40 in 1! Dollhouse Miniatures made from scratch
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
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Enjoy this montage of miniatures I made by hand! I especially enjoy making minis using trash and everyday items. The original videos and playlists are listed below.
Abandoned Lab in a Book
• abandoned miniature la...
Cardboard Room Box
• Cardboard Room Box
Tealight Fire Pit
• 2 in 1! Foam Board Sto...
DIY Bear Trap, Bellows, Hearth Broom & Shelf
• DIY hearth broom, bear...
DIY Snowshoes
• DIY miniature Snowshoe...
Popsicle Stick Ice Box
• DIY mini antique ice box
Plastic Topiary
• Making over super chea...
Decoupage Popsicle Stick Floor
• EASY decoupage for Min...
Some of my favorite things:
Double-sided flooring tape
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Miter Shears: these are the clippers I use to cut pieces of wood and toothpicks, etc
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Dirty Down Rust Effect paint
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Oyu Pla/Oyumaru reusable mold putty
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Cheaper, clear mold putty I haven't tried
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2 oz bottle of Diamond Glaze
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8 oz bottle of Diamond Glaze
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Heat gun: I use mine to quickly dry paint, soften the glue to dismantle furniture, and quickly cure polymer clay without an oven. It gets a lot hotter than a hair dryer.
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Craft heat gun that doesn't get as hot as mine
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Paper fasteners & 1/8" hole punch
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Learn about Dollhouse Miniature Scale from Bentley House Minis
• Understanding Dollhous...
I have lots of projects planned ranging from scratch made accessories, abandoned miniatures, furniture makeovers, accessories, kits, and Dollhouse Miniatures in multiple scales. I am working on creating the Gryffindor Common Room in 1:12 scale. I'm a big Harry Potter fan.
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See, youve made this whole hobby accessible to anyone with a recycling bin. I love how you dont use loads of fancy tools and expensive supplies. ❤❤❤
Too true! Anyone can make minis for cheap.
You have such an ability to see the individual shapes in something so you can put it together tiny. I have learned so much from you. The bellows and trap are amazing.
I totally agree with you … her creativity and thought process blows my mind 🤯🤯👍🏼❤️👍🏼
Thank you so much! I love the bear trap (although not real ones. Only little fake ones)
Thank you so much!
@@queencityminis yes small fake ones ONLY.
Thanks for sharing all your tricks of the trade, like the hair straightener on the rope! You are excellent at spinning a story and the inspiration you get while working is terrific, that bear trap idea from watching a show on bears as you were working 🤯and the bellows, you nailed it, it looks very much like a vintage one I thrifted that we actually use!
Please keep making these excellent videos, I know they must take a lot of work so in case you don’t hear it enough, please know how appreciated you are!
Thank you so much! I absolutely love crafting and making videos. Well, making the miniatures is a lot more fun than editing but it's all necessary.
I LOVE this video. I love all the little details all the little techniques and how long it is. I started it just as a watch with my morning coffee. But only a quarter of the way through I'm wanting to get my diorama and work with you! So fun and so inspiring.
That's fantastic! I love crafting together :)
I can't believe you gave us another hour long video, it makes me so happy! 🤗🤗 Thank you very much ❤
I'm so glad!
really enjoying this tutorial. I preferred the red speckle dishes too.
I agree. I removed the silver paint to restore them
You really convey your enjoyment for the creation of miniatures. While I’m sure there is a challenge in completing your goal… you seem to have “joy” in the journey.
Given all that’s going on “everywhere”, (and I don’t even have t.v.), watching you work as I quilt or at the end of a very busy day; is a welcome - sigh… Truly, thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much! I'm glad it can be a little escape.
Oh my goodness the bear trap and snow shoes… and I could watch moss placement for hours ❤
Same here!
i never knew i needed miniature snowshoes until today. astounding work i was mesmerized
I’m glad you liked them!
These are so impressive!! I love the longer videos too.
Glad you like them!
I really love the Rustic Cabin with it's snowshoes, bear trap and all the goodies there. It really turned out cute. That fire pit is great as well. Thanks for sharing and you have a wonderful day
Thanks for watching!
Looks great! I love the refrigerator and topiary.
Thanks so much! I think they turned out pretty cute
Great to watch and see how you use so many techniques to make lovely realistic minatures.
Thank you very much!
Absolutely amazing. Thank you so much for showing your process. Thank you for showing alternatives and mistakes. It’s so helpful
I'm speechless.. You are skilled and have lots of fantasy which is a wonderful combination.
Love love loooove these combo videos. I was surprised you fully painted the speckle dishes instead of just ageing them BUT they still look great for the project.
Genuinely inspiring as always ✨
Thank you so much! Glad you liked them, but I eventually removed the paint to restore them.
I love your sense of humor. You make it fun to watch your videos, not just informative.
I appreciate that! I try to keep it lighthearted 😄
Love that you created everything by hand. A few pieces were perplexing because you painted them where pain wasn't really needed like the broom stick.
I agree! Sometimes I do too much
The fire pit is amaz! You have a wonderful talent!
Thanks so much! I really enjoyed making that one.
I do like the black/silver dishes, but I loved the red enamelware the most. I love your artwork. I enjoy creating miniatures as well ❤
Your refrigerator turned out....amazingly beautiful! Now I want to make one! You are so inspiring! I guess I need to make a log cabin room box now 😊😊
Thank you! It's so rewarding to create tiny things.
I'm planning a dollhouse that is rather messy, so this abandoned lab has been very helpful. Thank you so much for sharing!!
Glad it was helpful!
This is beautiful and yo make me chuckle from time to time I love your description of what your doing you are amazing with details I enjoy your channel !
Thanks so much! I really appreciate you watching!
It's a pleasure watching u work.very inspiring
Thank you so much 😀
Love seeing everything you come up with!
Thank you so much!
I love the way that your work looks but have a hard time watching some of your techniques, what a perfectionism mind boggle 🥴😵💫
Julie Warren is perfect. I'm more loose.
@ I will have to check her out, thank you for the recommendation! Classiest reply to my dry sense of criticism that I’ve ever gotten 🫡👌🏻
Thank you for sharing your fabulous talent & your delightful self with all of your fellow crafters! I’m so happy to find your channel! I’m really glad that I’ve never thrown away the HUGE box of “ I might need this stuff someday!” That’s been living under the bed. Like you, I can see potential in every scrap of anything. My family thinks I have Fruit Loops for brains, but we know better, right? Can’t wait to watch my way through all of your content. Again, thanks for doing these vids. I wish you & yours a Happy & Healthy New Year🫶😊
You’re right, you never know when something will come in handy!
The detail in your miniatures is so good, thank you for sharing 🙂
Amazing pieces. You are such an artist.
Thank you very much!
Never cease to amaze me..wonderful work.👍👍
Thank you so much 😀
What a talent!🥰
Thank you so much!
I also create my own miniatures from scratch .I love your video , excellent!!! Thank you.Keep up the great work and please share more😊
That's awesome! I'm glad you enjoyed it! Making minis from scratch is so much fun.
That was a great video, but I must say, those projects are way above my skills!! And patience levels too. Your ring is so beautiful!
Thank you!
Brilliantly done! Absolutely love these builds. Gets me so excited to try to put my own spin on some things. I have so many projects I want to do, and the only way it could happen is scratch built. Thanks for sharing and teaching. Off to rewatch that 1:144 scale house video. 👏
That's so awesome! I love scratch building too 😊
I just looked at the Victorian kitchen I’m working on and I knew something was missing… it looked so sterile. Now I know… thanks to you. I’m going to shadow like you did to give it the natural realistic aged look you accomplished 😃👍🏼 Thank you again ! ! !
You’re so welcome! Glad I could help!
12:50 that shadow is perfect! I need to try that next time
Thank you! Adding shadows makes a big difference
You know its gonna look amazing when they pull out the caviar beads, but to be fair everything they make is lovely
Hahaha too true
Absolutely inspirational, thank you💐
You’re welcome!
Awesome! Love watching you create! They all look so real!
Thanks so much 😊
Thank you, love this
You're welcome 😊
I agree with your belated assessment that the red spatterware looked better as it was.
I agree! I eventually removed the paint to reveal the red.
this is what a master looks like
Thank you 😊
You are so talented ❤
Thanks so much 🙏
I think you do a wonderful job ❤ thank uou for sharing your ideas
You are so welcome!
Your firepit is amazing! It would also make a great water well! I can picture it with a bucket and winch
That's a great idea! I might have to try that.
I would lobe to see some minatures that are made out of everyday ,,trash" 😊 love your creativity
That's my favorite thing to do!
So good
I'm impressed
Thank you!
You make the coolest minis in the world! I love all the tips and tricks that you mention to help others create the same effect! I love making miniatures, and have learned from watching this very informative video! TFS!
~Janet in Canada
Thanks for watching, Janet! I appreciate that
Wow! Each piece you made was perfect and the ice box was 🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼 ! It kinda reminded me of my Dad because he always called the refrigerator that. 😆 TFS!
Thank you! I love a good icebox 😄 That's cool about your dad.
Your attention to detail and your voiceovers are always 10/10. Greetings from a fellow SoNH crafter girlie!
So nice to meet you! I really hope you've been to Earth & Tree Miniatures
Love your work. ❤
Thanks! I really appreciate it
You are so dedicated to your craft, adding the tiny details like the shading around the shelves and aging and making things looks used and grimy like your sink. I do have to agree with you about the dishes painted black and was glad to see you removed it. It adds a pop of color the scene needs for more realism. Everything, oh how about 98% you make always looks so fantastic! ♥️
It’s so nice to hear that you enjoy the little details!
Enjoyed this very much thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
those r the cutes clamps i have ever seen😊
I agree!
These are so great! I have so many crafts to make now lol
That's the spirit!
PHENOMENAL!!!!
Thank you 😊
🎉you are a clever lady 🎉😊
Thank you!
Your mossy firepit looks almost like an exact replica of the real one in my backyard.
That's awesome!
The bear trap idea bowled me over 😆 🤣 😂
Thank you!
You are talented.
Thank you 😊
AWESOME JOB!!!
Thanks!!
I love watching your attention to detail, but your oh-so-dry commentary puts it over the top!
Thanks so much! I’m working on being more enthusiastic. Jk. I'm not 😆
I liked them all, thanks. 🩷
Thank you!
Looks fantastic! The square hole in the woven frame of the snow shoes is the space for the 'toe pivot' (idk the exact terminology). It makes it much easier to walk in giant stick shoes.
That makes a lot of sense!
You know you are really good at this, right? Lol. Love it all, of course. T y for the ideas
😊 thank you
Definitely the red
I agree. Oops!
Good call on the dishes. The white splatter was a bit big for a miniature. Your projects always look amazing and so realistic.
Thanks so much! 😊
Mom always said it was her Scotch soul which hated waste!
Maybe I'm a Scott!
Happy New year sweetheart xx
Happy new year!!
How do you do such a fantastic job of just creating so many things and they all come out beautiful. I have a rock I’m trying to make look like an island. I’ll just a bit of paint to the plastic plants and they still look like painted plastic plants. You are so talented
Keep trying!
Hello again. I think you should just hang the snowshoes from the rack, on the room box's wall. I love how the tiny snowshoes turned out! I made some of those, years ago, and used green Birch twigs to bend into the shape of a showshoe, then used some thin sinew to make the webbing. Brown thread works better, though, as it doesn't put too much pressure on the twigs. I like the way you made your webbed snowshoes, better! ~Janet in Canada
That's so cool! I hope you still have them.
Wow...u just shocked me all the time..
Thank you!
This is kinda what I'm leaning towrds with my Gothic victorian house I'm attempting
That sounds awesome!
🎉
Hi Shyra, I just found your channel. I have always loved dollhouses and was obsessed at one point and went to Chicago to see Coleen Moore's dollhouse, I was there for hours. Life happened and interests changed but I want to take this up again. I am in awe of you that you can see how to use something that would have been tossed and make it into something beautiful. Back when I was younger I never dreamed of making items, and to buy finished pieces was cost prohibitive to me. I am starting to build supplies and have used your likes, like above, but I am wondering if you have a comprehensive list of what I need? PS, I love your voice and I LOVE your humor. Thank you for all of your videos!!!
I'll have to make a video like that at some point. I don't currently. Thank you for watching!
Yes. I liked the red speckleware dishes better
0:12 shelf
2:39 bear trap
4:44 dishes repaint
5:41 lantern repair
5:50 fireplace bellows (could be spelling that wrong)
9:20 hearth broom
13:10 test tubes
13:28 test tube stand
14:11 rags
15:30 stool repaint
16:39 sink details
17:02 firepit
31:05 snowshoes
45:01 ice box
57:49 plant pot repaint
58:45 shrub
Thank you!
I just wonder what your neighbors think...." There, look at her now! she's digging around in the. firewood and burning tiny bits of the logs. She saves the trash from her trash can and eyeballs my boxes that get delivered."
Like everything you do, it looks wonderful.
😆 exactly
Thank you 😊
Cool your such a clever lady .
I think you tube should have a complintent button so perhaps they could have a n award ceremony 1 a year for each category that have received on the complimen
ts.a bit like the Oscars they could be called you tubers awards. I think it would be great especially if you tube get sponsors .
Also for New comets
That would be cool!
The rope is organic. It's called sisal rope. If I remember correctly, they are fibers from a cactus.
That's so cool!
The flickering candle (flame cap) looks a bit like a horn drinking container for your old cabin dollhouse box.
I'm not sure how I missed that! True
Fun & learned a lot! Wondering if u glue down (& what glue) all the pieces in ur room boxes? Also - I got a bunch of glass slide covers🔬to make mini "bullet holes" (kudos: Dave's Decals) any suggestions what to make from my extra covers? TY
How big are the extra covers?
I use museum wax or glue
For the second one try the strip that cut the aluminum foil and if is too thick try the other boxes like cling wrap only is not good to aloud children to play with it cut it really cuts, only if is for display.
Just another idea.
What is your opinion/experience regarding which product is better to create adhesion to a smooth surface…Gesso or Mod Podge? Is one better than another? Tips I should use? My goal is to add texture/shape onto plastic dollhouses/toys and want to avoid future chipping/cracking. Thanks much!!
I’m planning to really add bulk/shape/swirls and such. I’ve been researching products for the bulk such as air dry clay or UV resin, but adhesion is a big concern since I’m working on plastic toys.
I know Gesso sticks to almost anything. Joint compound or spackle seems to work really well too
@@queencityminis Thanks!
Should you rust up the old metal hanging cabinet a little?
That's a great idea
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I used hot glue to make flames in a fireplace I made.
That's a great technique!
Amazing work! Any idea where we might find those little blue clamps?
Amazon!
Oh no! Don't paint over the red...The red spotted with white specs was perfect. Plus you needed some color.
I completely agree
Me listening as I craft, my sister sticks her head in asking if she just heard someone say “Here’s a glimpse of the Naughty Backside.” I had to skip back prove it was “knotty back side”
That's too funny 🤣
Where do you get your inspiration of what kinds of rooms you want to create?
I'm not good at planning. The ideas just pop into my head.
We've seen all of these before correct
Yes, it's a montage of previous minis
U could have used spaghetti soaked in water bent it together then dried it
That's a cool idea
How do you clean your run n buff paintbrush?
I use rubbing alcohol but I think there are better things
Where did you get your "miter box" that is small to cut your wood
www.earthntree.com
Wait hold up what's the thing that keeps the saw cuts straight called?
A miter box?
Just lean them against the chair
That's what I ended up doing
Bentwood chairs?
Is that what they are?
I would love to have a playdate with you
I'm sure we'd made great minis!
I’m watching a show called it bit me 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
That's great show 😆
When I snap my fingers, all they do is make a sound.
😆