By Small Design – National Association of Miniature Enthusiasts

You’re invited to join this year’s NAME Day celebration! Whether you attend an in-person gathering hosted by the MiniCals club, the By Small Design club, or online from the comfort of home, it’s a great chance to connect with fellow miniaturists and enjoy working on a fun project together.

This year’s project, “The Courtyard,” will be available in 1:48, 1:24, and 1:12 scales, with a basic kit provided. You’ll have the freedom to finish and decorate it your own way, with plenty of ideas and inspiration shared throughout the day.

A sample of *The Courtyard* created by Wine Country Miniature Society.

Morgan Hill, CA (MiniCals club)

Saturday, September 27, 2025; 9am
Location: M & L Precision Machining, 18665 Madrone Pkwy, Morgan Hill, CA
Hosted by: MiniCals
Door prizes, silent auction, shoebox sales, and gifts. Breakfast and lunch will be served. Registration is $45. Make your reservation by August 1.
Email Ruth Heisch for more info and to register.

Sacramento, CA (By Small Design club)

Saturday, October 4, 2025; 10 am-3 pm
Location: Elks Lodge, 6446 Riverside Blvd, Sacramento, CA
Hosted By: By Small Design
This event is open to any NAME member who signs-up before August 11, 2025 or until the maximum capacity of the room has been reached. Registration is $40, plus the cost of the kits. All scales will be at the event. A Continental breakfast, lunch, raffle, gifts, and goody bags will be provided.
Download the registration form. Contact Ynez Fritsch or Fran Bigler for more info.

Online event via Zoom

Sunday, October 5; 11 am Pacific
Hosted by: Mini Cyber Club (MCC)
No sign-up is required—just join in! A Zoom link will be available on Create.miniatures.org. Choose and assemble your kit(s) while chatting with fellow miniaturists. All scales are welcome. There will be door prizes and opportunities to share your progress. Order a kit from one of the cutters or bring an older, unfinished kit. It will be a fun day of building and connecting!
Contact Barbara Thornton-Hill for more info.

This information is offered as a service to the community of miniature enthusiasts. If you know of a miniature related event or have information/photos to share, please contact the N.A.M.E. N2 Region Webmaster. Did you know that you can promote our N2 region when you post photos to social media? Just use the hashtag #namen2 when adding a new photo to your social media account.

This year’s NAME Day event is ”The Dream Craft Room”, starting with the crafting table. Plans for the craft table have been provided in 1”, ½” and ¼” in the NAME Gazette. Some cutters will produce kits for 1/144” scale. Cutters have been encouraged to develop accessories to go on or in the storage areas of the crafting table. This will be a two year project, with a storage unit (including a sink) to be the second part of the series in 2020.

Please see below for various event dates.

To participate in NAME Day, you must be a NAME member, or become a member. Please contact one of the N2 region members who are hosting an event (below). If you are unable to attend a local event, you may purchase a kit from Barbara Thornton-Hill or other cutters.

Online events are also happening (see below).

The 2019 NAME Day project is the crafting table.

Events in the N2 Region

Morgan Hill, CA
Saturday, September 28, 2018, 10 am – 4 pm
MiniCals & Through the Looking Glass invite you to a NAME Day “Mini Towne Faire.” The project will include a choice of one of the fair booths shown in the photos; or participants may use the day to catch-up on projects; or bring their own NAME Day kit. Proceeds benefit NAME. Participants will be provided with their choice of a quick and easy fair booth to assemble. Make n’ takes, create it and rate it (a contest to make something from nothing), shoe box sales, door prizes, exhibits, silent auction, lunch. Participants are encouraged to bring past NAME Day projects to share and a tool kit and jig. Cost $30. Location: M & L Precision, 18665 Madrone Parkway, Morgan Hill. Contact Ruth Heisch

MiniCals will be hosting a workshop for NAME Day that will incorporate a fair booth project.

Fresno, CA
Thursday, October 3, 2019, 9 am
Participants may choose from 1″, 1/2″, or 1/4″ scales. Kits will be ordered ahead of time so anyone can contact Barbara about the scale they desire. Meeting at HobbyTown (Blackstone and Barstow). Lunch will be at a nearby restaurant. Then back to work until a dessert break in the middle of the afternoon. Contact Barbara Fairbanks

Sacramento, CA
Saturday, October 5, 2019, 10 am – 3 pm
By Small Design will host an all scales event. Potluck, gifts and raffle. Bring a dish to serve 5 people. Meeting at Sierra Arden Church of Christ, 890 Morse Ave., Sacramento (2 min. from the Elegant Dollhouse Store). Registration for this event is closed.

A finished sample of the crafting table project.

Online Events

MiniCyberClub.com
October 5, 2018
Live workshop instructions for NAME Members Only. Register online.

Quarter Connection
October 12-13, 2018. Registration has closed. Wait list.
Quarter inch scale. Auctions, swaps, and more. All proceeds from the NAME Day weekend will go to NAME. More info

More information about the NAME Day project is available on the NAME website.