Ice Cream Fountain Chairs

John N from Wisconsin posted these instructions on the Making Miniatures Group. He says, "this is the actual pattern I used to bend the wire to the shapes. If the picture is not clear some one please tell me. What I do in fabricating any miniature, I first make a drawing from the actual item and reduce it to 1/12 scale. Example: the wire size on actual chair is 5/16 " dia. so .0833 X ,312 = .025 dia. wire. Good luck, the first table and chair took me 6 hours."

More pictures are available at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/makingminiatures/attachments/folder/713413338/item/905387725/view

Trees from Floral Picks

This is a "Glitter House" site.

http://www.bigindoortrains.com/primer/glitterhouses/winter_trees_from_floral_pix/winter_trees_from_floral_pix.htm

Trees from Weeds

http://www.bigindoortrains.com/primer/weed_trees/homemade_trees.htm

This is not a Store!

The Dollhouse Nook

Mary (Payne?) has built a plethora of dollhouses and roomboxes to house her furniture creations. This site will take you on a tour of her work. Talk about inspiration! The mind boggles!

http://www.inpayne.com/dollhouse/dollhousefrontpage.html

Nicky C's Dolls and Critters

Nicky has been sculpting dolls house dolls since the year 2000.She does animal figures as well.
You will find her on ebay under the name nickycc41 or www.nickycc.com
http://www.nickycc.com/homeofnickycc.htm

http://nickycc.blogspot.com/

But be sure to check out her Webshots albums for all sorts of how-tos for making and dressing dolls.
http://community.webshots.com/user/blueslady66

Make a Teddy from PipeCleaners

http://www.yourspecialtee.com/Crafts/ChChenilleBear.html


http://www.harvington.org.uk/guides/teddies.htm
http://www.julieoldcrow.com/tutorials/bear/bear.htm
http://www.garieinternational.com.sg/clay/furry_stems.htm
http://www.boulesdelutins.com/ours.html

Faux glass from Fabric glue

Chris from Canada writes:
Got a bottle of fabric glue whose remaining contents have turned into
a glob of thick slime? After you rescue the cap for a vase or
milkshake glass, don't toss the bottle before you try removing the
top (cutting it off if you have to) and placing the bottle upright in
a mug of hot water for 5-10 minutes until it softens up enough to
scrape it out of the bottle. (DO NOT microwave it, even on low power,
or you may end up scraping blobs from the interior of the microwave.)
Now you can spread it onto some waxed paper and either press it out
thin enough to cut out shapes for plates, shallow bowls etc....
indenting the centre with the end of a pencil, thin dowel or a ball
stylus. If it is soft enough, mould around the blunt end of a skewer,
crochet hook or other form, and pop it off to finish drying. After
2-3 hours, it will be as dry and clear as it will get, but remains
flexible. Of course, you can leave the glue on a mould to dry, but if
there are any rough spots or ridges, however microscopic, you will
have trouble removing the dried item. Once dried/cured, decorate the
items with glass paint, marker, or sheer nail polish for the artisan-
made glass look.