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NEW Spring Tea Artwork, Garden Creatures & 25% off SALE!
Filed under Flowers, Rhonda Secrist Thomas
What a pretty group of decorated vintage china, perfect for a centerpiece at a Mother’s Day feast!
Here’s a bit of the text from Rhonda Secrist’s blog post to get us started:
I have come to a point in life where I have so many things that I’ve inherited, that I keep lovingly protected in a cabinet. What if something were to happen and I accidently broke it? I got to thinking, why? Some of these items I’ve been told stories about, like my mom’s mother and grandmother, and my father’s mother and grandmother’s china. It finally occurred to me, why not use these items as a base for some artwork? I think it was a brilliant idea and hopefully I will inspire you to do the same.
I began by stuffing a bit of wadded paper into each cup and the pot. Then I used a variety of greenery including Light Green Turf Gound Cover, Mini Spring Leaves, Course Turf – Olive Green, and the most useful for full coverage was the Variegated Green Vines.
Read more (and see tons more photos) on Rhonda’s blog post. Here’s her supply list (all in today’s sale, too)! Now on to my close-ups of a few creatures…
Starting with that collage sheet at right AND that squirrel on the right side of the photo below. I love the little creatures Rhonda fussy-cut from collage sheets and nestled into the greenery.
Moving to the center image (the teapot lid): There’s a sweet owl perched on top, plus 2cm pink roses and 2 sizes of purple roses: tiny dark plum plus 1 bloom from a larger set — also on the top of the teapot (another photo below).
Finally to the left image: a playful squirrel with some larger violet blooms (and a nest… more info below about those ingenious eggs).
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Wow! That close-up of the bunny scene inside the teapot is so colorful and cute! Starting with the new Large White Rabbit (also at right) and the new Mixed Pink Roses (nice to have some larger roses to mix in with the smaller ones).
At the feet of the larger rabbit are 3 tiny rabbits, on a bed of violet mini blossoms. And behind the rabbits is an absolute riot of pink and purple roses!
Beautiful work, Rhonda!
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 Soft Pink 2cm Roses |
 Tiny Bird Nest Note: Rhonda used berries from the Fancy Pink Berries Mix as eggs (with some extra speckles added via markers). |
 Set of 3 Mini Tan Bunny Rabbits |
Extras added to the sale!
I was inspired by Rhonda’s artwork and thought about all the cute collage sheets with creatures, small 3D garden creatures, and other fairy-garden themed items that would be perfect in a flower tea project. So I added over 20 items to the sale collection!
Note: the turtles at right are new, and the first row of flowers/hedgehogs below are either new or back in stock.
Psst… beside the TEN shown here, there are some more highlights of the extras (that are also on clearance!) below in the sale section.
Spring Tea SALE
Aw… there’s another sweet photo from Rhonda!
Over 60 items are on sale, including:
– all the new & back-in-stock items,
– Over 20 items I added with a similar fairy garden theme, and
– all the supplies from Rhonda’s Spring Tea artwork!
There’s a new AUTOMATIC DISCOUNT for an extra 25% off the listed prices! You’ll see the discount in your cart — no code required!
Note: the highlights below are a mix of items from Rhonda’s supplies and some of the extras I added to the sale — ALL are on clearance! The sale discount takes 25% off of clearance price, too.
The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, April 30th at midnight PST.
Dress Forms, Tiny Lace Trims & Rhinestone Chain – 25% off SALE!
Filed under Altered Tins, Fabric/Sewing, Miniatures, Nichola Battilana, Rhonda Secrist Thomas
Pretty, girly (dollhouse size) trims! New tiny ribbons, back-in-stock dress form, shiny rhinestone chains…
A Wee Sewist’s Shrine by Nichola Battilana
Starting with the dress form (that looks fab gesso’ed white) in Nichola’s cute-as-cute-can-be shrine!
I’m going to quote from Nichola’s blog post, and add a few comments of my own.
I’ve used an Altoids tin for the body of the shrine, and the lid is being used as the base. I’ve used an old chess piece as the stand, but an old spool would work well too.
First off: it’s amazing how simple the items are that Nichola whipped up into this frothy deliciousness: An Altoids Tin, some spools, a plastic dress form, and some buttons. Plus a chipboard roof (with a snip of lace) and scallopy insert; and some paper. That’s about it.
The tiny side table is made by gluing a flat round wooden bead atop a wooden finial. On top there are Tiny Thread Spools and a snip from the Mini Button Cards Half Sheet.
Here’s a link to Nichola’s original blog post. Note: we moved sites since her post so use my link for her supplies… and don’t forget all of them are included in the sale!
Her Own Little Dress Shop by Rhonda Secrist
Lots of details inside an altered tin (using the A Tiny French Dress Shop Collage Sheet, one of the Altoids Tin Facades, and chipboard paper dolls AND dress forms from the TWO back-in-stock sets shown below).
The back of the dress shop is on the right side, with a round window on the roof (and how cute to make a chimney from measuring tape)!
Rhonda includes a tutorial on bending strips of paper to form a 3D skirt for the dress form (you can see it reflected in the mirror).
Here’s a link to Rhonda’s original blog post. Note: we moved sites since her post so use my link for her supplies… and don’t forget all of them are included in the sale!
More NEW Supplies
More sewing-themed tiny things and hard-to-find dollhouse-scale trims! See all the new & back in stock items.
FREE Gift with All Orders
A Vintage Wooden Spools Kit is FREE with all orders placed today through Wednesday (ends at midnight April 23, 2025)!
I started with a few of the back-in-stock Chunky Little Wooden Spools, then I added a couple of the (sadly, sold out) smaller wooden spools…
AND I made a petite collage sheet with spool labels to fit both size spools!
Mini Dress Forms SALE
Over 50 items are on sale, including:
– all the new & back-in-stock items,
– A bonus: the 2 collage sheet at right include some spool labels
– the supplies from the Wee Sewist’s Shrine artwork, and
– the supplies from the Her Own Little Dress Shop artwork! (Note: the 3 items below show more supplies from this project.)
There’s a new AUTOMATIC DISCOUNT for an extra 25% off the listed prices! You’ll see the discount in your cart — no code required!
The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, April 23rd at midnight PST.
And a few of the items I added to Nichola’s supply list (in the sale, too):
NEW The Beekeeper’s Workshop artwork & 25% off SALE!
Filed under Collage Sheets, Connie Littell, Market Stall, New Furniture, Shadowbox/Room Box
What a bright and happy scene! Connie Littell has been hard at work on The Beekeeper’s Workshop project for many weeks and it’s such a delight. Note: the structure is a 7×9 Corner Room Box so you can get a sense of the sizes.
Here’s a bit of the text from Connie’s blog post to get us started:
I adore bees, they are some of nature’s most indispensable creatures. At one time, my husband and I had the privilege of being beekeepers and got to observe their social interactions up close. We fed them through the winter and they provided us with delicious honey in the summer. I sold our honey products at the local farmer’s market every Friday morning. We carried homemade soap, beeswax candles and assorted containers of sourwood honey from our homestead. Our kitchen was the setting for all the sticky messy bee-related activities. Years of daydreaming about having a separate space just for that purpose was the inspiration for this miniature workshop.
Connie provides lots of tips on putting the scene together and how she made tiny honey jars and bee decor.
Read more on Connie’s blog post. Here’s her supply list (all in today’s sale, too)! Now on to my close-ups of a few of the tables and trims…
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Yow! There’s a big bunch of items in that overhead shot! Let’s start with the new collage sheet (preview at right and includes many of those posters in the wide photo above — and the rugs, jar and crate labels, chair upholstery…).
There are 2 designs of faux upholstery for the new chair (blue and gold stripes and the bee motif set Connie used). Plus many styles/sizes of posters for the Mini Frames Set.
That black table is the chipboard Workshop Table (and it’s featured in the next photo, with those sweet bear honey dispensers)!
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Those Resin Honey Yellow Gummy Bears plus painted toothpick tips and 6mm Bronze Double Spacer Beads are so cute as honey dispensers!
What else do I spy? Before leaving that top shelf, there’s a teddy bear. Then there are mead bottles (made with Tall Amber Beer Bottles plus collage sheet labels (same new sheet) and white bee stickers on the necks).
Nearby, a bowl of tiny honeycomb slices and a red tray of vintage honey labels (yep, from same new collage sheet).
Finally, at right is a line-up of new and old amber-colored resin bottles & jars in the project.
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I LOVE all the decor in the shelves of the new hutch! Those plates on the top shelf use reduced-size images from the Bees Collage Sheet (with clear nail polish to provide the shine)
Skipping down to the bottom shelf, there’s a tray of faux beeswax candles made from the new succulents mold.
Next to the tray are 3 glass jars with new Tiny Bees & Bugs Die-Cuts as labels.
Then back to the middle shelf: 3 of the new Tall Mini Honey Jars, 2 taller glass jars with new washi tape, and 3 books with new bee-themed covers (from the new collage sheet).
Beautiful work, Connie!
FREE Gift with All Orders
A Mini Botanical Frame Gift Kit is FREE with all orders placed today through Wednesday (ends at midnight April 16, 2025)!
Beside one of the 1:12 Brass Picture Frames (shown at right as Connie used it on top of her hutch — with an image from the new Honey & Bees Collage Sheet), I also made a NEW mini collage sheet with big bunch of botanical/bird images sized for that frame! (See the preview at left.) The images are about 3/4″ tall.
So you’ll get a brass frame and a print of the mini collage sheet FREE with all orders through Wednesday!
The Beekeeper’s Workshop SALE
Over 40 items are on sale, including:
– all the new & back-in-stock items (a bunch more not yet noted are shown below), and
– all the supplies from Connie’s The Beekeeper’s Workshop artwork!
Psst: the Tiny Black Bee Stickers linked below are also shown at right. They’re on Mini Clear Resin Honey Jars, in the shorter crate from the Chunky Crate Set (with another label from the new Honey & Bees Collage Sheet).
There’s a new AUTOMATIC DISCOUNT for an extra 25% off the listed prices! You’ll see the discount in your cart — no code required!
The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, April 16th at midnight PST.
Theatre Cabinet Shadowboxes & Trims, FREE Gift – 25% off SALE!
Filed under Pierrot/Harlequin/Carnival, Rhonda Secrist Thomas, Shadowbox/Room Box, Shannon Cooper, Tristan Robin Blakeman
How this all started… I designed a new filigree header to fit the width of the Half Scale Theatre Cabinet w Facade (see photo at right). So I’ve brought that theatre cabinet back in stock AND that got the whole theme rolling! (The bigger version of that cabinet is also on sale and shown in artwork below, but first…)
Shannon Cooper’s Chasing the White Rabbit
How sweet is this?! From the rabbit’s little 3D house in the center to tiny doors with Alice on both sides in the deep “doors”.
You can see the size of the cabinet from the photo at left, showing just the center section (it’s just 3-1/2″ tall).
I’ll borrow some text from Shannon’s original post to explain more:
I love little things. I also love Alice in Wonderland. But what I really love is little Alice things!
The Half Scale Theatre Cabinet w Facade is a perfect size for miniature things whether they are Alice or not. The theatre is approximately 4-1/4″ wide and 2-1/2″ deep when the doors are closed. That’s pretty small! I could see a Halloween scene inside — tiny tombstones and creepy trees or maybe a pumpkin patch with a scarecrow?
Halloween will have to wait a bit longer because this deep theatre is all about Alice.
Read more on Shannon’s blog post. Here’s her supply list (all in today’s sale, too). Note: I added some items to that list (like Gothic Corners or Shelf Brackets to replace the metal corners on the top right and left of the columns facade).
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Larger Theatre Cabinet Artwork — with more Back-in-Stock Supplies
At right is another header I just brought back: the Wrought Iron Shadowbox Header is designed to fit the width of the 7 Inch Tall Theatre Cabinet (approx. 8-1/2″ wide). 2 layers of laser-cut chipboard (with a solid back that’s a bit taller so the bottom edge shows). Speaking of that larger cabinet…
Oooh! I love all the extravagant, theatrical goodness when we have a project by the Glitter King himself: Tristan Robin Blakeman! (Psst: that’s a link to a list of beautiful projects Tristan has made for us in the past.)
Tristan suggested a larger shadowbox for a theatre project; one with doors that could double as box seats. The 7 Inch Tall Theatre Cabinet is 3″ deep when closed (the large shadowbox is 1-1/2″ deep, as are the 2 smaller shadowboxes that form the “doors”).
I made a (big) set of curtains, headers, box seats & columns to fit the Theatre Cabinet, but as each curtain pretty much fills an entire printed page, it is only available as a digital download set. There’s also a Wide Aladdin Facade with Columns, a heavy chipboard facade that fits the front of the Theatre Cabinet. It’s in the center section of Tristan’s theatre, supporting the yellow/gold Aladdin Facade image from the digital images set.
See the group of photos at left? That’s showing the cabinet closed (front and back) and open before any scenery has been added (yes, he has multiple “acts” in his Beauty and the Beast Theatre)! Pretty spectacular even without the characters.
More photos and info are on Tristan’s blog post and here’s his supply list. Plus he includes some video clips from my favorite movie version of the story: Jean Cocteau’s 1946 La Belle et La Bête.
One more related project: Design Team Member Rhonda Secrist’s Music Makers Masquerade.
The Wrought Iron Shadowbox Header fits perfectly across the shadowbox horizontally, but Rhonda decided to use it vertically, adding a curve that creates a stage area (see the colorful photo below).
Plus the Taj Mahal Triptych shown at right and left is back in stock today, too!
The related Taj Mahal Folding Card is also back (it’s on the back of Rhonda’s project so not seen below… it’s also in one of the scenes for Tristan’s theatre — there’s a photo on the folding Card page).
See the original post for more photos, and here’s a link to see all of Rhonda’s supplies.
Even More NEW or Back-in-Stock Supplies
See that bird house below? Shannon used it in her project above (that Half Scale Theatre Cabinet w Facade is deep enough for this larger bird house to fit in the center section).
Also note the photo at right: that’s for 2 NEW tiny sizes of planters!
See all the new & back in stock items.
FREE Gift with All Orders
A Filigree Clock Gift Kit is FREE with all orders placed today through Wednesday (ends at midnight April 9, 2025)!
I started with a couple items that would be perfect in a masquerade shrine like the one Rhonda made:
– Antique Bronze Fan Charm
– Raw Brass 28mm Round Filigree – Solid Center
Then I added these to the free mini kit:
– 12mm Antique Clock Cabochon (fits perfectly in that filigree!)
– Mad as a Hatter Alice in Wonderland Charm (in honor of Shannon’s tiny project).
They’re also included in the sale (in case you’d like to order more)!
Theatre Cabinet Shadowboxes & Trims SALE
Over 50 items are on sale, including:
– all the new & back-in-stock items,
– the gift kit items just mentioned
– the supplies from the Music Makers Masquerade artwork,
– the supplies from the Chasing the White Rabbit artwork, and
– the supplies from the Beauty and the Beast Theatre artwork!
There’s a new AUTOMATIC DISCOUNT for an extra 25% off the listed prices! You’ll see the discount in your cart — no code required!
The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, April 9th at midnight PST.
Spring Fairies & Cinderella Coach + Easter Collage Sheets – 25% off!
Filed under Easter, Fairy Garden, Nichola Battilana, Shadowbox/Room Box, Shannon Cooper
That sweet combo at left includes just one of the new Soft Pink 2cm Roses tucked into the Mini Shadowbox Lid – Easter Egg. Other flowers shown are: Tiny Paper Roses in White and Pink Cream Variegated (plus some Mini Rose Buds also in Pink Cream Variegated).
And the inspiration is this wonderful group of fairies for spring…
Spring Fairy Shadowboxes by Nichola Battilana
The main images of fairies are from the Pink Children’s Theatre Collage Sheet (surprising how many fairies are hiding amongst the pink curtains).
Moss and paper flowers are peeking out around the edges. And finally fussy cut paper butterflies from the English Fairy Garden Collage Sheet are added! So cute!
Here’s Nichola’s supply list (all in today’s sale, too) and here’s the original post but NOTE:
all the shadowbox lids now fit the smaller Mini Shadowbox – 2×3!
Background Papers
A couple quick items for background papers (subtle vintage colors like the sheet music backgrounds in Nichola’s shadowboxes). Both of these are back in stock and part of today’s sale!
3D Cinderella Coach also back in stock!
Shannon Cooper made the sweetest Miniature Cinderella Wedding Coach from the 3D Cinderella Coach. It is so simple and elegant… it would be the perfect centerpiece for a wedding dinner… or since it’s only 3-1/2″ tall (and about 5″ wide), it could even be the decor on top of a wedding cake. Make sure to check out her supply list!
AND Shannon’s blog post includes a tutorial on how to add the seats and curved floor shown through the open door in that photo!
More NEW or Back-in-Stock Supplies
The mushrooms seem like a good fit for a “fairy-themed” shadowbox. The combo at right: back-in-stock red and new pink. Painted foam mushrooms on wire stems. Approx 5/8″ diameter. (Both are included in the sale)!
And such cuties below! Those squirrels and bunnies are perfect for a spring scene (there’s even a photo of one of the bunnies in a shadowbox with easter egg lid on the bunnies page).
See all the new & back in stock items.
Spring Fairy Shadowboxes SALE
That photo at right shows the Dazzles Thin Lines Stickers Set that I added to the sale (in lieu of the gold sticker borders Nichola used at top & bottom of her shadowboxes). FOUR 4″ x 9″ sheets!
Over 50 items are on sale, including:
– all the new & back-in-stock items,
– the supplies from Shannon’s Miniature Cinderella Wedding Coach artwork
– the supplies from Nichola’s Spring Fairy Shadowboxes artwork
– and ALL of the Easter Collage Sheets!
There’s a new AUTOMATIC DISCOUNT for an extra 25% off the listed prices! You’ll see the discount in your cart — no code required!
The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, April 2nd at midnight PST.
See the artwork supplies sale collection here! (It also includes the new items.)
And don’t forget the separate Easter Collage Sheets collection is also on sale (the highlights below are from that group)!
Birdhouse Shrines & Tiny Easter Eggs + Birds Collage Sheets on SALE!
Filed under Collage Sheets, Easter, Fairy Garden, Miniatures, Nichola Battilana, Rhonda Secrist Thomas, Shannon Cooper
I’ve brought back the Mini Birdhouse Shrine (and there’s flurry of new nests & eggs below plus 2 contrasting projects as inspiration).
Speaking of inspiration… you may not know that the shrine was inspired by the Simple Things House Nichola Battilana (at far right). So there’s another idea for a sweet early spring project! (Sorry but this project is ages old and all the papers and paper flowers in it have long since sold out… but there are lots of flowers and images on sale below.)
Back to the Mini Birdhouse Shrine. First up is The Dark Shrine by Shannon Cooper: there’s a big change of style! Note that the Loopy Chipboard Scroll Corners Shannon used as roof trim is also back in stock today. Here’s a bit from Shannon’s blog post as intro:
The Mini Birdhouse Shrine fit nicely on top of two Window Boxes with Gothic Facades with room left over for a perimeter of black and red roses.
Most everything was painted black, but a collage sheet image was glued to the back to lighten things up a bit.
Aside: I started laughing when I read that bit, as the collage sheet image that is “lightening things up” shows a woman with her head in her hands. weeping over a fallen knight.
Great job, Shannon! So clever to use 2 of the window boxes as a shrine base! Read more and see more photos (with a tutorial!) on Shannon’s blog post or view the supply list.
NEXT, a whole different look and feel: Enchanted Dreams by Rhonda Secrist!
Time for a little escape to my back woods. I noticed a little girl there the other day, having a wonderful enchanted dream with some robins in a Mini Birdhouse Shrine. The moss has grown up all around it, making it very cozy. Warm on a rainy day and cool on a hot day. That is why I love my woods so much. A quiet escape, despite the thousands of 17 year cicadas that are taking over soon.
Using the Spring Green Lichen Mix made it super easy to cover all of the bird house edges and also helped to make an extra cozy nest. It can be found on the Alpha Stamps web site as well as other “ground” coverings like the Green Turf Grass I used and more. The extra bonus is that the moss growing at the bottom of my tree is almost a perfect match with the others that I used.
The variegated rose buds Rhonda used are also back in stock (in a slightly different color combo). Read more and see more photos on Rhonda’s blog post or view the supply list.
Eggs! (And nests!)
There’s a new Tiny Egg Carton! A tiny little (1:12 scale) version of an egg carton (laser-cut and scored from tan cardstock — including the insert for dividers).
Shown at far right with Miniature Eggs and beads from a new 4mm Matte Easter Eggs Bead Mix (some of the blue beads from that mix are also shown below in the new Tiny Bird Nest).
BONUS: I made a tiny vintage egg carton label sized for the lid! Just save the jpeg at left.
More NEW or Back-in-Stock Supplies
More paper flowers for spring! See the mix of pink tiny roses at right: that’s a combo of Pink Cream Variegated, Medium Pink, and the new Soft Pink (and all are included in the sale)!
See all the new & back in stock items.
Birdhouse Shrines SALE
Nice! That photo at right shows a fun collage by Jeanne Draachreider. I resurrected a few parrots Jeanne used in a new Parrots & Peacocks Collage Sheet (included in the sale — plus some more photos of Jeanne’s bird/human mash-ups are on that page)!
Over 100 items are on sale, including:
– all the new & back-in-stock items,
– the supplies from Shannon’s The Dark Shrine artwork
– the supplies from Rhonda’s Enchanted Dreams artwork
– and ALL of the Birds Collage Sheets!
Note that collage sheet section is BIG! And since it includes owls, ravens & flamingos there’s lots of Halloween and Alice in Wonderland themes, too.
There’s a new AUTOMATIC DISCOUNT for an extra 25% off the listed prices! You’ll see the discount in your cart — no code required!
The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, March 26th at midnight PST.
See the artwork supplies sale collection here! (It also includes the new items.)
And don’t forget the separate Birds Collage Sheets collection is also on sale (the highlights below are from that group)!
NEW Big Top Circus Wagon + Tiny Stars & Hardware – 25% off SALE!
Filed under Altered Tins, Connie Littell, Kristin Batsel, Mini Hardware, Pierrot/Harlequin/Carnival, Shannon Cooper
How cute is this?! Design Team Member Connie Littell made a Big Top Circus Wagon from an Altoids Tin (and lots of tiny trims) and has lots of tips in her blog post:
When I first saw the Altoids Tin Wheels they loudly screamed CIRCUS WAGON to me! I’ve done a few circusy things in the past, mostly sideshow related and this time I decided to create a scene straight out of the big top tent’s center stage.
To get started on altering an Altoid tin I remove the lid and set it aside for another project. Before decorating I always sand the tin’s surfaces both inside and out. Kristin Batsel has a fabulous tutorial on how to decorate an Altoid tin so if you need a refresher on the basics it can be found right here.
I decided to orient the tin horizontally and needed a stage inside so used an Altoids Shelf Insert – 3-5/8 Inch Wide. Alpha stamps also carries a 2-1/4 Inch Wide version if you are ever inspired to craft something inside a tin that’s oriented vertically.
Mini Baby Elephants are center stage. They need a podium to stand on and I had a few options that all would have fit inside the tin and worked nicely. I decided on some round vintage game tokens I had in my stash and painted them ivory, red and turquoise…
That larger elephant pulling the wagon is new and shown below (below the wide photo with a close-up of the inside and a view of the back).
Here’s Connie’s supply list (all in today’s sale, too). And check below for even more circus art and supplies!
More Artwork (Circus and Tiny People) — with Back-in-Stock Supplies
Design Team Member Kristin Batsel made this fab Matchbox Circus and the Matchbox Sized Faux Book Box used to house this TINY creation is back in stock (only 2-1/4″ tall)!
First, the cover. I put alphabet stickers spelling out the word “circus” on a piece of paper and then cut it out to make a sign for the elephant to hold. Stars add a bit of sparkle. The letters on the spine of the “book” were cut from a collage sheet.
When you open the box, there’s a tiny circus performance going on. Or perhaps it’s dress rehearsal, seeing as the seats aren’t yet filled.
I painted the tiniest of people (also back in stock!) to create a wee trapeze artist and a ringmaster. I used the thinnest of brushes and the strongest of magnifying glasses to paint these performers. The trapeze artist is perched on her swing, which is actually a thin piece of wire, bent to shape. She’s attached to her perch with a little white glue. The baby elephant’s blanket is a piece of ribbon, cut to size and glued on.
See the original post for more photos, and here’s a link to see all her supplies.
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One more related project: Design Team Member Shannon Cooper’s tiny Bus Stop, 1950.
First of all, for scale, yes that little scene is inside an Altoids Tin lid (filled with Green Turf Grass… with some yellow “leaves” from sprinkles of fluff from the tree). I’m not sure what Shannon used as leaves, but some I’ve added Mini Fall Leaves, which would work well for tiny “leaves” in this scale. Oh, and there’s a new tree (similar size) with orange “fruit” added today, too.
The people and the bench (both back in stock) are 1:48 scale (and the other items pressed into service look right at home in this 1/4 scale scene).
One last thing: Shannon used a tiny round bead for her “Bus Stop” sign… the back-in-stock Black Alphabet Beads would be a perfect size substitute.
See the original post for more photos, and here’s a link to see all her supplies. And right below the photos are back-in-stock supplies from both of these projects (also in the sale)!
Even More NEW or Back-in-Stock Supplies
I was inspired by Connie’s project (tiny hardware AND tiny stars)!
See all the new & back in stock items.
Big Top Circus Wagon SALE
40 items are on sale, including:
– all the new & back-in-stock items,
– the supplies from the new Big Top Circus Wagon Tin artwork,
– the supplies from the Matchbox Circus artwork (including all the collage sheets and the Round Frames shown at right & below), and
– the supplies from the Bus Stop, 1950 artwork!
There’s a new AUTOMATIC DISCOUNT for an extra 25% off the listed prices! You’ll see the discount in your cart — no code required!
The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, March 19th at midnight PST.
New Tin Inserts, Roses, FREE Gift – 25% off Masquerade SALE!
Filed under Altered Tins, Flowers, Pierrot/Harlequin/Carnival, Shannon Cooper
You may remember this beautiful Mysterious Masquerade Altered Tin that Design Team Member Shannon Cooper made a few year’s ago. I’ve added a new Altoids Insert Quatrefoil similar to the panel Shannon used in the background (and you can just make out a masked lady hiding behind that screen). Psst: there’s a related new Altoids Insert Moroccan farther below.
There’s also a flurry of new mulberry paper flowers today, inspired by the colors in Shannon’s tin.
The main image is from the The Secret Collage Sheet.
How regal with that crown (actually just a piece of a Chipboard Fleur Border, bent into a curve and attached to the top of an Altoid’s Tin)!
And see that swirly frame at the bottom of the tin (framing the “Mysterious” text)? That’s from the Fairy Tale Frames Altoid Inserts Set (a big set with 3 options of inserts & matching frames).
BONUS: the scrapbook paper Shannon used is long sold out, but I made a tiny text “MYSTERIOUS” sized for the same frame. Click on the preview at right for the 300 dpi version.
Here’s Shannon’s supply list (all in today’s sale, too). And check out the first row of items directly below: all new or back in stock!
More NEW or Back-in-Stock Supplies
Such pretty colors! Plus a tin insert related to the Quatrefoil above: Moroccan.
And see the mix of purple tiny roses at right: that’s a combo of plum and the new lilac and medium purple (and all are included in the sale)!
See all the new & back in stock items.
FREE Gift with All Orders
A Mini Masks FREE Gift Kit is FREE with all orders placed today through Wednesday (ends at midnight March 12, 2025)!
I put together a chipboard mini mask set AND a collage sheet with ladies sized to fit the masks! (See the preview at right.)
The mini collage sheet is not for sale, but I’ve added 3 collage sheets to the sale (that most of the gift collage sheet images were sourced from):
– Pink Fans Collage Sheet
– Caroline Otero Collage Sheet
– Deco Doll Clothes Collage Sheet
Mysterious Masquerade SALE
Nice! That photo at right shows a lovely spring mix including lots of the new flowers. Here’s a link to see them all (and all are included in the sale)!
Over 40 items are on sale, including:
– all the new & back-in-stock items,
– all of the supplies from the Mysterious Masquerade Altered Tin artwork
– the 3 extra collage sheets (that the gift collage sheet were sourced from)
– and ALL of the Arabian Nights Collage Sheets!
There’s a new AUTOMATIC DISCOUNT for an extra 25% off the listed prices! You’ll see the discount in your cart — no code required!
The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, March 12th at midnight PST.
See the artwork supplies sale collection here! (It also includes the new items + 3 bonus collage sheets.)
And don’t forget the separate Arabian Nights Collage Sheets collection is also on sale (the highlights below are from that group)!
FOUR Punch & Judy Theaters + New Florals – 25% off SALE!
Filed under Laura Carson, Lora Mahaffey, Nichola Battilana, Paper Dolls/Theatres, Pink Valentine Theatre Kit, Teri Calia
From a classic English Punch & Judy show to a pink & gold kitty cat stage (and a theatre with side box seats… AND a silly theatre with Cupid playing matchmaker to vampires) — so much variety from the back-in-stock Punch & Judy Theatre. Plus many of the projects also use the back-in-stock Arch Top and Peaked Roof facades.
Check below for some new spring foliage, too — those and all the artwork supply lists are in the new sale collection.
Starting with the classic Punch & Judy Theater by Nichola Battilana:
I do love Punch & Judy! One of the longest and unhappiest marriages has brought joy to others for 350 years now: Punch and Judy, the battling puppet duo, for whom the term “slapstick” was coined from their constant marital wars.
And lucky for me (and you): Nichola is also fond of that battling duo:
If you aren’t familiar with Punch and Judy it’s a sort of violent puppet show which can be dated back to just before the 1700’s, reaching a height of popularity during the Victorian era. More recently, they have a bit of a shout out in Gone Girl.
To make this piece I began with the Punch & Judy Theatre kit. Then covered it in striped paper. I’ve actually added two headers here. One attached to the rear from the Punch & Judy Theater Collage Sheet. A second one on the front of the the theatre from The Grand Guignol Collage Sheet. I think it gives a good feeling of frantic fun, perfectly suited to Punch and Judy.
Here’s a link to everything in Nichola’s supply list AND a link to her blog post (with more photos & details like the movable characters). Note: use my supply link as her post was before we moved the site.
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Pussy Cat Theatre by Teri Calia
Oh my… Teri Calia has merged her (hm… obsession?) love of cats with the chipboard theatre to make this Pussy Cat Theatre!
In addition to the overall cuteness (and putting cat heads on the figures on either side of the stage!), I’d like to point out the lights: See the bottom right of the photo for how Teri hid a Mini String of Fairy Lights in the recessed area behind the facade.
See the original post for more photos, and here’s a link to see all her supplies.
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The Shakespeare Theater Presents A Midsummer’s Night Dream
Laura Carson has made a colorful (and fancy) paper theatre, The Shakespeare Theater Presents A Midsummer’s Night Dream, from the Punch & Judy Theatre (in the center, along with an Arch Top Theatre Facade), plus a big bunch of images from collage sheets and print-outs of digital image sets.
The center of the theatre is the 3D item: the box seat on the sides are flat chipboard and paper. Laura bent the 2 print-outs at the bottom of the box seats so they would bow out a little, giving the appearance that the sides are as dimensional as the center.
See the original post for more photos, and here’s a link to see all her supplies.
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Cupid Matchmaking Vampires?… It must be Opera
Bwaa… Haa… Haa… Lora Mahaffey has made a delightful paper theatre called Cupid Matchmaking Vampires?…It must be Opera from the Marionnette Theatre Collage Sheet and Arch Top Theatre Facade (backed with shallower shadowboxes than the 3D theatre).
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AND (beside Lora’s witty text — and a tutorial on putting the piece together) Lora has also provided a free pdf so you can make your own speech bubbles and title for the top (and a tiny coffin template)! Just click on the small image of the pdf file at right to download the hi-res version.
Lora has bumped up the (already bright colors) on all the collage sheet images with Copic markers and colored pencils. I love the curtains she added to the sides of the stage (there were already curtains in the Marionnette Theatre image, but she replaced them with curtains from the Gatefold Square Shrine Curtains Collage Sheet (and added extra color and Stickles glitter).
See the original post for more photos, and here’s a link to see all her supplies.
More NEW or Back-in-Stock Supplies
Such pretty colors (the Gothic Bat or Gargoyle is odd man out, but he’d be perfect at the top of a spooky Halloween theatre)! And see the NEW White Resin Pigeons or Doves at left! (I’m just showing 1 of each size as comparison. They come in 1:12 or 1:24 scales and there’s a set of 5 mixed poses in both sets.)
See all the new & back in stock items.
Punch & Judy Theaters SALE
A couple more collage sheets designed to fit the full size Punch & Judy Theatre are below — AND I’ve added the cute Half Scale Punch & Judy Theatre to the sale, too!
Over 30 items are on sale, including:
– all the new & back-in-stock items,
– the Half Scale Punch & Judy Theatre I just mentioned,
– AND all of the supplies from the projects above: Punch & Judy Theater, Pussy Cat Theatre, The Shakespeare Theater Presents A Midsummer’s Night Dream, Cupid Matchmaking Vampires?…It must be Opera. (Those are links to the individual supply lists.)
There’s a new AUTOMATIC DISCOUNT for an extra 25% off the listed prices! You’ll see the discount in your cart — no code required!
The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, March 5th at midnight PST.
New Easter Hutch Artwork & Miniatures – 25% off SALE!
Filed under Connie Littell, Easter, New Furniture, Shadowbox/Room Box
Easter Hutch by Connie Littell
Did you recognize the new Arch Top Facade Bookcase – Short sitting on the new Fancy Wooden Coffee Table? Connie painted them the same color and they look like they’re one hutch.
And look at all the cute pastel candies and cookies in those shelves! From Connie’s blog post:
(In the bottom shelf) a cookie bouquet was made by gluing flat toothpicks to the backs of a few finished cookies. (Note: Connie explains how to make the cookies, too.) Those got placed inside a Tiny Wooden Flower Pot painted pink and white along with a couple of the 3/4 Inch Multicolor Lollipops. So cute!
To the left of the cookie bouquet you’ll find one of the 1 Inch Oval Faux Wicker Basket w 2 Handles holding a 3/4 Inch Rabbit watching over some dyed polymer clay eggs. Everything is nestled in Mini Easter Basket Grass.
Jumping up one shelf: I can’t resist working with a 1:12 Gingerbread House and since Alpha Stamps carries so many cute polymer clay slices it was so much fun to make an Easter version.
I love the window awnings Connie made from egg shells! There’s a close-up of the house below (along with the items on the top of the hutch — including a clever sweets box made from one of crates from the new Skinny Chunky Crate Set).
See more photos and tips on Connie’s blog post and here’s the supply list (part of today’s sale, too).
More New Supplies
Aw… starting with the Pink Rooster and Hen Figurines and 5-Piece Jadite Place Setting at left: soooo tiny! Connie used the pink set in her hutch (and I love the color combo with the green plates).
Then there’s the taller version of the bookcase in the hutch art (and a wider set of the new chunky crates). Plus 2 options for tiny pastel “candies” for Easter.
See all the new & back in stock items in one group.
Filling Easter Baskets Room Box (also by Connie)
This is such a sweet (and happily colorful) project for spring. A few of today’s back-in-stock minis inspired me to add this second Filling Easter Baskets Room Box project to the Easter inspiration (and the sale)!
I used a Small Trinket Shelf Stand to display the finished baskets. It comes with a drawer that fits at the bottom. I chose to leave it out in order to give myself more room to display everything. Before assembling it, I used the rear wall as a template for the paper on the top shelf.
I added two of the 1:12 Shelves on the right wall of the 7×7 Corner Room Box, and framed a few sweet bunny prints using the Mini Frames Set and images cut from the Peter Rabbit and Bigger Bunnies collage sheets.
Beside the photo at right, see even more photos on the original blog post (though check back here cuz I’ve added new Easter options as substitutes for some sold out items).
Returning to the artwork: two back-in-stock supplies in Connie’s artwork are just below. AND everything in Connie’s Filling Easter Baskets Supply List is on sale (more info farther below).
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 Shallow Work Table substitute for the original table |
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Easter Hutch & Filling Easter Baskets SALES
Wow! The sale includes:
– all the new & back-in-stock items,
– AND all of the supplies from the projects above: Easter Hutch and Filling Easter Baskets (those are links to the individual supply lists),
– AND 4 bonus resin baskets linked below! More basket options (beyond the cute little 1 Inch Oval Faux Wicker Basket w 2 Handles Connie used on the bottom shelf of the Easter Hutch, shown at right).
There’s a new AUTOMATIC DISCOUNT for an extra 25% off the listed prices! You’ll see the discount in your cart — no code required! The discount applies to BOTH collections!
The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, February 26th at midnight PST.
See everything on sale in the Easter Hutch collection (over 50 items in just this group).
And don’t forget the separate Filling Easter Baskets collection is also on sale!
