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January 2018 I Issue 177
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16 Sweet southern belle
Dress another lovely doll along with
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10 Kathleen’s new kitchen

Kathleen Holmes has completed her
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miniature kitchen room box
recently opened my own Instagram
26 Finishing a mini find

Lenor Johnson’s cozy quilt shack
will surely inspire you
account and have been blown away by the
amount of miniaturists there. If I was ever
worried about our art form before I certainly
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am not concerned anymore. Not only are there
A place to slumber
Make your mini bedroom the best dollhouse minis but also handmade action
it can be with these great tips figures with soft armor set in scenes, dioramas,
city scapes, mini scenes in full size baking, and
36 A farewell mini piece

Danielle Muller shares her newest
creation, a lavender shop
so much more!
I have mentioned before how exciting it is
that miniatures are in the news, movies, and
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so many other venues for those who are not
My creative space
This month we visit the workshop of familiar with miniatures to see.You can’t miss
AM contributor Anna Wybranowska us anymore! How great is that?
Social media truly makes the big world
44 Itsy bitsy munchies

Sara Davis bakes miniature cakes
that will make you smile
into a small one. A picture can tell a thousand
words, evident from endless hashtagging,
and bridges the language barrier. I would
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encourage others who love to share to get on
Good Sam Showcase Instagram and show the world what you have
The 2017 Good Sam Showcase
of Miniatures show report been creating. Start by looking up AM!
In this issue we have so many tiny treats.
68 Whimsical old ladies

Silke Janas-Schloesser shares her
newest fantasy room box
You will be amazed and inspired to finish up
your recent project or even start a new one.
For those of you that have been collecting
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Snow on the playground collection, be sure to visit page 88 and review
Barbie Andreason embraces winter
by making an enchanting scene the list of copies that are still available. There
are only a certain amount of each so be sure to
90 A historic dollhouse
Lolly Anderson is a retired lawyer,
but her love for miniatures goes on
snag yours quickly!
Before I dash off, Happy New Year! May
your 2018 be filled with laughter and peace.
REGULARS Auralea Krieger, Editor

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PROJECT
A primitive bench
Dress up your dollhouse porch
BY AURALEA KRIEGER
I am working on a 1930s
Cracker style farm
house and wanted to
have an old fashioned
5 Glue on the side braces
as well 1 1/4” x 1/4”
from 1/16” thick wood.
bench on the porch. This

bench is quick and easy
to make and will add lots
6 Use your knife and
sandpaper to distress
the wood. I used pretreated
of character to your scene. wood from another proj-
You can distress it as I have ect that is why it is gray.
or give it some stain and You could stain your wood
varnish and place inside whatever background color
MEET THE MAKER:
the house. you wish before starting the
Auralea Krieger crackling process.
“I live on the Chesapeake Bay
in Maryland and work remotely
for this wonderful magazine.
1 Cut out 2 legs from the
pattern using 1/8” thick
wood (I glued 2 pieces of 7 I made my own sandpa-
per block by stapling a
Dollhouses have been part of 1/16” together). Use the piece to a block of wood.
my life for the past 33 years, thickness of your front and
but all things miniature have
held my interest since I was
back brace pieces to deter-
mine the size of the notches
you will need to cut at the
8 Read the product in-
structions and paint on
the crackling medium any-
very little.”
top of the legs. where you think the paint
would be chipped. I added
Materials:
n 1/8” thick basswood 2 Cut the front and back
braces, 4” x 3/8” from
it to the bottom of the legs.
n 1/16” thick basswood

n Craft knife
1/16” thick wood.
9 Then paint your bench
in the color of your
3
n Ruler
Glue the braces into the choosing. I dry brushed the
n Pencil
n Crackling medium notches you cut to fit to paint in the areas where the
n Craft paint the legs. Brace them. Let dry. paint would be worn. Don’t
n Wood glue be afraid to scratch up the
n Coarse and fine sandpaper
n Mat or satin varnish -
optional
4 Cut out the top piece
4 1/2” x 1 1/4” (I glued 2
pieces of 1/16” together). Glue
bench to give it some age.
You can add some mat or

on top of the legs and braces. satin varnish to the areas
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PROJECT
1 3 4
6 7 8
that would be in better con-

dition, but be sure to sand
those areas a bit. For more
inspiration, look for me on
Instagram @auraleakrieger!
Pattern:
The notches will depend

on the thickness of your
wood.
Cut 2
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I wanted to thank you for the Past winner
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recent giveaway. I love your November issue AM175. It was a great surprise to me to
magazine and look forward find a gift in my mailbox. The Reutter Porcelain is beautiful.
to getting it in the mail every Reutter makes the best quality items for miniatures and I am
month. I also like the new blessed to receive them. Thank you again.
format. It looks so professional! Barbara from Barnsdall, OK
It was such a pleasant surprise
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Lots to love
The November 2017, issue
#175 of AM was full of all
kinds of fall articles and
tutorials. I really liked the
tutorial for the laundry
hamper by Linda Day. Also
the mini serving table and the
Edwardian tea gown. There
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we Show and tell
lovise! I noticed an article in

American Miniaturist regard-
th
ing sharing your expertise.
My young daughter has had
so much fun making and
decorating people made
from old toilet rolls. She calls
them Draobdrac people,
she has even made up back
stories for each character.
It’s amazing how much fun
we all have had discussing
all the characters’ traits. She
has such a vivid imagination.
She has also created a how-to
November highlights blog and a video on Youtube
There were so many wonder-
(https://www.youtube.com/
ful items/articles/tutorials in
watch?v=UC3-QvdkfVE) on
the November issue that it’s
how to make them.
hard to condense it to a sin-
gle paragraph. The Pumpkin Gilbert from Australia
Cottage looks so cozy, that
I’d like to settle there to read
a good book. Either there, rooms. What exacting scenes
or in the Lavender Cottage. Frances Glessner Lee was able
Both have that cozy, lived-in to create! The tutorials were
feel to them. varied, interesting, and all have
The forensic science minia- made my “Do this one!” list.
tures were fascinating; I had The entire issue was a joy to
were also many interesting heard about them, but hadn’t read, and to reread. Congratu-
articles such as the Minis for been able to read about their lations on a great issue.
forensic science and the pretty creator or to see pictures of the Susan from Washington, NJ
1:12 scale Lavender Cottage
made by Angele Langdon. The
Baba Yaga hut was unusual
with its chicken legs and the
chicken collection of Janet
Stoffel was pretty amazing.
All in all, a very good month
for miniatures!
Linda from Gilbert, MN
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ROOM BOX
Welcome to
Kathleen’s kitchen
Kathleen has completed her miniature kitchen
room box and is excited to share it with us
BY KATHLEEN HOLMES
F
or a long time, I wanted home and everything in my have been bigger! Anyway, I
a kitchen room box to dollhouse was back in place, I agonized over the design of
display in my real kitchen, was ready to begin working on the kitchen and what would
but never had the space until the kitchen room box. work and what wouldn’t for
recently. We moved to a larger Now many of you know quite awhile before it all came
home almost two years ago and how it goes when you have a together.
finally I had the room for one. project in mind, you start I had two main pieces, a
As a true miniaturist will collecting a miniature piece 50s era lighted refrigerator
often do, I started collecting here and there and then and stove, both made by
pieces for my kitchen room box another and – you get the Karen Fuller of K & J
well in advance of the actual picture. But like most creative Miniature Metal Works that
construction. My husband built endeavors, the project takes I wanted to showcase in my
the room box for me, but it on a life of its own and kitchen room box. I had a
stayed stored in a closet for a your ideas evolve over time.
couple of years before I actually So, some of the things you Below left: Kathleen Holmes
Below: An apple pie is in the
got around to finishing it. When purchased may not work. Or works! Right: A full view of
we finally settled into our new maybe, the room box could Kathleen’s 1:12-scale kitchen.
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ROOM BOX
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ROOM BOX
Above: A peek inside the fridge.

Right: All cleaned up after dinner.
mishmash of different kitchen

cabinets that I had picked up
at various times plus some
cabinet kits.
I knew I wanted a wooden
floor even though linoleum
might have been more
prevalent in the 50s. And I
wanted a tile counter like the
counters I grew up with. I still
remember how I had to clean
the grout with a toothbrush!
I wasn’t sure what I was going
to do for the kitchen sink
until a Facebook friend had
a Karen Fuller sink for sale. I
thought that would be per-
fect, however it complicated
how I was going to put every-
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ROOM BOX
Left: Just a few more dishes to

clean up then it’s time to relax.
thing together. Originally I

had wanted both a door and
a window in the room box,
but in the end there wasn’t
room for the door. It took
me awhile to figure out how
to pull together the different
kitchen cabinets, but finally I
ended up making some from
kits, bashing others and paint-
ing them all the same color
with matching knobs.
The kitchen cabinets are
white with green knobs. The
Brodnax wallpaper is a soft
green flowered print with
touches of blue, white and
brown. I added a Brodnax
wallpaper border that had
similar colors; a brown back-
ground and green leaves on a
vine with blue grapes.
The ‘tile’ counter is off-
white with a matching tile
backsplash that is bordered
with green tile. Of course
the room box is electrified,
especially since both the
stove and the refrigerator are
lighted. The overhead light is
a Lighting Bug fixture and the
light by the sink is one that
my husband made.
When the kitchen was
done, I had fun filling the pan-
try, refrigerator and cabinets.
Many of the cabinets have
‘glass’ doors so you can see
cookbooks, teapots, dishes and
bowls inside. The pantry also
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ROOM BOX
This cowboy seems to

have a helping hand.
has a glass door and is filled pared. I even made the mini Above: Another delicious
with canned goods, cook a chair from a Chrysn- miniature dinner in progress.
cereals, flour, sugar, etc. I keep bon kit in case she needs to sit dishes are in the kitchen sink
the refrigerator door partially down while preparing food. as well as just washed dishes in
ajar so you can see everything On the stove is a copper the drainer. And, as with my
in it; the milk, cheese, eggs, tea kettle by J. Getzan and a dollhouse, I will change scenes
wine, produce and the left- double boiler by José María or add things to coordinate
overs in the plastic Tupper- Bolio. There might be a Kim with the seasons or holidays.
ware containers that were a Marshall Saulter pie cook- I’m pleased to have the
gift from Linda Martin Day. I ing in the oven. Around the opportunity to once again
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PROJECT
Sweet southern belle

Amelia is ladylike – with gorgeous sleeves and a gentile pose
BY DANA
I f you have a doll you

have been waiting to
dress this could be the
outfit for her! Follow along
and make a gorgeous gown.
check the length. Cut off
excess pipe cleaner until
desired height is reached.
DO NOT GLUE the legs in
the torso yet!
1 I like to use two light

coats of white fingernail
polish to paint the shoes and
5 Cut two rectangles of
white cotton for the
pantaloons. Turn under the
then decorate each shoe as bottom edge, and glue on
desired with lace, thread, pin lace if desired. Now join
MEET THE MAKER:
heads (buttons) etc. the side edges, forming
DANA Burton a tube, and gather the
“I live in Wisconsin and enjoy
creating as well as teaching.
I have been making miniature
2 Assemble your doll
stand, spray it with mat
black paint.
bottom. Insert the doll leg.
Repeat for the other leg.
Set these aside.
dolls for the past 30 years and
love traveling around the world
to share my knowledge through
my workshops. I am excited
3 Tightly twist two pipe
cleaners together.
to share with the readers of

American Miniaturist!” 4 Cut in half and glue one
end in each shoe. Insert
pipe cleaners into torso to
Materials:
n Doll and doll stand n 2 yds of straight lace
n Pipe cleaner/cotton n Pink check silk material
n Black spray paint (30” x 4”, 6” x 4” and 4 gores
n Scissors and 4” x 1 ½” and 12” x 4”
n Needle, thread, pins n Batiste
n Aleene’s Original Tacky Glue n White florist tape
n Scalloped lace - 8” n Hair spray for draping
n Pearls n Styrofoam egg
n Nail polish/decor for shoes n Styrofoam cutter or
n Pink bunka serrated knife
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PROJECT
1 5
8 Spray a light coat of hair

spray or fabric stiffener.
Blow dry and repeat until
the underskirt is firm. It
might be about 4 layers,
depending on what you use.
7 9
9 When you are satisfied
with the smoothness/
6 Take a Styrofoam egg

(purchased from your
local craft store), insert a
by hammering a nail into a
piece of wood.
Further on, after you
hardness of this under
petticoat, glue lace tightly
around the bottom.
temporary pin in the top spray your skirt, you will
and put on the doll torso. take the skirt off the egg. Bodice
Now cut off the excess This egg is just a platform. I started with two yards of
Styrofoam from the bottom lace for this so I would have
until the desired height Petticoat plenty. This entire bodice is
is reached.
I used a Styrofoam cutter,
but a serrated knife is also
7 Take a large piece of
cotton material and
smooth it down over the
about gluing, folding, and
piece cutting the lace to
resemble a lace bodice.
fine. I found a metal stand Styrofoam egg as shown. Following the photos, glue
and pushed my Styrofoam Pin in the folds to make it the lace to the torso.
onto this to hold while I was lay smoothly over/around
decorating the dress. You
can get the same effect,
the Styrofoam egg. Cut off
the excess. 10 Cut a 4”piece of lace
to wrap around as
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PROJECT
10
11
So do the skirt gores FIRST,

put them on the petticoat
base (Styrofoam egg), and
then add the skirt ruffle.
The Gores
12 Cut out the skirt gores,

glue together and put
on the petticoat. Pin in place
shown. Glue the back sec- edge. Then fill in with more at the top.
tion, then fold down the side lace. The neck ruff was 3”
pleats to fit nicely. The front of lace. Ruffle
is blank for now.
The Skirt 13 Cut a 30” x 4”piece of
pink silk check mate-
11 Glue a second piece

of lace around the top
to make a pretty scalloped
I did the ruff and then tried
to tuck the skirt gores un-
derneath. HUGE nightmare!
rial. Fold it in half, with the
right sides together. Sew or
glue the top seam.
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PROJECT
Pattern:
Gore
cut 4 2
Attach the 4 gore pieces as

shown in the diagram above.
14 Turn right side out and

gather 1/8” below the
top to make for a decorative
gather on the top edge.
15 Pin the skirt ruffle on

the top of the gore
(skirt). When satisfied with
the placement, glue the
ruffle on the skirt.
16 When the ruffle glue is

dry, gently fluff, plump
up the ruffle edge to give 15
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PROJECT
16 18
19 20
22
volume, then add hair spray effect. Also note how the is just the petticoat for
in several light layers. Blow back of the dress (ruffle) is example. Then assemble
dry. Repeat until stiff (3x). very flat? I did this so the the legs/doll stand, put on
train laid nicely and to make the skirt waist over the pipe
Train the bulk of the ruffle on the cleaner, slide on the torso
17 Cut a 6” x 4” piece of
pink silk. Turn the side
and bottom edge to the
sides and the front of the
dress. So when you gather,
pull the bulk of material to
and glue together.
Waist band
wrong side and glue (1/8”). the front and sides.
20 Cut a rectangle of
material, and wrap it
18 Gather the top and

pin on the back of the
dress. Put a gather stitch
19 Review the photos
where the ruffle is
glued onto the skirt (hori-
TIGHTLY around her waist
with the raw edges meeting
in the back. Glue.
from the hem up to the zontal line). That is as high
desired height. Note how
you push in the plump up
material to achieve a full
as you glue on lace. When
all is set, take the skirt off
the styrofoam form. Shown
21 Tie a bow (or make
one) and glue over
the raw edges.
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25 27
28 29
Before we finish making our

dress I’d like to go over a
few tips.
Sleeves
22 Cut (2) 2” x 1 1/2”

rectangles of pink
27 Gently fold down the
puff so it resembles a
gathered sleeve topper, and
#1 - READ through the silk. Turn one side under sew tight in place.
entire tutorial BEFORE you to the wrong side and glue.
begin. I create/take photos
at the SAME time. So some-
times (as in the gore dress-
Now wrap around the arm/
pipe cleaner as tight as
possible and glue the seam.
28 Now take your nee-
dle and thread and
run stitches through the puff
ing) I find a better way to at random intervals to make
do something so if you read
through the tutorial first you
will know this ahead of time.
23 Then piece cut a
pretty edge for a lacy
cuff. Set aside for now.
PULL gathers. Remember
there is a lot of material to
gather small and tight.
#2 - There will be all Follow the photos.
kinds of little snippets of
lace pieces, decoration
etc left over. I kept adding
24 Sleeve PUFF. Cut (2)
6” x 4” rectangles.
Turn the edges to the 29 When you are satis-
fied with appearance
these back on the basic doll wrong side and glue. of the sleeves, glue the
and decorating as desired. pipe cleaner/arm into the
Please feel free to add your
ideas, taste, supplies etc.
#3 - PIECE CUTTING
25 Gather tightly around
the entire square and
pull tightly as shown.
torso. BE CAREFUL not to
have glue drip back down
onto the dress! Note how
- simply refers to taking a I pulled the bunka, and
piece of lace and cutting
the edges off or a design to
decorate a doll.
26 Poke a hole in the
middle and insert the
pipe cleaner/arm.
glued on more lace snip-
pets to ‘yoke’ to decorate
even more!
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Amelia is now dressed!

Add a small section of
lace for a shawl across
her back. I glued two
strips together to make
two pretty edges. If your
doll is not wigged be sure
to protect her dress while
you wig her.
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Hang your jugs and mugs

This simple shelf is a great way to display your collection
BY ALISON WHITE
I love collecting jugs.

Miniature ones, of
course! I have some deli-
cate ones and others that
are more rustic in style but
as jam was often bought
in jugs and they were also
very useful for storage.
A simple jug or mug
rack with nails or hooks to
crossed laths which were
attached to the uneven
walls by a metal spike.
This was a very simple
piece of furniture that
they do need somewhere to hang them was often made would have been mounted
be stored and displayed. either by someone in the on a wall wherever there
If I had lived around the household or a traveling was space. A traveling
turn of the 19th Century journeyman. The most journeyman would make
and knew that a traveling basic ones were made of it in exchange for a hot
journeyman would be on
his way I could ask him to
knock out a quick set of
shelves with hooks to hang
the jugs from in exchange
for a good night’s sleep and
a hearty meal.
Cottages and farmhouses
usually had quite a few jugs
Materials:
n Hacksaw
n Ruler
n Hobby drill and drill bit
n Drill bit
n Miter snips
n Vice
n Fine sandpaper
n Strip wood - ½” wide (it
needs to be thick enough
to enable holes to be
drilled for the hooks
n Miniature architrave
n Eye pins (jewelry findings)
n White glue or wood glue
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9 Put a small amount of

glue into each hole and
place the hooks in position.
Leave the sections until the
glue is completely dry
3 4 10 Glue the narrow sec-

tions in place where
you made the marks on the
side sections.
11 Using miniature
molding, make a
decorative top by cutting
with miter snips and glue
8 10 on the top of the rack..
meal and a night’s sleep in piece at the top between After you paint or stain it
a dry place. Even a simple the side sections. you can fill it with all sorts
piece of furniture like this of mugs and jars from your
mini collection.
5
would have been decorated Cut three more pieces of
in some way showing the wood, only this time they
journeyman’s pride in his need to be 1/4” deep but
handiwork. Now let’s make still 3” long. The journeyman
our own! The title journey-
man dates back to
1 Cut three pieces from

strip wood each 1/2”
6 Mark the position where
the hooks will be. medieval times. After
completing an appren-
ticeship as a craftsman,
wide and 3” long.
7 Holding the wood pieces
in a vice and using a young men/women
would travel throughout
2 Take the two side pieces
and shape one end of
each piece by cutting an
hobby drill and a fine bit,
drill holes where you want
the hooks to be placed.
their country for three
years and one day at
minimum.
angle away and smoothing
Some of the journey-
it with sand paper.
8 Hold the eye pins with
a pair of pliers and man crafts included
roofing, metalwork-
3 In pencil, mark the place
where you want the
shelf-type sections to be.
carefully open the eye
to make a hook shape.
Using wire cutters, cut off
ing, wood-carving,
carpentry and joinery,
the length of the eye pin millinery, and building
musical instruments.
4 Glue the three pieces
as shown with the cross
leaving approximately 1/6”
in length.
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MINI MAGIC
Finishing an
unfinished find
Every piece of Lenor Johnson’s mini world tells
a story as you can see by her cozy quilt shack
BY LENOR JOHNSON
L
ike so many other min-
iaturists, I am delighted
every time a new kind of
technology comes along to
open an exciting new door
into the miniature world. You
can imagine the delight I felt
when I discovered printable
fabric sheets that could enable
me to print an image from my
computer, scale it to a mini size,
and sew with it!
I promptly set about
producing about a dozen
miniature quilts: mixing and
matching fabrics, experiment-
ing with size and setting, and
generally having a great time.
But there was a problem –
what do I do with all of these
quilts? As with so many other
mini experiments, they found
their way to a box on my
workroom shelf in hopes of
one day becoming part of a
miniature setting. Above: It looks as though the
One day while trolling quilter left one of her projects
on her comfortable chair.
through my local craft store
Left: There are some pretty
in search of my next mini morning glories creeping up up a
treasure, I came upon a small, trellis on the back of the shack.
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unfinished wooden stall. and the idea for my quilt handmade quilts in what used
The structure was probably shack was born. to be an old barnyard struc-
intended to be a horse stall for ture. It’s a little weathered and
a child to play with, but the
scale seemed just perfect for ‘One day while worse for wear, but beautiful
and endearing just the same.
my twelfth scale mini world. trolling through my I never have people living
I got to thinking about that local craft store in in my mini worlds but I do
box on my workroom shelf, like to imagine that they
search of my next
Below: The unfinished shack.
Bottom: Lenor’s cozy miniature
mini treasure. ’ might show up at any mo-
ment. The quilt shack is ready
quilt shack has a wonderfully for its proprietor to return
weathered feel. As with so many of my from wherever she went. You
mini creations, the idea for can see her latest quilt project
the quilt shack came fully resting on the comfortable old
formed – I knew just what it chair where she sits and enjoys
would look like. I knew the the day while she sews. The
story behind it too; on a back busy lady doesn’t have much
road in some rural part of the time to garden so the land-
country, a woman displays her scape has been left untended.
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Nonetheless, some morning make a little nest in the loft of Above: A family of pigeons have
made their home above the shack.
glories have found their way the old structure.
up and across the back of It’s this ability to tell a story of objects, a bit of paint, and
the shack along with some that I find most enjoyable some imagination. Now that
pretty wild flowers. To keep about miniatures. A whole my quilt shack’s story has been
her company, the quilter has story can unfold right before told, I am now ready to create
allowed a family of pigeons to your eyes with just a handful my next miniature story!
Tips to help you get your photos published
M
ost publications can’t run digital photos at a low or
a story without some medium resolution, mainly
kind of illustration and because it allows them to fit
American Miniaturist is no more onto their memory card.
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attaching a couple of photos fine for home photos viewed
when you send something in, on the computer, or to put up need to be taken on the high-
whether it’s Mini Mail, a clever on a website, but for magazine est resolution setting. This
idea for a project or one of our publishing, they are simply will be called different things
star features; follow our guide- not big enough. depending on the make of
lines and you may see your When a low to medium camera, such as “high”, “fine”,
pictures in print. resolution image is opened or “super”. It will mean that
in our design programs, the you can’t store as many photos
Taking usable digital photos image is displayed in pixel size on your memory card, so
Get yourself a camera capable thus making the image will either download those you
of a minimum of 1500 pixels shrink to its true size–basically have taken or arm yourself
high and 2000 pixels wide. that of a postage stamp. with another memory card.
Most people take their Therefore, photographs Continued on page 35
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A lovely place
to slumber
Make your mini bedroom the best it can be with
these great tips on staging and decorating
BY FRANCES ROE
O
f all the rooms in your a huge weight of valances and Century, imported from
dollhouse, the bedroom hangings. At the head would France as the English had
is one that should exude be the family coat of arms. still not mastered the art of
warmth, peace, and tranquillity. Oak continued to be the preserving feathers. Only the
It is, after all, a private haven dominant timber used, par- wealthiest households had
and perhaps the most per- ticularly with furniture made a feather bed. The woolen
sonal room in the house. This in England. Walnut was used blanket was also said to
is something that you’ll want rarely, and was only seen in have been introduced in the
to try and replicate in your palaces and homes of the rich.
Below: Pat Pinell chose a
dollhouse bedrooms too. Feather beds were four poster bed by Pear Tree
Nevertheless, we are going introduced into English Miniatures as the centerpiece to
to look at a typical Tudor and homes in the early 14th her Tudor bedroom.
Victorian bedroom and then
indulge in possible embel-
lishments for Romantic and
Modern boudoirs. Make a list
of what things you might fea-
ture as we go along and work
these into your room décor.
Tudor
In Tudor times the bed was
the most important item of
furniture in the house and as
lords moved from one manor
to another, their valuable bed
usually went with them. Usu-
ally a four-poster, the Tudor
bed was enormous, with mas-
sive pillars, rich carvings and
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FEATURE
14th Century, which offered

warmth, but not much
comfort.
The lady of the house
might entertain her friends
in the bed chamber, a
place where romantic and
chivalrous courtship took
place, as it also performed
Right: Victorian bedroom for a

gentleman in strong and rich
colors. Below: The Victorian
lady’s bedroom features delicate
wallpaper and matching drapes.
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as the private reception Above: Lace and frills are a must

room of the Tudor house. for a romantic boudoir.
This custom may have
encouraged the introduction
of the “day-bed”, which
was more appropriate and
convenient than the bed for
visiting friends.
Above: Bed in garnet and
Victorian
cream by Artisan Miniatures.
In the largest of Victorian Left: Wicker bed by Rhea
houses, the husband and Strange.
wife slept in separate
bedrooms with a connecting
door. In most cases, each
would have their own
dressing room and a seating
area for the lady. In smaller
homes there was one bedroom
with a separate dressing room
for the husband.
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During the early to open style bed by the mid Above: A patchwork quilt adds
country style to this bedroom.
middle 19th Century, rich 1800s, the wealthier homes
colors and strong patterns kept the canopy. Whatever Romantic
were popular. However, pattern was used for wallpaper If a passionate boudoir is
people gradually realized that was duplicated for the canopy, what your heart desires then
bold patterns were harsh on drapes, window treatments, here are a few suggestions for
the mind in a room meant for and sometimes the bed covers. creating an evocative, enticing
relaxation, so lighter and more Essential furniture, besides bedroom. It may seem obvi-
delicately patterned wallpapers the bed, was an armoire, ous, but the key to a romantic
were common by the end of washstand, dressing table and room is in choosing furniture,
the century. privacy screen. For much of furnishings, and accessories
Flooring in the bedroom the century, dark woods such that make a room look com-
was stained and covered with as mahogany, rosewood and fortable, tactile, and intimate.
small, patterned rugs and walnut, were fashionable. Soft textures, serene
color combinations of blue The dressing table or artworks and muted patterns
and pink or red, green and vanity incorporated drawers do this and give the room
gold were favorite. Window lined with fabric and scented feminine warmth. Luscious
treatments were pale, pastel, with sachets. The top was fabrics such as silks, velvet,
floral drapes sometimes fin- usually covered with muslin and chenille are textures
ished with lace. or lace and displayed ivory, that should be used in
While most homes tortoiseshell or silver combs combination with each other
converted to the more typical and brushes. for full effect.
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However passionate col- are enjoying the pleasure of Above: Contemporary bedroom
by Bee-Inspirational.
ors, such as red, purple, royal romance. Why not include
blue, rose, and gilt trims a small wine rack with wine Rich and deep toned woods
add drama and indulgence; bottles, or a champagne such as cherry and walnut are
animal print fabric can be bucket and two glasses beside modern favorites, but if you
good fun, but will look a lot an opened box of chocolates can’t find all your miniatures
more raunchy and brazen or bowl of strawberries? in the same shade of wood,
than other fabrics. Dressing tables, furnished then try re-staining them in
The main centerpiece with feminine accessories and different shades.
of the room has to be the intimate objects, add a bit of Consider the curtains, or
bed and you can’t beat the mystery and romance. No perhaps you’ll have blinds or
romantic splendor of a matter what era or style you are shutters instead, particularly if
four-poster bed, smothered covering the theory is the same. your family like neat, contem-
in drapes and trims, or a porary lines and no fussy frills.
canopy bed draped with Modern Another modern trend is to
satin, lace or sheer fabrics. In spite of the name, there’s have large and lavish pillows
Use mirrors on the more to a modern bedroom and throws with smooth, soft
dressing table and on the walls than just a bed and a place to textures, such as velvet and
and if your dollhouse lighting sleep. So often the bedroom is faux fur with silks and linens
system can accommodate it, also used to read, get dressed, for bedding.
try adding candlelight or side or have a place to sit or work If you are decorating a
lamps. There are some lovely and you’ll need to plan the modern bedroom or one that
touches to add to a romantic space accordingly. belongs to a teenager, you
bedroom that will be really Lifestyle furniture arrange- may want to include a stereo,
satisfying to do. ments feature in the modern guitar, posters and a futon or
For example, just the room, such as a treasure chest beanbags. Children’s bed-
presence of a bed tray with at the end of the bed, a dress- rooms are a whole project by
a single rose will suggest ing table, wardrobes, and bed- themselves that will bring you
that your dollhouse family side tables with reading lamps. lots of joy!
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PROJECT
An enchanting book
Make a small gift for your garden fairies
BY KAT HAZELTON
H ave you caught a

glimpse of one?
Perhaps hovering
outside your windowsill,
fluttering in your flower bed
Basic book
1 Take your piece of pa-

per and cut 12 pieces of
3/4” by 5/8”.
6 Once your book is dry
you can carefully trim
the edges to make it neat
and tidy.
Decoration
or dancing amongst the
ring of mushrooms on your
lawn? Do you sometimes
2 Now line them up
altogether and run a
line of glue down one of the 7 Now it is time to have
some fun and add your
find piles of pebbles by longest side to create the special decorations to your
your door or a leaf on your book’s spine. Leave to dry. mini book.
shoe and wonder where it
has came from? Perhaps Covering your book
8 I have done three
3
you have fairies in your Cover the right side different designs to give
back garden or yard. of your leather with you some ideas. You can
If you do perhaps you glue. This is because we add petals, fairy dust glitter,
could make them a little want the suede side of the or draw on some fairies. Let
gift of one these little fairy leather on the outside. your imagination soar.
books. I’m sure they would
love them and in return give
you good luck. Remember,
just because it is winter
4 Place your paper
book on the area
you have just glued.
doesn’t mean they aren’t Make sure the spine
still fluttering around your (the glued edge -
garden! see basic book
above) is in the
middle and your
Materials:
loose pages are
n Sheet of A4 paper in white
facing to
n Tacky Glue
n A piece of thin pink, white
the right.
or cream leather 1 1/2”
by 3/4”
n Pretty trimmings such a
lace, butterflies, flowers
5 Now run some
glue on the left
side of the leather and
and glitter
fold onto your paper
book. Leave to dry.
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Continued from page 28 printers as the resolution is

Your camera manual not high enough for us to
should tell you all you need reproduce in the magazine.
to know on changing the
camera resolution to its maxi- Composition
mum. It may sound compli- As the average household
1 cated, but it is normally as doesn’t have their own full
simple as pressing a button. set of photography lights, we
Speaking of pressing a recommend taking photo-
button, if a photo isn’t in graphs outside on a clear day,
a high enough resolution but not in the direct sun.
at the point it was taken, However, due to the size
then there’s no use in trying and position of some projects
to re-work it afterwards – this is not always possible.
we’ll always end up with a In this case any additional
4 “postage stamp”. light will help, but it must be
When you have taken positioned evenly. In other
your winning photo, leave it words if you position a light
‘raw’ and don’t be tempted coming in from the right
to improve it in any way; side, have one coming in
just save it as a JPEG or from the left too, otherwise
TIFF file. All this will mean you’ll get extreme light and
that the file size of your dark shadows.
3 image will be big. Please Take a shot of the project
don’t try to email an image from all angles; so readers get
unless you have a broad- an all-around view and can
band Internet connection. understand the layout.
If you are sending more Be careful not to take
than one photo, simply all the photos from the
burn it onto a CD and pop same viewpoint try looking
it in the mail or send it to down, eye level and ground
us through Dropbox. level too. Take close ups of
8 particular areas of interest but
Sending in prints don’t be tempted to zoom in
9 For added fun I have

made a little butterfly
bookmark with some of the
You don’t have to go digi-
tal, we are happy to accept
traditional prints, which can
any closer than your lens can
deal with or all the pictures
will be out of focus. Include a
leftover leather! be scanned. However, these shot of yourself so we can put
really must be proper prints. a face to all that hard work
Make this a magical minia- We can not scan from pho- when we see you – and your
ture project and have lots of tographs run out from inkjet photos – in our magazine.
fun creating!
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ROOM BOX
A farewell piece
in miniature
Danielle Muller was inspired by the lovely scent
of lavender and a trip to Provence
BY PAM NORTH
F
rance is known to be a Lavender is the symbol of but during many vacations
beautiful country, especially Provence, as the fields there with her husband to Provence,
the south with the tourist are seasonally abundant with Danielle fell in love with the
magnet of the Côte d’Azur. the tall, highly fragrant, light region, and found much
There are lots of cities and mauve-purple spikes of flowers inspiration from the many
villages to visit, magnificent that are perfectly comple- lavender shops of Provence.
beaches, and splendid hotels mented with gray-green foliage. One in particular caught her
and restaurants. Some locals say that lavender is fancy; not only was it filled
A notable part is the the soul of the region. with the overwhelmingly
geographical and historical Danielle Muller has been numerous things that can
region of southeastern France a regular contributor to be made with the fragrant
called Provence, which extends American Miniaturist maga- Below left: Miniature artist,
from the left bank of the lower zines in past years, and she Danielle Muller. Below: A table
Rhone River to the west, to the wanted to make one final displays tiny perfumes. Right:
Italian border to the east, and is project before retiring from Danielle made many miniature
items for her shop that would be
bordered by the Mediterranean making miniatures to sell. used to bring the fragrance of
Sea to the south. Danielle lives in Germany, lavender into a home.
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Above: The 1:12-scale lavender shop shown with the front attached. lavender blooms, it also was
Below: One of the many shelves full of sweet scented products. painted, inside and outside,
in that color. “At first I
thought that it was a little too
much,” she reminisced, “but
the more time I spent inside
the shop, the more the color
grew on me.” Even though
her visits to the shop were
many years ago, the image
and ambience of the shop
became permanently fixed in
Danielle’s memory. Finally, in
2017, she decided to create its
likeness in miniature.
Lavender’s uses are many
and reputed to be effective. Its
oil is used to heal burns and
insect bites, soothe headaches
when applied to the temples,
act as an antiseptic, cure acne,
and scent bath water. Its fra-
grance helps lull one to sleep,
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is desirable in aromatherapy, She made all the furniture Above: The amount of items
in this shop shows Danielle’s
and is used in room fresheners for her shop, partly because dedication to this art form.
and other home products. she couldn’t find anything to
All of these uses translated into fit in such a small space, but perfume corner, then the
the many different products also because she had discov- one for the soap corner, and
that were sold in Danielle’s ered mat board at that point. finally the larger shelves.
favorite real-life shop in “It is so much easier to handle The best part about making
Provence, but her miniature than wood, especially when one’s own furniture is that
shop unfortunately was not the size, width, and height of
nearly large enough to accom-
modate all of those. Choices ‘I made many the shelves can be adjusted
to perfectly fit the items that
had to be made. baskets, either to will fill them. All those items
She began by thinking of a display my items were exclusively handmade by
name for her project – Dany’s me, and encompassed bottles,
or to be used as
Lavender Shop. She then had to
create all the tiny labels for the gift containers. ’ jugs, boxes, baskets, jars,
candle holders, pillows, paper
products featured in it, which napkins, soaps, cupcakes, jam,
involved many hours on the it comes to cutting, and once liquor with fruit pieces, shop-
computer, along with the time it’s painted, one really can’t tell ping baskets, gift wrap paper,
required to make all the boxes, the difference,” she explained. tablecloths, lavender in pots,
which had to be printed, cut “The first thing I made lavender bouquets, choco-
out, and glued together. was a little shelf for my late, nougat, meringues,
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ROOM BOX
Top: The mini lavender shop either to display my items area attracts customers.”
shown with the front removed. or to be used as gift contain- Despite the success of her
Above: This table displays fresh
lavender plants, designer tote
ers. Suddenly I realized that creativity, there was a touch
bags, and lavender sachets. I needed to stop because the of nostalgia in it. “I was a
shop was too small to display bit sad at the completion
perfumes, scent bags, and all the items that I had made! of my little lavender shop,”
much more. The bottles In the end, however, I Danielle admitted wistfully,
and glass jars are filled with managed to fit everything “I so liked making it, as
ambiance perfume, linen- into and around the shop. I it allowed me to escape to
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body lotion, shower gel, door area, and placed a few will love it.” Danielle is
bath salts, bubble bath, shelves and tables outside closing her miniature store,
liquid soap, lavender oil, the shop. The weather in but she will continue to
and others. Provence is usually quite create miniatures for her
I made many baskets, good, and such an outdoor own enjoyment.
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MY CREATIVE
SPACE
A This month we visit the workshop of
nna has been sharing
tutorials and features with
us, let’s see where she works! AM contributor, Anna Wybranowska.
How long have you been cheapest desks from IKEA and my responsibilities and disap-
making miniatures? I started a hanging shelf to go under it. pear into the fantastic world of
making miniatures in 2013. The most time consuming part miniatures. I love the fact, that
was repainting old furniture to everything is so close at hand.
Where do you create? When match my desk. Some closed Such as an oven to bake polymer
I started, I had no desk and shelving was painted white and clay, soft pastels for shading,
no shelves for storing my accessories and a drawer tools for woodworking, liquids
supplies, every- unit were added in a and inks, and all my supplies.
thing was located turquoise sea color. Everything is kept in a white
in boxes all over closed shelf, in transparent
my wardrobe. Do you always make boxes, so it is very easy to find
After ruining all your minis in the same what I need. And when I am
the tables in the place? Since I have had finished creating, I close the
kitchen and living my workspace, no min- closet, clean the desk, move
room with inks, iatures are allowed to be the new room box to my living
glue, and woodworking, I made in the kitchen anymore and room and nothing reminds of
a decision to prepare a special finished projects have their the mess that was there a few
area for my work space. place in my living room. hours earlier.
As I have only two rooms
in my apartment I decided What makes your space for Do you keep your workspace
that my working area would mini making so special? private or do you let other
share space with my bedroom. The most special thing about people/pets in? I do not share
It didn’t cost me a lot, I had my space is that I made it my workspace with anyone
to invest only in one of the myself. There, I forget about else. This is my private area.
42
‘I forget about my responsibilities and disappea
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A special place where I can relax
with a cup of hot tea and enjoy
making my miniatures.
Do you listen to music or

the radio while you work? I
always listen to audio books
while working. I mostly like
Scandinavian crime novels.
My favorite writers are Camilla
Lackberg, Stieg Larson, and Jo
Nesbø. But sometimes I listen
to English or Spanish phrase
audio books to learn languages.
What is the one thing that

your workspace can’t be
missing? If you ask me what is
the most necessary thing in my
workspace, I would definitely
and quickly respond, the pro-
tective pad on my work desk.
When I moved into this work
space I promised myself that I
would never destroy any more
of my tables and so far I have
kept my promise.
sappear into the fantastic world of miniatures. ’

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MINI MAGIC
Itsy bitsy artsy

munchies
Sara Davis bakes mini cakes that will make you
smile, and some smell as delicious as they look
BY PAM NORTH
M
iniaturists often find find. She would place them to resolution and willpower to
the seed to their hobby look as if they were grazing, avoid high-calorie goodies.
in childhood, and Sara sleeping, and playing with Just one look at her creations
Davis is no exception. This each other. It was my favorite makes one yearn to partake,
Yakima, Washington resident’s part of going to visit her.” despite the fact that they
love for miniatures traces Three years ago Sara took are only pretend. While
back to long-ago visits to her a leap of faith and ended her she makes a wide variety of
grandmother’s house, where seven-year job as a caregiver
Below left: Miniature artist
she discovered the wonder to focus full-time on her Etsy Sara Davis. Below: A collection
of small things. “Her house shop. “The first thing I sold of Christmas treats made from
was filled with tiny pots of was a pair of miniature sunny- polymer clay. Right: A closer look
at Christmas cookies, a yellow
succulents, which looked like side up eggs. That decision cake inspired by a summer
miniature gardens to me,” was one of the best I’ve made birthday party, a chocolate layer
Sara reminisced. “Before every because now I get to make a cake, a pink and blue birthday
family visit, my grandma living doing what I truly love!” cake, a yummy caramel apple
cake, a snack platter, and a
would hide tiny porcelain Sara’s expertise will miniature strawberry marble
animals in the pots for me to severely test any dieter’s cake with delicious cookies.
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MINI MAGIC
She is a perfectionist
regarding her craft, meticu-
lous about the tiny details
required for realism. “For
me, the most difficult part
of creating in miniature scale
is when I am working on a
piece and I am constantly
dropping microscopic bits
of clay details on the floor.
I’d estimate that about 25%
of my detail work ends up
underneath my table!”
A supportive family
is always an asset for a
hobbyist, and Sara said she
is blessed with that gift.
“My parents are both artists,
and they have encouraged
my creativity from the time
Top: Pink wedding cake with also choose to have them I was old enough to get into
seashells. Above: Red velvet made as tree ornaments. their art supplies!
candy cane cake. Above right:
“I am a huge fan of sweets,
‘Because I
This cake was made for a
customer whose grandfather had particularly cake and cup-
immigrated to the US from Italy cakes,” Sara elaborated.
in 1900 to be a baker. His family “A few years ago I started wasn’t gifted with
asked for his favorite cake to be
made in 1:12 scale. It is now in watching a lot of baking amazing baking
shows on television, and I
their family dollhouse in honor
skills, I started
of their grandfather. was amazed by the artistry of
miniature polymer clay the bakers’ designs. Because creating my own
dollhouse food and treats, her I wasn’t gifted with amaz- mini artisan
specialty is highly realistic, ing baking skills, I started cakes out of
meticulously rendered,
1:12 scale cakes in elaborate
creating my own mini artisan
cakes out of polymer clay.” polymer clay. ’
designs that take yummy to a Sara shared a secret as
new level. to how she created the My biggest fan is defi-
As wonderful keepsake delicious-looking icing on nitely my fiancé, Jason. He
mementos for special events, her cakes. “My most valuable also is an artist (how did I get
she also can create custom tool probably is my liquid so lucky?), and he assists me
1:12 scale replicas of wedding polymer clay. This is how I with running my business.
cakes, bouquets, and birthday make my frosting look so My stepdaughter, Hope, and
cakes. Many of her customers realistic and yummy.” my stepson, Nevo, also help
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MINI MAGIC
‘I’ve recently
out when I need some good Above left: A wedding bouquet.
Above: A collection of mini cakes.
laughs while I am working on
my minis.” started adding since now they will come
That support is extra with tantalizing aromas.
important in Sara’s situation.
fragrance oil When asked what
While many artists have the to some of my fascinates her most about her
luxury of their own separate
workspace, Sara’s tiny home
miniatures. ’ hobby, she replied, “There are
so many reasons why I love
doubles as her studio, so she miniatures, but my favorite is
and her family all must share look real, and I’m excited the little world that is created
their space with her work to say that now they even with each scene that I finish.
supplies and miniatures. “My smell real. I’ve recently I love it when I’m putting
dollhouse even has become started adding fragrance oil one together, and it suddenly
an unintentional centerpiece to some of my miniatures. comes to life. I imagine a little
on our living room’s coffee Some of these that soon story behind each scene.”
table,” she remarked. will be entering my shop She sells all of her products
Sara conveyed optimism are a strawberry marble through her Etsy shop. Her
and new ideas about her cake, a caramel apple cake, 1:12 scale dollhouse minia-
future work: “My ultimate and a spiced pumpkin cake tures range from $4 to $50,
goal for my miniatures is to that all smell like the real and her custom miniature
create unique and beauti- things.” Appetite control ap- cake and bouquet replicas
ful tiny artwork pieces that parently won’t get any easier, range from $60 to $150.
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BY SUZIE JONES PHOTOGRAPHY BY MICHAEL PUFF
This year’s Good Sam these our Children’s

Showcase of Miniatures, held Workshops, and there’s
on October 7-8, 2017 in San something for everyone.
Jose, California, was the place The show is the primary
to be for miniature enthusiasts. source of funding for the
The crowd perused fabulous Plane Tree Health Library.
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All miniatures are 1:12 scale
and Techniques. Add to unless otherwise indicated.
world. Her unique collection of miniatures has so
everyone. This Bacon Cupboard for a country farm
H GETINTOUCH:
For updates on the show, visit:
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H GETINTOUCH:
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Phone: 949-496-9841
Email: lauracrain2@aol.com
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ures artisans from around the

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JASMIN SCHWARZ
CALIFORNIA
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NEW YORK
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JAPAN
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NEW YORK
This charming 1/144 scale winery by Ginger
Landon Siegel is part of a series of tiny
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PROJECT
A fun toy for the kids

Dress up your mini nursery with this easy project
E very child loves

playing with
animals whether
it is in a farmyard or just a
cuddly toy, this little Noah’s
4 While these pieces are
drying, glue the sides
of the cabin to the ends
and leave to dry. Remem-
ber – because we are only
first along the line and then
cut deeper.
Ark will keep them happy using Basswood (a very

with so many animals that soft wood), the cuts that are
can be included. made at an angle can be
done using a steel ruler and
1 Cut out all the pieces

using the template and
lightly sand all the edges.
craft knife. Make a light cut
Pattern:
2 Starting with the hull of

the boat, chamfer side
edges of the bottom piece
to give a nice fit between the
sides. Glue in place. Cham-
fer in carpentry, means to
cut away (a right-angled
edge or corner) to make a
symmetrical sloping edge.
3 Before the glue sets –

chamfer the side edges
of the deck and glue in
place between the sides,
about 1/8” down from the
top edge.
Materials:
n Basswood 3/32” thick
n Paint or stain
n Wood glue
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PROJECT
1 2 3
4 5 6
Noah knows best

The wonderful story of
Noah and his ark having
saved two of every animal
from the great flood was a
popular theme for artists
and story tellers back as far
7 8
as Medieval times.
Toy Noah’s Arks can be
5 Go back to the hull and

glue the ends in place.
Leave it to dry thoroughly
the roof so the giraffes can
see out.
traced back to the 18th
Century, but it was the 19th
Century when they proved
before continuing on to the
next step. 8 When both the cabin
and hull are completely
dry, gently sand all over
to be one of the most
popular toys.
Children seem to love
6 Now to fit the roof to

the cabin. Chamfer
the top edges where the
with fine sandpaper. Then
wipe with a clean cloth to
remove all traces of dust.
playing with animals,
whether they are plastic
or real. The ark comprises
pieces meet to form a neat the theme of zoo, boat,
edge and glue. If you are
painting your ark it is best
to do it now before gluing
9 Finally, glue the cabin
in place. Now add your
tiny animals two-by-two and
or house with a strong
subliminal message of
family and security. No
the cabin on. Paint on the now your tiny Noah’s Ark is wonder it is one of the
doors and windows. You ready for the little ones to most included toys in the
can even put a window in play with. dollhouse playroom.
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PROJECT
Painting in miniature
Paint a miniature masterpiece of your own
BY LAURA QUIGGAN
W hether you have

a period home,
a modern
home, a shop or a gallery,
there’s always an excuse to
brush size and colors I
used in the Materials box
below, but common sense
should tell you if your
brush is too big or if the
a fortune buying paints –
watercolor, gouache, even
kid’s poster paint will do
just fine.
Similarly you can use
find room for a painting or color of paint you have any shade you have in your
two. It is fun to create your looks right or not. art box, just get a blue,
own miniature painting and I have used acrylic paints green, red, brown, yellow,
not as difficult as you may to do this piece because purple, white, and black.
think. I’m going to take you they dry quickly and the Despite using acrylic paint,
step-by-step through how I pigments are strong, but the paper I have used is
did this painting, based on you don’t need to spend watercolor as it has a lovely
a photo of Plymouth light-
house, using acrylic paint.
In our full-sized world
there can be a bit of snob-
bery attached to painting
a picture and there need
not be. It doesn’t matter if
you don’t have exactly the
same size brushes that I
used, or the same color
of paint. I have stated the
Materials:
n Paper
n Palette
n Brushes: size 0, 4 and 10.
n Paint: Ultramarine, Sap
Green, Cadmium Red,
Burnt Umber, Yellow
Ochre, Purple, Black and
Titanium White.
n Miniature frame 3” x 2”
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PROJECT
1 2 3
4 5 6
texture and stands up well

to being wet and keeping
its shape.
Don’t get tied up in the
techniques of it all, have a
go with whatever equip-
ment you have and enjoy it.
1 Take a pencil and lightly

draw around the outside
of your picture frame onto
your paper. Lightly sketch tally, so the color is faint at Ultramarine. You are just
your picture into the center, the horizon. Re-wet your trying to make the water a
or trace the one provided. brush to wash the color darker, dirtier blue. Allow
This is only a guide so don’t down. Allow to dry. to dry.
press hard or the pencil will
still show through.
3 If you try and paint the
grass on the horizon 4 Using your paint brush,
take a little Burnt Um-
2 Apply a small blob of

Ultramarine to your
palette, wet your number 10
now it will bleed into the
wet sky and make an awful
muddy mess, but we can
ber and plot out the dark
areas of the bank behind
the lighthouse. Don’t worry
brush and take up a SMALL get on with the water. that the painting looks a bit
amount of blue. Start at the Simply use your number messy right now, it will start
top and wash down the 4 brush and mix a dot of to come together gradually,
painting, working horizon- Burnt Umber in with some I promise.
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7 8 9
10 11
5 Still using your size 0

brush, water down a
little Sap Green and apply
and loosely over the area
of grass closer to you while
the lighter color is still
to your red. This will now
darken the red which you
can apply to the lighthouse
to areas on the bank above damp. Again, you are trying where the red stripes are in
the Burnt Umber. This time to merge color variations. shadow.
it may help if the painting
is still a little damp so the
brown and green bleed into
each other just a little. This
8 When the grass is dry,
take your size 0 brush
and a small amount of
11 Before we continue
with the lighthouse we
are going to give that whole
lack of harsh detail will help Yellow Ochre and fill in the area a chance to dry off.
the bank look more distant. area at the very base of the Now is the time to paint our
lighthouse. little cloud. Using your size
6 Take your size 10 brush

and make a dilution of
Sap Green. Wash this over 9 Now here’s the fun part:
mix a little Cadmium
4 brush, fill in the cloud with
a generous amount of white.
Take your size 0 brush
the grass in the foreground, Red and apply it halfway and line the back of the
following the ‘swoop’ of the around the red stripes of cloud with a small amount
bank. It always helps if you the lighthouse. The sun- of black (remember the di-
paint in the same direction light is hitting this part of rection of the sunlight). Now,
of the ‘flow’ of your subject. the lighthouse and causing using your size 10 brush
shade on the other side. dry, very lightly dust the tip
7 Now mix a tiny amount

of Ultramarine and Sap
Allow to dry. of your brush over the top
of the cloud, from black to
Green to make a darker
mix. Wash this randomly 10 Take a tiny amount
of purple and add it
white, so the tones merge.
If you don’t want to put a
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Mini tutorials needed

We hope you have been
enjoying all of the wonderful
tutorials featured in American
Miniaturist. There are so
many impressive creative ideas
and new techniques in the
miniature community. We try
our best to find projects we
think our readers will enjoy,
but we know there are more
that we can find out there.
cloud in you could always the door and windows If you would like to be a
do a seagull! to the body of the light- part of this fun publication,
house. There is a small please consider being one of
12 Back to the light-

house and you can
now paint the light stripes
park bench a little way
in front of the lighthouse
door, which can be done
our valued contributors.
We have great opportunities
for miniaturists who submit
on the lighthouse with in black. You can mix some tutorials, such as credit
white. Add a tiny amount black with Burnt Umber towards subscriptions and
of black to your white to and patch in more details individual issues. And, if you
make a gray and apply it in the bank in the back- are in business, your tutorials
to the shadowed stripes at ground and finally, line the will actually help promote
what you are selling. We’ll
the back of the lighthouse. jetty into the sea with a
furnish you with these details
While still damp (but small white and red sail at
after your submission has
not runny wet), take a tiny the end of it.
been approved.
amount of Yellow Ochre Imagine how much joy your
and apply it to the middle of If you want to, you can mini project could give others
the light stripes where the take more time over your who share your passion for
white and gray meet. miniature painting and this hobby!
This helps the lighthouse continue to add detail, or Send your step-by-step
to look rounded, rather than you can just enjoy it as instructions and photos to
being halves of light and is. By painting past your Tutorial Submission, American
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of the lighthouse too. how this picture could be also send your entries via
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include your name, address,
‘tease out’ other I hope you have fun with
phone number, and email
details. Using your size 0 this theme. Why not adapt
address. We can’t wait to see
brush and blends of either it to your own ideas or
your projects!
white or black paint, add decor of your mini house?
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Decorative table
Make a decorative table for your 1:12-scale setting
BY LINDA DAY
T urn parts of a
wooden fan into a
decorative table
for your 1:12 scale setting.
3 Next, carefully glue
all edges of the table
together. Let dry.
Sometimes the simplest

things can become original
dollhouse pieces, you just
4 Add a top and bottom
by gluing them onto
the table.
have to remember to think
like a miniaturist.
5 Once everything is dry
you can place your new
MEET THE MAKER:
Linda Day 1 Trim your purchased fan
to the desired height.
You will need four pieces,
table in your scene.
Top it off your new table

“I have been involved with one for each side of the with a plant or a lamp. Place
making miniatures longer than table. I purchased my fan indoors or on the porch to
I have been married, which is from Pier One a few years add something special to
fifteen years! Currently I work ago. I have also heard that your mini world.
full time in reception for the they can be found in dollar
Employee Health department stores. This will depend
of a local hospital in Tennessee. on the area you live in, I
I am also a proud mother of suppose. Who knows, you
two children, a ten-year old may already have one!
daughter and an eight-year
old son.”
2 If you are planning on
staining your little table
then stain all the pieces
Materials: prior to gluing. If you will
n Wood shapes or scraps be painting, that can be
n Minwax wood stain done after assembly. I
n Foam brush or cosmetic prefer to use cosmetic
wedges to apply the
wedges for this. They tend
wood stain
n Wood cutters
to hold more, and are
n Wood glue denser than foam brushes.
n Disposable plate But as always, please use
what you have on hand.
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3 4 5
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Homemade hutch
This little hutch is a great way to display your minis
BY KEITH WALKER
M ake your kitchen

warm and
friendly with
this hutch by Keith Walker.
Wood thickness for the
the bottom left and right
side sections. First score
the lines with a craft knife,
and then file a slot 1mm
deep. Ensure a good fit
TOPTIP:
Make your own setter by
gluing or nailing wood
together at the degree you
back of the doors and the of the base and drawer need. The setter for this
drawers is 5mm thick. The supports before gluing in project was made at a 90
door panels are 1mm and with glue. degree angle.
all other parts can be 3mm
or 3.5mm thick. Cut out the
required parts and organize
ahead of time.
3 To make sure it sets at
the right angles, place
in a setter and allow to
dry. While still in the
1 Stick slats onto the card

using white glue, you
may need to put a weight
setter, cut and position
the internal shelf, then
glue in 2mm x 2mm
on them while they dry. support bars.
2 Prepare the position for

the base and drawer
support by cutting lines in
4 Remove the internal
shelf while you make
the vertical support bar
and glue in position be-
tween the center of the
Materials: base unit and the
n White glue or wood glue drawer support.
n Wood
5
n Wood file Cut out the
n Ruler (millimeter)
doors to
n Card stock
n Craft knife
suit the open-
n Fret saw ings and put a
n Setter block small radius
n Sandpaper on the out-
n Wood oil or varnish side edge on
n 5mm diameter doweling
the hinge side.
n Sewing pin
When satisfied
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Basic parts and measurements:

Part Measurement Qty
Back slats 185mm x 10mm x 3mm thick x10
Card 185mm x 10mm x 1.5mm thick x1
Top sides 100mm x 22mm x2
Bottom sides 82mm x 50mm x2
Bottom drawer and support 97mm x 50mm x2
Base, top and work surface 104mm x 55mm x1
Top back shelves 93mm x 22mm x2
Top 100mm x 22mm x1
Top back rail 100mm x 4mm x1
Pelmet 93mm x 8mm x1
Front base feet 10mm x 5mm x2
Doors 44.5mm x 57mm x 5mm thick x2
Door outer panels 57mm x 6mm x 1mm thick x4
Door top and bottom panels 32.5mm x 6mm x1mm thick x4
Drawer fronts 44.5mm x 15mm x 5mm thick x2
1 2 3
4 5 6
with the fit, glue on the door

side panels as shown.
is 7mm and will suffice. Test
the opening. Cut out the top
work surface. Cut side strips
7 Glue the shelf inside,
then apply glue to the
back of the base unit and
6 Fit the doors into the cav-

ity then insert a small pin
in the corner for the hinge.
of 3.5mm deep x 2mm wide
and cut to fit the length of
the work top. Glue the top
set the base onto the back.
Position it so the unit is
square and vertical and
An ordinary household pin centrally on the base. leave to set.
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Pine hutch front view
Image not to scale
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8 Cut out the left and right

top sides and glue on
the shelf supports in a shelf
spacing that suits your re-
quirements. I used spacing
of 35mm.
9 Glue 3.5mm x 2mm

strips to the ends of the
top. Using the template of
the pelmet mark out the
shape onto the wood and
leave the ends longer than
required. Use a fret saw to
cut out the shape. Measure
the gap under the top and
cut the pelmet to suit, then
Image not to scale glue in place.
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TOPTIP:
You might find it easier to
make the drawers using a
setter. This is a block that
measures the same as
the drawer but is 25mm
deeper. It helps to hold the
drawers in place while the
glue sets.
9 10 11
10 Make two 3mm x

3mm x 57mm back
stops for the doors and
upright support measuring
3.5mm x 8mm x the depth
between the drawer sup-
13 Make the drawers us-
ing a setter. Glue the
sides and front of the draw-
glue 6mm onto the center port and the unit top. er to the bottom with the
support. Then cut and glue setter in the middle. Make
a radius for the very top of
the cabinet. 12 Measure the drawer
cavity from front to
back and make the bottom
the back slightly longer
than required as this can be
sanded to the correct width
11 Cut out a set of draw-

ers (see drawings
for sizes). Make and fit an
and sides minus 5mm. Ad-
just the front of the drawer
so that it fits flush.
later. After a few minutes lift
the setter block out and use
it for the second drawer.
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12 13 14
14 Test the fit to ensure

that the drawers run
smoothly. When you are
which will cover the bottom
pin hinge and glue in place
happy with the drawers,

make the knobs from 5mm
diameter doweling and file
15 Finish the dresser with
a smooth sandpaper
then brush clean. You might
to your required size. Mark like to leave the dresser as
out the center of the drawer natural pine, or you can coat
and inner door panel either it with wood oil or varnish. I
drill in or glue on the door used teak oil which gave a
knobs. Make the front feet, rich golden color.
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Whimsical
old ladies
In a German village, a gifted artist has captured the
legends and styles that epitomize German doll making
BY DEB WEISSLER
T
o see one of Silke Janas- her OOAK hand-sculpted as a former illustrator and
Schloesser’s dolls is like dolls. Over the years, Silke makeup and airbrush artist
turning the pages of a has poured through more are all evident in her poly-
beautifully illustrated fairytale than 5000 books, from fairy mer clay sculpts. Each face
book, filled with witches and tales to anatomy, costuming is a roadmap, taking us on a
trolls, fairies and wizards. to fine art, enabling her to personal journey through the
Growing up listening to the collect an impressive array land of make-believe.
tales and legends of her home- of features, expressions, and Silke began her career
land, each has helped guide gestures, thus ensuring each more than two decades ago
her talents. doll is truly unique.
As an internationally “I sculpt some special Below left: Miniature artist Silke
Janas-Schloesser. Below: The
acclaimed doll artist with faces several times, but each wonderful pop-up book is by
a seemingly inexhaustible has its own unique twist. German artist, Jana Wiechman.
imagination, this self-taught I especially love noses and Right: Silke’s son, Marius
Schlösser, designed and built the
artist has received accolades wrinkles. I like eyes, mouths, house box. The wine glasses and
from around the world, eyebrows, a double chin,” she the wine bottles were made by
winning coveted awards for laughingly admits. Her skill artist, Janny Warnaar.
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Even skeletons can pull

off a good magic trick!
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Right: The cheese was made by

Silke Fichtner. This piece was a This cowboy seems to
collaboration of many artists. have a helping hand.
making much larger dolls.

During shows and exhibitions,
she would cross paths with
miniature doll artists whose
works she found fascinating
but did not inspire her. It was
while searching online that
she spotted Rik Pierce’s Hog-
warts Castle that the mini bug
bit. She found a workshop
Rik had scheduled in Germa-
ny and she quickly signed up,
although she couldn’t imagine
working in such a small scale.
It was while she was tak-
ing the workshop for Rik’s
Crooked House that it became
clear that Silke’s dolls would
never fit inside Rik’s whim- each doll tell her what they private commission, and fea-
sical and quirky 1:12 scale are to become. If the head tures a collection of whimsical
cottage. Thus began a new doesn’t turn out right, it goes old ladies enjoying a glass of
adventure into the realm of into the trash bin and she wine in a delightfully cluttered
making little people. begins another. For Silke, the kitchen located in the owner’s
Of course this was not face and hands speak volumes custom room box made by
Silke’s first foray making about the doll’s personality. Marius Schloesser, Silke’s son.
wee dolls. Decades before, Once satisfied with “the look,” “The whimsical old ladies are
her Uncle Norbert spied her she creates a wire armature seated in an incredibly detailed
hand-sculpted little trolls and surrounded by a soft body, scene,” Silke points out, “I can
pestered her to sell him one. posing and re-posing until get lost in time watching ev-
He gave the troll to his wife she’s satisfied. erything. The old ladies took
as a gift and it wasn’t long Costuming comes next. over a year to fulfill and they
before her Aunt wanted a tiny Silke’s hand-sewn costumes complete the scene.”
wife for the lonely troll. Her are all natural fibers like silk, In the wee hours of the
venture into wee ones had velvet, linen, and fine cotton morning, Silke steals down to
begun, but it took Rik’s class that drape beautifully. In what her workshop, a series of three
to catapult her in this new she describes as her tiny “witch rooms in her home. The pink
business direction. kitchen,” she dyes her own room is her fabrication studio
Beginning by sculpting the fabrics and wigs. filled with clay, paints, fabric,
face, hands, and feet, Silke lets Her latest vignette was a hair, and glue – everything
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needed to create her dolls. Once she has finished a room, feet up, her nose in a
The green room holds not number of dolls, she sets up good book, and her cat curled
only her personal collection her photography equipment, up in her lap. Who knows,
but those dolls that are com- often using those romantic the next read might just in-
pleted and destined for their and fairytale structures she spire another little person. All
new homes. The third room, made in Rik’s workshops as she wishes for is that her little
painted a soothing cream, backdrops. She loves pur- people find good homes and
is her office where she posts chasing furniture, tableware, that her hands and eyes en-
dolls on online auction sites, animals, “anything witchy or able her to keep doll making
maintains her web site, and Christmas” from other artists as she gets older. “My most
chats with others via her blog. to enhance her delightful valuable tools are my glasses,”
vignettes, thereby ensuring she laughs. “I’m now lost
‘But I’m always collectors who buy online can without them.”
running out of
fully appreciate the tale she is
spinning. H GETINTOUCH:
Georgia Marfels
space and am Although she accepts com-
Email: georgia.marfels@rub.de
missions, Silke avoids what she
constantly looking Etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/
’
calls a “lazy narrator.” Cus- georgiamarfels
for more. tomers who just can’t seem to
Artofmini.com
express what they see in their Janny Warnaar
“I thought miniatures heads well enough so that Email: info@artofmini.com
wouldn’t require much space,” Web: www.artofmini.com
Silke can picture the outcome.
Silke laughs, “But I’m always
running out of space and am
If this happens, she will de-
cline the commission. She also H GETINTOUCH:
OOAK Charakters by
constantly looking for more. makes it clear she does not do Silke Janas-Schloesser
The same goes for time and period dolls like Victorian or Email: mail@silke-schloesser.de
money, because now I not Georgian, or naked ones. Etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/xmasliesl
Web: www.silke-schloesser.de
only create miniatures, I also Among her admirers and
collect them! My workshop is collectors is German author
utter chaos where I’m sur- Wolfgang Holbein, whose
rounded by beautiful tiny science fiction, fantasy, and
things I buy or would like to horror fiction has made
live in. I need more space for him the most successful and
my ideas and my collections!” prolific German writer in the
In addition to selling her fantasy genre, most notably
dolls at shows or online, Silke’s his Magic Moon series. Silke
husband surprised her with is thrilled to have him as part
a little shop window in their of her fan base.
home where she can display When not doll making,
some of her dolls, and shop- Silke loves sitting in her living
pers can stop by and perhaps Right: Rats climbing around by
buy something. German artist Georgia Marfels.
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Snow on the
mini playground
Barbie embraces the cold Minnesota winters
by making this enchanting mini scene
BY BARBIE ANDREASON
A
ccording to Encyclo- 302 days a year. The only a part of them, even though
pedia Britannica, the “White Christmas” I can ever we lived 1200 miles away.
definition of winter is recall was in 1982 – and it We were always grateful
“the coldest season of the year, was something to celebrate! for those memorable summer
between autumn and spring; Most of my extended vacations. Wow! The lakes,
the name comes from an old family members have always trees, beaches, cabins,
Germanic word that means lived in Minnesota and in fishing, flowers, the cutest
‘time of water’ and refers to the early 80’s I made a cross critters…heady stuff for
the rain and snow of winter in country move there with kids…adventures were such
middle and high latitudes.” my immediate family. My a drastic and exciting change
Okay, that sounds reason- dear mother had wanted to for us! Never did I anticipate
ably innocuous to someone “come home” after 40 years of the impact of witnessing
raised in the desert southwest living in Texas. Throughout
surrounded by sand, rocks, our childhood, she arranged Below left: Barbie Andreason
towering mountains, annual six-week trips for us dreaming about winter in the
summer. Below and right: A
cactus and bright sunshine in order that we would know whimsical winter wonderland in
83% of the daylight hours, our close knit family and feel a one-inch scale playground.
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Above: The playground slide is that is, snowbirds too. Those to be profoundly beautiful,
covered in snow and ice.
folks who cannot bear to deal peaceful, and mysterious.
Mother Nature’s trick of a real with 3 months of Minnesota Crystal tree sculptures, pat-
Minnesota winter. winters are often the same terned snow ridges formed by
The first January I ever folks who trek north to escape the wind, rainbows circling
experienced in my newly ad- the brutal Arizona and Florida the sun, glistening diamond
opted home of the Twin Cit- heat and humidity that sum- icicles, incredible vistas of
ies just happened to be the mertime brings. spotless white snow stretched
‘The melted
coldest in 35 years. I quickly over a vast field like velvet,
discovered what “wind chill” a day’s brightest bluest skies
was – a term I had never dotted with cotton ball clouds,
heard. Suddenly I was shop-
snowmen were so a night’s blackest ink sprinkled
ping for a down-filled coat, much fun to make with glittering stars, moon-
snow boots, earmuffs, thinsu- when I started light splashed across a shim-
late lined gloves, and knitted mering frozen lake. Winter is
experimenting
hats. Learning to navigate so lovely it hurts my eyes just
icy walkways and learning to with two-part to look at it.
drive in a snowstorm were
challenges.
epoxy resin. ’ My mini winter is one
of the four seasons I made
I know now why birds I must say, however, that in miniature and the most
fly south. Birds of all kinds – I find winter in the Midwest challenging. Because what
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MINI MAGIC
‘My mini winter

I perceive in reality does Above: Don’t worry, the human
children will come and fix Papa!
not allow much room for A cardinal enjoys the bird food
whimsy, yet the other three is one of the four hanging from the tree.
evoked all kinds of ideas to
make it fun. I loved the idea
seasons I made in in front of a cozy fireplace,
of putting a variety of dogs miniature and the enjoyed toasting s’mores with
in each of them, thus a St.
Bernard and a naughty span-
most challenging. ’ musician friends at lodges
up north, learned to crave a
iel seemed to fit the stark his Papa during a warm spell White Castle burger now and
and empty playground. before the ‘real kids’ could then and have cried buckets
The melted snowman was come along to bring his daddy of tears seeing a beautiful
so much fun to make when back to life. deer lying in the bed of a
I started experimenting with I still have not donned hunter’s truck. I have learned
two-part epoxy resin. Melted a pair of ice skates, skis, to love Minnesota.
snowmen require no color and driven across a frozen lake, As often happens, with
the shapes are random, so I ridden a jet ski (yikes) or slid small easy projects which are
went on a brief melted snow- down a hill – intentionally, quick and much fun to do,
man frenzy back in the day. that is. And I still have that I’m thinking of doing another
When I found a little snow- Texas “sand in my boots” and one as more ideas crop up. In
man in my ‘stash’, it seemed suspect I will always consider my experience, this does not
only fair to have a young little myself a Texan in my heart. happen easily after a year’s long
snowman mourn the loss of But I have read many books labor of an intensive creation!
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PROJECT
A place for books

Make a bookcase using wood from your stash
BY BRIAR PICCHIETTI
A true miniaturist
can never bear
to throw anything
away and that definitely
goes for small pieces of
1” x 1/16” wood into two
3” lengths for the top and
the bottom. Cut two pieces
2 7/8” long for the shelves
from the 1” x 1/16” wood.
3 After cutting the wood
to size, but before you
assemble the bookcase,
stain the wood. It is best to
stain the wood prior to glu-
wood trim left from coving You’ll probably have to ing as any surface with glue
or flooring, we save every- sand these slightly to get a will not stain. If you choose
thing because someday good fit. to paint the bookcase
we may need it. Well, that instead of staining, it is best
someday is here. This
bookcase was made from
leftover bits and pieces. You
2 Using the same wood,
cut two 4 1/4” pieces for
the sides.
to paint after the bookcase
is assembled. Glue holds
better to unpainted wood.
can use grooved flooring
instead of plain basswood if
you wish.
1 Cut the wood to the

following sizes: Cut the
Materials:
n 3” W x 4 1/2” L x 1/16”
basswood for the back of
the bookcase.
n 12” of trim for the sides
and bottom of bookcase
n 21” of 1” x 1/16” basswood
strip for the top, the
bottom and shelves.
n 7” of cove or crown
molding for top trim
n Wood stain
n Matt finish varnish
n Wood glue
n Paint brush
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PROJECT
Pattern:
As always, dry fit the book-

case before you glue. This
will allow you to make any
glue the two sides to the
bottom. Then glue the top in
place. Set aside to dry.
6 Lay the assembled
bookcase on top of the
wood for the back. Lightly
necessary adjustments. trace around the bookcase,
4 Glue the bookcase

together in this order:
5 Add the shelves, as
many or as few as you
wish and let dry.
so you will have an exact
pattern to follow when cut-
ting. Cut the back piece
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PROJECT
and glue to the previously

assembled piece. Let dry.
7 Around the top of the

bookcase, add the cove/
crown molding as top trim.
This is the most difficult part
as you will need to make 45
degree inside miter cuts.
8 Keeping this in mind,

cut the front piece of
trim making a miter cut on
each end. Glue to the front
of the cabinet at the top. Let
dry before adding the side
top molding.
9 Each side cove mold-

ing piece has a miter
cut where it joins the front
piece. The best way to
describe this is that the
straight cut end goes to the
back and the miter cut goes
to the front.
10 Before cutting, measure

and re-measure to be
a miter cut at the bottom.
When cutting these two
pieces, keep in mind that
14 The last step is to seal
the stained wood with
a matte varnish.
sure that you have the correct they will be mirror images
length needed. Cut the side
molding pieces, being sure
of each other.
15 When the initial coat
has dried, gently sand
the miter at each front corner
match the miter cut molding
across the front top. When
12 Glue in place. The
bottom trim piece is
also mitered on both ends.
all over. Apply a second
coat of varnish, and when
this coat is dry, sand gently
you are satisfied with the Be sure to measure, dry fit, once again.
match, glue in place. measure again, dry fit...you
get the picture. Once your bookshelf is
11 The trim pieces for

the vertical front sides
of the bookcase have a 13 When satisfied with
the fit, cut and glue
dry, fill it with lots of books
and other special pieces.
Place in your miniature
straight cut at the top and into place. scene and enjoy.
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HOUSE TOUR
Recreating a
historic house
Lolly Anderson is a retired lawyer, fundraiser, and
writer, but her love for miniatures goes on
BY LOLLY ANDERSON
H
ill Top was the finest neo- Top Dollhouse is 26”, and its able, especially the one on the
classical home in Staunton, depth 24”. correct glues to use.
Virginia when it was built Hill Top Dollhouse echoes The interior of my Hill
in 1816. Judge Thompson the exterior of its life size Top Dollhouse is completely
bought it in 1842, the same model with sand in the paint of my own creation. The
year Augusta Female Semi- to make it look like stucco, living room was inspired by
nary was established. In 1872, intricate trim made from indi- White Marsh Plantation near
Mary Julia Baldwin and Agnes vidually cut molding, the arch Williamsburg where I spent
McClung, co-principals of the in the recessed door shaped many happy times. The brass
seminary, purchased Hill Top. by soaking very thin wood, candlesticks on the mantel
The school, then college, and the fan light fashioned are replicas of ones made by
was later named after Mary out of white vinyl-covered Colonial Williamsburg.
Baldwin. Hill Top reigns as the paperclips. The tea table with the
oldest building on the campus silver fluted candlesticks,
of my alma mater, Mary Bald-
win University and has been ‘The interior of my silver tray, and delicate crystal
as well as the other sterling
used as a coveted dormitory for Hill Top Dollhouse pieces, fine porcelain, harp,
students all these years. and 18th century chairs,
is completely of my
When I became fasci-
nated with miniatures and own creation. ’ tables, and sofa recreate for
me this rarified world. I
dollhouses (starting in Dallas, needle-pointed the seat of the
reinforced in Chicago through The six columns were armless chair and recovered
The Thorne Rooms), I knew I turned on a lathe by a friend’s the seat of the other chair
had to build my own. boyfriend. A carpenter cut the with the same fabric I used
Hill Top was the obvious ten openings for the doors and for the pillows.
choice to copy. The life size windows as well as the outside Two of my most cherished
Hill Top is 50 feet wide, but walls. Everything else I cut, pieces are the tiny shells on
since birch plywood comes in painted, nailed, and glued. the mantel that I found years
48”, the 1:12 scale was slightly Taking a couple of courses on ago on Sanibel Island beach.
modified. The height of Hill dollhouse making were invalu- The charming magnolias and
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Top The grand columns on the outside of the house were turned on a lathe by a friend, and a carpenter
helped Lolly cut out the walls for the dollhouse. On the porch is the dollhouse to go inside this dollhouse.
Above: Lolly dedicated many hours to watching online tutorials and taking a few courses on building a
dollhouse. This house is filled with many treasured miniature items she has collected over time.
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Above and right: A closer look at

a few of the desks in the house.
cachepot, also on the mantel,

were made by a dear friend.
Above the living room is
the bedroom wallpapered in
a beautiful green. A Ralph
Lauren men’s handkerchief
was the inspiration for the
bed duvet and shams. The
chair in front of the desk is
a Thorne Room reproduc-
tion, but of course I had to
recover its seat in red leather
from an old purse. The
wastebasket is like the ones I
decorate in life size; I made
this one from a thimble.
The brass typewriter on
the desk is one of the first
miniatures I ever played
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with as a child. My mother the dollhouse was and is the Above: Lolly had fun with a
malfunctioning light in her staging.
had given that typewriter, most challenging and never
the brass double boiler in ending aspect of dollhouse was the ridges on the roof:
the kitchen, and the brass creation and maintenance. pencil lead from mechanical
epergne in the office to I used tape and the pencils! I searched all over
her grandmother. world’s smallest pins for the the house to come up with
When my great grand- first electrical system and enough mechanical pencils to
mother died, the miniatures nearly lost my mind. The empty for their tiny gray lead
came back to my mother. I second system is one of cov- to complete the roof.
was 5 years old. I was amazed ered wires taped to the facing When my 3 year-old
that my mother made 7-Min- edges of the floors and walls. grandniece comes to visit,
ute Icing out of a real double That darling chandelier in the first thing she wants
boiler that looked just like the the nursery has been repaired to do is “play dollhouse.”
tiny one I was holding! Those a dozen times. I think I’ll Yes, her “playing” turns my
miniatures are my favorites, leave the ladder with the tiny perfectly ordered minia-
because of their legacy and be- light bulb box right there. ture world into a tornado-
cause later I became a writer. There are certainly enough wrecked house, but she
In the nursery, the adult things in my dollhouse, but won’t play with Hill Top if I
male in the house is about to I had to add a dollhouse of remove its exquisite furnish-
climb the ladder to fix a light the dollhouse! My proudest ings. And she has yet to lose
in the chandelier. I love all the solution in creating a 1:12 the tiniest, most expensive
lights, although electrifying scale version of my dollhouse object. The legacy goes on.
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PROJECT
Create a mini tree

These basic miniature trees are quick and easy to make
BY ANNETTE LLOYD
T hese mini trees are

a great addition to
an outdoor scene.
Materials:
n 1 piece of wood cut to
4” square
1 Stain each piece of n 4 pieces of 1/2” square

wood, cut to lengths of
wood. Let dry.
3 1/2” lengths
n Bloom Room faux tree
2 Drill a small hole in

the center of the 4” x
4” wood. To find the exact
trunk, cut in half (available
at craft stores)
n Silk leaves arrangement
center, draw a diagonal or garland greenery
MEET THE MAKER:
n 1 screw for each tree
Annette Lloyd line from each corner to
n Wood stain
the opposite corner. n E6000 or Quick Grip glue
“I live in Indiana with my
n Tacky Glue
husband, triplet 22 year old
sons, and two dogs. My love
affair with minis started 5
3 Using only 4 pieces of
the 1/2” square wood,
glue to edges of the 4”
n Sand
n Small pebbles
n Mulch material
years ago after my sister gave n Hack saw (to cut tree trunk)
square piece to create the
n Drill
me a dollhouse to help with base. Let dry. You’ll use the
n Screwdriver
my recovery from a number remaining four pieces once
of back surgeries. I now have the tree is assembled.
9 dollhouses!”
4 Using the precut half

of the tree trunk (it will
measure 11” after cutting).
5 Using the open top of
the tree trunk, pour
small stones or sand inside
Place glue on the sealed the trunk to about the half-
end of the trunk and a spot way point. This adds weight
of glue to cover the pre- to ensure that the tree base
drilled hole in the wooden doesn’t tip or lean once the
base. Top of the trunk is branches are in place.
open. Place the trunk on the
base. Insert a small screw
through the bottom of the
base and into the tree trunk.
6 Pour Tacky Glue over
the top of the stones (in-
side the tree trunk) to glue
Let dry. in place.
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PROJECT
1 4
7 9
7 If you are using green-

ery on stems: Trim
stems to approximately 5”
the stem is approximately
5” long, trim end if needed.
Coat the “handle” with
push into top of tree trunk.
Let dry.
long. Bend the stem to a

45 degree angle. Arrange
E6000 glue and push into
top of tree trunk. Let dry. 8 Stand the tree right side
up. Glue the remaining
the stems into shape to
make tree branches. Tape
together. Coat the tape and
9 If you are using gar-
land type greenery:
Cut pieces of greenery
four pieces of 3 1/2” 4x4’s
onto the edges, creating a
box. Let dry.
stems with E6000 glue and from garland to the desired
push into top of tree trunk.
Let dry.
length of branches plus
5”. Remove greenery from
those 5”. Bend each into a
9 Glue a layer of stones
to the bottom of the box
to add weight and stabi-
8 If you are using the

greenery that has
a bouquet type handle
45 degree angle. Arrange
the stems into shape to
make tree branches. Tape
lize tree. Coat the layer of
stones with Tacky Glue; add
mulch material or sand. Let
(shown on previous page) together. Coat the tape and dry. Add shells or flowers to
instead of stems: Make sure stems with E6000 glue and decorate. Let dry.
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