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Green Foam (for Topiary) and Oriental Planters: The green foam stuff you want may be the blocks of florist foam, which you can pulverize easily, or shape the block with a knife. Try your local florist for blocks you may get for free or at a low price, or your local crafts shop. I wanted to share with everyone that I received my order from the Dolls House Emporium this morning. They are in Derbyshire, England. They have a website: www.dollshouse.co.uk. I couldn't seem to find any Chinese style (blue and white) fish bowl planters and pots here in the states, so ordered the Emporuim's free catalog, and what I found made me feel like I'd died and gone to heaven. Their selection of Oriental pots and planters is wonderful. Sue |
Lite Brite Pegs: Can be found at just about any thrift store, yard sale, flea market, or you can look for the refill packs at any toystore or Wal-mart (over in the toys near the Play-Doh.) RoseArt made an Peg Light set near Christmas but don't know if it is still on the market. Anna |
Doilies: I got my mini doilies for free. When you go to www.cottonridge.com you click on miniature scale and gallery after, at the bottom of the picture you will see the offer for different gifts if you send them a picture of your minis. There is 6 laser cut mini doilies. It took 2 weeks for me to get it and they are beautiful. Gisèle |
Room Theme List: I don't know if this was the site but there are some roombox ideas here: http://www.bcminiatures.com/Lists.html Marsha, Newark, CA |
Beach Scene: I haven't done it myself, but have seen it done. In my Venus Dodge needlecraft book there is a couple of beach scenes. They used a lovely ocean backdrop, with a sandy foreground. One of the scenes had a Victorian couple dressed up in knitted bathing suits, and the next had a more modern mom and a baby out on the beach. Kim Bulbeck |
Rainbow Designs: For those looking for the addresses of those who have taken over Rainbow Designs - here they are: Rainbow Design Items (1" and Quarter Inch scales) Roo Glues retail and wholesale - Sandy's Lace and Trim. Roo for Metal & Plastic will be called Roo MPG. Sandy's 309/689-1943 Quarter Inch items (limited stock available) K-Cee's Miniatures 330/547-5492 Anker Templates for Duplicator Smaller Than Life Thin Glass Susan from St. Croix |
Pampas Grass: To whomever was looking for Pampas grass, I just received my Cabela's catalog (free from http://www.cabelas.com and on page 63 in the top left hand corner are some great, very fine feathers (Metz Necks and saddles) that I think would make nice flower heads for your pampas. They even have white which could be used as is, or dyed. This catalog has a lot of strange and interesting things used for making fishing flies, but there seems to be a lot with miniature applications. Susan from St. Croix |
Water- Polyseamseal is a self-leveling CLEAR 50 Yr Caulk. It makes wonderful waterfalls, streams etc. I use this in all my classes and it is fool proof. No mixing, and non toxic fumes, very little odor. If you cannot find it locally, I have it on my website. http://ladybug-fairies.com LadyBug, Sue Thwaite |
Frames: The best frames I have seen are on Ruth Mazer's video. These are more then just simple, plain frames. If you are a N.A.M.E. member, you can borrow Ruth's video for $3 for shipping from the N.A.M.E. library. It is "Masterpieces in Miniature" and well worth viewing. Anita |
1" to 1' Horses: Denise S. Pritchett trading as "D-leprechaun" makes the most beautiful horses. She starts with Breyer Horses, changes the shapes, oil paints the bodies in the correct colors for the different breeds, paints the most natural eyes, etc. She does not do the tack for them. That can be done by The Dolls Cobbler, on commission, I think. Denise's email is Dleprehaun@juno.com (Notice there is no c in leprechaun) and her smail is: 3108 Superior Lane, Bowie, Md. 20715-1914 Elise |
Breyer Horses: Breyer does do a line of 1/12 horses. Their 1/12 scales are now called the Classic Line, formerly the B-Ranch. junksjunk |
Breyer Horses: Breyer horses do come in a size adaptable to 1/12th scale. They used to be called Classic size. Trang, Kelso, Black Beauty family, The Quarter horse family, US. Equestrian team, and the Arabian family all used to be close enough to use. Breyer reissued many of these under different names and colors. I look for them at garage sales and flea markets but the old ones, now collectibles, which are better quality, are getting hard to find and are quite expensive. I balk at $50 dollars but I have seen them priced much higher. If you want some one to remake one for you then D-Leprechaun, Denise Pritchert dleprechaun@juno.com makes very good horses. Her paint jobs are very believable. I use her as often as I can. She just made me a set of four white horses for the Cinderella Carriage. Any one who knows me knows I am very snobbish when it comes to buying miniatures to go with my stuff. Bill Hudson |
Breyer horses: There is a web site called Rio Rondo, www.riorondo.com It will lead you to the horses as well as supplies for tack making. Breyer does make a "doll house size horse" called "classic size" vs. traditional size. Barbara Cohen |
Breyer Horses: I had tons of Breyer horses when I was a child, and have begun collecting them for my daughter who is almost 10 mos. I have found a lot of great Breyer horses on Ebay. They have lots of them listed. I have bought a few that are in excellent condition for less than you would pay for a brand new Breyer. Some of them are priced high, but I am sure you could find some nice ones for less. I have seen some of the smaller scaled horses for sale here. Ramsey |
Preiser Horses: I usually find the Preiser Horses at the egg shows. Sylvia Brinkley |
Moleskins: Small scale furs... moleskins, soft, good scale, and assorted colors, may be found at a shop that caters to fly-tiers. Same stores also have glittery stuff that begs to be used on Christmas trees, and - even more important - a fuzzy cord called chenille, usually in more than one fatness. This can be used in making plants, in upholstery, in haberdashery. Easy to dye with permanent-ink felt-tip pens, so if you have some of those on hand a pale color may be the most economical buy. Smallstuff Member |
Mole Skins: I just received a new catalog from Barlow's Tackle Shop and there are lots of kinds of real fur in it including mole, mink and Australian possum. The mole skins are $1.25 each. They do have a web site at http://www.tackle-express.com Kathie |
Liquid Illusion: I got the Liquid Illusion at Jo-Ann's in the floral department.The main use for it is for filling up clear vases and then putting flowers in them. This is first time I have done any "water" and the Liquid Illusion was so, so easy! |
LASER Source: We use Hestia house in Connecticut for small quantity laser cutting. She is reasonably priced and we have been pleased with her work. The e-mail is hestiahouse@snet.net. Her name is Ilisha. Pete Boorum |
Minibooks: The minibooks site had something great in the Amazon section - annotations. The notes about the books' contents and level of information are invaluable! Since the site uses only Amazon and Powells, I thought I'd try searching for the same books on my pet fave, www.Bibliofind.com This is a site that allows you to search the inventories of umpty thousand independent used book sellers in the US, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, British Isles - I think I've seen South Africa represented as well. The books mentioned were all available, usually cheaper since they're used copies. John Dreher |
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