This past few weeks have been a blur of activity for me, but I finally have a chance to sit down and reminisce about our Annual Show. Due to the emergence of several Miniature shows and social media, interest in Miniatures is again on the rise. We are pleased to say we had a wonderful show this year, both for the Vendors and the Shoppers. Several new Vendors joined us this year and our hall was packed! There was a little something for everyone interested in Miniatures and the members did a fabulous job helping to make this year's show a success. Our Member's table held a display memorial to one of our founding members, Mary Carolyne Curl, who sadly passed on and will be sorely missed. We were also able to display 2 sets of projects this year. Prior to Covid in 2019, our members worked on a "Kitchen in a cupboard" project but were never able to display it. This year, they were able to display both that project and the one we all worked on this year, a 1/12th scale flower cart. A few members did that cart and created a much smaller cart in 1/4 scale.
Our show is already booked for next year and will be held on Sunday, May 5th so mark your calendars! We have also decided to hold the Bazaar this year. It will be held at the Puslinch Community Center on Sunday September 17th. Any who wish to have a table for our Bazaar should contact Janet Harvie using the email address: janet.harvie@yahoo.com We hope to see you there! Only 30 days to go! Are you ready to come to the show and see what we have this year? I know I am getting excited despite being in the middle of a house move.
This year we have many of the vendors you have come to enjoy seeing at our show, along with some new ones. Come on out and give them lots of support. Our wonderful hobby needs to see some new vendors to help us continue to thrive and grow as miniaturists. Please visit our Annual show page to view our list of vendors who will be coming so far. This is updated as more vendors sign up, so keep checking back! Hope to see you there. I'll be one of the many members walking around with a yellow shirt on! All of the members are hard at work making flowers and their flower carts to be ready in time for your annual show. We are getting excited and looking forward to the show this year. We have an added bonus in that Briar Neilsen (a contestant on Best in Miniatures 2023 show) will be a vendor. We are happy to be welcoming back many of the long-time vendors as well. Check our our Annual Show page for more information.
The second photo is of a little cushion I also stitched on 48 count gauze. It measures about 1 1/4" (3 cm) and has 3600 stitches.
Do any of the other members have anything they wish to share on our website? If so please email me with the photos and a description of your project(s) so I can share them with everyone. Today we had a fabulous meeting and were able to welcome 3 new members! A big welcome to Sheila, Darlene and Wendy who each took the time to come and join us for a meeting and decided to join the club. We are very happy to meet you.
Our meeting today was packed full with Marg L teaching us how to make flowers. She brought a wonderful assortment of things we could use to make flowers with as you can see in the photo below and they were so beautifully organized. Several members also brought things to give away and we all had a wonderful time browsing, chatting and making! Phyllis G has offered to make up kits for a cute hanging plant for any of the members who wish to have one for our carts. Thank you Phyllis for your generosity. Our Zoom meeting is coming up on November 24th and I will send out an invite to all club members closer to the date. On Thursday, October 13th, we met for the second time in person to begin building our flower carts. Everyone came with different ideas and we had a lot of fun beginning our build. The cart below has been started by Marg L and looks terrific so far! I am in awe of all the tiny wooden flowers that Marg used for her canopy. What a great idea!
It was wonderful also to see two of our previous members, Helle and Phyllis come, and to welcome our newest member, Ruth. Welcome!!! During the meeting, we enjoyed some wonderful brownies brought in by Claire and browsed through a box of 1/12th scale minis brought in by Jan. We had a great time together and are looking forward to our zoom meeting on October 27th where we will each work on something related to the cart at home. For more photos from our meeting, you can visit our Meetings Gallery. |
AuthorMy name is Yvette. I am a member of OMEGA and I am now continuing the blog started by Susan. Archives
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