I would like to introduce you to our September Member of the Month, Kathy (Redneck Princess). Kathy has been a member of the Greenleaf forum since September 18, 2007.  Happy one-year anniversary! Kathy may only be a relative newbie to our forum but she is a great person and always has something to give in the forms of advice, praise, and laughter.

Kathy has been married to her wonderful husband for 25 years. He understands her love of miniatures and even bought her the Magnolia for Christmas last year. Together they have three smart and talented children. Her two daughters are now adults and on their way to bigger and better things. Her son is a senior in high school and wants to be a writer. He even made items for her Adams on Mother` Day.

Kathy has loved miniatures her whole life. It started with her Mother’s collection of miniatures that she kept in her china cabinet. Kathy could not resist playing with them. Later in her childhood she received a metal dollhouse that had one electric light. She loved that dollhouse and says she probably went through a ton of batteries for it.  She started making miniatures when she was in Junior high school.  She and her friend would make room boxes out of shoeboxes and made everything to put in them. Unfortunately, one of their peers found out. They made fun of them for playing with dolls and that put an end to their creativity.

Kathy finds joy in the building process of dollhouses but feels that she probably more of decorator then anything else. She loves to rearrange the furniture in the rooms to see which pieces work best together. As for collecting, she only seems to be collecting kits at the moment. Kathy likes to dry fit her houses first. She says that is when the house tells her what it wants to be. It gets her mind working on how to make it happen.  The only thing she really hates in the dollhouse process is sanding. She is fortunate to have a mouse sander but when it comes to all the little pieces it makes her crazy. The first time Kathy ever attempted working on a dollhouse she was nervous and excited at the same time. She doesn’t have any horror stories but she did get frustrated. She says that she doesn’t think she could have accomplished that first build, The Whitney, without the Greenleaf forum.