Thame Fair supporting the Breast Cancer Campaign

Hello everyone, Now Christmas is out of the way we thought we'd remind you about the Thame Fair on 20th February, 2010.As many of you already know, AIM will yet again have its own exhibition table at the forthcoming Thame Dollshouse & Miniatures Show which is organised by AIM member Celia Thomas.

This will be a very exciting opportunity to raise the profile of both AIM and in turn that of all of its members. The Thame show is both exceedingly well respected and well attended by visitors; it is also a charity event, which raises money for the Breast Cancer Campaign.

The AIM stand will be solely for the purpose of displaying member's work and also to promote the AIM association to both visitors and to professional artisans whom are not already members. On the AIM stand, we plan to have a collection of miniatures made by members and also photographs depicting the work of our international members or those UK members whom are not attending the event in person.

Please click on the link below to find out more about the show.




http://www.ktminiatures.com/Sales_Table_BreastCancerCampaign

Project Supplement

Our January Project supplement has all the mini projects from our

Advent Calendar in one place for you.

Victorian Calling Cards - 1:12 Scale

by Viola Williams - www.violasdolls.com

It was common for Victorian ladies (and perhaps gentlemen as well) to announce visits and to acknowledge visits. This little box of cards could be carried by a dollhouse lady, or could be put on a piece of dollhouse furniture (perhaps a hall table or in the lady's bedroom) or even in a Lady's Shop offering them for sale. (Box cover styles vary.) If the auction has ended, these can be seen on my website www.violasdolls.com in the "Accessories" section.

To view auctions please visit...

Viola's calling cards on Miniatures Only Auctions

and Viola's calling cards on eBay

Happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year

This is the last day of our Advent Calendar today we hope you have enjoyed it.

The AIM advent page will remain live on the AIM website until the end of this month, when it will then be removed.The projects featured in the calendar will be collated together to form AIM's special project supplement, which will be published as a whole in a magazine format on the 1st of January.Once again many thanks to everyone who has been involved in this years Advent Calendar and yes, given its success, exposure and feedback - we plan to do it all over again in 2010... !!

Wherever you are in the world, we hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous and peaceful New Year.