Easy Foliage Tutorial

 Hello Friends!  Ever find yourself in need of foliage for your projects?  My latest project, Fairy Pumpkin House, while it is filled with miniatures and the inside of the pumpkin is about 1/12" scale, the outside is a different story.  I wanted the outside and landscape of the pumpkin to be more life sized.  Sort of like the fairy house is just sitting outside.  So, I needed bigger than miniature items.  

I often scroll through IG and one day, on a mushroom tutorial, I noticed there was a quick glance on how the artist made a leaf to go atop her mushroom.  It was simply wire and masking tape.  So, I broke out some very thin wire and my roll of wide masking tape.  In no time at all I had made enough leaves for a plant to go outside of my pumpkin and I just love them!  I wound up also making some fern leaves which I also love!  Careful!!  They're slightly addictive to make!

I think it's pretty self-explanatory.  Cut two pieces of tape, lay your wire down on one piece and put your other piece of tape on top.  Sticky sides together.  Draw and cut out your pattern on the tape.  Paint to desired color.  And that's it!  

I've never needed large items for a miniature project until now.  This method worked perfectly!  I am sure your can make miniature plants this same way, although, I haven't tried yet.

Thank you for visiting!  Have a wonderful day!

XoXo ~Laurie

P.S. I also made a few leaves from duct tape.  While it worked, the paint does not want to stay on the duct tape as well as the masking tape.  :)

Miniature Fairy Chair

 Good day my mini friends!  So, I needed a chair for my fairy pumpkin house project.  I've seen many, many fairy chairs on the web made from sticks and moss, but I couldn't really figure what other kind of chair my fairy house needed.  So yesterday I decided to put some of my collected sticks and vines to good use.  I started using my favorite wood glue, which you would think would work great on wooden sticks... but alas, it seemed to be taking forever to adhere.  So I used good old fashioned hot glue.  This method really works great because one, it dried fast, and two, you can easily cover the glue with moss or rather tinted sawdust.  I used a piece of cardboard, cotton and a piece of my new red velvet for the seat.  I also added some glam with a couple of white feathers, a few rhinestones and green glitter to enhance the magic of the place.  

There's really no limit with a fairy chair.  At first I thought it was going to be too big for the pumpkin house.  But after coming back to it a few hours later I quickly decided that she's a keeper.  So much so that I made her a tiny footstool to go with her.  

Chair Back.  

Naked chair.

I actually love it.  I want to sit in it and feel how comfy it is LOL.  Don't you ever wish you could shrink to 1:12 scale just for a little while??  

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day!  And if you can, leave a comment and let me know if you've ever made a fairy chair or fairy house!   

XOXO Laurie