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A Look at Some Fantastic Miniatures

By Lesley Shepherd, About.com

If you are looking for inspiration this is the place to search.

1. Spring 2008 West Coast Miniature Show

Danielle Perry Miniatures copyright 2008 Used with Permission
The west coast miniature show has some dedicated builders with a local flair

2. Spring 2008 Seattle Dolls House and Miniature Show

A miniature doll surrounded by open chocolate boxes in a scene built inside a chocolate box.Photo ©2008 Lesley Shepherd, Licensed to About.com Inc.
Roomboxes, houses, great display work and a sense of fun can be found in the displays at any Seattle Show.

3. Fall 2007 Seattle Dolls House and Miniature Show

Tiny model of the Titanic, displayed in an elegant Edwardian room with miniature ship blueprints.Photo ©2007 Lesley Shepherd, Licensed to About.com Inc.
Seattle often has great reference material with new ideas and lots of scales.

4. Autumn 2007 Miniatura, Birmingham, UK

A miniature travelling sales wagon laden with baskets and dry goods.Photo ©2007 Lesley Shepherd, Licensed to About.com Inc.
Miniatura is primarily a shopping experience, but there are some great club projects here as well.

5. Gallery of Miniature Room Boxes

Santa Fe style bedroom with furniture, traditional baskets and woven blankets in dolls house scale.Photo ©2008 Lesley Shepherd, Licensed to About.com Inc.
Only room boxes in lots of styles

6. Trash to Treasure Gallery

A dolls house scale salad bar made from recycled packaging.JanetW936 copyright 2008 Used with Permission
The gallery for dedicated recyclers! Wonderful ideas here.

7. Miniatures Community Gallery

Byron Rosenbaum's ship Twinkle held in by hand to show the scale.Byron Rosenbaum Photo ©2007 Used With Permission
The work of our own community at About.com If you want to see yourself here, follow these instructions.

8. Model Railroad Displays

Model Float Plane coming in to land on a model railroad scene.Photo ©2007 Lesley Shepherd, Licensed to About.com Inc.
Miniatures in several railway scales, European and North American.

9. Buildings From the Village of Lewes, UK

Victorian bookshop front on Lewes High StreetPhoto ©2007 Lesley Shepherd, Licensed to About.com Inc.
Lewes has some lovely historic buildings, just right for a small shop!

10. Corrugated Iron House From the Gold Rush Period

Moody - Gosset House Front showing the surrounding veranda and the door and french window detailsPhoto ©2007 Lesley Shepherd, Licensed to About.com Inc.
This historic house was shipped to the West Coast of Canada in a series of boxes, just after the start of the California Gold Rush. It is typical of prefab houses used in the California Gold Rush, the Klondike, and on the Australian gold fields. Great subject for a miniature!

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