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This past year, I have committed to minimalism in many areas of my life. The general idea is that our lives are better–spiritually, energetically, financially–when we “use things. love people.” (Tip of the hat to The Minimalists for this aphorism.) When we own just the things we need or use, it frees us up to…

Last weekend, we hit the Good Samaritan Miniatures Show in San Jose, California. So many makers attended with so many gorgeous miniatures…so we opened our wallets. Below are our amazing finds from this year’s show. Can’t wait to put them in action in our houses!

I took several of the miniatures courses available on Domestika during my trial membership of Domestika Plus. My review of Chelsea Anderson’s class is available here: link. After I shared that review, Wei from Honey Thistle published a class. You can see Wei’s website here: link. The Domestika class is available here: link. I enjoyed…

Listening to the My Miniature Obsession podcast this weekend (link), I heard a really good question: why miniatures? Here is my shortlist. Why did you pick miniatures as a hobby?

I finally put the finishing touches on one of A’s window boxes. These hydrangeas were cut from an SVG file by BellaBewitchedMinis, available here: link. They were not easy but I am really happy with how they turned out and all that I learned in the process. I took the photo before the glue finished…

Picking fun color combinations for houses and rooms is a great aspect of miniature design. The website coolors.co (link) is a free tool that lets you pick complementary colors based on any number of fixed colors. I learned about it from Wei’s Domestika course, “DIY Miniature House & Furnishing for Beginners” (link), which I am…

I love the way these flower “paintings” turned out for A’s house! I got the idea to use transfer stickers from a tutorial by lifeinmini (link). I bought the flower stickers from Amazon (link) and pressed them onto some nice paper with a bit of weave to it. To make the frames, I used 1/8″…

As soon as we transitioned from working on the outside of A’s dollhouse to making furniture for the inside, I knew we were going to need another house. (My youngest asked for a whole city, but I don’t know where we would find the room!) So, I’ve been scanning Facebook Marketplace for another kit or…

Here are the five items on Amazon that we are coveting most for our miniatures-making projects. (This post includes affiliate links; if you make a purchase through these links, we earn a small commission #affiliate)

We love how this kitchen table with apron turned out! Very easy–used the Cricut Maker to cut the legs, apron pieces, and top. Wood conditioner on the top but no stain needed for that natural look. What kind of delicious food should we stock the table with?

The question we hear most often for new Cricut miniature crafters is whether they need to buy the Cricut-branded basswood sheets. The short answer is, no! But you might want to anyway. Here are some considerations to keep in mind. Cricut-branded Basswood Sheets The Cricut-branded basswood sheets (link) are very high quality. (Hence the price,…