For February, we asked you to send in a picture of your minis out and about.
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.
Here are the beautiful submissions:
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 
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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)
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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From Jene Bondi:
My first dollhouse show and tell.
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From Anne Renwick:
Here's a picture for this month's NAME challenge. I call it "Coping with a Canadian winter, mini style, eh!"
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From Suzie Aguilar:
I recently displayed my collection of scrubby holders with miniature scenes built inside. Over the last year, it has become an obsession to find new and different ones and create unique designs inside. (I hope to share the details in an article or the Gazette soon.) These are exhibited at a nearby library. Two friends, Carey and Amy, joined in after we spent a week in Galveston that we call SH Retreat creating more. (SH is our abbreviation for scrubby holders.)
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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.
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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.
