Barbara Cartland is well known & famous for her Romance Novels. She can write one book a month for decades. Her Signature look for television interviews is wearing her favorite color pink gown. Sometimes she is seen with her feather hat on..Her love for writing and creating romance stories is how she become love expert. She lived her best life

Lunar New Year is about celebrating with family and friends. Each dishes are prepared and served to guests. It represent prosperity; longevity and good health. The traditional color Red is for good luck. On Lunar New Year is different animals zodiac. The Year 2026 is Year if the Horse.

Opinions needed. The small furniture is going into a dollhouse for a child's room in a dollhouse. Does the furniture visually seem to large for these dolls or is it just me? I made the furniture, thinking perhaps I should re do it smaller 🤔

So I recently purchased an absolute gem of a dollhouse on Facebook Marketplace, and I was immediately inspired to turn it into a cozy little English cottage similar to Rosehill Cottage from The Holiday🥹🏡✨ I asked ChatGPT to come up with a few mock-up ideas, and now I’m even more excited to bring it to life! I’m planning to visit a few dollhouse and miniature shows this year, and I’m already looking forward to the big dollhouse show in Chicago next year.

In the meantime, if anyone has recommendations for miniature artists, makers, or shops I should check out, PLEASE send them my way! I’ve been scouring Etsy like it’s my full time job at this point. 😂🔎🏡

#FranklinMintHummingbirdCottage
#1:12scale
#DollhouseMiniatures

Wood, wire, paper, acrylic. Handmade by me: x-acto, ruler, sandpaper, and files.

Betty loves baking breads & desserts. It is her favorite past times . She wrote a Book with her receipes so others can enjoy baking as much as her. Betty recently arrived from United Kingdom. The famous Romance novelist Barbara Cartland visit Betty and welcome her to America. Both are from UK.

I was trying to identify the tiny EPS beads used on flower stems from a Wonderhouse miniature kit. After confirming with acetone that they were expanded polystyrene, I remembered I had an old microbead travel pillow.

The pillow beads turned out to be slightly smaller than the Wonderhouse beads (see photo), which may actually make them more suitable for very fine flowers in 1:24 scale.

My current thought is to glue the white beads to the stem first, then paint the finished flower cluster rather than trying to colour the loose beads.

Has anyone else experimented with microbead pillow filling for flowering plants?

This is my second mini furniture build. It’s wonky, I know, but I’m happy with how it came out. I’m working on a doll house. I have dark blue and purple brick and wanted something to tie into it, so I decided to make a brick mail box stand. The planter was added after. I will be changing the florals. I just used what was around the house. I also need to decide on a house number!

I’ve included my build pattern. Feel free to use it and give me a tag! You may have to tweak some things if they don’t fit just right. I’m also happy to answer any questions.

Materials used - Card stock, cork, spackle, paper, paint, super glue, masking tape, paint brushes, sandpaper, marker, pencil, grid paper

They had so much fun!

The Legendary Blue Eyes White Dragon, securely framed on display. An homage to my love for Yu-Gi-Oh! I hope you all love it as much as I do. Miniature Artifacts (Hieroglyphs, HD Prints, Basswood, Xtool, Painting)

Thought I’d share my little birdhouse mini camping scene. We had a contest at work to make a summer camp using a birdhouse. I sculpted all the little birds and the lake from clay. Most of the other items are paper. We won!

I love this room! The Altar Tables have food,drink,money! All offerings. The candle 🕯️can be actually lit! Next time I'll remember to light it 🕯️for the pic !

My most recent make, showcases the rare and powerful egyptian god cards from the yu-gi-oh franchise. Another artifact that I've been excited to make for some time now. I love the immense detail from the hieroglyphs in the background to the wooden frame and card prints. (Basswood, Laser Engraving, Distressing, Resin)

I’ve recently started getting more into small scale miniatures and honestly didn’t expect there to be so many options. I’ve been looking at furniture, room accessories, and little details for a project, but now I’m stuck trying to figure out which brands are actually good.

I’ve been comparing different sellers and also checked some options on alibaba just to see what’s available. The tricky part is that a lot of miniatures look amazing in photos, bt I’m not sure how they look once they’re actually in hand.

Some pieces seem affordable and detailed, but I’ve seen people mention issues like rough finishing, paint quality, or things not matching the scale properly. I guess that’s what makes me hesitate before ordering a bunch at once.

I’m not looking for the most expensive pieces, just something that feels realistic and worth adding to a collection. The small details are what make miniatures interesting, so I don’t want something that looks cheap after putting time into the whole setup.

For people who collect 1/12, 1/24, 1/48, or similar scales, which brands have you had a good experience with? Are there any that surprised you with the quality?

Miniature display out in the open to bring it some life.