Miniatura

It won't be long before most of us will be sitting down to a delicious Christmas feast of roast turkey, roast potatoes, pigs in blankets, the obligatory sprouts followed by Christmas pudding, mince pies and a glass or two of wine. I can't wait. And it looks like lots...

Miniatura’s 100th show! What a milestone in the history of this fabulous event. A quick round up of some of the highlights.

Is the June sunshine luring you out into the garden, planting, pruning and mowing the lawn? Or are you sticking with your miniatures? After all, miniature flowers and gardens are far less back-breaking! Today's blog is a look back at the Spring Miniatura Show and our...

We’re featuring more of our new exhibitors in today’s blog. And as we’ve just celebrated Easter and no doubt enjoyed an Easter Egg or two, let’s say hello to Erika Fidler of Little Deliveries. Erika provides a UK based postal service for Raptoor Crafting Miniature...

Wow! Miniatura’s 99th show was a great success! On the Saturday record numbers of miniaturist fans streamed into the foyer of the Stoneleigh NAEC and queued ready for the Hall doors to open at 10am.  As the queues lengthened, winding their way all through the foyer,...

Looking forward to the Miniatura Show are Patsy Tevendale and Brian Alderwick from Northampton, The couple will be showing their 1:12 scale jewellery shop made by Brian in remembrance of a friend who owned a full-sized jewellery shop in Warwick. Patsy and Brian have...

So, what’s the Yuletide routine in your house? Do you put up your life-sized Christmas tree and decorate your home ready for Christmas first, or do you decorate your dolls houses in all their sparkle and glitz before you start on the real thing?

Miniaturist Angela Kinnunen of Raptoor Crafting always has something unique and interesting on the go. For a recent edition of Dolls House & Miniature Scene, I was delighted to interview her to write an article on her Wonky Wonderland in 1:48 scale with...

I’m sure lots of miniaturists love relaxing with a good book, and one I can heartily recommend as the subject is close to all our hearts, is Audrey Burges’ novel ‘The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone.’ Published by Macmillan this is Audrey’s debut novel which is...

Many miniaturists have mentioned how relaxing and therapeutic it is to quietly get on with crafting their miniature items, whether that’s working with polymer clay, threads and fabrics, wood and card – or indeed any of the other mediums that you skilled crafts folk...

Choice, Quality, Comfort and just a pinch of Inspiration (Actually that's not strictly true, there was LOTS of inspiration). It is now two weeks since the Spring 2023 Miniatura Show. We had a larger attendance than expected and I am delighted to announce that over...

Happy New Year from all the team here at Miniatura, we’re hoping that 2023 will be a good year for everyone in every way possible – health, happiness and success. We were delighted to have hit the headlines in the December 2022 issue with three articles in Dolls House...

How time flies! It’s now almost seven weeks since the Miniatura Show at Stoneleigh. I imagine everyone has been busy completing orders and commissions and building stock back up for their next show. As pointed out in my last blog, the Autumn Show was a great success...

One visitor to Miniatura is June Ashton-Mears who we had a chat with recently about her full size dress making expertise. She specialises in a Victorian experience, giving people a sense of what it meant to wear clothes from that era. We know that many miniaturists...

What a show! If the comments the Miniatura team have received are anything to go by, the Stoneleigh Autumn Miniatura was a super success with exhibitors and visitors alike loving the venue, the atmosphere and the facilities. As Andy has already pointed out, we had 93...

Just over 10 years ago Julie Jackson of Dee Daw Designs created Featherstone Hall Hotel for the 200th issue of Dolls House & Miniature Scene  magazine... ....And to celebrate its first decade - in October 2022 its coming out again and will be on display at the...

We are delighted to welcome the overall winner of the Great Big Tiny Design Challenge – Dom Kane. He beat off all the contenders for the title – and no one could be more surprised than Dom himself! “To say it was something of a shock to have won, is the biggest...

Miniatura would like to introduce another contestant from the recent More4 TV series, The Great Big Tiny Design Challenge. Thomas Murray from Carlow, South-East Ireland, made it through to Episode 5, the Rococo period, when contestants had to decorate the hallway with...

Miniaturists everywhere will have been glued to the TV watching The Great Big Tiny Design Challenge. We’re delighted to meet some of the contestants. We start with Julie Day who loves to make French chateaux.

Miniatura’s 75th show was a triumph in more ways than one. Firstly, it showed that a worldwide pandemic couldn’t stop the enthusiasm for creating miniatures and secondly, it put to rest the disappointment that we all felt when the Spring Show at the NEC was cancelled...

It won’t be long now before the Spring Miniatura Show is upon us, and I’m sure everyone is eagerly looking forward to seeing what’s new, and what you talented miniaturists have been creating over the winter months. Here’s a little roundup of some of the exhibitors who...

Popular miniaturist Jane Harrop, along with woodcutter Bob Williams may work in miniature scales, but they certainly don't do things by halves. Their latest project has been a barn conversion. Converting an agricultural barn to a magnificent contemporary home. And if...

The Rugby Miniaturists took everyone on a trip to Paris at the Autumn Miniatura Show with their latest project.

No doubt miniaturists are getting back into their normal routines after the excitement and activity of the Autumn Miniatura. many will be busy replenishing their stocks and fulfilling orders taken at the show. With it being such a successful event, some exhibitors may...

What an incredible show! After 18 months of disappointments and postponements with three missed shows, we finally all came together to create a fantastic Autumn Miniatura Show! The atmosphere as people finally got to see one another again in person, rather than on...

Miniatura is always delighted to hear about your projects and dolls houses, and we are very pleased to share with you the work of Catherine Davies of Coventry. Catherine loves knitting in miniature and her woolly jumpers here are the result of 5-months enforced...