Scotties - this site has some lovely printables including a wall paper border
http://homespunminiatures.homestead.com/home.html look under Mackenzie's Printables. There's Westie things too. In fact I think that Mackenzie is the Westie!

Andrea

Folding cutouts and printables: I find that my metal ruler is perfect for folding. Just line your project up along the straight edge and fold with your fingers.

John Medeiros

Folding cutouts: take a scribe, inscribe a line on the *outside* (right side) of the piece you need to fold where you need to fold it, then lay a *steel* rule on the inside up against the fold line, and bend the paper back over the rule.

Molly/StormBorn

Folding cutouts: To make a nice fold on a cutout, I score the fold part lightly with the back side (dull edge) of a razor knife.

Karolyn (Plymouth Ma)

Folding cutouts: A bone paper folder cannot be beaten for folding. It will not burr or damage the paper. I have some hand carved ones with lovely fine edges and an "almost" point at the tip - see my website - or there are other brands available overseas. http://www.daydreamswindow.co.nz

Pam

Folding cutouts: I believe someone also suggested this, but as a card modeler, I always scribe lines with a needle tool. (These are found where ever clay tools are sold.) This is a sharp pointed metal tool with a wooden or metal handle.) I find them invaluable for many uses...one of my 'must have' tools.

Kaye in L.A.

Making boxes: it's important to score your material before folding. I purchased a Mini Boxmaker by Aleene's, and the scoring tool. It was inexpensive and easy to use.
MORE THAN YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT MAKING CARDBOARD BOXES http://www.papershops.com/boxstar/index.htm

Marilyn, MI

Making Boxes: For the longest time I have been saving and using corrugated cardboard for a number of uses and one of them is making boxes to my specifications. I make them mostly to store things in. All that is required is a pencil, steel rule, sharp razor and some Kraft Paper Tape (the kind used to seal packages). Stripping off the paper on one side of the corrugated cardboard makes corrugated tin roofs or bamboo sheets as needed.

DrBob

Miniature Doll's Dollhouse: Here is one more project for those who enjoy the printable projects. I have tried to make a miniature doll's dollhouse to put in your dollhouse.
http://fp3.antelecom.net/frog/pd_project7.html

Sclarise

Dulling Paper Carpets: When I make rugs from glossy magazine cutouts, I coat the picture with a thin layer of Mod Podge, then lay a single ply of tissue across it, press into the glue, and let it dry. When dry you will be able to see the pattern through the tissue, and the carpet has a realistic fabric-like texture--"dull" like fabric, not shiny.

Celeste Ng

Quarter scale 50s printies: If anybody would like some of the 1/4" printies of the wallpaper and drapes I made. I have added a printie link to the page: http://www.wishbooktoys.com/dollhouse/50s/

John Medeiros

Cute site: I found a very cute site by the author Jan Brett. It is full of too full scale printables ( which you probably can scale down) and a sweet tiny gingerbread house. There are activities for the kids too and lots more. Have a look at the cute masks. I am sure this site will inspire some of you.   http://www.janbrett.com

Marianne

Battery Lamps: look in the sporting goods section at WalMart or in Home Depot/Lowes for keychains with 1:12 scale Coleman lanterns with replaceable batteries. I've used them as is in camping scenes and also repainted the base and added a printable lampshade from Jim's http://www.printmini.com site to "civilize" them for indoor rooms. Works fine if you don't mind them all having the same style base!

Loretta

Zodiac Prints: When you get to the site, click on Fantasy, then when that comes up, go to the right side and click on Zodiac--Or go where ever you wish to view, the pictures are exceptional I think. http://www.mondopuzzle.com/

Leslie in WA

Software:  Paint is probably one of the worst pieces of software I have run across and I only use it if I absolutely have to. There are a lot better, and also free, programs for opening, viewing and printing pics. One that I use a lot is "Irfanview", developed by Irfan Skiljan, a graduate of the Vienna University of Technology, I believe as a university project or thesis. It can be used to view all sorts of still or motion picture files and is very useful. It is free at this address:  http://www.ryansimmons.com/users/irfanview/

You may also find that some of the images are not the correct size for the scale you wish to print, or you may want to change them to a different size. You can use a program such as "Oscar's JPEG Thumbmaker", another free program, download at the bottom of this page:  http://www.mediachance.com/free/thumber.htm

Using that program, you can rescale any jpeg image to whatever size you want. Remember that 100 pixels equals one real inch (thanks to Jim of Jim's Dollhouse Pages for that info), so with a calculator you can quickly make a picture exactly the size you want. I also use that one to make some of my oversized scanned or digital camera pics a standard size, often to reduce the size of the image or the file. You can run a whole folder of images through it in a minute or two.

While I'm on the subject of software, there is an Internet searching utility that I use almost every day to find all sorts of things for work or whatever. It is called WebFerret and again, it is a free download, but you do have to put up with a bit of nagging about buying the Pro version. I do have Google as well, but I much prefer WebFerret. You can download it here: http://www.zdnet.com/ferret/download.htm

David in Santiago

Mini check book: I was shredding old personal papers and stuff yesterday when I came across an ad selling decorated checks. An idea struck me about using this ad and now I have a mini check book wish it had real money in it but it still turned out cute. I scanned the ad into PSP and then cut the five checks out resized them and placed them on another graphic with a white border at the top of each check. After I printed them out I cut them apart and glued them together at the top where the white border is. Next I made a leather cover and glued it to the top of the checks. It turned out real cute although you can not read the checks you can still see enough detail to tell what they are.

Sclarise

"printing what you want": I have a program called "Screenshot". You can highlight what you want to save or print and it works beautifully. Their web site is

http://www.screenshot-utility.com Hope this helps.

Shara Lewis

Printables: Do you have an inkjet printer? If so, try Presentation Paper by Great White. It's acid-free, a little heavier than regular bond,and has a special coating. The copies are very crisp and clear. Someone on the digest recommended it a while back and I've been using it ever since. It isn't the cheapest paper on the market, but I save up projects and print as many as I can on a page. Then I usually glue each piece to cardstock using a stick-type scrapbooking glue. When dry, I give it a couple of coats of ModPodge. I had trouble with some other finishes smearing the ink.....but that may have been due to my impatience in waiting for the ink to dry. As for fading.....time will tell, but I keep copies of everything I print and if they fade during my lifetime, I can re-do them :o}}} Watch the glue you use. Regular stick glue may yellow or cause other problems over time. I believe serious scrapbookers have developed glues that are also archival.

Jude in ND

Paper models: Try http://www.instantdurable.com or try searching for "paper models" I found a site after searching andsearching that had a loooonnnnnngggg list of free printables.

Ccwilsonolli

Card Models: This site has links to free card models from all over the world you can just print out and use. http://www.cardfaq.org/

Whui in SF