Update

Christmas in a box...not my own creation.  Source of photo unknown!

Our history book that I've been working on for well over a year is finally published so maybe now I can get back to updating my blogs!   However, now it's the Christmas season....so I don't expect to get much done until after the holidays!    Best wishes for a happy holiday for you and yours!

How to Make Miniature Cups, tumblers, glasses

I've been MIA for a while...sorry!   Very busy writing a book about the history of our town.   But saw this video today and wanted to share!  Enjoy!

Make a Dozen Mini Roses

Take a look at True2Scale for the instructions for making some miniature roses.  Very nice detail!  She uses coffee filters or japanese silk paper and punches (1/4" heart, 3/16" teardrop, 1/4" star) to make the flowers and leaves.

Make Some Camp Chairs

At Doreen's Miniature Projects, she shares some step-by-step photos for making folding camp chairs.  She used stir sticks and shishkabob skewers for the wood parts and green fabric for the seating.

Make a Garden Wall Vignette with Bench

Make a mini vignette with this pretty curved brick garden wall and stone bench from air-dry clay.   Tutorial from Louise Win shows us how  http://louisewinminiatures.weebly.com/tut-garden-wall-and-bench.html

How To Make Miniature Paint Brushes & Palette

How to make paintbrushes:   http://dolls-house-minis.blogspot.com/2008/03/how-to-make-miniature-paint-brushes.html

How to make palette:   http://dolls-house-minis.blogspot.com/2008/03/how-to-make-artists-palette-miniature.html

Make a Tree Stump Garden Vignette

Centerpiece tree stump for a mini garden made with Styrofoam and air-dry clay. Tutorial from Louise Win includes daffodil and a bird
http://louisewinminiatures.weebly.com/tutorial-tree-stump-part-1-and-2-daffodils-and-bird.html

Spotlight on Artist: Betsy Niederer

Betsy Niederer creates fabulous, delicious-looking faux food in miniature using polymer clay and a few embellishments!    The following video will give you a taste (pun intended) of these special miniature treats!

Mini Hourglass

Hourglass made from pill capsules....see project instructions at

 http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/dollhouse_news/OCT2010/bewitching-hourglass.html

Miniature Christmas Trees

Make Some Vintage-look Bottlebrush Trees

Vintage style miniature bottlebrush Christmas trees made from sisal rope.   The ones shown below are natural color but the sisal can be dyed green or dipped in glitter ...results shown above.

Below is another version of the  Bottlebrush Tree from  BuildingModelTrains.com.  This tutorial is for model railroaders, but just change the scale a little to fit your dollhouse.   This tree is also made with sisal but is also spray-painted and dipped in purchased landscaping foliage (foam) to create an Evergreen tree for landscaping.

Make Some Evergreen Bottlebrush Trees

Pretty Autumn Picket Fence

Instructions for this mini project at
http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/dollhouse_news/OCT2010/pretty-autumn-picket-fence.html

Window Box

Let's start off this blog with some new mini projects featured in recent newsletter from Greenleaf.   Window box instructions here http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/dollhouse_news/OCT2010/picket-fence-window-box.html  and filed under W.  

Do you like to craft dollhouse miniatures?

This blog was created as a place to collect and share all my notes for making dollhouses and miniature furnishings.    I have accumulated hundreds of tips for making things from found materials and would like to see them organized for easy searching.   I'm hoping Blogger might be the easy answer!   Talk to you soon after gathering my notes! ....Minnie Dolittle