All Boxed up!

Fern Rouleau wrote:
I have wanted to do this one for a while and finally decided to get down to it. I found a pretty hand made box from India which was on clearance and cut the front open and put my scene in there. The table is made from pieces of wood and the mats on the floor are from pieces of samples from Lowes. The food is either made by me, some swap items or bought at mini shows. The vases are beads and the two Japanese art displays I picked up a few years ago.

http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2923072260055119879stEfJq

Hospital IV

Marjorie Wannamaker wrote:
Yesterday when I emptied a plastic spray type bottle (pump type, not aerosol) of hair spray I noticed that attached to the screw-off lid is a tube that goes down into the liquid. This plastic tubing is attached to a larger rounded bottomed plastic piece and it occurred to me that it looked just like a bottle of IV liquid and the small tubing is the tubing that goes to the patient's IV. So if anyone is doing a hospital setting, you might consider checking this out. You might have to warm the small tubing to be able to get it to your patient.....

Miniature Museum

Elizabeth Langtree spend 42 years travelling the world and collecting miniatures. Her collection has been gradually sold, with this last project, her miniature museum now being offered on eBay.


A slideshow can be seen at this website:
http://miniaturemuseumexhibit.com/

Thinking Outside the Boat

A retreat for a sailor or an explorer? Jene Bondi says: It's a retired captain boathouse. Where he is no one knows. Perhaps out fishing? Looking for a lady love? Having a drink at the bar or having quiet time in the bathroom like most men.

Jene shows a wonderful way to think "outside the boat"! There are many detailed pictures, and no wonder Jene took 4 years to complete the project. You just gotta see her webshots album!
http://good-times.webshots.com/album/566118399mDowdY

Bakin' a Cake?

Fern Rouleau's quarter scale bakery, a 144 scale project.
She says: "the cook is an O gauge train person whose legs I cut off (I can still hear him screaming in pain) and repainted all white. I used masking tape to make a chef's hat and painted that white."
Check out her webshots album for more details.
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2918708820055119879gTDnCn

Make Mini Chocolates - Stay away from the real ones!

Having trouble keeping to the New Years diet? Presentation is all, and Saskia just completed a treasure trove of chocolates with mini-calorie content!


Saskia says: I made the little chocolats with Fimo. We did a workshop at the SaHMClub. This was a start and I did it my own way. Mixing different colors of clay. Never be afraid to experiment with mixing different colors.
A straw is an excellent tool for making round and oval chocolates, or the tiniest punch you can find. Liquid clay, colored with a little oil paint does the decorating.

Baby Swing Seat from Juice Container Plug

Chris from Canada wrote:
Last weekend I had another 'Duh' moment when removing the plastic plug from a juice container. Usually I see these as either a rimmed shallow bowl with a towel ring attached or a cat toy, but this time (perhaps as a result of being occupied recently making wicker cradles) I saw a baby's swing seat. Sure enough, it fits both my Annie Riepert 1:12 baby dolls, so with a bit of thread wrapped around the pull loop to cushion it, a cardboard circle to even out the seat and some paint, I had the perfect little baby seat for a 1:12 swing set.