MINIATURES IN DOLLHOUSE SCALES - March of Minis
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Hello,
March and although the days are getting longer in the Northern hemisphere and the weather shows signs of improvement (some of the time) being indoors making miniatures and purchasing them to add to our collections and building new houses is still better than braving the chill March winds "stirring the golden daffodils".
We are a Team specifically for makers and collectors of accurate to scale dollhouse miniatures for adult collectors.
Not all dollhouses and miniatures are made to scale for adult collectors. Some dollhouses and their contents are intended for children to play with and are more strongly made for play purposes.
There are many types of miniatures but the ones this group is interested in are in the internationally accepted dollhouse scales of 1/12th (one inch = one foot) - 1/16th (three-quarters of an inch = one foot) - 1/24th also sometimes called half-scale (half an inch = one foot) - 1/48th sometimes called quarter-scale (quarter of an inch = one foot) and the incredibly tiny 1/144th scale also known as micro minis (one twelfth of an inch = one foot).
Please check our Team Profile for more information and details of how to apply to join -
Team Profile - team.etsy.com/viewteam.php?id=473
Blog - teammids.blogspot.com
Flickr - www.flickr.com/groups/mids/
Web Site - www.teammidsdollhouseminiatures.goods.officelive.com
To help collectors search for and find scale dollhouse miniatures the team members will be using the tag "teammid" on relevant items in their shops.
Members’ Shops:-
AngelaMichelleDolls www.AngelaMichelleDolls.etsy.com
bassombear www.bassombear.etsy.com
beepalix www.beepalix.etsy.com
BertiesMiniatures www.BertiesMiniatures.etsy.com
BlueKittyMiniatures www.BlueKittyMiniatures.etsy.com
CindyGould www.CindyGould.etsy.com
CWPoppets www.CWPoppets.etsy.com
dalesdreams www.dalesdreams.etsy.com
Debsminis www.debsminis.etsy.com
Enchanticals www.Enchanticals.etsy.com
Faedrianna www.Faedrianna.etsy.com
fairygarden www.fairygarden.etsy.com
gamekitty www.gamekitty.etsy.com
goldenunicornminis www.goldenunicornminis.etsy.com
grazhina www.grazhina.etsy.com
HartsDesireMinis www.HartsDesireMinis.etsy.com
heidiiiii www.heidiiiii.etsy.com
Jemjoop www.Jemjoop.etsy.com
Kibbles www.kibbles.etsy.com
lagrec www.lagrec.etsy.com
lilWitchy www.lilwitchy.etsy.com
littleoddsandends www.littleoddsandends.etsy.com
maisieminiatures www.maisieminiatures.etsy.com
mamasclay www.mamasclay.etsy.com
mikerowe www.mikerowe.etsy.com
miniaturepatisserie www.miniaturepatisserie.etsy.com
minibuilder www.minibuilder.etsy.com
MiniPlants www.MiniPlants.etsy.com
MinisBySonia www.MinisBySonia.etsy.com
mostlyart www.mostlyart.etsy.com
NJDMiniatures www.NJDMiniatures.etsy.com
PatriciaPaulMinis www.PatriciaPaulMinis.etsy.com
PetitPlat www.PetitPlat.etsy.com
Pjjammers www.pjjammers.etsy.com
Polkadottoadstool www.polkadottoadstool.etsy.com
poozie1973 www.poozie1973.etsy.com
roomboxbyearl www.roomboxbyearl.etsy.com
RoyAltis www.RoyAltis.etsy.com
SandyCopeland www.SandyCopeland.etsy.com
SoletLuna www.SoletLuna.etsy.com
SmallBakery www.SmallBakery.etsy.com
STARSGEMINI3 www.STARSGEMINI3.etsy.com
tjayminiatures www.tjayminiatures.etsy.com
turningsin www.turningsin.etsy.com
VioletsDollhouse www.VioletsDollhouse.etsy.com
wanderinon www.wanderinon.etsy.com
WeeFolkandFantasy www.WeeFolkandFantasy.etsy.com
whimsycottageminis www.whimsycottageminis.etsy.com
willowscreations www.willowscreations.etsy.com
wonderworks www.wonderworks.etsy.com
Collector Members
Berrybluecreations
junquegrrl
Loopyboopy
Traighmor
weebruins
Posted at 8:02am Mar 1, 2009 EST
Responses
Good Morning Team MIDS.
A new thread today for the new month.
This month in the UK we have one of the biggest dollhouse fairs internationally, Miniatura at the National Exhibition Centre Birmingham, Carol (STARSGEMINI3) is working hard to fill her stand there on the 21st and 22nd and we wish her luck with her sales.
Posted at 8:07am Mar 1, 2009 EST
This month we also have two members celebrating one year here at Etsy.
I'm bringing this forward from our February thread.
berrybluecreations says:
It's the One Year Anniversary Sales Event... Each item in my shop is handmade one at a time and is unique and only $10.00 through the end of March. and $3.00 US Shipping Happy Anniversary to me!
Congratulation on your first Etsyversary Berry.
This other one is me but I don't go in for celebrations :)
Posted at 8:17am Mar 1, 2009 EST
I saw some discussion on using power tools, especially Dremels, took place last night.
Must warn you of what happened to me a long time ago - I learned a valuable lesson and was lucky.
I was using a Dremel and had my long hair loose, the end caught and the whole Dremel whirled right up to my head even though I was holding on for dear life. Fortunately I was working next to my partner and he acted rapidly to pull the plug and then began the task of extracting the Dremel from my hair without having to cut a large chunk of my hair off or hurt me.
Never since then have I operated anything with moving parts without my hair tied right back and I also try to remember to wear safety goggles to prevent anything flying up and blinding me. I've had a scroll saw blade snap and fly at me.
Please take a few sensible precautions by keeping hair well out of the way and wear protective goggles or mask.
Posted at 8:23am Mar 1, 2009 EST
Good morning all, good advice BK, NEVER forget power tools can be dangerous.
Posted at 8:40am Mar 1, 2009 EST
Good morning all. Thanks for the great advice, Blue Kitty. Hope everyone's having a great weekend!
Posted at 8:47am Mar 1, 2009 EST
I love my dremel. It is starting to wear out, and I know I need a new one... but I am very attached to it. My Dad gave it to me for my birthday about 20 years ago.
After he died, I got his dremel lathe attachment and his dremel saw. Haven't used the lathe attachment yet... but I will one one of these days.
Posted at 9:40am Mar 1, 2009 EST
Good morning everyone! Hope all is as well as can be!
Posted at 9:56am Mar 1, 2009 EST
EEEK, BK! Fortunately I got to learn that lesson with something that was only foot powered... I accidentally plied my hair into a yarn I was working on when I first started spinning :(
Posted at 9:58am Mar 1, 2009 EST
Good Morning and happy spring to everyone!
Carol...that must have been scary as h*ll. I must admit that I'm one of those people who don't always use the good sense to tie my hair back or use goggles...I'll do better.
I'm waiting on pins and needles to see your chairs, Ray!
And I'm working on frames this morning. I decided that I'm going to go for IGMA Artisanship, and it's a good thing they make you wait a year of membership before you can submit your work, because I'm going to need all of that to develop the skills.
Posted at 11:30am Mar 1, 2009 EST