in the chat room online. This is Hostesses name. We like you to enter like this an exclusive chat room just for NAME The chat room is hosted by Preble “Yourname/YourState/Region”. So my members. Some do come and stay all af- McDaniel, Callie Brunelli and Marcia name is like this “Preble/GA/E3”. When ternoon and come each week, some only Hudspeth - all of which are veteran you leave you can simply type “/bye” stay a short time. Either way we would chat room users. We are happy to help and you are logged out until next time. love to have you stop by. Because some answer questions about the chat room, do come often, we do get to know each miniatures or NAME. If we don’t know How much? other better so it really is like being part the answer then we will certainly try to There is no cost to the chatter. The of a club that meets once a week. get the answer. auction we held raised the funds needed to fund a premium chat room for two What we talk about Special Events years (and give generously to NAME). We talk about miniatures we are We have also used the chat room making or thinking of making, things for a special live auction. This was a We really hope that you will join us, going on with NAME – like upcoming separate time and had separate rules. It we are a lively bunch and we love to see events, and where to find miniatures. was fun and lively event that we hope to new people. It really is like being in a We also may talk a little about other have again in the future to raise funds club except you are each in your own things, but we try to stay on the topic for NAME. home. of miniatures for the most part. Some We will be hosting other special chats More questions? – contact Preble miniaturists will work on miniatures at related to other events – like during McDaniel at [email protected]

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facebook.com/NAMEMinis Miniature Gazette 39 Miniature Shop Directory The shops highlighted below in color give a 10% discount to NAME members. When you stop by, mention that you are a NAME member and be prepared to show your membership card and remember to thank them for all they do.

REGION N-1 REGION N-3 Missouri Nancye’s Dollhouse & Alice’s Tea Room Miniature Shoppe Arizona Through the Looking Glass 1860 Mellwood Ave #174 Idaho Louisville, KY 40206 Auntie Em’s Miniatures Creative Gifts & Miniatures Miniature Shop & Museum 502-714-8559 5625 West Glendale Ave 3314 North 5th Street 329 South Main Street [email protected] Glendale, AZ 85033 Coeur d’ Alene, ID 83815 St. Charles, MO 63301 https://www.facebook.com/ 623-435-0783 208-699-4187 636-946-0505 or 636-946-0026 nancyesdollhouseshoppe [email protected] [email protected] 636-946-0737 Fax Wednesday-Saturday 10-4 10:00am-5:00pm Monday-Saturday Mon-Sun 11-5 Mon-Sun 12-5 or by appointment The Jot & Tittle Dollhouse The Doll House Washington McGhee’s Miniatures, LLC 372 Shadow Ridge Drive & Toy Store Barbara McGhee Cold Springs, KY 41076 at the Promenade Alki Beach Miniatures 8835 Manchester Rd. 859-816-8707 16447 N. Scottsdale Road 115D 2622 Alki Avenue SW St. Louis MO 63144 Hours by Appointment Scottsdale, AZ 85250 Seattle WA 98116 314 497-6140 [email protected] 1-800-398-3981 • (480) 948-4630 425-821-1579 [email protected] Mon-Sat 10-6, Sun 10-4 [email protected] www.mcgheesminiatures.com Ohio T-TH 12-6 F-SAT 12-8 SUN 12-4 www.azdollhouse.com www.alkibeachminiatures.com Dolls and Minis [email protected] Mon-Sat 10-6, Sun 11-5 Miniature Museum 8068 Columbia Road Bobbi Jo’s Miniatures of Greater St. Louis Olmsted Falls, OH 44138 2804 South Needham 440-647-1519 Southern California 4746 Gravois Ave wwwdollsandminis.com Spokane Valley, WA 99037-9007 St Louis, MO 63116 509-928-0881 or 509-928-5052 [email protected] Ms. Peggie’s Place 314-832-7790 Tues - Sat 10am -6pm 5063 Cass Street Monday-Saturday 10:30-5:00 pm W-Sat, 11 am-4 pm; Sun 1pm-4pm San Diego, CA 92108 No email or website [email protected] Hartland Miniatures (858) 483-2621 www.miniaturemuseum.org CJN Miniatures 706 N Rosedale Ave Wed-Thurs 5pm-8pm, Friday 12-5 Lima, OH 45805 Sat 10-5, Sun 11-5, Mon-Tues Closed 9675 Firdale Ave Edmonds, WA 98020 419-235-4357 206-406-9741 EGION [email protected] My Doll’s House R A-2 Website not available at this time. [email protected] 1218 El Prado Ave, Ste 136 Hours: Mon-Sat 10-6, www.cjnminiatures.com Torrance, CA 90501 Sunday by appointment only. 310-320-4828 Tues-Sat 10:30-5:30 or by appointment Montana Mon-Sat 10am-4pm, On A Smaller Scale Junction Hobbies & Toys Sun 11am-3pm REGION A-1 805 16th St West 7379 Squire Ct [email protected] Billings, MT 59102 West Chester, OH 45069 www.mydollshouse.com 406-259-0692 513-898-8078 Iowa 10:00-6:00 Tues-Sat. Mon-Sat 10-6pm, Sunday 12-6pm Dollhouse Dreams [email protected] [email protected] www.entertrainmentjunction.com 613 Ave G REGION N-2 Fort Madison, IA 52627 The Miniature Cellar 319-372-0599 or REGION A-3 12652 West Geauga Plaza, Unit A California toll free 1-877-875-6500 Chesterland, OH 44026 [email protected] 440-729-6464 Dollhouses, Trains www.dollhousedreams.com Indiana [email protected] and More Mon-Fri 9-5:30 & Sat 9-4 www.miniaturecellar.com 300 Entrada Drive Museum of Miniature Tues-Sat 10-5, Sun Noon-5 Novato, CA 94949 Illinois Houses and Closed on Monday 415-883-0388 Other Collections M-F 10:00-6:00pm Blackberry Harvest 11 E. Main Street, Carmel, IN 46032 Sat-Sun 10:00-5:00pm Dollhouse Museum (317) 575-9466 REGION M-1 [email protected] Shoppe Wed-Sat 11-4, Sunday 1-4 www.dollhousestrainsmore.com 18120 Dixie Hwy [email protected] New York Homewood, IL 60430 www.museumofminiatures.org Shellie’s Miniature Mania 708-957-4332 D. Thomas 732 Laurel St Hours: Wed, Fri, Sat 10am-5pm & Kentucky Fine Miniatures San Carlos, CA 94070 Thurs 12-5pm. Please call first. Darren Scala Miniatures Store at The 579 Warburton Ave #6 650-593-4921 • Fax: 650-593-4985 Dollhouse Museum Tues-Fri 10:30-5:30, Sat 10:30-5 Minnesota Hastings-On-Hudson NY 10706 www.shelliesminis.com 344 Swope Drive 914-381-9871 [email protected] Little Enchantments Danville, KY 40422-2630 [email protected] 5013 Ewing Ave S 859-236-1883 www.dthomasfineminiatures.com The Elegant Dollhouse Minneapolis, MN 55410 Tuesday-Saturday 11-5 Opening Fall 2014 1120 Fulton Avenue 612-746-4040 [email protected] Sacramento, CA 95825 Tues-Fri 10am-7pm www.TheDollhouseMuseum.com Pennsylvania (916) 484-0411 Sat 10am-5pm Trishie’s Tiny Treasures Fax: (916) 484-0412 Monday by special appointment Mini Mansions Open 7 days 66 Robert St [email protected] 4759 State Route 54 www.elegantdollhouse.com Nanticoke, PA 18634 www.littleenchantments.com Owensboro, KY 42303 [email protected] 570-735-1622 270-926-3754 Appointment only Wed 4:00-8:30 & Sat 10:00-2:00 www.minimansions.com other times by appointment [email protected] [email protected] 40 September/October 2015 www.miniatures.org Miniature Shop Directory Volant Miniature Shop Virginia REGION E-3 Spencer Doll and 310 Main St. Toy Museum PO Box 164, Volant, PA 16156 Tammy’s Heirlooms 108 Fourth Street (724) 533-5824 703-626-0456 Florida Spencer, NC 28159 11:00-4:30 Mon-Sat, 1-4:30 Sunday [email protected] [email protected] Ron’s Miniature Shop, Inc. 704-762-9359 www.tammysheirlooms.com [email protected] www.volantminiatureshop.com Online Shop 751 West Colonial Drive Orlando, FL 32804-7343 www.spencerdollandtoymuseum.com 407-841-9333 Thursday-Saturday 10-4 The Doll House Shop Adults $5, Seniors & Students $4 Mon-Sat 10-5 EGION 8534 Patterson Ave [email protected] R M-2 Richmond, VA 23229 804-285-8484 Maine [email protected] BlueJacket Shipcrafters www.Virginia-Dollhouses.com CANADA Mon 10-6, Tues 10-1:45, Wed 10-6, 160 East Main Street Georgia Thurs 10-6, Fri 10-3:30, Sat 9-2 Searsport, ME 04974 Sun closed Miniature Designs A Dollhouse Shoppe 207-548-9970 3555 Lawrenceville Hwy 23 Main Street [email protected] PO Box 317 http://www.bluejacketinc.com/ Lawrenceville, GA 30044 770-923-8500 Grand Bend, Ontario 8-4 M-F Winter Canada N0M 1TO Mon-Sat, 10-6; Th 10-7:30, Sun, 12-5 9-5 M-S Summer REGION E-2 519-238-8312 [email protected] [email protected] Studebaker Miniatures www.miniaturedesigns.com http://adollhouseshoppe.ca Bill and Barbara Studebaker Texas Winter: Tuesday-Saturday 10-5 13 Maverick Street Hill Country Summer: Monday-Sunday 10/5 Rockland, Maine 04841 Miniatures Museum Tel: 207-593-7039 Juliane Smith North Carolina 540-454-5510 (cell) Out of the Ordinary 907 Alamo Road, Alamo Springs Gina’s Originals 641 King St. East 540-454-2102 (Bill) Fredericksburg, Texas 78624 Open by Appointment Cambridge, Ontario 830-992-2122 2105 Thornblade Drive N3H 3N7 Canada [email protected] [email protected] Raleigh, NC 27604 519-650-2255 or 1-877-430-MINI www.StudebakerMiniatures.com www.mousescapes.net 919-395-6745 [email protected] [email protected] www.outoftheordinaryminiatures.com https://www.facebook.com/pages/ Hours 10-9 New Hampshire Hill-Country-Miniatures-Muse- Tues-Fri 10:00-5:00 & Sat 10:00-4:00 Earth and Tree Dollhouses um/223999444406817 Evenings by appointment & Miniatures By appointment 276 State Rt. 101, Unit 1 Amherst, NH 03031 1-877-801-8707 Mon-Sat 10-5, Sunday noon-5 [email protected] www.earthandtree.com NAME REGIONAL MAP Vermont Real Good Toys Website: Dollhouse Factory Outlet 10 Quarry Street, Barre, VT 05641 www.miniatures.org 802-477-6464 Monday-Thursday 9-4, Friday 9-5 [email protected] www.realgoodtoys.com

REGION E-1 Maryland A Little Something Special 108 East Baltimore Street (inside Valley Antiques & Uniques), Funkstown MD 21734 301-991-3069 [email protected] www.facebook.com/ALittleSome- thingSpecialMD Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun. noon - 5pm Forever Friends Dollhouses and Miniatures Ruth Dubois 2105 Bishops Castle Drive Olney, MD 20832 301-774-3037 [email protected] foreverfriendsminis.com/shop NAME office: 10-4 most days. Closed Wednesday and Thursday. 1-800-571-NAME Suggest calling to be sure we are in the shop. (6263) facebook.com/NAMEMinis MiniatureMiniature GazetteGazette 4141 • 2015 NAME DAY Events •

• Region N1• Minneapolis Area. Contact Jane Sanem, janeannsa- The Nuts Club ( c-385W). Sat. Oct. 3. 10am. The Albuquerque, New Mexico. Albuquerque Mini Makers [email protected] 612.822.3738 home of Suzie Aguilar, 2613 Heritage Colony Drive, Contact Suzie, [email protected] C-1009. Saturday October 24. 2015 9:30 to 4:30. All Webster, TX. Scales. Meadowbrook Trailer Park Community Center 7401 San Pedro Drive NE, Albuquerque, NM. Give a gift-Get a gift exchange, Pot Luck Luncheon, raffles, • Region A2 • exhibit and TV tray sales. Signups begin March 1 until Ralston, Nebraska. October 3, 2015 1pm-4pm. The • Region E3 • June 30 2015. Contact Susan Sheridan, ssheridan@q. Ralston Library. 1”-26, 1/2”-$17, 1/4”-$10. Contact Atlanta Miniature Society. October 3, 2015. Atlanta Area com or 505.994.2505 Edna Perkins, [email protected] Coordinator JP Sligh. jpsligh@gmail or 770.492.9532 Details to follow. San Diego Miniature Crafters C-001. Saturday, Oc- tober 3, 2015 10am until finish. Three scales. Bring Palmetto Miniature Club. October 3, 2015 10-3pm- 4 your own lunch, drinks, toolbox and frame. signups • Region A3 • scales. Heritage Antique Mall & Café, 113 E. DeKalb St. April-August 1. Contact Pegy Boggein, pboggein@ Miniature Society of Cincinnati. Open to all A3 Camden, SC 29020. games and prizes, lunch and swaps cox.net or 619.262.9223 NAME members. 8265 Winton Road (location subject Signups before August 15. Contact Sharon Johnson, to change). Please check website http://wwwcinci- [email protected] National NAME Day “Window Shopping. Saturday, miniatures.org. October 3, 2015, 10-4pm All scales October 3, 2015 9:30am to 2pm. St. Andrews Episcopal No charge. Non-club members provide own kit Con- Tri-M Club of Memphis. October 3, Pot Luck All NAME Church, 6300 Camelback RD, Glendale, AZ. Three tinental breakfast and Pot Luck lunch. Signups August members invited, 741 Fremont, Memphis, TN 38122 Scales $20-$40 depending on scale. Signups May 1- October 1. Contact Jean Ellsworth at jellsworth@ Contact Libby Agee, [email protected] or 1-August 1. Food, door prizes, raffles and swaps. fuse.net or 513.891.4021 901.323.8653 Contact Helen Sparks, [email protected] or 480.277.0951 Mini Magic Miniature Club of Findlay, Ohio. One Tampa Bay Miniature Enthusiasts. October 3, 2015 inch Scale. Info to follow. Contact Debra Zachrich, 1pm until? All Scales. 6782 31 Terrace N, St Pe- [email protected] or 419.439.3209 tersburg, FL. Contact Betsy Robertson-Dosh, ysteb@ tampabay.rr.com • Region N2• Louisville Miniature Club. We hope you can join us MiniCals and Through the Looking Glass. “YE OLDE for “Window Shopping” 10-4pm in the city of Wood- Le Petits Collecteurs of South Florida SHOPPE” Cost is $49. October 3, 2015 10-5pm (One lawn Park, 4327 Wingate Road, 40207. Contact Ellen Wed. Oct 7, at 7pm inch scale). 18665 Madrone Parkway, Morgan Hill, CA. Yunker, [email protected] or 502.582.0124 Boca Raton Community Center Day’s events include Continental Breakfast, Lunch, Non-club members bring your own kit. silent auction, shoebox sales, gifts and door prizes. Tri-City Miniatures Makers in Saginaw MI is doing Contact Shannon Moore, [email protected] or Please bring your own 8x10 picture frame. Contact Ruth NAME day on October 10 at Zauel Library 3100 N. 516.422.2189 Heisch at [email protected] or 408.997.1004 Center Rd. from 12-3 bring your own kit. Lena Tovey 1 989 977-1326 for info. By Small Design Window Shopping. Date, Time and Location TBA. Sacramento Area. Four Scales, $15 plus Columbus Miniature Society. October 3, 2015, 12-4pm • Canada - West • $22 for one inch, plus $15 for 1/2 inch, plus $8 for 1/4 one and 1/2 inch scales. Refreshments and optional Spruce Grove, Alberta, October 3, 2015, 9am. 1/4 & & 1/144. Non NAME members may come for kit cost gift exchange. Lots of laughter and fun. Contact Carol 1 inch scales, bring your lunch, breakfast provided. plus $50 which includes a NAME membership. Pot Dieme, [email protected] or 614.476.5118 Contact Luba Barnes, [email protected] or luck, ( Bring dish for 10), door prizes, special gifts from 780/962.4093 members, exhibits, donation drawing and NAME grab bags for Region N2. Cut-off for signups is August 15, 2015. Contact Pattie Hong, peppermint_pattie@att. • Region M1 • net, 530.432.3271 M1 Regional Club. October 3, 2015 9am-4pm. Location • International • TBD All scales. Continental Breakfast, lunch, prize NAME Day UK. Oct. 3, 2015, from 10 til 4pm. 110 Vallejo, California, 1350 Hayes St. Suite A23, “No drawings and a silent auction. Classes will be offered Penistone Road, Waterloo Hudderfield, West Yorkshire Frills” workshop. Kit and lunch Cost- TBD. Contact Contact Debbie Colombo at [email protected] or HD5 8RN U.K. Cost: 15 pounds, 1/4 scale. Door Prizes Suzanne Harrington-Cole [email protected], or 845.855.1766 and table exchange gifts. Contact: Shirley Dufton, 707.647.1928 [email protected] 004 (B)1484534297 Small on Scale C-285, October 3, 2015 9am. 3000 Fel- Tinkerbelles of Fresno. Sat October 3, 2015. 3 scales lowship Drive (Fellowship Community). Whitehall PA Contact Barbara Fairbanks, [email protected] All scales Bring lunch. signups until May 15. Contact or 559.907.6051 Nadenia Butko, [email protected], 610.965.9883

Aloha from Hawaii. NAME day on October 24, 2015 at the home of State Rep Naomi Losch, 972 Kainui Dr., Kailua, Hawaii. 9am-4pm (or until done). Brown bag • Region M2 • lunch, raffles with proceeds going to NAME. Raffle Fitch House Miniature Club. NAME day 2015 October items may be donated by participants if desired. Con- 3, 1oam-3pm. 273 Erskine Rd. Stamford, CT. $10 plus tact Naomi at [email protected] or 808.261.9038 cost of kit, $22 for one inch, $15 for 1/2 inch, $9 for 1/4 (call for directions) inch. Brunch, snacks and a raffle for NAME M2 region. Please bring donation(S) of minis for our raffle. Con- tact Sue Ostheimer, [email protected] or 203.322.9699 • Region A1 • Mini Wonders of Chicago. Saturday October 3, 2015 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Africa International House USA, Center • Region E1 • for Contemporary African Art and Culture, 6200 South Drexel, Chicago. Contact Carla Burruss at cb1026@aol. Virginia Miniature Enthusiasts E017. Richmond, VA com or 773.363.1812 3 scales. Contact Nancy Kilby, [email protected] or 804.288.6954 Madison, Wisconsin. October 3, 2015, 10-3pm. Hy-Vee on Washington Ave. Tote bags, houseparty helpers, roundtable kit sales and swaps. Three scales $40. • Region E2 • Contact Alician Pearce, [email protected] Mini Endeavors C-1022. October 3, 2015. At the Log Miniature Museum of Greater St. Louis, 4746 Gravois Cabin, Saginaw, TX. Continental Breakfast, lunch, si- Ave, Museum Classroom, 4293 Delor. October 10, 2015 lent auction and shoebox sales. One inch Scale. Contact 9am -4pm. one inch and 1/4 inch scale, $40. Snacks and Karen Carter, [email protected] or 817/478.6467 lunch, door prizes, raffle and shoebox sales. Contact Fay Zerbolio, [email protected] or 314.262.7139

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$7.00 for adults - $6.00 for Museum members - $4.00 Miniature show and sale events are listed in the October 10 • Mooresville, NC for ages 6 to 12. Contact: 317-575-9466, info@museu- calendar section free of charge as space permits The Charlotte Area Dollhouse Clubs of North Carolina mofminiatures.org or www.museumofminiatures.org (limit 10 lines). Please confirm show dates with pro- 2nd Annual North Carolina Dolls, Dollhouse Miniatures moter before traveling. Send information to Dorothy Show, Exhibit and Sale. 9AM to 3PM. Admission is $1. Hansen, Gazette Editor, PO Box 1285, Monroe WA September 18 & 19 • Atlanta, GA Door prizes. free classes for children. Hilton Garden Inn, 98272-4285. Email: [email protected] Display Atlanta Miniature Society 36th Annual Miniature Show 159 Gateway Blvd., just off Rt. 77 at Exit 33 on RT. 21 N advertising available, call or write for rate sheet. & Sale. NEW LOCATION: Wyndham Galleria Atlanta, Dealer tables are $15 and space is limited so call early 6345 Powers Ferry Road. Fri., September 18th – 6:15 for a reservation. Info: Maria Cannizzaro, (704) 230-0569 Deadlines p.m. • Preview, Friday, September 18th – 7:00-9:30 Donations will be made to NAME and the Mooresville January/February: October 1 p.m. Exhibits & Salesroom. Adult Preview Admission Lions Club. Bring used glasses or frames if you have March/April: December 1 $12 Child Preview Admission $5. Sat. 10a.m.-4:30 p.m. them. Show your NAME card at the door for a free gift. May/June: February 1 Exhibits & Salesroom. Adults $6 • Child $2. Website: July/August: April 1 atlantaminis.org. Info: Margaret Jones at Margaret. October 10 September/October: June 1 [email protected]. Dealers contact Linda Backelant November/December: August 1 at [email protected]. Rocky River, Ohio (Cleveland) Cleveland Miniaturia Society presents our 44th annual Show and Sale, “Alice in Wonderland ~ In Miniature.” September 19 • Atlanta, GA Don Umerley Civic Center, 21016 Hilliard Blvd. from 22nd Annual Nebraska State Day. “Screened In Porch” SEPTEMBER 2015 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Admission: Adults $5, Children $2, age Registration: $70.00 (includes morning coffee, lunch, 5 & under Free. Proceeds benefit WAGS FOR WAR- September 4 & 5 • Frankenmuth, MI project, tote bag, souvenir gift and more). 8:30 a.m. till Bavarian Inn Lodge, One Covered Bridge Lane, Franken- RIORS. Information: Gloria Ebratt (440) 522-1308 or 4:00 p.m. Dealers welcome must sign up for project muth, MI. Come to the River Rooms, Conference Center email [email protected] 8 finished projects on display. Contact Edna Bonney Entrance. Friday 2 pm to 8 pm, Saturday 9 am to 2 pm [email protected] or Lois Andres [email protected] Info: Linda Frye 407-744-1188, 4750 Siesta Court Lot 459 October 10 & 11 • San Jose, CA Kissimmee, Florida 34746 www.3blindmiceshow.com September 19 • Alki Beach, WA 40th Annual Good Sam Show. Admission: Adults $7, Wheelchairs and strollers are welcome. First 100 people Seniors (62+) $5, ages 5 through 12 $3, under 5 free. No each day get a Free Gift Alki Beach Miniatures will be hosting the 2nd annual Mini mini show at the Alki Bathhouse, on Alki Beach strollers or rolling backpacks. Special Hotel Rate under Saturday, September 19th from 10 to 5. Contact Sandi “Showcase of Miniatures” Single/Double $89 408-453- September 9-13 • Colorado Bender of Alki Miniatures at 425-821-1579 if you would 4000. Workshops Friday, October 9th, GSAM Academy Greenwood Village, CO. Denver Museum of Miniatures, like to have a table for this show. www.alkibeachmin- classes Monday, October 12th taught by Alan Hamer Dolls and Toys’ 35th, Annual Miniature & Doll Show iatures.com and Fern Vasi. Further info: http://goodsamshowcase. and Sale. Double Tree by Hilton Hotel, Denver Tech miniatures.net. Center, 7801 E. Orchard Rd. Information: September 27 • Hamburg, N.Y. Dona Mandell, 303-321-1078, dona2015fallshow@gmail. October 17 • Tampa/Largo, FL com, dmmdtfallshow.com. Sunday September 27, 2015 sponsored by Western New York Miniature Enthusiasts, Grange Building, Erie Honeywell Minn Reg Building, 6340 126th Ave, North County Fairgrounds, 5820 S Park Ave, Hamburg, N.Y. Largo, FL. Saturday 10 am to 4 pm. Info: Linda Frye 407- September 11 & 12 • Nashville, TN (suburb of Buffalo N.Y.) 10:a.m. to 4:00p.m. Adults $5.50 744-1188, 4750 Siesta Court Lot 459, Kissimmee,FL 34746 New Nashville Miniature Show. Nashville Holiday Children under 12 $2. New Larger Brighter Location. Wheelchairs and strollers are welcome. First 100 people Inn, 1111 Airport Center Dr Website: nashvillemi- Door Prize. Strollers allowed. Portion of proceeds to get a Free Gift niatureshow.com Dealers contact Terry Harville at benefit FOOD BANK OF WNY. Info: Nancy 716 -773 [email protected] 3147 email [email protected] October 23, 24 • Williamsburg, VA Williamsburg Miniatures Show. Clarion Hotel Historic September 11-12. El Cerrito, CA District, 351 York Street, Sat., Oct. 24, 10am-4pm. Adults The Mini Dreamers Club’s 19th Annual CHAMPS Show OCTOBER 2015 $7., Children under 12 $3. (No Strollers). Exclusive Pre- and Sale Friday 5-9PM Saturday 10-4PM. Benefiting view Show & Sale. Fri., Oct. 23, 7pm-9:30pm. Preview Children’s Hospital Oakland. Location: El Cerrito Admission $15.00 - Includes Hors d’oeuvres Party from Community Center 7007 Moeser Lane. El Cerrito Ca 6:30-7, Early Buying Privileges and 2 Day Admission. 94530. Admission: Adults $6, Child 5-12 $3. There will Tickets available at door - No children. Info: Tom Bishop, be Opportunity Drawings, Door prizes, Large Exhibit 10528 Oak Meadow Lane, Lake Worth, FL 33449 Phone: area, and food available. No Strollers or pets please. Info: (561) 434-6622. Fax: (561) 434-6159 E-mail: BishopShow@ Judith Walter 510-724-0587 or [email protected] aol.com Web address: www.BishopShow.com September 12 • Sandwich, MA Cape Cod Miniature Society’s Annual Fall Fun Day, But- October 24 • Louisville, KY Louisville Miniature Club Dollhouse and Miniature tons and Bows. American Legion, 20 Main St. (Rt. 130), show will be held on Saturday, October 24th, 10-4. Bear- 8:30 AM-4PM. $25 Registration includes: Continental grass Christian Church, 4100 Shelbyville Rd, Louisville. Breakfast, Gift, Lunch, Door Prizes, Silent Auction and Info: Nancye Johnson, 502-714-8559, Johnson.nancye@ more. Workshops offered for an additional fee. Info: gmail.com Kim Hoffman, 794 Mystic Dr., Marstons Mills, MA 02648, Phone: (508) 648-6485, or e-mail: [email protected] October 28 • Cruise 10 day, 29th annual MINICRUISE saling roundtrip on September 12 & 13 • Tyson, VA Princess Cruises from Fort Lauderdale to the Panama 32nd Mid-Atlantic Tysons Corner show. Sheraton Ty- Canal and Western Caribbean. Special workshop guests: sons, 8661 Leesburg Pike. Pre-registered Workshops Ray Whitledge/Scott Burgess, and Judith Orr. Cabin Fri. & Sat a.m. 9-12. Sat. night Pre-registered Preview prices starting at $1379 per person. Info: cruiseworks@ 5-8 p.m. $18 includes weekend admission early sales October 2 & 3 • St. Louis, MO aol.com, (800) 876-6664, or and post Preview pizza party with the dealers. Sat. St Louis Dollhouse and Miniature Show NEW LOCA- (323) 467-6313. 10-4 Adults $7 Kids 12-under $4 NAME E-1 Clubs: TION Lutheran Church of Webster Gardens 8749 Watson Exhibits and Sunday Children’s Workshop. Near new Rd St Louis Mo Show is Fri 4-9 and Sat 10-4 There Metro station to Wash, DC. Hotel shuttleInfo: Molly will be classes on Friday during the day see miniature- NOVEMBER 2015 Cromwell, 44421 Adare Manor Sq, Ashburn, VA 20147 shows.com for class information. More Dealers, More 703 978-5353 or www.mollycromwell.com prizes, Raffle to benefit Rett Syndrome . Info: T & D November 13 & 14 Miniatures [email protected] 314-277-2601 Elk Grove Village (Chicago) September 18 & 19 • Indianapolis, IN 41st Annual WHIMSICAL WONDERLAND Miniature Museum of Miniature Houses 15th Annual Miniatures October 5-11 • CA Show & Sale. Holiday Inn, 1000 Busse Rd, Elk Grove Show. Miniature furniture, accessories, dolls, dollhouses Travel with kindred spirits & Molly Cromwell Pres- Village, IL 60007. Fri, Nov 13 - 5:00 pm to 9:pm & Sat, and supplies for sale by dealers from all over the country. ents from Los Angeles to the Good Sam show in San Nov 14 - 10;00 am to 4:00 pm. Admission: $6.00, 2-day Exhibits, workshops, make-it-and take-it projects and Jose. Visiting miniature shops, private collections and pass $8.00, ages 10 & under free (no strollers please). the silent auction. Friday, Sept. 18th 5:00pm-8:00pm and key sites plus two days at the Good Sam Miniature Workshops: Fri, Nov 13. website: www.weecminiclub. Saturday, Sept. 19th 9:30am-4:00pm St. Luke’s United Showcase. Info: Molly Cromwell 703 978-5353 or www. com. Come & see the largest Miniature display in the Methodist Church (100 W. 86th St., Indianapolis, IN). mollycromwell.com —Continued on next page facebook.com/NAMEMinis Miniature Gazette 43 C A L E N D A R

Chicagoland area! Info: Faye Machala at 630-260-9856, Saturday, January 9, 2016 - 9 am - 2 pm at the Lakeside email:[email protected]. Community Center, 1999 City Center Circle. Adult admission $5.00 Children under 12 free. Food available, November 21 • Columbus, OH Door Prizes, Club Exhibit, free parking. Info: Helen Sul- 29th Annual Show and Sale. Theme: Christmas. 10 livan 386-228-0439 or 386-717-8001. helensullivan40@ am to 4 pm. Bethel United Methodist Church, 1220 yahoo.com and our http://home.earthlink.net/~sull1 BOOKS FOR SALE Bethel Road. $5.00 for adult; $2.00 for children under 12 Web site: DIME Daytona Ideal Miniature Enthusiasts No Strollers Please. FREE Parking! Food: Provided by TWIG Exhibits: May or not may not be based on the January 22 & 23 • Fullerton, CA Do you have books you would like to sell? Ad- theme. All profits donated to charity. Info: colsminis@ The Greater Southern California Miniatures Show. vertise in the Miniature Gazette. yahoo.com website: columbusminiatiuresociety.org Howard Johnson Hotel - Fullerton, 222 W Houston Ave Sat., Jan. 23, 10am-4pm. Adults $8., Children under CLASSES 12 $4. (No Strollers). Preview Show & Sale. Fri., Jan. November 28, 29 • Madrid, Spain 22, 7pm - 9:30pm. $15. - Includes Hors d’oeuvre Party Madrid Dolls House Miniatures Fair. Hotel Convencion Do you have a class to offer? Advertise in the from 6:30-7, Early Buying Privileges and 2 Day Admis- O’Donnell, 53 28009 Madrid, Spain, Special Collectors Classifieds! sion. Tickets available at door - No children. Info: Tom Hours: Sat., Nov. 28, 11 am - 1 pm. Tickets available Bishop, 10528 Oak Meadow Lane, Lake Worth, FL 33449 at door only - 12 euros per person. Ticket includes re- ON-LINE SHOPS Phone: (561) 434-6622. Fax: (561) 434-6159 E-mail: Bish- admission on Sun. Public Hours: Sat., Nov. 28, 1pm-8pm. [email protected] Website: www.BishopShow.com Sun., Nov. 29, 11 am - 4 pm. Admission at door: Adults Advertise your On-line shop in the Miniature - 6 euros, Children under 12 - 3 euros. Tom Bishop, 10528 Gazette. Oak Meadow Lane, Lake Worth, FL 33449 Phone: (561) January 25, 26, 27 • Las Vegas, NV 434-6622. Fax: (561) 434-6159 E-mail: BishopShow@aol. Wholesale Trade Show - (Not open to the public). Each com Web address: www.BishopShow.com year CIMTA, Inc. holds an annual trade show at the MUSEUMS Orleans Hotel & Casino, in Las Vegas, NV. The exhibi- tors at the show are all CIMTA members: Professional NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MINIATURE DECEMBER 2015 handcrafters, Manufacturers and Distributors, of scale ENTHUSIASTS MUSEUM 130 N. Rangeline miniatures. Website: www.cimta.com Road, Carmel, IN. Monday-Friday 9 am-4 pm. december 1-9 • Cruise (317) 571-8094 Miniatures cruise with kindred spirits: Christmas Markets along the Danube from Nuremberg to Vienna. MARCH 2016 Onboard mini miniatures show, workshops and mini gift exchange. Visiting miniature shops in Munich, March 4 & 5 • Atlanta, GA CLASSIFIEd Regensburg, Passau and Vienna. Join me at the Nurem- Atlanta Miniatures Show. Holiday Inn Select, 4386 berg Toy, Dollhouse and Miniatures Museum. Grand Chamblee Dunwoody Rd. Saturday, March 5, 10am- AdVERTISING RATES Circle cruise line: 1 800 597 2452, press 2 and give our 4pm. Adults $8., Children under 12 $4. (No Strollers). departure date and Molly’s Group Code number: G5 Exclusive Preview Show & Sale. Fri. , March 4, 7pm-9:30 65¢ per word 20068. You can pick your deck and cabin by calling now! pm. $15. - Includes Hors d’oeuvres Party from 6:30 - 7:00, Abbreviations, initials, name and addresses, View the Danube itinerary at www.mollycromwell.com Early Buying Privileges and 2 Day Admission. Tickets available at door - No children. Info: Tom Bishop, 10528 are chargeable words. Oak Meadow Lane, Lake Worth, FL 33449 Phone: (561) Add your photo or art work for $25. JANUARY 2016 434-6622. Fax: (561) 434-6159 E-mail: BishopShow@ aol.com Website: www.BishopShow.com Send to January 9 • Port Orange, FL Dorothy Hansen, Gazette Editor 16th Annual Dollhouse Miniatures Flea Market. Spon- PO Box 1285, Monroe WA 98272-4285 sored by Daytona Ideal Miniature Enthusiasts (DIME)

NAME Promoters Thanks to the following shows and promoters for providing NAME a complimentary table.

March 2015 Tom Bishop Ann Arbor, MI Pat Bennett Chicago International Linda also provided a table and supplies to do make Seattle Miniature Show Chicago, Illinois it & take it for children next to the NAME table. Seattle, Washington Linda Frye July 2015 Lehigh Valley Small on Scale C-285 Shelly Norris Three Blind Mice Breidingsville/Fogelsville, PA A Mini Miniature Show Schaumburg, Illinois an online show at: Diana Fogel http://aminiminiatureshow.weebly.com/ May 2015 Lancaster PA Texas Miniature Showcase April 2015 Dani Muckleroy, Dallas, Texas Diana Fogel Dollhouse Miniatures Shows & Sales St. Louis Miniature Show of Lancaster/York PA Area. Teresa Zweiner Lancaster PA St. Louis, MO

The Miniature Society of Cincinnati 3 Blind Mice Show Cincinnati, Ohio Linda Frye

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Souvenirs from the Small Scale Houseparty in Madison, Wisconsin

Windmill by Teresa Callender Cheese Shack by Sue Herber Alice in Dairyland by Gayle Clausen County Fair Foods by Janet Smith

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-Workproject- • Raggedy Ann Shadow Box House By Karen Gibbs

• Mexican Tarahumara Chair By Barbara Renken

• Girl Scout Project Idea - Table By Lois Weyer

• Dollar Store Treasures - Flower Pots By Susan R. Shinn