Sale at Minisx2

Just FYI, Patie is having a 20 % off sale at hew Etsy shop Minisx2

For thise who are not familiar with her work, she makes amazing mid-century modern furniture mostly in 1/12 scale.

Here are some of my favorites:

 Her work is excellent quality and her prices are quite reasonable.

Would visit her shop and get the goods while you can.  They go quickly!

Mod Fireplace

I've been working on making a mod hanging fireplace for the 70's A-frame that I'm working on. I hope it will look something like this:

 

 

As you may know, I'm a little bah humbug about the commercialism of Christmas, but there is one good thing: cheap Christmas ornaments that you can make miniatures out of.

I found this ornament for 88 cents.

 

Cut the end with the hole off. Then filed and sanded the edges smooth.

  Then I cut a piece of PVC pipe my husband had laying around.  It wasn't easy getting the angle just right. Then I glued them together.

 

 

I will hang like this.  I will paint the inside a flat black and add some logs.  I'm contemplating making it light up.  I'm not sure what color the outside will be.  Probably orange.  I'm pleased how it is turning out

 

Undersized Urbanite Update: 70's Style

I have now decided on a house for the Undersized Urbanite contest.  I found this A-frame dollhouse kit on Ebay some time ago.  It was basically in mint condition except that the wood is very old and brittle.  I've gotten a lot of splinters putting this together.  The  wood was so brittle that I thought of just using it as a template, but I was able to use the main pieces.

Most of the wood looks like this with pieces that have chipped off.

Here is where I'm at now.

 

I replaced the end at the left with a solid piece so that I can have a wall without windows to put the kitchen and bathroom on.  I will most likely make a new spiral staircase.

 



I want to some kind of funky hanging fireplace like the one shown below.  I'm thinking of somehow transforming this lemon juice bottle.

 

I'm leaning toward going something like this with the curved sofa.

 

I bid on this curved wooden sofa on Ebay, but was out bid..  :-( It would have been perfect.  Now I have to figure out how to make one...

Happy Halloween!!!

As some of you already know, Halloween is by far my favorite holiday.  I didn't get a chance to do a Halloween scene this year. But you can see some great ones on Kyle Lefort's Blog.  Anyway, I just thought I'd show you some of my most treasured Halloween Town buildings.  They were sold at JoAnn Stores many years ago and are now very hard to find.  They are in miniature, so I thought it would be appropriate.

Not a good picture, I know.  The little dead tree is in the way.

 

 

They all have lights in them, however most of them are flashing lights so it was difficult to get a picture of them lit up in the dark.

Enjoy and Happy Halloween!!!

Undersized Urbanite

I've decided to do some building for fun rather than making miniatures to sell (although I still have a ton to sell).  So, I'm going to enter the Undersized Urbanite contest.  I had written off contests, but since this is for fun and not so much to win I think I will do it.

Living in Indiana, I've seen a lot about the Miller house in Columbus.  It was designed by Eero Saarinen for the Miller family.  You can see and read more here.  I've wanted to tour the house for some time, but I still haven't had the opportunity to.

I'm going to use the Miller house as my inspiration, but I'm going to add a little 60's-70's shagadellic twist. I just love the sunken living room. 

 Maybe some things like this:

 

Now, I just have to figure out I'm going to use as a house.

 

A Scary Sale

I'm having a sale at my Etsy shop Modpodminiatures.  Enter the code SPOOKYSALE13 to receive 10% off.  the sale is until October 26th.

These are just a few of the things I currently have listed.  If you are interested in something and it's not listed yet, just message me.  It's probably still available!

 

Thanks!!!

I just want to thank you all for all of the wonderfully encouraging comments about the Indy show and the miniatures I have been making. I'm even considering doing the show next year!