Miniature Bread Board Tutorial

 Happy Day Friends!  This tutorial for my bread boards could not be easier!  Simply made of card stock, wood glue and paint.  I love making something that doesn't require dragging out supply after supply.  Honestly, sometimes my crafting area gets to be a huge mess!  Not this time :)  Hope you enjoy!!

Here is what we are making.

And here's how it goes. 

Draw out any shape of bread board that you need.  Some vintage ones are larger than a normal cutting board.  Also, it depends on what you will display on the board.  So here, please use your own judgement on size to fit your own miniature needs.

Draw one and cut it out for your pattern.

Next, trace four more and cut them out.

Glue them together.  I enjoy using wood glue.  I feel that it makes a more solid end result.  Plus, you can sand wood glue which happens to be the next step.  Sand the edges of your bread board.

At this point, you can mark up your board using a pin or tip of a knife.  Just to make indentions to imitate boards or cut marks in the "wood".  

If you wish to make a hole in the handle for hanging, place your board onto a real cutting board and press a sewing pin through the handle to make a hole.

Lastly, on to the painting.  I find it hard to get a good real wood look with paint sometimes.  If you put out different shades of tans and browns and sort of pick up multiple colors with your brush and just thickly paint your board in the same direction you are likely to get the wood look result.

I like to sort of age the edges with either dry brushing dark brown paint or using a brown ink pad.  Just for depth.

Hope you make lots of these!  Please share your creation on Instagram and use the hashtag #peppysis

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I hope you have a wonderful day!

Miniature Enamelware Skillet Tutorial

 Howdy all!  I call this little skillet enamelware only because I painted mine to look like old enamelware and one graniteware.  And if you know me you already know how much I love enamelware.  So naturally my dollhouse NEEDS it to!  They are very easy to make and fun to display on a dollhouse kitchen stovetop or hanging on a barn wall or a porch even.  Here's how I made them.  But first.. here's what I made.

And here's the supplies needed shot.

They are made from coin battery packaging, a strip of card stock, a sewing pin and paint.

Just cut out the skillet or tray from the battery pack.

make you a tiny hole with the sewing pin for the handle.

I think I may have layered two strips together for the handle and glued them together with wood glue.  Cut your handle shape and fold one end that will attach to your skillet.  Poke a hole with your pin in the middle of the fold.

Then carefully put your sewing pin through the inside of your skillet and through your handle and secure with wood glue.

Set them out to dry and leave them for a little while.

Then paint however your heart desires.  It couldn't be easier folks!

Once your handle is good and dry, snip off the excess pin with some wire cutters.

I went back over mine with clear drying glue to give them a good shine.

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  

XOXO

Miniature Vintage Oil Heater

 Hi Mini Friends!  While browsing Instagram I noticed an old oil heater in a picture and just loved it.  It only took a few seconds to figure out a miniature replica in my head.  So what to do but get to work!  To make this tiny heater (that doesn't actually heat anything) you will need buttons, card stock, glue (I use my favorite Elmer's Wood Glue) beads or wooden spindle pieces and paint.  Pretty simple!

Here is my tiny heater and the inspiration picture.   

Here is a sample picture of supplies needed.  I wound up not using some of these buttons.  When I got into it I searched for just the right top and middle buttons.  I also cut two strips of card stock, one wider than the other, and curled the paper with my fingers.

When I got the right size, I placed glue throughout the paper so it wouldn't unravel.  Then I glued it on top of the base button.  I first glued a smaller button the base for the paper ring to glue to.

I also glued a small button to the bottom for more security for the legs which I made out of leftover wooden spindle pieces.

I picked a fancier button for the middle that had a little detail around the edge.  Then I took the wider piece of cardstock and repeated the curl and glue.

And I picked out a really fancy button for the top.

I used a sewing pin to carefully poke holes on both sides of the heater for the wire handle to go.  Oh yeah... you'll need a small piece of wire too.  Just whatever you've got that's easy to work with.

I gave her a good base coat of chalk paint before I painted with craft paints.

I also made a slightly larger one.  At first I painted the larger one with grays and metallics but didn't really like it.

This was the inspiration picture for the larger heater.  I found it on Pinterest.  I admit I didn't want to paint the "vent" detail.  I tend to shy away from things that could possibly frustrate me lol.  So, I found some tiny lace and painted it and hoped for the best.  

Turns out I really like them both!!  I cut a tiny piece of cardstock for the little door and glued lace on it also.

I really hope you like my little oil heaters.  They are very easy to make and add a bit of character to my rooms.  

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Check out my list of miniature tutorials HERE.

XOXO