Just a quick one today!

We all had such a great time today while creating mini scenes inside the small pocket watches! There were 3-4 watch styles and sizes to choose from, a couple were locket size, several backgrounds, and many different tiny people and animals to choose from.

Everyone made some really cute scenes and had a blast. I can hardly wait to cut a wooden watch stand to display mine! It’s so fun when you can make a mini in an everyday item like the pocket watches. Look around your house and see what you can find to make a mini scene inside.

I came home with extra supplies to make a second watch and will post it here when finished.

Happy Mini Making,

Teri

NAME group project by Cindy McDaniel Miniatures

This darling little “She Shed” was a fun project to teach me patience while working with some of the tiny fiddly parts (grin). My joy has always come from building the main structure and then finishing the structure and landscaping. After working on these smaller decorative parts, I’m finding a growing sense of accomplishment from working with the smaller items.

I adore these tiny wood post-style birdhouses with faux tin roofs.

The picnic table fits so well with the simple style and theme of the project.

I added two flower pots in the corners, made from painted wood beads.

During the meeting, several of us remarked that the rocking chairs and side table looked way too large for the scale of the shed. The size made a bit more sense when we were told they were “Cracker Barrel Rockers” (grin), but I’m still a bit unsure of how well they fit. For now, they stay, and I will be dressing the little table very soon.

That’s all for this time, but stay tuned for more projects coming in the months ahead.

Till next time, happy mini making!

Teri

Feb 2024

This was the project from the second meeting I attended, which I’m guessing was in Feb/Mar. The project was offered by Kristie.

This was a lot of fun and the first time I’ve made something in an Altoids tin. The only changes I made were with the couch (the kit one had a back like the chairs, but it broke on me), using a little kit from Petite Properties, and adding a false wall at the back to give the room more dimension.

Here you can see the couch I substituted as well as the little pillow.

Don’t you just LOVE the style of the little chairs! I’m still sad that my couch broke.

While something I would not normally do, I wound up loving the variety of bricks used.

Till next time.