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this wonderful collection of hand-carved miniatures, all done by one local artisan working in his kitchen, is displayed at the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake, New York
view LARGE for some interesting detail
I spent some time puttering today. The oversized pink sofa and black chair have been moved up top and the twin white sofas put back. I made a living room rug from a scrap of faux fur. I used the throw from the Jonathan Adler sofa as a dining room carpet. The JA vases have been moved to the dining table. I'm using the cap from a spray paint as a coffee table.
The 10 1/4" gauge Farnborough Miniature Railway (known as the Fox Hill Miniature Railway for the first few weeks) only operated for two years - 1936 and 1937. The half-mile line was built by local engineer H.C.S. Bullock mostly as a test track where he could demonstrate his locomotives to potential customers. Shortly after opening a partnership was formed with wealthy London banker Alexander Kinloch and the railway became more commercialised in operation.
Bullock left the railway at the end of the first season due to a disagreement and took a couple of his locos with him - the following year he built a railway at California-in-England near Wokingham.
Kinloch continued alone and for 1938 he extended the track to give a 1.5 mile round trip. However it was never a huge commercial success and he began planning a new and much more ambitious railway nearby - The Surrey Border & Camberley. At the start of 1938 all the equipment was moved the short distance to its new home.
Where was it located? It's hard to say exactly as the whole area is now extensively developed and built over - the M3 motorway even crosses the old route! From available evidence and guess work it seems to have started somewhere near the intersection of Beech Rd and Sand Hill. It then headed off in a NW direction, crossing the Cove Brook river and terminating somewhere near to the Fox Inn Pub on Chapel Lane. Passengers could apparently walk through the hedge and get drinks at the pub in between trains!
Because sculpting corals from polymer clay is sooooo muc FUN!
Love working the organic shapes and with so much colors :)
This belongs in my colonial dollhouse dining room. I made/customized some accessories for it the past 2 days.
Victoria, B.C.
A view in the window of a place called "Miniature World." I didn't go inside, but I liked this scene which looks like Switzerland.
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I store my miniatures in IKEA KUPOL boxes. They are really nice quality and come in different stackable sizes. There is a whole wall in my apartment dedicated for them, haha...
My system is:
- each box gets a complete series, including multiples (which means that sometimes I need to buy the larger box, depending on how many individual sets a series has...or how big the items are)
- boxes are sorted by company (Re-Ment, Megahouse, Orcara, Bandai, MIMO, T for Candy, Others) and by release date (from bottom to top and left to right: oldest to newest)
- I keep all leaflets/papers in the boxes for now, but I wanted to shrink-wrap them for a while now
My husband made a Minipedia for me to keep track of my sets, with names, translations, tags (like "food", "red", etc.), release date, company, etc. and the option "have"/"need". I still need to take a ton of pictures for it, though...but now that I'm a stay at home mum I might have more time (or at least daylight) for it!
Portreath is a small resort located about 5 miles north of Redruth. It was once a busy port, importing coal and exporting copper but today only the occasional fishing boat shelters in its very narrow harbour. Copper ore was at one time transported from mines in the Chacewater area. Horse-drawn wagons were originally used for this task and the ore was then shipped by the ton to Swansea for smelting. On the return journey the ships would be laden with Welsh coal. The narrow harbour entrance was difficult and tremendous skill must have been needed to navigate sailing ships into and out of the port. Some of the ships would be carrying well over a hundred tons of ore.
At Portreath there is a lovely sandy beach with a stream running down to the sea on the left hand side. The beach is very popular with families and like many beaches on the north Cornish coast Portreath is also very popular with surfers. Bodyboarders arrive at high tide on big swells to surf the harbour wall, or Vortex, as it is known. At low tide there are rock pools to explore and a fairly large natural swimming pool in the rocks. Gull Rock sits majestically in the sea and has been the subject of many photographs over the years and a variety of sea birds have made the rock their home
Portreath has a small assortment of shops and cafés but it is the holiday trade which is now the bread and butter of the village
Testing my editing and learning new skills in photoshop! This is the second "miniature" photo I've done, hope it looks okay! :)
texture used: rodiennes.deviantart.com/art/gone-forever-418375658
1. Find images on line (through Google images) to duplicate. Bring them into Microsoft Publisher or Word.
2. Print on cardstock.
3. Cut/score the box. Use very sharp, pointy scissors.
4. Glue the box together. I left the tea box top open because I'm hoping to make tiny tea bags sometime. The tea box is slightly messy, but I only had a few minutes so I used it.
These miniature cakes (1 inch diameter) are totally handmade and ready for rings and pendants.
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Another attempt at fake tilt shift photography, this time of the train the runs between the 5 Cinque Terre towns; here in Manarola, Italy.
Even though I had better light in this shot, I think I prefer my first attempt better.
To get full effect, please see large on black.
HMS!
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Fake miniature tilt-shift effect of Federation square.
Taken from the roof of Eureka Tower, Melbourne.
My dog Archie the Miniature Schnauzer arguably looking his best just after a full groom.
I always love how proud he looks after a fur cut so i took the opportunity to get some photos. For me this one was the keeper :)
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to ALL!
Continuing our miniature Oribana project... and here is our mini-oribana called CAPRICE from the Oribana Delight collection.
The vase is just 2 inches (5 cm) high and the whole Oribana arrangement is just 4.5 inches (11cm) high.
The starring paper plants designed by Katrin are Orchid Pleione, Daisies, Yellow Lobelias and Pine Tree's Branch. The container design is Vase 'Caprice' by Yury. Used wonderful Japanese papers for plants and Swedish paper for the vase.
Note for origami enthusiasts: The step-by-step diagrams on how to fold the composition are published in our ORIBANA DELIGHT
www.oriland.com/store/collections/oribana_delight/main.php Happy folding!