Oh my!

Oh my! I ended up on this page today and every little thing makes me totally amazed! Everything are so wonderful! I just wanted to share with you what I found, perhaps you will be as inspired as me =)
Just take a look at the pastamachine and the office lamp!! =) 

http://www.ulusminiatures.com/

Mini Lundby house

I'm so happy!
I finished this Lundby house today, that should be in a 1:12 house.
I put up pictures of the facebook group for miniaturister that I'm in, and became completely inundated with comments about the house =) I'm so touched =)
Because there were so many people like it, Im considering making one to which I can sell. Maybe a particular style or if any one is interested, maybe customized.

But I dont know what I would be able to charge for it ...
What would you pay for such a house?

Let there be light!

I've done a few miniatures lately, but not put out on the blog. I will try to post some of the things I've done. I have finally bought things so that there can be lights in my  rooms.
I'm into lamp design in real size so it will be so fun to do some in miniature too =)
Here are two lamps that I´ve made:

 

This is a christmas star that I made last year for my Lundby house:

Mini Converse Shoes

I have not blogged for a long time now. I made some miniatures, but have not managed to post any pictures yet. Last night I finished a pair of shoes. I have thought about making shoes for a long time, but it's so hard to do high-heeled shoes.
So I thought I would start by making converse shoes instead.
This is the result =)

the 1:144 house

I´ve built some furniture to my little 1:144 house.  

In the kitchen, I have made a bench and a fridge. 

In the bedroom upstairs, I made ​​a bed with bedding and a mirror.
 

I have printed some rugs and the front door which I'll fix tonight.

 

My new 1:144 house

I'm building a 1:144 house right now. I started yesterday and was up to 4 am. 
I tend to be so self-critical whenever I do miniatures and often find that the result is not as I had imagined. But this house, I think will be nice =)
Last time I used only paper walls and ceiling, but now I used balsa wood. It was much easier. I'm going to finish the roof now, then I'll start with the porch. It is really fun to build =)

Swap =)

This is what i got in the swap:

 I got really pretty things from Linda&Sarah, Magdalena and Jennie =) Thank you very very much!!

And this is what I sent, everyone got the same, but diffrent books and a "poster" also.

Etsy Shops

Alavenderdilly
ALifeInMiniature
AmazingMiniatures
Annasminiatures -My etsy shop!
Artents

BakinginMiniature
BlinkydollsBoutique

Cinderellamoments
Cutetreats 

Dalesdreams
Dpaone
DragonDee 

ElinasArtShop
Evamini

FabShabbyRose
FannimiNiATURE

GingerPrimCreations
GoddessofChocolate 
GypsyBoudoirMinis

HummingbirdMiniature 

IckleFingz
Ilovelittlethings

JDMiniatures
JingsCreations

Katiesclaycorner
Khrissieslittleworld

Lilushop
LittleCiciShop s
Littleheartstore
Louisianaminis
LugartPetit
LyssasBudgetMinis

MijbilCreatures
MIMOstudio
MiniaturaBrasileira 
MiniatureMakerSupply s
Miniaturepatisserie 
Miniaturesbyannina
MiniaturesfromAvalon 
MiniatureSupplies s
MiniatureSweet
Minibeddingshop
MiniEdenTienda
MiniGeek 
Minimariba
MiniModels
MinisbyAngie
MinisByTwinmum 
Minisx2
MitchyMooMiniatures
Mondodifavola
Mundomini
ModPodMiniatures
MorganaMiniArtShop 
Mousemarket

Otterine

PetitBrocanteMinis
PixieDustMiniatures

ReneeBowen

Sarahslilessentials
Sdkminiatures
SmallScaleLiving 
SweetsyDeco s

TheLittleHedgerow
Thierry1888
Thimblemins 
TinyDistinction
Tiny Modern
TinySuppliesDoll s 
TinytownMiniatures
Tjayminiatures
True2scale

Viliaminiature

WonderMiniature


YinyingO

 (s- supplies)

Would you like to help me make a magazine?

Would some of you contribute photos to a miniature-miniature magazine? I like makeing magazines or other things in photoshop, and have been thinking of doing a miniature magazine about miniatures =) Since I cant take pictures of other people's pages, and I have not so good pictures myself, I wonder if some of you may like to give some or your pictures to me that I can use? If there are many who want to help, maybe it will be a really good magazine that you are able to subscribe to even ;) but if you want to help me with my first magazine, please write a comment to this post and a link to your post where I can borrow text and images. I will ofcourse write that it is from your site inside the little magazine =)
thank you!

Join our swap =)

We have started a new miniature-swap in our group on Facebook.  
Those of you who want to participate can go in there and learn more about the swap and join it.
We have had three swaps in the past and everyone have thought it was really fun.
Now I invite you too =)

The group is called " Temaveckor- Miniatyrer, dockskåp och tittskåp" (Theme weeks- miniatures, dollhouses and room boxes).  
We usually have different themes where you can add pictures to fit the theme that is at the time. You can also post inspiration, tips, links, etc.

It is written in Swedish, but that can easily be translated in Google translate, or someone in the group can help you.

You are very welcome to join =)

Temaveckor- Miniatyrer, dockskåp och tittskåp

More dolls

I made ​​a few more dolls. The first doll I did had hair extention that I had cut to fit the mini doll. But now I tried to use the wool that are used for needle felting. They do not look like I had wished so finally I gave up and printed out pictures of Blythe dolls instead. =) 

Dolls, re-root, etc

http://www.mylittlecustoms.com/- hair, re-root tools, etc
http://www.fairytasia.co.uk/index.html 
http://www.dockbutiken.com/

Paper doilies

I found a tutorial how to make cake paper (doilies). They're really cute and pretty simple to make. I just used a pin to make the holes, but if you want you can do as in the tutorial and attach a needle to a craft knife or similar.  Here is the link to snowferm´s page:
http://snowfern-clover.blogspot.se/2011/03/tutorial-paper-doilies.html

And this is how mine turned out:

Pinterest

1 1/48th scale houses and miniatures
1/144th scale dollhouses
1:144 scale miniatures
1 miniature tutorials

Avas dolls house

Building a dollhouse

Doing just a little tutorials
DIY Dollhouses
DIY miniatures
Dollhouse

Dollhouse
Dollhouse Dreams... Yeah, I'm Obsessed!
Dollhouse Kitchen, Laundry & Cleaning supplies
Dollhouse Miniatures  
Doll house Miniatures
 Dollhouse printies

Dollhouse Related
Dolls
Dolls house tutorials
Dressing 1:12" scale dollhouse dolls
Dúkkuhús, smáhlutir (leiðbeiningar)

Felting
Flowers and plants flores y plantas miniature

Great dollhouses

How do they do it?

Ideeën voor het poppenhuis
Imprimibles
Imprimibles y tutos mercería


Making dolls

Making minis..How to

Minature 
Minatures
Mini!
Mini
Miniaturas
Miniature 
Miniature-beaded
Miniature book tutorials 
Miniature-books 
Miniature cloths

Miniature-food-kitchen
Miniature furniture tutorials
Miniature garden & baskets
Miniature kitchen tutorials
Miniature modern room
Miniature-paper
Miniature-polymer, fimo & resin
Miniature Printies
Miniature tutorials and printies
Miniature TUTORIALS, PRINTABLES and TRASH TO TREASURE and IDEAS

Miniature-wood

Miniatures
Miniatures
Miniatures
Miniatures by studio soo
Miniature scale 1:144th
Miniatures (tutorials)
Miniatures Tutorials & Ideas 
Miniature Tutorials
Miniature tutorial
Miniature Tutorials and How-To's

Miniature tuts 
Miniature World
Miniatyr
Mini clothes 
Mini dollhouse interiors designs
Mini household items
Mini Ideas I Like
Minis in smaller scales

Mini treasures

Mini treasures diy
Mini treasures prints 
Mini tutorials

Mini Tutorials
Mini tutorials
My miniatures

Others miniatures

Playscale patterns and tutorials
Putz House
Printables
Pritable minis

Quilling

Tiny world
Tutoriales diy
Tutoriales flores y plantas
Tutorials
Tutorials Dollhouse Miniaures

Vétements et accessoires

Please let me know if any link doesn´t work =)

Mini Blythe doll

As I wrote in my last post, I am going to do some mini blythe dolls in my 1:12 expedit shelf.  
I chose to do a "Middie Blythe". It is 20 cm in reality, so I made it as small as it would be in 1:12.  
But I have to redo the smallest shelf, because I had built it as it would be if the dolls were in 1:6 but it's supposed to be smaller because it is the large Blythe doll that is in 1:6 scale. I figured  it to be 1:8 for Middie Blythe. So I'm going to do a new mini shelf later.
Anyway, this is my Blythe doll. The body I made of Fimo, I cut small squares and glued on as a dress. I have hair extensions in different colors and decided to try to make a brown-haired doll. I glued  hair and drew eyes. I did not find my colors so I just did black eyes on the first. later I´ll make dolls that look more like the original. But it was fun to do this small =)
Tomorrow I'll do more dolls and furniture.

Webshops

Sweden:
http://annashobbyochdiversehandel.nu/
http://www.tantgron.com/

http://www.miniatyrbutiken.se
http://www.minimissmattosant.com/
http://skalaminimal.se/
http://theswedishcorner.com/
http://mini-shopen.com
http://www.miniatyrskatt.com/
http://www.dockskapsmaster.com/
http://www.dockhus.se/

Finland:
http://www.nukketalo.net/shop/index.php
http://iss.dyndns-home.com:10000/ 

UK:
http://www.elfminiatures.co.uk/
http://www.dollshouse.com/dhe
www.fineflowersinminiature.com
http://www.minimumworld.com 
http://store.delphminiatures.co.uk
https://sslrelay.com/www.fineflowersinminiature.com/

USA:
http://www.dragonflyintl.com/shop/index.html
http://www.dbjminiatures.com 
http://swanhousediy.com
https://www.peddlerpusher.com 
http://www.monumentalminiatures.com/
http://www.miniatures.com/
http://dollhousecollectables.com/
http://www.thefabulousfarmhouse.com/

Spain:

http://www.minismodernas.es/

Denmark:
http://www.keldesminiatureshop.dk

Hong Kong:
http://www.giftshop.com.hk/en/index.php


http://www.alittlemoreinminis.com/default.asp
http://www.petitepropertiesltd.com/onlineshop/

http://earthntree.com/miniatures/

http://stewartdollhousecreations.com/
http://amazingminiatures.com

http://minimodernistas.com

http://www.miniland.ca

http://www.minis-mall.com/

Expedit shelfs

I ordered a lot of balsa wood and strips of different wood types last week. I have wanted to start making furniture, and has so far just made ​​the furniture of foamboard, but now I want to do it "for real".  
I had no idea what sizes of wood I would need, so I bought a little of everything. The first thing I was going to build was a "Expedit" shelf from ikea. I thought it would be in 1:12, and the person who "lives there" would like miniatures as well, so the expedit shelf should be different room boxes =) I have wanted to by Blythe dolls myself, but they are soo expensive so I decided that I should make Blythe dolls in miniature and have in the miniature shelf =) 
I got a real size shelf from a kind friend and thought it was perfect to have my miniatures as a small exhibition in the living room. So yesterday I got the packages in the mail with all the wood. In the evening when my son had fallen asleep, I started to build.  
So the result was a Expedit shelf in 1:12. Then I figured out how big a 1:6 shelf would be in 1:12, and made ​​one that was even smaller than the first. Now I'll start making small Blythe dolls too =) It will be fun!

Here is a mini mini Expedit shelf inside a 1:12 Expedit shelf, inside a 1:1 Expedit shelf =)

Selling my miniature Schnauzer!

Now I have figured out how to do an auktion on ebay =)
See my auktion were I sell the miniature schnauzer that I´ve made.
It starts at $32 =) So If you like it, please watch my auktion:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=321164775626

Websites

http://www.tantgron.com/

http://www.tiny-ceramics.com/

http://www.dollshouse.tv

http://ring.miniature.net/

http://www.minamini.se/

Linda´s Wedding Cake!

My neighbor was at her friend Linda's wedding, then I saw that they had posted pictures on Facebook from the big day. I saw the wedding cake and immediately thought: I have to make this cake in miniature! It is sooo nice!
So yesterday, I started to "bake" the cake. I never made roses before but found a good tutorial.
I could not get  the lace pattern right, but there is a little structure anyway.

I asked Linda if it's ok to post a picture of the original cake so that you too can see how it looked. A very beautiful wedding cake!

Now it's done and this is the result:

 

The original cake        The miniature cake

Dresses

I have tried to make miniature clothes before, but gave up because it was so difficult to sew. But now I've borrowed a sewing machine again and decided to try again. I found a pattern on a dress that you can do looot of  variations to, so I tested it. I did three variations of that pattern, then I did a crossover dress too. I realized that it is easier to glue the seams instead of sewing.
In my vision in my head, there was little buttons on the dress so I did tiny little buttons in Fimo too. I did quite a lot of them, so I can use it in other projects as well. It was sooo relaxing to sit and make these dresses. almost like when you are knitting or crocheting. This is what I love about my miniature hobby, that you can vary what you do all the time and there are lot of different things though everything is still miniatures. It is so much fun!
I have always been fascinated of all pretty clothes to Blythe dolls. I get so inspired!
Now I would really like to have a Blythe doll, but they are soooo expensive! It would be fun with any doll that you can bend the joints on. So if anyone of you who read my blog has a doll that you can spare, let me know ;)
This is what my first dresses looks like...Click on the pictures to see them bigger.

The fairy garden and some macaroons

Me and my son did the "fairy garden". He thought it was pretty fun to do. But I wanted to do a lot more in the garden, but there were no stones in the woods so I could not do that.

As the perfectionist I am, I was quite disappointed that we couldnt do what I had in my head, but I have to let these kinds of thoughts go when I do things with my son and leave it on a child's level =) But this is how it turned out:

I've wanted to make macaroons but I have thought that it seemed difficult to make them so small and make the "foot". But I made a mold and made many at the same time. I'll make cute boxes for them later.
Here are macaroons in three shades:

Fairy garden preparations

Now I'm finally healthy again! 
It's boring to just lie on the couch and do nothing.  
On Thursday, my son is coming home (I have him every other week right now) and we are going to make a fairy garden in the woods. I have prepared some things that we will take with us out. I shall glue a door and window on to a tree and then we'll make decorations outside the "house", with stones and  things we can find in the forest. I made a fence that should be there, too, and I´m thinking to make a mailbox.  
I hope it will be good weather this weekend =)
Take care!
Hugs

Schnauzer

I know I have been bad at responding to the comments that I get. You write such nice things and I would like to respond to every one. Sometimes I would like to write more and get to know you more but it feels so weird to write "letters" on my own blog. Maybe email? Would like to comment more often myself too on your blogs. But I guess that some of you know what I mean, that in certain periods, one might have more or less time to answer everyone. but please keep comment so I know you read my blog =) I appreciate all my readers very much! And you are doing so amazingly beautiful miniatures too!

Soon I meant to have a diffrent kind of swap. You get to know more later =)

I have settled on the couch. I have a fever and have not been able to do anything for 2 days, so the couch is my only friend right now haha. Today I still though I would make the final touch on the schnauzer that was almost ready. 

Here is the results:

Take care everyone! Hugs!

What I got this weekend =)

 My mom found a small shop in a small village where the woman who owned the store also sold miniatures. Mom took me there this weekend and I got to choose what I wanted and she gave it to me in 30 years birthday gift. I have to go back there some other time and buy more =)

My friends barbecue minis =)

I have come to know a new friend, and one evening we was at my place and played board games and since he is also creative I thought we could do a little miniatures together, and he thought it would be fun. 
I was a little surprised because it's not that many guys who would like to do miniatures to get to know each other. But he was really good at it! You can see that he has the talent to create things =)
It's been really nice weather here in Sweden recently, so he was probably eager to have a barbecue =)