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Miniatures RSS FeedsCall for Nominations for Readers' Choice Awards for Miniatures - One week warning for nominations for the 2012 About Miniatures Readers' Choice Awards! A special warning if you really want to see you favorite dollhouse or building kit nominated, this area is short on nominations, so please get them in asap. You can see last year's miniature building kit nominees for examples. Quarter scale buildings are currently the only ones with nominations, so add your favorites now. The nominations close February 15th, so please make sure you submit items you want to be considered for awards in the following categories:Best Blog on MiniaturesBest Miniature Building Kit (any scale)Best New Miniature Product or Too...Feed Source: miniatures.about.com Make Printable Miniature Cherub Design Chocolate Boxes - These Printable Miniature Chocolate Boxes With Cherubs come in squares and rectangles as well as heart shapes, lending them to miniature scenes other than only Valentine's Day. Use them to display dollhouse scale pastries as well as miniature chocolates made from polymer clay I'll be setting up more sizes in these boxes, 1:4, 1:24 and 1:6 scale should be linked to the instructions tomorrow. The 1/6 scale ones will have taller sides so they can be used for real gifts or individual chocolate treats for your valentine.Photo © 2012 Lesley Shepherd
... How to Choose Eyes for Miniature Dolls and Tiny BJD's - To choose eyes for miniature doll sculpts or tiny ball joint dolls you need to do a bit of thinking about how your doll is made, how often you want to change the doll's gaze, how old you want the doll to appear, or how you intend to sculpt your figure. Eyes come in several materials and with different shapes, to allow them to be fitted into a wide range of doll types. You might think only glass eyes can withstand the temperatures needed to bake polymer clay sculpts but there are acrylic and soft glass or silicone eyes which can also take these temperatures. Eye styles can also be chosen to suit how often you change your doll's expression (if this is a ball joint doll) or to use for other purposes (sleeping eyes, fantasy... Printable Dollhouse Kitchen Canisters with Hearts - The Printable Red Heart Design Dollhouse Canister Set is part of a set of co-ordinates for dollhouse kitchen, pastry and coffee shop, and valentine's tea displays. The canisters come in several sizes and can be made from lightweight card or photo paper.These little sets are easy to make in three dollhouse scales and can be filled with a range of items to suit your scene. If you'd like me to set up the printables for fashion doll scales, please just ask!. Other printables that co-ordinate with this set (available in 1:12, 1:24 and 1:48 scale) include:Tea and... Good Miniature Techniques May Take You Far - Now that it is New Year's on the Chinese calendar, I'm thinking about what I've resolved to do January 1st. I often hear people at miniature fairs exclaiming how difficult it must be to make .. The truth is, with miniatures, technique and knowledge of materials are the key to making items tinier and tinier and improving the realism with each attempt. The photo of this pendant necklace illustrates this perfectly. A section of a dead fall arbutus branch becomes a wonderful piece of art in the hands of the skilled artisans from All The Time In The World Handcrafting. It takes a lot of practice to get this good at using a jeweller's saw or piercing sa... Printable Heart Serving Dishes in Dollhouse Scales - When I set up the gold heart tea set and coffee service printables I didn't realize they'd be popular for a full dining service. I've added the casseroles, plant pots, serving tray and other printable miniature serving pieces to the set this week, and should finish off with the kitchen cannisters in the same design next week.I've set these up as printables in 1:12, 1:24 and 1:48 scales. 1:48 is difficult but not impossible to make, although print it on paper not light card! If you'd like these in 1:6 scale, please let me know! Fashion dolls may need romantic dinnerware as well.Photo ... Playing with Fabric Paints on Miniature Doll Wigs - I'm having fun these days experimenting with coloring / dying tibetan lambswool for custom wigs for my tiny ball joint doll. One of the great things about miniatures is the ability to experiment with a few materials and make a big impact. Setacolor one of my favorite fabric paints for customizing miniature doll clothing, is doing double duty for me these days as a hair dye for my tiny wig experiments. It is easy to use, doesn't require me to soak the hide I'm using for tibetan lambswool wigs, and lets me blend colors before I apply, or by adding easily controlled streaks and tip effects. Easily controll... Miniatures - 2012 Readers' Choice Award Nominations - It's time to nominate your favorite miniatures and blogs for the 2012 About Miniatures Readers' Choice Awards! This year you can nominate in four categories: Best Blog on MiniaturesBest Miniature Building Kit (any scale)Best New Miniature Product or Tool Best Use of Miniatures in ArtI'm looking forward to hearing about your favorites, just fill in the 2012 Readers' Choice Nomination Forms for MiniaturesNot sure what the awards are about? Check the info on last year's winners for 2011 Best Blog on Miniatur... Tibetan Lambswool For Miniature Doll Wigs and Model Horse Manes - Tibetan lambswool , with its natural fine fiber and loose curls, is a favorite material for doll makers and model horse customizers. If you're thinking of experimenting with it, I've laid out some things you should consider when buying it, as well as some dyes that work well for custom colors. I'll have some photos of the dying and styling process up in a day or so when my 'dolly salon' experiments are finished! It is a fun material to work with, especially for custom coloring.Photo © 2012 Lesley Shepherd... Tuesday's Miniature Material - The Headpin - Most miniaturists have a few headpins in their materials stash. Headpins, a jewellery finding used primarily for beaded earrings, necklaces and bracelets, often show up in instructions for assembling miniatures. Long straight pins with no point, they can be used for custom miniature hinges, or as separators for paper plates on printable miniature cake stands. Especially decorative ones can be used as shown here, to ... Copyright © 2012, Whitecraft Software Company. All Rights Reserved. |