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NEW1:48THKITDESIGNS: ROSEBUDCOTTAGE DAISYCHAINCOTTAGE

Dear Reader, Ever since Big Ben chimed to welcome the new year in, Tony and I have been hard at work behind the scenes and once again we are delighted to welcome you to the latest edition of our humble little newsletter. After a wonderful show at Thame last Saturday, our attention and focus has now officially turned to next months world famous Miniatura show and as a result there is a real buzz here in PP workshop and office. But when Miniatura looms large on our horizon, our work days inevitably lengthen and so new stocks of midnight oil have already been ordered and stored close at hand! However, in the meantime we have lots of new products that will be released via our online shop, so you dont have to wait until Miniatura to get hold of many of our new exciting smaller scale kits!!

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Happy days!

Bea (Fiona) & Tony Broadwood

TonyandIaredelightedtoannouncethatour6thquarterscaleBook&Kit propertywillbereleasedatMiniaturaonthe19th&20thofMarch. BornfromBeaslifelongloveofCornwall,BarnacleCottageisanadorable 1:48th Cornish inspired coastal property featuring a traditional weatherboardexteriorandquirkyundulatingroof. Each Book & Kit Package within Petite Properties unique quarter scale seriesconsistsofaprecisionlasercutkitusedtocreatethestructureofthe miniatureproperty,togetherwithahighqualitybookletwhichprovidesstep by step, detailed instructions on how to construct and finish your 1:48th dollshouse;bothinsideandout. This series has been specifically written for miniaturistswho want to learn howtobuildtheirveryownquarterscaledollshouse,whilstlearningallthe tricksofthetradeinordertocreateatrulyprofessionalartisanfinish
To pre order and reserve your Barnacle Cottage Kit for email us with your name and the number of kits you wish to reserve office@petiteproperties.com (Prepaymentisnotrequired!) collection at next months Miniatura show, simply

VE RESER NOW!!

BARNACLECOTTAGEBOOK&KITNo.6.

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29.99

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NEW!

It gives us great pleasure to announcethatour

secondquarterscaleIntermediatedollshousekit:

Candlewick House

29.99
Example of constructed & painted kit

Only

has been officially released and is now available to order via ouronlineshop:

http://www.petitepropertiesltd.com/onlineshop/

Candlewick House follows on from the success of our first Intermediate kit:YuleTideChristmasShopandwehopeyou willagreethatitcontinuestodeliverPetitePropertiesethosof realisticquarterscalearchitecture,allataffordableprices!

Candlewick House has been specifically designed for miniaturistswhoarealittlebitnervousaboutaddingtheirown detailingandwhowantthatbitofextrahelpalongtheway!

Kits within our Intermediate range come with everything included, just add paint and glue!
The new Candlewick House Kit has been released for sale today via the Petite Properties online shop and as it is oozing period charm and how could you possibly resist?!

Example of constructed & unpainted kit.

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BuildingonthesuccessthattheAIM projects; covering every aspect of magazine achieved in 2010, thethedollshousehobby. editorial team and members of AIM This month AIM members take a have yet again excelled themselves closer look at shabby chic and and produced another amazing, come together to showcase their quality imag for miniaturists around miniature interpretation of this the world to enjoy, read online or everpopularinteriorstyle. download:allforFREE!!!

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NEW1:48thBASICHOUSEKITS

NEW!

MORE new kits from petite properties!

Regularreadersofthisnewsletterwillknowthatsofarwehavereleased fiveindividualquarterscalepropertieswithintheBook&Kitseries;
Example of constructed & painted kit

eachoneofthesedesignsdrawsinspirationfromdifferentregionsofthe UnitedKingdomandreflectsdifferentperiodsofvernaculararchitecture.

However,thetechniquestaughtineachofthebookletsthataccompany this series of house kits should not be left languishing, unused in a drawer! Therefore I have designed a NEW range of additional kits which can be constructed and finished using the techniques included in each of our previouslypublishedinstructionbooklets.

IntheBasicHouse Kit Series,eachsetofinstructionsiscarefullylinked

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back to the techniques and finishes taught in each booklet, allowing you create your very own artisan finishonanewpropertytimeandtimeagain!

9.99

SoforthoseofyouwholovedbuildingFlowerCottagewhynot extendyourcollectionofDorsetinspiredcottageswith

Daisy chain cottage

which accompany all our Basic House Kits...

two brand new dolls house designs: Rosebud Cottage An Example of the full colour Instructions, andDaisyChainCottage.

Example of constructed & painted kit

These new kits along with Halfpenny House, Orchard House, Windy Hill Croft, Gooseberry Cottage, and our new versatile side scullery will be added to our online shop over the next few weeks...

Rosebud cottage

Miniatura!!!
19th & 20th March, 2011 NEC, Birmingham, UK
The onset of spring brings with it morethanjustaflushofflowering bulbs and a new generation of fluffylambs

It seems that once again Spring Miniatura has managed to quietly and stealthily sneak up on us and isnowonlyafewweeksaway!.

Not to be caught out, Tony and I havebeenworkinghardtoensure thatthePetitePropertiesstandis filled to the brim with fabulous new smaller scale miniatures and as a result we now find ourselves in danger of not being able to fit allournewproductsontoour12ft stand!!!(eek!)

alsohaveawideselection of 1:24th scale dolls houses. To be truthful, afterworkingandwritingin1:48th,I have very much enjoyed getting back to my miniature roots and building and designing new half scale Petite Properties instead, but oh my they feel so BIG in compari son!

Many of you already know that shopshavealwaysbeenaparticular love of mine and although I dont ownadollshouseifIdid,Ithinkit wouldprobablybeashop.

With this in mind I am delighted to share these new shops that I have beenbuildingrecentlyandalthough However, not to be beaten, this almostallofthemweresnappedup spatialpuzzlehasmeantthatwe attherecentThameshow, are currently in the process of restassuredtherewillbe redesigningourstandtoenableus morejustlikethemtaking to put really put on a wonderful prideofplaceonthe showforvisitorsandcustomers! PetitePropertiesstand Alongside all our ever growing atMiniaturanext array of quarter scalekits, we will month!

All of the shops shown are 1:24th scale. Left - Barnacle Cottage (1:48th) which will be released exclusively at the show.

Ournewrangeofshopswillnotbetheonly special additions to our famous and much covetedCountryTownCollectionthereare many new designs to follow and I will be previewing all of them on the Petite Propertieswebsite:

http://www.petiteproperties.com
andinmoredepthonthePetiteProperties blog: http://petiteproperties.blogspot.com/

With prices starting at only 59.99 for a oneoffcompleteddollshouse;TonyandI are confident that we will have something foreveryoneattheshow!!

Aseverallofourhalfscaledollshousesare soldcompleted,withthehouseonourstand being the one you can take home on the day!

However, a word of caution we only have oneofeachproperty,whichareallsoldona firstcomefirstservebasisSooncethey aregonetheyaregone!

Welookforwardtoseeingyouthere!

Bea & Tony Broadwood

To book your tickets or to find out more about this very special UK show, simply visit:
www.miniatura.co.uk

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2011 READERS CHOICE FINALIST!!

Best Miniature Dolls House or Building Kit??? YOU decide!!!!!

We were recently utterly thrilled to find out that our Yule Tide Christmas ShopkithadnotonlybeennominatedforaReaders Choice award, but that it had also made it through to the final (top)5finalists!!! To say that Tony and I are over the moon would be an understatement and we are chuffed to bits to have our kit officiallyrecognisedbyAbout.com

Votingisnowopenandfansof YuleTideChristmasShop/PetitePropertiescanvote onceadayuntilthevotingpollcloses onthe8thMarch!!! About.comwillannouncethewinneron15thMarch!

(...and yep, it is hard to type with our fingers so tightly crossed!!)

SoifyouareafanofYuleTideChristmasshoporPetitePropertiesdesigns, pleasedotakethetimetomakeyourvotecount!Many,manythanks!!

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