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Friday, November 15, 2024

House Gnomes: Bathroom

Miniature Home Decor

I'm finishing up my house gnome series this week by sharing the mini bathroom, take a look:


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Miniature Home Decor

Starting with my thrifted shadowbox I painted it in beige and sketched out my floor plan in pencil.
Like my mini laundry room, I decided to make this a two story room.


Miniature Home Decor

By gluing craft sticks together I made a floor that I glued into place above the stairs and painted everything in white and gray.  Do you notice the white vertical beam?  That's a trimmed down craft stick that I painted and glued on.  It gives more dimension to the staircase as well as provides a bit more support for the upper floor.



Miniature Home Decor

These photos show you how I went about making the bathtub - I began with a base of trimmed down craft sticks, added the two sides and then filled in the ends.  I kept the dimensions really simple and used a width of three sticks for every side of the tub. 



Miniature Home Decor

I painted the tub white and glued down.



Miniature Home Decor

For my sink I had to get creative.  I took a doll's hamburger box (think American Girl doll sized accessories), painted it white and used a gray sharpie to detail a cabinet.  The yellow basket is from Barbie and I thought it could serve as the sink.



Miniature Home Decor

After painting the sink gray I glued it to the box and then glued the box to the upper floor.  The mirror, like so many of my other mini rooms, is the inside of a photo frame sticker.  Rather than use the framed shaped sticker I took out inside shape from the sticker page backing, colored it in gray and stuck it to the wall.



Miniature Home Decor

Rather than make an actual toilet I opted for a toilet closet - it's just three craft sticks glued to make a privacy wall.  The wall shelves are also craft sticks and the accessories are all Barbie.  Some I repainted but the duck, bar of soap and yellow bottle I left as is.  The tiny plants are just bits of greenery cut from faux bushes and the bath towel is another Barbie item.  I made the toilet paper role by cutting a small rectangle of fabric, rolling it up with glue and then gluing it to the wall (the hanger detail I drew on in Sharpie).  The ceiling light is a button and I tucked a few other buttons here and there as well.

And that's my miniature bathroom!

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I hope you enjoyed this how-to miniature post, thanks for stopping by!
-Jennifer

© Studio 27 by Jennifer Adams 2024


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Friday, November 8, 2024

Fake Bake Cookies: Fall Leaves

 Salt Dough Decor

Recently I shared a set of Halloween fake bake cookies that I made up in salt dough.  I made some gold toned fall leaves at the same time, check them out:

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Salt Dough Decor

I found these leaf shaped cookie cutters at the thrift store for a couple of dollars.


Salt Dough Decor

After mixing up some salt dough I used the set of thrifted leaf cutters to create these shapes and let them air dry.  Sometimes I air dry my dough and sometimes I use the oven at 250.  Air drying leaves the dough completely flat and pale, but takes at least a week.  If your dough pieces are very big it can take longer, and if the room is humid mold can even start to grow while the dough is still damp.  Oven drying needs a couple of hours at least and will give the dough a bit of a browned look.  Sometimes the dough can get puffy in the oven, but if you catch it quickly enough you can use another pan to flatten your pieces back down.

This post has the salt dough recipe.


Salt Dough Decor

Once the salt dough had dried I panted the interiors of the leaves with gold acrylic paint.



Salt Dough Decor

With the acrylic paint dry I added detailing in gold puffy paint.



Salt Dough Decor

And here is how they look finished and piled on a plate to join the rest of my fall fake bake collection.



I hope you enjoyed this fake bake post, thanks for stopping by!
-Jennifer

© Studio 27 by Jennifer Adams 2024


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Friday, November 1, 2024

House Gnomes: Family Room

 Miniature Decor

Hope everyone is having a nice fall!  I'm taking a break from Halloween related crafting to share with you my house gnomes family room, check it out:


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Miniature Decor

Starting with a shadow box I painted it fully in beige before adding the gray floor.  The white rectangles on the outside edges are bits of adhesive backed hook and loop tape that hold the cover in place.  This post of the miniature laundry room will walk you through how I made the covers.



Miniature Decor
Miniature Decor

Using craft sticks I hot glued them in place to make the shape of a couch and painted them in white.  the wall mirror is the inside part of a photo frame sticker (the part that you would normally just leave on the paper backing and toss out).  I lightly colored it in with a gray marker so that it looked like a tiny mirror and stuck it on the wall.



Miniature Decor

When the couch was dry I accessorized.  The throw blankets are tiny pieces of cloth that I cut, folded and then glued into position.  The larger plant container is a random pot that I hand while the two small ones are Barbie kitchen containers, all painted in gold and filled with faux greenery cuttings.  The tiny wall shelf is a bit of a craft stick painted in white and the deer above is from a Christmas ornament.  The mini popcorn, soda and glasses are dollhouse toys and I added in the buttons/ empty spools to keep this room consistent with the others I have made so far.


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Friday, October 25, 2024

Halloween Sweet Shop

 Halloween Decor

When I found a tiny, spooky looking, house I knew I needed to make a miniature Halloween sweet shop.  Read on to see how you can create one yourself:


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Halloween Decor

Here is the little cardboard house as I found it at the thrift store for $1.99.  It looked as though it had been painted orange at first and then brown on top.  Since I was using it for Halloween and I liked the layered coloring I decided to leave the paint as it was.

Here is a set of 6 similar cardboard houses that you can decorate however you would like.



Halloween Decor

The first thing that I did was to add some faux chocolate bars to the front.  These are sections of clay that I cut into rectangular shapes, scored to create the break apart lines and then painted in acrylic once dry.  I attached them to the house with hot glue.



Halloween Decor
Halloween Decor
Halloween Decor

Using plastic sprinkles and craft glue I added a textured roof.  Just paint on a reasonable thick layer of glue and then press your sprinkles into place.  My 'sprinkles' are the tiny plastic bits from inside of a Find It toy, but here are some similar.  Unless you snag a Find It toy for a dollar at a yard sale (like I did) it's way cheaper to buy faux sprinkles.  Just mix and match the colors of your choice.



Halloween Decor
Halloween Decor

I finished up the house with a few more details; the Sweet Shop sign label is two layers of puffy paint, The pumpkin and ice cream candies are clay that I pressed into a candy mold and then painted in acrylic, the dollops of whipped cream are light weight spackle and the tiny chocolate bits were made just as I made the larger bars.


Halloween Decor

And that's my Halloween sweet shop!  I like to display it with the rest of my Halloween fake bakes.


I hope you enjoyed this fake bake post, thanks for stopping by!
-Jennifer

© Studio 27 by Jennifer Adams 2024


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