Miniatura 21st/22nd September

Miniatura was wonderful!  A couple of hundred stalls to go at and two days to do it in - deep joy. We overnighted in a Holiday Inn pretty much at the NEC and it cost the princely sum of £49 including breakfast and did the job very nicely - had a bar and place to get food - some of it 24 hrs which is unheard of in this country.   Very quiet, room with desk and settee - all in all a bit of a bargain.

We have always been on the Sunday 10 - 4.30 and I have done all day.  This time I did 10 -4 Saturday and 10 - 2 Sunday which was lovely - so much less tiring on the feet and the brain.

I must have covered every stand at least half a dozen times.  It is so hard trying to decide where to part with your money.  That said I finished my visit on a totally giddy purchase - a 1/24th perfectly formed Art Deco house.  My twelfth (!!!!) blog will be up and running soon for it so I'll save all the photos and chatter for that - here's just a sniff of what's to come.......

It was a lovely way to spend the weekend - mini folk are the very nicest people.  OK - no chatter about the show just sharing what I bought.

A 1940's Speedway gas oven.  It is a bit boring right now - metal bits in a box - and it will be quite a fiddle to do.  I did the 1910 cooker for Bentleys so I know what I am facing.  I wanted to do it myself because the only made up ones are in cream and green and my mom's was speckly bluey/grey. On reflection, needless to say, I think I want it to be green and cream after all so I could have bought a finished on!!! Hey ho.   I bought it from Jennifer's of Walsall who are my stalwart suppliers of just about everything.  I also found my Anouk there.

I picked up two things I had ordered from the incredibly talented Kath of Delph Miniatures.  You cannot believe how incredibly tiny and detailed this Yale lock is.  Even over-magnified like this it still looks great.  I will be back for more.  

She also made me the electric ring I needed for the drinking chocolate saucepan in the shop - she even remembered to put a brown flex and round plug on it as it is 1950.  I might change the socket to a round and brown one - but what a star - talk about above and beyond.  In addition she is incredibly nice about doing such tiddling commissions whilst working on things like a complete 1/24th fish and chip shop for someone.  How very kind.

Not much here but more to come it is 9 pm and I am done for today - more tomorrow......