Making Mini Perfume Bottles

making mini perfume bottle + labels

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

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

1 inch minis blog

Make a wire whisk

Making a Hollow Dolls Head

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

Leather Shoes made from Clay

leather shoes

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

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

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

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

Jewelry Head Pins

head pins

Baby Bunting

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

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

Doll Sculpting

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

setting the stage
1/4 scale gardening accessories

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

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

Making Teddy Bears

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

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

Pipe cleaner Dogs

http://miniannalee.blogspot.com/