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Happiness is... Extraordinary Exhibits at the Portland Miniature Show

Hours and hours are spent on perfecting these works of art— houses, room boxes, vignettes under domes, structures in small scales, and much more. Many are years in the making! Take your time, bring your camera and vote for your favorites on Saturday. Prizes are awarded Sunday morning.  Extraordinary exhibits are sure to spark your own creativity!  

Happiness is also ... showing off your own hard work and sharing with others

Want to bring one or more exhibits to the Portland Miniature Show?  The Registration Form is at the right. After downloading and filling in the information, save the form to your computer.  You may then mail through the Post Office or email directly to Pat.  Whatever works for you. Deadline is October 1, 2019. Sorry, no exceptions.

Bring your exhibits to the Monarch Hotel any time after 1:00 pm on Friday, October 5, until 7:00 pm.  OR, you can bring it Saturday morning, October 6, between 8:00 am and 9:30 am.  Everything must be in place when the doors open at 10 am. 

Attendees will be voting all day Saturday for their favorites.  Ribbons and cash prizes are awarded Sunday morning when the doors open again at 10 am.  The cash prize is called "mini-bucks" which can be used only on Sunday at the Portland Miniature Show.  Dealers will accept them like cash. Exhibits need to be picked up on Sunday at or shortly after 4:00 p.m. when the show closes.
Click on Exhibitor's Registration Form to the right.
The form will download and fill up your screen. 
Now you can type in your information, then print it and mail it to:
​ Pat Bennett, Show Promoter,
PO Box 846, Salem, OR 97308-0846
or email forms(s) to Pat at PatBennett@PortlandMiniatureShow.com 

​Adult Hobbyist Category

One Room Schoolhouse - Sandra Seet
​An 1800's one room schoolhouse, the backbone of American Education.

Palm Springs Mid-Century Modern Vacation Home - Kathy and Darrell Hall
​Scratch built 1/12 scale Mid-Century Modern vacation home in the style of George Alexander, dreamer and builder, Palm Springs.  Truly a getaway designed for sunshine and leisurely living.  Notice its characteristic simple lines, indoor-outdoor living plan, and use of postwar building materials.  Butterfly roof peeks over private landscaped pool-yard.

Amazing Mid-century Modern Chairs - Darrell & Kathy Hall
​This Mid-century modern house celebrates classic 20th century chair designs, including chairs by Frank Lloyd Wright, Ray and Charles Eames, and Charles MacKintosh.  Rare mini-chairs highlight each room.

House on the Hill - Barbara Renken
144 scale house enclosed - sitting on a handscaped hill.  Enclosed in a glass terrarium.

Raggedy Ann & Andy's Place - Dolly Wyttenberg
This little house if full of Ann & Andy.  Don't you want to come and play with them?

Riverside Retreat - Dolly Wyttenberg
This lamp was created at the "Iowa State Day" in 2002, but just finished this year.  Oh my!  Can you find the "sea horse", "tiny sand dollars" and "light house"?

Girl's Nursery - Sheri O'Brien
Rhiley is checking on her little sister, Emily, in the crib.  This room box has elements from both their room at home and the nursery at Grandma's house.

Old Mother Hubbard - Sheri O'Brien
Old Mother Hubbard's cupboard isn't completely empty.  Watch out for the mousies.

Toy Store - Sheri O'Brien
Everyone becomes a kid again in a toy store.  This box has LED lights in the lid.

Summer Picnic Basket - Sheri O'Brien
Young lovers have taken a picnic to the park.  They have gone across the park to pick flowers.  While they are gone the animals will come out to help with the clean up.

Art Gallery - Pat Bennett
See Pat herself together with Norman Rockwell

Eye of Horus Antiquitites - Joane Forsstrom
​This shop is the NAME Washington State Day project from 2018.

London Lace Shop - Joane Forsstrom
This shop is the NAME Oregon State Day project from 2017.

Sewing Niche - Barbara Renken
​Lisa Engler components displayed in a picture frame box.

Valentine Celebration - Barbara Renken
​​Glass hexagon with mirror on 3 sides - Lily Hamilton class

A Night in Paris at the Ritz - Evelyn Naimo
A bedroom scene.

1890 New England Lighthouse - Susan Buchel
​An electrified, three-story lighthouse, made from a kit.  All furnishings and equipment researched to represent items that would have been located in a "bachelor" lightkeeper's home/office in New England in the year 1890.

Grandma's Kitchen on Baking Day - Sheri O'Brien
Grandma has stepped away from the baking for a moment.  There will be some cleaning to do after the pies go into the oven.

Antique Barn - Sheri O'Brien
The Antique Barn has lots of interesting antique and vintage finds.

Cow TV with Ferris Wheel - Sheri O'Brien
The Ferris Wheel is the best part of the Fair.

Mom's Kitchen (bread box) - Sheri O'Brien
"No matter where I serve my guests, they like my kitchen best."

Move in Day - Sheri O'Brien
Father and Daughter have built a doll house.  Now it is time for the dolls to move in.

Monster Hunter for Hire - Montana Marshall
Monsters under your bed?  Vampires knocking at your door?  Ghosts haunting your house?  No problem!  Take a look inside the office of F. Mallory Kane, monster Hunter for hire, where she studies up on what might be vexing you.

Bakery & Sweet Shop - Jim & Ginny Constantine
Electrified - viewed front and back

Canning Peaches - Estella Virgin
Pint jar with canning scene inside

Cattery - Alice Duff
​Three volunteers at the cat shelter

Under the Sea Fantasy - Beth Parker
A lovely mermaid looking natural under water.  

Tea Rose - Joan Zeigler
Suzanne & Andrew's Miniatures Kit finished by Joan Zeigler

A Wee Bit Wicked - Joan Zeigler
Debbie Young Kit:  interior/exterior design, finished by Joan Zeigler

Enjoying Japan - Dolly Wyttenberg
This roombox was created by JoAnn Clark and belongs to her good friend, Maxine Grant.  Both are no longer into miniatures, so I have the privilege to exhibit them.

The Cat's Tree - Dolly Wyttenberg
Maxine Grant had the cats, dogs, tree & dome, but she had never done anything with it all.  So I put it all together for her.

Halloween Party - Evelyn Smith
​Children attending a Halloween Party

Victorian House & Garden - Jim & Ginny Constantine
​A large (54" wide; 40" high; 20" deep ) electrified house fully landscaped.

San Franciscan with Asian Art Gallery & Sherlock Holmes - Marina Salume
The first floor is an Asian Art Gallery, the second floor and attic are the domain of Sherlock Holmes, who is living in San Francisco for several months to solve a case.

Bakery - Estella Virgin
Bakery scene inside shopping bag with bakery design and shape.

The Grey Tabby​ - Joan Zeigler
Debby Young kit finished by Joan Zeigler

"Americana" - Joan Zeigler
Suzanne & Andrew's Miniatures Kit, finished by Joan Zeigler

Down by the Sea - Joan Ziegler
Charlotte Atcher Kit:  interior/exterior design, finished by Joan Ziegler

Grandpa's Transportation - Gary Handschug
Antique flat bed truck

Pete's Scrap Shop - Gary Handschug
Shed with miscellaneous junk & Pete and his dog

The 19th Hole - Kathy Kelly Moore
Ian McTavish, Aunt Violet's brother, presides over the private bar at St. Andrew's Golf Course in Scotland.

Youth Category - Under 16 years old

Malin's Restaurant
Malin Hall, age 7

​Malin and her grandfather have combined their building talents to assemble a two-story 1:12 scale dollhouse.  When you see it, you will guess what Malin's favorite colors are!  Together she and grandma have stitched and glued bedding, rugs, and curtains.  Malin has furnished her dollhouse like a restaurant.  So stop by and enjoy a mini-bite at this diner.   

Lucia's Garden
Lucia Alvarez, age 10
A piece of foam core with miniature grass and objects for gardening, along with a lit shed.

Sophia's Bedroom 
Sophia Jensen - age 10
Sophia uses her knowledge on making miniatures to put together her very first roombox -- her vision of her dream bedroom.

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Aaron's Mountain Cabin
​ Aaron Hall, age 10

Aaron and Granddad have been building a 1:12 scale mini-mountain log cabin to remember a remarkable daytrip to Mount Rainier National Park.  Aaron built log furniture for his cabin.  Grandma showed him how to stitch bedcovers on her sewing machine.  Aaron is ready to move in, but, wait, somebody else got there first.  Who could that be?  Come see.

World War II: Norway Under Enemy Control -- Resistance Fights Back
Ben Hall, age 12

​Ben's ancestors took part in Norway Resistance's clandestine activities during World War II.  While their homeland struggled under foreign occupation, brave men, women and children secretly defended their country.  Can you find spies scoping out enemy bases?  Saboteurs about to interrupt the export of valuable iron ore?  Watch how Ben's Lego army fights back.