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 Country Kitchen Sink Tutorial

Hello All!!  Today I am sharing a Country Sink that I made last year.  The list of ingredients used are Balsa wood, premade spindles, popsicle sticks, fancy toothpicks, and old pieces of jewelry.  I don't have any picture of me making the actual sink.  I made it from Sculpey clay and baked it.  It is definitely not perfect but truthfully I like it that way.  The dimensions of the whole cabinet are just under 5 inches tall by 4 inches wide by 1.75 inches deep.  The height to the countertop is 2.75 inches.    

I cut three pieces of balsa wood and cut out the area for the sink from one of them.  I then cut my premade spindles (purchased from Etsy) into the lengths needed to separate the shelving.. 

For the back I just cut the tips off of popsicle sticks and glued them on the back.  I finished it off with a skinny stick on top.  I made a peg shelf from balsa wood and used fancy toothpick ends from Cracker Barrell so my mini friends could hang 

I hunted up some old pieces of jewelry to make the faucet out of.  The water spout is an old belly ring lol.  I just glued them onto a tiny piece of balsa wood and placed it behind the sink.

I think the drain stopper is my favorite.  It has a tiny old shell button for the stopper.

There you have it.   A Country Kitchen sink.  

If you like this creation please share it to pinterest below.

XOXO

Miniature Tea Kettle Tutorial

Good morning!  While I don't so much like being awake during the night with my mind racing, I don't mind so much when I have an idea on a mini!  I recently tiny wooden bowls at Hobby Lobby in the woodworking section.  They are super easily painted for any bowl needing situation.  I have to admit that I am not the best clay bowl maker... at all.  So these were a joy for me to stumble across.  My "middle of the night" idea was to turn one of the little bowls over and make a tea kettle for my new stove.  :)  I was pleasantly surprised yesterday that my idea worked great!  Here's how I made them.

Back to the vintage buttons that I love so much!  I got REALLY lucky when I found the old raised rhinestone button for the copper kettle!  I also found a green domed button that I used pliers to break the back off of.  For the vine kettle I used a regular button and a flat topped button glued on upside down.

I also used cardstock.  A long piece for the handle and a piece to roll up for the spout along with the wooden bowls and Elmers wood glue.

I rolled the spout piece of cardstock around a toothpick and placed a little glue inside the roll to hold the shape.  Allow to dry and snip the excess. When the glue has dried, snip the spout at an angle on one end so it will fit snug on the kettle.

Roll one end of the long skinny piece into a curly Q and pull the rest of it over a paint brush handle or pencil to round.

Glue the buttons on the bottom of the bowls and snipped spouts.

Glue one end of the handle at a time and allow to dry somewhat before you glue the other end.

So cute already!  Once the glue is secure, paint as you wish with a teeny brush.  You always have the option of painting your pieces before hand.  I wasn't sure it I would paint the whole thing or not so I waited til the end.

The copper one is my favorite... I think :)

a kitchen island

I have recently been really inspired by a blog about dollhouses.  I have a dollhouse that my Dad and I built years ago and am seriously considering a remodel job for it.  But for now I am knee-high in the Barbie house at the day care.  WARNING This particular blog will captivate you as it did me.  She offers some tutorials too which is where I found the directions and inspiration for my creation at the day care. 

 

The blog is called CinderellaMoments.  You can click the name there to be directed to her.  Her houses are amazing and she hand makes the majority of them all from inside to out.

 

HERE is a link to the tutorial I followed to make the following island/bar for the kitchen in the Barbie house.  Mine turned out better than I expected.  What I have learned is to not expect perfection.  I do the best I can and don't look at the flaws when I am finished.  It is the entire view and aspect in the end that matters.  Here is my process and mess.  I used cardboard instead of wood for the sides and shelves.  I used purchased Balsa wood for the countertop along with scrapbook paper to line the shelves, corrugated scrapbook paper for the outside, white cardstock, craft paint and hot glue to bind it all together.  It took me about an hour or a tad longer to make this during naptime last week at the day care.  I knew when I got up that morning that I was going to make something cool that day.  I think I succeeded at that!

 

I didn't start taking pictures until I felt the project was going to work well.  Plus I was a bit too excited to stop for photo shoots.

Mine is quite a bit bigger than the ones that she makes for the dollhouses.  I wanted it taller for my Barbies too.

 

 

I painted the inside white so it wouldn't be so dark.

Antiqued and rusty looking.  She explains how to do all this in detail.  Super easy.

I covered the edges with strips of cardstock.

The shelves offer lots of storage space for the fake breads and food I intend to make!

She uses a brown ink pad to get the worn wood effect.  I don't have one so I watered down paint and applied it with a paper towel by rubbing it on.

El Fin!  I haven't added the towel racks or towels yet.  I also didn't add the scalloped edge underneath the counter top.