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1:12 Scale Drapes for A’s Living Room
How cute did these drapes turn out from the tutorial by Jessica Cloe Miniatures (link)?
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Tips for Miniaturing on a Budget
If your miniatures hobby is like ours, it can eat up a lot of your full-size dollars. Here are our top suggestions for saving money in your miniature adventures. Recycle and repurpose found objects Shop at discount stores Buy refurbished Thrift a dollhouse Visit your local hardware store Check books out at your local library…
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Dressing the Midcentury Modern Dollhouse Bed in 1:12 scale
For the tutorial to make the bed, visit this link. For the mattress, I cut a rectangle out of padding from cold food shipments. Quilt batting (link) or foam works well too. I cut two rectangles of white poplin to be the top and bottom sheets. The bottom sheet I folded and tacked with embroidery…
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A’s House: Victorian Farmhouse Build in 1:12 Scale
Visiting with family this week so the tutorial posts are delayed but here is a quick pic of the outside of A’s house. The window planters that come with the kit were solid so I made some hollow ones out of Cricut chipboard. I don’t have enough flowers to fill them, but it’s a start.…
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Quick & Cheap DIY Dollhouse Lighting
I haven’t wired A’s house so I looked around for some inexpensive DIY battery LED lighting options. These little lights on Amazon (link) were too cute (and cheap –60 bulbs for $10) to pass up, but they do not switch on and off. Instead, you break the ‘circuit’ by pulling out a small strip of…
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Dollhouse Bathroom Progress Pics
The tiny bathroom in A’s house is coming along nicely. I rigged up an OK lighting solution with a tiny LED battery bulb and a 3D-printed box with lid. The shower panels are ready but the floor and wall panels for the shower are still in progress. Excited about how the ombre artwork turned out.
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Tips and Tricks for Using Your Cricut Maker to Cut Basswood for DIY Miniatures Projects
The Cricut Maker (or Maker 3) can cut 1/16 inch thick basswood sheets with the knife blade. But getting it to come out right can be a battle! Here are our tips and tricks for getting good cuts most of the time. (Some of the links below are affiliate links, which means we will earn…
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What I bought on Prime Day for DIY Miniatures
(Note: If you buy through these links I receive a small commission from Amazon #amazonaffiliate) What did you pick up on Prime Day? Share in the comments!
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DIY Midcentury Modern Bed inspired by West Elm
This 1:12 scale midcentury modern bed for A.’s house was inspired by West Elm’s Midcentury Bed in Acorn (link). Supplies: Nice-to -haves: Building the bed Step one: Cutting: Cut five rectangles out of 1/16″ basswood. The headboard pieces are 4.75 by 2.7 inches; footboard 4.75 by .458 inches; and sides are 6.20 by .458 inches.…
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Chelsea Anderson’s 1:12 kitchen stove
I made this cool stove from Chelsea Anderson’s amazing book, 50 Makes for Modern Miniatures (link). Instead of painting on the burners, I 3D-printed grates using a free file I found online. My (kids’) 3D printer is the Toybox (link), which is not as good as the many inexpensive models available for adults but is…
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1:12 Scale Books for Dollhouse Library
These assorted books are made from cardstock, construction paper, glues, and markers. They look fabulous in your miniature dollhouse library. We made them by using the foil transfer tool (link) and gold foil (link) on the Cricut Maker to decorate the outside spines and a variety of cardstock colors for the covers. The inside pages…
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DIY 1:12 Scale Dollhouse Fireplace Sneak Peak
The tutorial for this piece is now available here: link.
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