In your Easter Bonnet, with all the frills upon it....

Ruth Nier made these 2 hats. Aren't they wonderful?
















































You will never believe what Dot made her hat from!
(Another list!)
http://dotlscraftylife.blogspot.com/

Other hat TUTS:

http://www.ginabellousdolls.com/victorianhattutorial.htm
http://www.minidolls.com//Tutorial/LaceHat.shtml
http://www.cynthiahoweminiatures.com/hatmaking1.htm
http://www.minidolls.com//Tutorial/Hat_Tut.shtml

Minidoll list Contest '09
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MSATDollPictures/photos/album/1986608566/pic/list

Stacy Hoffman's Hatbox Pattern
http://stacyhofman.110mb.com/index.html
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/projectbyHofman/

Bride's Aid Flowers and Cakes

Niagara Minis meet once a month. Ann Kozlik brought this project to the March Meeting - based on a wordplay for "bridesmaid", she titled it Bride's Aid Flowers and Cakes.




It is a Michael's CD holder -- which was a Christmas gift at our Niagara Minis party.
Most of the flower containers came from lipstick tops, the one in left front was a perfume bottle top.
The gold candles across the back of the 'cake room' are simply stuck in a piece of rigid foam, surrounded with greenery bits. The side walls are covered with wide yellow grosgrain ribbon.









At the back is Edmund Blair Leighton's "signing the Register" an old Victorian print.
The cake is one of those bubble favours from the $ store, decorated with yellow nail polish!

Tea and Sympathy

The South African minis group has been making teapots. They are so incredibly talented.
This little pot is by Oriana.


Oriana's teapot swap to Micki in Scotland - ' I asked Micki what kind of teapot she would like and she said "anything to do with Cape Town" so I decided that I would make one and paint Table Mountain on it. Please bear in mind that this is the first time I have attempted to make teapots.,she says!'





Some people can clay, while others crochet! Check out Susan Munroe's flickr. Don't miss her wonderful teddies!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wawamum/2904439894/






Susan's Teapot on a pedestal.

Christel Jensen has many tutorials here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQUjME-WXNQ&playnext_from=PL&feature=PlayList&p=A3631E6DE2CCC3EB&index=13

Priming

Elicia in South Carolina wrote:
Use Wal-Mart's flat white spray paint for priming. It only costs $0.88 as opposed to building suppliers $3+ and works just as well.
Hardly needs any sanding when you get a good coat on there...saves time, money and frustration too.....

Really Thin Mirrors and Silver Trim Strips

Chris in Canada wrote:
Tonight I was emptying the wastebasket next to the TV, when I spotted one of those 'security devices' from a DVD on the floor. You know, the little white plastic strips with a bar code on it that is usually stuck somewhere inside the DVD case.
On impulse, I took a pair of scissors to one end of the strip, and inside discovered two strips of a micro-thin silver metallic film. WOW!
Free silver trim, hand mirrors, mirror tiles, or even dresser mirrors in micro-scales all
without adding visible thickness to whatever you glue it to. I tested one strip by gluing
it to a scrap of wood, and despite the glue layer being as thin as I could make it with my
trusty credit-card tool, and repeatedly going over the strip with a rubber brayer and lots
of pressure, the glue layer was still thicker than the strip under magnification.

So the next time you want to reflect on something mini, watch a DVD.

Doggie Chews

Make doggie chews for your mini pooch.
Take a piece of masking tape, fold over into a 1/4 inch strip.
Tie 2 knots, about 1/4 inch apart and trim each end.

Printie Artwork

This site is great for art work and graphics. Search by theme or topic for art work, then save the picture on your computer. Add matting and framing to the picture before saving it.

http://fulcrumgallery.com/