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This was the year of SAW's first major anniversary. On April 1, 2003 SAW celebrated it's fifth Anniversary. Board of Director member, Billie Holm, developed special anniversary patterns to help celebrate the occasion.  It was decided to prolong the celebration throughout the year with special happenings at the SAW booth at this year's scrollsaw events.

Over the years, SAW has received several samples of very small scrollwork. All of these items were gathered together into a special display
titled "Think Big, Cut Small". It is difficult to see in this picture what those items were. There are several of Joanne Lockwood's lockets. Diana Thompson has several of her patterns represented in full size.  There are 3D animal puzzles of a rhinoceros and an elephant. In addition there is a pattern of the state of Illinois that has been shrunk down to less than 3" in height and many, many more.

In front of the Cut Small display you can see several samples of wood species.  This display also proved to be interesting as many people attempted to identify each species without turning the wood over to discover the answer. 

At Tennessee, Karl Taylor brought his collection of antique advertising for scroll saws.  This was well received by the scrollers in attendance who found it very interesting to compare the advertising to what they knew of modern scrollsaws.

2003 was also the first year that SAW participated in four separate events. SAW attended and sponsored a Scrollsaw contest at Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Michigan.  The event at Pennsylvania covered two days as they were also celebrating a momentous anniversary. This was the 10(th) anniversary of the Scrollsaw Picnic in Pennsylvania.  This picnic can be credited with the beginning of all scrollsaw picnics and to a very great extent to the formation of SAW itself. It was not until scrollers had gathered together was the need for an organization such as SAW identified. 

SAW has come very far in just five short years and has a lot further to go. There have been vast improvements in the quality of the newsletter and Directory. The web site for SAW has grown to be one of the premier sites for scrolling on the internet. Membership continues to grow as more and more scrollers realize the advantages of joining with SAW. We eagerly anticipate the future to see what new ideas and improvements are yet to come.