Small TalkNational Association of Miniature Enthusiasts

Region N2, Fall 2020 http://nameregionn2.org

From Your Regional CoordinatorWell, here we are. It’s almost September and we’ve been shut down for the most part since March. Are you having fun yet? I hope you all have taken advantage of the online activities. There have been meetings, workshops, Roundtables and Seminars from various venues on ZOOM. Which reminds me, did you know NAME has a ZOOM account and your club can use it for meetings. Just let Kim in the NAME office know and she’ll set it up for you. It’s fairly easy to learn. If you haven’t learned it yet then now’s the time.

I have really missed my club meetings. Clubs all over are finding ways to meet. Some go to parks and stay 6 feet away from each other with masks on, some meet online, and some that are smaller have met in homes, distancing themselves. It’s summer right now so there are some options. Check out the Stockton show. They have distancing plans so it can be an option.

Also check out the information on NAME Day online. October 3rd and 24th.Well not much else for now. I’ve moved since our last Small Talk, not far but to a smaller place in town. My advice:

DON’T ever move. It’s so hard but I am very pleased with my new place.I hope to see you all sooner rather than later. Looks like this isn’t going away soon

Barbara Thornton-Hill, Temporary Regional Coordinator, Region N2

Did You Attend... NAME Annual Business Meetingheld on ZOOM for all NAME members Saturday, July 25, 2020(reported by Laura Siebert)

The ZOOM meeting was brought to order by President Rhonda Keef at 7:15 am PST. Two familiar names won the Regional Ambassador Award. Our own Region N-2 newsletter editor, Laura Johnson, won this award,! Congratulations, Laura! For Region N-1, Janet Smith (recently retired from Desert Minis) won this award! The President’s Award, chosen from all the Regional Ambassador Award winners, was awarded to Lisa Gabbert of Region N-3. She has been a NAME member since 1986.

The Regional Coordinator Founder’s Award, presented to a nominated outstanding past Regional Coordinator, went to Marie Bird, from South Carolina, Region E-3. Rhonda was very honored to present it to her, as they’re from the same region. Marie has been a NAME member since 2002. She was a Regional Coordinator from 2013-2016.

The AOH and Mel Prescott’s Award winners for both 2020 and 2021 will be awarded in person at the 2021 National in Providence, Rhode Island.

There are three retiring Board Members: Barbara Thornton-Hill, Karen Barone, and Marie Bird. Thank you so much, Barbara, Karen and Marie!

Thank you for all your hard work, Barbara! You’ve helped NAME at large in so many ways, and you’ve helped Region N-2 immea-surably!

Five recently elected Board members were installed:• Roy Moore—President (Chief Executive Office, has a bunch of responsibilities)• Ruth Stewart—2nd V.P. (In charge of Membership Committee)• Alician Pearce—1st V.P. (Assist President as he/she directs, in charge of Long-Range Planning Committee)• Ellen Yunker—Secretary• Janet Smith—Treasurer Marnie King, recently elected Member at Large, was not present.

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Rhonda has done a great job. She came back to the Board when needed. Karen, Barbara and Rhonda returned to help on the Board about 5 years ago. Karen has been in every Board position there is. Karen Barone, Barbara Thornton-Hill, and Marie Bird combined have 80 years total in NAME. They have about 33 or 34 years combined on the Board.

Who knew one year ago, what would be happening in the world (meaning COVID-19). NAME Board members stepped up and helped us get all those wonderful online classes, during the time when National would usually be happening. It was a learning curve, but we adapted. NAME is continuing on, in spite of everything.

Roy loves a woman who loves miniatures. He feels very privileged to help and assist NAME.Highlights of Rhonda’s closing speech:The upcoming Houseparties and Nationals are now scheduled as—

• April 9th-11th, 2021, “Come Fly with Me” All Scales Houseparty in Portland, Oregon• July 22nd-25th, 2021, “From Sea to Shining Sea” National in Providence, Rhode Island• February 17th-20th, 2022, “Splintered Fairy Tales” Online Houseparty• July/August 2022, “Winter Wonderland” National in Indianapolis, Indiana

If any of you need to set up a ZOOM meeting, please reach out to Kim Ash in the NAME office. We want our members to get together. The NAME ZOOM account is available for club meetings as well as other NAME related meetings.

• Another Roundtable Day will be coming up soon!Rhonda hopes this is the only Online National meeting.It has been her pleasure to serve as your President. She is looking forward to having time to make some minis!Meeting closed at 7:40 am PST (only 25 minutes long).**

**Barbara’s Note: shortest business meeting ever in NAME history

In Memory of JoAnn JacotThe Carson City Mini Makers lost a beloved friend with the passing of JoAnn Jacot on June 7th at age 75. She is remembered as a woman of great faith, a Life

Member of NAME, a big teddy bear collector (she visited many a doll and teddy bear show), and for the wonderful minis she made.

JoAnn and her daughter, Vicki Pillers, started out in miniatures together. When Vicki was about 10 years old, they found the local miniatures shop that was then in Reno, and bought a Victorian dollhouse kit (at Christmas time). Vicki and JoAnn spent the holidays put-ting the house together. They then got involved with a “kit of the month” for miniature furni-ture. They both joined NAME in 1983. They

also started going to mini workshops, and attended several NAME Houseparties and Nationals. When Vicki went off to college she stopped making miniatures.

JoAnn’s time with miniatures was just beginning. JoAnn and Vicki had started with one-inch scale dollhouses. JoAnn eventually sized down to quarter scale. JoAnn was wonderful at quarter scale, taking her swaps to mini events, or mail-ing them. It became her favorite scale. She did dabble in micro scale, too. JoAnn attended the local Folsom Fiestas and Summer at Tahoes for a few years, until she dedicated herself fully to the smaller scales. She attended multiple House-parties and Nationals. JoAnn was a participant and a volunteer for many years with Quarter Connection; hosting weekly chats and providing puzzles for the membership. The last Sacramento NAME Day she attended was on October 5th, 2019.

Information contributed by: Vicki Pillers, Renate Winter, Nan Wytman, Janet Smith and Jackie WilliamsWritten by Laura Seibert

JoAnn’s 1/4 scale house

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SUMMARY FROM THE BOARD MEETING OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MINIATURE ENTHUSIASTS (NAME) HELD ON JUNE 25, 2020

Financial Summary:  Fiscal Year June 1, 2019 - May 31, 2020 Budgeted Income for the year: $243,933.00 Income YTD (May 31, 2020) $305,364.86 (125% of budgeted income)  Budgeted Expenses for the Year: $263,833.00 Expenses YTD (April 30, 2020)  $254,419.29  (96% of budgeted expenses)  Year to Date Profit: $50,945.57

Special Online Event. Registrations for the NAME Online Event in July are going well.  The Annual Business Meeting will be held in conjunction with the Online Event on Saturday, July 25th from 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. EDT.      

Online Event Website.  A committee has been created to create a NAME Online Event website to house events like this upcoming NAME Online Event, Future Online Houseparties, and other Online events.   These events will not supplant the live events planned for the future, but will be offered in addition to those events.

Houseparties and Conventions. Indianapolis. All money received for the Indianapolis Convention (e.g., registration fees, workshop fees) have been refunded.  NAME is looking for an alternative hotel to hold the National Convention in Indianapolis, now planned for 2022.   Portland Houseparty. Due to some cancellations by attendees, some slots are now open again for the Portland Houseparty.  A new registration form will be available in the September/October Miniature Gazette. 

RC Liaison Report.   Lisa Gabbert was approved as the incoming  RC for Region N3.  Julie Hagel (M2) will now serve as State Rep for both Vermont and New Hampshire. 

SUMMARY FROM THE BOARD MEETING OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MINIATURE ENTHUSIASTS (NAME) HELD ON MAY 28, 2020

Financial Summary:  Fiscal Year June 1, 2019 - May 31, 2020 Budgeted Income for the year: $243,933.00 Income YTD (April 30, 2020) $285,942.28 (117% of budgeted income)  Budgeted Expenses for the Year: $263,833.00 Expenses YTD (April 30, 2020)  $239,983.35  (91% of budgeted expenses)  Year to Date Profit: $45,958.93

Special Online Event.  The board discussed holding a special online event in lieu of the convention scheduled for July. This would include online workshops and theme luncheons and roundtables for sale. All workshop providers and theme luncheon instructors who were accepted for Indianapolis will be contacted and given a choice to present their classes online. RT applicants will be contacted to see if they want to sell their kits during this special event. The annual business meeting will be conducted online as well.    

AOH and Mell Prescott Awards. These awards, slated to be given out in Indianapolis, will be held until 2021 and presented in Providence  

Treasurer’s Report. The budget for 2020/2021 was finalized and approved.  This included moving $50,000 from the Houseparty Re-serve fund into the general budget to address shortfalls due to the cancellation of both Portland and Indianapolis. 

Auction Report. Net proceeds for this past year of NAME’s online auction program are over $16,000.  

Houseparties and Conventions. Indianapolis. NAME is evaluating hotels for the Indianapolis convention, now scheduled for 2022.  Online Houseparty.  The next Online Houseparty has been scheduled for February 17-20, 2022.   

RC Liaison Report.   RC Ambassador award recipients were approved by the board.  Susan St. Pierre has been appointed as RC for Region M2, replacing Dave Ferkinhoff who has completed his term. The number of State Representatives in Florida was reduced to one due to the reduced number of clubs in Northern Florida.    

Club Liaison Report. A Club Presidents meeting will be held during the Special Online Event in July.

Fundraising. The Makitz program continues to be successful, generating close to $11,000 in profit since its inception.

Special Events.  Applications for NAME Day events are coming in.  

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Saturday, March 21, 2021 MiniCals Spring Fling Potluck and Flea Market

M&L Precision18665 Madrone Parkway

Morgan Hill, CA

Bring a dish to share and treasures to sell. Pre-Registered $6. Pay at the door $8.

One entry fee provides one table space to sell your items.

For more info, contact Ruth Heischgrouchybeartoo@aol.com

NAME now has two volunteers to be State Reps for Florida, so Florida will continue to be served by two reps rather than combining the state of Florida under one state rep.  These two volunteers are Pat Angrick (S. Florida) and Pam Carroll (N. Florida). 

Fundraising. The Makitz program continues to be successful.  The next Makitz project was approved.  

Special Events.  The experiences with the NAME Online Event in July will help in defining processes for the College of Miniature Knowledge.  ZOOM coaching sessions for the NAME Online Event are underway.  

SUMMARY FROM THE BOARD MEETING OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MINIATURE ENTHUSIASTS (NAME) HELD ON JULY 19, 2020

Financial Summary:  Fiscal Year June 1, 2020 - May 31, 2021 Budgeted Income for the year: $254,243.00 Income YTD (June 30, 2020) $37,170.77 (14.6% of budgeted income)  Budgeted Expenses for the Year: $253,045.00 Expenses YTD (June 30, 2020)  $27,424.27  (10.8% of budgeted expenses)  Year to Date Profit: $9,746.50

Special Online Event.  Registrations for the NAME Online Event this month have gone well.  Training sessions are complete with instructors and many students have taken advantage of training sessions as well.  An evaluation form for participants will be created and distributed after the event.  Instructors will be contacted in person for feedback after the event is concluded. Meetings have been set up for the RCs and SRs as well as Club Presidents.  The National meeting will be conducted on Saturday and will be live streamed through YouTube for the membership

Treasurers Report.  The annual audit is complete without any issues.  The audited results show $49533 profit for last fiscal year.

Houseparties and Conventions. Indianapolis.  Three hotels are currently being considered for the NAME National Convention in 2022.  

RC Liaison Report.   Jane Sanem was affirmed as State Rep for Minnesota, filling a vacant position in Region A1. Janet Gordon was affirmed as Newsletter Editor for Region N1, replacing Janet Smith.

Flea Market 2020

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NAME DAY ON Mini Cyber Club (MCC), PLEASE JOIN USSaturday, October 3 and Saturday October 24 for 1/4 Scalers (see info below)

With the unfortunate damper on all things in person these days, NAME Day events are not able to happen in many or most areas. So Mini Cyber Club (an official NAME club) is planning an all-day event on ZOOM so that we can at least meet face to face online which seems to be our new way of gathering to share our love of all things miniature. We invite all NAME members to join us, whether you are a member of Mini Cyber Club or not. If you register, you will receive the login information and any other informa-tion available to registrants. See the schedule below. There is no cost, we will tempt you with food thoughts, recipes and talk but you are on your own to actually provide those food items that will help you sustain yourself through the day. Chocolate is highly recommended for firm, attention-enhancing, steady hands for all miniature creativity. On Saturday, October 3rd, Official NAME Day this year, we will start off with a session of: demos, tips and tricks and question answering for the 1:12 and 1:24 (1"& ½") scale NAME Day project for this year. The instructions and parts for those two scales are more or less the same. 10:00 AM to 12:00 noon (PDT), 1:00 to 3:00 PM (EDT)

12:00 to 3:00 PM (PDT), 3:00 to 5:00 (EDT), we will demo the Reverse Painting Technique to make the top to your counter and Luci will demo how you can light your area.

3:00 PM to 5:00 PM (PDT), 5:00 to 7:00 (EDT), will be a time for Surprises, Prizes, Games and Chat. After that period, those who choose to continue to work and chat can go until sunrise if needed but will not have instruction after hours. You can help each other however, just like we do in clubs all over.

For you Quarter Scalers, we are not providing instruction and demos until Saturday, October 24th, 10:00 AM to 12:00 noon (PDT), 1:00 to 3:00 PM (EDT). So many of you Quarter Scalers are participating in the Quarter Connection NAME Day that we thought you should at least start your kit there and we will be there to help you with questions and finishing the week after. And those who will be doing the quarter scale on your own, we will be there to help from start to finish if needed or at least for two hours. Quarter Scalers will want to join us on October 3rd however, for the Reverse Painting Technique, the Lighting and the Games and Chat portions.

Please be sure you have ordered your kits. We hope you’ve already done so but if not, there are some cutters who can still take orders so you will have to ask them if they can accommodate you. The Cutter List is on the NAME website under Events then NAME Day, on the MCC io group and on the NAME Online group under Files. Registration Form is also on the NAME website, MCC and NAME Online under Files/ NAME Day.

Questions: Barbara Thornton-Hill, bathca@gmail.com

The Craft Room, Part II

Susan Sharrat’s sink and cabinet

Good SamSadly, we lost one of our most enthusiastic volunteers in June. Dan Bonfield, husband of our exhibit chairman, Joan, passed away from heart issues. He will be missed by all the friends he made with his happy disposition. One of our long time dealers, Kathy Tepper of Rainbow Hand, passed away from complications of stroke and cancer. Her talents will be greatly missed at the show.

Our White Elephant chair has moved to Oregon to be closer to family. Don’t worry. She plans to be back for the show and we have an extra year to collect great “stuff “!

We certainly miss not having the show in October, but we’ll be back in 2021 with wonderful things to add to all those minis you’ve been working on while sheltering. We’re looking forward to seeing new exhibits from you!Stay well mini friends!Ruth Heisch

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East Bay/Tri-ValleyOpen Position

State Rep Reports

North Central CAState Rep Margaret Gordus

Marin, Napa ValleyOpen Position

Redwood Small World: Hello all. Not much going on here on the North Coast. Everyone is still a little leery of getting together in these uncertain times. All of us are healthy, besides knee surgery for our Vice President, Gail Freemen, and we plan to stay that way. We did have a small meet-ing in June on my porch with wonderful warm temperatures. Dorelee Heisler was our hostess and provided us a great project of a woven rush stool. Some painted their stool, while others stained the wooden legs and supports. The finished projects looked so professional. Very well done, girls. We entertained two guests of Kay Tirsbeck’s family, her daughter Garnett and her hus-band Dick. Strawberry shortcake was en-joyed with tons of whipped cream.

With limited visiting opportunities, many of us have been busy on E-Bay collecting treasures. Jean German, one of our octo-genarian members, has limited computers skills and loves for us younger ones to help her bid on and buy her treasured Renwal. She gets so excited!! With the second item that came up on the screen she cried, “Oh, I need that, I need that!!” By the end of the afternoon we had bid on and purchased seven items that she “needed.” We ALL love getting things in the mail.

We are planning on meetings as usual, but things keeping changing as I’m sure you all know. Just keep creating and shar-ing, even if it’s just on E-Bay!coast, what ever that may be.

—Sharon Ocheltree

Our Little Mini Club: There is really not much news to report from the Chico area at this time. The tragic Camp Fire in No-vember of 2018 took its toll on our club. Several have moved from the area com-pletely and others now live at a distance, making it impossible to gather regularly for meetings. Four of us live in the area and we would be able to get together if the virus was not prohibiting meetings at this time.

Recently, a friend gave me a few minia-tures. Among them she found a really cute little mouse with a mop bucket and her sponge for cleaning. There were a few oth-er accessories so she decided that she would be able to put them in a little open room box had also been given. She plans to paper or paint the walls, add flooring and put up some window dressings for a Mouse House.

—Margaret Gordus

Melba attended the NAME luncheon with Fern Vasi “ How I Sculpt Porcelain Dolls.” Melba said, “I received a shopkeeper doll with a silver plated candle holder by Pete Alquesto.The video was well presented and fun to watch, and I like the doll very

North Coastal CAState Rep Sharon Ocheltree

No. Nevada, TahoeState Rep Mary Ann Van Buskirk

Fresno

State Rep Barbara Fairbanks

Fresno Tinker Belles: Fresno Tinker Belles have been meeting every other week during July. Most of us are working on “Rose,” the newest book from the Better-leys. It is such a cute story and an adorable little hedgehog as Rose.

Angela Crain has joined us and NAME too. She loves 1" scale and works on her houses while we work on 1/4" scale. We have another new member, Barbara Enci-nas and she loves 1" scale. She is a teacher and will need to start school soon. Barbara has also joined NAME.

We have ordered our NAME DAY KITS and now looking forward to having a spe-cial day. We plan on having Oct 1st as our NAME DAY.

There are two fast food places in the parking lot of HobbyTown so we can work, eat, and work until we are tired all at the same location.

We are all missing the miniature shows close enough to attend but are hoping that next year will be better and we can play more.

—Barbara Fairbanks

Open Position

South Bay & Peninsula

MiniCals: Like many others, the mem-bers of the MiniCals have been trying to be careful during the pandemic. We met to move Su Sterling’s Good Sam White El-ephants supplies to a new location and will have things for sale when the Showcase of Miniatures opens in October 2021. We are all looking forward to this show and are sorry to miss it this year.

We had one outdoor, socially distanced meeting and another Zoom meeting and we stay in touch via emails. Several of us

San Francisco/ N. Peninsula

Open Position

The Mouse House

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Brenda’s French gift shop with Carlene Brown’s shelving kit and the 2017 NAME Regional Houseparty cabinet. The treasures include statues, perfume bottles and other antique gift items. The photograph on the cabinet features the members of the Whittle People club, which was active in the 70s and 80s in the South Bay Area. Members included Virginia Hecox, owner of Village Toys, miniature food artist Edna Bishop, Pat Bellamy, miniature shop owner, and Madelyn Cook, creator of many miniature masterpieces now in the Mini Time Museum in Tucson.

Gerry’s southwest house. See other views in next column.

Mini Attics: The never-ending Corona virus has given us time to dig through our many unfinished mini projects and work on them. Diane Phillips finished the project from Mini Cams workshop in June 2017. Diane made hers into a quilt shop, which she is quite pleased with. I finished my Southwest house, which was from a class taught at the Tucson convention. It was quite a challenge and ended up being unin-tentionally kit-bashed. There is a feeling of great satisfaction when you finish a project.

Carol Walls attended two NAME online luncheons, purchased some roundtable kits, and attended club presidents meet-ings, all on Zoom. She is hoping to finish a project soon.

Carol is planning a Zoom meeting for the Mini Attics as soon as she solves her cam-era problem. I heard though the grapevine

have been working on projects at home and are looking forward to sharing and meeting with one another again.

The MiniCals plan to host workshops in January 2021, including the postponed At-tic workshop, our March Spring Fling, and several others to be determined. Informa-tion will be in a future Small Talk.

—Brenda Hough

Wee Housers of the Peninsula: The Wee Housers are still on hiatus! We do keep in touch by email and hope to have Zoom meetings soon.

Some of us have been busy, still cleaning out, sorting miniatures and working on proj-ects. I took two workshops through NAME (What a great idea to offer workshops and roundtables from the canceled Portland houseparty.). Carl Brondsdon’s Jewel Box Shop, shown below, was a great workshop, and I actually finished it! I think it will be a pastry shop filled with some of the cakes and pastries I have made. I also finished a 1/4 scale greenhouse from a workshop I took in 2019.

—Laura Johnson

that Hobby Lobby in Bridgepoint, Foster City, has just opened.

—Gerry Silberstein

Laura’s greenhouse exterior

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Prints made by Dr. Taylor using cotton and silk on freezer paper

Hawaii

State Rep Naomi Losch

Sacramento, Central Valley, Sierra Foothills

State Rep Laura Seibert

Laura’s greenhouse interior

Through the Looking Glass: Through the Looking Glass members continue to shelter in place and respect our social distancing. We are all working on miniature projects and through the magic of technology we are able to continue to stay in touch and share our progress and good ideas.

In July we celebrated our Club’s theme of all things Alice in Wonderland with our annual Unbirthday Tea Party on-line. Sometimes it took a little ingenuity but we all were able to deliver and receive small gifts and surprise un-birthday presents that we enjoyed opening together.

Juanita Landa and Lynne Hoffman par-ticipated in the NAME on-line project and round table kit sales. Being able to see what they made and hearing about their experi-ence has encouraged the rest of us to join in next time!

We are thinking about and discussing ways and means of celebrating NAME Day together early in October. We hope to come up with small gifts and accessory kits that Juanita has generously offered to drive and deliver to each member’s doorstep.

We are all very proud of our improved tech skills and very much look forward to and enjoy our get-togethers on Club Meet-ing Day. As one of our members said, “Aren’t we lucky to have miniatures! I am never bored!”

—Barbara Adams

Itty Bitties: TThe Itty Bitties Miniature Club has had several meetings on Zoom. We enjoyed getting together to share ideas and projects that we have been working on or have finished. We have all been home so most of us have finished some of the proj-ects that having been sitting on the shelves for some time. We are taking advantage of the stay at home orders to work on minis.

Some of our club members participated in an online workshop taught by Deb Laue through Zoom. We dressed a little girl doll and her dolly. We even learned how to make shoes for the little girl doll. Thank-fully the dolly, which is so much smaller, already had shoes on! Kathy dressed a bear instead which was just as cute as the dolls. We all had a great time and were very hap-py with our finished projects. It is always fun to work on projects with friends. We hope to have more online workshops in the future.

At our last meeting, Dr. Debra Taylor taught us how to prepare cotton or silk fabric and freezer paper so we can print an image on it. It was very detailed and informative. Additional information: 1). If you want your printed fabric to be wash-able, the fixative must be applied before the freezer paper and printing process

2). If you use Pellon’s wonder under or Heat n bond, remember that these leave ad-hesive permanently adhered to your fabric. The freezer paper leaves no residue.

—Frances Bigler

Dr. Taylor’s dolls

Dr. Taylor’s miniature weaving done on a 4-shaft floor loom using fine white silk yarn and her hand spun silk yarn.

Laura Seibert’s quarter scale, lavender little girl’s bedroom.“The Quarter Persuasion club made these ‘potting sheds’ over three years ago. Anne Walker designed the project and cut the room box pieces for everyone. Doll by Julie Stevens.

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Name N2 Region Calendar October 3 NAME Day Mini Cyber Club NAME Day October 24 MCC Quarter Scale NAME Day

Book Your Spot Today30 day Miniature Sale

Miniatures in the Wine Country Miniature Show will be rescheduled for a later date PLEASE CHECK WEBSITE OFTEN FOR UPDATES

www.miniaturesonthewaterfront.com

PREVIEW SHOW INFORMATIONThe preview show is open the ENTIRE month of September

1024 Industrial Way, Suite A Lodi, CA 95240

BY RESERVATION ONLYGO TO OUR WEBSITE FOR ALL THE DETAILS: miniaturesonthewaterfront.com

We have added a few new pictures to the website of the upcoming preview show. Email us at fjdebbie@aol.com to reserve a spot in September to come by the show to shop! We would love to see you!! We have LOTS for sale. Remember we are only allowing 8 people in per day so we will all be safe and careful! Masks are required and we will be taking everyone’s temperatures (contactless) before they come in. Buyers will have the whole show to go through with only 8 customers, a dream come true... LOL Also, we are happy to accommodate anyone that feels more safe coming alone or with their own small group.A private showing will be arranged for you, just email Debbie. We want you to be safe and protected. As dates fill up we will update the website, so you can check there to see what is available before rereserving your spot.

Sincerely,Debbie Heard and Leslie Flint

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Small TalkN.A.M.E.C/o Barbara Thorntoh-Hill160 Sterling CircleGrass Valley, CA 95945

Region N2 Team ContactsNAMEPO Box 69Carmel, IN 46082-0069317-571-8094

Regional Coordinator(interim)Barbara Thornton-Hill 650-380-2028 (cell)bathca@gmail.com

Newsletter EditorLaura Johnson650-533-12393408 Beresford Ave.Belmont, CA 94002dollsinmin@sbcglobal.net

Events CoordinatorLeslie Swagerleslie@waveville.net

N2 WebmasterCarol Kubricantrue2scale@gmail.com

Welcome ChairCarlene Brown 530-701-1292 petecar55@yahoo.com

East Bay/Tri-ValleyOpen Position

Marin, Napa ValleyOpen Position

FresnoBarbara Fairbanks559-907-6051minimage1@gmail.com

HawaiiNaomi Losch808-261-9038nlosch@hawaii.rr.com

North CentralMargaret Gordus530-872-8787mh6gordus@gmail.com

North CoastalSharon Ocheltree707-668-5708oldengshepdog@aol.com

Northern Nevada/Tahoe AreaMary Ann Van Buskirk530-541-0891mavb2003@yahoo.com

Sacramento/Central Valley/ Sierra FoothillsLaura Seibert916-363-8867lauraseibert@live.com

San Francisco/N. PeninsulaOpen Position

South Bay/PeninsulaOpen Position