Stucco: I found an easy way to do stucco. I am using 1/2 inch pine for the wall. I sanded and primed it. Then I just painted it with some Sears Basement Waterproofing paint. When dry, I can paint whatever color I want and have a nice grainy stucco surface. I also pre-painted my dollhouse foundation with this before applying the brick stuff. It made great, textured 'mortar'.

Linda in Leroy, OH

Wood Floor: I have used a product called "door skin" which is a thin veneer used on doors, and cabinets. DH says it is 1/8" plywood so can be purchased at a lumber store. It will come in big sheets but they might have 1/4 sheets available. Just cut to your room size, use any white glue (I use Aleene's Tacky) to lay your hardwood floor. Weigh down overnight, sand, stain if desired, and put 2 or 3 coats of poly finish, sanding, and allowing to dry overnight between coats. Makes a beautiful floor.

Diane in SFBA

50’s Food: This is for everyone looking for food items and their packaging from the 50's.

http://www.hometownfavorites.com

They have lots of pictures you can save, resize and print out, and you can even buy the real thing. This isn't a mini site, but is a great resource for anyone recreating that era in miniature.

Lorrie

Wire & Plastic dip flowers: My neighbors little girl has a flower making kit like the stuff you were talking about, with the wire that you bend and then dip into some sort of liquid plastic stuff that dries kind of see-through. The name of kit is Pretty Petals made by Imagine Nation. The little girl got it as a birthday present, so we don’t know where it came from, but my guess would be WalMart. The box is pink and purple with a picture of a little girl making the flowers. On the cans of the plastic liquid stuff it says: color flower molding material. There was a paper inside of the kit that said that it was inspected and if anything was missing to call Natural Science Industries, West Hemsted, NY 516-678-1700.

Jeanne-Marie

Tin Ceiling: There are two sources that I know of for tin ceiling products. JR enterprises - 3D reproductions 53 Case Road, Port Jarvis, NY 1277l makes a raised 3D type plastic panel "tin ceiling". The one I have is #TC 153GLD (gold) I know they also make it in white and in several widths & patterns.

The other is Houseworks - Tin Ceiling #73l3 is small circles, Sheet size approximately 11x17. They also have 2 or 3 patterns. Houseworks phone # is l-800-24l-5818

Try your nearest Miniature shop first. They can probably order it for you. I have used both products. The directions say to install with double face carpet tape or silicone cement. I have used Bond 484 but Aleene's Super Tacky or liquid nails should work also. Check on a scrap for glue compatability with the plastic. Be sure to weigh it down if gluing. You might also check at your nearest Home Depot or Home Base type store or wallpaper store for textured ceiling paper. Ours here in CA carry several styles. All three of these products can be painted with acrylic paint with no problem. I used the plastic sheets for a ceiling in an old building (art gallery). I did have a problem with recessed lighting canisters. They got too hot (left it on too long for a mini display) and had some damage (melted close to the lights). Whoops! But for short term lighting I think they would have been OK. Or even regular light fixtures would have worked. Just not the spots. The tin ceiling is one of the focal points in the building everyone notices.

Diane in SF Bay Area

Blue & White China: You might take a look at the stuff on the Dollshouse Emporium Site.

http://www.dollshouse.com Their stuff is very reasonable and the postage not too unreasonable. The following blue & white jars are nice quality: 5517 Tall Hexagonal Jar & Lid (Quite Large), 5518 Round Pot & Lid, 5519 Blue & White Ginger Jar & Lid, 5524 Rice Bowl with Lid, and 5736 Small Ginger Jar & Lid.

Lesley, Johannesburg South Africa

Vince Stapleton Porcelain: I got some of his wonderful porcelain in Chicago. He is not on the net. Vince Stapleton, 120 West 7th St., Leadville, Co 80461

Mary, Clearwater, Fl

Edwardian Toys: You might try the book by Jim Dorset, its on my web site http://www.dollhouse-miniatures.com/ under books>miniatures The Best of The Scale Cabinetmaker Vol 1 The Toys of Christmas.

Tom Berkner

Hard Woods: another source for hardwoods is Fowler's Miniatures in Wood, Sherry Fowler-Pendergraft, 18175 Blue Tent School Rd., Nevada City, CA 95959. the phone number is 530-478-9819. They cut all kinds of exotic woods, and have been at the Good Sam show for 4 of the past 5 years. I suspect they could cut whatever you want. Tell 'em I sent you.

Barb Jones

Hard Woods: An excellent California source of wood , including many exotic woods is Fowler's Miniatures, Sherry Pendergraft and Harold Fowler. Their address is: Fowlers Miniatures in Wood, Sherry Pendergraft, 18175 Blue Tent School Rd, Nevada City CA 95959, Phone: 530- 478-9819

They are the source for all of our wood, other than the walnut and cherry that we get from Dee's.

Sharon Stockton

Glass Beads: Glass beads are available from Fire Mountain Gems in an astonishing variety of colors, textures, shapes, etc. Order their catalog, as their web site is not nearly as complete. Catalog can be ordered at www.firemountaingems.com.

Molly/StormBorn

Glass Beads: To whoever is looking for Glass, Bone or any other type of Beads and Jewelry Findings -Shipwreck Beads, claims to be "The Worlds Largest Source" Here is the link http://www.shipwreck.com/

Brooke, WA

Hard Woods: where can you purchase hardwoods, as cherry, walnut, mahogany, rosewood? This is true caliper scale 1/32, 1/16, etc. My web site http://www.dollhouse-miniatures.com

Tom Berkner

Hard Woods: when I did furniture restoration work, I came across a wood supplier in Louisville who has all kinds of beautiful woods for us to work with and is a doll himself! he has exotic woods in small sizes, cabinet grade plywood with regular or exotic face woods, flexible veneers and woods in all kinds of thickness’. He will sell plywood in 16" x 32" size and along with rosewood, he has tulip wood, Mediterranean olive, black wood, ebony and basswood and others. he also sells boxes of remnants! name is: Bob Morgan Woodworking Supplies, 1121 Bardstown Road, Louisville, KY 40204, phone: 502-456-2545 fax: 502-456-4752 email: info@morganwood.com, http://www.morganwood.com

Kathy in Kentucky

Scale Lumber: We purchase rough cut full scale lumber and I mill it to any thickness for Smaller Than Life and a few customers. We specialize in quarter sawn cherry in any thickness and often reduce rosewood, mahogany, walnut, hard maple and poplar. We purchase basswood from the trade milled to size. Quarter sawn cherry is not ordinarily available in miniature thicknesses and its grain is much preferred by miniaturists. If you want us to quote on any of these species at any thickness e-mail me your requirements and we will give you price and delivery information. Because of the hassle of handling and shipping we have a minimum order. There may be a lead time on some species and sizes. Boards are usually 24 inches long and between 2 and 4 inches wide. Size on some species like rosewood vary considerably. We are also willing to quote on other species if they are available to us. http://www.nh.ultranet.com/~smallife

Pete Boorum, On Sebbins Pond, Bedford, NH

Printing Rugs: This may be old news to some of you, but I just discovered a way to make quick, easy and inexpensive rugs. Using free printable rug images I just printed them on flocked "velour" paper. I set my HP printer on "Special Paper" and selected the "Best" quality setting then printed them and cut them out. They look great....nice detail, realistic, vibrant color and they have a nice fuzzy feel to them. They certainly don't rival the beauty and craftsmanship of a hand made rug, but in a pinch and on a budget, they might do the trick. I got a nice big package of velour paper online at Bender-Burkot School Supply. Here is a link to the paper:

http://www.bender-burkot.com/

John Medeiros

Printing Rugs: I have been printing rugs using fuzzy paper which I am sure is the same as suede paper. You can find fuzzy paper at the following site. I haven't had any problem with my printer. http://www.paper-paper.com/fuzzy-paper.html

Phyllis

Movie Posters: Try the following sites: http://www.reelclassics.com or http://www.musicman.com/mp/posters.html or http://us.imdb.com/ or http://mrshowbiz.go.com/ or http://www.posteritati.com/ .....Have found posters on all these sites in the past.

Patricia / Redwood City, CA

Movie Posters: You can find movie posters at http://www.movieposters.com

Lynn in Gainesville

Watches with mini scenes: I stumbled across the greatest catalog. About 50 pictures of watches with individual occupational themes on each one. Some are: Wedding, Teacher Bear, Halloween etc. etc. etc. I believe I will try to shrink some of the pictures and use them in my dollhouses. Also, they would be very nice gifts for the person who has everything. The catalog is What's Your line and can be obtained at: http://www.timeofyourlifewatches.com/

Dolores