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Sunday, September 27, 2009

Fisher Price Dolls

Dolls add life and character to a scene. A couple of miniaturists use Fisher Price Dolls to great advantage in their work.
Tanya from Ty-nee-stuff has many wonderful scenes.
http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/5815043

Doreen Playter uses her FP family to illustrate phases in the construction of her dollhouse.
Here are David and Julie in action.

http://doreensminiatures.blogspot.com/2009/05/flooring-gets-stained-and-wallpaper.html

Also look at:
http://minitreasures.pbworks.com/fisher_price?SearchFor=fisher+price+dolls&sp=3
There is a section on dolls - use the search button for character dolls, or look in the sidebar for inhabitants.

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Display Ideas

Some wonderful pics of Queen Mary's Dollhouse, Colleen Moore's fairy castle, and hobbit house. Also a bookcase display.
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/12/small-wonders-miniature-palaces.html

Monday, September 21, 2009

Rust and Weathering Techniques


Noel and Pat Thomas invented "bug juice", widely used to age woods. They also do workshops - check the schedule.
This is a link to their site.
http://www.thomasopenhouse.com/index.html
Rust painting Tutorial
http://www.acanthusminiatures.com/page13.html

Monday, September 14, 2009

Fairy Houses

Rachel Pace makes wonderful Fairy houses.

Sumaiya Mehreen posted about Rachel's houses
http://smehreen-dollhouse.blogspot.com/2009/06/wizards-hollow-rachel-pace.html

Check out the Mini treasures wiki for more Fairy stuff!
http://minitreasures.pbworks.com/fairies

Thursday, September 10, 2009

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/