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Photo/Clipart site: Here is a site that you might enjoy and need for reference. It has pictures and links to thousands of photos of everything under the sun, includes the sun too. http://www.thebiggerpixel.com/ Marcie in MT |
Real miniature tiles: I have completed kitchen and bathroom floors (and matching bathroom walls with 'dado border') from individual tiles to make the floor and border patterns supplied by Graham of: http://www.dollshouse-tiles.co.uk/index.htm He was fantastically helpful with working out sizes, quantities and colour schemes that would work! If you like doing jigsaws you'll 'love' working with these materials and creating the patterns of your choice. Though tiny and fiddly, they're VERY easy to work with and can easily be cut to get an exact fit for your floor shape. (e.g. taking a border pattern around a shower unit and corner bath). All the patterns are well researched from originals and the colours look wonderful when varnished with a matt varnish giving just the right level of shininess to simulate 'ceramics' but without being over-glossy. I was so pleased with how the kitchen floor turned out (my first project) that I didn't want to hide it with furniture!! Jane (Warwickshire, UK) |
Miter Scissors: I carry the "Easy Cutter" by Midwest. www.JBsDollhousesMiniatures.com Jackie |
New Glue: I want to share info about new glue I discovered at Michaels. Aleene's now has a glue that is called Quick Dry Tacky Glue. It is great. I've only been using it for about 2 weeks, and it has worked so well with glueing different things together that I think I will have to go get a couple more bottles! I've tried it with fabric, wood, and doll hair. It was about the same price as the regular tacky. Gabrielle |
French provincial Ideas: check out this on-line catalog, http://www.pierredeux.com -- should give you some ideas for French provincial themes. Photos of room settings and individual pieces. Loretta.Sniarowski |
1/144: In my opinion, Anita McNary-Haynes is one of the best experts on 1/144. She has houses, laser furniture, accessories. Many of which she has designed. This is her main web site. http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=58613&Auth=false I have no connection to Anita except to be a very satisfied customer. Ruth, Grass Valley, CA |
Magnetic paint: You can find magnetic paint at http://www.kling.com/magneticpaintindex.html Spencer |
Contemporary furniture: The Museum of Modern Art has a fabulous modern Lucite dh with moveable walls, furniture, accessories and people! The dh and some furniture is in the $200 range (if I remember correctly). New items are sold by the room in the $20-$40 range. Museum of Modern Art Online Store Karen |
Magic-N-Miniature: Magic-N-Miniature address is 5 Barber Court, Maumelle, AR 72113. E-mail addy is keithhar@arkansas.net They will send you a price list/order form. I have done over a dozen of their kits. Wonderful wood and so easy to make. Some of my pieces are stained and some painted. I did the same writing desk in black with gold trim. Roberta |
Birds: I have macaws and parrots on my website http://www.spminiatures.com/birds.htm and crows and if the person needs other birds such as crows, I have some at http://www.spminiatures.com/smallanim.htm I can also get birds such as cardinals, robins etc but those will have to be ordered. Carol |
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 |
Fireplaces: To me the crème de la crème is the ones made by Sue Cook. She is an artisan. She does not have a website and her catalogue does not do them justice, but once seen its a must have! They can be finished in your own choice, so making them quite unique. I have one with over mantle mirror. side tiles, hand painted and decorated with cherubs. She does ship internationally. Her address is: This site also looks interesting http://achildatheart.safeshopper.com/19/cat19.htm Pauline UK |
Fireplaces: Sue Cook makes fantastic fireplaces. You can find her entire range on her website: http://www.suecookminiatures.com/ Lynn |
144 scale: I have a full line of 144 scale items finished and in kit form. including a complete line of wooden furniture. All are kits or finished. If you go to my photopoint albums on 144 you can find almost all the 144 scale companies inc my originals represented as well as my furniture...and... if you want to try it...there is a "white Christmas" album with full instructions for doing Brooke Tuckers Christmas room in 144 scale. She was kind enough to let me do it. Be aware the reduction is all done by me and if there are errors it is not Brookes fault. Do go and enjoy. The metal "almost 144" furniture is on my web site at http://www.Anitamoriginals.com Anita McNary-Haynes |
144th houses: If you are a retailer and need a quantity of the houses, Dee's has Northeastern houses. I carry a few of the models if you are looking for one or two. http://www.JBsDollhousesMiniatures.com Jackie |
working with "cyno" glues: Here is a tip when you are using those pesky glues.... Take a small mirror --use the top half of an old compact-- place a drop or two of the "cyno" glue on the surface of the mirror glass, then using a large headed pin pick up a drop of glue and place the glue carefully on the surface you are gluing. You won't get the glue on you as readily and can apply it easily to the area you want to glue. Micro-Mark's address is: 340 Snyder Avenue Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922-1595 Sally Hoffman |
Paper-Wrapped Wire: http://amsi-minilandscaping.comThey 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 |
Historical costumes: I love to make vintage & ethnic clothing. For your "longfellow" shirt, visit http://www.old-cowtown.org and scroll to the bottom of the links page to find links to clothing or pattern suppliers. You will find enough descriptions and / or drawings to figure out how the gathering is done. This is also a good place for those of you that make period clothing for your dolls. Reva in beautiful Loveland, Ohio |
New German Mini Magazine: For those of you on the Continent, there is a new German miniature magazine just started. First issue was September and it is called Barbara B from South Africa |
Dainty Doll Newsletter: how to subscribe to The Dainty Doll Newsletter. You can email me privately for more information as I run the newsletter. Paulette |
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