Heart Punches: There are heart punches available from several mail order sources and they are also often found at places like WalMarts, Office Depot, etc

Pat

Porcupine Quills: The last time I bought porcupine quills (Free from a zoo would be much nicer) they were from Fire Mountain Gems. They come in two sizes and the smaller come 200 to a package for $6.88. Their web site is www.firemountaingems.com or 1-800-292-3473. They also have a large selection of size 15 seed beads for those interested. The quill, for those who sew, is an excellent tool to keep right next to your sewing machine.

Judi

Free Catalog: Anyone who will be participating in the on-line miniature class really should get the woodturners catalog from Craft Supplies USA. Even if you're NOT going to woodturning, this catalog is a GREAT source for glues, finishes, and all kinds of products that miniaturists can use. AND IT'S FREE. You can get it by calling Craft Supplies USA at (800) 551-8876 or go to their
web site:

http://www.craftusa.com and order it there.

Gerda

Foam core: Anyone looking for small pieces of foam core, yesterday I went to my local framing store and they were only too happy to give me lots of pieces - off cuts from framing mats that are useless to them now. great for furniture, shelves etc., and the edges are cut so beautifully!

Jan

Quarter 1/4 inch resources: Pamela Scott Miniatures does wonderful quarter inch in kits and ready to buy. You should also look up Sally Manwell. Her address is 902 Second Street-Liverpool, NY 13088 E-mail HDManwell@worldnet.att.net She had great dishes with cups and saucers in quarter scale at Toms show in Lauderdale.

Jan

Quarter 1/4 scale miniature web sites: Here are some of my favorite web pages for quarter scale minis:

Pam Scott's quarter scale miniature page. Lots of kits for sale, tips and one of a kind items.

http://members.aol.com/daisy21/pam/index.html

Misti's Quarter scale mini's

http://www.evansville.net/~mistidn/Index.html

B J Miniatures - quality Quarter Scale miniature furniture and accessories.

http://www.bjminis.com/

Betty Turmon

The NAME site has the old NN projects indexed. http://www.miniatures.org/

Anne Gerdes

Piano Hinges: Ace Hardware has piano hinges in several widths and lengths.

Linda Peterson

Touring doll houses room by room: Here's a link to the most incredible dollhouse I've ever seen, Colleen Moore's Fairy Castle.
http://www.msichicago.org/exhibit/fairy_castle/Fc_home.htm

Maureen

Wright Guide only come to certain areas. I wrote once to get their schedule for last year. Their address is 11559 Territorial Road, Waldron, MI 49288.

Judy

To all the brave people who love quarter inch: There are some wonderful kits put out by Debbie Young, (Young at Heart, 11468 Bloomfield Rd. Nevada City,CA. 95959) I just finished a doll trunk with shops all made from her kits. You will be thrilled by her work.

Rhoda

Celerity's address: 3110 Overton Drive Birmingham, AL 35209 205-879-8059 1-800-444-3961

Fannye

Celerity Dollhouses: Here are a couple sites featuring the Celerity dollhouses you were searching for.
http://www.nancysdollhouses.com/celerity.htm

http://www.minishop.com/motts/showprod.cfm?&DID=6&CATID=5&ObjectGroup_ID=216

Linda

Lightweight Landscape: Use a Styrofoam base. For hills, use smaller chunks of Styrofoam or wads of newspaper. Cover the hills with Plaster Cloth. (Call 1-800-234-9995 if you don't have a model railroad store in your area). It's very easy to use; cut a strip of Plaster Cloth, dip it in water, and lay it on your base. Smooth it with a wet finger. After it dries, you can spray it with adhesive and sprinkle Woodland Scenics (also available at the same places as Plaster Cloth) over it. You want the 'fine' texture for grass; the coarse texture makes great shrubs. Just grab a clump and place it where you want a shrub. Looks great next to the house!!

Allen

Landscaping Materials: Recently I was faced with a dilemma while trying to complete landscaping on my log cabin project. I needed A LOT of pine or spruce trees to dot the landscape and surround the waterfall and stream beside the cabin and I needed them to be cheap and I needed them NOW. I went digging in my craft closet and found some Lemax snow flocked evergreen trees I purchased after Christmas which I was planning to decorate as Christmas trees for my dollhouses for next year. Since they were so inexpensive, I decided to try my hand at spray painting them a spruce green color, and much to my surprise, they turned out fantastic! They looked so great that I decided I needed many more than I had on hand so I located the Lemax website and purchased more trees from it. If you need trees, you might want to check it out: <A HREF="http://www.collectorsite.com/lemax/index.html">LemaxHome</A>

I combined the evergreen trees with fall aspen trees from Art Smith Productions (Landscape Magic) and my project is beautiful! I've also located another source for great trees although on a smaller scale for model railroaders:

http://www.modelrailroadshopper.com/general/scenery_ads.html

These are a couple of reliable and unusual sources for landscaping materials.

Kathy in TX

Glass beads for perfume: Joann’s fabrics have the glass beads in little square plastic boxes $2.39. They are frosted, opaque andcrystal Czechoslovakian crystal glass beads. They come in shades of pink, pale blue, deeper green, crystal and black.

Gail Spector

Beads in NYC: The place to go for beads in Manhattan is Toho Shoji, 990 Sixth Avenue (between 36th and 37th) Tel: 212-868-7465 You need to allow a lot of time there. They have all kinds of tiny beads and "little bits" including Swarovski crystal beads. A few doors away is a store called "MJ Buttons". Check this one out too while you're in the area.

Paula Foerder

Beads: I found buried a catalog from "beadcats", Universal Synergetics PO Box 2840, Wilsonville, Or 97070-2840, Their Email isorders@beadcats.com. They have prices for beads as small as #24, which I have to use a tiny teeny thin wire to string. These are seriously small. I have bought from them in the past and was very pleased with the beads. Most antique seed beads in the small sizes. They offer a great selection and you may want to check it out. This is one of the 2 sources I have ever found for beads this small and a good selection of colors!

Anita

Jeff Steele: His new address is: 326B East Park Ave Libertyville, IL 60048 847-367-6151

Sue Thwaite

JAF has an email but don't seem to read their email too often. jafminiatures@tri-lakes.net

Susan Karatjas