Rocking horses: Lilliput Land has some beautiful hand-crafted rocking horses. I got an absolutely unique one at the Bishop show in Atlanta. I don't think they have a website, but their e-mail is: lilliputld@aol.com

Snail-mail is:
89 Lisa Drive
Northport, NY 11768

Susan Loeffler

Rocking horses, custom work: Just wanted to say that if anyone wanted a hand carved reproduction of a particular rocking horse or anything for that matter, I do custom work from photographs. Feel free to visit my website, don't let the name fool you!! http://www.miraclechickenurns.com

Linda Master

Raggedy Ann & Andy Wallpaper: I have ordered some wonderful Raggedy Ann & Andy Wallpaper from nhupham@itsybitsymini.com

Nancy Faye Roach - Port St. Lucie, FL

Dremel tools and accessories: Somebody mentioned a few digests back that Dremel rotary power tools were available from Micromark. If you are in the U.S. and have a Home Depot near you, you should consider buying one of these from there. They carry the whole range at cheaper prices and you wouldn't have to pay shipping costs or wait for it to be delivered. They also have a very extensive range of accessory packs.

Over the weekend, I went to the Harbor Freight Tools store in Newark, and picked up a small rotary power tool with 60 accessories for $12.00 (lot 41695). I'll probably never use the actual rotary tool, but the accessories were a real bargain. I also got an electric engraver for $5.00 (lot 46099). Their sale continues to May 13th. If you are interested you can look up these (and other bargains), by entering the lot number at their web site:

http://www.harborfreight.com Note the web site has the usual prices; the retail stores have the sale prices.

Rich

Carriage wheels: There are wooden wheels at this site, under toy wheels, that might work if they are painted to look like metal. The thin spoked wagon wheel is 2 - 5/16" dia. And the ones with wider rims/tires are from 1-3/4 to 3" in dia. http://www.bearwood.com And Joy was right, there sure is "a lot of good stuff in there!"

Peggy, in Shoreline,WA

Vladimir, the wonderful Canadian silversmith. He does beautiful miniature silver works of art! Here is his new address:

Vladimir Matusovsky,
904- 42 Leroy Grant Dr.,
Kingston, ON
(613) 545 3683

no email mentioned

Cheryl in Brampton, ON

Angel Children, Teddies: At http://www.tinyheirlooms.com there are Angel Children under Dolls and a tiny teddy bear under Half Scale Accessories. We ship internationally. You could also go to the Angel Children site, at http://www.ethelsdolls.com/

Tammy in Virginia

Metal Miniature: Here is the unpainted metal miniature site that I lost & you great people located for me: http://www.dollhouseportal.com/

Darlene/NJ-SP

Motorcycle and Scooters: I thought I would pass this company on to Small Stuffers. Went to Genovese to pick up sundries and found a 1/12 scale motorcycle, perfect for the owner of my bookstore. Die cast with plastic and very nice. company is New-Ray Toys Co. Ltd out of Hong Kong. http://www.new-ray.comThey have a very nice set of scooters and dirt bikes also, and carry 1/6 scale as well.

Anne Wells

Wallpaper: http://www.discountwallpapers.com/home.htm

Darlene/NJ-SP

Thin leather, gauze: beautiful thin leather at very reasonable prices can be obtained from http://www.littletrimmings.co.ukThey also sell, as the name implies, all sorts of fabrics, ribbons, threads etc. for miniaturists and doll makers. They have a large catalogue full of exciting things, including antique lace, plus buttons, buckles etc. This business is run by Christine Orchard, who recently took it over again (she started it in the first place and then sold it when she had twins) and she told me that she's going to get the website up and running so that things can be ordered on line. Meantime she's doing mail order.

I've never met her, but I buy my leather from her and the service is first class. I think they may be working on her website at the moment, but her phone no. is +44 (0)118 9473155. She's based in Berkshire, England.

Annie

Small plastic boxes: Try http://www.thomasregister.com/olc/althor/pg3.htm for small plastic boxes. I am very pleased with them.

Kaye Burlason in Altoona, FL

Fuzzy paper can be had at: http://www.paper-paper.com/fuzzy-paper.html

Alice Zinn- Pt. St. Lucie FL

Electric guitars, banjos and many other musical instruments: Go to http://www.firebirdarts.com/indexmin.shtml Another SSer (I'm sorry, I don't remember who) told me about this site and I have never seen it mentioned anywhere else. The range of instruments they have is very large. They have them in 1/6 and 1/12 scale, electric guitars, banjos and many other types of instrument. Their prices also seem very reasonable ($5 for the 3" banjo) although I have not ordered from them so cannot speak for the quality. The instruments are arranged by type rather than scale so do make sure that you don't miss one that would work for you.

Wendy in Clinton, NJ

Cornish Pasties: If I was on holiday in Cornwall and bought the real thing we would have  eaten them hot in our hands as a snack for lunch. No doubt some may eat theirs differently. They were a complete meal in a pastry case with meat and vegetables inside. Made originally for workers to take with them.

If I made or bought them we would have them with thick cut chips/ French fries and peas or baked beans. Or with mashed potato, thick onion gravy and boiled vegetables. , like carrots, peas and cabbage.

For those that would like to know what they look like to make some English fare, the famous Be-Ro site has the old recipes with pictures. Look for pastry then Cornish pasty. http://www.be-ro.com/f_insp.htm

This is the book I learnt to bake with. I have several editions including the 100 year old anniversary one. The firm has been going since 1880.  So many recipes are from the original, so lots of ideas for mini Fimo food. Also on the home page is a picture of the first one produced as well as later editions.

Pauline, UK

Working grandfather's clocks: As someone pointed out Orvin Fjare does make some beautiful grandfather's clocks which are quite pricey. I have one (not for sale) in my dollhouse which you can see at http://www.spminiatures.com/house/livingroom.html. There are working grandfather's clocks that sell for about $70 which I think are in Dee's catalog (too lazy to look it up).

Carol

working grandfather clock: I found a web site for a craft store called Crafts, Etc. that has a working grandfather clock. They are temporarily out of stock, but maybe they will get some in soon. It sells for $24.99. The web page address is: http://catalog.craftsetc.com/viewProduct.cfm?item_id=378278.I just placed an order with them today on the telephone, and they were very nice to deal with. They have quite a few miniatures listed under the crafts section of their catalog. I hope this helps the person who was looking for the grandfather clock.

Terry T. in WV

Working Clocks: Someone was asking about working grandfather clocks. Try Small Time: http://www.small-time.com/

Colin Bird

working clocks: Both Dee's and Aztec have working grandfather clocks. They are usually in the $40 to $70 range and look very good. The working part is a quartz watch. I think one of them even has a working mantel clock. Contact your local mini store to get them. I keep them in stock all the time and think most other retailers probably do, too.

Dottie in Tucson

Snow: Snow is easy to do - you can build up drifts or snowmen or whatever with PaperClay, foam core, etc. When you have it shaped the way you want, apply a layer of Snow-Tex or Outdoor Snow decorative snow (comes in a 4 oz tub and can be found at craft stores or places like Wal-mart) The most effective touch is to buy the most ultra fine iridescent glitter - so fine it almost looks like powder - in a tiny glass vial - and sprinkle it on the wet snow. It looks very realistic. You can also create patches of ice for your mini people to fall on with Envirotex - just pour it on areas to simulate ice. I used this technique for a pheasant woodcarving and it turned out very effective - except no one believes it is real snow when it is 90 degrees outside...

Bonnie Gibson - Tucson, Arizona