February 2026 - Your Minis Out and About

Our challenge for February  was to ask you send in a picture of your minis out and about.

Table display of handmade crafts and gift baskets on black tablecloths at an indoor event

 Our challenge sample came from Preble McDaniel:

In 2015, my minis were on the move first for my 25th wedding anniversary party. All of them were on display to share with family and friends. Then a couple of months later my sweet friend Barbara asked if I would use a few of them as a centerpiece display at her table during our women's luncheon.  Of course I agreed.

Small stone house model with a dark door, wooden steps, and ivy growing up the side.

From Kelle Risoli:

I took my 2025 Year-Long-Challenge project (The King's Scribe) to my Doctors office. They had given me some empty serum bottles to see what I could do with them..so I covered them with air-dry clay and made wine barrels for the YLC. There is one on the top floor under the window and two more on the lower level against the backwall.

Then I took my project to my Woodworkers Guild meeting as a Show-N-Tell. They had seen the start of it as part of a presentation I did on Miniatures so I thought they'd like to see the final result. They did 


From Cynthia Billups:

I entered the People's Choice in Philadephia in November. My piece, The Bodega, won 1st place. I was amazed, as this was my first miniature. I had the most fun seeing people look at it and point to things and laugh. Mad About Miniatures posted a short video showing the Bodega.  https://www.facebook.com/reel/2359496661138775

(unfortunately, she got my name wrong)

Medieval-style dollhouse interior with rustic kitchen, arched windows, and small furniture on two levels
Miniature room diorama with a wood floor, blue rug, tiny furniture, and many small figures around the edges

From Carol J. Shea:

Our Sr Center here in Hutchinson, KS offers computer classes for free. I took one on Power Point and the subject for our final class was a presentation of what we had learned. Mine was a miniature kit from Mini Deco and More. I took pictures to show of the process of building every thing that is shown in the final picture of the presentation. My presentation to members of the Center was prerecorded as I knew if I explained in person there would be a lot of 'ahs' and 'mmms' in it. The first picture is the the final scene for the PP show, the second is what it now looks like. I had the actual patio at that session so they could see the result of what I had shown them. I will post more pictures of this in my album on QC.

From Sue Scutti:

I took my Dawn dolls when my boyfriend and I vacationed in Niagara Falls in 2023. We also brought them to the 2024 Philadelphia Miniaturia show in Cherry Hill NJ. It was fun! I posted these pictures on my Instagram account. My followers, many of whom are also miniaturists, enjoyed seeing the dolls. 

I have had my Dawn dolls since the 1970's when I was a young girl. I like to pose them in my mini rooms and pretend that they live in my miniature world. 


Two dolls in swimsuits holding a sign, sitting on rocks with a large waterfall in the background
Miniature building display on a windowsill with curtains and bright daylight behind it

From Pat Creagh:

My condo association had an art fair in our clubhouse. There were a variety of arts represented. I was the only miniaturist. I showed 1/4” and 1” scale projects. People were astounded and very complimentary.

From Elizabeth Lubera:

Throughout my career in miniatures, I have loved taking my miniatures “out on the town,” whether on public exhibition with my miniature group, the Wee Bees, or in one of my grandchildren’s classrooms. 

Today I am sharing a photo of me taken during the early 1990s when I was in Castine, Maine taking a quilting class with IGMA Fellow Kate Adams. I am displaying my class creation: a house-themed quilt, made using the process of quilt piecing. I still remember how very difficult it was to precisely cut, pin and sew together the very small quilt blocks to create the larger and more complex design. 

My second photo shows the completed quilt -- which I shared in the June 2025 New Media challenge – displayed on a magnificent miniature brass bed by Jason Getzan. 

Miniature metal bed with patterned quilt and pillows, set against a brick wall backdrop
Indoor craft fair display of miniature holiday scenes and model houses on tables with people browsing in the background

From : Jene Gondi

My first dollhouse show and tell.

From Anne Renwick:

Here's a picture for this month's NAME challenge. I call it "Coping with a Canadian winter, mini style, eh!"

Blue chair in snow beside a pine branch and a small can or cup.
Glass display case with assorted Christmas figurines and ornaments, including Santa and holiday trees.

From Suzie Aguilar:

Toy Soldier Bedroom:

I made all the furniture (except for the blue table, which is from a pizza box) and it decorated using toy soldier wallpaper from J Hermes. Some of the toys (and the cat) are metal miniatures that I painted; the rest of the toys (and the lamp and book) I made from basswood, paper, cardboard, air dry clay.

From Dan Pasky:

I’m not sure if this fits your brief, but I want to share it. I recently went to Egypt and on a whim, packed miniature books and maps that I made for my dollhouse (@Cricket.Hollow on Instagram). I’d never done that before and it completely changed how I experience travel

Photographing miniature objects in enormous, historic places turned travel into a kind of playful scavenger hunt. Big world, tiny props, unexpectedly magical results

Next up: Milan, Florence and Venice. I’m already planning a 1/12-scale Venetian mask, a few miniature masterpieces and a very serious tiny suitcase. Tickets and an espresso cup included, obviously.

Hand holding a small “Egypt” guidebook in front of the pyramids at Giza.
Decorative garden shrine with yellow walls, arched wooden frame, and potted flowers in a small courtyard

From Kathy Koons:

Besides taking my minis to my local club's meetings for show and tell, I like to photograph them outside, whenever possible. In 2015, my club (Miniature World of Central Florida), hosted a Fun Day with a Tuscan outdoor kitchen designed by Ron Mummert of Ron's Miniatures in Orlando. I was a teacher for the 1" scale and this is my version of the project photographed in my front yard.