Making Dollhouse Miniature Tumblers/Cups on the Cheap! I have a habit of thinking in miniature ALL THE TIME, so I am always on the lookout for 1:1 scale stuff that I can repurpose into something in 1:12 scale. In a recent trip to HomeDepot, I spied these end caps for the ClosetMaid shelving units and immediately thought “dollhouse cups!” They’re made of...
A custom Etsy order of miniature planters in wood. Designed and created by Amazing Miniatures. I’ve recently had my first custom order on Etsy. Honestly, I’m still very new to Etsy, so it was pretty exciting to get a custom request. It was for a set of two miniature planters in 1:12 scale, referencing the image above. I gave the buyer a quote based on the time I expected to take to finish it…...
Offering a free Free 1:12 Scale Noguchi Table Scroll Saw Pattern for other miniaturists and collectors who would like to make their own. Back in college, I spied the Noguchi table in one of those trendy furniture design stores in Miami. It was front and center in the window and it stopped me in my tracks. My broke college self could not afford the $1k+ price tag (I still can’t!), so I moved on, but I never forgot that table. Whenever...
Time for some resin tinting experiments to create colorful casts of the miniature modern bookcase. Also experimenting with selling on Ebay as well. I mentioned to a few mini buddies that I am experimenting with tinting my resin casts. As you can see from the images, some of the results are pretty horrible. I bought the generic craft store tints (the set for $30) and not the one that was specifically made for the resin brand, because it was way ...
Part 4 of the Nyne Dollhouse building series where the main first floor is worked on with the Band-it iron on wood product. This is going to be a long post with lots of pictures. While it is still work on the Nyne, this is largely an experiment/how-to-guide using Band-It wood veneer strips, wood filler, and wood stain. When conceptualizing the Nyne, my initial idea was to have the floors be removable. To plan for that, I...
I am now trying to create the modern dollhouse bookcase using resin plastic casting. So the scene above looks vaguely familiar, but can you spot the big difference? I know, I know, the picture color is a bit washed out (sloppy editing), its missing the shelf items, and there’s the Tulip chair, but…. the big difference is that the shelf is actually a plastic reproduction! It first st...
The modern dollhouse bookcase project is now complete and set up in a scene with Japanese Re-ment accessories. The bookcases are done! I just finished finishing the bookcases I am super pleased with how they turned out. With that, I decided to give it a whirl with some Re-ment goodies that I had laying around. This picture makes me look like I have giant man hands, but I don’t! It’s just to give you an idea ...
A miniature dollhouse bookcase in a modern, minimalist design, inspired from a similar bookcase designed by Randall Craig. Still making stuff. This time, its a project inspired by a Barbie sized Randall Craig bookcase in a photo taken by Michael Williams of MAWPhoto.com. I forgot who actually had a blog post on Michael Williams’ work, but I had book marked his flickr page a while back and have been enthralled by his pho...
Creating a miniature circle table dining set, inspired by Ikea's FUSION set. Handmade with wood. This was the post that I’ve started and couldn’t find the time to finish it. I’m getting off my lazy butt now…. I am currently in the “making stuff” phase as a way procrastinating from finishing the Coventry Cottage \shifts eyes\ and I thought I would show you the current project I am working on. Th...
How to make Miniature "Stone" Tiles using clay. I knew I wanted to have my Coventry Cottage’s porch to have “flagstone” flooring and I didn’t want to buy those floor sheets, partially because I’m poor, but mostly because it doesn’t look real enough for me. The next best solution was to make the “stone” tiles and grout them on myself. This is a sh...