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Wire grapevines: Yesterday I found wire grapevines - painted and tiny - at Michaels. They also had some other type of vine. Penny |
Grass: Sue Thwaite is the one to see. She carries the most wonderful grass mixture (cheap too!) and a grand way of applying it so that it "sticks up" like real grass. What you do is paint the surface brown (because the dirt under the grass is brown}, then you "squirt" the grass mixture onto the wet paint using a plastic bottle with a magnet in the top (Sue sells these too). You have to shake the stuff in the bottle to create static electricity. The fibres go on standing up! Leave them to dry and there you are. Carrie |
Landscaping: Sources for basic landscaping supplies in all scales, including very small scales, I've found are http://www.ladybug-fairies.com/, http://www.woodlandscenics.com/ Cindy McDonald |
Landscaping sites: Here are a few that I have found. www.lrdhcollectibles.com www.prettypetals.com Gene Ann |
Mini Flower Wire: Paper covered floral wire, sizes 26, 30 and 33 is available in white, pale green and dark green. The 33 is probably too fine to hold its shape and is not available in the pale green. It cost £1.30 (nearly $2) per pack. If ordered in sufficient quantity, it can be supplied wholesale. It is available from: The Old Bakery, Kingston St Mary, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 8HW, tel/fax:(the code you need to dial to the UK, then) 01823 451205. The Old Bakery is organising a web site. Hours of opening, 9 a.m. onwards though please avoid phoning after 9 p.m. at night - they want their sleep! Helen |
Mini Floral Wire: You can get wholesale fine guage paper covered floral wire from http://www.johnbead.com They are in Canada. You can get retail but still reasonable fine gauge paper covered floral wire from Mary Kinloch at http://www.marykinloch.com Click on the Do it Yourself link. Anne Gerdes |
Circa 30's and 40's: All the talk about 1930's and 40's houses got me thinking about my grandmother's kitchen and her toaster cover "mammy doll," so I decided to make some in 1" scale. I have collected the life-sized versions for awhile and really love them, so this was a really fun project. If you would like to see them, I have added a page to my website: http://www.wishbooktoys.com/toaster/index.htm I will also be updating the progress of my house projects there too. Thanks to all for the wonderful tips and techniques I have learned here. I really am enjoying this a lot. John Medeiros |
Floral Wire: This is the greatest wire ever made for flowers and green plants. It is a very thin 30 gauge wire with a green paper wrap. It makes to-scale stems and center veins in ferns etc. You can find it on the following web site: Deb |
Spray Styrofoam: The product is called "FormIt"...Spray Foam.It is basically used by floral designers (that's me). Michaels Arts and Crafts used to carry it. You might check JoAnns, Hobby Lobby or MJDesigns. You will probably find it in the floral department. Also, I have seen it in local Ace Hardware. Gloria |
Autumn leaves: If you want to save yourself some work - this woman was at the Good Sam show in San Jose and sold little packets of fall leaves for about a dollar a bag and there are hundreds in there. I also bought some ivy leaves and they are great too! Her card says: Paper punches, flower kits, petals and leaves. Metal Miniatures, No hole beads, Gold plated findings, Noah's Ark kits and more. She also had oodles of Halloween things. Hooked on Miniatures (CIMTA & NAME member) Sharon Granicy Phone: 661 948-2112 Sheena |
Birch Leaves - You can get a tiny birch leaf punch - its made by Family Treasures and I'm pretty sure it is available from www.punchpalace.com - try under the mini extension punch heading. Its probably not more than $5 or so Lesley in Johannesburg |
African Violets: Barb Plevan has a website where you can see a picture of her african violets that does not do them justice (I have all 3) http://www.barbplevan.com Anne Gerdes |
Flowers for Flower Boxes: You may have had something more detailed in mind, but what I did was cut a little strip of Styrofoam to fit on the window box (mine were solid, no room to stick things in the window box.) I coated the Styrofoam with tacky glue and sprinkled some colorful, crumbly "wild flower" mix that I bought from Sue Ann, the Lady Bug Lady at a miniature show. Then I glued the flower coated Styrofoam to the window box. Kellie in Omaha |
Bird Houses and Feeder Ideas: Wild Birds Unlimited catalog has LOTS of ideas for bird houses, feeders, butterfly house, squirrel feeders, bat house (would be great for the wizard to have). They have a web site at: MAP in Puyallup |
Flowers: I started doing flowers with kits and instructions from Ruth Hanke of Hanky Panky Crafts. Their web address is http://www.hankypankycrafts.com Chris in Minnesota |
Paper Flowers: The flowers are made with paper punches, using modified instructions from Ruth Hanke's books. Ruth is from Blue Earth, MN and uses the business name Hanky Panky. She advertises in the Dollhouse Miniatures mag. The flowers are easy to make but quite time consuming. While visiting Chris in MN a few weeks back, we worked many hours to create 2 dozen sunflowers, 20 or so Iris, and a few mums. They all turned out great, so it was worth the effort. We adapted some of her instructions to use inexpensive punches or other materials. For example, the inexpensive craft store-maple leaf punch makes good geranium leaves if you snip off the pointy ends of the leaf - much cheaper than a custom punch or laser cut leaves. Also, onion grass from the craft store can make great inexpensive iris leaves and they look great. Bonnie GIbson |
Thin Glass: For many years, I cut thin glass for dollhouses but unfortunately my health no longer allows me to work with miniatures. Fortunately I was able to find someone to take over the thin glass portion of my business. He does not have email, but address and phone number is:
I understand he also had thin mirror available. Dean Jenson |
Brooke's Books: Brooks latest book "Golden Christmas" has 26 colored pictures of other room boxes of hers. There is an older book titled "Interior Design in Miniature" written by Anne Day Smith--96 pages of Brooke's room boxes. Mine is a soft back copy - I don't know is it also available in hardback. The Golden Christmas also by AD Smith is bought from Amazon.com. The older one I bought at a mini shop. BTW the bulk of the "Golden" has all the directions for building your own Brooke room box, including patterns. Both of these books are great. Elise |
Books on Food: Quite a few books that qualify, including Meyer's, etc. Jenny |
Making Miniatures in Polymer Clay By Mary Kaliski is under $10.00 and has patterns and colored pictures ...very easy for a novice Gisèle |
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