I have had a life-long love affair with dollhouse miniatures, and careers in art education and interior design. I hope to combine these life experiences to help other miniature enthusiasts get more out of this wonderful hobby we enjoy, a hobby that often reaches the level of an art form. Susan Downing
Everyone in our circle wears Dolls’ Cobbler shoes. If the shoe fits, buy it!!!
Sylvia Rountree is the owner of The Dolls Cobbler, known as the 11 Inch Fashion Doll Shoe Salon. I met Sylvia more than 30 years ago at the Cabbage Patch in Brooksville, Ohio, where we bought miniature supplies. (more…)
Categories: accessorizing, shoes, Sylvia Rountree
Four Classy New York 1:12 Scale Shopping Bags
I have over 30 famous-name dollhouse shopping bags in stock. These 1:12 scale bags have handles and removable tissue paper peeking out the top. Most measure 1” x 1,25”; some, like Tiffany bags, are slightly smaller, in keeping with sizes in the real world. You can buy individual bags, or mix and match in any quantity.
I have 1:12 scale shopping bags come from all over the world. Harrods and Selfridge in London; Christian Louboutin (Paris), GUM, Moscow’s top department store, and Farid in Karachi, Pakistan, for instance.
Categories: accessorizing, shopping bags
Troy Scmidt’s 1/12 scale celadon glaze tea set
Following is a reprint of an article written by Dave Mason in the Santa Barbara News-Press
Local artisan makes big impression with little pieces
by Dave Mason, News-Press Staff Writer
Like other artists working with clay, Troy Schmidt threw a pot on a spinning wheel. But the difference was this piece, as he molded it into shape, could fit between his fingers. When I make big pots, I can sit and talk and not even look at it because it’s really about the feel”, the 53-year-old artist told the News-Press
Categories: accessorizing, kitchen
Miss Miles’ House is the only piece in the Victoria and Albert Museum collection that belonged to an actual child.
Idy Keeler gives a good basic list of the types of accessories and pieces of furniture to use in a Victorian dollhouse. I especially like the opening paragraphs where Idy describes how the Victorians got to be so … should I say eclectic with their decorating, interiors and exteriors. Here is Idy’s article:
Categories: accessorizing, Victorian
