Category Archives: Making Miniatures

Tutorials on how to make 1″ scale miniatures for your dollhouse using a variety of mediums.

My First Attempts At Mini Tupperware

Tupperware is quite handy for those times when you feel like throwing out your food another day.” LOL Tupperware! It’s iconic and as I continue to work on my vintage kitchen roombox (a replica of my Grandmother’s kitchen), I decided … Continue reading

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Bells Of Ireland, Flowers For Good Luck!

The bells of Ireland, a happy addition to any bouquet! I love celebrating St. Patrick’s Day every year. It’s a huge holiday in our family, so when I came across this lovely kit in Georgie Steeds’ Etsy shop, I grabbed … Continue reading

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New Flowers & Tomato Plants For The Crown Jewel Farm!

“Happiness held is the seed. Happiness shared is the flower.” – John Harrigan The Crown Jewel Farm is a work in progress. You’ve had a peek at Farmer Jewel’s truck full of produce and my mini pumpkin patch. Last week … Continue reading

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Vintage Dollhouse Chandelier Kits

“I guess like most people I’m a bargain-hunter. I love a bargain. I found out there’s two prices on everything. There’s the Rodeo Drive price and there’s the same merchandise down the street.” -Liberace Snowy, housebound weekends are great inspiration … Continue reading

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Autumn Is A Second Spring When Every Leaf Is A Flower

The rustling of the leaves is like a low hymn to nature. As mentioned in my last post, accessories are often created in the Crown Jewel Miniatures Imaginarium to display my 1:12th food art. I have been on the hunt … Continue reading

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Crown Jewel Cutting Boards

A Peek Inside In The Crown Jewel Miniatures Imaginarium “Necessity can be the springboard to success!” Julia Child once said “Cooking is like love, it should be entered into with abandon or not at all”, and that’s how I feel … Continue reading

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Fall Harvest On The Crown Jewel Farm

What’s Cooking In The Crown Jewel Miniatures Imaginarium? “Not make miniature food every day? You must be out of your gourd!” It’s true, I’m always making something. Every day presents new possibilities and I love carrying my morning coffee into … Continue reading

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Paint, Wallpaper & Add Flooring To A Dollhouse with Crown Jewel Miniatures!

How To Finish The Interior Of A dollhouse! If you’ve read the “Meet The Artisan” page on my website you know that I was the go-to person for dollhouse interior design while I worked at Dollhouses Plus. In addition to … Continue reading

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The Mother Of All Invention

“There ought to be a law against necessity” – E.Y. Harburg Was Harburg a miniaturist faced with the dilemma of not having enough accessories for a photo shoot? It happens all the time- I finish making miniature food and brainstorm … Continue reading

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More From The Crown Jewel Miniatures Blueberry Buffet Table!

More From The Crown Jewel Miniatures Blueberry Buffet Table! Make a blueberry buckle with Crown Jewel Miniatures! To coincide with my tutorial to make a blueberry buckle in American Miniaturist magazine (July 2012), I’ve been as busy as a bee … Continue reading

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Making Broken Eggshells!

Making Dollhouse Miniature Food From Polymer Clay With Crown Jewel Miniatures Making Broken Eggshells Eggshells and yolks: Basic Tools & Materials: Polymer clay. (White, translucent, sunflower yellow and if you want brown eggs, sahara and chocolate) Baking tile Clay rolling … Continue reading

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Making Miniature Crepes!

Making Dollhouse Miniature Food From Polymer Clay With Crown Jewel Miniatures Making miniature crepes Making miniatures crepes has got to be one of the easiest projects and using my technique you can add a touch of realism that will leave … Continue reading

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Protected: Comfort Foods In The Dollhouse

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Adding Things To Your Polymer Clay

Making Dollhouse Miniature Food From Polymer Clay With Crown Jewel Miniatures Adding Things To Your Polymer Clay Cakes and breads, for instance, do not look real when made with just polymer clay. Even if you shape a beautiful cake, or … Continue reading

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Let’s Make Something! (Chocolate Chip Cookies)

Making Dollhouse Miniature Food From Polymer Clay With Crown Jewel Miniatures Let’s Make Something! Some of the easiest things to begin making are things that don’t require the use of advanced techniques. Start off simple… make batches of cookies! Chocolate … Continue reading

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Starting Out Simple… Scale, Color, Shading & Sealing

Making Dollhouse Miniature Food From Polymer Clay With Crown Jewel Miniatures Starting Out Simple… Scale, Color, Shading & Sealing If this is your very first endeavor using polymer clay to make miniature food, my best advice to you is to … Continue reading

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Working With Polymer Clay

Making Dollhouse Miniature Food From Polymer Clay With Crown Jewel Miniatures Working With Polymer Clay By now you’re probably wondering what’s next. Before opening your clay you’ll want to do a few simple, but important, things to ensure your project … Continue reading

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Choosing A Brand Of Polymer Clay

Making Dollhouse Miniature Food From Polymer Clay With Crown Jewel Miniatures Choosing A Brand of Polymer Clay Fimo, Sculpey, Cernit, Makins, Premo, Kato… How do you choose? All polymer clay is not alike! Choosing a brand will depend on your … Continue reading

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Getting Started – Making Minis With Polymer Clay

 Making Dollhouse Miniature Food From Polymer Clay With Crown Jewel Miniatures  Getting Started  This blog is intended as a helpful guide in creating realistic, one inch scale (1:12th) polymer clay food for use in a dollhouse. Of course you can … Continue reading

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