Louisville Miniaturists Friends - 3 days of tv segments

The Louisville Miniature Club during the month of February has a special exhibit of their projects for the public to view at Louisville's historic Locust Grove Museum.

Worlds in miniature...the Louisville Miniature Club, which oversaw the restoration of the Locust Grove dollhouse, will display about twenty-five dollhouses and period rooms collected and created by their talented members. Stop by the Visitors’ Center during regular operating hours to marvel at the intricacy and skill evident in these charming miniaturescenes. Plans include display of two rarely seen large dollhouses on loan from the Filson Historical Society recreating structures from early Louisville.

Cost for the exhibit is the $3 gallery admission price, or included in the regular site tour. Free for Friends of Locust Grove.

The Locust Grove Dollhouse, made in the 1970s and showing the original restoration, is on display in the Visitor Center's Samuel W. Thomas Gallery. More details here.

Museum of Miniature Houses announcement....

NAME is proud to b e a patron of the Museum of Miniature Houses in Carmel , Indiana and I am happy to announce to you the following information

The Museum Of Miniature Houses reopens Wednesday January 25th and is featuring an exhibition crafted by co-founder Suzanne Landshof. The museum has been closed since the first of the year for annual cleaning and maintenance of exhibits. Many new pieces will be presented for the first time.

Born in Iowa but reared in New Jersey, Suzanne Landshof grew to love the history and furnishings of the Northeast. Through family and several courses she acquired a basic knowledge of American furniture and decorative arts, especially in the 1720 to 1840 period.

Suzanne said that she was “always fond of small things and became interested in the vast world of miniatures over thirty years ago. It encompassed interior design, every art form, architecture, and an endless canvas for the imagination. We lived in Kansas City for ten years where I volunteered at the Kansas City Toy & Miniature Museum before and after they opened to the public in 1982. We moved to Carmel in 1985.”

In 1991, Suzanne Landshof, Suzie Moffett and Nancy Lesh, collaborated to found the Museum Of Miniature Houses & Other Collections, Inc. which opened in 1993. It is a volunteer run not-for-profit Museum with one part time employee. Their vision is to insure that collections of quality miniature room settings, houses, and individual pieces are not be lost to future generations.

The Museum's unique exhibits include furnished miniature houses, most scaled one inch to the foot and one-half inch to the foot, plus numerous single room scenes, and countless individual pieces of small scale furniture, needlework, and original paintings.  The Museum features seven rooms of exhibits and a small shop selling miniature related items. It truly is a museum of fine arts in miniature


The Museum is open Wednesday through Saturday 11 am to 4 pm and Sunday 1 to 4 pm.  
The Museum Of Miniature Houses And Other Collections, Inc. 111 East Main Street, Carmel, IN, www.musuemofminiatures.org.

For photographs or more information contact the museum at 317-575-9466 or email info@museumofminiatures.org.

Yesterday is ....

"Yesterday is history,
tomorrow is a mystery,
and today is a gift;
that’s why they call it the present."
- anonymous

Cherish today, because the difference you make today will shape your future. Everything we do has so many effects and as long as you remember that the present is the most important time, you'll be fine. Enjoy life, you only get to live it once. Carpe diem - seize the day! 

The Solstice Tree Story

The Solstice Tree Story from Clair- NAME member in Virginia


I sent you a photo of animals gathered around a Solstice Tree with roses on it.  Later, I realized that people don't know the story behind the scene, so I'm sharing it briefly here.  Selma Lagerlof, a Swedish author who died in 1940 and earned the Nobel prize for Literature in 1904, told this story, which my mother passed on to us when we were children:  A poor woodcutter's family lived in the woods.  It was Solstice (or Christmas), the time to give gifts to children.  But there was no money for gifts!--what were the parents to do?  Then the mother remembered something special from her childhood.  She told her children to dress warmly, for they were going to take a walk in the woods near midnight.  The kids put on their boots and scarves and best hats and coats and off they went.  Their mother told them to be quiet, very quiet, so as not to disturb the animals.  They walked through the snow a long way, when finally they saw a glade in front of them, and in it, a tall evergreen surrounded by all the animals of the woods, quietly waiting.  Suddenly--at midnight!--the woods lit up as with sunshine.  The snow melted and green grass showed, speckled with meadow flowers.  The tree was bright with roses and their sweet smell pervaded the air.  The animals gave out a great sigh, and were happy, for even as the light faded, the snow returned, and the roses fell from the evergreen, they had been given a promise--that Spring would come again--and so they returned to their burrows and caves and nests reassured, safe, and calm.  So did the children, who had been shown such a wonder.  And that is why it is said "Who were the first to cry Noel?  Animals all as it befell!"         

Merry Christmas!

Should have bought it!

I should have bought it when I saw it at Philly!

That drives me crazy when I do that to myself!

Success

First, a new NAME DAY work center to share with you! From Becky Scroggins- Ohio.



Last time I posted, I was preparing for my local Art Council's first ever " Auction for the Arts". I am happy to let you know that my auctioneer voice along with some very wonderful residents raised over $3,000 for the Garrard County Arts Council! The Arts are ALIVE in tiny Lancaster, Kentucky.

NAME Day 2011

Dream

"They say if you dream a thing more than once, it's sure to come true." 

National Association of Miniaturists Enthusiats - NAME Day

Next week this time, I will be admiring my new work center and  saying' What a fun day we had mining!

We shall remember...

Grasslands Road Estate Monogram Plaque/Step Stone Initial Letter O:... (clipped to polyvore.com)

I need to remember

Winter Wonderland Workshop

I thought you might like to see pictures of the project, raffle items and the exhibits at last Saturday's " Winter Wonderland Small Scale" workshop held in Evansville, Indiana. What a great day it was!

Roundtable kit from Cleveland Convention

The NAME 2011 National Convention held in Cleveland was a whirlwind of activities. One of my favorite events held is the " Roundtable Kit" sale. $5 kits are created and sold by NAME convention attendees. Kits sold have gone through a selection process and every kit is a unique one.  Many of the kits sold at the event will be available to purchase through a in the near future issue of  NAME's " Miniature Gazette" magazine.

I offered a 1" scale retro record player kit. I want to share with you the completed project done by  NAME's 1st Vice President , Cary Yerves.