Miniature Blue Canning Jars

 Hello friends!!  Sometimes an idea hits me in a strange place.  This morning, whilst in the tub, I thought to myself... so what if I used school glue with liquid food color and painted jars with it?  School glue dries clear and the food color might tint it just enough to make the jars a different color.  And guess what??!!  It worked!!  So now I am sharing it with you!!

Simply mix a drop or two of white school glue and a very tiny amount of liquid food coloring and apply it to your store bought, teeny, tiny glass jars.  They are so beautiful!!  I even tried to use my glue gun to write Ball on the jars.  From a distance it looks legit.  But we know different wink, wink!

On a side note... if they dry and you don't like the color just run them under hot water and the glue will dissolve.  Then you can try it again!!!  Magic!!!

So pretty and soooooo easy!  

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Love ya, mean it!!  XOXO Laurie

Miniature Farmhouse Chair Tutorial

Hello Mini Lovers!!  Today I am sharing a miniature farmhouse chair that I made.  I know chairs can be easily purchased and painted but isn't is more fun to say "I made that"?!?!

I made this chair from premade spindles purchased from Etsy, toothpicks, a piece of balsa wood for the back and a piece of heavier craft wood (can't remember the name lol) for the seat.

I don't use fancy tools.  Mainly to cut wood I use an exacto knife or kitchen shears.  To sand I use a fingernail file or sandpaper.  I also like to use a little fingernail kit that I've had for years.

I sanded the leg ends at an angle then glued onto the bottom and two on the back.  These usually come in a pack of eight and I always save the parts I didn't use.  They come in handy for other projects.

I painted some brown splotches over the chair where I wanted chippy paint to look old.  I painted school glue over the brown and then painted white paint.  Don't let the glue dry before you do this part.  As it dries the white paint will crack exposing the brown paint underneath.

 

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.  

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XOXO