Our May meeting was a very eventful one. We had a lot to discuss about our club project for next year and several good ideas were brought forward. We will be choosing for definite in our June meeting. The highlight of the meeting however, came from Jennifer P who had been in contact with our Club president and came to the meeting with many, many miniature items and parts to make minis out of. This wonderful collection of goodies were her sister's who was a miniaturist for many years. Her sister is no longer able to do minis and is unable to keep them with her so she wanted them donated to other miniaturists. Our members had a wonderful time combing through these items and everyone found something they could use. In the end, everything was claimed except a couple of things and Jennifer was able to report to her sister that her treasures found new homes with people who would appreciate them.
Our next meeting is in June, when we will then break for the summer. Looking forward to seeing everyone there!  We had a terrific show this year, thanks to all of the Club members who helped make it happen. This year was one of our best attended shows, and the Vendors had wonderful items for sale. It was very hard for me to stop myself from buying much, much more than I did! My kids always give me money for Mother's Day to spend at the show since they know I love it so much and this year, I treated myself to a 3-tiered plant stand in Maple by Victor Gossman. I will put it in a place of prominence among my other mini treasures.
Several door prizes were donated by the vendors, and all were claimed and appreciated by the lucky attendees who won them. Joanne Lovell from Hamilton won a beautiful chair from Victor Gossman. Photos of the door prizes are in the show gallery. Fergies put on a wonderful spread of drinks, snacks and lunch choices. It was terrific having food for sale again at the show for the first time since Covid. Our club projects received a lot of attention and compliments, along with all of the other wonderful items that Club members brought in to show. Many an awe-struck person came by to admire and discuss our work. It was a lot of fun speaking with the various attendees who came by. Above is a snapshot of the club projects completed by the members this year. To see more projects the members brought in, please see our Show Gallery page. What an interesting meeting on Wednesday, April 10th! Jan C led us through her process for soldering round wire and tape wire. We were thoroughly amazed to see what our talented members have achieved with their sheds. Well done ladies! Now we need names of your projects for our displays. (Please email them to me.) There will be a shed/ this year's project table to display your work as well as other tables at the front of the stage to display any of your wonderful projects from this year or other years...please bring some to display at our show.... kitchens, flower carts.....etc. Jan also brought her tub!!!!! of mini knitting and quilts, etc. Such beautiful, beautiful work. Thank you Jan. Shona B brought a delicious selection of goodies for us while we talked about our upcoming show and possible themes for next year. Some tantalizing suggestions mentioned were a Conservatory, a Vardo/ Gypsy Wagon, a modern house...which Edna C emailed to everyone. Edna said she is willing to cut the pieces for the outside as well, a 1950's scene was suggested. So put on your thinking caps...more suggestions welcome. Hopefully we can come up with a theme for next year and then shop at our show and sale on Sunday the 5th! Yes...we are down to the last 3!!!!!!!! weeks till our show.   Our meeting in March was one of fun, learning and catching up with friends. For those who wished to learn, Marg L demonstrated flower making so that members could possibly make some to go around their "She Shed" project. Above are some of the beautiful flowers Marg has made over time. To transport them back and forth, and to keep them dust free at home until needed, Marg uses a tinfoil tray that has a domed clear plastic lid. She then places a piece of foam into the tray to hole the flowers separately. This is a very inexpensive, but effective way to store and transport them.
Edna C brought in some of the pieces she has made for her "She Shed" project and they turned out very well. Our projects will all be displayed at the Annual Show in May, so come to visit us and see what she made! We are all at different stages with our projects and our members pitch in to help others create and build their visions. There are many different miniature skills we will be seeing this year on our OMEGA display table. During our meetings, we get to see a small portion of what our members are creating and I, for one, can't wait to see what everyone displays! Further photos from our meetings may be viewed in our Meetings Gallery. The next in-person meeting will be on April 10th. What a great meeting we had! We are so happy to have Shona B join us as a new member! She enthusiastically joined our group and showed us some of her beautiful creations. Shona will be teaching how to do her amazing books at our June meeting. Welcome Shona. So glad you found us. Jennifer P also came to our meeting to talk about her sister, Susan P who was a very talented miniaturist quite a few years ago. Susan no longer does miniatures. Then Pat J demonstrated how she does faux finishes on her miniature and real size furniture. This had our members certainly focused on the many ways and products she uses. Pat will be sending me a written tutorial to share with everyone. Yvette S has made amazing progress on her shed. She also showed us her Chop Saw from MicroMark in the US.   For more great photos, please see our Meetings gallery page.
I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season however you choose to celebrate.
On September 13th, we began our 23/24 season of meetings and it was so much fun to catch up with everyone. So much has gone on during the summer break and we all had lots to discuss. We also welcomed a new member, Sharon R, to our club. This year, many of the members will be making a "She Shed" and several will be doing their own projects and catching up with unfinished projects they have at home. Our Shed components were designed and cut out by member Edna C and were passed out at the meeting. Those of us who will be doing the shed now get the delightful experience of trying to decide what we wish to do with them and how we wish to decorate them. As one of the members who will be building this project, I look forward to deciding what to put in mine - I don't know yet. I have several ideas and can't choose between them. I may have to toss a coin, lol. On the Sunday immediately after our first meeting, we had our Bazaar at the Puslinch Community Center. Over the course of 3 hours, we had a great turnout and there were lots of things for everyone. Below are two pictures taken during the show. I had the opportunity to speak with several of the shoppers who drove a long way just to come and they had a wonderful time. The Vendors were also pleased and I think a good time was had by all. Of course, many of us were on the lookout for things to add to our Shed projects and it was the perfect venue for that.
Two weeks ago, I had the pleasure of driving to Castine, Maine for the first time to attend Guild School. I had been accepted to the school as a scholarship student and was thrilled that I could go. First of all, I wish to say a huge thank you to the organizers of the school as they did a terrific job of trying to make sure everything ran smoothly and to the scholarship committee who accepted my application. I had a wonderful week there meeting people I had met online, and meeting new people. Everyone was very welcoming and friendly and made me feel at home immediately. I decided to take Beth Freeman-Kane's peacock class, which was a 36 hour class. I loved this peacock the second I saw it in the Guild School publication detailing the classes offered. I was skeptical that I could make on that looked like a proper peacock, but must say that Beth is a fantastic teacher. She was always calm and supportive, while giving tips on how to create the best finish no matter which section of the process we were working on. I had never painted before, other than one color finishes on something but I wanted to learn how she created this lovely bird. By the end of the week, I had a lovely bird that I could be proud to say I had made and I couldn't be more happy! Every day of Guild School offered new experiences and lots to do if you had energy after class. The food was good and, with the breaks and three meals, it seemed they were constantly offering food. The ice cream area was a very popular spot and they offered wonderful flavours. I took some time and wandered down to the town several times during the week and enjoyed browsing the shops. I was treated to my first lobster roll by my friend Lucille who I had given a ride to Castine with me. Since I was driving, I gave a ride to two people Lucille and Darryle, and had lots of lovely conversations in the car as a result. It certainly helped to pass the time both there and back. Graduation night was terrific and it was to wonderful to see the work everyone had done in the various classes. Jonathan David came up with a wonderful idea to honor Annelle Ferguson who was celebrating her birthday and had contributed so many wonderful petit point designs to the miniature world. He approached many people about bringing their stitched pieces based on Annelle's classes or designs and we ended up with a display that was almost 4 tables long entirely filled with pieces she had either stitched herself or others had stitched using her patterns. I had stitched a cute sampler for the display but, with all of my time spent getting my house ready to sell and moving, couldn't get it finished. I did show it to her later though. She was thrilled and utterly surprised to see the huge display. I took a video of the full display when I had some quiet time in the exhibit room that shows the full extent of the display. Here is the link if you wish to see it: Tribute to Annelle I had a wonderful week and thoroughly enjoyed myself. I would love to return someday and hope to be able to do so. For anyone who thinks they may wish to go, you should really try to get there, even if it is only once, because it is an amazing experience. The scholarship program, designed to help people who are not able to afford to go, is very easy to apply for and getting one is not based on who you know, but is truly based on your skills and often by how many applicants they get in any given year. If you don't get it one year, apply again. In closing, I have attached 3 photos. The first is the full display of all of the peacocks made in Beth's class this year and the next two are of my bird. I learned a lot about shading and polymer clay in the class and hope to be able to apply some of that knowledge to my future projects. 
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