Thursday, January 21, 2010

enough tutorials to keep you busy for a month:
http://minipitou.free.fr/


tutorials A to Z:
http://nuestrostutoriales.blogspot.com/2008/01/p.html
from hats to furniture:
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/feerie/accueilprojets.htm

24 tutorials:
http://jicolin.free.fr/avnt09/avnt.php

Friday, January 8, 2010

Doll Part Tutorials

sculpting a hand
http://www.mjmedia.de/handvideo

only the head, mouth and nose
http://www.vididoll.de/filme/Aufnahme2.wmv

eyes and ears
http://www.vididoll.de/filme/Aufnahme3.wmv

Footsculpting on youtube
part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMxU7dRZin8

part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFtkl_4wyI4

Flower Making Tutorials

Long list of things to make
http://www.mini-mansion.de/links.html#projects

Great product to make mini flowers
https://dollsandminis.com/Flower_Soft.html

How to make a Sunflower
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1vpGNlYB8Y

How to make a Rose:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIaKenOMOCE

Make a Lily
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zRCqPvTA0M

Make another Lily
http://polymerclay.craftgossip.com/dollhouse-lilly-flower-tutorial-video/2009/02/24

Make Petunias
http://www.cdhm.org/tutorials/learn-to-make-miniature-flowers.html

Make a miniature flower vase
http://worldofwhimm.blogspot.com/2009/03/miniature-flower-vase-tutorial.html

Flowers from False Eyelash Clumps
http://www.microjivvy.com/eyelashplants.html

many thanks for these to Janet Whittig, (MiniaturesFromClay)

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Stringing Your BJD


http://www.aimi-doll.com/howto/13.html

Guys, use your translator. This site is in Japanese.

Yorkshire Wensleydale Cheese Tutorial

Yorkshire Wensleydale Cheese with cranberries....mmmmm, highly recommended! Mild with just a hint of sweetness.

Start off with a cheeseboard... mine is made of cernit (granite); 1-3/8" in diameter and 1/16" thick. I added an inner ring for realism. Use whatever cutters you have on hand or make your board rectangular.


Here's my tutorial using fimo:
waxy covering:
4 parts bordeaux red to 1 part navy blue.
cranberry pieces:
4 parts bordeaux red to 1 part navy blue and a hint of carmine red. Bake and grate into slivers.
cheese:
4 parts white to 2 parts champagne to 1 part light yellow. (I used a half inch ball of white to make 1 cheese)
Condition well and include some of your baked slivers. Roll into a ball. Flatten to 1/4 inch thick. My real life cheese is approximately 2-3/8" high and has an 8" diameter.
Roll out the waxy covering and cover your cheese smoothing out all seams. The easiest way is to cut a long piece the height of your cheese sides and 2 circles for the top and bottom of the cheese.
Chill in the fridge for about an hour.
Slice & lightly texture the cheese (not the covering) using a crumpled ball of tin foil.
Bake at the recommended time for your brand of clay.
When cool, paint the waxy outer wrap with a matte varnish.

Bon appetit! ....oh and don't overindulge, we have Camembert/Brie, Edam, Swiss and Danish Blue Cheese coming up.

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

BJDs...

...or for those of you not texting, BJD = ball jointed dolls

http://www2d.biglobe.ne.jp/~dhnoah/make_00.htm

the next one is in Russian so use your translator:
http://mstrok.ucoz.ru/publ/69-1-0-292

and this is the English translation for that rather expensive Japanese book on BJDs:
http://www.potbellybears.com/YOSHIDA%20translation%20from%20Den%20of%20Angels.doc

~enjoy

Friday, January 1, 2010

Candy wrapper Printies


The Hershey archives contain images, (such as the 1900 wrapper shown above) of their chocolate bars from 1900 to 2005.


Mike's Candy Wrapper site has flattened out modern day candy wrappers.