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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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Hi, I’m Laura! I’m a food blogger and cookbook author that loves miniatures and crafting. I live in San Diego with my family of five and started this blog to share my passion for minis, including tutorials and free printables.

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Hi, I’m Laura! I’m a food blogger and cookbook author that loves miniatures and crafting. I live in San Diego with my three kids and started this blog to share my passion for minis, including tutorials and free printables. More…

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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
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
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
Day 7 of #alittleautumnchallenge hosted by @lereve Day 7 of #alittleautumnchallenge hosted by @lereveur.miniature and today’s theme is “A bit of magic.”

One bit of magic in this pic is that finished putting in the wood floors upstairs - yay!

Ok it was hard work and not magic, but the back hallway was super tricky and hard to reach.

I am so happy to see how the new flooring has magically transformed the upstairs!

And it is motivating me to finish the attic flooring and generally move on with rest of the mini making.

I set up this vampire scene in the upstairs hallway. I dyed some cheese cloth black, made a jar of resin bat tonic and my favorite little Dracula gnome!

Last spring I made way too many bulbs of garlic so I used them here too!

That balance scale was a real pain in the tushy to make but I promise to show the materials and tutorial for that soon. 

That cool bottle with string tied around it was a @hobbylobby find in the jewelry aisle. 

And no, my real house isn’t decorated yet for Halloween. The teenagers are not much help in this arena….

#modernminiatures #moderndollshouse #dollhouseminiatures #ishrunkthis #oneinchscale #halloweendecorations #vampirechronicles
Day 6 of #craftoberfest hosted by @minidolcevita a Day 6 of #craftoberfest hosted by @minidolcevita and today’s theme is “Texture.”

I have been busy adding wood flooring to the second floor of my dollhouse. I have been procrastinating this job for far too long!

The master bedroom is complete. Well, it will never totally complete, am I right?

I painted the white metal bed frame black and created new bedding. Despite the stark emptiness of the bedroom there is quite a bit of texture here. 

Scroll thru my feed to see how this room looked before. 

The weather here in San Diego has been grey and gloomy. I could totally crawl into this bed and enjoy a good book for the rest of the day. 

But no, back to wood flooring…

#dollhousebedroom #miniaturebedding #modernminiatures #moderndollshouse #dollhousetherapy #12thscale
Day 5 of #craftoberfest hosted by @minidolcevita a Day 5 of #craftoberfest hosted by @minidolcevita and today’s theme is “What’s cooking?”

Since it’s October, I guess I can’t fight the pumpkin the recipes any longer. I could use a slice of a real pumpkin cake right now!

#modernminis #moderndollshouse #minifood #minicakes #pumpkincake #polymerclayfood #dollhousetherapy #dollhauseminiatures
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