Dollhouse Miniatures by Pei Li is a beautiful web site specializing in highly realistic and unique one inch scale dollhouse miniatures. Pei Li’s work has been featured in several publications and online venues. She has written a detailed, downloadable tutorial on The Art of Making Dollhouse Miniature French Bakery Bread, available for purchase on her [...]
Intricately Detailed & Realistic Linda Cummings is an artist in the United Kingdom obsessed with perfection and realism in her one inch scale miniature collectible foods. She became absorbed in the world of scale miniatures 10 years ago but was always a “crafty” person. Watercolors, counted cross stitch, knitting and crochet were a few of [...]
Dreams In Miniature…by Silvia Bolchi I was introduced to Silvia Bolchi’s handcrafted miniature accessories several years ago, and I was impressed with their realism and originality. She creates many items that I’ve not seen elsewhere, including honey jars, inlaid trays, butterfly collections and more. Silvia’s web site features many more pictures of her work and [...]
One of my favorite stores is Hobby Lobby - I especially like their weekly specials and 40% off coupons! They have some great free arts and crafts project instructions available on their web site as downloadable/printable PDF files in full color. Here are a few of the projects I found: Designing with Jute Small Wonders [...]
The Winners Have Been Announced! Congratulations! Cotton Ridge Create! Contest: Teresa Cotton Ridge Miniatures Contest: Cyndi, LuAnn and Andrea Thank you all for entering – the Spring 2012 Contest will be announced soon! Cotton Ridge Create! Contest – see contest entry images above! Enter to win $50 in free products from the Cotton Ridge [...]
Chattanooga, TN Workshops in April I’m excited to announce that I plan to teach two dollhouse scale miniatures workshops during Chattanooga Fun Day (TN) on April 27 – 28, 2012. The pictures above represent the workshops that I plan to teach as of this moment (subject to change). Dates: Friday, April 27 & Saturday, April [...]
Please visit the new Portfolio Pages in the Galleries, and leave your comments! Oil Painting Betty Burchfield Debbie Russler Miniatures Gallery Caroline McFarlane-Watts: Miniature Food Janit Calvo: Living Miniature Gardens Marla Gilbert: Miniature Sewing Boxes Kathryn Depew Doll Gallery Betty Burchfield Lynn McEntire Marla Gilbert Kathryn Depew Jewelry Gallery Judy Cleve Kathryn Depew Copyright 2011 [...]
What to do with all these pine needles? They are so thick we can’t see our grass. The crafter in me sees a bounty of free raw materials…if I could just figure out a good use for them! Here are some of the ideas I found. Use them for mulch and on garden paths Sell [...]
Miniature Food & Jewelry Veselina Koleva, from Bonn in North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany creates beautiful, realistic miniature food in one inch scale. Visit Veselina’s blog site to view many, many beautiful pictures! She also has tutorials, ”Giveaway” contests and discount sales. Visit the Vesper Miniatures Etsy Shop to purchase realistic and detailed miniatures and jewelry. Don’t Miss These Posts Miniature Croissant Tutorial [...]
Etsy is a great place to find and purchase distinctive and out of the ordinary artwork and handcrafted items. Here are some of this week’s discoveries! (Click on the thumbnails above for larger views, listing url’s and prices.) Angela Vandenbogaard, Whitby, Ontario, Canada Oil Painting & Art Prints from her original paintings Etsy Shop: Jellybeans Online Portfolio: Art [...]
