Although these people missed one or more check-ins, they still get an "Honorable Mention."
From Rafa Acevedo:
I plan to complete the living and dining areas of The Harrison from Greenleaf dollhouse that I purchased over three years ago.
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March Update:
Since the Greenleaf Harrison dollhouse's exterior is Tudor Revival style, I decided to create a Tudor-style ceiling for the living and dining areas. I’ve also started working on the Tudor fireplace that will go in the living room. While I originally hoped to make more progress by now, I’m pleased to have made a solid start and to share this update for the first quarter.
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From Suzie Aguilar:
I decided to go ahead and join the CYLC again this year because I have plans to completely finish Sweet Rose: the structure, the furniture, and landscaping. It may seem like a fairly easy task but I’m easily distracted by other UFOs and commitments. The quarterly submissions will draw me back to my goal!
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March Update:
I’ve been kept busier than expected with the RC Liaison duties so didn’t get much done. 😞
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From Erin Andersen:
My plan is to make a room book or book nook of a craft room that will show all the different arts & craft hobbies I've tried over the last decade or so since being physically disabled and unable to continue my past lifestyles (distance running and work/workaholic). I don't really have a starting point picture as I'm not using a kit. My goal is also to use as many supplies as possible that I have on hand along with upcycling recycling/trash.
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From Alice Barber:
I would like to complete these 2022 monthly Betterley kits. I keep starting new projects, so hopefully this will be a motivation to finish these.
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Withdrew March 22, 2025
From Kathy Biggs-McNeely:
I bought this bar cabinet a few months ago from a neighbor. It's going to be Hitty's house.
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March Update:
I've just started working on Hitty's house today. It was going good until the cabinet lid came crashing down on my fingers. Ugh. It's super heavy and I'm surprised they aren't broken. Attached is what I have so far.
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From Emily Blair:
For my year long project I will be attempting to complete both the Hole in the Wall Pub kit and accompanying furniture kits from Petworth Miniatures. I got these kits two years ago and never touched them. Wish me luck!
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March Update:
I'm delighted with the progress I've made. I am almost done with the courtyard, where i'll have to add vines to cover some of my mistakes. I've also got one room pretty close to done and will need to install the bar before I progress. It's coming out nicely!
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June Update:
Since the first quarter, I've added some paint and installed the side wall, front wall, and second floor. I will most likely move on to adding furnishings before installing the roof, but that remains to be seen. Other portions that need to be finished include front gable, top roof, painting the remaining trim and woodwork, and adding detail. It's coming along quite nicely!
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September Update:
Work continues on my little pub. Roofs are going on, along with all the trim work. I've painted windows and added the glass to them. A few more bits of trim need painting and then it's onto the shingling! I've also started painting the fireplaces and furniture elements. She's coming along!
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From Barbara Bower:
I am planning to make the kit Sweet Rose Cottage.
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I am way behind the others who are doing this cottage, but I am trying.
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From Jennifer Brodeur:
I have two projects for my challenge. The first is to finish the Name Day project from last October: The Three-Sided Vignette (originally the 2023 Name Day Project), which I am doing in steampunk, half-scale. (See Photo 1)
The second project is to begin my from-scratch Rhosgobel roombox, also half-scale. Rhosgobel is the house where Radagast the Brown lived in the movie, The Hobbit. (See Photo 2).
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March Update:
As usual, life is getting in the way of me getting much done! There is a little progress on the NAME Day 2024 vignette, but nothing to show yet on the Rhosgobel project.
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June Update:
My Rhosgobel project has once again been hijacked by a new one. Our local NAME ladies will be submitting projects to a local library in October, based on a book. I finally decided on Goldilocks and the 3 Bears, and then after finishing the fireplaces, decided I didn't like the floor and had to re-do it. Now my time schedule is WAY behind. The 2024 Name Day Steampunk Project remains unchanged.
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September Update:
I got too far behind with the Goldilocks & 3 Bears Cabin, and switched to a makeshift room box. Nothing went right (except for my first half scale cloth doll...so tiny!) The setup in the local library is tomorrow, so this is as good as it gets. I also finished the outside of the Bunny Burrow from Shaun Crawford's class a couple years ago, and will be taking that along with the Little Golden Book "Home for a Bunny." The Steampunk 3-sided vignette, alas, has still not changed.
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From Pam Carroll:
I am doing the glass slipper kit which is a shop for princesses.
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From Chrissie Clapp:
I have 4 projects I hope to get done this year.
1 - Pickett Pond. Haven’t started.
2 - 9 buildings of Wandlyn Way 3 started, the rest in boxes still.
3 - Sweet Rose. Started on floor. Rest in box
4 - 1/2 inch Loren Korff house. It is in my storage unit so no pic. It is halfway built but no interior work
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March Update:
I chose 4 challenges hoping to force myself to get moving.
#1 Pickett Pond. I searched for and purchased paints and started painting trims
#2 Wandlyn Way. I put together interior kits for first 3 buildings that I had completed.
#3 Sweet Rose. Almost done with bottom floor
#4. Aligned walls. Painted window frames. Purchased wallpaper. Cut poster board for papering walls and preparing flooring.
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June Update:
My Pickett Pond project was filled with painting little details of trim. No photo as they are up at the cabin. I forgot to take a pic when I came down the hill.
My 1/2 inch farm house is now ready to wallpaper and do flooring. Windows were removed to wallpaper and one wall was
Sweet Rose is further along with work on landscaping and finalizing details downstairs. Almost finished.
Wandlyn way is slow but I got trim painted and furniture made.
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From Sara Cook:
I bought this room box kit at the Good Sam show’s white elephant sale, and my plan is to turn it into something in 2025.
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From Dia Crissey-Baum:
Well, I enjoyed the CYLC for the most part last year, but I only got two of the six projects I picked out done last year. So, this year I’m going to simplify a little. I’ve got a bunch of Roundtable kits that have just been sitting around for a ling time, so those are on my list. The other thing is a stump house or fairy house I started last year. I’m the projects person for our mini club (Atlanta Miniature Society) and we thought we’d do some kind of fairy house, and this was my demo piece to show everyone how to make a house with concrete and fabric. Then we got distracted planning our retreat and haven’t done anything else with our fairy houses. I’ve got a little of the interior done but it has a long way to go. Hopefully this year will be a better year than last year and I’ll have plenty of time for minis!
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March Update:
I can't believe this is all I've gotten done since January, but as far as the CYLC goes, it's all I could find.
Anyway, here are two kits from the big pile of roundtables I've accumulated over the past few years. (I have been making some minis, just not for the CYLC 🙂)
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From Lynn Culbreath:
This is a rehab that will be all white. I’ll put the red shutters back on and new floors. It was originally a dollhouse for my granddaughter, but I built her a more modern house so she can leave mine alone (not working!) 😊 This one will become mine.
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From Meg Dietrich:
For several months (years), I have been collecting items to go in a 1770s cold storage pantry. The idea came to me while reading Diana Gabaldon's books in the "Outlander" series. Her descriptions are so well researched that I can visualize the room. So in 2025, I intend to put my accumulated stuff in the right room and have a finished cold pantry to enjoy.
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From Kim Fitzsimmons:
I truly enjoyed the 2024 challenge. The logical step is to now take my Stephen King house structure and complete/furnish the interior … BUT I need to step back and do something else this year. I’m going OPPOSITE! 1:48 scale has fascinated me. I purchased a beach house kit that I want to do in the colors of Key West cottages. No dark and dreary vampire room. Bright colors inside and out. A bit quirky just like the wee artist that lives in it.
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March Update:
My project is a 1:48 scale beach house that I intend to display as a an art gallery. I’ll admit, not loving this scale so far. I had to dig it out of the cupboard in order to photograph. I’ll finish it because I’m not a quitter, but it’s not bringing me joy at the moment.
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From Natalia Frank:
Entry 1: Christmas Cottage. I put this cottage together last year. This year, I would like to concentrate on finishing the interior of it with the Christmas theme in mind.
Entry 2: Crow's Nest Resort. The goal is to keep working on the interiors of the resort building.
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March Update:
Entry 1. Christmas Cottage. All this time I was overthinking on floors and walls and finally decided to choose red wood planks/sheets for the floor and combination of wooden planks and white wallpaper for the walls.
Entry 2. Crow's Nest Resort. Collected furniture, floor, and wallpaper for the doctor's bedroom.
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From Julie French:
I’d like to attempt to complete my RBM calendar from 2022, again, since I failed in 2023 and 2024 😂🤦🏻♀️ I have 6.5 months left to finish from the calendar kits.
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From Sheila Froendt:
I would like to join the 2025 Create Challenge. I have a one-quarter scale whimsical house (for fairies, of course) that I have yet to begin. I also have several kits for furnishing the house as well as a large box of landscaping materials/accessories for a whimsical yard. It is a big project and this contest is just the motivation I need to get it completed in 2025. This will be fun! I look forward to submitting my progress each quarter.
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March Update:
I stated this kit mid-January and have been so obsessed with it that I am nearly finished. I have lots of landscaping and a few more finishing touches on the inside.
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From Carol Gambrill:
For the 2025 Challenge I'll finish redecorating my inch scale dollhouse. In 2024, I started the latest round of changes*. This year I'll focus on the basement, primary suite, living room and kitchen. (* I bought this house in 1995 ish and first finished decorating it in 1999. I love tweaking it.)
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March Update:
Changing the "story" of this dollhouse is giving me the opportunity to use kits in my stash and to mix styles. I constructed the Mission style bed from a Daisy House kit and used leftover walnut for the flooring of the closet. The Victorian wallpaper in the closet area will be attached once I decide what to use on the back wall ... the barn doors are a possibility ... or I'll assemble my NAME day hutch ... from 2010. Kitchen and bathroom - I'm still deciding on the wallpaper, flooring and layout. Decisions!! Decisions!!
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June Update:
I'm making incremental progress. The living room is packed with memories. I won the Bespaq desk in a contest years ago. The white table is a paperweight I bought in Italy. The artwork is a postcard and the tiny elephant statues are from everywhere. LOL. I'm still selecting tiles for the kitchen and bathroom and planning the decor for the closet. Sigh.
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From Karen Gates:
This dollhouse has unfortunately been in storage for 20 years, so my Create Year Long Challenge is for 2025 is to repair the porch, roof, chimney (the bricks are on sideways 😝), outdated wiring, flooring … oh my goodness it needs a lot of work. I am looking forward to putting this wonderful gift from my then 6 year old son back together.
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March Update:
I am not as far along as I hoped but I am enjoying the process. As you can see from one of the pictures, the painting crew has left their ladder and paint supplies on the tarp for the next days work.
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From Kristie Horrell:
I am going to complete the Sweet Rose House and the Warm Wishes kit.
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March Update:
This is how far I have completed. I have a long ways to go.
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June Update:
I have not made any progress. I hoping to make some progress by the end of September.
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September Update:
I have not made it too far on my projects hopefully I’ll be done by the end of the year.
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From Casey Kildow:
My plan is to use the kit, specifically the Sweet Shop model that’s included in it, and build/modify it into Honeydukes (candy store from Harry Potter). So I will be adding in extra things not included in the kit.
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From Debra Kuckuck:
Like many long-time miniaturists, I find myself with boxes of random miniatures I bought in my early years, just because I liked them. I also have a set of three pastry domes. I organized my miscellaneous minis by calendar month. I’m going to continue my 2024 CYLC as I try to make as many sets of domed vignettes as I can, with the plan to change them monthly.
The second photo shows my set of domes for May, from last year’s challenge.
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Withdrew March 2025.
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From Sherri Lackey:
I plan to do A Little Merry from Robin Betterley for my year long project. If I get it done I will start on the Secret Christmas House.
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March Update:
I completed the rest of the accessories and got the horse done, too. Just need to put together.
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From Bonnie Lesher:
I want to join the challenge to have to push to get something done. I became a NAME member last August. I attended my first National convention in Nashville, TN last year. I have absolutely no idea what I am doing in this project. This will be a challenge for sure!! I bought the kit about 3 years ago at a regional ‘estate sale.’ It looked super cute and I do like the 1/4 scale best. Here’s to a year of work and completion.
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From Doreen Lindsay:
For my year long challenge I will be starting off with two projects - Sweet Rose from Debbie Young and the Winter Wonderland from Karen Benson plus all the interiors kits. If I complete both, I will do a third project but not sure what yet.
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Haven’t done too much lately but have started Sweet Rose.
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September Update:
As can be seen from the pictures nothing much has changed from June. I decided to take the summer off and have been working on downsizing and getting rid of things around the house as well as enjoying the summer.
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From Sally Lonn:
Hello, I think these challenges are what keep me going....
From The Fresno Small Scale Inside/Outside convention of 2007, here are my winnings. A bag of stuff, some pictures of Brambly Hedge books, and a huge cupboard with some artwork. I'm not sure what I will do with everything, but willing to give it a try. From 2010 two very talented, Seattle/Vancouver BC, ladies, Georgia Matuschak and Lori Ann Potts made this kit, A Ladies Sewing Secretary. I think it is time that I tackle this project. Which I think will lead into a larger project as I get going. I found these projects as I was cleaning out all of my quarter scale stashes, although I kept a couple. I have more projects than I will get done, but that is the fun of miniatures.
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March Update:
I have mostly completed the Brambly Hedge Cupboard, built and furnished the book case, draped the window, started on the table, and made a flower arrangement….all while fighting a nasty bacterial sinus infection. It is coming along.
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June Update:
I've had so much fun working on this small Mexican room box for a dear friend. Her father lived in Guadalajara, Mexico for many years. She has been admiring my Mexican store for a few years now and I hope she will love this....like me, this will be her big birthday in November. I'm waiting for an artist who is cutting me some banners. My Brambley Hedge is on hold for the Royal mail to bring my cakes. I can't remember working on two or really three projects at one time. Miniaturing is so much fun!!!!
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September Update:
Each year a member of our club designs a special Christmas centerpiece, that we complete. Each year has inspired me to try something new. This was a cigar box with a provided door. I put gesso paint all over the box to seal the wood. I made a floor and a small porch. I left the hinges and lock. Somewhere I had seen a Pink Christmas and it stuck with me …. here is my almost completed design (minus the Christmas cookies). We don’t show them until our Christmas party on the second Saturday of December. Hope you will all be dreaming Pink Christmas.
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From Joshua and Elizabeth Loper:
My daughter and I are going to build a ship's compartment. The dollhouse is being built in compartments and is based on a US Navy cruiser around 1895. It will be part of the gun deck with working machinery and hoists in 1/12 scale.
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From Tamara Madore:
I just recently found a beautiful NEW in box Allison Jr. Victorian from Really Good Toys. I plan to go a bit more gothic Victorian with dark, moody colors and a rich interior. This is my first project of this size and I feel that it could really challenge me as I have recently become disabled and desperately need a project. I have not removed my house from box yet.
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March Update:
I have been focused on the interior and have been collecting vintage kits for furniture for each of my 9 rooms in my dollhouse. I am just starting the build process of these kits starting with two little chairs. I also made a little floral piece for decor. Things have been moving slowly 🐌 as I have been navigating loss of mobility on my left side. This has been a good project for me so far.
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From Stephanie Marshall:
I've been collecting parts for years. The oak display box is from a flea Market near our home in Waterloo, Belgium. The window opening was cut by a friend who was actually going blind. The frames are antiques, the petit point I purchased at Convent Garden. The walnut Gothic piece had been a clock. It will be a Gothic Revival library circa 1890. This is my favourite style, I collect it in real life, too. :)
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I've settled on the basics . Now I'll work on woodwork, inlaying floor and stained glass. I'm working in these antique leather book covers for the ceiling.
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From Jan Mickelson:
I will be doing a one inch scale project this year. I found these sweet little dishes on eBay and decided to build a cottage with this Roombox kit. I picture a one room with an outside bathroom and a small base with a little bit of landscape on the end with the door. This is my first challenge project in one inch scale.
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March Update:
I have decided to do a base with a small garden in the front end of the room box. I’m thinking of a small outdoor toilet room and have a great vintage toilet that will work well. The inside is coming along too. The window area is where the bed will be.
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June Update:
I am sad to report I have not made any progress this quarter. I have my landscaping supplies ready to start on the outdoor area and hope to have some major progress over the next three months.
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From Laura Miller:
I am trying again, but I am choosing something different for this year. I have been collecting those adorable Chinese miniature kits and I have picked 5 to do during the year. I am hoping I didn't pick too many, but I wanted it to be enough to be a year long project. I chose to do these as my project since I had promised myself I would work on these this year. The Magic shop in a Jar is about 1/4 inch scale, the others are closer to 1/8 inch scale. They have stuff to make for inside and I will be doing the insides, but I may change some of those provided out with other items made completely by me.
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March Update:
I have almost finished the first of my 5 kits I have signed up for. This one is the Magic Shop. The original kit is shown in a jar, but I turned that upside down to make it a dome. I have made a bunch of modifications, some by choice and some due to mistakes! I put the cash register artwork on wrong, so instead covered it with teensy nail art, gold stickers, no-hole beads, and a piece of brass wire. I used my own rock and tile floor to replace the one in the kit so I could change the placement of walls and the cabinet. I used some of the artwork included with the kit and replaced others with ones I found online. I made additional items for in the window and in the cabinet. I made the cabinet to have to shelves and a "glass" front. I have put lights next to the door, in the cabinet, and at the top of the window. I have put "glass" in all the windows. I still need to get the top railing glued to the top of the "stairs" and the door, make the fancy knob at the top of the dome, and attach the USB power adapter with switch to the lights. As soon as those are done, I will move on to one of the other four kits.
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June Update:
Here is the second of my kits that I signed up for the YLP with.
I mixed paint to match the buildings and painted all the laser cut edges (around the windows, etc.). I sanded, glued, and painted the roof so that the seam would not be as noticeable. I changed out and added items to make the scene my own, used my own lights, and added Molly, a lovely doll by the talented Pat H.
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September Update:
I had finished the Molly Garden for the 2nd Quarter, but was then presented with the most perfect Molly doll, so I switched the dolls.
I was hoping to have the bagel bakery finished, but I had decided it needed lots of people. The structure is almost complete. I need to glue the front to the acetate sheet and both to the hinges. I then have to do the tops of the boxes (not included in the kit) and put the railings upstairs and on the stairs. The structure is almost all wired. I just need the upstairs light(s). I have completed all the furniture, but need to fill the book shelf upstairs. I have placed almost all the people in their locations, but only with pieces of glue dots (which is why some are leaning). I still need to finish painting the people and then permanently glue them in place.
Once I am done with the Bagel Bakery, I need to move onto the Magic School. I will try, but do not think I will get the fifth kit done. I had no idea how much extra work I would put into each kit over and above the directions.
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From Marlene Prickett:
I went a bit crazy in 2024 and bought the Robin Betterley Calendar kits for both 2023 and 2024 but didn’t get very far before I got sidetracked by other projects and real life! I have 10 - 2023 kits to complete and 8 - 2024 kits to complete so that’s going to be my priority for this year! Fingers crossed that I will be able to stay focused!
2023 kits…
2024 kits…
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March Update:
It’s going slowly but surely! I have completed 3 1/2 kits but still have 14 to go!
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June Update:
I made real progress this quarter and have completed all of the kits to complete the 2023 Robin Betterley Calendar Club project! Now I have 7 kits to complete the 2024 Robin Betterley Calendar Club project!
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September Update:
I completed 3 more kits this quarter leaving only 4 kits to complete before the end of December!
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From Susan Skinner:
My goal for 2025 is to fully furnish my Federal style house and paint the exterior.
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For the first quarter of the year long challenge I've been shopping my furniture and accessory stash and putting together several kits including the master bed and upper cabinet in the master bedroom. Right now it's a gathering and rearranging of things to start filling out the rooms.
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From Kirsten Smolensky:
For 2025, I would love to finally start and complete a “standard Victorian roombox” by Goliath Miniatures that I won at the NAME Winter Wonderland conference in Indianapolis 2 1/2 years ago. I am imagining a contemporary art gallery in a quaint touristy town with a Victorian storefront. I’ve been collecting things for years, but I need a place to put them! And then I will probably also create some artistic additions of my own.
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March Update:
No progress. It’s been a rough start to 2025. I did at least pick out the floor I want to use. :)
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September Update:
So it has been a slow going, but I have the exterior mostly completed along with the hand laid parquet floor (from Tom Walden). Now I need to work on wiring and finishing out the exterior details. I also need to complete the interior molding. After the basics are done, I can start to put the art gallery together.
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From Christiane Starks:
I decided a “Challenge” is just what I need to finish this lovely Robin Betterley cabinet. I keep putting it aside in favor of other projects! I plan to get together with two mini friends during the year (they need to finish their cabinets as well). Thank you for organizing this YLC!
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My update for the second quarter is minimal. I am working on the little kitchen to the Secret Cabinet. My hands are not cooperating lately, so everything I do has to be slowed down - a true test of my patience. Thanks to my son, I started working with rubber tipped tweezers! They are fabulous for holding on to the tiny bits.
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From Jodi St Pierre:
This 50+ year old dollhouse spent the last 30-ish years in the back corner of a garage (not climate controlled).
It was in use as a nursery for a squirrel family for a few seasons, and also suffered some water damage ... and the effects of time. For 2025, I hope to finish all the decorating and furnish inside and out!
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From Fran Sussman:
Two more rooms to fill — this year I really will finish!!
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Withdrew March 2025.
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From Leslie Swager:
My first plan is the Wonky house with the boat underneath. I got the kit 3 1/2 years ago but still have a lot to do as you can tell by the picture. The second one (in case I finish the wonky house) is a workshop from the Charleston, SC convention. I haven't done anything on it since I left there. I'm really planning on getting them done! I guess we will see!
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From Janet Swanson:
I’m going to try to work on another level of my Maitlin Smith bar cabinet. I need to finish first floor first. 😊
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From Julia Tchikine:
This year, I want to find a final layout for my dollhouse, set it up, and make progress on at least six roomboxes, and hopefully finish them! Making progress on more than six roomboxes would be nice, but six is my goal!
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March Update:
It's been a very busy first quarter! I have found a final layout for my dollhouse (which is massive - 37 rooms - I have four finished :-D), and I have set it up. I have also made some progress on three roomboxes (shown in picture), and hope to continue this productivity in the next quarter!
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June Update:
Unfortunately I haven't made as much progress as I would have liked on the six roomboxes this quarter. Ideally I'd have had one or two completed by now, but there is always next quarter! However, I have completed a lot of work on two of them, and I should have it done by the next quarter.
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From Wanda Waterfield:
Figured I would jump in again this year and try and complete this house that I started to renovate two years ago. I had to move it out to the center of the room again to be able to access all sides of the project. Here goes!
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March Update:
Here’s my first quarter progress. Completed the curtains in the bathroom, started the flooring on the third floor, and tested out furniture placement in the master bedroom.
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June Update:
It’s been a little crazy quarter. We’ve sold our real house and are moving to a condo. So only started a little work on my CYLC.
Started carving the stonework for the fence around the house.
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From Celeste Wiley:
I've been trying to restore/remodel the dollhouse my father built for me 45 years ago. It languished in my parents' uninsulated attic for decades, which caused the glue to dessicate and the house to implode on itself. I brought the remaining pieces to my home last year but I've struggled to stay on track with the project. I feel like the Challenge would be a great way to motive me to stay on top of it. There is a lot to be done and my goal is to complete the entire first floor this year.
I'm attaching two photo collages. The first shows (clockwise from the top left): How the remaining pieces arrived, pieces precariously stacked to show what the house looks like, digital sketch showing what the front facade originally looked like, digital sketch of what the interior layout looked like. The second photo is the current state of the exterior and interior of the first floor.
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From Dot Winchell:
This is a dollhouse I received ~1980ish. I’m hoping to get at least 4 rooms rehabbed this year.
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From Marty Young:
This year I am going to work on my first project. This is a Hofco Victorian Farmhouse which I started many years ago. As Ron’s was closing, I purchased furniture and lighting in the sales. The outside needs refreshed after many years and then onto the windows and the interior. Should be a very challenging year!
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March Update:
All I managed to accomplish this quarter was to get sliders so I can move the house and cabinet around. Need to be able to move it so I can work on all sides. I also selected the paint so I can sand and repaint. Life got in the way this quarter. Next quarter I plan to do better.
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June Update:
I still want work on my yearlong project but have not made any progress this quarter.
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