If I can't be a dragon-whisperer, can I at least befriend a talking dog?
While many of my favorite miniaturists construct homages to movies or TV shows, Whitney LaBrie is particularly creative. In addition to recreating exact scenes, she incorporates story details into her build. The 15-room dollhouse she is renovating is a good example. Each room has a movie or TV show as its theme. The baby room... Continue Reading →
I spent a lot of August watching YouTube videos. (Did I mention that COVID totally sucks?) While collecting stitch ideas for my Advent calendar project, I discovered Sarah Homfray’s brilliant hand-embroidery channel. A trained embroiderer, Sarah Homfray has over 400 videos on her channel. I’ve done all sorts of needlework in the last four decades,... Continue Reading →
Now that the bed is mostly finished, I need to move on to other pieces of my Princess and the Pea diorama. Originally, there was going to be a doll on the bed reading a book titled “The Gift of Sensitivity.” It’s hard to imagine how being sensitive enough to feel a pea through forty... Continue Reading →
One way to justify making “useless” things is to recycle. Plenty of crafters choose to buy new materials for their projects, and there’s certainly nothing wrong with that. But you can do a lot with trash. Ara of Bentley House Minis did an entire project using cardboard and common household materials. She made a fairy... Continue Reading →
One of the many inspiring miniaturists I’ve discovered on YouTube is Raven’s Minis. While she’s interested in many things, her Harry Potter builds are my favorites. She has a series of dioramas in matchboxes showing everything from the Hogwarts common rooms to Gringotts wizarding bank (complete with a tiny dragon on the roof). The build... Continue Reading →
