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Martha Puff’s gallery takes us to the wonderous land of toys.
May 15
Issue #145
www.americanminiaturist.com
CANADA $10.95 CAD. UK £ 5.25
Price $7.95
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PROJECTS
A tiny tea room
created with love
by G em m a F ig ueras
An exhibition of historic dolls’ houses
from the 18th and 19th centuries
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Bath, England
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9 May - 8 Nov 2015
Martha Puff’s gallery takes us to the wonderous land of toys.
May 15
Issue #145
www.americanminiaturist.com
CANADA $10.95 CAD. UK £ 5.25
Price $7.95
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Contents
Regulars
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Mini mail
Features
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Memories of mother
Gabriele Layne creates a
cabinet filled wit
memorable items.
A tiny tea room
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created with love
by G em m a F ig ueras
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American Miniaturist
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Great Britain
Tel:
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Publisher:
Kelly Johnson
We love to hear from our
readers and share their
words on these pages.
The latest news and notes
in the mini world, and our
newest contest winners.
Cut out your very own shoe
art, cross stitch art, and
fl wer art to frame plus
butterflies or the garden.
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Itty bits
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Rocking horses
Karen Fitzhenry keeps her
childhood dream alive by
making rocking horses.
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Snippets
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Gemma Figueras was
inspired to create a
popular British tea room.
Tea room
Email:
kelly@ashdown.co.uk
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Frida Kahlo’s rooms
Classical dollhouse
Miniature toys
Editor:
Auralea Krieger
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Show dates
Marilyn Cosho creates
Frida Kahlo’s
La Casa Azul.
Email:
auralea@ashdown.co.uk
Advertising & Marketing:
Sara Vix
Email:
sara@ashdown.co.uk
Mark your calendars
and plan to attend these
shows around the country.
On the cover:
Scene by
Gemma Figueras.
Catharina Hagley loves
minis and the 18th century.
Martha Puff takes us back
to our childhood with minis.
Gabriele Layne makes a
small scene about a
favorite past time.
Deana Tritch enjoys
turning everyday objects
into mini treasures.
April Haswell’s crocheted
toys add a creative twist to
an age-old art form.
Customer Service:
Distribution:
Alex Schwemmer
Designer:
Auralea Krieger
Ad designer:
Alison Smith
Lauren Nielsen
Contributors:
Email:
usoffice@ashdown.co.uk
Email:
uswarehouse@ashdown.co.uk
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Shopping spree
Marilyn Cosho, Gemma Figueras, Karen Fitzhenry,
Catharina Hagley, April Haswell, Gabriele Layne,
Martha Puff, Tom Springett, Deana Tritch, Jennifer
Tuttle, Chris Walton
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A treasured house
Issue 145
May 2015
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Miniature knitting
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Welcome
Projects
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Learn how to make special
treasures for a lady’s vanity.
Mother’s Day is one of those
occasions when a lady likes
to be spoiled.
Marilyn Cosho shares a step-
by-step on creating a rock
facade for your mini scene.
Jennifer Tuttle has been busy
making mini lamps. Once you
learn how, you will be hooked!
Chris Walton share how to
add some fun and interest to
your little garden.
Deana Tritch shares an
affordable
way to make a
terracotta tile roof.
Make a washstand that can
be used in any time period.
Perfume bottles
A gift for mom
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Rock facade
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Miniature lamp
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Wind chimes
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Roof tiles
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Mini washstand
Recently I came across a forum online, which asked
the question, “Why do people like small things?” After
reading all of the responses, I noticed one consistent
answer in the long string of replies. With some
thought and a little meditation, I have attempted to
put it into reasoning. It seems that after walking this
earth for some time and getting very familiar and
intimate with our “full-scale” lifestyles, we start to crave
a bit more stimulation to overcome the day-in/day-
out way of seeing the world.
We are human and are conditioned to
constantly strive for more. If you are a creative sort,
then you will want that “more” to be a new way of
seeing things or a different way of thinking.
So when someone who is yearning to see things in
a different light first comes across a tiny little chair
that was crafted just as intricately as a normal-scale
chair would be, the spark is instantly lit.
You begin to think, ‘Why not invent your own
personal small world that you can live in to add
a bit of spice to the real one you are living?’ Once
discovering that, you can create an endless
amount of these small pieces of fantasy much
faster and more affordably than building them in
real life—then you are hooked. This by no means is
to say that you are not happy with your reality, but
more so that perhaps your reality just needs a bit
of magic and wonder.
I believe it is in our nature to create and dream.
Without those traits then what’s the point?
Hopefully this issue of
AM
will help you to dream
and to build your own little world.

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