Our Little WW1 Dugout, Trench & Poppy Field...Can Be Seen At Miniatura & Is Now Up For Sale!

 

Not only can our little miniature WW1 officer's dugout, trench and poppy field be seen in the third and final part of the "how to make feature" in the latest October issue of Dolls House & Miniature Scene Magazine which is currently out now in the shops, but.....

it will be on display in all its glory at Miniatura (Birmingham NEC) on the Dolls House & Miniature Scene Magazine stand, over the weekend of September 20th & 21st. And also....

Robin (my workshop colleague and co-creator of this project) and I are delighted to announce that it is now up for sale, to help raise funds for the Royal British Legion (50% of all proceeds will be donated to the charity).

 For the past 4 months, this has been on display at Thame Museum (Oxfordshire - UK) as part of the museum's WW1 Centenary Exhibition...where it has been a big hit with visitors, we understand.

But now it is time for it to find a permanent home. So, if you are interested in purchasing our unique scene, please do get in touch. More info can be found on the following page:

www.miniatureworkshops.com/WW1_Project.html

We will accept offers in the region of £250.00...however please note, due to the sheer weight and fragility of this completed project, it will have to be collected in person. If you wish to purchase it at Miniatura, it will have to remain on the magazine's stand until the end of trading on the Sunday. 

Hope someone out there can give this a good home.

Thank you

Our Unique Victorian Seaside Scene Can Now Be Seen In August Issue Of Dolls House & Miniature Scene Magazine

I'm delighted to announce that the Victorian Seaside Scene that Robin Britton (my Nostalgia In Miniature Workshops colleague) and I have been working hard on for weeks, can now be seen in the August issue of Dolls House & Miniature Scene Magazine. 

It was great fun to do...and as with all our projects, we undertook much research so that it could be created as realistically and accurately as possible. On top of all of that, we had to design it in such a way in order to make it easy for the readers of the magazine to create themselves, as this has been presented as a "how to make" project in the August Issue of Dolls House & Miniature Scene magazine.  

www.dollshousemag.co.uk

This landscaped base plus fixtures as seen below is now being offered for sale and 50% of proceeds will be donated to Breast Cancer Campaign.

In our own instantly recognisable "Nostalgia In Miniature Workshop" style, we have created a realistic and highly detailed two-tiered Victorian seaside setting with an element of fun. It incorporates a naturalistic beach, backed by an old and weathered sea wall with upper brick paved promenade edged by a distinctive and authentic Victorian style set of railings. To complete the promenade, there is of course a gas street lamp. 

A special feature of our landscaping is the sea battered and aged wooden groyne, along with it's very own seagull!!Our unique seawater in the foreground really adds to the realistic ambience of the whole setting and we couldn't resist adding a little rock pool with it's own starfish!! 

Other Components Available To Purchase Separately

 

The Victorian bathing machine, Punch & Judy and all three of Robin's dolls that were made for this scene are also being offered for sale, but separately and are not part of the charity offer. 

For full details please see the Seaside Scene Promotional page on our Nostalgia In Miniature Workshops website. 

http://www.miniatureworkshops.com/Seaside_Scene.html

New Handmade Items Just Added Today!

I have finally finished the stock take from last Saturday's Thame Fair and today have embarked on listing all unsold handmade stock to KT Miniatures' Exclusive Items pages. All these items have been created to look old or "much loved" so can be used in both vintage and reproduction dolls houses.

But first up....am thrilled to tell you that our Nostalgia In Miniature Workshops have had a bit of a write up in the April Issue of Dolls House & Miniatures Scene magazine...pages 60-61. And what a splendid write up it is too....the photos have come out beautifully!!!

This is also a timely reminder for anyone still pondering on whether to come to our 

Underneath The Old Arbour Workshop 

at Waterperry Gardens on Sunday April 7th

...... booking will be closing next week!!!!!!

So,  if you are tempted to make a trip to Oxfordshire and spend a fabulous day with us at the beautiful setting of Waterperry Gardens, with friendly like minded people and make a unique vintage style garden arbour project....please do get in touch with either myself or Robin asap. You will need to reserve a place in the first instance via email or phone, print off a booking form off the website (or we can send you one )and then post it to us with the accompanying fee. 

http://www.miniatureworkshops.com/Underneath_The_Old_Arbour_Workshop.html

Now back to the Exclusive Items.....

These and many more can be found on the Childhood Page. 

 

 These c1930s kitchen enamel effect tables and kitchen cupboard (Maid Saver) are available on the Kitchen & Scullery Page.

This rusty and dilapidated 1930s cooker and old kitchen table with a vintage style dolls house in mid construction, can be found on the Shed, Outhouse & Outdoors Page. 

These vintage pieces of furniture are broken in some shape or form so have been put to good use in an alernative way......suitable in a variety of settings eg. old attic, spare bedroom, secondhand shop, charity shop etc. 

 Also, these various settings of old boxes, books etc., along with the broken vintage furniture above can be found available on the Attic Page.

These are just some of the items listed today in the various "rooms" on my Exclusive Items section.

TOMORROW, I HOPE TO BEGIN LISTING SOME OF THE UNSOLD VINTAGE/ANTIQUE STOCK FROM THAME FAIR....SO WATCH THIS SPACE!