Working Clocks: Someone was asking about working grandfather clocks. Try Small Time: http://www.small-time.com/ Colin Bird |
working clocks: Both Dee's and Aztec have working grandfather clocks. They are usually in the $40 to $70 range and look very good. The working part is a quartz watch. I think one of them even has a working mantel clock. Contact your local mini store to get them. I keep them in stock all the time and think most other retailers probably do, too. Dottie in Tucson |
Architectural moulding: An artisan in the US who makes lovely architectural mouldings for Victorian and Louis XIV style rooms is Annette Lobell-Doran. She also does lots of gold leafing and painting of them. She now has a website, http://www.uniquelyvictorian.com/ and is a very nice lady to deal with. Her website has some beautiful roombox scenes on it using the mouldings - - do have a look. If you do contact her, do tell her that Wendy Smale referred you and says "Hello". Wendy in Clinton, NJ |
Snow: Snow is easy to do - you can build up drifts or snowmen or whatever with PaperClay, foam core, etc. When you have it shaped the way you want, apply a layer of Snow-Tex or Outdoor Snow decorative snow (comes in a 4 oz tub and can be found at craft stores or places like Wal-mart) The most effective touch is to buy the most ultra fine iridescent glitter - so fine it almost looks like powder - in a tiny glass vial - and sprinkle it on the wet snow. It looks very realistic. You can also create patches of ice for your mini people to fall on with Envirotex - just pour it on areas to simulate ice. I used this technique for a pheasant woodcarving and it turned out very effective - except no one believes it is real snow when it is 90 degrees outside... Bonnie Gibson - Tucson, Arizona |
Lit candles on Christmas trees : way long years ago, I did one of these - a tree with lit candles. I used strings of 1 1/2 volt bulbs - the really tiny ones, and strung each one through some plastic white tubing (candle part) with a gold sequin on the bottom for a cup. Now, I don't recall how many bulbs to a string - and you don't need a lot of these for the lights to be very effective. Consult with a Cir-Kit catalog for instructions - they sell all kinds of bulbs and know how many to run on a string and what wattage transformer to use - ( you can run several strings of these small bulbs from a medium size transformer -as well as other fixtures. (just remember this is "series" lighting, and if one goes out they all are dark). Phyl in Kentucky |
Christmas "whirligig": Mel K. said his wife wanted "one of those wooden, candle powered, Bavarian, Christmas whirligigs.'" The article Wanna in El Paso was referring to is in Nutshell News, Dec. 1985, page 98, written by Dee Snyder It is called a "Weihnachtspyramide". Now let's hear everybody pronounce that one!!. Ruth |
Using Wood Scraps: Just have to share the great project my mini group did with wood scraps--Everyone brought a pile of wood scraps to the meeting - and we all made tree houses from them. (It was a 1" scale project.) It was a free-form-no-particular-design-your-own project (there's one for the list!) that as just so much fun! It didn't have to be square or plumb (unless you wanted it to be) We exhibited them in a silk ficus tree at the local mini show and got lots of great comments on them. I chose to make mine less that square and paid no attention to plumb....and aged it with India ink in rubbing alcohol. Put a sign on it : Girls Keep Out (with the s backwards) Patty Johnson , East Moline, IL |
Dried Apple Wreath: Dip a 3" piece of twine in a mix of half glue and half water. Wrap it around a plastic aspirin bottle or similar size and tie it ....not tight but firm. Let dry completely. You can use two pieces for a twisted look. Slice a few cranberries very thin. lay out to dry naturally or in a warm oven. you might want to dip them in lemon juice and water first to preserve the *white* inner side. When everything is dry. place *apple* slices around *wreath* until you feel good about how it looks then glue them in place. Add little pieces of baby's breath sprigs between the slices, and decorate to please. Finish with a small bow at bottom with little one inch tails. Voila'...a pretty wreath for your front door ...:) Mary Ann |
Paper-Wrapped Wire: http://amsi-minilandscaping.com They have white and green cloth covered wire sold by the bundle. They have wonderful landscaping materials and are extremely helpful. They extended me a 30% discount since I have a miniature business. The man's name is Tony and his wife is Mary. They provide landscaping used for small scale miniatures in Hollywood. I searched for 2-1/2 weeks to find their site on the Web. Jean |
Cloth Covered Wire: I've had a small business making wedding cakes and I make the hand molded gumpaste (sugarpaste) flowers for my cakes. I use the wire that you are talking about. I order it from a wonderful place in Virginia called: Beryl's Cake Decorating & Pastry Supplies Web page: http://www.beryls.com They carry the wire in the smaller gauges 28, 30, 32. Also they carry petal powder colors we use on the sugar flowers-not sure if they will last, but I have some flowers on display that have been colored for 8 years and they still are bright and fresh. Also, in their catalog they have all kinds of texture makers, such as cobblestone, brick, basket weave, to name a few. She specializes in European roll fondant supplies for making really unique cakes a lot of which are decorated with scenes of mini items. A wealth of possibilities! Ginny |
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