• Sushi Bar/Tattoo Parlor
• The Attic
• Seventy's Bedroom
• Thirty's Dressing Room
• Quarter Scale Victorian
• Quarter Scale Cigar Box Victorian

Sushi Bar/Tattoo Parlor

These two items are being done as part of a club project to be shown at the annual Nostalgia In Miniatures show in San Diego during the month of February. Each club member is going to provide a shop of some kind which will be displayed as a street. The buildings were provided by the club and everything else is left up to the members. Most buildings came with two floors and many people are doing apartments on the second floor, but I have chosen to do a second shop upstairs. My concept is to have a very modern style sushi bar downstairs, and an average, older tattoo parlor upstairs. I am striving for contrast not only between the two shops, but also between the interior of the sushi bar and the architecture of the entire building which will be somewhat Victorian.

• The sushi bar interior will be done primarily in blues and greys. There will be some traditional Japanese touches, but the overall look will be modern. At this point I have created miniature chopstick packages and have begun creating the food out of Sculpey. There will be "Japanese molded food displays" in one of the windows or in a display case near the front door, as well as ingredients in a refrigerated case at the sushi bar itself. There will not be any dolls used , and no display of the kitchen.

• The tattoo parlor will be fairly sparse in accessories and decoration. I will have "flash" (sample tattoo art) on the walls, a few mismatched pieces of furniture in the waiting area, a few tattooing stations including one curtained area which will have an examination table for those discreet tattoos. There may also be a display case for piercing jewelry. The tattoo parlor will most likely not have dolls either.

The Attic

The attic is a project from another club, which I have not yet finished. Each member was given a breakaway box to create anything they chose. I have covered the outside with old luggage vinyl and will add the handle to the top. Inside I have put an unfinished wooden floor, studs and bracers, pink insulation, and partial drywall. So far that is all I have done other than to gather some "junk" inside, but nothing has been placed yet.

Seventy's Bedroom

The teenager's bedroom is still primarily in the planning stages. I have some furniture for it which needs to be completely redone, and I have a few other items for it such as magazines, beer, soda, cigarettes, stickers, a plant in a macrame hanger, a smiley face rug, and a Chia Pet which I made out of Fimo.

Thirty's Dressing Room

The performer's dressing room will go into a rounded front, lighted room box. I have made a chaise lounge, a dressing screen, several hats and costume pieces, a couple of floral arrangements, and a pair of mules. I have purchased beautiful Deco style light fixtures and a small oval table for the flowers to sit on.

Quarter Scale Victorian

The quarter inch Victorian house was a pre-convention workshop by Sally Dohrman at the 1998 NAME National Houseparty in San Diego. The outside is made to look like a humpback trunk. Inside there are three floors. Each floor has three rooms. On the bottom floor is a living room and kitchen, and a room that was supposed to be a dining room but I felt was too small so I have made into a foyer. The second floor has the master bedroom, a bathroom and a nursery. The top floor will have a sewing room and a young girl's room, but I have not yet decided what to make the third room. All the wallpaper, flooring and wiring are done in the house. I have lots of furniture for the house, most of which I assembled from kits purchased at the Houseparty from Sally Dohrman and BJ Miniatures, with a few pieces purchased elsewhere or given as gifts. I still have to finish the exterior.