I’ve just wrapped up a set of Halloween treats for an upcoming collaboration with Lush Little Landscapes: candy corn cupcakes, a bag of candy bars, eyeball sheet cake, and Halloween sugar cookies. Here are some pointers if you want to make your own version of the miniature sweets pictured below: Download a copy of A […]
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NEW Tutorial Book: Miniature Pumpkins for Halloween
It’s time for a new tutorial book! Many of you saw my earlier post with loads of jack o’ lantern pictures, and I’ve finished creating the tutorial book so you can sculpt your very own pumpkin-carving scene. These peices would look super cute in a dollhouse kitchen, on the front porch, or even in a […]
A Miniature Halloween Preview: Carving Pumpkins, Candy Apples and More
I’ve been sculpting pieces for a fall-themed collaboration with Lush Little Landscapes, and this week I finished a selection of yummy pumpkin-y desserts and a pumpkin-carving scene, the latter of which I’d never sculpted before. For the desserts, I made a moist pumpkin pound cake topped with caramel sauce and crushed pecans, soft pumpkin cookies with […]
Miniature Bakery: Let the Dessert Making Begin!
I’m at a stage of the exterior of the bakery room box where most of the construction elements are done. I’ll be adding little details, such as flowers, an awning, signage, etc., but the bulk of the building is complete, so I want to transition to the inside, aka, bring on the miniature sweets! I’ve been relying […]
The Miniature Bakery Gets a Door (and Other Important Additions)
The miniature bakery is coming right along, and I’ve finished all of the brick work for the front and sides of the building–hallelujah! And for now, I’m simply not going to think about the fact that I have to do an entire sheet of bricks for the rear wall. 😉 I painted two tiny doors, […]
Making Miniature Bricks (Or How I Almost Lost My Mind)
The front wall of the bakery is coming right along thanks to a rather mind-numbing stretch of brickwork last Friday. It took a bit of hunting around at local stores to find the appropriate foam for the bricks, and then there was a bit of trial and error with the brick-making process, all of which […]
Miniature Bakery: Attaching the Front Wall
While the miniature bakery isn’t exactly ready for its grand opening quite yet, the addition of the front wall is making the room feel much more complete, which is pretty exciting. I’m dying to add the two bay windows in the front, but I’ve decided to finish the exterior of the front and rear wall with […]
Finding Surprise Miniatures at the Hardware Store
Last Friday, I was on a miniatures mission at the hardware store. I needed to get wood for the front wall of the miniature bakery, but I wasn’t sure if they would be able to cut the wood into the tiny pieces I was hoping for. Turns out, they couldn’t, so I ended up figuring […]
Bakery Room Box: Planning the Bay Windows
My miniatures shipment just arrived, and I’ve been arranging some of the new pieces to see how they fit into the room layout. The biggest addition is the pair of bay windows that I’ll be adding to the (as yet unbuilt) front wall. I’ll probably wait to paint them until I get my urban diorama […]
Miniature Bakery: Building a Stainless Steel Table
I’ve been working on the furniture in the miniature bakery this week, and yesterday I finished building a counter unit with a “stainless steel” top (it’s actually made from aluminum). This counter will be in the rear of the bakery in the preparation area, and I’m not loving the idea of gluing shelves to the […]