Western Saddle: Go to http://www.riorondo.comThey carry saddle kits and just about everything else you will need. Also, Nutshell carried a series of articles by Sylvia Roundtree back in the 80's on making bits, bridles, and an English saddle. You can get reprints from the customer service at DHM for a modest fee.

Rose

Spectacles: I have a catalogue from Butler Manufacturing. In it are four realistic pairs of specs. Size and price are not listed but their email is butlerco@setnet.com.au.

Dee

Mini Tea Tins: I bought a mini tea tin in Chicago last year at the International Miniatures Show. It is a kit that you put together. It is made of tin and it has little hinges with it. I haven't put it together yet. I don't remember who I bought it from, but the name on the directions is Mary Ann's Mini Pearls, Mary Ann Ledyard, Wright Guide Miniatures.

Nancy

Mini Tea Tins: Jacqueline's has tea tins available at your local miniature shop.

Mary Kay

Popcorn Machines: Country Store Miniatures has Popcorn and Cotton Candy carnival machines: http://www.countrystoreminiatures.com/

Anne Gerdes

Mini Tea Tins: Towne Square Miniatures in Medina Ohio has these. Also I believe the Miniature Peddler in Akron Ohio has them.

Pocket Watches and No-Hole Beads: A while ago I asked Sue Thwaite about empty pocket watch cases, since doing scenes in these is one of her specialities. She said then that she thought she had a new source for them, so you might check with her. She is also an excellent source for the holeless beads.

http://www.ladybug-fairies.com/

Janet

Glass Bottles: You can find empty glass bottles with rubber stoppers at Royal Miniatures: http://www.royalmini.com/ They are really nice.

Lyn Trenary

Glass Bottles: Try Fantasy Glass Miniatures at: http://www.fantasy-glass.com. Their work is wonderful, their prices are reasonable, and they just seem like very nice people.

Rosemary Macedonio

No-Hole Beads: I see on the board that "hole-less" beads are available in solid colors. I've never seen them, but it looks like people find them useful. If anyone knows of a need for something special along the lines of teeny glass blobs, I would be happy to hear about it. I pay for ideas I can use by giving the person free samples of the finished product. I CANNOT at this time make transparent hollow items. All hollow items have frosted interiors.

Jane

No-Hole Glass beads: Support your local miniature shop and have them order for you.

Pocket Watches: Dee's Delights used to carry empty pocket watches. They also carry Cottage industries stuff and they have all of the licensed Pepsi products including a 5" tall blue cooler.

Jan Smith

1/22th Pots and Pans: Here is a source for 1/24th that is available via mail order. Oakridge Hobbies - http://www.oakridgehobbies.com/

Marilyn

Legacy Ltd. makes miniature computers (PCs) - I highly recommend their stuff.  I have bought quite a few of their items:
desktop PC / mouse / printer (lit), desk chair, stereo, TV & Video, TV & computer game (lit), cordless phone & base station, sewing machine. The computer game and printer are a bit dated for "now" but they are still pretty good.

You will need to detail the model – e.g. for the PC, I painted the mouse pad blue, I used a thread for the mouse cord. I added appropriate cables to the PC & Printer with fine black wire it was easy to drill little holes into the resin with my pin vice and fine drills.  I used some fine white covered wire for the keyboard cable - I twisted it round a pin so I got an appropriate spiral in it. I glued beads to the plug end of the wire and made power points and a multibox out of scrap styrene.  I drew little lines on the styrene to represent empty sockets and glued the bead "plug" into the right place for working plugs.

I have had really positive comments about how realistic it all looks – every good PC MUST have a "birds nest" of cable behind it.

Sandra Monk

Pictures: For pictures in my dollhouses, I go to http://www.homedecorators.artselect.com  and I print off the selections I like on my printer with ink jet canvas paper.  You can get a very realistic "painting" this way, and frame it yourself for practically nothing.

Linda Gibeault

Suzanne Russo sold her business a few years ago. The trunk kits are now being produced and marketed thru Cat's Paw.  The brasses (and the trunk line, too) are available through mini stores - distributed by Dee's Delights.

Laura

Perfume bottles: Go visit Kathy Bracken at www.coolmini.com and the MSATMiniFindings there you will find all the instructions for making perfume bottles, goblets, vases etc together with the beads and fittings for making them.  It is also a fun list to join to share ideas on making items from beads and findings.

Roberta Pijper