The food jewelry section of my shop has been a little neglected lately, so I spent some time this week restocking a handful pieces, as well as making new items that I’d love to show you. First off, I made a woodland cookie necklace with a green-clad gnome, a yellow daisy, and a green matcha […]
Studio Peek: Lots of Miniature Food
I’ve just finished a large custom order, and I hope you’re not hungry because I have lots of tasty pictures for you. I also finished a pizza earring custom order last week: As well as an order for hand-painted stand mixers: I’ll be restocking food jewelry pieces in my shop this week, so stay tuned […]
My Favorite Easter Projects
Some of you already know that I’m a total Pinterest fanatic, and during one of my recent pinning frenzies I came across a number of cute projects for Easter. If you’re in the mood to get crafty this weekend, check out my Easter Pinterest board. Here are some examples of the projects and recipes you’ll […]
Miniature Food Jewelry: Wearable Breakfast Treats
I’m not quite ready to kick my tiny breakfast habit, after spending so much time hanging out with little eggs and mini pancakes while working on the How to Sculpt Miniature Breakfast Foods book, so I decided to indulge and make a few food jewelry pieces (and a couple of dollhouse miniature plates, too). Here’s […]
Miniature Food Jewelry: Looking Back at Four Years of Sculpting
Now that I’m finished with the How to Sculpt Miniature Breakfast Foods book, I need to start restocking the food jewelry pieces my shop, and, inspired by some of the new techniques I developed for the book, I decided to spend some time updating a few of my food jewelry best sellers. It can be […]
Making Miniature Food: 6 Sculpting Tips
Many of you already have your copy of my new dollhouse miniature tutorial, How to Sculpt Miniature Breakfast Foods, and I want to give you a handful of ways to expand on the techniques presented in the book. If you’re not on my mailing list, you’ll be able to get a copy here on March […]
The New Tutorial Book Photos are Finished!
Oh, hallelujah! I’ve been a miniature food-sculpting, photo-taking fiend for the past week or two, and this afternoon, I snapped the last photo for the upcoming breakfast foods tutorial book. What’s next? Now I need to take the hundred or so photos, edit them, and take the photos and the tutorial text that I’ve already […]
Making Dollhouse Miniature Oatmeal and Other Breakfast Foods
Work on the new miniature breakfast foods tutorial continues, and I had a tiny triumph yesterday while making miniature oatmeal. I’ve never been satisfied with my previous attempts; the texture just wasn’t quite right. But I’ve finally unlocked the secrets of tiny oatmeal (buahahah–take that, oatmeal!), and I’ve outlined the entire process in the new […]
Miniature Breakfast Foods: Upcoming Tutorial Book
For the past month, I’ve been working on a brand new tutorial book, issue seven in the Dollhouse Chef Series. Many of you voted on Facebook for the topic, and the winner was…breakfast foods! With the new book you’ll learn how to sculpt everything from cereal and hash browns to muffins and quiche, and I’ll […]
Making American Girl St. Patrick’s Day Desserts
Yesterday and today, I’ve been working on a custom order for St. Patrick-themed sweets in American Girl-18″ doll size. I snapped a few pictures as I worked so you could see some of the process! First off, I used templates that I drew in an illustration program and printed on card stock to cut out […]