Once again as I told myself I won’t go this year…I went. Chicago is about a 3-3 1/2 hour drive from where I live so it’s really hard to resist. The lessons I learned this year are: bring more cash….a lot more and suck it up, just take a day off of work and buy the preview tickets. My plan was to go to the Three Blind Mice show on Friday and the Bishop Show on Saturday. Which I did.
The Three Blind Mice show was mostly basic things.Here’s what I found there:
Fabulous Gerber Daisy kits (my favorite flower) and great bird feeder from…Darn I can’t remember the name.
The most amazing detailed humming bird feeder with a humming bird and shepherds hook and some very detailed birds from Mini-Gems. She also has 1:24 scale and other small animals.
And this little cactus-I can’t remember the name of the vendor.
After the Three Blind Mice show I had some dinner at Ikea – Those meatballs! We don’t have one where I live yet, but we’re getting one in the fall!
Then I did a little local shopping and didn’t buy anything.
Saturday, I got to the Bishop Show a bout half an hour later than I expected. I headed right to Patrizia Santi and bought my first pair of her shoes…they’re amazing! I am so in love with them!
Then I rushed to Ulus Miniatures and ogled for a little bit. I didn’t bring a lot of cash and I knew I could buy some of his stuff online So I waited to see what I could spend.
Then I met up with Brae who informed me that there was a third show…of course right down the street from where I stayed the night before…wouldn’t you figure. Anyway she said it was worth it to check it out so we did….and she was right! I so wish I had realized that the show was going the day before. I would have spent a lot more time there.
Here’s what I found there:
An amazing egg timer and a couple of outlets (although they are more European looking than American) from Minifanaberia
This ashtray with burned cigarettes from Cinen
This super cow hide. I love the print and it’s really hard to find a print small enough and nap short enough to look real in 1:12. Unfortunately, I forget the name of the shop.
We went back to the Bishop Show and had lunch then we went on our ways.
Here’s what I found there:
A super cute Mid-century modern T.V. from D-Tales Miniatures
I went back to Ulus Miniatures and bought this electric can opener and Zippo lighter. The details are amazing.. Even my husband commented on the detail.
and these gorgeous papers from Miniatureboekbinden . I plan on making modern art work with these. They’re amazing and the perfect size.
