Welcome to the website of the South Australian Miniature Enthusiasts (S.A.M.E.)

S.A.M.E. helps promote miniatures through the club meetings, workshops and our annual festival. In doing so we not only help others learn about our hobby but we also raise money for children's charities through our annual festival.

Our club was founded in 1983 and meetings were originally held in one of the members homes. Over the years our membership has grown so much so that we now meet in a hall big enough to accommodate all our members and visitors, who we always welcome. We have now become a little 'web-wise' (as of 2010) and looking forward to being more available to the general public via this site.

Meetings

The meetings include a brief introduction, followed by workshops, demonstrations, occasionally member's trade tables and of course a cuppa! Our meetings help members gain information about, and an understanding of, the hobby of miniatures and collectibles. We share the love of miniatures and also friendship as well.

Meet: 2nd Wednesday of the month (except January - no meeting)

Time: 7.30pm

Where: The Payneham Community Centre, cnr Arthur Street and Payneham Road (the old school building opposite the Marden Shopping Centre)


Festival

Each year we hold a weekend festival of miniatures and dollhouses, the first being held in 1986. The festival includes miniature displays, local and interstate traders, demonstrations of many different techniques for making miniature products (including miniature wood turning), raffles, lucky dips and food to delight the taste buds!!

Next festival: 11th and 12th August 2012 - there is a mixed theme this year -
'SHEDS' and 'MEDIEVIL' along with many miniature houses and scenes of varying scale.
So please come and join us for another wonderful display.

Time: 10.00 am to 4.30pm both days.

Where: Payneham Library Complex, cnr O G Road & Turner Street, Felixstow

Admission fees: Adults $6.00, Concessions $5.00, Children under 16 $3.00, Family of 2 adults & 2 children $15.00

All welcome. Proceeds from the festival benefit children's charities in South Australia.

Any member of S.A.M.E. is encouraged to access the members only page, ask questions, give hints and share photos of your miniatures with the whole group. To become a web page member you will need to forward your email to the address below. You will receive authorisation back to your email - then follow the prompts.

Workshops

Keep your eyes on this spot for future workshops to be held in the group.

Contact
For further information you can ring
Judy 0408 896 465

What we did with our money from the 2009 Festival

Every year at out Annual General Meeting, with funds raised from our Festival, we make a donation to a children's charity or charities. This year we were pleased to present a donation to a representative of The Australian Lions Children's Mobility Foundation. This enabled the purchase of a "Hart Walker" (an orthotic device which allows children with moderate to severe physical disabilities, especially those with cerebral palsy, to stand and to experience hands free walking.) We felt as a group that this is a very worth while cause.
2011 - We were fortunate enough to have raised enough money to once again offer a donation to another childs mobility unit.
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Pams Page Part 4 - The Wallpapering Continues.




This is the house wallpapered minus the left middle wall shown with the creative wallpapering.
I stood the stairs in place just to see how the house would look.




It took much longer to do the wallpaper than I had thought. The cutting had to be accurate and I had to experiment with the glue. I thought adding water might not be such a good idea so I tried it without. This worked well on the thinner paper but I still had an issue with the paper stretching a bit. When I decided enough was enough and it would have to do wrinkled or not I had a nice surprise. As the glue dried the paper went back into shape and the wrinkles disappeared. Enthused once more I wallpapered the side walls of the hallway.
On checking the house I realized with dismay that I had not papered the middle floor......only the top floor and the ground floor were complete. To compound the problem I had no more paper except the offcuts and I had already done the back wall so anything else would look horrible. I had to think carefully about what to do next. I continued to paper the rest of the house while I thought about my mistake. I eyed off the remnants of my lovely green and white striped paper and then the idea hit me......I could join the paper and do half walls with a border and paint the top half white. This would give me a nice area to hang a couple of pictures. I wasn't sure how well it would work but went ahead anyway. I dug through my stash of wallpaper borders and found one I could cut to make dolls house size borders. I glued this along the top of the wallpaper and it looked really pretty. The wall still looked unfinished so I repeated the border a centimetre below the top of the wall. This has worked very well and I am happy with the result.
When I joined the wallpaper I made sure that I overlapped the front piece on top of the back piece. That way the join would not be obvious. The join could have been done with no overlap but I decided to play it safe due to my lack of extra paper and wobbly fingers. It was easy to match as the stripes were my cutting guide.
The rest of the papering went well and it is now complete apart from the shops. I have hung several light fittings and have to go and buy more from the dolls house shop.
Now I plan to decorate the shops..........
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