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Sturdy Furniture: I have a store in Ont. and a web site http://www.ddsdollhouse.com/ When people come in to buy for children I recommend the name playstuff. It reminds me of the sturdy good quality wood toy cars and trains you can buy at better toy stores. If you go to my site look up CLA91100, 10410, 10415, and G2830N that is playstuff and you can buy it by the room. furniture like 10261 is like wood blocks covered in fabric with no small pieces to break off.They even have non-electric lamps with wood lamp shades, all one piece. I don't have all their pieces on my site but if any one is interested I will put in more pictures. I'm sure any store that you shop at can get it if you ask them. There is other 1/12" scale furniture on the market for children made of nice wood, but I find this to be the best quality for the price. (Try it! You'll like it!) lol Doris Davis |
Converting to one inch scale: Every few months there are questions about converting full scale things to 1/12 scale. This is because there is no intuitive easy way to accomplish this. I prefer to keep it as simple as possible and this is how I go about the conversion which I do on a daily basis. You will need to learn a few rules: 1 inch = 1 foot. Most of you already know that one! VBG 1/2 inch = 1/2 foot = 6 inches 1/4 inch = 3 inches 1/8 inch = 1-1/2 inch Most important in the building and furniture world: 1/16 inch = 3/4 inch in one inch scale. Most building trim, millwork and furniture designers use 3/4 inch lumber as the standard building block in design. (Mel referred to it as a one by) Early in the 20th century 7/8" was popular. There isn't much difference in miniatures. The variation in thickness between 3/4" and 7/8" in one inch scale is only the thickness of a business card. I base all my thickness calculations on the fact that 1/16" becomes 3/4" in scale. Therefore 1/32" becomes 3/8" in one inch scale and 1/8" becomes 1-1/2". Thinking this way I usually use the 1/16" graduations on the ruler. I can easily read them. There is a 1/32" marking on the reverse side of my 6" steel rules. That is useful once in a while, but very hard to read. There is also a 1/64" scale which is only useful as a fingernail file. We sell these rulers. See the web site. http://www.smallerthanlife.comThis sounds complicated but becomes simple with use. No fancy scaling rulers are needed. BTW for other thicknesses like 1" and 1/2" that are needed in furniture I go to decimals of an inch and use a micrometer or dial caliper. This is mathematically converted. 1" converts to .083" and 1/2" converts to .042". There are no convenient fractional conversions. Pete Boorum |
Tinker Toys: After my last post I checked my files. Go to http://www.cottageofminiatures.com and check Artisan. David's bag of tinker toys is $16. and it gives information on how to place an order. Ruth |
Mini Tips: I've just added another album to my PictureTrail site, called "Mini Tips" http://www.picturetrail.com/miniwhimsy/601438 As I come up with ideas and techniques, I'll add pictures to that album. So far, there is a picture of the tiny "bottles" found in burned out Christmas lights. Also (and I've been meaning to do this for a long time) there are "glass slippers" molded from hot glue onto the feet of a doll I'm making. The trick in doing the slippers is to dip the doll's foot into a hot glue pot just enough to coat the bottom of the foot, making a sole. After the sole had cooled, I added a high-heel by dipping a toothpick into the hot glue and attaching a tiny bit of glue to the doll's heel and pulling it down slightly. After it cooled, I cut excess length off the high-heel with a scissor. Then, with another strand of hot glue (while it was still warm), I made a strap to cross over her toes. They look like glass slippers -- or could be "Jellies." Anita Myers, Arnold, MD |
baskets: I just found a great web site with some of the cutest miniatures, and I had to share: http://www.hoosierbasket.com They have 1" resin lined baskets, shelf-sitters and more. And they are so adorable Mary in Maine |
French Books: I thought that I should post site that has French books again http://www.solar.tm.fr/index2.html I strongly suggest that you also visit the other site I mentioned, as the young lady has 2 pages of other books on miniatures. Do visit http://cote.miniatures.free.fr/site/accueil.htm and click on her books link (Mes Livres). Sandra |
Polymer clay molds:. I just visited Sue Heaser's web site, and she now offers molds, too. Here is the link. http://www.heaser.demon.co.uk/products/Kits/dollmoulds.htm Lauren from Abingdon |
Acrylic Display boxes: Someone was asking about large doll display boxes. Just so happens that one of my favorite "junk" catalogs " Harriet Carter" came yesterday with just this item in several sizes. Their Online shop is at http://www.harrietcarter.com Page 30 of my catalog. I have used these cases for several years. Great for keeping those larger landscaped items free of dust. Also being of a lighter plastic, they can be cut to the height you need, and you have an extra piece to use for something else. Hope this is what you are looking for. Diane in SFBA |
Digital Pics and Printables: I have noticed since joining this illustrious group that many people make comments about the poor quality of their digital pictures. Others are looking for sites with printables. Maybe some of the programs that I use on the computer would help to make life a bit easier or more interesting for these folks. Here are a couple of free programs, one to improve the quality of certain digital camera pics, like those taken with inexpensive cameras with no flash, and one to help you make your own printables. All the originators of the programs, Media Chance, ask is that you let friends know about their site and/or put a link to it on your site. Since many of you have web sites, that would be a nice gesture if you use and like either of the programs. No, I don't work for these guys, I just like their free stuff! The first is called "Digital Camera Enhancer": The second is called "Oscar's JPEG Thumb-Maker": I have used the enhancer on a few pics and liked the way it brightened them up with one quick pass. I can get more controllable results from Adobe Photoshop, but this one is free and so simple to use for those who are not digital picture editing experts. The thumb-maker allows you to scale .jpg photo files to any size that you want. I use it to reduce the size of some of my scanned files to make them more compact and all the same screen size for emailing, or even just for archiving. I have also reduced some scanned photos to 1:12 doll house size, using the scale of 100 pixels to the real inch. (Thanks to Jim's Dollhouse Pages for that incredibly useful tidbit). Using that scale factor, the possibilities are endless. I have some examples of a type of artisan product that is common here in Chile, one of which I would like to duplicate in 1:144 scale in a match box. I have scanned it already, and plan to print it out at the exact finished size to use as a guide for making the miniature. Anyone with a scanner and a calculator could copy magazines, pictures or anything else their little heart desires and easily scale them to whatever scale they work in. David in Santiago |
Costumes: http://www.costumes.org/pages/pattern_links.htm This site has lots and lots of links to patterns and costumes of different periods, holidays and whatever. Very nice. |
Costumes: http://www.costumes.org/pages/pattern_links.htm This site has lots and lots of links to patterns and costumes of different periods, holidays and whatever. Very nice. Leslie in WA |
Japanese house: I purchased a 1/4" tearoom kit from http://japaneseminis.homestead.com/FirstPg.html It was very easy to assemble, and it looks great! It was the first 1/4" project I attempted. I don't have a picture of it yet on my webshots album - will have to do that! Anyway, I would definitely buy from him again. Very good quality. Lauren in Abingdon |
viscose: I've been selling viscose for wigging miniature dolls for the past 16 years. Anyone who'd like a color-price sheet can email me their regular mail address, and I'll send it to them. The sheet is on my web site - http://daintydoll.tripod.com/DaintyDolls/but the colors don't come out very well. Paulette Stinson |
Mohair Viscose source: Here is a site for mohair http://www.magiccabindolls.com/shop/product.cfm?icat_item_num=16001 Also note the crochet site at about.com is a good resource for finding different items. Other sites you might try for viscose: Connie |
Metal Miniatures: if you are looking to buy metal miniatures this is the place i get mine, Millie is a jewel to buy from, she sells them at a wonderful price you can't beat! yorkiepoo50@hotmail.com is her email address...JenniferKY |
Joining Yahoo Groups: I didn't see the original post regarding the difficulties of joining any of the miniature lists on Yahoo but I would like to assure you that there are no restrictions placed on anyone who wants to join any of the lists. We would love everyone to come on down! *grin* I am the owner/moderator of Dollhouseminiatures@Yahoo.com, one of the many free lists that are about miniatures on Yahoo. We welcome anyone who wants to join! We are a casual, chatty group that encourages people who want to meet like minded people to exchange ideas, tips, projects, triumphs and woes all in the name of miniatures in an informal setting. You can sign up to get a digest daily, or set it up so you receive every email sent individually. We have a lot of very talented people who will inspire you and make you laugh. The only essential thing is that, to get on any of the Yahoo lists, you must have an active Yahoo account, which you can sign up for and open for free. Go to Yahoo.com and it will walk you through it. Leslie |
Plant Kits: .I have Diffenbachia, Golden Diffenbachia and Croton kits available thru my website. I also offer 3 species of Caladiums in kit form (2 more later this year, after my bulbs have grown up - LOL). All Things Small" http://www.allthingssmall.com Laura in OKC |
Folding chairs: Tom Wolfert of Mayberry Miniatures, in the Cleveland area, makes very nice wooden folding chairs. cw0719@aol.com Pete |
Old and crumbly Classic Fimo: Try this site for some of the original Fimo. Donna |
Chicken pictures: For people interested in chicken pictures for a kitchen or somewhere, Jan Brett has some nice borders, etc. They would have to be reduced before printing. Laura, Calgary |
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