Bargains Galore To Be Had!

People's generosity never ceases to amaze me - each year the amount of donations that we are given to help raise funds for the Breast Cancer Campaign at The Thame Dolls House & Miniatures Fair, increase both in quality and quantity. This year is no exception. 

Below you can see just some of the gorgeous donations that have been arriving in over the past few days for the Charity Sales Table-my postman has been most intrigued into what's inside these mystery parcels of all shapes and sizes that have been arriving in abundance! There have been so many donations, I simply cannot show them all but have chosen a handful to give you a good idea of what's going to be on offer. HUGE THANKS TO EVERYONE who have so kindly donated already!!!

 There will be plenty of miniature bargains to be had....both vintage and reproduction.

 

Handmade berets and embroidered cushions, all in 1/12th scale are just some of the wonderful items that have been donated by Isobel Hockey (a gorgeous hand knitted cardigan by Isobel will be available as a raffle prize too).http://www.ktminiatures.com/Raffle.html

Dave Williams of Harvington Miniatures has donated some of his exquisite turned acrylic bottles to the Sales Table (a beautiful painting by Dave will be available as a raffle prize as well). If you want to see more of what Dave does, do go and take a peek at his new revamped website; http://www.harvington.com/Index.html

 

 

Joan Joyce from Cumbria, has once again so very kindly donated some of her wonderful miniature vintage style handmade food, as well as her vintage style trays, lamps etc. All would look fantastic in an old dolls house. If you would like to find out more about Joan and see more examples of her work, simply click on the following link which will take you back to a previous KT Miniatures Journal posting:
http://ktminiatures.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/replica-vintage-dolls-house-food.html

Anyone who is a fan of the Dolls House Emporium Cadogan Gardens dolls house, will be thrilled to hear that we have had a Cadogan Gardens Basement donated. I understand that this is now obselete so it is very difficult to get hold of one in original condition.

You can see an image of the basement, which sits snugly underneath the actual Cadogan Gardens House. Please note that it is just the basement that will be for sale - not the actual house.

The frontage has been half put together by previous owner, as you can see here. All the doors, windows and components are present. The rest of the basement comes in two boxes as flat packs - so should easily fit into the boot of a car.

The frontage has been put together but the rest comes as a flat pack .....and there is a lot of it! This will be offered at a bargain price so a fantastic and rare opportunity to complete your Cadogan Gardens House!!! It is advisable to come early to avoid disappointment.

Of course, what you see above is only a teeny snapshot into what will be on offer.....there will be a HUGE amount of all sorts available including some very special donations. You are welcome to bring your own unwanted miniature donations on the day and simply hand over to the lovely volunteers who will be working flat out - if last year was anything to go by!

Jill, Melodie and their team of volunteers look forward to seeing you there!

More Lovely Donations.......

I am delighted to announce that more lovely donations have arrived in for the Breast Cancer Campaign Raffle which is taking place at The Thame Dolls House & Miniatures Fair on Saturday 23rd February. Huge thanks to those artisans who have kindly donated-already we have a diverse collection of exquisite miniature prizes. Some of the more recently received donations are featured below........

Hilltop.....created and donated by David Williams of Harvington Miniatures.
 Dave has also donated a variety of items including some of his gorgeous turned acrylic bottles for the charity sales table at the fair. 

1/12th Scale hand knitted cardigan....created and donated by Isobel Hockey.
Isobel has also  kindly donated all kinds of items to the charity sales table....including several beautiful hand knitted berets, embroidered cushions etc.

A female doll working in the garden with a trowel in her hand.....created and donated by Silvia of Malcolm's Miniatures.
Malcolm and Silvia will be stand holders at the fair and between them make a whole array of items including wonderful small scale working sash windows and doors!

Reproduction Lines Bros & Tri-ang floor and wallpapers .....created and donated by Trevor Cain of Dolls House Restoration.
Trevor of  Dolls House Restoration,  not only restores antique and vintage dolls houses but he also has a whole range of reproduction flooring, roofing and wallpapers based on old Lines Bros and Tri-ang dolls houses...very useful to anyone who has an old dolls house. More recently Trevor has begun to recreate components such as Tri-ang fireplaces and Tri-ang floral frontage transfers.... a whole concise range of his products can be found on Ebay under the name of "dollshouseman".

 A porcelain doll's toy doll in apricot.....by Sandra Morris of Tower House Dolls.
Sandra of Tower House Dolls will also be a stand holder at Thame Fair. She makes a whole variety of exquisite miniatures  including  toy prams and cribs that her weeny porcelain dolls can sleep in, pull along toys, theatres and loads more!

To see the full range of prizes already donated, please click on the following link:

http://www.ktminiatures.com/Raffle.html

Raffle tickets will be priced at £1.00 each and can only be purchased at Thame Dolls House & Miniatures Fair on the day. I will continue to list raffle prizes on the official Raffle Page in the order that they come in, right up until the event. Many more will be donated on the day by the artisan stand holders and the Thame Town Crier will be conducting proceedings as usual! This is just one of many wonderful reasons why Thame Dolls House & Miniatures Fair must not be missed!