Doll House Miniatures & Scale Doll Houses. Beads & Jewelry Findings As Dollhouse Accessories. What I did for my summer holiday Part 1 of 3 We had a great time visiting friends and family in England last month. One highlight of the trip was a visit to cousin Barbara in London. She is a dollhouse designer and interior decorator who does amazing work. I remember staring at her tiny 1/12 scale slice of kiwi fruit made with Fimo clay and marveled at her skill in making it so tiny and yet look realistic.
She definitely has a creative eye as she uses rather familiar items to make some of her dollhouse accessories! If you know little girls or even not so little girls who have doll houses, you could make them some little gifts from your stash. As you can see from the photos, in Barbara's hands, beads, crystals and metal rondelles, even bails become exquisite perfume bottles sometimes complete with trays. The picture below left shows a goblet on the left made by gluing two bead caps together. Dollhouse Miniatures Tutorials. Tutorials for Miniatures. How To Make A 1 Inch Scale Wicker Table & Faux Tile Top.
This is the little wicker table we are going to make. I haven't gotten complicated with different weaving techniques, just the standard over and under. The faux tile top comes from my good friend, Mary. I thought it was so innovative that I wanted to share it with you. Let's start by cutting a piece of card stock 2 1/4" x 1 1/2". Did you ever get a 40% off coupon from Michael's and not know what to do with it? Mary used a scrap booking paper that represented water, I couldn't find that so I am using this paper. You can use any punch you might have that you think would work. I punched out my squares. Mary has such a good eye, she can put things just right, I worry them to death and lose the spontaneity. I put a tiny dot of white Elmer's glue on the corner of the card stock.
Now, I will begin to glue the squares on the long side. I glued 9 on the long side of the card stock, counting the beginning corner. I am randomly choosing squares to glue on, kind of, sorry, Mary. Please let these dry. Crafter's Living Room Vignette. Day One: “Ah yes, the first of the week and the house is finally all neat and tidy…the pillows & magazines are all lined up, the books are neatly stacked on their shelf, the carpet is vacuumed, all is right with the world…and it is going to stay this way. I am only going to craft in my workroom. I mean it. I will not bring one thing into this room that does not belong here! Seriously, there is no need to bring projects in here to work on. I know I have said this before but my new motto is a place for everything and everything in its place…I am turning a new leaf.” “Huh, what do you mean “that will be the day”? (Scroll down daily to find more Creative Mind projects and changes in the room) Have fun and enjoy, Joann I have created this scene on a white 8” x 10” picture frame.
Instructions: -From ½” foam core board cut a sofa back 4 ½” x 2 ½”, a sofa bottom 4 ½” x 1 ¾”, two sofa arms 2 ½” x 1 ¾”, two cushions 2 ¼” x 1 ¾”. Cut out the print, leaving a seam allowance all around. How To Make A Kitchen Dresser From Mat Board With An Aged Finish. You might think this is a lot of trouble to go through when you are using mat board and not basswood to make this kitchen dresser. Mat board is easier to get, I think, it's cheaper than basswood and you don't have to have a table saw and scroll saw to cut it. You need only an Exacto knife/craft knife. So, building painted furniture is accessible to more people.
You might not want mat board furniture in your finest dollhouse, but painted mat board furniture is certainly fine for small projects and gift projects. Painted mat board furniture makes fine rustic country cabinets but don't leave out a more delicate look for the shabby chic touch. To make this cabinet easier to make for first timers I've not shown how to make the drawer open or bottom doors open. To experiment cut a strip of mat board and spray with a matte finish. Using 320 grit sand paper sand the top color make you base color show. Use a rock with lots of different points to dent the surface of the mat board. Set this aside. How To Make A Vintage Kitchen Table. This is the table that matches the chairs in the last month's tutorial. The whole kitchen is in a blog under "Kitchen Room Box". I made my original table from basswood. I am making this one out of mat board for the tutorial. If you want to use basswood the directions are pretty much the same.
I am using 1/8" diameter aluminum tubing and 1/16" diameter aluminum tubing. Look in last month's blog tutorial for the information on where to get the aluminum tubing. I want to speak a little bit about painting. Let's begin. Cut 2 pieces of mat board at 3-1/8" x 2-3/16".
Sand round the edges of the 3" x 2-1/16" pieces of mat board. Sand a bevel on the 3-1/8" x 2-3/16" piece. Center the smaller piece of mat board on top of the larger one and glue, use yellow carpenter's glue. Clamp the tops until they are dry. Cut a strip of mat board 5/16" wide and about 11" long. Butt the mat board strips together end to end. Long, short, long, short.
Cut a strip of card stock 5/16" wide. Set this aside for now. Creating Bottles From Holiday Tree Lights. In the winter of 2011, while shopping, a string of LED lights caught my eye because they were bottle-shaped, in an almost perfect scale. I didn't purchase any at the time but they stayed in the back of my mind. This year we needed some replacement lights for outdoors and my husband brought home the wrong size…but to my delight they were the exact same shape as the ones I had seen the year before….only a smaller string and less expensive.
Which meant I could justify experimenting with ease and I did….It was fun to see a little project I had in the back of my mind for over a year come to life with ease I had wanted to get this project out to you as an apropos New Year’s Eve themed project but the holidays were just so filled that miniatures had to take a back seat. So rather than waiting yet another year to show you these darling bottles, here they are So, good luck hunting down the lights, your search will be worth the time involved. Joann E-600 glue is used to adhere parts together. Dorm Room Miniatures Tutorials. How To Make A 1 Inch Scale Shabby Chic Bed & No Sew Mattress. I saw this bed on-line at a full-size furniture site and thought it would be a good candidate for card stock. For this tutorial I am making a twin size. You can adjust the size for whatever you need, the instructions would be the same. I hope to have a picture of it painted by the end of this blog, I am waiting for the glue to dry.
We are going to make the mattress and box spring first. I was lucky when I found this fabric, I shop Goodwill for fabrics I can use. I saw this shirt and thought, "mattress". For the box spring cut 3 pieces of foam core. This is my box spring and mattress. Trace around the bottom of the box spring onto card stock, cut out the card stock. Ever so slightly round the corners of the mattress and box spring by rocking them on your table. Apply glue stick to the card stock. Glue the card stock to the bottom of the box spring using a tacky glue, I am showing you what I use. Apply tacky glue to the sides and glue the fabric to the sides. Clip the corner from each side. Make A Shamrock Plant. The Shamrock is a traditional symbol of Ireland & thought to bring good luck. It is a three-leafed clover that can be seen, world-wide, in many forms, as a decoration to help celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. In the United States the shamrock plant shows up for sale in grocery stores and garden centers in March, to be used as house or garden plants.
You may choose to use a miniature version of the shamrock plant inside or outside of a dollhouse or mini setting. You will need: lightweight light green paper + shamrock green acrylic or water color paint + 1/8” heart paper punch + small or medium round stylus (or dry ball-point pen) + miniature clay pot-wood or terra cotta (available inexpensively in craft & miniature shops) + brown Fimo + #30 green cloth covered floral wire (Hanky Panky e:mail rhanke@bevcomm.net + Incredibly Tacky glue by Crafter’s Pick + fine pointed tweezers + optional: lightweight green foil or a green permanent marker pen and lightweight aluminum foil Instructions: Joann. DIY 1:12 Scale Dollhouse Furniture.