THE PERIPATETIC MINIATURIST

Sunday, October 5, 2014

St Louis NAME National Totebag Favors

Below are pictures of items received as totebag favors at NAME National Convention in St. Louis, July 2014. I counted 70 items!

bag of wood logs for fireplace

flower wreath

1904 St Louis World's Fair postcards

hot dog wrap

beach/Hawaiian shirt

hobo bag on a pole

life preserver jacket

beach towel and lady's swimsuit

Missouri maps & travel brochure

sleeping bag?

frog

3 bolts of fabric--nice!

postcards of Mississippee River

I got 2 of these in my bag

bed roll

maracas?

readable coloring book

Mark Twain cigar box

gingerbread man dish towel

beach bag, pin wheel, flip flops and beach bucket

sea weed float

new in package dollhouse rug

corn cob pipe

laser cut gift box to assemble

fishing rod & hobo bag

pin from Babette Overman

cat tail bouquet

mini clothespin with mini dice

various cheeses from Fimo clay

another life jacket

birdhouse

toy sailboat from pistachio nut shell

tools for mini making while at convention

instructions to make nautical rope tie

table or dresser doily

fishing net

smoking pipe

another fishing rod

braided rug

art nouveau style St Louis World's Fair poster

ME style recipe box & recipe cards paper kit

life preserver

wine bottles from Xmas light bulbs

river raft--wish I had looked before I bought a roundtable kit for the same thing

wood wheelbarrow kit

framed picture

birdhouse

readable Huck Finn book

bow-maker from novelty toothpick

Mark Twain book, blank pages

suitcase

knitted hat--nice quality

shopping bag filled with wallpaper rolls and wood strips from St Louis Miniature Museum

painted plant pot

non-opening book

readable book about Mark Twain

woman's shirt

Missouri newspaper & faux fish

plate of petit fours

"No Fishing" sign

glass of beer

more books

another book

free admission pass to Three Blind Mice show

my mini club made this chessboard

Friday, August 22, 2014

St Louis National Roundtables and Mega Roundtables

Paddleboat mega RT from the Betterleys. Highly detailed, but will take you 1-2 days to complete because of all the tiny parts you have to paint

Rooster pin cushion and thread spool stand, RT from Dorothy Hansen. I got this as a gift from Molly Cromwell (the kit). I was nervous about painting, but it was easier than expected and Dorothy's instructions are very easy to follow with targeted pictures.

I need to re-take this picture. RT from Kensinger. The owls are already painted for you, so all you have to do is paint or stain the shelf. I was done in 2 minutes. This is QS! She hand cut and handpainted all these kits.

Lisa Engler mega RT from Tucson in 2013, which I finally got around to making. Lisa makes beautiful and well designed kits that require minimal painting (yay!) and everything is laser cut beautifully. She uses cherry instead of basswood.

Lisa Engler mega RT for St Louis. She generally doesn't offer RTs in the Gazette and once convention is over, these kits are sold for 20-30% higher on her website.

A close-up of the laser cut paper doily featured in her RT

A real bargain at $5. Lisa Engler RT. The oval box can be used to hold mini items

Carl Bronsdon RT--candy tin

I used washi tape for the box covering instead of the stripe paper provided with the kit and it worked great
The canes are provided and you just cut into appropriate sizes and glue in place.

The chocolate box tin RT from Carl Bronsdon. I need to create a candy shop featuring all his RTs

Tiered Victorian plant stand RT from Ron Chase. You can use this for all sorts of displays--to hold plant pots, candy boxes, cakes, hats, shoes, plates of cookies or cupcakes etc etc

See what I mean?

RT from Lew Kummerow--moving St Louis arch with trains. A separate RT features tiny resin cast houses to make a village

144 scale General Store RT from Amy Rauch

Christmas house RT from Jenny Fortin

Back side of the Christmas cottage

Cabinet house RT from Sue Herber.

HS dollhouse RT from Karen Benson. Unfortunately, it's little bit large for the OLHP centerpiece sofa, which is why I bought it

Back side of the KB dollhouse

The Man Cave roombox from Karen Benson. The roombox with wallpaper is one mega RT, and the box interior to make everything shown is another mega RT

The Cave--get it? I messed up The cave bars are supposed to go inside the roombox, but I glued them on the outside by mistake

This needs some beer, a DVD player, Wii console, DVDs, and speakers

Making the sofa took the longest amount of time for this kit

A tent birdhouse on a raft with fishing pole RT from Barbara Thornton-Hill. This is 1" scale. I finished this in 5 minutes. Everything has been pre-stained for you, so you all you have to do is glue.

Jelly cabinet RT from Dale Lovett. Comes with 2 graphics for the front and the interior has 2 shelves. Available in HS and QS.

Thursday, August 21, 2014

JoAnn Roberts dolls 2014

I asked permission to take these pics from JoAnn Roberts' sales table. She doesn't have a website and offers new dolls every year, so keeping track and describing the doll you want can be a challenge.