Good Mini Magazines - GAZETTE: To anyone who is looking for another good mini magazine in addition to Miniature Collector and Dollhouse Miniatures, I recommend the GAZETTE, which is issued 6 times/year by the National Association of Miniature Enthusiasts or NAME, as it is commonly known. For more information you can email the editor, Dorothy Hansen at MiniGazette@aol.com or contact NAME directly by going to their web site which is http://www.miniatures.org You'll find lots of projects in the GAZETTE and on their web site. You receive this magazine by just becoming a member of this wonderful organization, who's motto is "only through sharing can we really enjoy our treasures". That pretty well says it all. Leilani |
Good Mini Magazines: If you look at http://www.imaginationmall.com there is a Periodicals section with links to all the major magazines' web sites that will help you make a more informed decision. Loretta.Sniarowski |
German magazine site: http://www.1zu12.com Great pictures of some quite unusual stuff. For those unfamiliar with European identifiers, D in an ellipse is a car sticker for Deutschland = German text, GB is Great Britain and will get you English on the website. Kay in Ottawa, Canada |
| Paper Plates: Shepherd Miniatures has paper plates also. The url is www.shepherdminiatures.co.uk/ My experience with them has been positive. Jennie in San Antonio TX |
Russian Nesting Dolls: I called the man with the miniature Russian nesting dolls. It is a local call for me. He told me they are not yet on his web site but will be shortly (probably within a month). He told me that in the 3/4" size he has dolls, snowmen and Santa's. He said he received 2 e-mails already about them since I posted his info. and he does have them in stock so if you are interested, let him know. I was very pleased with his merchandise - the dolls are great but he says that they are hard to get from his supplier as there is a high damage factor (which is understandable when you see how thin the wood is) and a low profit margin. However he does have them right now. If you missed the contact info, here it is again: Alex Telyatnikov Jo Roseberry |
Russian nesting dolls: just got this message from the man with the mini nesting dolls. They are now on his web site. http://russiantreasure.net/NestMiniatures.htm Jo from the Poconos |
Russian Nesting Dolls: Warwick Miniatures in England make some Russian nesting dolls in painted pewter. Warwick do not sell retail but you can see, and buy, from Jojays at http://www.jojays.co.uk You will find them by going to Catalogue, then Warwick, then Nursery Toys, then page 2. Jojays have nice things anyway. Andrea in Yorkshire, UK |
Yellow Rain Slicker: There is an easier way of making those little yellow rain slickers and without sewing! Use one finger of a yellow rubber glove to cut the slicker from and then use small black hooks and eyes glued down the front for the closures. Makes a very convincing slicker. Cut off the finger approximately 1 1/2" from the tip of the glove. About 5/16 of an inch down from the tip of the finger cut horizontally int the front of finger until almost all the way through the glove finger, leave a "hinge to act as the flap that connects the "hood" of the slicker. Next, cut vertically down the center of the coat to create the opening. Make two little tubes out of a piece of the left over original glove material to make the sleeves. Glue sleeves and hooks on to slicker and you have it. Marilyn, MI |
Chicken Ideas: Ever since we started talking about chickens, I seem to keep running into the critters everywhere! So I thought I might as well start compiling a reference list Hope it's of some use to someone. A somewhat twisted idea... We use to have a Jamaican restaurant in town whose walls were decorated with some humorous hand drawn posters. One of them was an add for their chicken wings, so on it was a drawing of an annoyed looking chicken...minus it's arms/wings! Roesner's Miniature Menagerie has a menagerie of animals (web site http://www.mini-figurines.com/) Toll Free 888.818.6450 Chicken coops and chickens and rooster: http://www.spminiatures.com/chickens.htm Egg warmers (chicken shaped lid over bowl) & egg cup Eggs in cartons: http://www.avonminiatures.com/kit1p1.htm"hen & basket" dish set Other crate labels with pictures of rooster Karen in PA |
Oriental Theme: This is a subject dear to my heart. Ideas are all around us even though they seem very obscure and hard to find. Movies are an ideal spot to pick up ideas of both antique and modern designs: for Japanese ideas try movies by the great director Kurosawa (he did both modern and ancient themes) and Chinese films are really coming into their own now with some of the newest movies such as Crouching Tiger, Sleeping Dragon (one of my favorites for accurate inside design is Light the Red Lantern). I could go on and on but the best thing to do would be to go to your video store and check their foreign flicks and see what turns you on (a lot of the stories are unhappy but the sets are great) and Kung-fu movies are OK for some Chinatown ideas (think Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan for example). If your local big city has a Chinatown (or Japantown such as SF) go through the shops there to see what variety they have). And some of the Botanic Gardens have Chinese and Japanese gardens (such as Montreal's Botanic Gardens and SF's Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park) I got some great ideas for my Chinese house from the incredible Chinese Garden (complete with lake) in the Montreal site. You can also check out the shop on http://www.kowloontraders.com - (click on the miniatures section) it's a wonderful little Japanese shop complete with all sorts of odds and ends). Try books...I have a wonderful personal reference library of books on any of the periods or cultures I want to do in miniature. I also belong to J.A.D.E., an organization with a newsletter that is an invaluable source of information on Japanese and oriental dolls, culture, etc. which may be going down the tubes because of a drop in membership (have no idea why as their information is extremely accurate). Check out their web page http://www.japandolls.com - their subscription rate is $18.00 yr for 3 newsletters - AND they are going to have a convention in Pasadena next year (so far they have had 3). I started using http://google.com after it was recommended on SS and found that a lot of the smut that I had gotten on other sites when I put in "Japanese Dolls" for example was eliminated and I was able to get some great sites for both Japanese and Chinese ideas. If you look around you at larger items, big dolls, houses, parks etc. , not just miniatures, your horizons and ideas are increased which will reflect in the variety and quality of your miniatures. Ana |
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