Tutorial wash basin

Here you have a super easy tutorial for a little wash basin that will suit a beginner. Also great for those that likes to use things found around the house to make minis. From trash to treasures in a couple of hours..(including drying time;) There are of course lots of decorating opportunities for this. Go with your own style.

 

I used an oval shape ice cream sauce container. You can use a round of course too. Put an elastic hair band or similar around the bottle and mark a line or just saw it with the ribbon on. Use a fine saw for this.

  

                                                  Sand off any rough edges  

         

Take a fat pen of some sort and bend wire around to from shape  for handles and cut it off.

            

Glue them on with a white glue with some substance. Not a thin runny one for this. Be prepared to hold this in place for some minutes. Very boring I know;)

                  

If you like to have a decorative band around the basin, just glue some ribbon on. The color doesn't matter as you will paint it later.

                        

                 Tada..still looks pretty ugly but it does have some potential:)

       

Take your basin outside and spray paint it antique white. Give  it a couple of rounds with the spray paint and let it dry in between. I did use oil based paint for this.

      

To make the rust I used Humbrol clear color number 22. Just dab a bit here and there.

   

On some places of the rust “sprinkle” on with a toothpick some black acrylic paint. Then you want this to dry completely before the next step.

   

Put on acrylic burnt umber antiquing medium with a brush all over the basin.

        

                                  Wipe it off with a cloth. Not everything of course.            

                    

                                                     Fill it with flowers and enjoy

                      

                        

     

Chair tutorial

 

                                   

I found a cool tutorial on this site Design Sponge My first thought was to share it with all  of my miniature friends. Lovers of miniature, France and Champagne of course. Now we have one more reason to drink more of  the golden liquid;) The tutorial is made by Amy Merric. Enjoy:)

Below here you will see my attempt using the Champagne corks. I had a party here in my house on Friday and people kindly gave me the wire parts. Of course with a funny expression..”ehI heard that you collected these..!?” I have adapted the tutorial a bit to suit my taste. I used the lower part only and took a new part of wire that I bended and glued down to the seat for the back. The middle back part is made by cardboard and glued on also. Spray painted and aged to look like rust.  Lavender French garden. Smells nice.

The soap is also made by me by the way. That is another hobby of mine. Making cold processed soaps. So much better than the store bought, but that is another story. Hope you like my chairs, and do try it. It was very fun.

Mini tutorial

I am always on the look out for small items that I can turn into something useful in my miniature world. I am very fond of boxes and containers of all sorts. I came up with this idea using small candle brass parts, buttons and beads. Glue them all together. Put a bit of sealant inside the bead to cover the hole. Give it a couple of turns with the spray paint and glue on a decorative label, either like a transfer decal or just printed on normal paper. Look so good paired with different "in the making style boards" but of course on a shelf as well. You can see the cookie jar "in use" below. Hope you found this inspirational:)