Chest and room divider made out of cardboard to store the ballet items
Kistje en kamerscherm van karton gemaakt,
om de balletspullen in op te ruimen
On this blog, you’ll find everything about dollhouses and miniatures. Op dit blog vind je alles over poppenhuizen en miniaturen.
Chest and room divider made out of cardboard to store the ballet items
Kistje en kamerscherm van karton gemaakt,
om de balletspullen in op te ruimen
Fish cutting board made from the Calendario de Adviento
Vissnijplank gemaakt van de
Calendario de Adviento
A project by Ella de Jong in collaboration with Jola Brokking
This project started in 2007 with the recreation of the KOP van WaZ in miniature
As part of it, various artists were invited to create miniature artworks
This resulted in a collection of 80 pieces made by more than 50 artists
During the Covid pandemic, Ella expanded the miniature museum with the rooms of the
inn Be My Guest House, Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands
Een project van Ella de Jong i.s.m. Jola Brokking
Dit project is begonnen in 2007 met het namaken van de KOP van WaZ in miniatuur en daarbij hoorde ook om verschillende kunstenaars te vragen om een miniatuur kunstwerkje te maken
Dat heeft geresulteerd in een verzameling van 80 kunstwerkjes gemaakt door ruim 50 kunstenaars
Tijdens corona heeft Ella het miniatuurmuseum uitgebreid met de kamers van herberg Be my Guest House
In the end, it became ten different cabinets/rooms, which are exhibited at
Restaurant Be My Guest in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands
The miniature art rooms are not for sale.
Uiteindelijk zijn het tien
verschillende kastjes/kamers geworden die worden geëxposeerd in Restaurant be My Guest in Wijk aan Zee
De miniatuur kunstkamers zijn niet te koop 
Rock candy sticks made following a workshop by Von de Boer
Kandij knotsen gemaakt naar een workshop van Von de Boer
I made a 1:12-scale box of Victorian hairpieces
This was a workshop by Von de Boer
She runs a Facebook group called Vonniaturen,
where you can find her lovely step-by-step workshops
Ik heb een Victoriaanse haarstukjes in een doos 1:12 gemaakt
Dit is een workshop van Von de Boer
Zij heeft op Facebook de groep Vonniaturen
Hier vind je haar leuke workshops stap voor stap uitgelegd
Materials needed:
Piece of cardboard, 2 mm thick
2 identical buttons, 2 cm in diameter
1 button without holes, 3 cm in diameter (or a round piece of cardboard)
Corrugated cardboard from a cookie package
Glue and cocktail sticks
Gesso
White and black paint
Fine brush
Pencil
Cut a 2.5 x 2.5 cm square from the 2 mm thick cardboard.
Glue the two buttons together, then attach them to the piece of cardboard
Cut a piece of corrugated cardboard measuring 7 cm long and 4 cm wide
Carefully roll the corrugated cardboard around a pen to create a curve
Using a cocktail stick, apply a thin line of glue along one ridge
Glue it in place and let it dry thoroughly
Attach the rolled piece to the buttons
Glue the button without holes (or the round piece of cardboard) on top
Coat the entire piece with gesso and let it dry thoroughly
Paint the pedestal with white paint
While the paint is still wet, work in some black or grey to create a marble effect
If you’re not happy with the result, you can simply paint over it again
Once the paint is dry, you can carefully draw fine veins with a pencil to mimic real marble
You can use a photo from the internet as a reference if you like
Made the witch’s hat out of felt
The coat rack from a pipe cleaner and the broom from a twig and some string
I was given a broken IKEA clock
At first, I thought about turning it into a clock shop,
but I’d rather make one inside an antique clock.
Removed the clock face and glass
Painted it twice with chalk paint in the color “Old English Green.”
Painted the clock face and hands in antique gold
Downloaded a clock face with teacups and resized it to fit
Glued a teacup in the center and animals around the edge
Painted a cupcake liner in gold
Decorated the cupcake with paint and cake decorations
Made a little table out of cardboard and printed images
The “scary” cupcakes were bought from Art of Mini
Downloaded images, resized them, and glued them onto cardboard
I still had some sunflowers, so I painted them gold as well
Glued everything onto and inside the clock, after painting the interior black
Glued images onto the sides
And finally, added lighting to the inside of the door
Made a shadow box of a graveyard with an open coffin — a hand reaching out of it
Kijkkastje gemaakt van een kerkhof met geopende doodskist
waar een hand uitsteekt
I haven’t worked on my miniature hobby for the past six months
But after buying Santa and his wife, I finally got back to crafting
and made a living room for them
I love red, green, and gold at Christmas — and you
can see that reflected in this little scene
Photo of Santa and his wife on the wall
Christmas arrangement on the mantelpiece
Christmas cards and a delicious Christmas cake on the table