This is the Vintage Clothing Shop that started it all:
From Ginger:
As far back as I can remember I have loved all things small. I loved making furniture for my “dollhouse” that existed on the shelves of my narrow white bookcase. I loved creating things from all sorts of items I found in our home -- encouraged by my very creative parents. My love of miniatures grew even more on the many rainy days (I grew up in Seattle) throughout my childhood, when my mom would pull out the big gray box that held her collection of miniature vases from her own childhood. The collection ranged in size from 1/4” to 3” and came from places all around the world. Mom would tell me the stories behind each piece, who gave it to her and from where it came. How I wish I had thought to write the stories down!
In my teen years, my joy of working with paper began. The Holly Hobbie doll craze of the mid 1970’s was in full swing and I, like so many, enjoyed creating 3-D scenes using the wide variety of Holly Hobbie greeting cards. In 2004, I found a wonderful series of cards that included a Vintage Clothing Shop. I used the 3-D paper cutting techniques I had learned in my teens to create a scene using these greeting cards. I then embellished the layers with laces, trims and assorted floral pieces. Shortly after creating this scene, a show promoter contacted me to teach a class at a weekend miniature event. Not really having any specific items that I thought would be of interest to teach, I offered this as an idea, stating it was more of an expression of my love of miniatures, but not an actual miniature item. My class sold out in 3 days and that began a series of classes at this yearly miniature event. A few years later, while attending the Philadelphia Miniaturia show, a chance meeting with Pat Bauder, the show promoter, who was chatting with Georgia Matushak, my first miniature teacher, led to an invitation to teach my 3-D scene classes at this prestigious show. This was a huge turning point, which several years later led to Kim, Pat’s daughter, asking me to have an actual sales table at the show. For years I simply offered my 5"x7" 3-D kits on my table. Then, one fortuitous day someone said to me, “your work is lovely, but it’s not really miniatures”. That was the next turning point in my journey, from that comment, grew a passion to create even smaller. I created a 3 story, inside view of a house with details in every room that fit inside a 2”x3” frame. I loved every minute of the process. And, as they say, the rest is history. From this point on, I began designing smaller sized kits and also started creating 3-D finished pieces of Victorian houses inside dollhouse sized frames, ornament sized teacups and smaller sized pocket watches.
Join me as I share ideas, tools, tips, techniques and found objects that can be used to create your own 3-D miniature scenes.
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Topic: Let's Chat - Ginger Landon Siegel
Time: May 18, 2025 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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