1:12 Scale Recipe Card Booklet

I just finished making some of these cute Recipe Card Booklets in 1:12 Dollhouse Miniature size too.

Look at how small they look next to the 1:6 Playscale version I made yesterday.  

They are so tiny and sweet and measure just a wee 1/2" of an inch wide. 

I just added one to my mini kitchen and I also made some extras for my Etsy shop too.

Hope you like these as much as I do... they're my new mini obsession :o)

1:6 Playscale Vintage Red Mixer & Espresso Machine

I just finished customizing another 1:6 Playscale Size Vintage Red Mixer and a European Style Espresso Machine.

With this mixer, I first separated the Bowl from the mixer, this way I can also showcase the wonderful little paddle.  I spray painted the bowl a metallic Silver, drilled a hole in the back to install the handmade cord and plug, and adjusted the top part so that it moves up and down.

The cord & plug I made from an old cell phone charger... I'm so luck hubby save all of them, they make wonderful cords for both playscale and Miniature appliances.

I also made a darling 1:6 Playscale Recipe Card Booklet along with this set :o)

Hope you like the new Mixer, I am going to list it in my Etsy shop later today along with the other items I made.  Until next time :o)

1:6 Playscale Mixers

Ok, so I finally worked up the nerve to paint these little cuties.  I just had to have one in Pale Pink & Aqua Blue.  These little mixers look so much like the real-life KitchenAid Mixers and I am absolutely in-Love with them.  They were made in the 1990's and are extremely difficult to find anymore.

I made alot of customizations to them.  They were painted, and then glossed.

I adjusted the bowl so that it is removable, this way the paddle can be showcased too.

All the black knobs and really tiny screws were added and then I installed the cords with silver-tipped plugs at the end.

The tiny screws are from an old broken laptop I took apart just for the screws...lol.  

The thin white cords and plugs were from new ear-piece speakers I took apart, and all the little realistic pins and levers were from pieces in my sewing and tool kit.

1:6 Playscale Baking Hutch

I made this wonderful Baking Hutch and Table in 1:6 Playscale Size, along with some other items.

It's the perfect piece of furniture to display my 1:6 Mixer Collection, Cookbooks, and other baking essentials.

The Patterned Paper Flowers I made this morning to complete this sweet little table display.

French Farmhouse & Cottage Minis

HaPPy New Year Everyone!  I hope you all had a wonderful Holiday!

I have been busily working on some new miniatures with a French Farmhouse / Cottage theme and am so happy to have completed a wonderful little set.

I have wanted to try my hand at making some miniatures with waterslide decal transfers but was a little hesitant because of the abundance of them on Etsy these days... ;o) 

So I really needed to find some inspiration for something a little different from everyone else so that I would have something unique to offer mini collectors.  I found some really wonderful Vintage French Plates that I absolutely would just LoVe to own in real-life... and just knew they would be the perfect thing to create in miniature.  

Here are a few pictures... I hope you like them :o)

 

Wishing you a SWEET Christmas!

I promised myself that I wouldn't go all christmas-y, but then I found these amazingly Lush Flocked Spruce Trees and just couldn't resist!  I made one for myself... and it just makes me sooo happy :o)

I made one in a 9" inch size and a smaller one in a 6" inch size, decorated with smaller sweets to suit its' size.

You know... I'm always late to decorate at x-mas time... I also buy last minute Christmas Gifts for my kids too.... I can say that I'm going to get it done early... but that just never happens...lol

Cupcake/Cake Display

I enjoy making miniatures... but the photo taking... not so much...lol  So pictures of my kitchen, handmade pantry and display racks are long overdue.

Now... these vintagey wooden display pieces... I just made these yesterday, along with the cupcake/candy wrappers.... and boy do my fingers hurt from shaping them.  I think I made about 130 of them. Yes, I know that sounds crazy... but once I got going... I just couldn't stop... it was very therapeutic to make them over and over... and I figured if I get them out of the way now...I won't have to make them for awhile.

Anyhoo, the wrappers will be perfect for displaying chocolates, candy and yes... cupcakes too.

The Cucpake/Cake/Pie Display is very versatile and can sit on top of a round table or used separately on top of a larger table with other items.  I will have so many uses for it and I just think it's such an interesting and unique display piece.  

Ok, so it's back to making miniatures for me, I hope you enjoyed the pictures :o)