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Victorian illusions turn paper into wood

Become entranced by a range of Victorian furniture from Erzsébet Bodzás as she takes on a new challenge and shows what can be achieved with card BY SADIE BROWN 
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Editorial
welcome
The gorgeous drapes are open to the promise
MEET THE MAKER
Alma’s exquisite food is inspired by her travels
Almaira de Jonge, known as Alma, creates some of the most realistic food that our mini world has seen and continues to create stunning pieces
Still Crumpled after all these years
Doll artist Judith Laird, of Crumpled and Rumpled, chats about how she started making the characters that are so instantly recognisable to collectors
MINI MAKES
Make a bright start with calendar for New Year
If you enjoyed Margarita’s autumn recipe books in issue 356 then you’ll love the calendars she’s created for us to celebrate the start of a New Year
Vintage kitchen stool was inspired by antiques find
Kris found a retro stool in a flea market and just loved the design. She finally got around to making it in twelfth scale — here’s how she did it
Make some fuzzy slippers to keep out the cold
These little slippers are fun to make and would look great under the bed or beside the fire lace. ou could even sli them onto the feet of your residents
Turn cheap bottles of plonk into fancy wines
Elize shows how to turn average bottles of plonk (those cheap mini bottles you can buy) into classic wines from vineyards around the world
Make some sweet and simple mini hangers
Dress up your miniature wardrobe with some pretty hangers. Choose any colour combination you like and make them a custom size for your scene
A doll’s house fireplace made with carton bricks
Tania wanted to put together a rustic fireplace with a mantelpiece to dress — making bricks from egg cartons was just the job
Sofa bed is just the thing for mini visitors
Last issue we showed you how to put a modern room box together and promised to show you how to create the sofa in the scene. Here it is!
we love them
MINIS THAT HAVE CAUGHT OUR EYE THIS MONTH
A lovely coconut cake for Valentine’s Day
This heart-shaped cake will add a lovely touch to a Valentine Day scene, but you can easily adapt it for other celebrations in your house
Stitch a Victorian gown to hang in your house
This beautiful late Victorian dress will look perfect in a lady’s bedroom - far too pretty to hang in the wardrobe
SMALL TALK
THIS MONTH WE CHAT WITH VICTORIA SHAPARINA 
OUT & ABOUT
Doll’s house day returns with wonder and magic
Sandra drops in at the Curtis Museum’s doll’s house day and finds the volunteers’ e orts are well rewarded with hundreds of visitors through the doors including many children
OPEN HOUSE
Elizabethan manor is tribute to dear friend
When a master builder died before completing this magnificent manor auline and eo realised they had to ut aside sadness and finish the roject in his honour
CHURCH PROPERTY
From birdcage to little stone church replica
Jo unearths a birdcage in an antique store and is immediately inspired to create a church based on a quaint Gothic chapel she’s always loved
THE CUTOUTS PAGE
From our house to your house
HOUSE PROUD
INSIDE BRUCE WAYNE’S MANSION
“Holy miniatures made from 3D,” Sandra’s discovered a house that is full of furniture and musical instruments created with one of these new fangled printers
ROOM STYLE
Beautiful bedroom is filled it sunlight
Chloe wanted to create a soft and dreamy bedroom in a sun-kissed chateau in the south of France and she’s captured that vision perfectly
MINI KNITS
Knit a waistcoat ideal for a man or a woman
As the weather continues to be a bit on the chilly side why not knit a waistcoat for one of your doll’s house residents?
LITTLE STORIES
Rosie creates a soap opera in miniature
A miniaturist has created quite an online following on Instagram as she documents the adventures of the Littleton family in her doll’s house
A LOOK AT LUNDBY
Gayle’s passion turns lacklustre into lovely
Sandra catches up with a miniaturist who scorns beautiful new houses in favour of abandoned wrecks she can rescue and give a new lease of life to
CLUB NEWS
NORTH WEST DOLL CLUB
Don’t be put off by the name folks
FEATURE
Quick and easy
Sandra creates simple bronze statues
Make a custom sized miniature rug
Find a carpet picture you like and print it out on a paper towel backed with paper to create a realistic rug for your scene
TIPS & TECHNIQUES
Adding an aged look to a new project
While making a faux antique doll’s house Auralea has not forgotten the most important detail, adding dust. She shares some tips for making a new build look aged
SMALL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Maddy’s in tune with curiosity radio scene
WHERE READERS SHARE PROJECTS THEY’RE PROUD OF, HOWEVER SMALL. EMAIL YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO RICHARD@ASHDOWN.CO.UK
Stephen paints to fill his mini gallery
When someone describes themselves as an artist and
KIT BASHING
Reupholster a chair in some pretty fabric
You can find cheap mini chairs quite easily but they’re not always that attractive. Here we show you how to dress them up in pretty fabric
SHOP VISIT
Mother and daughter create Mini Mayhem
Georgina and Gillian prove the perfect team in starting a doll’s house shop that is friendly, welcoming and filled with unique pieces they make themselves
SMALLER SCALES
Tips for building a small scale house
Working in smaller scales is very different than working in twelfth scale. Connie shares some valuable tips she learned while making her 1/144th scale house