I've finally completed this 1/6 Scale Blythe Cake Shelf, which is a customized item for my sweet customer. This has taken me the longest time to make. For the longest time, I felt like I wasn't making any progress with it. Not that I wasn't, it was just that I had very little time to put into it per sitting, and it did require painting works to be completed before I assemble some of the wood work. I figured long ago that it wasn't workable to paint all at once after I finished building it, so painting comes into the picture and and when needed before I proceed to the next step.

So last night, I quickly made notes of measurements, so that there will be future measurement references.

Now, I'll have some time to make some Christmas items :))

Hi everyone! There is a new miniature cupcake base mold now available in my shop! This mold is suitable for making both 1/12 and 1/6 Scale.

What's different with this mold is that it comes with 2 different cupcake base designs. See photo below.


One with the cupcake liner and one that comes with a cup. :)

It's hard to find molds that allows you to make 1/6 scale. So for those who are building bakery shop for your Blythe dolls, you don't want to miss this!

The design will be similar to the one shown in the above picture, on the RIGHT. The one above is in 1/12 scale. Of course I'll take more photos once I am done with the 1/6 scale bakery shelf. :)

Have a wonderful week all!

Back in 2013, I blogged about fulfilling a custom order for Blythe Doll. My customer wanted some cake display shelves for her Blythe Doll. You can read it here and here. Never knew it was 5 years ago until I searched for the old blog entries :)

Recently, my customer Melissa contacted me again, and provided me photos of her Blythe Cake Shop. I asked for her permission to post them, and so I can share these with you.


So impressed with her cake shop! So much detail and dedication here, don't you think? I love her cute Blythe Doll as well.


It makes me so happy to see my cake shelves being displayed in a beautiful cake shop. As you can see, the shelves are versatile and can be arranged in various ways. That gives the doll owner lots of options to play around with it.

Next, I'll build some basic kitchen cabinets for Blythe Doll. Oh boy, I'm nervous, as making 1:6 scale furniture is pretty daunting. But I think it should be OK. Melissa was also very sweet and understanding. I truly appreciate her for letting me take my time with it.

Have a fabulous weekend everyone! 

Hi everyone! I'm sure most didn't even notice this, but I was down without internet for almost a day. It wasn't too much of an inconvenience since I could still work on other things that doesn't require internet connection. But I'm glad to be back up and running.

Just a few days ago, I completed another dollhouse miniature pink potting bench. It's now on its way to its new home :)


I love this sheer light pink really. It isn't too "pink". I'm sure I'm going to make another, and trying another new color for the next piece.

I've also been busy updating my Etsy store. For those of you who aren't aware, Direct Checkout (now it's called Etsy Payments) used to be optional. But coming 17 May, all shops in eligible countries that has Etsy Payments option must comply and have it offered in their store. I've since been busy setting that up. I guess one has to embrace change. At the same time, I'm looking forward to some new roll outs in the coming months. One of them is the guest checkout option. Right now, one has to sign up, get an account in order to purchase something on Etsy. But soon, they would have a guest check out so it doesn't require one to sign up. So I think that's a cool feature. Updated: Apparently, there ARE already some guests checkout for some lucky buyers who get to experience it first hand. It will be labelled as (Guest) underneath the person's name.

Although there's one feature that exist right now which I probably won't adopt... just because it's not my shopping style. It's called the Multi-Cart Item. Now, you can add a bunch of stuff from different sellers into your shopping cart and then check out all at once at the same time. Previously, you can only shop with one seller at a time. I don't know about you, but I am not that kind of shopper who goes around and add a bunch of stuff from different sellers and check out at the end. It's too confusing for me. But I guess different people has different shopping patterns. I'm curious. What's your online shopping pattern?

Hi everyone, I hope everyone had a great weekend. I relaxed, and also packed orders. First, I have for the longest time been wondering why I am lacking a reply button in my comments section. It made replying comments difficult. I finally got down to investigate and realized I needed to set my comments to "embedded' before the reply button would appear. There you go! I'm always learning something. :)

Earlier last week, I was working on a potting bench. This piece is inspired by my vision of a french flea market, where old pieces of furnitures are salvaged, refurbished and given a new lease of life. They are then used to display an array of carefully selected eclectic ornaments and knick knacks, curated by the shop keeper. I love such themes dearly.

Here, I just displayed it with a few of my favorite pieces at the moment.

One of the fun moments is when you open your cabinet and saw an old piece of work and thought it would be a great fit for a photo opportunity with some new stuff you've been working on. I've been painting on some milk and sugar jars lately. One set in pale pink. And when I saw my old shabby shelf, I knew it fitted in there. So I had to take a photo before mailing some items out to my customer :)

I'm excited to show you some of the dollhouse miniature wooden words I've made. This was one of those projects which I've set aside for the longest time, and then when I got back from vacation one day, I figured that I wanted to accomplish one of these projects. So here I am ;)


There are some new miniature words, and some old ones too.


I remembered posting on my facebook a while ago, asking for words suggestion. I said I will mail out the word to whoever suggested it, if I did finally manage to cut it. The only word that was possible (for this round) was Peace. So that will be mailed out :)

What are some other words that you would like to see to be made into dollhouse miniatures? Not all can be done, as there are still technical constraints to this.

Dream was, surprisingly very popular in the last round.

LOVE was too.

Fleur was something I also included in the last round, but this time round, I also made it into another typefont. It looks nice. This is slightly bigger.

A side by side comparison of the 2 "Fleur" sizes.

And, last one for the day, is Peace...

I'll be slowly listing them in my shop here. :)

Hello! I'm sorry for the long absence! I've just been busy fulfilling some orders. :) Let me back up and fill you in what I've completed recently. A while ago, I had a request and revisited this lavender bread case.


I had to say, while making this, I had new ideas for a new improved version. I was very excited and was tempted to try that out right away, but I was pulled away for another custom work immediately right after this, so I couldn't get down to work right away.

This is on its way to Norway, and I hope the new owner loves it. :)

Then, I got commissioned for a very large project and I spent time working on that, I am so relieved it is completed, and mailed out.

I also got another bouquet done, and this one allowed me to revisit some old colors, which I absolutely adore to bits ^^


The color scheme reminds me of autumn/fall. With a peek of orange, but mostly darker colored flowers. I aim to make another one for fall. Yup. That's on my list to do.


I'm also very much aware that I am leaving for my vacation in about 2 weeks time, so I have to see how much I can accomplish. While on vacation, I think I will update a little about my trip via instagram, so if you would like to see what I'm up to, do follow me on my instagram here. ^^


Wishing you all a lovely weekend :))

I saw a google image of a eiffel tower book shelf a while ago, which inspired me to make a dollhouse miniature eiffel tower zakka shelf.

I love zakka style as you know. :) If I had my own home, I would either decorate it in zakka style or parisian style. I'm undecided. Both so different but equally appealing.

The eiffel tower miniature shelf I made can be used and placed in many parts of a dollhouse.

Who can resist a blue glass bottle with a flower?^^ I'm going to make more of those bottles just because I LOVE them!

The Eiffel Tower shelf can also be used as a miniature book shelf, to be placed on the floor.

A few of my favorite things, placed on the shelf. :)

I think this also fits into the french chic theme as well.

I'm also aiming to make these shelves in other colors. Blue and pink is a MUST!

Have a beautiful weekend all!

My latest work is inspired by another real life item. I turned it into a dollhouse miniature antique farmhouse planter. ^^ When I first saw the photo on pinterest, I knew I wanted to give this a try. I wasn't sure if I can make the standing legs, but I really wanted one in miniature scale, so I had to make it myself!


The concept of this is using a half-wall galvanized tub and making it into a standing planter. You can place it against the wall. Decorate the bin with decorations corresponding to any season!

I spent 1 night making the standing farmhouse planter and am really pleased with it! I can picture this cute standing planter in a french chic dollhouse setting. Set it by the front door porch, or even in the kitchen or living room. :)


Flowers are not glued and you can place different items in this planter. As for the bouquet, I was inspired by a pastel looking bouquet I saw on facebook.


Farmhouse planter measures 4.6cm tall. Available in my etsy shop now here.

Please pardon me as I make more of these planters, maybe in different colors too!

I'm excited to show you the new crates that I've made. Painted in peach color, I came up with these three new word combinations for the herb crates:



I am feeling these words a lot lately. I hope you are smiling!

So, after making the 1:12 dollhouse miniature scale "Parsley" crate, I am in search for 2 more words to make them into a trio. I just kind of like making things in trio, for now :)

Thank you to The Grandmommy who blogs at Big and Little Creations who left a sweet comment and gave me a fantastic suggestion to do a "Fennel" crate. So yes, that will be one of them!

I gave some thought to the third crate and will do a Oregano one as well.

I can't wait to create all of them and show you what I came up with. Just in love with making these herb crates for now.

Thank you so much for giving me new ideas!

I received a request from a customer who's in Massachusetts. She fell in love with the herb crates I created last year and wanted an additional one. She specifically asked for a Parsley crate, and so I came up with "Parsley for Patience" :)

I'm loving this and am thinking of including it in the trio of herb crates that I've already created previously.

What do you think?

I had so much fun making mini things like this. I saw some herb theme inspired decor in real life size and wanted to make some in dollhouse miniature size. I especially love the wordings on them, which is lovely and uplifting! I hope these positive wordings will find a place in your doll house, and the same uplifting energy can be channeled into there as well.

For a change, I decided to use a new color on these crates. I think they are great for summer.

I love the fact there are so many ways to use and style them. I have another vase, so I might offer another set with those accessories in it soon.

These vintage style herb crates offer a special bit of rustic charm to your dollhouse decor.

I hope they bring a smile to your face!

Happy mid-week all!

I love bringing real life into the miniature world, and making wood words decor in dollhouse decoration is one fun thing to do.

In the next few days to come, I will be releasing a few more fun words that I'm sure a lot of you will enjoy.

Today's word is "Bake".

This, I'm sure will be a delight to many who loves the baking theme. Fun to put in your dollhouse miniature kitchen or bakery. Maybe even for your scrapbooking projects.





Paint them in any color you wish, or even distress it for an antique look.


Happy Bake Day!

They can be found in my shop, under Dollhouse Miniature Supplies here.

Recently, a customer in the States had a unique marriage proposal idea which involves a larger version of my shabby bread box. I happily accepted the request to make a bread box big enough to fit a proposal wedding ring.

It never came across my mind that the bread box could be used to hide a proposal ring, but I can only imagine the delight on her face when she opens the cover and see the ring.




I also took the opportunity to place the 1:12 dollhouse scale bread box by the side to give a perspective of the measurements.


I inserted a sponge ring holder into the bread box so that the ring wouldn't move around in the box.


Today is Valentine's Day! So here's wishing all a very Happy Valentine's Day!

I'm so excited to blog about my experience with milk paint! I chanced this while I was surfing the web and was just dying to play with it. My first experience with milk paint was many years ago. The first milk paint I had was in liquid form. Even now, I think they are relatively unknown (at least in my part of the world), except for those who are probably DIY enthusiasts who love doing furniture makeovers. Traditionally milk paint are used on wooden furniture and other textured surfaces to create an antique look, which is why it is quite popular with people who love that style.

These are not sold locally, so I ordered mine overseas. While doing my research on milk paint, I became fascinated with it even though I don't have any antique furniture to try it with. So while others will use it with furniture, I will use it for my dollhouse miniatures.

What is milk paint?
There are many types and brands of milk paint out in the market, some are in liquid paint form which is ready to be used, and some are in powder form. Today I'm going to try out the milk paint powder which requires mixing with water.

Milk paint is an eco-friendly, all-natural paint which contains milk protein (casein), chalk, clay, natural pigments.

Suitable for both interior and exterior painting and is mold resistant.

It is ideal to paint on various types of surfaces, including wood, plaster, drywall etc.

It is environmentally friendly, non-toxic and does not give off noxious vapors (often called VOCs)


How is the texture different from acrylic paint
I can only speak from my own painting experience, but the milk paint offers a very smooth, even painting finish that I can't get from acrylic paints. Sometimes acrylic paints that are kept too long ends up being lumpy, but so far my liquid milk paint doesn't end up like that.

Ways to use milk paint
Simply paint on porous surfaces to create a finish that doesn't chip or flake with time (which is perfect if you make your own dollhouse miniature furniture).

You can add more water if you want to create a "colored stain" or "faded wash" look.

If you paint directly over painted surfaces, allow the paint to "self-distress" and chip away randomly for an authentically aged look. (I haven't tried this yet, but will do so soon!)




So I got my stuff ready, the usual - paint brush, a little container to hold the paint, and a small scoop container to efficiently measure powder and water. You can use a spoon if you have, but I didn't have a deep craft spoon. You can use a small cap or container as well.

For this experimentation, I must tell you that the colour I was going to try out was a light mint blue/green colour. But please note that the colour of the milk powder is almost cream. See below photo. So please do not be alarmed!






The ratio of powder and water is 1:1 But there are no hard rules to this, you can add more water if you like, which I did.

You can start painting immediately after the milk powder is dissolved.

The outcome of the colour reminds me of a discontinued FolkArt colour - Mint Green. Many of my students can't find this colour at the craft store anymore, so this will be the replacement for that colour.

I painted 3 coats over my furniture and it covers well. 


It was a fun experiment. I hope you enjoyed my little review of the milk paint! Once I tried the other experiment, I will blog about it!

I've been busy making some miniature little gifts lately. I plan to give it to my students who are here for classes in the month of Dec. 

I love playing around with colors. In fact I find great joy in painting my dollhouse miniatures with different types of paints, colors, whatever I can get my hands on and seeing the effect.

I remembered trying out the teal color for the first time a few months ago, and boy I hated it. It was very pigmented, heavy and sort of dark. I usually fall for teal/turquoise, but this was a teal that I didn't like. At that moment, I lost interest in it totally and kept it aside.

I found a picture in one of my favorite japanese decor magazine which inspired me and I whipped up a dollhouse miniature screen. I've not finished making it into a folding screen yet, but will soon continue with it. As I worked on it, I decided on how I would utilize the light teal color. With the help of a lot of water, I  dilute the color, and I was immensely pleased to see this. 


The screen on the bottom is the result of the heavily diluted teal colour without any texturing. You cannot imagine how heavy the original teal color was. The screen on the top was further textured.

This light teal color just pops! 

I'm happy I got these colors to work now. Today I'm going to do more work on these....