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I finally found my lightbox today and was able to do something I've been wanting to do since last autumn.........take pictures of the gorgeous micro dollhouses made for me by Lynette and Tracy. Lynette's gorgeous little cottage has amazing details like the topiaries on either side of the front door, the window boxes filled with flowers, the wallpaper and curtains inside and the shingles that just boggle my mind. I have no idea how to shingle a micro mini but she did it and WOW! My witch adopted this little darling immediately and it lives in my Pierce where she and Jadis can enjoy it. Tracy made a little haunted house for my dead librarian who had been wishing for a dollhouse of her own. She even added a teeny graveyard to the landscaping which is perfect! The dead librarian is SO happy, especially since Tracy custom made a little bookcase where she can display it in her living room. I tucked more pictures of both these darlings into an album here: http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/forum/index.php?app=gallery&album=7167 <giving huge hugs to both Lynette and Tracy> I love having dollhouses for my dollhouses and my dolls love having their own dh to play with. I had to share the eye candy with everyone because they're both so amazing. -
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From the album: Micro Georgian Townhouse
The Lord of the Manor only invites the VIPs to their parties! The maid is taking care of their child up in her room. The little girl is playing with her dollhouse.© Checkmouse
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From the album: Micro Georgian Townhouse
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From the album: Micro Georgian Townhouse
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From the album: Micro Georgian Townhouse
Loved that little horse and buggy It's an N-gauge train accessory.© checkmouse
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From the album: Micro Georgian Townhouse
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From the album: Micro Georgian Townhouse
From here on out I had to keep the wires clipped so they wouldn't get ruined.© checkmouse
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From the album: Micro-Mini Scenes
"Skating on the Pond." My daughter and I have been ice skating together since she could walk. And doing minis! So when we were sure we'd have all the gift-scenes done in time for Christmas, we made just one more scene, a gift from us to us. -
From the album: Micro-Mini Scenes
"Pool Hall." For my nephew, a competition-winning junior player who can run the table on me any day. -
From the album: Micro-Mini Scenes
"Bowling Night." For my dad. His Monday night team just won the league championship for this past year, but I didn't know that at the time or I'd have him wearing his new lapel pin in this scene! In case you're wondering, we chose to leave the tiny, less-than-half-inch-tall figures (at this scale a half an inch is a six-foot—approximately two meters—tall person!) without faces or hairdos, feeling that at this size it would look either garish or invisible. At least with my micro skills. I can't possibly list all the design elements without boring you, but almost every single thing you see is hand crafted. I'm most proud of the things that were most insanely difficult, of course—the drums, constructed as close to how real ones are made as possible, with tiny drumsticks that are actually lacquered sewing thread because nothing else looked realistic in this scale; the pool table, topped off by a long "stained glass" hanging lamp with itty-bitty fluorescent bulbs; the quilting rack, which swivels just as a real one would to allow the seated quilter to get close to the section she is working on; the bowling alley's screen which through some clever design tricks almost looks as if it's lit up to show the bowlers' scores; the sweet acoustic guitar my niece is playing, which is finished quite beautifully on both sides and with care, can really slide in and out of her arms; and of course, all the little carved-wood figures, deeply involved in their activities, which required my magnifying reading glasses AND a 7x magnifying glass to see what I was doing as I carved all their minuscule arms and legs. Much harder than expected. Little did we know how tricky my daughter's sketches would be to bring to life. Very rewarding, especially when we gave them away. -
From the album: Micro-Mini Scenes
"Quilting Day." For my mom, whose creativity and patience with hundreds or thousands of small pieces of fabric boggles my mind. I was in charge of hand-carving and painting the figures (of wood), building all the furniture, "lighting," and other scene elements, and generally doing a lot of invention to figure out how to get the ideas in our heads into three tiny dimensions. -
From the album: Micro-Mini Scenes
"Drum Solo." For my brother-in-law, a drummer whose band is much in demand on the local scene. For those of you who work solely in 1:12—If you know how big a walnut shell is, then that will tell you everything you need to know. Each scene is built inside one-half of a real walnut shell. If the size of a walnut shell isn't familiar to you, you'll see my fingers in some of the pix and that says it all! After we'd decided on these time-intensive little gifts for our family and agreed on the themes, my daughter sketched out the elements that we would fit into each scene. She also took charge of the landscaping in the outdoor scenes and the wall art—windows, "neon" signs, posters, and the like—in the indoor scenes. -
From the album: Micro-Mini Scenes
"Bedroom Guitar Practice." For my niece. -
From the album: Micro-Mini Scenes
"Putting Green." For my sister, an avid golfer. With a touch of help from my daughter, now a busy high schooler, last November and December we made micromini scenes for the closest relatives whom we spend the holidays with, representing each of their hobbies and interests. As you all undoubtedly know, microminis are 144th scale, a dolls' house's dollhouse size. Itty-bitty. -
I got all the pieces laid out on the table last night, and began checking them off the master list. I am impressed with the instructions included with the kit! I've built other micro kits that have one small page of instructions, no pictures, and - for me - not enough details. Can't say that about this one! There are FIVE page of instructions, printed in 10-pt type on 8.5" X 12" paper; and five more pages with pictures of the part-sheets, and then colored pictures and diagrams of how to build the more intricate parts, like the stairways. WOW! So I'm checking off the little square pieces one by one, on the first page of the instruction sheet. There are 22 of them, plus a small square of fine sand paper. I checked them off the diagram first, then went down the list and checked them off again - ONE IS MISSING!! I went through the whole stack again - and this one is definitely missing - On the checklist it is called "W - Windows - 1/64 Sticky Ply". I thought I was pretty fluent in "British" but what the John-Henry is STICKY PLY???? Included in the pile of parts is a square of acrylic, which is not mentioned in the listing. I'm putting it all away for tonight and will email the company to ask about the missing part.
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From the album: Room Box for My Sister
I can't help myself - I am totally intoxicated by the smaller scales! This roombox has to have a dollhouse in it! I was going to built it from scratch, but don't really have the time to dedicate to that right now. (I'm already late - today's my sister's birthday) So I found this little log cabin at HBS, bought 2, and am having a blast putting them together. HOWEVER - this is not 1:144 scale! It must be either 1:160 or 1:192 (only 1/10th of an inch between those scales). I made the fireplaces, and am not sure what else I'll put in there.© CheckMouse
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From the album: The Borrowers in Washington
Wallpaper, floorboards, stone cellar under the floor, and a living room scene on the left. The dollhouse in the picture is one I made - a 1:144 scale Garfield Mansion. In the original Borrower books the little people liked to visit the Manor's dollhouse, where they found items just their size.© CheckMouse
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From the album: The Borrowers in Washington
As in the original books, the boy of the house has befriended the Borrowers.© CheckMouse
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From the album: The Borrowers in Washington
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From the album: The Borrowers in Washington
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From the album: The Borrowers in Washington
Just made a calendar for my Borrowers Book - I took a screenshot of my Outlook Calendar (the little one on the side panel), took that intoa new label file in Print Shop, selected a picture from my files (this is one I took near our house last winter), made the top picture the same size as the bottom calendar - grouped them all together and exported the .jpg - and voilà, a current calendar for my mini! This is for a large wall-calendar, so it's 7/8"w X 1 5/8"h. By printing it on an address label it's pre-glued for easy sticking - and address-label paper is heavier and nicer than regular paper.© CheckMouse
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From the album: The Borrowers in Washington
I removed one of the cupboard doors so the shelves would be visible. The Borrowers have pilfered quite a few things for their living quarters.© CheckMouse
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From the album: The Borrowers in Washington
I printed the gilt-edging onto glossy photo paper to cover the 3 sides of the box.© CheckMouse
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From the album: The Borrowers in Washington
I've glued the covers onto the front, back, and binding side of the box, making it look like a book. The front-cover picture is of my little 1:144 Pumpkin House.© CheckMouse
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