What Would You Like To See?

What would you like to see on this blog? Pictures of what sorts of miniatures?
Everyone, miniaturist or not, is welcome to reply to this.

Asparagus

A fine porcelain plate Measuring 25mm in diameter displays a bundle of delicious asparagus spears drenched in a rich hollandaise sauce!
Linsminis

Amazon Ads

You'll see that we now have Amazon Ads. They should be recommending dollhouse related books. So, if you see something interesting, take a look!

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.

A Crafter's Christmas

Obviously this poem was written with crafters in mind, not necessarily miniaturists, but miniaturists have about the same problem. Many miniaturists collect all sorts of 'junk' that they can later on turn into various projects- but you have to buy or collect it *then* or you won't be able to find it in shops when you want to do your project. Trust me on this one. Which leads to boxes full of bits and pieces.



Twas the night before Christmas, I'm glued to the tree.
I'm wondering what Santa brought just for me.
Could it be cardstock or chipboard or lace?
Or a Cricut, I said, with a smile on my face.
And that's when I heard him,
"Hi Santa, " I said
"You know....good little girls should be in their beds."
"I know I should Santa, and now I've got caught.
But I was just so excited To see what you brought."
"Well, let's take a look in this room where you work.
He shook his head quickly, And left with a jerk.
I heard him exclaim as he put it in gear.
"You've got enough crap, I'll see you next year!"

Sweeney Todd Meat Pies

This is from Vicky of NJD Miniatures , and is Mrs Lovett's Meat Pie Emporium Prep Counter, inspired by Sweeney Todd.

Toaster

This 1:12 scale retro style toaster was made from polymer clay, and even has burn marks!

Send In Your Photos!

Don't forget that you can send in your photos of your own miniatures, to Livinginthepast_minis@yahoo.com.au ! Don't be shy! (But please do make sure they're good quality photos)

Imladris

Imladris from Lord of the Rings by Elwendell.

Bed

From Elwendell

Lady Doll

From Elwendell.

Felted Dog

This one is from KaysK9s
she does custom orders of cats and dogs, in various sizes. This one is 1:12, and the technique she uses is called 'felting'.

Stumbleupon

Do any of you have stumbleupon? It'd be fantastic if you'd thumbs up me, so that other people can find these pictures more easily!
Thanks so much.

Two Interiors And An Exterior

This is from "Gayle", South Carolina.

One Twelfth Scale- What Is It?

Dollhouse miniaturists work to scales. This means all the items in our dollhouses are in proportion to each other, to make it seem as realistic as possible.

The most popular scale for a dollhouse miniaturist is "1:12" scale (said "One Twelfth Scale"). It is also sometimes written as 1/12, or 12th scale.

This means that everything is twelve times smaller than in real life, and also that every inch in a dollhouse or miniature scene represents one foot in real life. It also makes a representation of a six foot man be six inches tall as a doll.

Dollhouse miniaturists the world over use inches rather than centimetres for their scale, even in countries like Australia where using centimetres for day to day life has been in use for many decades.

Almost all the items in this blog will be in 1:12 scale.

Midnight in the Secret Garden of the Fairies

This was made by a friend of mine.

This impressive structure is based on an old Medieval walled town in Germany. It’s a Tower, with a walkway on one side of the wall,and a garden with a water fountain on the other side. The Tower is three floors; dungeon, middle floor landing, and the lookout area. An archway on the ground level is the entry into the garden.

All of the faux stonework and shingles are hand-carved, each
individually out of Creative Paperclay® and hand painted and
aged. There are real glass tile in the fountain and raised patio area. The structure is fully electrified from original torches on the walls, to the blue neon-like light that shines from under the eves, archways, and inside of the water fountain. This blue light produces moonlight like shine in the dark. The moon dial and the trunk-pedestal it’s on also glows blue from within.

The tower is removable for access to maintain the wiring,
along with the doorway under the stairs that allows access to the light controls.

Over 800 hours went into this piece.

Dirty Sink

Fantastic example of the "Fluffy Brick". Even a sink full of dirty dishes is cute in miniature!

A messy ceramic kitchen sink featuring: a sink of washing up; stacks of dirty dishes and bowls; a dishcloth; a teapot and lid; and a box of soap.

Items measures 4"4/8 length by 1"4/8 width by 3"4/8 height

By SarahMaloney

Nutrigrain

One of the Australian breakfast 'staples'- a bowl of nutrigrain! By Livinginthepast.

Black Santa

This rustic little black Santa is 1" / 1/12th dollhouse scale (5.5 "/14cm). He is a one-of-a-kind polymer clay doll entirely handmade by CWPoppets.
His arms and legs are gently posable. He carries a bag over his shoulder while he holds a walking stick in his other hand. His bag and trousers are handstiched with little christmas motives. His bootes are made of soft leather. His coat is lined with fur.

Santa is having a hard job carrying the heavy bag (well, think of his age!).

Jersey Caramels

These were made by Livinginthepast Miniatures out of polymer clay.