OLD SITE ALERT

Please be aware that there are currently two blogs for the S.A.M.E. Club.


Way back in 2013, the original blog site became inaccessible.  We think we were hacked, but in the aftermath of the Festival, it took months for us to become aware that this had happened.


So,  www.miniatureenthusiastsblogspot.com is NOT ACTIVE and NOT AVAILABLE for viewing.


But, www.sameinc.blogspot.com  IS ACTIVE.


Change the address you have stored away.  Let fellow miniaturists (and others) know the new address. The more people view the new site, the quicker it will move up the list during an internet search.
Search terms "Official South Australian Miniature Enthusiasts" will also find it


You  can access photographs from pre-September 2013 by clicking on the May link on the right hand panel of our home page


We are sorry that this might cause confusion,.

SAME Festival 2015

The SAME Festival for 2015 will be held on the 8th and 9th August at the Thebarton Community Centre. Corner of Ashwin Parade and South Road. Open times are 10am- 4pm
Each year the festival has a theme. In 2015 the themes are Kitchens through the Ages, Home-front and Anzac, Unusual Containers. There are also dolls houses on display.
The festival also includes traders, both local and interstate. There are hourly raffles, a dolls house lottery.
All funds raised are donated to SA children charities.

OLD SITE ALERT!!!

Please be aware that there are currently two blogs for the S.A.M.E. Club.


Way back in 2013, the original blog site became inaccessible.  We think we were hacked, but in the aftermath of the Festival, it took months for us to become aware that this had happened.


So,  www.miniatureenthusiastsblogspot.com is NOT ACTIVE.


But, www.sameinc.blogspot.com  IS ACTIVE.


Change the address you have stored away.  Let fellow miniaturists (and others) know the new address. The more people view the new site, the quicker it will move up the list during an internet search.
Search terms "Official South Australian Miniature Enthusiasts" will also find it


You  can access photographs from pre-September 2013 by clicking on the May link on the right hand panel of our home page


We are sorry that this might cause confusion,.

SAME Festival 2015

The SAME Festival for 2015 will be held on the 8th and 9th August at the Thebarton Community Centre. Corner of Ashwin Parade and South Road. Open times are 10am- 4pm
Each year the festival has a theme. In 2015 the themes are Kitchens through the Ages, Home-front and Anzac, Unusual Containers. There are also dolls houses on display.
The festival also includes traders, both local and interstate. There are hourly raffles, a dolls house lottery.
All funds raised are donated to SA children charities.

Festival 2013 !

Welcome to the website of the South Australian Miniature Enthusiasts Inc (S.A.M.E.)

S.A.M.E. helps promote miniatures through the club meetings, workshops and our annual festival. In doing so we not only help others learn about our hobby but we also raise money for children's charities through our annual festival.

Our club was founded in 1983 and meetings were originally held in one of the members homes. Over the years our membership has grown so much so that we now meet in a hall big enough to accommodate all our members and visitors, who we always welcome. We have now become a little 'web-wise' (as of 2010) and looking forward to being more available to the general public via this site.

Meetings

The meetings include a brief introduction, followed by workshops, demonstrations, occasionally member's trade tables and of course a cuppa! Our meetings help members gain information about, and an understanding of, the hobby of miniatures and collectibles. We share the love of miniatures and also friendship as well.

Meet: 2nd Wednesday of the month (except January - no meeting)

Time: 7.30pm

Where: The Payneham Community Centre, cnr Arthur Street and Payneham Road (the old school building opposite the Marden Shopping Centre)


Festival

Each year we hold a weekend festival of miniatures and dollhouses, the first being held in 1986. The festival includes miniature displays, local and interstate traders, demonstrations of many different techniques for making miniature products (including miniature wood turning), raffles, lucky dips and food to delight the taste buds!!

Next festival: To be announced.


All welcome. Proceeds from the festival, benefit children's charities in South Australia.

Any member of S.A.M.E. is encouraged to access the members only web page, ask questions, give hints and share photos of your miniatures with the whole group. To become a web page member you will need to be a financial member of the club, and then you can forward your email to the address below. You will receive authorisation back to your email - then follow the prompts.

Workshops

Keep your eyes on this spot for future workshops to be held in the group.


Contact
For further information you can ring
To be announced
Every year at out Annual General Meeting, with funds raised from our Festival, we make a donation to a children's charity or charities. This year we were pleased to present a donation to a representative of The Australian Lions Children's Mobility Foundation. This enabled the purchase of a "Hart Walker" (an orthotic device which allows children with moderate to severe physical disabilities, especially those with cerebral palsy, to stand and to experience hands free walking.) We felt as a group that this is a very worth while cause. 
2011 - We were fortunate enough to have raised enough money to once again offer a donation to another childs mobility unit.

Festival 2013 !

Can you believe it??? Another year since we had our last Festival already....too quick does the time go.....Never mind, on with the show!~

This year we had the Chateau Revisited.....

The Coach and Horses

A Relaxing Room

The Garden Room

The Beer Room!

The Grand Entrance

The Ladies Parlour

The Bedroom

The Laundry Room

The Dressing Room

The Coach and Horses

The Music Room

Another Music Room 

 

The Library 

The Pantry

The Kitchen

 

The Chapel

The Formal Sitting Room

Another Sitting Room

Ladies Music Room

They do love their music in the Chateau!

Another Sitting Room

A Small Sitting Room

A Bedroom/sitting Room

The Dinning Room

The Ballroom

We then had the following display.....

The 1/12th Section ....

An open house - this if the younger miniaturist amongst us :)

The Veggie Seller

"Honey Time Cake" Shop

"Maison de Parfum"

 

 The Chinese Parlour

"Green's Bar"

 

 "The Lace Place"

"The Fairy Forrest" 

 

"The Lingerie Shop"

 

The 1/48th Section

Four lovely little three storey  homes....

Foldaway Boxes...

Thatched Cottages....

 

  

A Tiled Cottage..

The Manor Homes....

The 1/12th Corner Shops....

Cafe...

Garden

Another Cafe

A Bedroom

A Sitting Room

A Garden Corner

A Dinning Room

Another Garden Corner

We had a copy of the Cathedral Maria Nascente of Milan in Lombardy - Italy

The Miniature Needle workers have been busy with their fingers this last year too....

As have the miniature soft toy makers.....

Throughout the weekend, there were demonstrations being given by our talented members, unfortunately I did not manage to get a picture of them all.  However, here are a few of the demo's....

Miniature Paper Toll

 

Miniature Mosaic

Perfume Bottling

 

Re-upholstery

Floral Art

 Miniature Needlework/Knitting Baskets and kits

 

 And at the end of a long day.....sitting and relaxing!!!

Throughout the weekend, we also had the usual Hourly Raffles - (small displays made by our members).  I cannot show you these as I did not manage to get pics of all the boxes, however I do know that there were some very happy winners over the weekend!  Ellen invited children to draw the raffle boxes and in return for drawing the raffle they were given a delightful little display box for themselves in the hope that it encourages children to be involved with miniatures!

By now it was time to draw the big winner out of the barrel, Ellen being Chairperson got the salubrious job of announcing the winner after one of our kind visitors pulled the ticket out of the barrel...

...and the winner is....Margaret! She was so thrilled when she had the house delivered to her door !!!
Congratulations to Margaret, we hope she enjoys her new home :)

So there we go folks, another Festival over.  Once again, like last year, I apologise if I missed anyones display...if I did, please let me know and I can put any pics up you choose to send me.  

Next year, we will be in a new venue which is yet to be announced, so keep your eyes on this site for further news!!!