Designing an Event

Perhaps you are like me when you set up scenes: you have an idea, you gather some furnishings and a setting, and you play around until you end up with something that stirs up a feeling of "just right." I am going to try to apply this as naturally as I can to an exciting opportunity: a modern miniatures event at my local Design Within Reach store in Princeton, NJ, on Thursday, June 24 from 4-7 p.m. It's great that the store is hosting the event, which will also feature the wonderful new 1:16 Emerson House from brinca dada. Mark Green, who had a major hand in designing the furniture, will be on hand to represent and share the house. I cannot wait!

I am planning to bring my Kaleidoscope House and am now designing setups for the whole house, as well as for some select DWR furniture in the store. I have arranged for some very beautiful and exciting loans from Elf Miniatures and minimodernistas (and am planning to use some of my own Paris Renfroe pieces), since I would like to showcase some of the (very) great mini talent out there. By the way, both Elf and minimodernistas have started making their designs in 1:16, so please keep them in mind if you have a need in that scale.

Once I knew about the event a few months ago, I decided to get my act together and create a logo for Call of the Small to somehow capture what my blog is about. My husband clued me in to a very cool site, Hatchwise, which offers graphic design services for logos via a contest open to designers all around the world. I submitted my goals for a logo and ended up with a neat visual creation!

You may see the lines of the special wallpaper in my vintage Brio, as well as my beloved minimodernistas globe lamp!

I used the new logo to design my own calling cards with a new tag line: "Where small modern lives large":

This was done very reasonably through Zazzle ($30 for 300), a site where you can easily produce your own cards.

I will hopefully post an album of pictures from the event -- wish me luck! And, of course, if you live near or will be visiting near Princeton, NJ, please come!

By the way, I have heard some mini buzz about a west coast DWR event in the fall that sounds like it will be a gathering of some mini greats...hopefully an official announcement will be out soon!

Credits: Vintage Panton chair by Bodo Hennig; dresser is vintage German.

Lights On

Well, lights on the ceiling, that is...aren't these hanging lights cool?! They were made by my mini bud Megan over at Modern Mini Houses, whom I had the pleasure of meeting on the west coast last month. Her blog is fantastic, and now she has somehow found extra hours in her busy day (when not being a Mom, Internet whiz, and mini blogger) to craft these neat lamps. Or sculpture. Or other fantastic modern decoration! Thanks for sharing these Megan! I hope you like how I used them. You can see another set over at Carol's blog, leftcoastmini.

Credits: Hanging lights by Megan of Modern Mini Houses; credenza is vintage VERO; desk is vintage German; chair is Reac; white shelving unit and crate on floor are Re-ment; wood "floor" under desk consists of two coasters from Crate and Barrel; sculpture is made of wooden children's puzzle blocks; base of sculpture is a natural sponge from the SFMOMA store; plant is vintage TOMY. Accessories are Tynies, Barbie by Jonathan Adler, Bodo Hennig, Re-ment, Manor House Miniatures, and random doll house store finds.

Re-ment: I have noted the Re-ment used in this scene before with some exceptions. The Starbucks-type tumbler and green filing binder in clear bag are from Girls in the City # 6 "Office Supply 101," and are good for 1:12. The clear bag is from Cosmetics "Natural," and is good as a large purse or briefcase. The white crate is from Pretty Placement #9, and is good for 1:12. The Murano-type glass decanter and plates in the credenza are from Tea Time Collection #3, "Ryuku Glass," and are good for 1:12.