Fisherman's Cottage

This cottage has been very interestingly made. The front of the house pictured above is actually a cover! It sits on top of what is below, and the windows match up. So clever!

A Ruin in Miniature

A quick view of some of the displays at the miniatures fair I went to.

A ruin in miniature! :)

Bag End Dollhouse

Are you a fan of Lord of the Rings? Here is Bag End, a Hobbit Home, by Little_World. More photos to come.

Titania's Palace

Danish children's book author Shane Brox guides you through one of the most beautiful dollhouse palaces in the world; Titania's Palace. It was the name given to an intricately constructed edifice created by British peer Sir Nevile Wilkinson as a dwelling place for the Fairy Queen Titania, inspired by his small daughter Guendolen's imagination. The Palace, which includes more than 3,000 pieces of miniature furniture and treasures, took almost 30 years to complete and was officially inaugurated by Queen Mary in 1922. It was exhibited throughout the world and raised the equivalent of 60 million danish kroner for the benefit of deprived and handicapped children, before it was sold by Guendolen in the late 60's. As her father, she had a good heart too and the entire sales of the palace was donated to a children's home. Today the palace can be visited at Egeskov castle in Denmark.

Changing Seasons

For something a little different today, I wanted to show some pictures of the outside of a dollhouse, that the creator, Doreen, has decorated. Each season she changes the outside of her dollhouse to match! I think it's a great idea and it would certainly add to the display of the house. One thing I personally love about miniatures is that projects are 'never done', and you can always add to it. Of course not all dollhouses have a garden, but you could put snow on the roof or windowsill, or decorate the inside of the house for various holidays, and the dollhouse therefore becomes a seasonal ornament!

1:144 Scale Pub

This is Insomesmallway's rendition of an English Pub. It is all wood, and it is made from laser cutting, a technique that can create some very finely cut wood products. They've called it The Swan, and it looks like many pubs in England.

The Pub sits on a base just 5 1/2" wide and three inches deep. It has a main room, an upstairs lounge, and a Games room. The back roof lifts up and the back door opens to view the interior.

This is a 1:144 scale dollhouse miniature- the tiniest scale that people use on a regular basis. It's 'Dollhouse for a dollhouse' size.

In some small way

Before and After House

This is a Before and After of the same house, by Ruth.

"These are photos of my first dollhouse that my hubby and I renovated for a friend in 2004. It got me started in the hobby."

Snail House At 'Night'

This is the snail house at 'night'. Go here for more photos of it!

As you can see by the size of the furniture in comparison with her hand this is not a 1:12 scale miniature.

Anthro Snail House

This is something very very different.
To find more photos of it, please go to her blog at ilonessa.

It is a house made in the back of a giant snail with a human head.

Garden Flamingo

What 1:12 scale modern people don’t need tacky accessories in their front garden? This ‘plastic’ garden flamingo will fulfil that desire a lot of us have to do things with our miniature houses that we wouldn’t do in real life, necessarily. Or maybe you do in real life, and want to put your tastes (flamingos *are* pretty cute!) into your minis!

The pink flamingo was designed in 1957, and have been ‘popular’ ever since. They’re still in production and come in varying shapes, colours, and styles.

This garden flamingo is made from wire and sculpey. It has one ‘leg’ as many of the real life versions do. Its full body height (not including the leg) is approximately 35 mms.