I just got done with a couple more minis in the witch/wizard theme, now available in my 19th Day Miniatures Etsy store:
Both available here:
Happy back to school season everyone!
Showing posts with label miniature cabinet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label miniature cabinet. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Dollhouse Miniature Nautical Mermaid Cove Grand Buffet 1/12 scale
Hey everyone, long time no see right? I've been very busy working on my house and haven't had much time for minis for quite awhile. Sad :( Part of my problem is I took my work room and made it into a much needed bathroom upstairs. Nothing worse than trudging down the stairs in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. Too much information right??? Well it did really bum us out to have to do that. So now I'm lacking a proper work space. It's much harder to make minis when you feel displaced and have no decent area to work in. No matter, I'm soon to be fixing up the basement in order to have a work space of my own again. Hopefully before you know it I'll be churning out minis left and right all over again. I really look forward to having a work space. It's be wonderful to be able to be creative again. Anyway, I did manage to get a moment to myself to make a cute little mermaid buffet cabinet and I have to say that was quite a job. I sculpted some ea creatures and they weren't easy to do for me. I do think they turned out quite well though, despite that. I'm sad they didn't photograph as well as they look in person though. I feel they are really detailed in person, but it doesn't show up well in the photos. Well here goes nothing:
I've managed to get glitter all over it, which shows up as specks on the cabinet finish. It's quite pretty in person and yet looks like dust in the pictures, ugh. And my octopus seems to have a glue stingy behind his leg, which I have pulled off now. Oops, my bad :)
What's on this: cake pop display in a vase, filigree mermaid picture, sculpted octopus and lobster, mermaid mirror, clam tower with pearls, pastel french macaroons, weathered teapot and platter, bowed flower, seashells and water type plants. Inside is a few little things like a pot of shrimp in sauce and a basket of seashells. More photos can be seen here:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/186529047/dollhouse-miniature-nautical-mermaid'
I'll soon be back with more little projects. I've really been missing my mini-making and I want to do a little more of it when I can.
Hey everyone, have a lovely spring and may all of your dreams come true this year :) Hugs-Tara
I've managed to get glitter all over it, which shows up as specks on the cabinet finish. It's quite pretty in person and yet looks like dust in the pictures, ugh. And my octopus seems to have a glue stingy behind his leg, which I have pulled off now. Oops, my bad :)
What's on this: cake pop display in a vase, filigree mermaid picture, sculpted octopus and lobster, mermaid mirror, clam tower with pearls, pastel french macaroons, weathered teapot and platter, bowed flower, seashells and water type plants. Inside is a few little things like a pot of shrimp in sauce and a basket of seashells. More photos can be seen here:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/186529047/dollhouse-miniature-nautical-mermaid'
I'll soon be back with more little projects. I've really been missing my mini-making and I want to do a little more of it when I can.
Hey everyone, have a lovely spring and may all of your dreams come true this year :) Hugs-Tara
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Dollhouse Miniature Tea with Fairies Cabinet 1/12 scale
Hello, back with another cutie patootie cabinet in the fairy theme.
Also, I just wanted everyone to know that I will soon be switching focus to smaller individual miniature accessories because I don't have enough time in my personal life to complete these larger pieces at the moment. I can complete smaller items far better right now so that's what I'll be doing. I so love the creative process of working on whole decorated furniture pieces but I simply can't find the time. I'll be making things like small animals, potion bottles, spell boards, cauldrons, potted plants and flower arrangements, wands, etc. So it'll be small things for quite some time while we roll on our bathroom renovations. Tonight I'm picking up some tile for a bathroom sink backsplash area, and I'll be tilting a wall for the first time in my life. so exciting! I can't wait to see how it turns out :)
I'm about to leave home soon so I'll have to keep this short and sweet :)
Description:
I just love making little fairy cabinets! They're so darling :) I think this one turned out very well. It's rustic and charming, a little woodland tea cabinet with china and flowers abounding. I can really see this tucked into some woodland glade, hidden at the base of a tree :) Perhaps in a hollowed tree opening even. The top is decorated thus:
Pumpkin stack with vines, red cap mushrooms, a woodland flower arrangement, a tall pillar candle in holder, snail shells, mosses, and a fantastic tiny fairy castle in weathered greens and brown with rustic red and white spotted roof spires as though they were made of mushroom heads :) It's not photographing well, it's so much cooler in person.
The middle section of the cabinet includes:
Teapot, teacup, platter, a bronze mantle clock, floral arrangements, a framed portrait of a flower fairy, crystals, seashell, drippy candle, mosses, a running rabbit figurine, a tiny mushroom bird.
The outside of the cabinet is mossy, vined, and has one small mushroom growing from the base. Too cute!
Also, I just wanted everyone to know that I will soon be switching focus to smaller individual miniature accessories because I don't have enough time in my personal life to complete these larger pieces at the moment. I can complete smaller items far better right now so that's what I'll be doing. I so love the creative process of working on whole decorated furniture pieces but I simply can't find the time. I'll be making things like small animals, potion bottles, spell boards, cauldrons, potted plants and flower arrangements, wands, etc. So it'll be small things for quite some time while we roll on our bathroom renovations. Tonight I'm picking up some tile for a bathroom sink backsplash area, and I'll be tilting a wall for the first time in my life. so exciting! I can't wait to see how it turns out :)
I'm about to leave home soon so I'll have to keep this short and sweet :)
Description:
I just love making little fairy cabinets! They're so darling :) I think this one turned out very well. It's rustic and charming, a little woodland tea cabinet with china and flowers abounding. I can really see this tucked into some woodland glade, hidden at the base of a tree :) Perhaps in a hollowed tree opening even. The top is decorated thus:
Pumpkin stack with vines, red cap mushrooms, a woodland flower arrangement, a tall pillar candle in holder, snail shells, mosses, and a fantastic tiny fairy castle in weathered greens and brown with rustic red and white spotted roof spires as though they were made of mushroom heads :) It's not photographing well, it's so much cooler in person.
The middle section of the cabinet includes:
Teapot, teacup, platter, a bronze mantle clock, floral arrangements, a framed portrait of a flower fairy, crystals, seashell, drippy candle, mosses, a running rabbit figurine, a tiny mushroom bird.
The outside of the cabinet is mossy, vined, and has one small mushroom growing from the base. Too cute!
Available here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/159070255/dollhouse-miniature-tea-with-a-fairy?ref=shop_home_active
Have a good day everyone :) Hugs!
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Dollhouse Miniature Mermaid Cove Seashell Cabinet
Hi everyone :) How have you all been this summer? I hope you've had a great one!
We're still working on our old farmhouse, and that has really kept me away from minis for quite some time. I'm really trying to fit some mini work in when I can, which is few and far between still at this point. I'm on a beachy, ocean kick. We're doing our bathrooms nautical inspired, after a recent trip to the ocean. We were reminded of how much we love it there. Here in Illinois we don't have much of an ocean view, so I'm bringing all things related to the sea to us :) It's fun, and we all love it. Here's a photo feed of the kinds of fun things we're getting for our new bathrooms if anyone likes nautical things:
http://s651.photobucket.com/user/tara_yvonne_photos/library/Old%20farmhouse%20renovation?sort=2&page=1
So in the middle of designing a couple of nautical bathrooms, it made me want to make a nautical mini. I started by painting the cabinet a weathered gray because it's a nice light nautical base color. I pearlized the handles, added sparkling sands, beach glass, seashells of all kinds, a hand-made seashell topper for the cabinet which looks like a nautical crown of sorts. There are treasures abounding all over the cabinet, the sort of thing a mermaid might pick up in her daily travels around the ocean. There are water plants growing from the sandy outcroppings of the cabinet, a ship in a bottle, jewels, two genuine stone dolphins, one in jade and the other in rose quartz. The top of the cabinet sports a lovely seashell flower arrangement with gray pearl, a cute vintage photo of a mermaid child, and a basket of beachy flowers and seashells. A gorgeous framed copy of Waterhouse's "The Mermaid" painting graces the door of the cabinet which does not open (sand and plants in front of it).
Roughly 7 1/2 inches tall because of the greenery sticking up, the base is around 4 3/4 inches wide.
We're still working on our old farmhouse, and that has really kept me away from minis for quite some time. I'm really trying to fit some mini work in when I can, which is few and far between still at this point. I'm on a beachy, ocean kick. We're doing our bathrooms nautical inspired, after a recent trip to the ocean. We were reminded of how much we love it there. Here in Illinois we don't have much of an ocean view, so I'm bringing all things related to the sea to us :) It's fun, and we all love it. Here's a photo feed of the kinds of fun things we're getting for our new bathrooms if anyone likes nautical things:
http://s651.photobucket.com/user/tara_yvonne_photos/library/Old%20farmhouse%20renovation?sort=2&page=1
So in the middle of designing a couple of nautical bathrooms, it made me want to make a nautical mini. I started by painting the cabinet a weathered gray because it's a nice light nautical base color. I pearlized the handles, added sparkling sands, beach glass, seashells of all kinds, a hand-made seashell topper for the cabinet which looks like a nautical crown of sorts. There are treasures abounding all over the cabinet, the sort of thing a mermaid might pick up in her daily travels around the ocean. There are water plants growing from the sandy outcroppings of the cabinet, a ship in a bottle, jewels, two genuine stone dolphins, one in jade and the other in rose quartz. The top of the cabinet sports a lovely seashell flower arrangement with gray pearl, a cute vintage photo of a mermaid child, and a basket of beachy flowers and seashells. A gorgeous framed copy of Waterhouse's "The Mermaid" painting graces the door of the cabinet which does not open (sand and plants in front of it).
Roughly 7 1/2 inches tall because of the greenery sticking up, the base is around 4 3/4 inches wide.
Available here:
Have a great "rest of the summer", what's left of it guys and girls! Have a blessed day :)
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Dollhouse Miniature Witching Hour Witch Cooking Stove and Side Counter with Witchy Foods
Hello all, long time no see huh? So sorry, I've been so very busy! We've been working big time on our old farmhouse, and it hasn't left much time for mini making. I'll slowly be getting back into minis as I can. The kids are home from school right now, which also makes it tough to work. Someone always needs Mom lol.
I started this little witch stove and side counter ages ago, and it's been done for quite some time. I literally haven't had time to list it until now. Here's what I did: I took a stove and grungied it up to make it look more witchy, attached a side counter for more surface preparation area, tiled it and added the background scrolly circle panels to the back of the stove. Then came the fun part, the foods and accessories! A canister of living death draught, witchy "filled" bottles with deadly tags, a grungy clock that says "witching hour", a large kettle with bubbly green icky eyeball potion that has bubbled over the edge, a book of spells and potions with a vintage witch image on the front, a sauteing pan of buttery frog legs, a smaller kettle containing a boiling crow breast with magically pouring blue potion bottle (Hey, she is making some crow pie on the side counter after all :) an icky knife, a small old fashioned lamp, a bottle of flour, A standing recipe for crow pie with a decorative crow on top, a cutting board with a rolled out pie crust top and flour on it with a cute little toadstool rolling pin, and a half-finished crow pie which contains the called for crow breast meat, slices of boiled egg, and meaty gravy. It's so cute in person! Inside the stove on one side is the log fire, the other side has a baking roast with carrots, mushrooms, potatoes, and a bone in roast. Inside the side drawer of the counter are cooking utensils and a pot lid. A little gungy green checked towel completes the look.
The whole thing measures roughly 5 and half inches wide, just under five inches tall, and just over 2 1/2 inches deep.
I started this little witch stove and side counter ages ago, and it's been done for quite some time. I literally haven't had time to list it until now. Here's what I did: I took a stove and grungied it up to make it look more witchy, attached a side counter for more surface preparation area, tiled it and added the background scrolly circle panels to the back of the stove. Then came the fun part, the foods and accessories! A canister of living death draught, witchy "filled" bottles with deadly tags, a grungy clock that says "witching hour", a large kettle with bubbly green icky eyeball potion that has bubbled over the edge, a book of spells and potions with a vintage witch image on the front, a sauteing pan of buttery frog legs, a smaller kettle containing a boiling crow breast with magically pouring blue potion bottle (Hey, she is making some crow pie on the side counter after all :) an icky knife, a small old fashioned lamp, a bottle of flour, A standing recipe for crow pie with a decorative crow on top, a cutting board with a rolled out pie crust top and flour on it with a cute little toadstool rolling pin, and a half-finished crow pie which contains the called for crow breast meat, slices of boiled egg, and meaty gravy. It's so cute in person! Inside the stove on one side is the log fire, the other side has a baking roast with carrots, mushrooms, potatoes, and a bone in roast. Inside the side drawer of the counter are cooking utensils and a pot lid. A little gungy green checked towel completes the look.
The whole thing measures roughly 5 and half inches wide, just under five inches tall, and just over 2 1/2 inches deep.
Here's some rather bad photos, I didn't realize that after sitting so long it would have a bit of dust on it. I'll of course clean it all up if anyone wants it.
I wish I had time to reshoot the photos but I honestly don't have any time for anything right now. I can't even stay on here and chat, I have to go to town right now for more building supplies :(
Hugs everyone, I hope you have the BEST summer and may you all have nice vacations!
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
What I've been up to lately in Dollhouse Miniatures :)
Ok I have been working, I just haven't blogged for awhile. Really busy around here like usual, yikes.
Here's what's come up since I last blogged, although some of it has now sold:
Here's what's come up since I last blogged, although some of it has now sold:
Fairy fireplace (sold)
Steampunk Wizard/Witch floor chest with Leafy Forest Dragon guarding her eggs (available)
Cottage style magically pouring fairy tea set (sold)
Cottage style magically pouring fairy tea set (sold)
Romantic style magically pouring fairy tea set (sold)
And finally this I just finished up today, another fairy sewing notion cabinet and stool set:
Available here:
And I'd like to post a link to Sherry and I's jewelry shop once again:
Some new things will soon be added to that shop as well. And many nice things are currently in there now :)
Monday, November 12, 2012
Dollhouse Miniature Harry Potter Death Eater Cabinet is Complete!
I decided to make this far more elaborate than I thought I would so it's taken longer than I planned. But I finally finished it last night and I am so happy with how it turned out! I feel it's my best cabinet ever so far. This is so much better and more detailed in person, I couldn't get it to photograph well at all and it's really wonderful in person, trust me :)
Oh and by the way, this is OOAK, I can't make another like this because some vintage parts were used and I don't have more of them!
It's jam packed full of dark goodies including: a cloudy Foe Glass Mirror as seen in Mad Eye Moody's office in Hogwarts in the movie Goblet of Fire, Mad Eye's eyeball eyepatch as stolen from him by Death Eaters after his death in that same book/movie, a hand-sculpted skull wand display with 5 different miniature wands in the top of it, a real stone creature idol sculpture on metal stand, dark wizard books including one on Horcruxes and on it hangs the necklace locket Horcrux containing a part of Voldemort's soul, a labeled dragon embryo bottle, a beating human heart jar that looks like a real heart, scroll, severed creature head bottle (labeled), the gruesome hand on a pillow that grabs Harry's hand in the movie Chamber of Secrets, potion bottles, dark crystal ball, a steampunk wizard gadget with gears and hoses on a wooden stand that couldn't be photographed well-for some reason it never turned out clear in the photos but it's really cool in person. On top of the cabinet: A gothic caged owl, tall elaborate potion bottles, a very intricate large dragon embryo bottle on a pedestal stand, a large crystal ball in a pewter dragon claw stand, ghostly white-ish mosses. The cabinet itself is really spooky looking with filigree finials across the top with green crystals (for Slytherin) and a large gothic blackened metal skull and crossbones topper in the middle. The cabinet I decided to distress to look ancient and creepy, as though it came right out of Bourgin and Burkes, the dark wizard shop frequented by the Malfoys. I could see this in the home of Bellatrix LeStrange or any other of the Death Eater crew :)
Underneath the cabinet is a hand-sculpted Nagini snake/horcrux as seen in the Potter movies. I had to make her, and she's so much better in person! She's glued underneath the cabinet and is not removable. She's very well done, I took my time on her with the sculpting, texturing of the snake skin and the painting of the pattern. I referred to the movie while making her so she's as close as I could get her. Also, she's very sturdy. I have no doubt she'll be safe during shipping because she's pretty strongly made.
The cabinet is a little over 7 1/2 inches tall, and roughly 5 inches wide due to the moss sticking out on the sides. 1/12 scale dollhouse miniature.
Ok now for the pictures which really don't show how detailed this is and really make it look worse than it is in person :(
That snake looks so much better in person :(
There is a steampunk gadget with gears and all that in the bottom right hand corner of the cabinet that
didn't photograph well. And it's so cool too! Sad :(
Available here in my store:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/114795224/dollhouse-miniature-harry-potter-death
Also, I've been working on Sherry's store and making some jewelry myself as well :) We've decided to go in another direction in Haunted Mansion Jewels, and go with a more "gemstone" jewelry theme and get away from the costume jewelry so much. What I've made personally:
These are genuine Druzy Stones
These are genuine rough Emerald crystals
Some of it isn't listed yet but some is: http://www.etsy.com/shop/HauntedMansionJewels?ref=usr_faveitems&atr_uid=7202128
Sherry's new stuff:
All available at the above shop link :)
By the way, thanks everyone for the kind comments :) I love hearing feedback, no matter which way it goes :)
Oh and by the way, this is OOAK, I can't make another like this because some vintage parts were used and I don't have more of them!
It's jam packed full of dark goodies including: a cloudy Foe Glass Mirror as seen in Mad Eye Moody's office in Hogwarts in the movie Goblet of Fire, Mad Eye's eyeball eyepatch as stolen from him by Death Eaters after his death in that same book/movie, a hand-sculpted skull wand display with 5 different miniature wands in the top of it, a real stone creature idol sculpture on metal stand, dark wizard books including one on Horcruxes and on it hangs the necklace locket Horcrux containing a part of Voldemort's soul, a labeled dragon embryo bottle, a beating human heart jar that looks like a real heart, scroll, severed creature head bottle (labeled), the gruesome hand on a pillow that grabs Harry's hand in the movie Chamber of Secrets, potion bottles, dark crystal ball, a steampunk wizard gadget with gears and hoses on a wooden stand that couldn't be photographed well-for some reason it never turned out clear in the photos but it's really cool in person. On top of the cabinet: A gothic caged owl, tall elaborate potion bottles, a very intricate large dragon embryo bottle on a pedestal stand, a large crystal ball in a pewter dragon claw stand, ghostly white-ish mosses. The cabinet itself is really spooky looking with filigree finials across the top with green crystals (for Slytherin) and a large gothic blackened metal skull and crossbones topper in the middle. The cabinet I decided to distress to look ancient and creepy, as though it came right out of Bourgin and Burkes, the dark wizard shop frequented by the Malfoys. I could see this in the home of Bellatrix LeStrange or any other of the Death Eater crew :)
Underneath the cabinet is a hand-sculpted Nagini snake/horcrux as seen in the Potter movies. I had to make her, and she's so much better in person! She's glued underneath the cabinet and is not removable. She's very well done, I took my time on her with the sculpting, texturing of the snake skin and the painting of the pattern. I referred to the movie while making her so she's as close as I could get her. Also, she's very sturdy. I have no doubt she'll be safe during shipping because she's pretty strongly made.
The cabinet is a little over 7 1/2 inches tall, and roughly 5 inches wide due to the moss sticking out on the sides. 1/12 scale dollhouse miniature.
Ok now for the pictures which really don't show how detailed this is and really make it look worse than it is in person :(
Ok the foe glass might need a quick swipe with a windex q-tip before I ship it out lol! It was supposed to be cloudy, but not fingerprinted too :)
didn't photograph well. And it's so cool too! Sad :(
Available here in my store:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/114795224/dollhouse-miniature-harry-potter-death
Also, I've been working on Sherry's store and making some jewelry myself as well :) We've decided to go in another direction in Haunted Mansion Jewels, and go with a more "gemstone" jewelry theme and get away from the costume jewelry so much. What I've made personally:
These are genuine Druzy Stones
Sherry's new stuff:
By the way, thanks everyone for the kind comments :) I love hearing feedback, no matter which way it goes :)
Thursday, November 8, 2012
The Deatheater Cabinet, another Harry Potter inspired Dollhouse Miniature
Hi everyone, it's been so long since I've been able to blog. How are you all doing out there?
I'm busy as usual, had a few custom orders that kept me busy for awhile but I'm back making some new things. My poor store is so nearly sold out, even the Dumbledore Memory Vial Cabinet sold. It's like a ghost town in my Etsy store right now. My washing machine broke and that threw a wrench in my work time lately. I'm on my second week of waiting for the technician to come and fix it (of course they didn't have the part and had to order it) so I've been packing our laundry to the laundromat, ick! Our local laundromat leaves much to be desired, ugh. I'm to the point where I think Sears extended warranties are worthless.
Ok enough whining :) I'll live, lol. I've been working when I can and I'm working on a Deatheater Cabinet. You know, like the bad wizards on Harry Potter. Well it could certainly work for any wizard setting too, just a little on the dark side :) I still have plenty to do, because I want the inside of the cabinet FULL. I have plans on making the weird skeletal hand on the pillow that grabs Harry's hand in Chamber of Secrets. A bottle with a real looking heart inside, more books and wizard gadgets, a horcrux locket, Mad Eye Moody's eyeball eyepatch, etc. All manner of dark wizard goodies :) What I've already made: A gothic-style caged owl, tall potion bottles, a large dragon embryo bottle on a stand, a pewter dragon clawed crystal ball, a creepy skull wand display (inside the cabinet so kinda hard to see here), more jars containing severed parts, a dark crystal ball, a foe glass as seen in Mad Eye Moody's office in the movie Goblet of Fire, a black leather Horcrux Book, a pedestaled real stone statuette that looks like a creature of some sort. And the cabinet itself is really spooktacular :) Weathered, distressed, blackened, crowned with crystal spires (green for Slytherin of course) and a totally great blackened metal skull and crossbones topper. And ghostly white mosses around the stuff on top. And I've added a set of blackened metal gargoyles to the bottom of the cabinet doors as well. Ok I'll just show you all what I have done so far (keeping in mind I'm far from finished):
My pictures aren't very good, too bright out right now. They kinda glared up a little :( Anyway, you get the idea of where it's headed. I should be done with it in a couple days and get it listed. And then I'm onto some theme trees, including a super exciting Wizard of Oz theme tree!!! I'm really excited about trying that one :)
Thanks for viewing everyone and have a lovely day!
I'm busy as usual, had a few custom orders that kept me busy for awhile but I'm back making some new things. My poor store is so nearly sold out, even the Dumbledore Memory Vial Cabinet sold. It's like a ghost town in my Etsy store right now. My washing machine broke and that threw a wrench in my work time lately. I'm on my second week of waiting for the technician to come and fix it (of course they didn't have the part and had to order it) so I've been packing our laundry to the laundromat, ick! Our local laundromat leaves much to be desired, ugh. I'm to the point where I think Sears extended warranties are worthless.
Ok enough whining :) I'll live, lol. I've been working when I can and I'm working on a Deatheater Cabinet. You know, like the bad wizards on Harry Potter. Well it could certainly work for any wizard setting too, just a little on the dark side :) I still have plenty to do, because I want the inside of the cabinet FULL. I have plans on making the weird skeletal hand on the pillow that grabs Harry's hand in Chamber of Secrets. A bottle with a real looking heart inside, more books and wizard gadgets, a horcrux locket, Mad Eye Moody's eyeball eyepatch, etc. All manner of dark wizard goodies :) What I've already made: A gothic-style caged owl, tall potion bottles, a large dragon embryo bottle on a stand, a pewter dragon clawed crystal ball, a creepy skull wand display (inside the cabinet so kinda hard to see here), more jars containing severed parts, a dark crystal ball, a foe glass as seen in Mad Eye Moody's office in the movie Goblet of Fire, a black leather Horcrux Book, a pedestaled real stone statuette that looks like a creature of some sort. And the cabinet itself is really spooktacular :) Weathered, distressed, blackened, crowned with crystal spires (green for Slytherin of course) and a totally great blackened metal skull and crossbones topper. And ghostly white mosses around the stuff on top. And I've added a set of blackened metal gargoyles to the bottom of the cabinet doors as well. Ok I'll just show you all what I have done so far (keeping in mind I'm far from finished):
Thanks for viewing everyone and have a lovely day!
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