KT Miniatures Is Still Open But For UK Customers Only At The Moment...

A notice for all KT Miniatures customers outside of the UK.

I am really sorry but due to the worsening Coronavirus outbreak, I am no longer able to send parcels to my  overseas customers, as I simply cannot guarantee them getting through to you. After a conversation with the Royal Mail yesterday, they are still accepting overseas parcels but warned there would be delays of an unknown time span...and the situation is changing daily.

For customers in the UK, please note that I am still open for business. 

Please note that I am still open for business to all UK customers and will remain open for as long as I possibly can. If Royal Mail deliveries cease then I will have to close the little doors on KT Miniatures until the crisis is over.

On a personal note...

I do not know about anyone else, but am finding this situation terrifying on so many levels. I feel that we are beginning to live in an alternative universe...life is so surreal and bizarre already. Supermarket shelves stripped bare of basic stuff almost as soon as they are stocked...I have been trying to get paracetamol for days to no avail, and am attempting to be imaginative with my cooking with the bits that I have. You have no idea how excited I got when I finally got my hands on a tin of tomatoes the other day and a packet of loo rolls...yes, life has come down to this.

But good news...yay,  a sister in law up north has managed to get two boxes of paracetamol and is posting them to me. And although this emergency is bringing out the worst in human nature in some ways, I am going to try to focus on the positive bits, where my neighbours and many others are offering to help each other, if needed. And in some cases, the need is already here.

One of my sons, his wife and two young children are on 14 days of isolation, as it looks like daughter in law may have the virus. (She cannot be tested so there is always a chance that it may just be a bad winter virus that is showing similar symptoms - although she has been poorly). I am on daily shopping trips on their behalf but am in a surreal situation that I have to ring them that I am coming, son keeps a look out...I then leave shopping on doorstep and take several steps back whilst we have the briefest of conversations through his slightly open door.

How is everyone getting on with social distancing? All I can say is thank you God for phones and emails! 

I loved the videos on our news the other day of the Italians singing outside to their neighbours whilst they are in lock-down, that gave me goosebumps. But my neighbours will be pleased to know that I will not be attempting the same, as they will probably want to kill me if I attempted to sing to them:) My voice is not great. During a family Whats-app chat last night, we were bemoaning that even the Eurovision Song Contest has been cancelled, and that we are now going to miss some brilliant entries...(when we say "brilliant", we mean hilarious). My daughter and nieces were sending me YouTube links of some of the many entries,  I particularly liked the Ukrainian song and sent my own replicated version to them all. Now my daughter in law wants to know how she can download my version and use it as her alarm clock sound. I am taking it as a complement 😄

As to the forthcoming weeks, look on the bright side, you will probably have so much time on your hands that you may even be able to have a bash at all those miniature projects that you have possibly not touched for a very long time. Do keep in touch, I would  still love to hear from you.

Celia 

Latest New Stock- Just A Sample Of Some Items That Have Gone Up For Sale This Afternoon...

c1997 Baby Doll 

UPDATE: this has now been identified as a Jane Davies doll. Thank you to the lovely lady who identified this!

Early 1900s German Red Striped Vase

Early 1900s Green Glass Goblets

Vintage Pink Painted Tea Set

c1930s Taylor & Barrett Lead Painted Joint Of Meat

1990s Tim Sheppard Of Lilliput Press Bible With Brass Clip

Antique Red Painted Jug - Probably German

Vintage Style Beaded Footstool

UPDATE: this has been identified as being made by Joan Gibson in the 1980s.

Unusual Vintage Fabric & Wire Dolls - as seen above and below.

These can be seen on 

https://ktminiatures.com/

Thanks for stopping by.

Celia