Magical Miniatures

If you love all things magical and miniature you are in the right place.

About me and my blog

I am a mother of three and work on a market stall. In my free time I love to make magical miniatures. It all started with my gran who spent hours when I was a child teaching me how to make do. This entailed mending and fixing and making things from scratch. My dolls house consisted of cardboard boxes with windows cut out, beautifully decorated and all furniture hand made. We sat for hours making clothes and accessories for my dolls to the envy of my friends that all had the same generic stuff. So thanks gran for the inspiration. I hope you enjoy my art and my blog. Thanks for visiting.

Monday, 30 March 2015

More living room furniture

Continuing on with my living room furniture I decided a 3 seater couch and chair were in order. 
I have used balsa wood again, cut out the shapes I wanted then spent ages folding and gluing a piece of ribbon for the bottom of the seats.
Next I need to pad out and cover the arms, backs and make the seating cushions. Once all of that is done ill make some scatter cushions too. 









Sunday, 29 March 2015

1.12 scale furniture

After putting together my fireplace I carried on with the balsa wood and created a small table, open storage box and a shelving unit.
Ill sand and decorate them tomorrow. 





1.12 scale fireplace

Looking through Making miniatures by Venus and Martin Dodge a book my aunty recently sent me got me back into the spirit of making my own miniatures. So today was the day and ive gone for a 1.12 scale fireplace made from balsa wood. Ive not sanded or decorated it yet but heres a sneek peek anyway.






Sunday, 15 February 2015

Castle

I was working on a castle just before Christmas but real life took over and ive not made a thing since. Im not quite ready to start again for a couple of weeks but before I threw in the towel for a while I had put the base of my castle together. Minus a couple of turret tops. Once they are done ill decide how best to create the stone work id like. At the moment im considering polystyrene. Anyway heres the base so far.





Monday, 15 December 2014

Small castle

I decided I wanted to make a castle so i've started to shape it out using balsa wood. It is 18 cm wide by 10 cm high.  Once the turrets go on it will be taller.
I have still to add the two side walls but im waiting for glue to dry. 









Treasure box

I have made this treasure box from balsa wood, material, paint and gems. Its just under 1 inch wide, just under 1 inch high and is 0.5 inch deep.








Wednesday, 10 December 2014

1 inch treasure chest

I had a custom order for a 1 inch treasure chest. Using balsa wood, felt, wire, material a touch of paint, some semi precious stones and paper this is what I have made. I hope she likes it.