KT Miniatures Closing Very Soon!

Well, the time has come to announce that after 28 years of trading, at the end of next month KT Miniatures will be closing...I am retiring. KT Miniatures as a business will be no more and I will no longer sell off my website, therefore these next few weeks will be your last chance to order items by mail order. 

When I say that I am retiring, to be honest it will be semi-retirement as I will continue to run my miniature workshops from Thame and also attend the Haddenham Antique & Vintage Fair every fourth Sunday of the month, but instead of a business it will be under my own name privately. Also, I have finally succumbed (on the advice of my children) and signed up to Instagram...more about that below. But for those not on social media, KT Miniatures Journal (ie. blog) will continue.

Meanwhile, today I have put up for sale some rather special miniatures which I would very much like to go to a good home. They have all come from my own collection and are now surplus to requirements.

Also put up for sale today is this rare Grecon Queen doll, which was brought out to commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.

Click here for further photos and full details: 

https://ktminiatures.com/

Am Now On Instagram!

After years of trying to avoid social media, I have finally relented. So with my kids help, I am now on Instagram as "vintagektminiatures".

https://www.instagram.com/vintagektminiatures/

Haddenham Antique & Vintage Fair

On Sunday I will be at HADDENHAM ANTIQUE & VINTAGE FAIR as usual with an array of other lovely miniatures for sale that are not currently on the website. I hope you can come, it would be great to see you. 

Click here for details: 

https://ktminiatures.com/fairs/

A Few More Bits & Pieces Just Listed To KT Miniatures

 Some interesting bits and pieces have just been added to KT Miniatures website today and are now available to purchase. 

 

Unusual wooden piano with metal candle holders, dates from early 1900s/Edwardian era. 

c1920s/30s Art Deco German Miniature Brush & Hand Mirror set. The embossed Art Deco pattern on the back of each piece really is just lovely and the brushes have real bristles. 

Vintage toy metal mangle with rotating wooden rollers by REMANCO - great fun! My grandma had a real life size one of these in her backyard, when I was growing up. 

A c1920s/30s German Boy Doll, in replacement clothing made by previous owner, who happened to be a theatre costume designer! Lovely doll. 

c1930s Tri-ang Queen Anne Bed with original mattress. 

Really lovely vintage tin coal box & shovel, along with miniature embroidered fire screen. These came together so am keeping them together, they compliment each other nicely. 

These are just some of the various old miniatures that have gone up for sale today. Click on following link to view all these and more:

 https://ktminiatures.com/general/

Celia

ktminiatures.com

Come & See KT Miniatures This Sunday (27th October) At Haddenham Antique & Vintage Fair

First up...many thanks to those of you who braved the truly awful weather and came to the Haddenham Fair last month, I hope you were all pleased with your purchases and got home safely. We ended up having a month's rain in just a few hours and there was considerable flooding in our neck of the woods just a few hours later. I shall forever be grateful to my next door neighbour who set up a pump at the front of my house and prevented my house from being flooded. I have lived here for 37 years and never experienced rain like it.  

COME & SEE KT MINIATURES THIS SUNDAY AT HADDENHAM ANTIQUE & VINTAGE FAIR

You will find me once again on my stand as usual at this Sunday's Haddenham Antique & Vintage Fair (October 27th), with lots of lovely old treasures for you to purchase. Seen below are just some of the items I will be bringing including Elgin/Tri-ang, Pit-a-Pat, Antique German Furniture & Accessories, Tudor Barton and Brimtoy. There will be a lot more besides!

Not only will I have old miniature treasures but I will be bringing a variety of real life size vintage treasures too. Plus of course, I will have my popular dolls house rummaging bargain boxes. I do hope you can come, it would be lovely to meet you. Please note that I can only accept cash on the day...sorry, I will not have the facility to accept cards.

Haddenham Antique & Vintage Fair

Haddenham Village Hall,

Banks Park,

Banks Road,

Haddenham,

HP17 8EE.

9.00am - 3.00pm

Admission £2.00 per adult, under 16's free.

For further details of venue, please click here:

https://www.hiddentreasuresantiquefairs.co.uk/

I hope to see you there!

Celia

ktminiatures.com

KT Miniatures Will Be At Haddenham Antique & Vintage Fair This Sunday 22nd September

These are just some of the lovely antique and vintage dolls house pieces that I will be taking on Sunday to the Haddenham Antique & Vintage Fair. 

c1930s Pit-a-Pat Three Piece Suite & 1920s German Gramophone.

c1920s Elgin/Tri-ang Furniture

c1930s Pit-a-Pat Fireplace, Pit-a-Pat Fender, Pit-a-pat Mantel Clock, c1930s Tri-ang Bureau, Vintage Bureau With Accessories, 1930s German Metal Phone, Early 1900s German Candle Holder.

Various Antique & Vintage Miniature Dolls Plus All Kinds Of Other Tiny Treasures

Antique Mangle, Various German Furniture, c1950s B&S Cooker, c1950s Taylor Cooker, Pre-loved Artisan Fender & Grate (from Singing Tree), etc.

c1920s Handicrafts Fretwork Furniture

Vintage Tudor Barton Furniture Including Four Poster Bed

Various Boxed Vintage c1960s Tri-ang Dolls House Furniture

All the above, plus lots more will be available to purchase at the fair, including dolls house restoration, such as windows & doors. And of course, I will have one or two "bargain rummaging boxes" for you to sift through. Please note that I can only accept cash at the event, I will not have the facility to accept payment by card. 

Sorry, but these items above are not available to purchase before the fair, however some of the more special items not sold may be put up for sale on the website in the days after the event.

Plus I Will Have Other Real Life Size Antique & Vintage Treasures Too!

 

Haddenham Antique & Vintage Fair Haddenham Village Hall, Banks Park, Banks Road, Haddenham, HP17 8EE. 9.00am - 3.00pm Admission £2.00 per adult, under 16's free. For further details of venue, please click here: https://www.hiddentreasuresantiquefairs.co.uk/ I hope to see you there! Celia Thomas ktminiatures.com  UPDATE: THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME TO THE FAIR LAST SUNDAY...WHAT A FAB DAY IT WAS! QUITE A FEW OF THE ITEMS SEEN ABOVE WERE SOLD BUT I WILL BE DOING THIS ALL OVER AGAIN NEXT MONTH ON SUNDAY OCTOBER 27TH. HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE. Celia

What A Fabulous Weekend Of Workshops!

Thank you so much to everyone who came to both the Épicerie & Miniature Vintage Style Air Dry Clay Food Workshops earlier in September, which were based in Thame (Oxfordshire). You all did so well!

Some ladies travelled quite a distance to get to the workshops, including Yorkshire, Southampton & London. By the end of the Saturday the French Épicerie models were almost complete. It was such a busy day that I never got around to taking photos...but the attendees have promised me photos of their completed creations once their canopies & contents were made.

The photos above were taken at the start of the Sunday morning workshop. By lunchtime we had some rather amazing vintage style miniature food created! But would you believe it...we had all been so busy that time just raced by once again & it was only when we had packed up that I realised no more photos had been taken. 

However, Jenny has sent a photo of some of her wonderful food that she has just finished painting at home. They will be going in her multiple collection of vintage dolls houses. Thank you for allowing us to take a peek Jenny!

FURTHER WORKSHOPS

I am hoping to run more workshops at the Thame Barns Centre in 2025, more about those very soon.

"ONE TO ONE" WORKSHOPS

Meanwhile, I am happy to repeat the half day "Miniature Vintage Style Air Dry Clay Food Workshop" in my kitchen on a "one to one" basis at a mutually convenient time, if anyone is interested. If there is a group of two or three of you, this would also be possible...at a squeeze. If you are interested please get in touch by email: info@ktminiatures.com or ring 07711500345.

For photos & further info, please CLICK HERE.

Celia Thomas

KT Miniatures