Ohio Buckeye Miniaturists

I just created a new Yahoo group for miniaturists who live in Ohio or nearby states like Kentucky, Indiana, and Michigan. I know my followers are from all over the world, but if you live in or near Ohio and want to join a new Yahoo group, come aboard! This group will be able to post miniature pictures, questions, local shows, shops, ideas, etc. Scale size is open, but will be mostly 1:12. To join, click on the title "Ohio Buckeye Miniaturists".

Latest Miniature I Made

This is my most recent homemade miniature that I made. I made this laptop computer from black polymer clay, something I have not used much but want to. The screen and keyboard images I got off the internet.

The Garfield House: Latest Pictures

The Living Room This room is basically done except for decorating and adding curtains. The Living Room

The Dinning Room Though the hutch does not match the table and chairs, I still like it. I need to polish the hutch and fill it as well as decorate the table.

The Kitchen I love this kitchen! I still need to add some curtains and maybe more upper cabinets.

I am probably going to add a small table and chairs in the bay window section for the four children who will live here. This will be the families informal table.

This was going to be an office/den, but I think I am going to use it as a guest room, as this big family of six will almost always have family visiting them, probably from my other three modern day dollhouses.

Another view of the guest room. I need to change the bedding to match the room colors and add some items like a lamp and curtains. I also need to add baseboards and a railing for the steps as well as a door.

This is the master bedroom, the parent's bedroom. I got the baseboards all in place, and they are ready to move into this bedroom. Oh, and we will need to add some curtains of course as well as a door.

The Bathroom This room is done except for decorating and furnishing it as well as adding a shower curtain.

The Girls Bedroom I need to add baseboards, finish hanging curtains, add steps and fill in some cracks and spaces where the walls come together. I am going to add a bunk bed for the girls.

The Boys Room Poor boys! They have to share a smaller room, but those things happen in real life, too. This room still needs baseboards, a second door in which to enter and I need to figure out how to fill in the openings in the wall in order to give it a more realistic appearance. I am probably going to use foamboard, but figuring out how to measure and fit it is the challenge!

Second Floor Family Room This area will be used as the entertaining room for the kids and their multitude of mini friends. The family room is mostly done. The room you see straight ahead is the second floor bathroom the kids will all share. It is not complete yet and still a contractor's mess, lol.

Another view of the Family Room Shown in the picture is a small fridge in which the kids are allowed to use in the family room. Boy, these kids are spoiled!!!!

New Minis I Have Made

Beach Ball I made this simple beach ball by painting a ping pong ball four colors.

Food Erasers

These are erasers. I either bought them at Walmart or Meijer. Some of them are too big to use in a miniature scene, but some are usable. You could also rework them to make them more 1:12 scale.

New Miniatures I Have Made

Spring Wreath I made this in my local miniature club. This is a wreath (I don't remember what kind of wreath it is) with scrapbook confetti stuff glued on. I also don't remember what this stuff is called.

Fall Decoration Also made this in my local miniature club.

Antique Crackle Chair I also made this in my local miniature club. We assembled the plastic chair, painted it black then it was sprayed with crackle spray paint. A hole was cut into the seat and the plant was placed through the hole.

Recycle Bins

I came up with this idea a few years ago, and just made them for a contemporary swap. The bins are made from ice cube trays. I got the recycle labels from the internet and printed them on clear labels.

Garfield Greenleaf Dollhouse: The back

This is the back of The Garfield. It is a 10 room dollhouse that is full of possibilities. I am doing some kitbashing, especially with the third floor. Check back again for more updated pictures. I will also be adding close up pictures of the other rooms in a week or less.

Garfield Greenleaf Dollhouse: The Living Room and Dinning Room

I just love this living room! I used brown felt for carpet. In the dinning room, I used mini hardwood flooring. I made a seat cushion for the window seat from foam and covered it with white fabric. I also glued on long gold beads under the window seat to give the impression that the bottom drawer pulls out for storage.

Garfield Greenleaf Dollhouse: The Kitchen

For the kitchen,

I bought a 12x12 sized tile for less than a dollar and cut it up into 1 inch square pieces to cover the kitchen floor. I used paperclay to fill in the gaps.

Miniature Stable at Michael's

I bought this miniature stable at Michael's for around $5.99 or so. I am going to kitbash it and make it into a shed for one of my dollhouses. Stay tuned for the finished product!

Erasers Sold at Hallmark Stores

This is a mini cake eraser I got my at my local Hallmark store for $1!

I also bought this basketball eraser for $1! It is pretty much 1:12 scale size!

Valentine's Day Puffy Stickers

I found these at my local Kroger grocery store. They were half off. They are little pillow like stuffed cloth hearts with a removable sticker on the back. I bought them to use in my dollhouses. They make perfect mini bed pillows.

Coming: Updated Pictures of my Garfield Dollhouse

This February, we have had so much snow that I have had much time to work on my Garfield dollhouse. The time period is modern day. I am doing some kitbashing to the third floor to make it more realistic looking. Keep watching, I will be posting pictures soon!

Crazy Erasers Puzzles

People have been asking me for pictures of the Crazy Erasers, and here they are! I found these at Walmart and Micheal's for $1! They sell several different sets, but most of them are too big to use in a 1:12 scale setting, however, the set shown above would work in 1:12 scale. The food might be a bit too big, but can be manipulated or cut down.

Hallmark Ornaments

I managed to buy the Hallmark Ornaments below for HALF OFF the day after Christmas at my local Hallmark store! Unfortunately, all of the local Hallmark stores had run out of the miniature washing machine and a couple other miniature ornaments that would look good in 1:12 scale.

Hallmark Christmas Ornaments as Dollhouse Miniatures

This Disney's High School Musical locker would look great in a mini scene as it about the right size. I am going to use mine in one of my dollhouses for the teenage son or daughter.

This outdoor grill is so cute! Except for the words "HO HO HO" on the burgers, this grill would great in a mini scene. You could cover the burgers with fimo slices of cheese.

This 1980's video arcade game would look great in a retro 80's roombox, bar, or a modern day dollhouse.

The Twilight Zone Console Televison This is great for an older scene

Greetings to everyone!

Sorry I have not been on my blog lately. I had a health problem going on and my USB port is litterly broken somehow on my laptop. I could not use the other computer because it had some computer virus on it and I had to wait until my husband could "fix" it. Now, I think it has ANOTHER virus on it! So much for virus protection! I just finished putting the finishing touches on my doctor's office (picture was posted about a month ago on this blog) for the judging that will be coming up in the Small World Daytimers Club. In case you are new to this blog or don't remember, each member in my dollhouse miniature club was given a roombox made of white foamcore to create whatever miniature scene they wanted and they will be judged at the December meeting this coming week. I will be posting updated pictures soon! The Small World Daytimers Club is also having a Christmas gift exchange in which we buy or make a gift with a $10.00 value. I made a Corn Hole game! The bean bags have tiny beads in them. Corn Hole is a big deal here in the Midwest. It is a bean bag toss game in which you toss your bean bag through the hole on a piece of wood. I will add a picture of the Corn Hole game too. I hope you are finding the time during this Christmas season to work on your miniatures. Many of us decorate our dollhouses for Christmas. I have many mini decorations for my dollhouses! Even lights! I usually don't do a lot of outside decorating on my dollhouses because my two youngest cats LOVE to play with my miniatures!

Minis I have made

This is a small plastic doll glued on a disc with a gum ball dome.

I made this pair of sandals from thin foam, flowered beads and straight pins.

Dollhouses Sold

The Alison Jr.

log cabin

Thanks to Ebay, I sold my Alison Jr. dollhouse made by Real Good Toys to a woman from Pennslyvannia. When she came to pick up the dollhouse recently, she also bought my log cabin dollhouse! Since she came so far, I sold it to her for $35. I was just happy to have sold these two dollhouses, as I am overrun with dollhouses!