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Paper Dolls: Sara Cole has been kind enough to prepare two pages of Mini printable paper dolls and a paper doll book in 1:12 scale. They include 1910 Dennison Patine,1918 Peggy Perkins, 1920 Polly Pratt ,1926 Baby McCall 1934 Polly and Peter ,1977 Sugar and Spice paper doll book, Sara's Kate the ballerina and Miss Hickory. Along with Mary Pickford and Hortense. To access them go to her site and click on SPECIAL FEATURE. She had the help of Jim Collins to see that they printed correctly to scale. The printout would be nice in a girls room framed as well as in toy shops and would be also nice used as a page in a Good Housekeeping mini magazine or a gift box. Sara hopes you will enjoy them. Although she is not into minis she posted the links to our site and that of other printout sites so others will find us. http://www.paperdollparade.com/ Jane in Arkansas |
Clipart: just thought I would pass along a site I found this morning while reviewing a genealogy newsletter we get; assorted free clipart for framing, etc. http://www.mayflowerfamilies.com/freebkins/ Marjorie in CA |
Web TV & Printables: If you are using a printer that's hooked up to a Web TV, our browsers are different. So when you print out a printable that says its 1/12th scale, it will print much bigger for you, than people with a PC. I printed a lot of things before I realized it. Now I do all my scaled printables at the local library. There is one good thing about it though... when we print from Jim's Printables... we can get a larger hat box if we want. Garnette in Lewisburg, PA |
Plate Printables: I just made plates using another SSer's suggestion of plate designs from http://www.1800replace.com/ This is a china replacement service with pictures of thousands of designs. Find the design you want, right click on the picture and save it to your hard drive, then import it to a graphics program and get it to exactly the size that you want. If you manipulate the picture do be careful to keep it circular! I printed them out onto Bristol Vellum card stock, available from a stationery store. Lisa Vollrath's site at About.com.miniatures also has a couple of plate printables. Wendy in Clinton, NJ |
Fixative for ink jet prints: I see that the question has come up about preserving your inkjet pictures etc. What was recommended to me was Blair's fixative which can be found at artist's supply stores and is used by artists to protect their pictures. Isabel-CT |
Printable wallpaper won't last!! Do you all know that most computer printer ink starts to fade in a year or less? The spray fixatives will protect from moist, smudgy fingers, but not light. Unless you have a special, very expensive printer, you have ink that will fade over time. I once heard that one of the higher quality miniature wallpaper companies carefully researched, developed and tested their printed paper for longevity. At less than $3 a sheet, I think real dollhouse paper is completely worth it. Fabric, and real (big) wallpaper are also good ways to go. I like to think my miniature creations will last for generations to enjoy. Just my opinion! Anne Gerdes |
Ink Longevity: Well, the good news: There are ink/paper combinations that will last for over 100 years without discernible fading. The bad news: you probably aren't using them. Wilhelm Research seems to be the best recognized company in doing these studies. They typically test ink/paper combinations under "museum" conditions. This consists of illumination of 450lux. Don't you wish you knew what that means? As far as I calculated it, if you take you 75 watt flood light (not halogen) that goes in your track lighting, and place it about 7 - 9 feet from the picture you will have about 450 lux. They are testing for noticeable fading. Kodak Ektachrome prints will last just over 25 years under this illumination. The typical H-P ink on H-P inkjet paper will last 6 months. More examples: desktop Inkjet Printers (newer products) EPSON STYLUS 3000 PRINTER (IMPROVED 4-ink Lysonic E inks) Test are currently in progress with various papers including new, improved-stability Lysonic Fine Art Papers. EPSON STYLUS PRO 5000 PRINTER (6-ink Lysonic E inks) Lysonic Standard Fine Art Paper <1.0 year Epson Photo Paper (1998 "Improved" type) 2.0 years EPSON STYLUS 3000 PRINTER (Lyson 4-ink Fotonic inks) Arches Cold Press Paper (tests in progress) Somerset Velvet Paper (tests in progress) Lysonic Standard Fine Art Paper 2-3 years Epson Photo Paper (1998 "Improved" type) 2-3 years EPSON STYLUS 3000 PRINTER (Lysonic Neutral Quad monochrome inks) Somerset Velvet Paper (tests continuing) >75 years Lysonic Standard Fine Art Paper (tests continuing) >50 years Epson Photo Paper (improved) (tests continuing) >50 years You may ask why this always refers to an ink/paper combination. To quote Wilhelm Research, "With a given inkjet, the difference in light fading rates between the longest-lasting paper and the least stable paper can exceed 20 to 1. That is, the amount of fading that will take place in 20 years with the best papers can occur in only one year – or even less -- with the worst!" Here are some examples of one ink with different papers. Desktop Inkjet Printers (newer products) EPSON STYLUS 3000 PRINTER (4-ink Lysonic E inks) Luminos Lumijet Premium DW Glossy (discon.) >120 years Luminos Lumijet Premium Tapestry X (tentative) >120 years Arches Cold Press Paper 50-55 years Somerset Velvet Paper >25 years UltraStable Canvas (glossy) >15 years Lysonic Standard Fine Art Paper 4-6 years Epson Photo Paper (1998 "Improved type") 4-5 years ***Tentative means the tests are continuing because fading hasn't begun yet. You probably haven't heard of these brands/trademarks because they seem to only be available for a limited number of high end printers. i.e. The Epson 3000 is a 4 ink printer that will handle paper up to 17" x 22". The ink cartridges are 110ml (about 1" x 4" x 6" each color - yes they are big!). These printers are designed for the "Fine Art Digital Printmakers" Each cartridge goes for about $60. The 5000 has 2 additional ink cartridges (light cyan, and light magenta, as I recall)to increase the gamut. You probably aren't going to put your printables on display in a museum, but the light from a miniature wall sconce (maybe 1/4" from the wallpaper) can cause fading of some inkjet printer ink/paper combinations to become noticeable in 4 months - yes, that's why I first got interested in the longevity of inkjet prints. I also found that some ink/transparency combinations (stained glass for my church windows) will bleed the colors together over the years, causing the design to become blurry and muddy. I'm not recommending you all run out and buy the Epson 3000 (mine cost $1300) but I would like you to have a reasonable expectation of the lifetime of things that have been printed by "ordinary ink/paper combinations". If you are buying printed items, you might want to inquire what ink/paper they used, and the expected lifetime, If they don't know, it is not a good indication of heirloom quality longevity. If you want long life prints, take your designs to some print shop that has the paper and inks that will provide them. Tom Berkner |
Ink Longevity: Inkjet inks used on regular paper or non treated fabric are not water fast or UV resistant. How quickly the print quality deteriorates depends on the brand of computer/model/ink you use and the actual environmental conditions in your home. For inkjet inks, high humidity is the worst offender, followed by exposure to direct sunlight! Neither are good for inkjet ink printed items...or other furnishings for that matter. However, the good news is that there are specialty papers and fabric treatments that will substantially increase the inkjet printed output durability. If you want custom items that you can't find elsewhere you may want to check out the newer products available for your printer. If you are using your computer to print designs that you want to last it will pay off in the long run to invest in the higher priced papers and the fabric treatments. Computer makers and separate vendors are diligently working to make inkjet ink and specially treated receptive surfaces with maximum durability. The business community, digital photographers, and home crafters markets are very interested and this is a new and rapidly changing field. New products are being introduced all the time because consumers want them. Each computer model is different so you need to check with the manufacturer to see what they recommend for your purpose. For instance, with my particular Epson printer, the manufacturer sells a matte photo quality paper with a factory tested "non fade" time up to 25 years that can be special ordered. This is much better print retention than the generic printer paper at Wal-Mart. To find out what is available or under development for your printer model you would need to contact the manufacturer or a *knowledgeable* office supply representative. For fabric printouts, the T-shirt transfer paper for your specific printer brand, the June Taylor *colorfast* (not just the regular) fabric sheets or the BubbleJet Set 2000 pre treatment will give much, much, more durable prints that simply printing to non treated fabric or generic printer paper. I have fabric and paper items that I've printed with my $150.00 Epson that have no noticeable fade for over several years. But I have used the best special papers and fabric treatments to obtain this durability. It will not be accomplished using generic printer paper or untreated fabric. Also, it is important for all furnishings, even in your full size house, not to expose them to direct sunlight or high humidity. If any of you have ever seen a older home, with wallpaper, a southern exposure room, furniture on the north wall....after a few years, if you move the furniture, you will notice the "fading" on the wallpaper because the wall *behind* the couch on the north wall did *not* fade as much! For inkjet printed wallpaper I would recommend using the June Taylor *colorfast* Fabric Sheets. I would not use generic printer paper. The June Taylor colorfast fabric sheets will be somewhat expensive at $2 to $3 a sheet but if you want custom designed wallpaper that you can not find elsewhere it may be worth it to you. As several others have suggested, you may want to apply the wallpaper with iron on fusible web to a piece of poster board. If the quality does not suit you several years later it would be much easier to remove than if you had glued the wallpaper to the wall. Also, if you have really expensive or heirloom quality miniature collections, you can purchase UV film that can be applied to a Plexiglass dollhouse cover that will substantially reduce the UV fading of all interior furniture fabric and wood. A local interior decorator, or auto restorers' supply shop could refer you to suppliers in your area. Wilma Kinder in SW MO Ozarks |
Inkjet Longevity: I'm in what I laughingly call my Research and Development (R & D) phase of making wallpaper. Although I haven't the resources to conduct testing on a museum level, I have performed some rather rigorous testing on the things I make. I have to take exception to Tom's statement: "The typical H-P ink on H-P inkjet paper will last 6 months." I have not found this to be true. Since folks are buying my things made on an HP (Hewlett Packard) printer, I feel I must defend the quality of these things. I'm getting ready to buy my sixth HP printer, right now I have three of them. It will be another one to use to make minis and I'm getting it only because it handles larger sizes of paper. It is about five hundred bucks. The number of fabrics and papers I have shoved into my printer are in the hundreds. Usually the consumer is largely unaware that there is a difference in ink formulations, even among models from the same brand of printer. Two of my printers use pigment based inks, one uses thermal inks. Expensive prints such as those you can have made, usually use a process called dye sublimation....those inks are different too. It is the INK that fades, so if fading is a concern, then it is the ink quality...the properties of the ink, that you need to take into consideration. What you print on...also has it's problems. Paper will deteriorate with nothing at all printed on it. Generally the consumer is also unaware that some papers have a right side, and a wrong side. The formulations for paper are almost limitless. The papers Tom is talking about are available to the consumer; Unfortunately, you have to buy a WHOLE BUNCH of it. But nothing keeps you from cutting it with a paper cutter and feeding it through your printer. Most home printers have a maximum size they will print of 14"long...unless you lie to it and tell it you are printing a banner. However, you are almost always limited to 8.5 inches wide, with a print area of 8 inches, and 11 inches long with a print area of 10.5 inches. Most dollhouse ceilings are less than 10.5 inches, and eight inch widths would probably cover most walls anyway. If the image was turned sideways, it would print eight inches tall, and ten and a half inches wide. Don't the inexpensive tab and slot kits have eight inch ceilings? The way I go through my "testing" is to print on a variety of surfaces, put them into varying degrees of direct sunlight, and or...put them away in a box for six months or a year. I also make prototypes of the mini thing I intend to use the image for...and use a number of adhesives on it, and put this away for awhile too. I have discovered that it is usually the adhesive or the sealer that causes chemical reactions and makes the image blur. Not the ink. And not the paper...if it didn't blur within a few days of being printed, then it didn't ever. What makes the water based inks in inkjet printers blur...if it isn't the sealer, or the adhesives...is moisture. Moisture is death to ink jet inks. The transparency material has a coating on it that will absorb moisture and is not very good in any kind of humid condition without being protected somehow. This is probably what caused the church windows to blur. And...Tom said "over the years" they have blurred. The inks for home printers has improved in quantum measure from "years" ago. Tom suggests that you inquire what inks and papers are used for things you decide to buy. This, on the surface, sounds like a good idea, however, some materials and procedures are trade secrets to some manufacturers. No manufacturer, including me, knows the "expected lifetime" of printed things for sure. Even the museum research is still in progress. I can tell you how long they have lasted for me...which so far is five and a half years for some things, without any special care. Having a printer print your wallpapers won't guarantee heirloom longevity. Printers are who also make those prints we have seen hung on the wall at the dentist's office, or in some Motel Six somewhere, that have faded to pale pinks and blues in only a couple of years. You can get great results out of your home printer. I haven't found the things coming out of my printer to be particularly fragile, or temporary. If it is an heirloom you are creating, then maybe paper for the walls isn't the way to go anyway. Don't be dissuaded from making your rugs, and wallpaper, and stained glass windows if you want to. They will certainly last as long as a tiny ottoman made out of a toilet paper tube. For all things in your dollhouse to last the longest...keep it away from the kitchen, and the bath, out of direct sunlight, and out of cigarette smoke and you should be able to keep it nice for a long time. Terry |
Printing on Fabrics: On the items I've printed to fabric using my computer manufacturers' recommend T-shirt transfer heat set sheets, June Taylor Colorfast Fabric Sheets and Bubble Jet Set ( all according to the manufacturer's directions) I have not found any noticeable fading. I've used these products since they were first introduced to the craft/quilting market. My oldest fabric treated items are now several years old and look great! NASA is so impressed with BubbleJet Set's durability that its engineers are testing it for use in extreme conditions in outer space! Several major fabric/textile/craft distributors such as Dharma and Nancy's Notions have been impressed enough to distribute the newer fabric transfer methods and recommend them to textile artists. And, please, do remember if you use any textile products to "follow the instructions." I have a friend who used June Taylor sheets with *my* Printer who set the "Print Quality" to "Overhead transparency" instead of "Regular" ...thinking "More is always better" and was disappointed when the ink on her printed items "ran" immediately. :( But...my June Taylor printed sheets (printed on the same printer...within 10 minutes of hers), look just as fine today as they did the day they were printed to fabric! I have even washed them several times since they are some of my grand daughters' favorite "handled/played with/re-arranged" minis...Christmas Stockings with their very own picture and name on them. :) And remember, that 100 percent cotton or silk...is just that! :-) UNtreated Fabric: IF you print directly from your printer to "UNtreated" fabric the durability will depend upon the brand/model/age of ink/ fabric content/ humidity/exposure to sunlight/presence of tobacco smoke/environment. Remember, too, newer studies are actually showing that exposure to "tobacco smoke" is as harmful to textiles and photographs as is sunlight! To learn more about printing to fabric you might want to purchase the March, 2001 issue of Dollhouse Miniatures magazine. You might also want to subscribe to one of several fabric/textile discussion groups available on the internet that are specifically devoted to textile printing topics. Wilma Kinder in SW Missouri Ozarks |
Printable Plates: To the person who was looking for pages of plates to print. This might be it. To all: If you don't know yet, Lisa has some wonderful Printables. This is the URL for the plates http://miniatures.about.com/hobbies/miniatures/library/weekly/aa012001a.htm Barbara D. |
Printable Plates: Roberta |
Decals you can make yourself: When wandering around in eBay today, I found an online business that sells kits for making your own decals, using an inkjet printer. It's a special paper and a spray fixative. What with all the talk of making our own dishes etc, I thought this would be a great product. Here's the site: http://store.yahoo.com/mcgpaper/decals.html Garnette in Lewisburg, PA |
Christmas Printables: On my web site http://home.wxs.nl/~rieme018 is a printable Christmas project. Click on the holly picture that's on the first page of my web site to go to the project. Anja, The Netherlands |
Printable Vintage Crate Labels: After seeing the post about vintage advertisements on http://www.adflip.com I got into searching for printable crate labels for my general store. I found a terrific site at http://www.labelcollector.com Everything is organized according to what the label looks like. For instance, under Patriotic you might find a label for apples with a picture of the white house on it, or under flowers you might find a vegetable label with a flower logo. The pictures are for sale to people who want the FULL size label, however for us it's possible to right click and "save as". They may need to be re-sized for printing. I hope this is useful to anyone making some fimo fruits and just needs a nice vintage label for the crate! Lynn Silvestri |
Printable Fabric: I am very excited about some new information I learned today at a digital workshop with George Lepp (technical guru of the photography world). He displayed a poly silk fabric that is used on your color printer. This means that ANYTHING you want to print onto a fabric can be printed onto this wonderful soft fabric. I held it in my hand and saw a beautiful animal print that had been done on an Epson printer both on the fabric and as a print on paper. The color was wonderful!! The possibilities of this product are endless for minis. Gail |
Movie Star Printables: Go to http://www.desperate.com . You can order their magazine for free or call 1-800-732-4859. They have wonderful posters and misc. nostalgia of all kinds... suitable for framing. I would have written privately but perhaps there are others that haven't heard of this site? Pat |
Inexpensive Rugs: To make small rugs from either advertising prints or from printable online rugs. Spray the rug print with a spray adhesive and smooth out a double-ply tissue over it. Make sure the tissue does not have a raised design. After it is smooth peel off the upper ply of the tissue. It will not stick and is just used to keep your fingers from being too messy. Trim the edges all around. Take a piece of thin cotton and fringe as deep as you would like and glue on back ends of the rug. Do not fold hem into fringe because it will not lay flat. Jane King |
Printable Book Covers/Flags: Author and miniature enthusiast Joan Bramsch allowed me to make printables from all her book covers. Here are the results: http://miniatures.about.com/hobbies/miniatures/library/weekly/aa081100a.htm http://miniatures.about.com/hobbies/miniatures/library/weekly/aa081100b.htm Also new this week are miniature flags: http://miniatures.about.com/hobbies/miniatures/library/weekly/aa081200a.htm http://miniatures.about.com/hobbies/miniatures/library/weekly/aa081300a.htm Lisa Vollrath |
Firescreen: I designed it on the graphics program on my computer, printed it out on overhead projection transparencies which are sold in packages at Walmart , Staples etc. and then went over the lines with a paint called Liquid Leading which is available in craft shops. Alice Zinn, Pt. St. Lucie FL |
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