True Blue Me & You: I'll Try Not to Waste Our Time

DIY Miniature Teacup Ring. Beyond easy. Lots of possibilities using miniatures from crafts’ stores. Tutorial by a pair & a spare for Harper’s Bazaar here.

truebluemeandyou: Polymer Clay Salad Ring. Since this has taken on a life of its own and some people have removed the source and put their own Tumblr blogs in the click through URL (not cool at all), I’m reblogging it. You can buy tiny polymer canes cheaply and create lots of cool things now (I’m not saying as amazing as this - but really cool).

Polymer Salad Ring. One of the most amazing polymer creations I have seen down to the salad dressing. From Weggart’s Flickr Photostream here. Description of ring:

Another piece from Fast Food Day collection - Polymer clay vegetables, doll house miniature salad bowl.

rainbowsandunicornscrafts:

DIY Bookshelf Dollhouse. Bliss Images… and Beyond already had a dollhouse shaped bookshelf, but you could easily convert a regular bookshelf (I’ve posted about this here, here, and on my other blog here). Lots of good doll house decorating tips from Bliss Images… and Beyond here.

rainbowsandunicornscrafts:

DIY IKEA Hack EXPEDIT Dollhouse. Using an EXPEDIT shelving unit from IKEA here, and wallpaper, fabric or paint, create a wonderful dollhouse. Tutorial from  Woonideeen here. *There are tons of DIY removable fabric and wallpaper treatments on the internet.   

rainbowsandunicornscrafts:

DIY Tooth Fairy or Other Fairy Doors:

1. Nest of Posies here.
2. Jimee Rose here.
3. She’s Making Cards here.
4. Embellishing Life with Handmade Goodness here.

Or Doors to Elsewhere.

DIY Matchbox Chest of Drawers. Matchboxes are so cheap everywhere and can be transformed into so many things. I’ve also seen versions of this with tons of drawers, miniature dollhouse dressers etc… Tutorial from Things to Make and Do here.

unicornsandrainbowscrafts:

DIY Bookshelf Dollhouse. The best solution to a roof I’ve seen! Also love the doors. Tutorial at Honest to Nod.

I’ve been posting my more “children’s crafts” on my other blog, but this was too cute to have no one see it. Instructions for furniture and everything are on this post.

(via rainbowsandunicornscrafts)

DIY Inspiration. Blue Open Air Dollhouse. Maybe a smaller scale for a real life situation? Jenni Juurinen (set designer and stylist), photographer Jorma Marstio here.

truebluemeandyou: Matchbook Hourse. Reblogging because I like it (and also you can read why I reblog here.

DIY Upstairs Downstairs Matchbox. PDF Download template for the inside and outside illustrations. Sharpies used :) Also, a glue stick was used (I learned my lesson about that with my 52 Reasons I love you Card Deck here). Tutorial, PDF Download at Homemade City here.

Miniature Knitted Gloves by Anthea Chrome here who created all of the tiny clothing used in the movie Coraline. I posted miniature knitting here, and there is a video of Anthea Chrome actually knitting on these itty bitty needles here or here. This is what she says about the needles:

“To achieve this in so small a scale, ridiculously thin knitting needles are required. I make my own knitting needles out of stainless steel wires that are so thin (.001”) that they can accommodate more that 80 stitches per inch. The gloves I make are 1/12th scale which means that 1 inch =1 foot in the “real” world. That means a finger the size of a grain of rice would be about the right size to fit inside a pair of my gloves.”

DIY Upstairs Downstairs Matchbox. PDF Download template for the inside and outside illustrations. Sharpies used :) Also, a glue stick was used (I learned my lesson about that with my 52 Reasons I love you Card Deck here). Tutorial, PDF Download at Homemade City here.

Miniature Truck with Christmas Tree. Really like this. Photo from Vintage Junky here. I believe this jeep and other trucks were in her Etsy store, but they aren’t there now.

DIY Miniature Knitting. From knit_purr’s Flickr Stream here. Seen at Craftzine here. The knitter writes:

“Yes they are just normal pins. The needles I use to knit miniatures are no thicker than these, just much longer.”

DIY Cardboard Fold Up Dollhouse. I only occasionally post things that are for children, but this is so cute with a clear template to follow. Template and instructions From esprit cabane here. *This link no longer works, but you can find the template at Craft Project here.