LadyGunn

I was in a store in Birmingham, AL in August 2015 and another in Duluth, MN in August 2016. Norm's is the nearest miniature store to me to the west, and that's a good eight hours. It's almost as far a drive to the nearest store to the east. There used to be several around here. :(

Very nice! They're going to love it and you should be proud of the work you've done! Good job, Jaime!

:does a Jedi hand wave: These are not the receipts you're looking for. Move along. ;)

I finished my prototype for the 1:48 scale LOVE shelves last week and the kits yesterday and we had our meeting/Christmas party last night. I think they enjoyed it. One lady finished her shelves and took two more kits home. :)

Ah, Runescape. My first MMO. I switched to Lord of the Rings Online 6 years ago and that takes up more time than minis lately. It's my painkiller. I'll have to get busy soon though as I have the project for the meeting next Monday and still have to shrink my LOVE shelves to 1:48 scale and make 10 or so kits. Shouldn't be too hard...

Topeka: Duracraft Newport Cape House $35 http://topeka.craigslist.org/tag/5871985501.html Kansas City: DC SF 550 $150 http://kansascity.craigslist.org/bab/5849491371.html Neat scratch-built barn $75 http://kansascity.craigslist.org/for/5845263597.html Big Laser kit $850 http://kansascity.craigslist.org/for/5825502819.html I should know this kit $200 http://kansascity.craigslist.org/for/5863060549.html And the most interesting one is in Lawrence: http://lawrence.craigslist.org/zip/5866736092.html "Free to loving home. Mom"s doll house furniture (1940s). If lots of interest I would like to c photos of the doll houses u r building and where they would be used. Hope to find appreciative receipient. Text interest and photos of doll houses to ***-***-****" They might ship. It could be worth asking...

How cool! Thank you for sharing, Emily!

The November online miniature show starts on the 10th and runs through the 13th: http://thenovembershow.weebly.com/ There's early access shopping available at the same link as well.

I just picked up a nicely priced, already built Bellingham off of craigslist that I can (hopefully) quickly rehab for my niece for Christmas. I'm also thinking of beginning to livestream some of my crafting on Twitch where I watch friends play video games. They have a Creative channel and people cross stitch or colour or do glass blowing or pretty much anything artsy but I've seen only one or two saved videos of miniatures on there. My crafty and geeky friends have said that they're interested in watching so I may start that up. It would be a good motivation for me to focus on it too. As for the tech side, my husband is getting excited and talking webcams and how we'd set it up.

Definitely the Garfield. Actually, I'd pick anything that's not ranch style like the every real house I've ever lived in.

I've been using that white sticky tack for the removable stuff on my walls. The museum wax doesn't stick long (in my experience) and leaves a residue when time or the hobbit (4-yo) takes it down.

D. Thomas Fine Miniatures are the folks who put out SquintBoxes every month. This past month was the best one yet!

Thanks, all! Kathi, congrats on the lighting!

Strength: creativity and lots of ideas Weakness: so many ideas running amok that I can't focus on and finish anything. That and my pint-sized helper who wants to be right in my lap while I'm working. ;)

I managed to finish up my three projects in time for the state fair. The doll (my first one ever) got blue/1st, the screened porch got a red/2nd, and the 1:48 scale castle got a white. Yay! Then I was on to completing my swap items for Nebraska State Day, which was September 17th. Mom and I each took swap items and had a blast again this year. I made a wall-hung shelving unit that spells out 'LOVE' and Mom made agate-topped tables on sculpey bases. You can see a pic of both our items in Blondie's post here (scroll waaay down to the 20th pic; the shelf is pretty obvious) We're both working on our projects from that weekend and have already figured out what we're going to do for the swap next year.

Emily, thanks for posting those Timberbrook windows. They'll be so handy when rehabbing the Pierce I got for my niece. Area craigslist finds, aka today's method of procrastination: Wichita, KS: General Store and misc minis Copies of International Dolls' House (and Miniature Model) News - they're getting rid of their Mom's estate, have more items, and are willing to ship Salina, KS: Storybook Cottage Tulsa, OK: Cheapie accessories and some RGT wallpaper BIG dollhouse Bunch of pewter minis Topeka, KS: HoM kits "Huge" dollhouse but no pictures Whitney kit by Radmark Kansas City: Front-opening, British-looking dollhouse DC Newburg(?) for $10! RGT Crockett's Cabin Built farmhouse Artply Allison Pottery Barn dollhouse Built house - "value...over $1,000" ... not sure I buy that, but okay Windows, electrical, etc. SF550