Elise Hooper

📚🌱🪴 Thank you, Galveston Reads, for selecting THE LIBRARY OF LOST DOLLHOUSES for its ‘26 pick! My trip to Galveston was amazing! I felt like I was stepping straight into the Bel on Thurs night when I entered the beautiful historic to lead a miniature plant-making workshop. I met a fabulous group of readers who produced a glorious collection of miniature plants made out of plant wire, masking tape, paint, glue, and black tea. There were no rules —your plant could be any color, it could have flowers, butterflies, books—and this friendly group delivered!!! Thank you to all who joined in the fun! And thanks to everyone who came to my book talk today. What a fabulous community of readers! I’m grateful places like The Rosenburg Library exist. 🌸🪴🍃

😎 I dodged last week’s Seattle snowstorm because I was in Arizona, where I soaked up the sun and visited 16 of the Thorne Rooms at the Phoenix Art Museum. These dioramas are made in tiny 1/12 scale and are incredible. I’d seen 68 of them already at the Art Institute of Chicago, so I loved seeing more of the collection. 🔍

And we enjoyed more art . . .
👖Ali Dipp’s amazing hand-stitched recreation of a Trumbull painting on scraps from jeans
🖤”Black Cloud” by Carlos Amorales
🖼️ a Maynard Dixon painting
🦖“Jurassic Age” by Sui Jianguo

🔥And in more miniature news, THE LIBRARY OF LOST DOLLHOUSES is on kindle sale for $1.99 so please scoop it up now!📚

Eagle-eyed FODs (Friends of the Dollhouse) noticed that one of the Bad Bunnies didn’t appear to be at last night’s Super Bowl party in the dollhouse and now we can finally reveal why… Edith was Plant #456 in the Halftime Show!!! It was a super exciting opportunity for her and we couldn’t be prouder!!! Vamos, Edith!!! 🔥🏈🪴💃 And don’t worry, she still got to hang with the boys from Heated Rivalry! 💅🏻

💙🏈💚 Scenes from a Super Bowl party in the dollhouse with special guests Shane Hollander and Ilya Rosanov! The bunnies really were bad and only wanted to read Heated Rivalry, but no one can fault them! Go Hawks!!! 🐰🐸🐷