More than half way through the year!

And of course that would mean it is now July!  Only one more month to go before Festival!!!  

A very busy workshop was held - making an Etui in 1/12th scale! What a challenge, I must say though, the finished products looked fabulous!

 There were a few members who had their Bon Bons to finish off - looking very intently here!

 Placing the chair in the Bon Bon.

Of course lots of chatter about the finishing of items ready for the Festival was had....so till next month...stay warm!

The May Meeting

Here we are again, another month of the year gone by in a blink of an eye!  Winter is here and its getting a bit damp and dark...roll on summer!

The meeting was a reasonably quiet one this month - a few of the members had been to the Sydney Miniature Fair and came back with a few 'little' nick knacks and displays - some brought them along to show and tell and others (like me!) forgot!

The following little display is of a old time photographer - the person bought this because her dad used to be a professional photographer back in the day - and believe or not, the model looks very much like her dad! (This is a 1/12th display)

The next little building is 1/48th and I believe a one of a kind.  Sadly the lady that made this is probably not able to do any more work due to a problem with her eyesight.  Its just the cutest little castle you will see.

 We have had a few items turn up for perusal to see what is going to be part of the Medieval section of this years Festival.  This lovely building was constructed (or butchered kit!) by one of our newer members - looking forward to seeing it in the display.

 Workshops were in full swing again - this was part 2 of a 4 part workshop.  Last month we did the lounge room, this month was the bedroom and en suite.

 There is a lot of concentrating going on here!

 Decisions to be made!

 And finally...items to be chosen and placed.

Another little workshop was held, getting some of the items for the lucky dips at the Festival ready.

So that's about all for this month, stay tuned!

Hahndorf, South Australia....

....a place well worth visiting if you are in SA at any time. Food, coffee shops, more food, candle shops, yet more food...you get the picture? Anyway, SAME was invited by The Hills Doll Inc to participate in the Hahndorf Doll and Teddy Show again. Some of the members went along and set up part of the Chateau that was displayed at last years SAME Festival. Some of the tiny Christmas Displays were on show for all to see as well :)One of the traders was happy to show off a little corner room display - how cute is that setting?And one of the raffle winners - Anne ( you might recognize her as the SAME president!) Lucky girl :))A couple of pics were missed from the April meeting. Members kindly offered their time to sit and put some miniature books together for the AMEA convention. I think there was more glue on the fingers than the books at the end of the night! But as usual, there was lots of chatter and laughter to be had and at the end, all looked good!

I remembered my camera this month!

Getting back into the swing of things finally this year!

The March meeting was held with as much gusto as usual :)

We had a visitor from Britain, Liam - I believe he enjoyed his visit to our group cos he was still smiling when he left for the evening :))
We had our Paddys Market - now going to be held in March and October. Much shopping was done as always.
The workshop was busy this month - making lovely little palm plants.


The list has been put out for the workshops in the coming months and Saturdays - if you are interested in attending these workshops, please email me and put your name down.





Two of our delightful members enjoying a moments chat together!
These bookends are one of the workshops being offered - these particular bookends are going to be auctioned at the AMEA dinner later this year.

Christmas cheer was had by all....

..at the last meeting for the year! Some of us chose to wear silly Christmas hats... and some of us chose to dress completely Christmasie from head to toe!!The happy couple that tied the knot in October, made it together to the show too!
The committee of course were in on the act.Then there was this poor body-less person hanging around the place. But at least he was happy :)Show and tell was brought by one of our lovely members - its a little chocolate box with a beautiful tree and little toys inside. You only have to let your imagination run a little wild to come up with some terrific ideas and use for items you see every day.The Raffle House for next year was brought along for a prelim look. It is fully papered, painted and lit! So don't forget if you would like to win this house, come along to the show in August and purchase a ticket or two and be in the running. Then we got on to some serious business! Our annual auction!!!! What a laugh that is, and some interesting items went under the hammer too.The bidding was intense...The winners ecstatic....The little people happy with their new owners...And some items shone a light!
Then it was down to the REALLY serious business....SUPPER!!!
Some clever bod had made some cute cups to eat...So time for a chat and nibbles and everyone relaxing for a moment or two to discuss next years plans.So, we say farewell to you all for 2010. May you all have a Merry Christmas and safe and Happy New Year. Looking forward to having you all read about us again in 2011 (we are not back together till February, so don't panic when you don't see a post for January!)