Now that the Italian book has been completed, it’s time for a new miniatures project, and I’ve decided to choose something based on how much fun I anticipate having throughout the process. 😉 I need at least one project before the busy holiday season is upon me to really get the creative juices flowing, and this miniature bakery…
As you’re working on your Italian food projects from How to Sculpt Miniature Italian Foods From Polymer Clay, these oven-safe ceramic dishes will make your sculpting that much easier: you can make and bake your foods directly on the dishes! I’ve also restocked on the popular takeout containers that are great for garlic bread, pizzas,…
I’ve listed brand new dollhouse kitchen accessories in my shop to help you with your food scenes as you work through the projects from How to Sculpt Miniature Italian Foods. Everything from colanders and pots for boiling pasta to oven-safe dinner plates and round cutting boards for pizzas. UPDATE: Many of these items sold out very…
Today’s the day! The latest installment in the Dollhouse Chef Series, How to Sculpt Miniature Italian Foods From Polymer Clay, is available. Through Saturday, July 5, at midnight, the book is 10% off–no coupon code necessary. There are three ways to download your copy of the new book: on its own, right here as part…
It’s always exciting for me when I finish the cover of a book I’m working on; somehow it makes everything feel more real. I spent all day yesterday working on the writing, and I’m continuing with that today, so I hope to have a significant portion of the text completed before the weekend. In the meantime,…
Today’s post is all about the sweet stuff. The final part of the sculpting for the Italian book was a handful of desserts, which I completed yesterday, and I want to give you a sneak peek at all of the treats you’ll learn how to make with the new upcoming book. A quick announcement before we…
I’m wrapping up the last of the projects for the upcoming Italian foods tutorial book, and today I have more yummy pictures to show you. In an earlier post, I gave you a peek at the pizza Margherita that will be included in the book, but I wanted to create a project for an Americanized pepperoni…
We’re taking a short interlude from the Italian food pictures (more next week, I promise!) so I can show you a couple of custom orders I’ve just completed. The first is a pendant of a pita pocket with crispy falafel, red onion, lettuce, and tomato–yum! Second, I sculpted a set of miniature macarons in a variety of…
Yesterday I finished all but one of the savory dishes for the Italian foods book, which means that I only have to sculpt that final savory dish and a small handful of Italian desserts before the sculpting/photographing portion is complete–hurrah! Next week, I’ll work on the writing portion, which I hope to have done by…
When my latest shipment of dollhouse miniatures arrived this week, I needed to photograph some of the items that I’ve never had in my shop before, and while I had my photography stuff out I thought, why not give some of my other miniatures a sexy makeover? With that in mind, I rephotographed a number…