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4 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, May 20,1992 Week in Review, Miniature Masterpieces by Laura J. Richards The room invites you in to curl up in a soft comfy chair to read a good book near the hearth. So tempting and, inviting, but if you or I sat on the chair we would crush it. The chairs, handmade by Wilmot attire Club are busily preparing for their annual tea to be held on Sunday, May 24, at Memorial Park Clubhouse on Liberty St., in Bowmanville. Everyone is working on their yearly yearly project to show at the function. Although Marie doesn't know how Creek resident Marie Parker, are mini- many hours would go into her com- a lures. pleted room, she enjoys every mo- Currently, Marie and about 22 ment, she said, members of the Small Wonders Mini- "I did a room for a neighbor and Remax Donations Benefit Worthy Causes Fred (her husband) and 1 figured out it took about 40 hours to make," she explained. explained. Marie works on her miniatures in her organized Florida Room at the back end of the couple's home at Wilmot Wilmot Creek. Along one partial wall she has a cabinet in which she has boxes filed away filled with bits, pieces, and odds and ends. On her table arc the necessary tools of her passion. These include glue, thin pieces of wood, fabric, Xac- to-knives and her current project on a tum-table. When she's not out visiting with her new grandchild, she can be found painting, lacquering, and fitting tiny pieces together to complete the project: project: double sided inside-outside rooms. Her hobby of creating miniature rooms including the tiny pieces of furniture, furniture, accessories including drapes, bedspreads, picture frames, rugs/mats, pillows is an "exacting hobby," she said. "It's the little bit of details that make the piece" of furniture or room look authentic, she said. On one side is a room with a white hearth as the centre of the room. The walls arc covered with a wall paper with faint flecks of blue in it. On the floor is an area rug. The material covering the chairs picks up the blue in the wall paper, as does the rug. Making miniatures is something Marie says she fell into doing about a decade ago. Since then she has enjoyed the creative challenge making miniatures gives her. "I'm just a puttcrer there are plenty in the club who arc better than I," she James and Ellen Bush of Remax Cornerstone Realty Ltd. present- said, ed a cheque on May 6th to Sandy Saunders, of the Rape Crisis Cen- She docs it because "once you tre located in Oshawa. This is the first in a series of monthly dona- reach a stage in your life when you lions to be presented by Remax to worthy causes in the area. The don,t , nccd an y morc sluff m y° ur Miniatures have become a special but small part of Wilmot Creek resident Marie Parker's life. In fact,::-; the smaller the better. That's because she is the president of Bowmanville's Small Wonders Miniature Club. Ms Parker and about 21 members of the club will be presenting their year-end projects on Sunday, May 24, between 12 noon and 4 p.m. at the Memorial Park Clubhouse on Liberty Street South. funds donated to the Rape Crisis Centre will go toward a children's program. PINGLES FARM MARKET QUALITY BEDDING PLANTS HANGING BASKETS • GERANIUMS SHRUBS • ROSES STRAWBERRY PLANTS 10 FOR $2.49 OPEN DAILY 9-8 SAT. 9-6 TAUNTON/COURTICE RD. 725-6089 home." If she wants a particular look, she whips out her paper to make thumbnail thumbnail sketches and begins another project. project. All the members in Small Wonders Miniature Club work to a one foot equals one inch scale. "It's a challenge," she said. It is one she willingly meets. It is also one that a couple of men in the club meet as well. "We have three or four men in the group, and they do everything we do," said Marie. Club members take part in workshop workshop sessions given by other members to help each other prepare for their annual annual fund raiser. This year's fund raiser tea will takq place at the Memorial Park Clubhous^ j : on Sunday, May 24 from 12 to 4 p.m., (v Money raised will go to Memorial Hospital Bowmanville's children's wing in memory of Kay Stephen, a founding member of the club. OUR PRICES ARE LOWER Check the Competition and Compare 1991 Plymouth Acclaim LX 1991 Pontiac Firefly Check it out! Only 11,000 km. Four door, automatic, AM/FM stereo, Completely loaded, immaculate. $12,999. rear wiper, low mileage. $6,999. 1991 Transport SE Great people mover. All the toys. $17,999. 1991 Safari Extended Van Two tone SLE, loaded, only 13,000 km. $18,999. 1989 CMC Safari One owner, local, two tone, loaded. $13,999. 1988 CMC Safari Maroon, loaded, one owner. $10,499. 1989 Buick LeSabre Ltd. 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