tutorials – Page 7 – Mini Small Packages – Sharing My Miniature Adventures, Large and Small

Rainbow’s End

Post author:Preble McDaniel
Post published: February 21, 2021
Post category:1:48 scale Garden Spring Swaps tutorials

At the end of the Rainbow I found a leprechaun's lair. How to get to Rainbow's End MiniAllSorts - an online group - had a challenge going (back in 2015)…

MerrieBunnie’s Craft Room

Post author:Preble McDaniel
Post published: February 20, 2021
Post category:1:48 scale Adventures NAME Events OLHP Rabbits Spring Swaps tutorials

MerrieBunnie Gets a Craft Room As I walked by my display dome the other day, I heard a tiny voice, "Psst". I stop and lean in and sure enough MerrieBunnie was trying to…

BunnieAnn loves Raggedy Ann and so her bedroom is decorated in red, white and blue.

BunnieAnn Altoid Tin Bedroom

Post author:Preble McDaniel
Post published: February 20, 2021
Post category:1:48 scale Challenge Minis in Everyday Things Preble's Favorites Raggedy Swaps tutorials

My Altoid Tin Challenge Miniature and how I made it Altoid Tin Challenge January 2014, I issued a challenge to the LittleEnoughNews yahoo group (no longer exists) to make a miniature using an…

Pink Seahorse Gift Shop

Post author:Preble McDaniel
Post published: February 20, 2021
Post category:1:48 scale Adventures Preble's Favorites QC Events Summer Swaps tutorials

The Pink Seahorse Gift shop - Souvenir from QC Conv Cruise 2013 In September 2013, I went on a cruise with fellow Quarter Connection convention attendees. Ok, it was a…

Penguin Winter Centerpiece

Post author:Preble McDaniel
Post published: February 20, 2021
Post category:1:48 scale Challenge Preble's Favorites Swaps tutorials Winter

Playing with snow in 1:48 scale and beyond In the spring of 2012, I started seeing photos of the centerpieces from the NAME Portland houseparty (a convention for miniatures). These…

Let It Snow

Post author:Preble McDaniel
Post published: February 20, 2021
Post category:1:48 scale tutorials Winter

On one of my many trips to the hobby store, I found some snowmen ornaments that I liked. These are designed for small tabletop trees. Hobby Lobby had their Christmas…

Halloween Indoor-Outdoor

Post author:Preble McDaniel
Post published: February 19, 2021
Post category:1:48 scale Adventures Autumn Cats QC Events tutorials

I made this two sided dome to display swaps. the ghosts and pumpkin cutouts by Denise Sanders witch made with silk ribbon and a wire body black cat shelf with…

real life book of pens and tools with miniature in the middle

Scrapbook Dome

Post author:Preble McDaniel
Post published: February 19, 2021
Post category:1:12 scale Cats tutorials WIP

WIP My other hobby is scrapbooking family photos. I resisted this hobby for several years until one day my neatly organized box of photos were dumped by kids. I wasn't…

candy box room

Valentine Candybox Room

Post author:Preble McDaniel
Post published: February 18, 2021
Post category:1:48 scale tutorials Valentines

One of the swaps I was in was a romantic or valentine swap, I made boxes of candy in heart shaped box. To display this project, I took a small…

NAME Day Hutch

Post author:Preble McDaniel
Post published: February 17, 2021
Post category:1:12 scale 1:48 scale Adventures ME theme NAME Events tutorials

In 2010, the first ever NAME Day was held. The plans for the hutch were included in the Miniature Gazette, but also there were kit cutters who cut them for…