What a great afternoon!

Miniaturist Marijke from New Brunswick, whose blog several of us follow, has been visiting her family over the holidays and came over yesterday afternoon. We were joined by five members of M.E.E..

The afternoon just flew by as we had the greatest visit talking about all aspects of minis: our respective clubs, shows, brick and mortar stores and the lack thereof, Castine, Chicago, Camp Mini HaHa (where Marijke, Tina and I met). Marijke shared flower-making ideas with Teresa.Tina shared her ideas for using her newest piece of equipment.

Marijke gifted each of us with a beautiful poinsettia plant.

And she also gave me this lovely stitched Navajo  rug in a design she found in Arizona. She hoped the neutral colours would help me find a place for it. At this point, though, I think it may end up in one of my art galleries.

Now that Marijke's three children and spouses are living in Alberta, we hope that we'll see her more often.