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dolls houses and minis dolls houses and minis welcome to my miniature world labels about miniatures 34 book review 12 christmas in the dolls house 15 edwardian dolls house 16 guest interview 8 how to make 31 miniature museum 7 n scale village 8 retro caravan 11 small projects 34 the tearooms 5 tudor dolls house 13 saturday 19 july 2014 workshops at the nzame miniatures convention october 2014 a tiny tin shop used for a workshop at convention at the nzame convention in nelson this year at october s labour weekend there is a wide selection of workshops you can choose to do ranging from ones taking 2 days to complete to ones taking 1 2 a day there s lots to tempt us mini makers here s a sampling to get you thinking of what you d like to do 2 days 1930s kitchen and a gourmet shop doorway scene of provence 1 1 2 days european christmas market stall and a setting using card paint and foam to make food and furniture 1 day wooden country kitchen table and tin houses and shops like the one in my photo to be furnished with 70 laser cut pieces of furniture accessories very fiddly and a glitter xmas village and tea in the conservatory and a woven oval basket 1 2 day hats and a park bench and several on polymer clay food and a garden arch and an inside outside kitchen on a turntable and kumihimo braids and a street barrow and using gold leafing and dressing a bride doll and making a cabinet with pots and glass decanters on a revolving stand workshops are allocated on a first come first served basis find out more on the nzame website posted by wendy craig at 17 16 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels about miniatures friday 4 july 2014 a foodie theme for this year s nz miniatures convention baking a lemon pudding in 1 12 scale bon appetit that s the theme for the nzame convention in new zealand this october i wonder what food you would cook for display would you do a baking scene or a vegetarian dish or perhaps a roast lamb with pavlova for dessert of course for the quintessential kiwi meal preparing vegetables for dinner a food preparation area or vignette could have a duck to pluck a brace of pheasants hanging or vegetables to be washed sliced tudor food for a feast perhaps your food could have an historical theme like my tudor feast complete with boar s head made for me by a friend lampreys jumbles and soft white bread rolls for the upper crust the window display in a cake shop tearooms the food theme expands to take in buildings as well a restaurant tavern bar cafe corner shop or tearooms how about a well stocked pantry to show off bottles preserves in jars sacks of flour and tins of biscuits or if you d rather have your food outdoors a picnic basket filled with goodies to eat and drink would make a great display of course your miniatures could take us on a gourmet trip around the world to a sidewalk cafe in paris a pizzeria in rome an oyster bar in bluff a chinese restaurant in hong kong a burger bar in l a or a fish and chip shop in london whatever the food miniature or real there will be lots of it in nelson at labour weekend look on the nzame website for more information bon appetit posted by wendy craig at 22 20 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels about miniatures wednesday 18 june 2014 miniatures convention 2014 in new zealand it s almost that time again the biennial convention of the new zealand association of miniature enthusiasts all year dolls house and miniatures enthusiasts from around the country have been planning and plotting and making tiny things to exhibit at the convention it is a chance to look and learn and be inspired by what others have done it s a visual feast and a chance to shop shop shop at the traders tables for those special minis this year the convention will be in nelson hosted by the nelson miniatures club and held at waimea college in richmond this will be at labour weekend 24 27 october 2014 there s a full programme of workshops and round table smaller projects to do more details can be found on the nzame website perhaps we ll see you in nelson in october posted by wendy craig at 13 31 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels about miniatures sunday 1 june 2014 look at the miniature circus the miniature circus in a matchbox although this was one of the smallest mini projects i ve done it was also the easiest no cutting no gluing no painting or staining all i had to do was pop the little cardboard figures out from their perforated backing card poke holes in the numbered crosses with my cake tester that was the finest sharpest pointy thing i had and then push the corresponding numbered pieces into place it all came together in about 10 minutes for a fun little mini that s very different from the norm it makes a nice souvenir of my time in germany the mini circus completed posted by wendy craig at 15 23 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels small projects thursday 29 may 2014 a miniature circus in a matchbox a circus in a matchbox i ve been in germany this last month visiting family and as ever was on the lookout for miniatures i found this intriguing little matchbox in a souvenir shop you can see how small it is with the paperclip beside it the makings of the circus now with only a basic sketch for instructions and no picture of the completed circus i think it will take a bit of working out what to put where like doing a jigsaw puzzle without a picture on the box to give you clues i ll make this my weekend project and post a photo next week posted by wendy craig at 15 59 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels small projects friday 23 may 2014 how to decorate tudor dolls house ceilings in 1 12 scale a beamed and plastered ceiling in a tudor dolls house in tudor times ceilings had hand adzed oak beams exposed these were sometimes stencilled or painted with the area between the beams plastered grander houses may have had decorative plastered ceilings in the main hall i used several different types of ceiling decoration in my tudor dolls house how to make plaster and oak beams in this bedroom and the kitchen make the beams from balsa wood or squared wood roughen the edges or attack them with a craft knife to make knicks and cuts to give the effect of hand adzing stain with oak coloured stain mark with a pencil on the ceiling where the beams will go undercoat the ceiling with white paint then plaster it with a fine mix of tacky glue artists sand and white paint leaving the spaces clear where the beams will go when dry glue on the beams with wood glue and dabs of super glue hold the beams up till the glue dries with strips of masking tape if you are building the dolls house you can do all this in the early stages by turning it upside down to make it a lot easier to work with painted beams in a tudor dolls house how to make decorative beams in the parlour i had used scrap booking paper in a faded pattern to cover one wall of the tudor parlour and had enough of the paper over to do the beams as well i made and stained the beams then carefully cut strips of the paper and glued them on the sides of the beams once completely dry i trimmed them up this gave the effect of hand painted decoration if you are a better painter than me you could paint them or even stencil them to your own patterns using embossed wallpaper how to make plastered ceilings in the great hall source some embossed wallpaper from home decorating stores they often have free samples or left over rolls from ends of runs or out of date pattern books you could use i ve found that once i explain about making a dolls house the shop people are very interested and happy to give me wallpaper pieces carefully measure the ceiling of the dolls house in the room that will be a little grander than the rest of the house now you can go two ways here a choose a suitable section of the paper so that the pattern is centred on the ceiling and glue the paper to the ceiling covering it completely b cut out shapes from the embossed paper plaster the ceiling and then stick the shapes on this is what i did once the paper has dried spread a very fine layer of plaster over the paper this makes it merge in so it doesn t look like bits and pieces just stuck on creating a ceiling how to make a rush ceiling for the top storey of my tudor dolls house the top floor of a tudor house was where the servants slept or supplies were stored it wasn t a place that would be seen by visitors so there was no need to have a grand ceiling to impress others slats of wood or rush matting would be laid under the tiles or shingles in theory this would keep out the worst of the weather and the worst of the vermin i m thinking rats here to simulate this in 1 12 scale i used place mats like this one made of very thin strips of bamboo be careful when cutting them to size so they don t unravel before you have a chance to glue them on i hope these ideas will be useful when you are making your own tudor dolls house or room box posted by wendy craig at 19 35 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels how to make tudor dolls house thursday 27 march 2014 another miniature knitting masterpiece from helen palenski helen palenski s red hat lady you never know what igma artisan helen palenski will surprise us with next she has added red hat ladies to her range of tiny knitted figures this one has been made into a brooch you can see the clasp to the left of the lady with so much detail shown it s hard to believe that this little figure is only 1 1 2 inches tall do you know the poem that was the inspiration for this miniature it s called warning by jenny joseph the narrator promises to be a difficult old lady here is the start of the poem when i am an old woman i shall wear purple with a red hat which doesn t go and doesn t suit me and i shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves and satin sandals and say we ve no money for butter helen s wee old woman is perfectly suited to the poem she looks like a formidable lady with attitude if you would like to see more of helen s exquisite miniature knitting look in the guest interview section of this blog where i did a 2 part interview with helen posted by wendy craig at 18 31 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels about miniatures older posts home subscribe to comments atom popular posts miniatures in munich a bavarian miniature made of tin i had a fascinating afternoon yesterday on the hunt for minis i was especially wanting to find some an edwardian doll s house carousal pop up book i have this edwardian doll s house carousal pop up book in my library of books about minis and dolls houses it s a bit of fun s how to make flowers in 1 12 scale flowers made from tissue paper sometimes i use fimo the oven dried modelling clay to make miniature flowers but after much experimen how to make a braided rug for your dolls house a 1 12 scale braided rug if you can plait your hair and have ten minutes to spare then you can make a braided rug for your dollshouse how to make a leather shopping bag in 1 12 scale a little leather shopping bag i thought i d tell you about our workshop at miniatures club today we made shopping bags out of very about me wendy craig i have been a freelance writer for many years on my blogs about cruise vacations cruise the pacific and the dolls house hobby dollshouses and minis i will post useful practical information for a touch of whimsy and delight in a simpler less busy life i ve created a blog called take the time today i m sure you will find things to interest you i hope you enjoy reading my blogs as much as i enjoy writing them view my complete profile search this blog blog archive 2014 15 july 2 workshops at the nzame miniatures convention octo a 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