Sandra’s Dusty Clockshop reflects time well spent

welcome

“We spend January 1st walking through our lives,

Welsh family scene in Gill’s cosy cottage

Grandparents Nain and Taid are feeling rather worn out after a day babysitting, which included a trip to the allotment and a game of football

John finds his niche in making mini furniture

Lessons learnt making full-size pieces of furniture in a joinery workshop have been put to good use in the miniature world with authentic touches

WHERE i WORK

WE TALK TO AGNES HORVATH OF AGGIES MINIATURES ABOUT HER WORKSPACE

A love of mini pillows spreads worldwide

June Sprigg Tooley started making mini pillows during the pandemic to relieve her anxiety and thousands of people around the world have found comfort in her soft furnishings

Tamar’s Moroccan Patio evokes fond memories

Playing for hours as a child on her grandparents’ patio, surrounded by jasmine and lemon trees, was the inspiration behind Tamar Cohen’s 1/24th scale scene

Add some funky fashion to your house with floor lamp

Have some kit-bashing fun with your mini makes by creating this stylish light. Kris guides you through the process step-by-step

Little steps to creating tiny toddler treasures

From a young age Karen Tadman was encouraged to create with her hands and now she has grown into an amazing artist who makes sought after miniature dolls

Michal’s shop still going stron after fifty years

Michal Morse opened the first doll’s house shop in the UK fifty years ago. Here she recalls how heart-warming it has been to witness the “pleasure the hobby gives”

Karen’s magical fairy fort is 50 yards long

Karen Lam shares the proof that it doesn’t need to cost much “to create our own little fantasy world which can keep us happy and sane, even in trying times.”

Family enjoy different roles in Marie’s house

This collector buys and sells anything Lundby, and that gives her a lot of scope when it comes to furnishing her house and putting people in it

SMALL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Rosalind’s Tiffany hat box

THE CUTOUTS PAGE

From our house to your house

Make a potting bench ready for your plants

It might be cold and windy outside but there’s no reason you can’t plan for a mini spring scene. Start by making this lovely little potting bench

Miniature stained glass lamps

Journey with us to Japan to get to know this talented miniature artist and enjoy her uniquely hand-painted lights that give the illusion of stained glass

Cindy’s luxury closet is full of glamour & style

Passionate miniaturist Cindy Coon shares the story on how her luxury miniature closet building adventure started. Kick off your shoes and let’s have a look around

Weave baskets out of different tyes of card

Little woven baskets are great to add interest to lots of scenes, whether on a porch or in a kitchen. Belinda shows how to make them easily

Turn over a new page with Belinda’s book-making tips

There are many different ways of making tiny volumes to fill your mini bookshelves, but here’s a few to get you started

Make your card look like wood

Auralea shares a technique she used for making her cardstock gothic windows look like real wood

Take a tour of stunning Château de l’Amour!

TV programme ‘Escape to the Chateau’ inspired this wonderful home. It was the start of a long journey shared by a collector and builder Mark Turpin

The key to the past is held in this little diary

Start the New Year by making a lovely little diary, complete with key to keep things secret, for a resident in your doll’s house

Create easy paint tubes for your artist’s studio

Randall livened up his mini artist’s studio with the addition of these colourful tubes of paint. Here he shares his technique

Dress your baby dolls with bunka style

Becky Winsor utilised her vast collection of bunka to create a crocheted-style outfit for her dolls—without any crocheting! Here she shows how you can do the same

Quick and easy

Sandra eats grapes and thinks about making bonsai trees

Debbie transforms rotting bird box into log cabin

A bird box with a lot of memories was falling apart in the garden, but Debbie Mills came to the rescue and has transformed it into a delightful scene

Andreas creates scenes full of detailed stories

Escape to Greece for the perfect miniature holiday with the work of Andreas Rousounelis

An apron to celebrate grandma’s canning

Debbie makes a colourful apron and tea towel but you can change the design and colours to suit any season or memory

Passion for miniatures started with the manor

We look back at how one impatient miniaturist dived right in to create her first house, but loved it despite making mistakes on the way

SMALL TALK

WE CHAT WITH SUSAN FARNIK ABOUT HER LIFE IN MINIATURES