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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. 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, you may mail through the Post Office or email directly to Pat.  Whatever works for you. Deadline is September 26, 2017. Sorry, no exceptions.

Bring your exhibits to the Monarch Hotel any time after 1:00 pm on Friday, September 29, until 7:00 pm.  OR, you can bring it Saturday morning, September 30, 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 above to download the .pdf.  Then print, complete, and mail to
Pat Bennett, Show Promoter,
PO Box 846, Salem, OR 97308-0846
or email forms(s) to Pat. 

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The exhibitors start registering their exhibits about 45 days before the show.
Watch for them here!
HERE'S WHAT WE SAW LAST YEAR . . . .

YOUTH CATEGORY - Under 16 years old

Fairy Garden - Ireland Linne - Age 12
A fairy garden with a gourd house, a sparkling stream and pink trees.  9" round display about 8" high.

Where Do Monsters Play on Saturdays? - Ben Hall - Age 8
Odd noises are erupting from this model garage.  Unfamiliar lights and shadows reveal an eery scene -- monsters have invaded and made this their playhouse!  What are they up to?

Ballerina's Birthday Party -- Rained Out? - Malin Hall - Age 5
What do you do if a downpour dampens your birthday party picnic?  Party on, of course.  Just move the picnic into the garage and do your celebration under cover!

Little Garden - Ireland Linne - Age 12
A garden in a 4" cube.

Fresh Food Harvest -- Aaron's Pumpkin Farm - Aaron Hall - Age 8
When it's harvest time on the farm, and we've got fresh fruits and veggies to sell, we turn our garage into a storefront.  Out goes the car.  In go boxes and baskets of fresh-from-the-farm delights.  Can you smellthe aroma of just picked apples and strawberries?

Garage Sale - Mae Hall - Age 5-1/2
It speaks for itself.  Wait and see.

ADULT CATEGORY

The Embassy - Joane Forsstrom
A San Francisco Victorian Embassy House - 1/4" scale

Jurassic Bath - Joane Forsstrom
A dinosaur bathroom using Lauren Jorelle's "Scaling Down the Past" fixtures - 1 inch scale

"Boo"chel Manor - Josef Buchel
A creepy, abandoned old house.  Best beware!

Tea House - Barbara Renken
One-story Indoor/Outdoor Garden & Tea House in a dome on a round.  

The Night Before Christmas - Dorothea Socea
1" scale foldable room box display of a living room decorated for the Christmas Holiday.  Lit elements are: a battery operated fireplace, desk lamp and Christmas Tree

Autumn Garden Scene - Dolly Wyttenberg
I won this at the NAME National Convention

Small People Park - Dolly Wyttenberg
A park with children playing.  Part of the scavenger hunt.

Summer Picnic - Sheri O'Brien
A picnic setting in a picnic basket. 1" scale

Old Country Store - Jim & Ginny Constantine
1" scale

Red Farm House - Jim & Ginny Constantine
1" scale; 32"w x 24"d x 39"h

Welcome to My Garden - Marylou Stephens
An item in the scavenger hunt

Backyard Garden - Estella Virgin
Shed, compost pile, John Deere riding mower, fountain, croquette set, picket fence all around.  1" scale.  Part of the scavenger hunt.

A Trip Across France - Larry Herman
The walnut hutch contains Quimper ware and represents the Northwestern Brittany area of France.
The blue hutch represents the Southeastern Provence area and contains items by Valerie Casson who lives and works in Provence.  1" scale

Caerlaverock Castle 1300 AD - Jessie Turner
1/60"th scale model of triangle-shaped Scottish Castle with mote.  Home of Clan Maxwell for 400 years.  Time period about 1300 AD.  View from top into courtyard.  Buildings Half Timber with turf roofing.  Castle walls and towers simulate stone. 

"Up a Tree" - a home in a tree - Nancy Weinberg
Ship wrecked, the two rooms were built in a tree for safety.  The owners salvaged as much as they could before the ship broke up.  In the living room/dining room are the table and chairs and the pump organ.  Upstairs is the bedroom including bed, dresser and trunk.  The kitchen is on the ground floor because of fire. 

The Backyard Garden - Lorlyn Arner
Relaxing in garden with children playing.  This was used for scavenger hunt at Seattle convention of NAME

Victorian Picture Frame - Joan Zeigler
An electrified display - 1/4" 

Pumpkins, Please - Joan Zeigler
An electrified display - 1/4"

The Backyard Garden - Lorlyn Arner
Relaxing in the garden with children playing.  This was used for scavenger hunt at Seattle Convention

Backyard with Toolshed - Dolly Wyttenberg
A backyard with a Toolshed part of the scavenger hunt

Breakfast in the Garden - Dolly Wyttenberg
Created in a morning  workshop at the National Convention in Seattle this July to hold all our gifts from the convention.

One Room School House - Jim & Ginny Constantine
1" scale

A Gazebo - Jim & Ginny Constantine
1" scale and electrified

Tuck Box Cafe' - Marylou Stephens
1/4" scale only 7"x7"

Halloween Dome - Marylou Stephens
1/4" scale on a turn table

Breakfast in the Garden - Estella Virgin
A garden scene for souvenirs from the Seattle National NAME Convention.  Potting bench, sitting bench, fountain.  1" scale.

Scottish Castle Kitchen - Jessie Turner
A peek into a rustic Scottish castle kitchen.  Servants getting ready for the big feast.  Complete with homemade food, glowing fireplace, bakers making shortcake, oat bread and Grandma peeling potatoes.  Enclosed in glass case. 1" scale

For Girls Only - Tracey McDowell
A Mary Englebright-themed kit/past Suzanne & Andrews kit.  Predominately pink and white under a small, 4" round dome.  I added several items including apink, hand-stitched bear, a squirrel and assorted small dolls and animals.

Georgian Townhouse - Claudia Heckart 144" scale
Owned by a wealthy, aristocratic family in the English Georgian era.  At the moment they are throwing a party for their distinguished guests.  The nanny is caring for their little daughter, who is playing with her doll house upstairs in the bedroom.

Wrisley/Sears House - Barbara Renken
Two story house with gardening, furnished, electrified in case - 1/2" scale

Birdwatchers - Barbara Renken
2 story Indoor/Outdoor Garden/Birdhouses and Living areas in a dome - 1/2" scale

Dustless Dollhouse
1940's dollhouse with original paper on walls and floors.  Rooms are accessed by lifting the floor/roof above.  1" scale

Country Cupboard - Joan Zeigler
A kit by Debbie Young - 1/4" scale

A Little Bit Rusty - Gary Handschug
A 1" scale project.  Wonder what it will be?