Bubbles in Miniature Dollhouse Bathtub by Garden of Imagination
SUBSCRIBE for more FREE tutorials. This video shows a 1:12 size miniature dollhouse bathtub being filled with resin and then topped with bubbles. Resin is optional… you may wish to fill the tub with clay or other material. If you choose resin… be sure your porcelain tub is not cold, as it cracks.
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How to Make a Miniature Dollhouse Lamp by Garden of Imagination
SUBSCRIBE & RATE if you like FREE “How To” videos! This video shows how to make a tall table lamp for your mini doll house. Has hanging Swarovski crystals on lamp shade. (non-electric. see other videos for electric chandelier)
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Lavender Cake with Whipped Cream and Fruits dollhouse miniature
Some cool dollhouse images:
Lavender Cake with Whipped Cream and Fruits dollhouse miniature
Image by Miss Millificent
1:12 scale dollhouse miniature completely handcrafted by me (even the bakery box) from polymer clay. See my profile for more details!
Miniature Food for Dollhouse – Breads
Image by PetitPlat Food Art – Stephanie Kilgast
The absolute gorgeous pot of flowers is from MinisBySonia.etsy.com
I really love it!
The rest is made by me out of polymer clay
1:12
High Voltage Dollhouse
Image by lisbokt
Today over at The Geek Group we did a "Will it Fry?" video with one of my dollhouses. This poor house lived through a flooding while still in the box and never quite fit together right. I tried anyway and eventually realised it was missing pieces, so I offered it up for the cause. The furniture was needed for breakout points and worked well. The furniture came out completely unharmed and the house wasn’t bad either – some holes in the upper floor but you could hide them if you wanted.
Mary?s Miniatures is Proud to Announce the Addition of Lee?s Line, Fine Furnishings in Miniature
Mary’s Miniatures is Proud to Announce the Addition of Lee’s Line, Fine Furnishings in Miniature
North Oaks, MN (PRWEB) January 24, 2011
Mary’s Miniatures is proud to announce the addition of Lee’s Line, fine furnishings in miniature.
This recent addition offers a new line of beautiful and elegant, handcrafted dollhouse furniture. Each piece of furniture reflects current, classic and contemporary dollhouse furniture styles; and Lee’s Minis’ hand crafted dollhouse furniture is versatile enough to blend with almost any style of dollhouse furniture.
Mary Konkel, owner of Mary’s Miniatures, is extremely pleased with this addition, as it complements her already existing product line of over 16,000 miniature products.
Konkel, owns and operates an online miniature business called Mary’s Miniatures, and her products are typically 1:12 scale in size. If one checks out her website, http://www.marysminitures.net, they’ll immediately see the scale of her items.
Konkel said, her love of miniature crafting began 30 years ago, when she gave her then-7-year-old daughter, a wooden dollhouse as a gift. She finished the floors of the dollhouse with Popsicle sticks, and put up miniature wallpaper. Then she started accessorizing. That led her to a local craft store, where she met a saleslady who was into miniatures.
“She was so excited to talk about miniatures,” said Konkel. “She had done a lot of it herself, and we got to be friends. I fed off her ideas.”
After creating a number of pieces, Konkel was able to fully accessorize the dollhouse. But then her newfound hobby was shelved, due to the business of life. It wasn’t until 2008 that she got back into her miniature pastime ….in a big way.
The dollhouse that inspired Konkel’s hobby has now been passed down to her granddaughters, who are 3, 7 and 10.
Konkel says, a one-time hobby has evolved into a full-time online business. What started as all handcrafted miniatures, has grown into well over 16,000 miniature dollhouse products, including Handley House, Bright delights and now, Lee’s Line.
Mary’s website utilizes the latest online technology for product updating and buyer checkout features.
Konkel said one of her favorite stories involves one of her seven grandchildren and her miniatures.
“She woke up and said ‘Grandma, I woke up and I’m thinking tiny,” she laughed. “And I said ‘You know what? So am I.’”
To purchase Konkel’s miniatures, go to http://www.marysminiatures.net.
Contact:
Mary A. Konkel
3 Hawthorne Ct.
North Oaks, MN 55127
Phone: 800.651.5990
http://www.marysminiature.net
info(at)marysminiatures(dot)net
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How To Make Your Own Miniature Dollhouse?
How To Make Your Own Miniature Dollhouse?
Parents love their children so much that they want to give them everything. But taxing the pocket normally will stop their children from having their toys. So, here we are, sharing with you how to make your own doll house.
All children especially girls, they all love to play with dolls. They will dress them up and visit each other’s house and have tea, network and play cooking. They love to pretend to be mothers or daughters or good friends. This is how dolls, dollhouses, toy furnitures for the hall, kitchen, and bedroom all started.
Manufacturers are so clever to create them in a miniature size made of wood, good quality plastics and paper cutting. Some of these things can be pretty expensive in the market therefore you can create your own by just being creative. When creating miniature dolls or furniture or houses for your children, get them involve bringing out their creativity. Ask them for suggestions and apply their suggestion onto those items you are about to create.
Here we explain how you can create your own miniature toy furniture’s or houses and many more. First, decide on the material you like to use. As a beginner, I recommend you start with cardboard, boxes, then with wood. As you improve, you can then venture into plastics or metal. You can even create 3D with wooden boxes.
Measure the size of the doll you have then get the right scale of the house to fit the doll. Give extra room on the ceiling as well as enough room for the doll to have a bed in the house. You would not want the doll’s leg hanging out at the edge of the bed or the house. Children are not concern about having the furniture’s, tables, beds into the house except they must have their doll walking around in the house and able to sit on the chair and have tea with their other doll friends.
Think how you like the house to look like and begin sketching it. Create the doors, windows, draw them on the cardboard or boxes and cut it out. After you have completely cut everything you need for the house, does some painting on them would make the house looking prettier when it is completed. Use pastel colors for the wall in order to make the house looking more spaces. You can also use lovely present papers for the wall. Unwanted carpets or lace or fabrics lying around in your house can be used as carpet for this miniature house.
Once you have completed on the walls, windows and floor, next is the curtains. Use the fishing string, cut two lengths of it and cut some lace fabric. Stick the lace fabric on the fishing string and hang on the window. Stick some pretty beads on both the ends of the fishing string to secure the hold of the curtain and for the final touch for the window, cut some nice pictures representing outside scenery and paste this on the window.
Finally have cupboard, furniture, tables, bed, dressing table, sofas, telephone, lighting, standing fan, all of these made by you and place them nicely at the appropriate place in the house. You might like to decorate them with pillows, flower pots, picture frames to enhance the look of yourself made little dollhouse.
I am the a person who have loved to make miniature houses since young and this hobby of mine has provided me a creative mind.
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Making Miniature Dollhouse Furniture
Making Miniature Dollhouse Furniture
Wouldn’t it be fun to have a dollhouse and then furnish it with items that you have made yourself? Some dollhouse lovers simply want to collect and display them, but others want to experience the joy of building a dollhouse themselves and then making miniature dollhouse furniture to match. While there is a wide range of choices for dollhouse furniture in craft shops and even online, it is still a whole lot better to make your own miniature furniture in order to give your dollhouse a more personal touch.
Individuals who are naturally interested in arts and crafts are often the ones who prefer making their own dollhouse furniture. But, even if you are not really the arts and craft kind of person, you shouldn’t find much difficulty in making dollhouse furniture. This project does not require specialized skills and its biggest advantage is that you can usually make the miniatures from readily available resources and unused materials right in your own home. You can even turn this project into a memorable bonding activity with your family.
Instructions on making miniature dollhouse furniture can be found easily on the internet. All you have to do is read, understand, and follow the instructions to the letter. Dollhouse furniture can be made in a variety of sizes, depending on the size of the dollhouse itself. The standard scale used in dollhouse furniture making is 1:12. It is important that you make the furniture in the right scale so as not to make it look out-of-place in the dollhouse.
The materials you need in making dollhouse furniture depend on the type of furniture that you want to make. For example, toothpicks can be used as chair legs whereas stir sticks are better for bedposts. In general, though, you will need to have glue, craft knives, miniature drills, fine sandpaper, and paint on hand. Always allow glue to set before you add another piece to whatever furniture you are making. You need to form strong bonds in order to keep the furniture from falling apart easily.
Once a piece of furniture is finished, you may give it a finish by sanding any rough edges and then applying a coat of paint. You will need tiny brushes and paint of good quality. Be sure to mix a little thinner with the paint so as to prevent paint build-up on your dollhouse furniture. When the paint dries, you may apply polyurethane to protect the furniture from wear and tear. If you decide to add accessories to your dollhouse furniture, be sure to pay close attention to details.
A lot of everyday items can easily be transformed into miniature dollhouse furniture as well. One good example is a pizza box support. Notice that little white plastic thing in the middle of a pizza that keeps the box from sticking to the toppings? You can transform that into a miniature table with just a bit of accessorizing. Small hairspray tops can also be used as dollhouse trash cans. If you have small school pictures being kept somewhere, you may take them out and convert them into dollhouse wall decor. These are just some examples, but where dollhouse furniture is concerned, you can really let your creativity run wild!
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Miniature Dollhouse Food – Christmas Turkey
A few nice dollhouse images I found:
Miniature Dollhouse Food – Christmas Turkey
Image by PetitPlat Food Art – Stephanie Kilgast
handmade by me out of polymer clay
1:12 dollhouse scale
Beauty is in the Details – All About Miniature Dollhouse Furniture
Beauty is in the Details – All About Miniature Dollhouse Furniture
Dollhouse collections would never be complete without the stylish touch of the miniature dollhouse furniture. Children and adults alike love to decorate their doll houses with tiny, exquisite miniature doll house furniture, which complements the style of the dollhouse in perfection. From doll beds, chairs, closets or little doll tables and chairs, doll house collectors surely have plenty to choose from.
Beautifully crafted miniature dollhouse furniture can be purchased from specialized stores or from online providers. If you are looking for unique pieces of dollhouse furniture or collectible items, the Internet is the best source to start with. Doll house furniture manufacturers with online shops or EBay auctions can provide you with a large range of miniature dollhouse furniture to decorate your doll house.
With various colors, designs and prices, miniature dollhouse furniture should always uphold the overall theme of the dollhouse. Therefore, remember to purchase only the furniture items that match the style and the architecture of the dollhouse. For example, purchasing miniature dollhouse furniture that represents the Victorian period for a contemporary style dollhouse can easily affect the overall style of your project.
Kids are less picky of course, and anything would work for their dollhouse. However, for passionate dollhouse collectors, the level of detail and the precision in choosing the best miniature dollhouse furniture is one of the most important stages of a doll house project. Here are three hot tips on how to choose the right miniature dollhouse furniture:
TIP #1 – Styles
Deciding on the miniatures style depends on the type of dollhouse you already have. If you are not sure of your choice, there are many magazines available, as well as online information.
TIP #2 – Quality
True collectors will spend whatever it takes to get that unique piece of dollhouse furniture. Expensive furniture will definitely sow off a dollhouse, but it’s not meant for playing purposes. If you buy miniatures for your kids’ dollhouse, less expensive items are just as good; if kids can play with them, great!
TIP #3 – Kits
Doll house miniatures also come in kits. Generally, kits are cheaper and include more items specifically designed for one room, like bathroom kits or living room miniature kits.
Most miniature dollhouse furniture is handmade and created with a high level of detail. Choosing handmade dollhouse furniture will also increase the value of the doll house, and it will allow owners to enjoy perfect miniature accessories for a lifetime. Some of the most popular types of doll house furniture are:
- The Victorian style, impressing with the striking appearance and stylish design;
- The Tudor style, featured by beautiful wood miniature dollhouse furniture. The representative dollhouse furniture for this style includes stools and chests, rather than chairs. Beds with detailed carving are another excellent point for choosing Tudor miniature dollhouse furniture.
- Georgian miniature doll house furniture;
- Contemporary style;
- Southwestern dollhouse furniture.
As you can see, it is very hard to decide on a certain dollhouse furniture style. Every style has its own charm, but this is where the collector’s choice intervenes. Dollhouses allow people to express their fascination for a certain historical period and the attached architectural style. The miniature dollhouse furniture represents the top of the iceberg, providing a personal insight of those times simply by recreating exactly the interiors. It’s like taking a trip back in time, getting the real feel of the history, just at a smaller scale.
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How to Stain Wood for Miniature Dollhouse Furniture and Other Wood Items
Subscribe for more free tutorials. This video shows how to use Wood Staining pens on your dollhouse projects.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
While cleaning out the attic for a garage sale I ran across all my doll house furniture that I packed up years ago in a fit of teenage prompted peer mocking anxiety. I’m glad I didn’t get rid of it after all.
Video Rating: 4 / 5