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Here you will find my attempts at recreating life’s beautiful moments in miniature. I share dollhouse tutorials to make all sorts of miniatures. From DIY dollhouse furniture to polymer clay foods and accessories.

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New post up on the blog: making tables with wooden New post up on the blog: making tables with wooden candlesticks. I made some side tables but they can also be used for dining tables. 

Works for 1:12 and 1:6 scale. 

#dollhousefurniture #modernminiature #moderndollhouses #112scaleminiatures
I haven’t had much time for my minis. Soon I’l I haven’t had much time for my minis. Soon I’ll have to pack them all up for my big move. 

I did squeeze in this tutorial to make a farmhouse console table. I seriously love how it turned out. 

Full directions on the blog. Link in profile. 

#modernminiatures #dollhouseminiatures #dollhousefurniture #onetwelthminiatures
I love fresh garden tomatoes! I’m super proud of I love fresh garden tomatoes! I’m super proud of these mini tomatoes I made following the tutorial by the super talented @sweetminidollhouse 🍅 

Making these minis really teaches you patience. I find the process to be super relaxing and therapeutic. 

Hopefully my tomatoes this year will be as fruitful as a few years ago. Swipe to see some gorgeous real garden tomatoes I grew. 

What are you hoping to grow in your garden?

#gardentomatoes #minifood #polymerclayfood #polymerclay #modernminiatures #heirloomtomatoes
I took a break from the food blog to work on a new I took a break from the food blog to work on a new tutorial for the mini blog. 

These candlesticks are cheap and easy to make. All you need are some earring backs. 

What do you think?!

#modernminiatures #moderndollhouses #modernminis #minifarmhouse #dollhauseminiatures
When you are drowning from so much sad news from a When you are drowning from so much sad news from around the world it is hard to keep moving forward. So I made this mini scene to support the wonderful people in Ukraine during this awful time.

I purchased the artwork, vibrant gift tags and embroidery pattern used to make the rug as digital downloads from Ukrainian artists on @etsy. A small way to help those in need.

So many talented miniaturists live in both Ukraine and Russia. So many millions of people are against this war.

Not everyone is on instagram but a special shout out to the artists I featured:
@woodlexx_handmadegifts
@julia_datta_painting
@mmerite

💛💙🌻💙💛🌻

#MinisForFreedom @suomenminimaailma #peaceforukraine #supportukraine
#modernminiatures #miniatures
Spring will be here officially in two weeks, March Spring will be here officially in two weeks, March 20th. The Persian New Year, Nowruz, marks the first day of the Persian New Year and the first day of spring.

The celebration of Nowruz dates back over 3000 years ago during the Zorastrian rule of the Persian Empire and is celebrated by many middle easterners regardless of being muslim, jewish or christian.

I am half Persian. And to celebrate Nowruz we put out this table scape. This year I decided to recreate the haft sin in miniature.

Haft Sin means Seven S’s and our table has these seven items that start with the letter ’s’. We also include other items.

1. Sabzeh – wheat, barley or lentil sprouts growing in a dish – symbolizing rebirth
2. Samanoo – a sweet pudding made from wheat germ – symbolizing affluence
3. Senjed – the dried fruit of the oleaster tree – symbolizing love
4. Seer – garlic – symbolizing medicine
5. Seeb – apples – symbolizing beauty and health
6. Sumaq – sumac berries – symbolizing (the color of) sunrise
7. Serkeh – vinegar – symbolizing age and patience

Other items shown:
▪ Sonbol – Hyacinth (plant)
▪ Sekkeh – Coins – representative of wealth
▪ Traditional Iranian pastries. I made mini naan-keshmishi (saffron raisin cookies)
▪ Candles (enlightenment and happiness)
▪ A mirror (symbolizing cleanness and honesty)
▪ Decorated eggs, sometimes one for each member of the family (fertility)
▪ A bowl of water with goldfish (symbolizing life)
▪ Seven branches from gnarled trees (I used grapevines) (symbolizes our life’s passage)
▪ A holy book (from the household’s particular religion)

With so much sadness with the invasion of Ukraine, I thought I’d share a little bit of hope and beauty with you.

Eide shoma mobarak: happy new year to you ❤️

#nowruz #persianculture #modernminiatures #moderndollshouse #minimakers
Great find @biglots. Yes, I had to get all three. Great find @biglots. Yes, I had to get all three. 

My boys loved playing with their hot wheels when they were younger. But these cuties are mine!

#minitoys #modernminiatures #moderndollhouse #dollhouseaccessories #dollhouseminiatures
So excited to pot this orchid I just purchased fro So excited to pot this orchid I just purchased from @twinheartmini during the @sandiego.minishow this past weekend. 

I haven’t mastered making clay orchids, but I love how I put this arrangement together. 

The stones are mixture of polymer clay (black and granite). Then I added @dollartree moss for the green. 

The swirly branch is from my backyard grapevine. And the wood container is the lid to a bottle of olive oil, with the inner cork stop removed. 

I also love my farmhouse faux wood beads in this shot. I painted a string of small beads taupe and lost my mind making the tassels. 

It’s nice to be mini making again. Makes me happy 😊 

#modernminiatures #modernminis #moderndollhousedecor #dollhouseminiatures
Nothing like a couple of days of mini therapy to c Nothing like a couple of days of mini therapy to clear my head. I make waffles for my kids but they’d flip if I did make a valentines waffle board. 

#polymerclaycreations #minifood #dollhauseminiatures #modernminiatures #dollhousefood
I haven’t posted in a long while as life has thr I haven’t posted in a long while as life has thrown me a curve ball. That is the roller coaster we all are riding together. 

I cleaned out Halloween from my dollhouse, skipped over thanksgiving and here we are, almost halfway into December. 

Adding some holiday cheer to my house and dollhouse made me feel better. And so I’m slowly eking out some time to work on minis again. 

This work is therapeutic for me, as I know it is for many of you.  I don’t know what the new year has waiting for me, but I’ll be ready for it. Blessed to have my beautiful kids and my loving parents always there cheering me on.

But first I still have some Christmas shopping left. And nothing is wrapped! But we got our tree up this week and that always makes me smile!

#minichristmastree #minichristmas #modernminiatures #moderndollshouse #minimaker
Day 11 of #alittleautumnchallenge hosted by @lerev Day 11 of #alittleautumnchallenge hosted by @lereveur.miniature and today’s theme is “in the kitchen.”

And I’m super excited to share my newest addition to my mini obsession: my rooster from @labellecuisineminiaturas 

Isn’t he a beauty?!

I also love these gorgeous grapes and pomegranates I got from @mini_doll_house_art. 

I tried making grapes. Total fail. 😜

#dollhouseminiatures #dollhousekitchen #moderndollhouse #modernminiatures #kitchenaccessories #roosters #dollhousesofinstagram
Day 9 of #alittleautumnchallenge hosted by @lereve Day 9 of #alittleautumnchallenge hosted by @lereveur.miniature and today’s theme is “memory.”

Since I’ve reclaimed my childhood dollhouse from my daughter, I have been filling it up with bits of memories from my own childhood as well as when my kids were younger. 

I finally finished adding the wood floors to the second story and now the attic. For each bedroom I created new bedding. 

When I started choosing fabrics for this girl’s room, I was giddy with excitement. It was just like when I was expecting my third child, my girl, after two boys. 

Pink. Pink. Pink. 

I still have lots to do for the dollhouse girl’s room, but I had to include these touches of pink. 

And yes, my daughter still loves pink. 💖

#dollhouseminiatures #modernminiatures #moderndollhouse #dollhousebedroom #farmhousebedroom #halfscaleminiatures #halfscaledollhouse
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