Susan's Mini Talk

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Kitten in a dollhouse

Awwwww, so cute!

I got this picture as part of an email today, and I had to post it on my blog. I have some pictures of my own cats in my dollhouses that I will post.

Monday, July 6, 2009

I bought this cute Fisher Price car at a garage sale for 25 cents!!! I took off the stickers, removed the goo and cleaned it up. I wanted to take it apart and repaint it green, but it is glued together so well that I can't get it apart. I will probably have to just do a really good job of taping off the areas I don't spray painted in order to paint it. I thought about using some kind of primer on it and trying to paint it with regular craft paints. Any suggestions???

Homemade Mini Bed

I made this bed awhile back to put into my log cabin.

Recent Swaps I made

Sorry the cat mat is on the side, don't know why it came out that way. I made these in multiple colors for a swap. They are made from colored foam and stickers.

The basket on the left holds shells. The basket on the right holds towels and a bottle of shampoo.

The above shows neon signs I made for a swap.

Boutique Roombox

The pictures above are of my boutique roombox I created about 6 months ago. It is in lighted roombox I bought at a garage sale for $12! It originally had a Christmas scene in it, but I changed the wallpaper and paint and created the boutique.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Welcome New Followers

Welcome new followers! I am finding that there are a lot of great miniature related blogs out there, more than I ever thought! I just joined a bunch more. I love seeing what other people are doing out there!

Monday, June 22, 2009

Interesting Miniature Finds

Thanks to a blog follower of mine, I now remember where I bought these key covers above. I bought them at Books and Company (book store). They also own Books A Million. They were on the clearance table. They are soft plastic. I thought they would make great miniature shirts on a hanger.

I recently went to a strawberry festival in Ohio, and they were throwing away thousands of these. I asked if I could have some, and they let me have all I wanted, of course, I could not carry home ALL of them, but my mother and I stacked them and carried home a bunch of them. My husband must have thought I was crazy! Other than fences and windows, any new suggestions??? We are going to use some at our show this summer.

Small World Daytimers Club Mini Projects

The picture above is a dress made from a fancy handkerchief. The picture below is the back of the dress.

The picture above is a hat and parasol made from the handkerchief.

The picture above is a dress I made which is glued to the dress form we painted in the club. The bottom picture is the back of the dress.

I made the table above also in the Small World Daytimers Club.

This is one of the latest projects we made in the club. It is a tiny baby stroller made from a dowel rod.

Sally, our club president and owner of Small World, gave us all a naked ceramic child doll to dress and wig as we choose. I am not good at wigging dolls, so I gave the doll simple pony tails.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Re:My latest challenge: What can this be?

Thank you to everyone who responded with some great ideas for what I can do with the wooden structure below. I am pondering the possibilities, and will let you know what I decide, but I am leaning towards.......a museum!

Monday, June 15, 2009

My latest challenge: What can this be?

I bought this structure at a garage sale for $2.00! The couple's son had made in school and got an A+ for it. I had first asked her if it was a dollhouse or a birdhouse, and she said it could be whatever I wanted it to be. Now, help me figure out what to do with it. It is a one room structure, and the doorway is too wide for a typical dollhouse door. It is well made. Thank you for your comments and suggestions for my last challenge, the container that my mother's watch had come in. I am still weighing all the options, but it will probably be shed or some kind of storage container, maybe a storm shelter.

New Miniature Finds

In the picture above are cute little mini pottery I bought in a bag for .99 cents at a local thrift store. They are for decorating an aquarium. I figured that I could paint them and make them southwest...or other themed.

Also bought cheap at a garage sale, this will look cute with the lid removed and filled with dried flowers.

Skull material, bought for fifty cents at a garage sale. I think I will use in my haunted dollhouse.

Look what ten cents bought me at a garage sale! It is perfect size for my dollhouse little boy...or perhaps one of the grandfathers.

I bought this cute little bunny and stroller at a garage sale REAL cheap. I think I am going to take the bunny out and use it in one of my dollhouses for the little girl. I will use the bunny elsewhere.

The above picture frame is a deep picture frame. It is BIG. I am going to put in some kind of miniature scene in it.

I bought this picture frame from a garage sale. It also has a deepness to it. I am thinking of taking out the glass and making some kind of mini scene and gluing the glass or plexiglass over the front.

Miniatures I have made

I made the above purse for a purse swap. It was made mostly from ribbon.

I made the bear above for a toy swap. They are easy to make BUT they take patience.

Though it may be hard to see, the above are placemats I made from weaved ribbon I got on sale at Wal-Mart for $1.00!

I made the above for a garage theme swap. In case you cannot see the cans very well, I made two paint cans, one spray paint can and a gallon of KILZ.

The picture above is what I made for an online Women's swap. Includes a purfume bottle, nail poilish, brush with the brushes painted black and liquid makeup. I glued everything to a mirror and a white poker chip.