More Queen's Jubilee

Check out this British cheekiness!

I Heart Shabby Chic - a brilliant blogpost with lots more pictures.

Queen's Jubilee and firecrackers

Heather Drinkwater posted this remarkable project to the Smaller and Smaller Adventures Yahoo group. Well thought out and designed, a brilliant plan, and gotta love the Corgies!

Here is the link to Heather's Picturetrail albums, where you can see more of her projects.
http://www.picturetrail.com/heatherdrinkwater

Diamond Queen

More things to see!

Source: stokesayware.com via Linda on Pinterest

Check out the street party :
http://mrspuddleducks.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/my-diamond-jubilee-street-party-for.

Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee

Source: google.ca via Linda on Pinterest

Imagine that! The Queen has reigned over us for 60 years with grace and dignity. AND stamina - did you think they were never going to let that poor woman come in out of the rain during the Thames Pagent?

Pat Wareing, a member of Phoenix Minis and Minis4all has created 2 scenes in honour of the event.

 

This one features  "the Grannies," who get up to all sorts of mischief. They are "of an age" where outrageous behaviour can be overlooked - or can it be they just don't give a toss for what people think? In this scene they are celebrating the Jubilee - looks like someone may have had a wee dram too much! Did someone add something extra to that tea pot? LOL!
In the second scene, the General Store has all the Jubilee souvenirs on show and the kids are waving the flag.

 Absolutely fabulous, Pat!

What to do with a Toilet Paper Roll

http://www.behance.net/gallery/Paper-cuts-Rolls/241623

Maharajah's Palace

San from Singapore has a wonderful blog, where she is creating an Indian delight!
http://sansdollhousediaries.blogspot.com/search/label/Palace%20Interiors


Sumaiya Mehreen makes Fabulous dolls.
http://exoticdolls.blogspot.com/

Miniature Mysteries

Not the one about the disappearing "whatever you were working on" that was her just a second ago! These are two talented artists who can write mysteries with minis in'em, AND are real miniaturists! How cool is that!

Margaret Grace aka Camille Minichino
Her series about Geraldine Porter, granddaughter Maddie and their adventures sounds very interesting.


Look at her minis here:

http://www.dollhousemysteries.com/index.html

Christine A. Verstraete has published a mini-Ebook, and Searching For a Starry Night, a miniature art mystery.


Christine's blog is here:
http://candidcanine.blogspot.com/
You can see Christine's miniatures and read more about the book at:
http://cverstraete.com/

Sweet Dreams

Mommy, Can I Have This Pleeeaaaase????
http://www.organize.com/doll-house-twin-size-bed-headboard-only.html

I'll put everything away, honest!

Connie's Hickory Dickory Dock Clock Shop

Connie's Hickory Dickory Dock Clock Shop
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/564105437wOMYfX


Connie wrote on the Roomboxes Group:
I went to a miniature flea market last year and saw the grandfather clock bonnet-top sitting on a dealers table. It was very dirty, dusty, broken and sad looking. I asked her how much it was, and she said free. Well, who can resist free? I thought I would give it to a friend of mine thinking he would like to do something with it. I had no intention of keeping it when I brought it home as I
already have a ton of unfinished projects. I thought I would just wipe it off a bit before giving it to my friend, then I saw the color of the burl wood. It was beautiful! I wiped the whole thing off and decided to keep it. I've always liked clocks and thought a mini clock shop would be perfect in the grandfather clock bonnet top. It's like it was made for a mini scene. It even had side viewing
windows to see the clock gears, which turned out to be perfect shop windows. My friend that I was going to give it to originally has been helping me fix the missing pieces and helped me make a new door. The original door was not salvageable and the one we made looks great and original to the piece. I didn't do much to the outside of the shop, as I wanted to keep it as original as
possible.

The interior is where I have put the most work. I had to add walls to all three inside walls so they were all flat. That also served as the base for the paneling. I like to learn something new with each project and the stained glass windows, veneering and stripping a couple of Bespaq pieces, were my learning experiences for this project.

I decided on Hickory Dickory Clock Shoppe for the name and will incorporate some fun and unusual things associated with the name (which you will have to wait and see until it's finished!) I wanted to make the clock really funky and fun and loved the idea of using real clock gears and parts inside and out. I also found a wonderful real clock mechanism so the clock in the center front actually works and it sounds like a real grandfather clock. I also have a wonderful hanging sign that will be on the outside of the door (you will have to wait and see that too!).

When I started this project, I didn't own any mini clocks. So while I've been working on the shop I've been collecting clocks and clock kits. I have quite a collection now. Finishing all the kits will take a while. I purchased quit a lot of clock kits from Cynthia Howe http://cynthiahoweminiatures.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=40_47 The clock shop was meant to be, as she had just designed and uploaded 17 new clock kits a couple months ago.

All in all, the project has gone very well so far, and is turning out exactly as I envisioned it. Although it is also costing a lot more than I ever planned, but what project doesn't? Part of the process of making miniatures that I enjoy is figuring out how to solve all the little problems that arise when converting a found object into a work of art.

Connie Sauve
The China Doll
http://www.thechinadoll.com/
http://community.webshots.com/user/thechinadoll22 Miniature Projects
http://community.webshots.com/user/Mauriceasauve1 Crates and Mini Turnings
for sale

Thinking out of the Box

Thomas Doyle
http://dornob.com/sculptural-stories-delightfully-disturbing-miniature-worlds/
http://welovescotch.blogspot.com/2008/12/goosebumps-thomas-doyle.html

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The article says Doyle's work is of a kind with Edward Gorey - Ever wonder who did all the intro pictures for Mystery Theatre on PBS? That's the guy!
http://www.edwardgorey.co.uk/html/gorey_basics.html
http://www.lunaea.com/words/gorey/



Remember a previous post showing railroad figures in unusual containers?
http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=4438902974937097232&postID=4765109675859661662

OR look in the directory on the left hand side of the blog - clink on the Unusual Minis link

Miniature Victorian House in a Bottle

http://cgi.ebay.com/Miniature-Victorian-House-In-A-Bottle_W0QQitemZ280326147574QQcmdZViewItemQQptZDecorative_Collectibles?hash=item280326147574&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50


Dana Perkins made this.
Quote from E-Bay Listing :
After making several ships in bottles, I decided to try something different. This is the real deal, and not a "retouched photo trick." It's a Victorian miniature house in a bottle that I designed and built from scratch. All parts, including the windows, were cut and shaped by hand. This was not a kit! The house was actually assembled inside the bottle using a combination of surgical tools and custom made tools I made myself. The bottle is a one gallon glass jug, and all the pieces went in through the small opening at the top of the bottle. The house is made from wood (basswood and birch). The roof shingles are made from index card stock. Shrubs around the house are made from lichen moss, and the ground is made from plasticene clay. There are more than 1,000 individually shaped pieces, including inner framing that helped hold the pieces in place during assembly inside the bottle. The house is well-made, straight and square. Any apparent waviness of the house in the photo is caused by glass distortion of the bottle.

This item is quite rugged, because everything is securely glued in place. In fact, during construction, I frequently worked with the bottle rolling around on its side and upside down. Sometimes I had to shake it upside down to get out a rogue piece that had dropped out of one of my tools. Still, if you are within a day or two drive of southern Maine, you should probably come and get it, or I can meet you half way, simply because the bottle is glass and might break during shipment.

Other than the House

Thinking of the mountains of food we have consumed lately.
How do people come up with these brilliant ideas?


http://legnangel. livejournal. com/564026. html

http://www.supersiz edmeals.com/ food/article. php/200606080357 34998

Wonder where you could get the little figures? Must be model train
accessories... The Dollar store has tiny figures too...

The one with the whipped cream looks relatively easy - plaster could
be used instead of whipped cream...hmmm, guess who'll be looking for
glass bowls and whisks next year at the garage sales! I can usually
remember WHAT I am looking for, the problem is to put that together
with WHY! LOL!