Mini Tutes from Orr Lake

2012-01-24T10:03:00.001-05:00

I'm very fortunate to count among my friends a lady who is a consummate doll maker & costumer.

Where I struggle with dressing a mini doll using an actual clothes pattern, Dana can take a scrap of lace or a tiny piece of material and make not just the most amazing clothes but actually do it on the doll.

Not only is she the owner of MSATMiniDoll list, a Yahoo group that, although having been online for 20(?) years, continues with daily moderated discussions, but now Dana has taken on a new venue as a continuation of her talents, an online magazine called Frills and Fancy Ezine.

Here's how Dana's reasoning for doing this:

Life provides an endless opportunity of visual stimulation. The different perspectives that an artist takes in, keeps in visual memory and creates at a later date is astounding! For those of us with less then perfect memories ... tear sheets (or a simple notebook filled with photos, magazine pages, or doodles) provides a wonderful *scrapbook* of ideas.
The launch of this FRILLS AND FANCY magazine tackles this very subject. Our take this year, is providing you with TECHNIQUES rather then tons of patterns. AND ... before you start to question the logic of this ... may I point out - that there are literally HUNDREDS of doll tutorials/patterns online for free. BUT the basics, or tricks, tips or techniques IN ORDER TO GET TO THE NEXT step are somewhat lacking! We aim therefore ... to provide short techniques, tips and dollmaking tricks that are universal in most doll patterns. AND for the die hard dollmaker, YES there will be at least one full doll tutorial in each issue.

For anyone interested in costuming 1:12 dolls ...and doing it well, the site to subscribe is www.frillsandfancyezine.com.

Sculpting a Fairy by Nadiia Evans

2011-12-28T17:32:00.001-05:00

Part 1

Part 2

Sculpting

2011-12-28T17:17:00.002-05:00

Learn to sculpt a face in polymer clay....in 45 (baby) steps

Then when you're done paint the face:

and finally make a permanent wig for your polymer head

Cold Porcelain cont'd

2011-11-21T08:41:00.001-05:00

a doll's head

a different doll's head

Mrs Claus

Christmas elf

fairy, angel or witch

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rearing horse or unicorn

Winnie the Pooh

lamb

kitties

Cold Porcelain cont'd

2011-11-21T08:41:00.000-05:00

Cold Porcelain Flowers

2011-11-14T21:19:00.001-05:00

apple blossoms

petunia

cyclamen

Cold Porcelain DIY Recipes

2011-11-11T22:22:00.008-05:00

COLD PORCELAIN RECIPES

electric non stick pan
blender
1 cup cornstarch
3/4 cup Elmer's glue (white)
1/2 cup water
1 teaspoon ponds cold cream (must use this brand for this recipe to work)
1 teaspoon baby oil
once you start this don't stop especially when heating don't stop stirring

Put cornstarch in a measuring cup
In a mix bowl combine glue, water, baby oil and ponds
Mix together well
Slowly add cornstarch mix till smooth
Place in a non stick surface pan or electric skillet on low or med
Keep stirring the mixture until it balls up like bread dough
Remove form heat and as soon as you can touch it, knead it (you can use a small bit of ponds on your hands so it wont stick)
It may be amber colored at this time as you knead it if you are doing it right
it will start to turn a bright white with no lumps and be extremely smooth
You must store in wrapped saran wrap and ziplock bag so you have no air exposure as it air dries
do not refrigerate
It has a transparent look to it when air dried. You can add color to it with oil
colors.
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Second recipe:

1 cup cornstarch
1/2 cup water
1 T glycerin
1 Cup white glue
1 T cold cream
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Third recipe:
1 cup cornflour (4oz) + 1/4 cup for kneading cornstarch
1 cup white tacky glue (8oz) (Aleene's is the best to use)
3 tablespoons baby oil.

Mix together all ingredients in a non stick pan and heat gently over a low heat, stirring with a wooden spoon. The dough will come away from the sides of the pan and stick in a big lump to your spoon. Cook for another minute or so and then put it onto a plate and knead in the rest of the cornflour (1/4 cup). You get in a real mess with it all over your hands.

You must let it cool completely before wrapping it up in a couple of layers of cling film (saran wrap) Store it in another plastic bag or a plastic box.
If you wrap it whilst it's still warm it will go mouldy.
If it's still too sticky, you can zap it in 10 second bursts in the microwave.

Some people make theirs in the microwave to start with: use a bowl or pan and a spoon that you won't use for food. I've not tried making it in the microwave from scratch but I do zap it sometimes if I've not cooked it enough in the pan. You don't want it to go crumbly in the pan; if you do then it's overcooked and has to be thrown out. So undercook it in the pan and finish it off in the
microwave to be safe.

If you want colored cold porcelain:
For darker colors, use oil paint. Acrylic paints will crack when used in large amounts; acrylic paint is more for pastels or soft colors.

Something just a bit different from my normal posts here + a Give-away!

2011-10-28T15:30:00.005-04:00

Some time ago I had a customer ask me to make a roombox for her 1:12 Dracula rising from his castle. She also wanted a graveyard to show off some additional ghosties & skeletons. I immediately thought about how perfect a ruined castle would be....
Although there's not much more to do, other than make the interior of the ruins look just that little bit more dark and dank & give the graveyard grounds a spookier look, I doubt I'll have it ready this month but....
.... since Halloween is almost upon us, I thought I'd show you some more Work-In-Progress photos:

I didn't want Dracula feeling lonely so I added 3 little friends flying close to the stone walls....

So now for my give-away news..... unfortunately this is for facebook followers only:
I intend having a give-away of a 7"x9" (2 sided)roombox when I reach 100 likes on my OrrLakeMiniatures facebook page (winner to pay shipping).
Every person following gets one entry so you'd have a 1in100 chance of winning.

click here to like my OrrLakeMinis page

Here are some examples of 2-sided roomboxes that I've made:

Make a stack of Pancakes using Air Dry Clay

2011-10-14T23:19:00.000-04:00

Pipe Cleaner Lion

2011-10-04T08:16:00.002-04:00

Chenille Lion

Painting Cute Eyes

2011-10-01T22:06:00.002-04:00

here's the link

Making Cold Porcelain Roses

2011-10-01T21:53:00.000-04:00

Millinery Plus

2011-06-20T09:53:00.004-04:00

The ease of straw hat making

Straw boater

cowboy hat, sort of!

clay based hat

1940s outfit including matching hat

velvet hat

floral hat + the jewelry

Not only the turban hat but also the outfit.

1920s Style Hats

2011-06-20T09:48:00.002-04:00

Miniature 1920s style hats

Gainsborough Hat

2011-06-20T09:32:00.001-04:00

lace Gainsborough Hat"

Flower Brooch

2011-06-20T09:26:00.003-04:00

This "brooch" was originally made from gum paste to sit atop a cake made in the shape of a purse but can be made out of air-dry or even polymer clay.

Candle Sconce

2011-06-19T10:09:00.002-04:00

These are non-working candle sconces

Breyer Horse

2011-06-19T09:53:00.003-04:00

Breyer horse made out of "amazing sculpt" a two part epoxy clay similar to Magic Sculpt or Apoxie Sculpt. This is a ten step tutorial. Nicely detailed.

Puppy

2011-06-19T09:45:00.002-04:00

puppy made of "cloud" clay

2011-06-19T09:27:00.002-04:00

Tutorial for making this cute scarecrow from air-dry clay

Tips & Techniques for Sculpting

2011-01-23T11:40:00.005-05:00

Antonette Cely Dolls: wefting doll hair & making eyes using polymer clay

Jean Nordquist Dolls: porcelain doll painting tips

OOAK Guild

Andrew Loomis Anatomy Book: Drawing the Head and Hands

baby reference pictures

facial expressions

eye size chart

Marika's doll tutorial Click on Tutorials (It is not under construction; just scroll down)

Katherine Dewey's Tips & Techniques including proportioning the human body

How to build a light box

How to make a BJD

Clay Roses

2011-01-16T17:37:00.003-05:00

technique for making roses

2011-01-16T12:12:00.001-05:00

Miniature Fruit Trees

Printer Magic

2011-01-16T12:06:00.001-05:00

Printing Photos on Fabric

Using up Old Clay

2011-01-16T11:59:00.004-05:00

old clay

Tips to prevent fuzzy printies

2011-01-16T11:53:00.000-05:00

Aug 22, 2010 1:00 AM
Making High Quality Printables
from True2scale by Carol
Some tips to prevent your printables from being fuzzy:

Image quality
There are 2 main reasons why pictures turn out fuzzy: 1) printer and paper quality and 2) resolution. Resolution is the easiest (and least expensive!) of those things to change. This is done in your photo editing software (Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, GIMP, etc.).

If you want to figure out why the pictures you print from the web always turn out blurry, it probably has to do with resolution.

What is resolution?
Resolution is the number of pixels (dots of color) in your picture. Think of resolution like the thread count in sheets. A higher thread count means that the fibers are closer together, resulting in a smoother surface and better quality sheets. Resolution works in a similar manner: a higher pixel count means that the dots of color are closer together, resulting in a clearer image.

For making printables, you want a minimum resolution of 300 pixels per inch (118 pixels per centimeter). Fewer pixels will result in a blurry printout. More than 300 or 118 pixels will not be perceptible to the human eye due to the limitations of typical desktop printers.

Pictures on websites are typically 72 pixels per inch instead of the 300 pixels that you require for printing.

How to Change Resolution
This is done in a photo editing software such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements, GIMP, etc. This cannot be accomplished in Microsoft Word or other text editing software. If you don't have photo editing software, you may wish to download a free, 30 day trial. If you are using a Mac, you may download the trial here. GIMP is free without a trial.

Here are the directions to change resolution in Adobe Photoshop Elements (most photo editing software has a similar setup):
From the menu at the top of your screen, choose Image — Resize — Image Size. A window like this will appear:

Under "Document Size" You will change the "Resolution" to "300" pixels/inch or 118 pixels/cm.

The "Constrain Proportions" box should be checked by default.

For now, keep the "Resample Image" box unchecked.
You can see that when you type in a new number for the resolution, the width and height changes. If you type in a new width or height, the resolution will change.

Now, let's say that we have a picture that is 2 inches wide with a resolution of 300 pixels per inch. We want to make it 1 inch wide and keep the same resolution. Notice that if we try to change the resolution in the window, the width will change according to how many pixels are being spread out in those 2 inches (think about thread count in sheets). In order to make the change, we have to check the "Resample Image" box. Enter "1" in the "Width" box. Enter "300" pixels/inch or "118" pixels/cm in the "Resolution" box. Done!

IMPORTANT!!!!
You can always make it smaller, but you can't make it bigger.
This is a frustrating fact about pixels and an area of confusion to many people. I'll try to break this down into a more creative way of thinking about the process:

Imagine that pixels are little dots of watercolor paint on paper. If you stretch out the watercolor paint by adding water, you'll see a blurry area of paint because the pigments are now diluted over a larger area. This is similar to what happens when you add more resolution to a picture than it originally had.

For example, if you find a picture of a book cover on a website that you want to print out for your miniature setting, make sure that when you open it in your photo editing software, it has 1 of 2 things:
1) A resolution of 300 pixels/inch or 118 pixels/cm or more and is at least the size that you want your final print to be.

2) A width and height large enough so that when the picture is made to your desired size, the resolution will not go below 300 pixels per inch (remember resolution is proportionate to width and height).

Working with Pictures From the Web
First—I can't stress this enough — make sure that if you are using the pictures you find on the web for commercial purposes, the pictures are in the public domain.

Second, open up the picture in your photo editing software and check the resolution and the size using the guidelines above. If the picture is too small (and in most cases it is) just remember that the final result will be a bit blurry. The amount of blur will depend upon how few pixels it has. Typically graphics on websites are 72 pixels per inch. This is due to the resolution of a typical computer monitor. More than 72 pixels per inch is unnecessary because most computer monitors cannot show more than that.

Most printable websites that I have visited do not offer their graphics in a high resolution format. The authors may have put a lot of work into their beautiful designs, but the printables are blurry when printed. Hopefully, we can spread the word to our fellow miniaturists out there — 300 pixels per inch, please!

Recap:

Resolution: 300 pixels/inch or 118 pixels/cm
You can always make it smaller, but you can never make it bigger
Don't use Microsoft Word or other text editing programs to change your photo sizes. Instead, download free photo editing software.

Clay Techniques

2011-01-16T11:49:00.003-05:00

Transferring Images to Clay

Faux Fabrics

Faux Stone

Pansies

2011-01-16T11:40:00.002-05:00

Pansies
Excerpt from new book "Amazing Clay Flowers: Creating Realistic Flowers and Floral Arrangements" by Noriko Kawaguchi

Clay Food - Broccoli

2011-01-16T11:37:00.000-05:00

Making cooked as well as uncooked broccoli

Aging paper in Photoshop

2011-01-16T11:33:00.001-05:00

how to age paper in Photoshop

Hypertufa Tutorials

2011-01-16T11:20:00.004-05:00

hypertufa pots

Flat Weave Hypertufa Baskets

More pots & a Video
You can use the same ideas for miniatures using either polymer clay or air dry clays

Sculpting Dolls

2011-01-16T11:09:00.002-05:00

making an art doll by Guilherme Pires

Doll Eye Making Tutorial

2011-01-16T11:08:00.001-05:00

making doll glass eyes tutorial

polymer clay doll eye tutorial

bead doll eye turoial for cloth & clay dolls

Cold Porcelain Doll Head

2011-01-16T10:53:00.000-05:00

cold porcelain doll

ornamental "clay"! fruit trees

2010-12-27T11:45:00.002-05:00

http://www.polymerclaycentral.com/orntrees1.html

making pansies from affordable punches

2010-12-27T11:42:00.000-05:00

http://kuoi.com/~nyssa/projects/pansies/

Sculpting Class

2010-12-27T11:29:00.003-05:00

http://members.miniature.net/lyn/

Stacks of Books

2010-12-08T09:45:00.001-05:00

book tutorial

Making Ravioli

2010-11-05T09:01:00.001-04:00

Making Breakfast

2010-11-05T08:52:00.001-04:00

Make miniature breakfast with Betsy Niederer

Making a Clown

2010-11-05T08:33:00.004-04:00

Part 1:body & legs

Part 2: head & face

Part 3: adding feet, arms & hands

Part 4: hair, hat & finishing touches

Painting eyes:

Halloween Tutes

2010-10-28T23:13:00.002-04:00

Eyeballs in a Jar

Halloween candy Corn

Polymer Clay Faux Wood

2010-09-14T20:03:00.001-04:00

You'll find the tutorial on my other blog

Letter Writing Portfolio

2010-09-14T09:55:00.006-04:00

This is my very first tutorial! Because of the many photos in it, I turned it into a PDF file which you'll be able to hardcopy as well ...and then because blogger doesn't seem to like that format, I changed each page into a JPG.
I know those of you reading this blog through a reader will not be able to get an automatic translation but with so many pictures, you should have no problem understanding it anyway.

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If you click each picture, it should enlarge....
Enjoy!

Produce Scale

2010-09-14T02:32:00.001-04:00

produce scale

Flower Kits

2010-09-08T20:07:00.003-04:00

Not sure who or where I got this from. If it's yours, please let me know & I'll make sure to acknowledge you....

This one is a fast and easy plant if you have one of the tiny flower punches. Grab a pot, bend a wire. Glue it in the pot and start covering the top half with the tiny flowers that have been cupped. I just smear glue on it and start picking up the flowers with tweezers and filling the top up as much as possible.
Then cut about five long blade shaped green leaves. Curl them with your scissors. Stick them around the stem with white glue. Sprinkle a bit of dirt to cover the glue.and you are done.... Hyacinth in a jiffy. You can make them in whatever color you want. I just happened to have purple.

The other two flowers in the photo are another very old, very faded Hyacinth and a generic daisy type flower that I whipped up with one of the flower punches. Three layers were pierced in the center and strung on a piece of wire. The top end was painted brown and leaves stuck on.

More instant flowers. All you need is the right punches.

Wire Wrap Jewelry - Videos

2010-09-08T20:03:00.001-04:00

making wire wrapped jewelry

From the Creager Studio: Face Sculpting

2010-09-08T18:04:00.002-04:00

Making Snack & Junk Foods

2010-09-08T17:28:00.002-04:00

doughnuts, pop corn, cheezies, corn chips, french fries, & potato chips made from clay.

Ice Cream Cone

2010-09-08T16:43:00.001-04:00

Ice Cream Cone

Cold Porcelain Doll Head

2010-09-08T16:35:00.001-04:00

Creating a doll head from cold porcelain ... step-by-step video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYzJzmU0XBU&feature=fvw

Eye Painting http://newclaynews.blogspot.com/2010/04/painting-eyes-on-your-clay-figure.html

Sculpt a Rearing Horse

2010-09-08T16:29:00.001-04:00

Rearing Horse

Clay Birdcage

2010-09-08T16:15:00.002-04:00

birdcage by Sue Heaser

Basic Trunk & Hinges from Scrap Metal

2010-09-08T10:36:00.002-04:00

Make a Miniature Tack Box / Basic Chest

Make Simple Scale Hinges From Scraps of Metal

Sculpting dolls

2010-09-07T09:52:00.002-04:00

This is a multi-part tutorial.....

Body Proportions and Sizes for Miniature Dolls
http://miniatures.about.com/od/dollhouseminiatures/ss/dollproport.htm

Sculpt a Miniature Doll's Head
http://miniatures.about.com/od/miniatureprojects/ss/dollheadsculpt.htm

Sculpt a Miniature Doll House Dolls Torso
http://miniatures.about.com/od/dollhouseminiatures/ss/sculptdolltorso.htm

Easy Ways to Pad a Doll's Body
http://miniatures.about.com/od/dollshousedolls/qt/dollbody.htm

Sculpt Feet for a Miniature Doll
http://miniatures.about.com/od/dollhouseminiatures/ss/dollfootsculpt.htm

Sculpt a Miniature Doll's Hands
http://miniatures.about.com/od/dollhouseminiatures/ss/dollhandsculpt.htm

Interesting Clay Facts

2010-09-07T09:40:00.002-04:00

In several of the groups that I belong to the conversation has been about storing clay
How To Store Polymer Clay, Its Effect On Clear Polystyrene And Polypropylene Plastic Containers
http://www.garieinternational.com.sg/clay/shop/storing_pc.htm

and while I was looking I found this:
How To Transfer Image Without Using Any Liquid Polymer Gel
http://www.garieinternational.com.sg/clay/shop/image_transfer.htm

How to Make a Waterfall

2010-08-29T09:47:00.001-04:00

waterfall

Pinch Pots

2010-08-29T09:40:00.003-04:00

Obviously not 1:12 but run with the idea & just make it smaller.
Pinch Pot

Making Mini Perfume Bottles

2010-08-09T21:59:00.002-04:00

making mini perfume bottle + labels

2010-07-05T14:50:00.002-04:00

While this is something a bit different, I highly recommend it for all doll makers or costumers: costume and trim newsletter. You will have to register on the site.
Take a look through the past newsletters for some great costume patterns, photography techniques, and other how-tos.

Delphiniums

2010-06-25T10:04:00.003-04:00

delphinium tutorial
Tallulah Belle said...
They are just delightful Nina. Love the bead idea.

You are doing really great making flowers but here are a couple of tips that might help you with flower making of any kind.

If you want you blossoms to be a tad more crinkly, mist them very lightly with water and push very deep into something with more give than an eraser. Leave them to dry them pop them out. They'll be very crinkly and you can just open them up. I use Japanese rice paper but it should work with regular paper.

To assist with gluing leaves use a combination of white glue and a superglue. I use Sobo and zap a gap. Tacky glue can sometimes be too tacky and hard to get tiny amounts. Put a minute amount of glue on the stem then lightly dip the stem of your leaf in superglue. this might take practice as you barely need any and if you use too much it will blob. Thsi way the superglue holds quick while the white glue provides the strength.

I then paint over the glue with the same color as the wire.

A nice touch is to wait till it is all dry then very lightly dry brush the edges of the blossoms in a slightly different color. you barely need any paint and dont' want to make it too obvious but it will add depth to the flowers.

I tend to paint the inners before I shape the and find that easier.

Tissue paper makes great flowers but is hard to punch as a single sheet so try folding it then separating them after. I've not used tissue for anything I've sold as I don't know how long it will hold up for but I'd use it on something for me.

quill paper pottery

2010-06-22T08:00:00.002-04:00

1 inch minis blog

Make a wire whisk

2010-05-14T10:55:00.001-04:00

Making a Hollow Dolls Head

2010-05-11T08:49:00.002-04:00

This tutorial comes from Garie Sims web and was written by Eberhard Faber

Leather Shoes made from Clay

2010-05-03T20:17:00.002-04:00

leather shoes

2010-05-03T20:13:00.000-04:00

http://www.northernminiatures.com/magazines/august2008dollshousemagazine2.jpg for chocolate chip cookies.

For fried eggs: http://www.northernminiatures.com/magazines/september2008dollshousemagazine2.jpg and http://www.northernminiatures.com/magazines/september2008dollshousemagazine3.jpg

Crepes and sweets: http://www.northernminiatures.com/magazines/october2008dollshousemagazine2.jpg and http://www.northernminiatures.com/magazines/october2008dollshousemagazine4.jpg

Ham and potato soup: http://www.northernminiatures.com/magazines/february2009dollshousemagazine2.jpg and http://www.northernminiatures.com/magazines/february2009dollshousemagazine3.jpg

Christmas dinner: http://www.northernminiatures.com/magazines/december2008dollshousemagazine2.jpg and http://www.northernminiatures.com/magazines/december2008dollshousemagazine3.jpg and http://www.northernminiatures.com/magazines/december2008dollshousemagazine4.jpg

Making Cookie Cutters

2010-05-03T20:03:00.001-04:00

http://sues-news.com/2009/08/29/make-your-own-polymer-clay-cutters/

http://www.instructables.com/id/make-your-own-cookie-cutters/
This tutorial shows the tools that were used in making more hefty cookie cutters, but you'll get an idea of the type of tools you may use. Scale the tools down if you're making mini cookie cutters.

http://whatscookingamerica.net/PegW/CookieCutters.htm
Here's a good tutorial because Peggy starts out at the tip, in red bold letters, be careful!

http://blog.jugglingfrogs.com/2007/10/make-your-own-cookie-cutter-from-clip.html
Now this tutorial is for those of us who are making things out of the stuff we have in our kitchen: aluminum foil, disposable roasting pan, regular sissors.

YouTube Food Tutorials

2010-05-03T20:01:00.001-04:00

Dinner Roll:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK9JfvwwKFM&feature=channel

Potato chips:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F87ER5GskIs

Jewelry Head Pins

2010-05-03T19:49:00.002-04:00

head pins

Baby Bunting

2010-05-03T19:45:00.002-04:00

Baby shower souvenir made with cold porcelain by Chikim Art

http://chikimbrasil.blogspot.com/2008/07/blog-post.html

Making a bowl using a marble

2010-05-03T19:34:00.000-04:00

http://chat-noir.deviantart.com/art/Polymer-Clay-Bowl-Tutorial-50569324

Doll Sculpting

2010-05-03T19:25:00.004-04:00

http://hamkaastostie.deviantart.com/art/How-to-sculpt-a-doll-tutorial-55889006

(Note: click the magnifier icon to increase image to a readable size)

1/4 scale Gardening

2010-04-29T08:43:00.002-04:00

setting the stage
1/4 scale gardening accessories

2010-04-28T21:56:00.001-04:00

spooky tutorials:
http://www.shadowmanor.com/blog/?page_id=3042

2010-04-28T20:06:00.002-04:00

furniture, flowers, a tea pot house, and lots more:
le petit monde de la fee Erie

Making Teddy Bears

2010-04-27T10:52:00.000-04:00

http://www.creativedreams.de/free.htm

not all links work but on the whole there are more bear patterns then you'll ever need.

Make an alarm clock

2010-04-16T20:51:00.001-04:00

http://www.surffi.net/~nukke/kello.html

Pipe cleaner Dogs

2010-04-10T22:21:00.002-04:00

http://miniannalee.blogspot.com/

Making Realistic Roof Tiles

2010-04-07T08:34:00.002-04:00

Check it out at Minworks.

Making Clay Peaches

2010-04-02T15:21:00.000-04:00

Not only peaches but fuzzy peaches

2010-04-02T15:18:00.000-04:00

how to transfer inkjet images to wood

2010-03-30T20:43:00.002-04:00

ladder, commode & bookshelf

2010-03-30T17:51:00.003-04:00

Ernesto has been doing lots of tutorials at CDHM... here are some on his blog.

2010-03-29T22:31:00.003-04:00

train tutorial
On the same page there a tute on making a baby's outfit.

2010-03-24T19:30:00.001-04:00

http://cerapass.narod.ru/html/IndeUx.html

An I love You Teddy Bear

2010-03-19T21:46:00.000-04:00

How to sculpt a clay duck

2010-03-19T20:42:00.000-04:00

Flowers

2010-03-19T20:12:00.003-04:00

Daisy:
Gerbera:
Daffodil:

Altho the tutorials are for real sized gum paste flowers made to decorate cakes, the techniques can also be used for miniature flowers using either polymer or air-dry clays:
http://www.make-fabulous-cakes.com/gum-paste-flowers.html

Clay tropical fish

2010-03-12T23:01:00.002-05:00

www.kimcreates.com/cane

produce scales

2010-03-09T21:13:00.001-05:00

http://random-aspects.blogspot.com/2010/03/112-produce-scale-tutorial.html

Clay Seal

2010-03-08T20:49:00.002-05:00

quick before the snow's all gone... http://paperclay.com/seal_delight.htm

Clay Teddy Bear

2010-03-08T20:46:00.003-05:00

made from air drying clay but you can make it using polymer clay as well...
http://paperclay.com/teddybear_delight.htm

Printing Fabric

2010-03-06T09:40:00.000-05:00

Fairy Wings

2010-03-05T08:26:00.000-05:00

The following sites all have tutorials on fairy wings of different descriptions:

http://www.frillsandfancyezine.com/FF2/faerywings.html

http://www.elvenwork.com/wings.html

http://www.debwood.com/p200.htm

http://www.kindredspirits.us.com/fairywingtutorial.htm

http://patriciarosestudio.com/html/tut_14x.html

http://www.cynthiahoweminiatures.com/fairies.htm

2010-03-03T23:32:00.001-05:00

How to make a poseable doll with air-dry clay (Paperclay) for head, arms & legs and a cloth body. http://hamkaastostie.deviantart.com/art/How-to-sculpt-a-doll-tutorial-55889006

2010-03-03T22:53:00.000-05:00

Basic Embroidery Stitches:
http://www.needlework-tips-and-techniques.com/basic-embroidery-stitches.html

2010-03-03T22:13:00.001-05:00

Free Dollhouse Clothes Patterns:
Colonial Nightgown and Mob Cap Pattern
5 Free holiday downloadable fabrics (JPG & PDF)
Basic Ladies Outfit
Pantry Product Boxes

http://www.colvindolls.com/mailing/default.asp

2010-03-02T21:36:00.002-05:00

waffle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IY4Ywnf68I

wooden spoon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8YN7FUQWxM

mug:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv4pIGUZc3M

how to distress a mirror:
http://www.hgtv.com/holidays-entertaining/distressing-mirror/index.html