tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35042176613242220572024-03-19T01:48:39.561-07:00DYI DOLLHOUSE MINIATURESJoann Swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03520082323157620373noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504217661324222057.post-91107491501259267022014-05-06T00:15:00.002-07:002014-05-06T00:15:48.108-07:00THE LITTLE RED SCHOOLHOUSE
VILLAGE LITTLE RED SCHOOLHOUSE
The Little Red Schoolhouse is the 4th structure in my Little
village series of tiny printie, cut
& glue buildings. It can be used as
a stand-alone piece displayed under a glass dome and such, or it can become a
toy in a dollhouse or toy store, etc. It
can also be transformed into a glitter building (as described for the church in
Joann Swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03520082323157620373noreply@blogger.com103tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504217661324222057.post-10759927842405587482014-05-01T21:27:00.000-07:002014-05-01T21:27:59.171-07:00"FASHION"- A VILLAGE CLOTHING SHOP
“FASHION”
A
LITTLE VILLAGE DRESS SHOP
“FASHION” is the 3rd structure in my series of tiny printie, cut &
glue, paper buildings. As with the others, it can be used as a stand-alone
piece, showcased under a dome and such, or it can become a toy in a dollhouse
toy store or child’s room, etc. You may
decide to transform it into a glitter building as was done for the Church Joann Swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03520082323157620373noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504217661324222057.post-77407084672035748792014-04-28T02:24:00.000-07:002014-04-28T02:24:46.627-07:00
VILLAGE
BARBER SHOP
The Barber Shop is the 2nd structure in a series of tiny
printie, cut & glue, paper buildings. It can be used as stand-alone piece,
showcased under a dome and such, or it would work for toys in a dollhousetoy
store or child’s room, etc. You may
decide to transform it into a glitter building as was done for the Church in my
previous post here.
As Joann Swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03520082323157620373noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504217661324222057.post-6484473051306848732014-04-19T04:48:00.000-07:002014-04-26T21:59:15.409-07:00
THE VILLAGE
CHURCH
This little paper structure
that I have created for you was originally intended to be a stand-alone project
for a bit of Easter whimsy, in the Glitter House genre. And it turned out as planned…a fun little
something to sit on a miniature mantel or center a holiday table, or be placed
in a shop window & so on. But
something happened along Joann Swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03520082323157620373noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504217661324222057.post-43527546402323971342013-05-11T02:48:00.000-07:002013-05-13T15:08:06.904-07:00FOR MOTHER’S DAY
My idea of
the prefect Mother’s Day gifts?…a delicious box of chocolates and a good book. And lo and behold, here they are, in
miniature of course. Quick and easy little
projects that can be used as accessories in many miniature vignettes.
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A BOOK FOR MOTHER
Make a copy
of the printie on bright white paper using best printer settings &Joann Swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03520082323157620373noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504217661324222057.post-16136395010652884942013-04-23T04:26:00.000-07:002013-04-23T04:26:27.950-07:00POTTED IRIS
EASTER
SHADOW BOX SECTION 5: FLOWERS OF SPRING
PART
3: IRIS
Iris
has always been a favorite garden flower.
There are many varieties and different colors…shades of purples, blues,
and white and yellow. Here I have made a
simple lavender, bearded variety but do explore others.
You will
need: #30 cloth covered wire + ¼” round
paper punch or ¼” long petal Joann Swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03520082323157620373noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504217661324222057.post-24994967804736565542013-04-15T03:08:00.000-07:002013-04-15T03:08:20.462-07:00NARCISSUS
EASTER
SHADOW BOX SECTION 5: FLOWERS OF SPRING
PART
2: NARCISSUS
The most well-known (at least to me) variety of Narcissus
is the Barri variety. Their small trumpets,(length not more than 1/3 of petals)
better described as cups, are
brilliantly colored and their petals are white.
They are oh, so fragrant. Grow them in clumps in your miniatureJoann Swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03520082323157620373noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504217661324222057.post-66884745515014527302013-04-07T04:34:00.001-07:002013-04-10T03:07:49.014-07:00TRUMPET DAFFODILS
EASTER
SHADOW BOX SECTION 5: FLOWERS OF SPRING
PART
1: TRUMPET DAFFODILS
To
make things easier on myself I am adding flower tuts separately over the next
few days. When they are done they will
be shown, in place, to fill section 5 of the shadow box.
We
will start with Trumpet Daffodils, the most popular variety of Narcissus. Their large, showy blooms are one of the
Joann Swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03520082323157620373noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504217661324222057.post-48352728506396879082013-03-29T21:13:00.000-07:002013-04-02T18:25:27.778-07:00EASTER IN A SHADOW BOX PART 4
FILLING THE SHADOWBOX
SECTION 3:
THE
EASTER BASKETS ARE READY FOR THE EGG HUNT
It is Easter morning, the baskets are filled, and the
eggs are hidden in the grass. All is
ready for the hunt to begin. This is the
subject of the 4th section of our Easter Shadowbox.
The Background:
Make a color copy of the background graphic onto matte presentation paper
using, Joann Swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03520082323157620373noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504217661324222057.post-13149443848807366972013-03-24T01:50:00.000-07:002013-03-24T01:50:00.807-07:00EASTER IN A SHADOW BOX: FILLING THE BOX
FILLING THE SHADOWBOX
SECTION 3:
DYEING THE EGGS
In the Bunny Burrow Mr. & Ms. E.
Bunny are busy dyeing eggs that will be
hidden all over the world for children to discover on Easter morning. This is the subject of the third shelf in our
Easter Shadowbox project.
Copy & save to your computer. Set to print at 9" x 6.25" using best printer settings. Joann Swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03520082323157620373noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504217661324222057.post-76066447433495445502013-03-16T02:35:00.000-07:002013-03-16T02:35:44.197-07:00EASTER IN A SHADOW BOX :FILLING THE BOX
FILLING THE BOX
SECTION TWO:
DELIVERING THE EGGS
Did you ever wonder how the
Bunnies got the eggs they needed for Easter?
Well now you know and what a perfect subject to fill the 2nd
section in our Shadow Box.
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The Rabbit:
Make
a copy of the rabbit image onto matte
presentation paper using best printer settings. Carefully cut the image out that is facing
rightJoann Swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03520082323157620373noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504217661324222057.post-11467119837902678782013-03-04T16:42:00.002-08:002013-03-09T18:55:23.352-08:00EASTER IN A SHADOW BOX
TO DATE:
PART 1, THE SHADOW BOX
PART 2, THE Joann Swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03520082323157620373noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504217661324222057.post-3078002115311854312013-02-09T02:22:00.000-08:002013-02-13T01:55:08.207-08:00VALENTINE GIFTS
From THE WOMAN’S MAGAZINE
February, 1904
FANCY WORK by Maie
Cabot
“The custom of sending
valentines seems to grow in favor each year, but the style has changed and they
are taking on a more practical form.
Books, sachets, confectionery, flowers, and dozens of pretty heart
shaped articles Joann Swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03520082323157620373noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504217661324222057.post-14668868301613176232013-02-03T02:56:00.000-08:002013-02-03T03:01:56.003-08:00CELEBRATING CHINESE NEW YEAR
Each year the Chinese
celebrate various holidays, but the major one is New Years. The date coincides with the new moon and will
be somewhere between January 21 and February 19. This year it falls on February 10th. The Chinese name each year after an
animal. Legend has it that a long time
ago Buddha called all of the animals together to help protect and guard the newJoann Swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03520082323157620373noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504217661324222057.post-84165761341483553382013-01-12T06:16:00.000-08:002013-01-16T02:25:11.802-08:00CREATING BOTTLES FROM HOLIDAY TREE LIGHTS
In the winter of 2011, while
shopping, a string of LED lights caught my eye because they were bottle-shaped,
in an almost perfect scale. I didn't purchase any at the time but they stayed in the back of my mind. This year we needed some replacement lights
for outdoors and my husband brought home the wrong size…but to my delight they
were the exact same shape as the Joann Swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03520082323157620373noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504217661324222057.post-59909169287872892082012-12-11T18:06:00.000-08:002012-12-11T18:06:04.807-08:00A CHRISTMAS TREE IN A DOME
This sweet little project is a
miniature version of the classic miniature, A Christmas Tree in a Glass Dome. It is in a perfect scale to sit on a table in
a dollhouse or add to the inventory in a Christmas Shoppe. As seen, the tree is green but a white one
also works quite nicely. The tree
without the dome makes a nice addition to a mantel-top Christmas village.&Joann Swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03520082323157620373noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504217661324222057.post-49117358488055492292012-12-01T06:06:00.002-08:002012-12-01T06:06:36.922-08:00A CANDY WREATH
This Candy Wreath is meant to be hung
indoors. It has scissors hanging from a
ribbon that allows children to snip off a tasty treat, which it desired, can
act as a pseudo count-down to Christmas.
For years a charitable group that I belonged to made of these in life-
size. The wrapped candy was wired onto a
wire coat hanger that had been shaped into a round, the hanger part Joann Swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03520082323157620373noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504217661324222057.post-54322936046449773792012-11-09T17:52:00.000-08:002012-11-17T23:37:57.399-08:00THANKSGIVING MORNING
Early Thanksgiving morning creates a scene familiar to
many of us. Although not as strenuous as
it was for our mothers and grandmothers (“back then” turkeys took forever to prepare…imagine
plucking pin feather out with pliers and lighting a paper torch to burn off stubborn
feathers….and they seemingly took forever to cook, hours more than today) for many early preparation is stillJoann Swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03520082323157620373noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504217661324222057.post-18361871136494898492012-10-15T04:20:00.000-07:002012-10-15T04:42:12.841-07:00THE WITCH'S KITCHEN
I think this witch cast a
spell on me as I have be sooooooo slow getting this project done, but spell or
no, here it is, THE WITCH’S KITCHEN….hopefully in time to add to your Halloween
fun. Yes, I know, the witch is a bit
scary but I decided I wanted to use a skeleton & it is a bit hard to make
them “cute”. One reason I chose a
skeleton was because they are so easy to come Joann Swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03520082323157620373noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504217661324222057.post-46088999281291132792012-10-02T17:45:00.000-07:002012-10-08T19:14:26.372-07:00MAKING ROOMS & DISPLAY BOXES FROM PICTURE FRAMES
NOTE: I have added instructions for a table lamp using the picture frame room box at the end of this project.
A
popular & very informative, world-wide, online miniature group (CAMP, owned
by Den Mother, WMarie Werth THECAMP-subscribe@yahoogroups.com ) has
requested instructions for my concept of using simple wooden picture frames to
construct room boxes. I believe it was in early Joann Swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03520082323157620373noreply@blogger.com140tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504217661324222057.post-17018130787381150852012-06-15T22:07:00.000-07:002012-07-20T01:50:12.669-07:00AMERICANA, A DIY PEDDLER'S CART
AMERICANA MEMORBILIA PEDDLER’S CART
In the past I have given you two
other Peddler’s Carts projects, Baskets & Bunnies with an Easter theme (April 2011)
and a Halloween Cart (Sept. 26, 2011).
These carts have been so well received and fun to fill that I have created
a third in what has become a series, AMERICANA MEMORBILIA. This cart has a patriotic, red, white and
blue Joann Swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03520082323157620373noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504217661324222057.post-42970893255014912452012-05-01T02:24:00.000-07:002012-05-01T02:24:24.536-07:00APRIL SHOWERS
DIY MINIATURE UMBRELLA
TUTORIALS
Whether you call them parasols, bumbershoots,
sun or rain shades, and etc. umbrellas are personal, hand-held canopies used to
protect us from rain or sunshine. They
come in different styles, sizes, fabrics and colors. There was a time when they were a integral
part of the fashionable woman’s dress.
Umbrellas can usually find aJoann Swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03520082323157620373noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504217661324222057.post-18082420310675232622012-03-31T02:00:00.004-07:002012-03-31T03:55:34.928-07:00IN LIKE A LION - OUT LIKE A LAMB
"The March wind roarsLike a lion in the sky,And makes us shiverAs it passes by. When winds are soft,And the days are warm and clear,Just like a gentle lamb, We know spring is here."
 Joann Swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03520082323157620373noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504217661324222057.post-60208328300974806052012-03-25T19:15:00.001-07:002012-03-25T19:15:26.289-07:00GO FLY A KITE!
I saw you toss the kites on high
And blow the birds around the sky;
And all around I heard you pass
Like ladies skirts across the grass-
O wind, a-blowing all day long.
O wind that sings so lond a sound!
-from The Wind by Robert Louis Stevenson
THE KITE
Set to print a actual/exact size or 7.13"w x 3..89"h
Print onto matte presintation paper
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Joann Swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03520082323157620373noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3504217661324222057.post-49553030495249980652012-03-17T01:11:00.000-07:002012-03-17T02:36:30.641-07:00THE SHAMROCK
THE SHAMROCK PLANT
The Shamrock is a traditional symbol of Ireland & thought to bring good luck. It is a three-leafed clover that can be seen, world-wide, in many forms, as a decoration to help celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. In the United States the shamrock plant shows up for sale in grocery stores and garden centers in March, to be used as house or garden plants. You Joann Swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03520082323157620373noreply@blogger.com10