Creative Dollhouses from Kits


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Turning easy-to-build kits into custom dollhouses is a snap when you follow Robert Schleicher's step-by-step techniques. Learn to simulate clapboard siding; choose the right shing apply stucco, brick or sto and install cornices and wallpaper in this highly educational look at creative building.




Mixed-Media Dollhouses


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This book takes the artistic approach of assemblage and collage, and combines it with the long-loved tradition of making doll houses--but these doll houses are anything but traditional! Begun as an artistic challenge between a group of talented friends, these mixed-media doll houses include beautiful castles, undersea fantasy-lands, gothic attics, inspiring tree houses and much more. Authors Tally Oliveau and Julie Molina share a host of interesting alteration techniques while showing readers how to construct beautiful, fantasy doll houses. Readers learn to how to construct or repurpose found boxes into rooms and houses, how to decorate interior surfaces, how to build miniature furnishings, how to make their own paper dolls, and how to embellish their houses using a variety of imaginative materials.




House Magic


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Home-healing spells and meditations—accompanied by more than 100 colorful and inspiring illustrations—give you everything you need to transform your home into a restorative and magical space. House Magic presents home protections for every living space that bring together the traditions of earth magic, meditation, herbalism, self-awareness, astrology, and feminist spirituality. From the evil eye to stagnant energy, learn how to transform any space into a sacred sanctuary using the power of crystals, herbs, and flowers. By first learning the ancient histories of home magic spells, their origins, and their practices, House Magic presents spells and protections to produce fundamental manifestations in each space within the home—Clearing, Protection, Comfort, Harmony, and Balance. This gorgeous guide takes you through manifesting a magical life with intentions, altars, and colors. Meditate with the earth and the moon to bring specific intentions into your space. Bless and protect your house from evil spirits, and create a harmonizing home with charming symbols like dream catchers, runes, hamsa, and triquetra symbols. Use old traditions and objects like brooms and candles to bless your home. Invite household spirits such as the Bean-Tighe, Domovoi, and Gaelic Goddess Brigid for protection. Declutter and feng shui your space! Practice spellwork and rituals made for each room in your home to: Bring more joy and familial connections to your living room for a happier home Attract creativity and success to your office Create a peaceful atmosphere in your bedroom for soothing sleep, good dreams, and romance Allow restoration to enter your bathroom to feel refreshed and calm Make nourishing recipes for when you and your loved ones gather in the kitchen And much more! Harness the power of magic to create a beautiful, healing living space with this unique resource manual. The Mystical Handbook series from Wellfleet takes you on a magical journey through the wonderful world of spellcraft and spellcasting. Explore a new practice with each volume and learn how to incorporate spells, rituals, blessings, and cleansings into your daily routine. These portable companions feature beautiful foil-detail covers and color-saturated interiors on a premium paper blend. Other titles in the series include: Witchcraft, Love Spells, Moon Magic, Knot Magic, and Superstitions.




Dollhouse Furniture


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A guide to materials, styles and manufacturers from the 17th century to the present. The collector's guide to selecting and enjoying miniature masterpieces.




Doll Houses - A Hobby For Life


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It’s always fun to have a hobby in life. Hobbies can help keep the creative juices flowing for all ages. As you become more proficient in your hobby, there is always the possibility of making a little money too. And what better way to make a few extra bucks than doing something that you absolutely love? Some people go to great lengths to furnish their miniature dollhouse as realistically as possible. Tiny accessories of virtually everything one can need can be found for miniature houses. Some of the subjects within the book are: But where do you start?, History Of Dollhouses, Famous Doll Houses, Types Of Dollhouses, Tudor Dollhouses, Georgian Dollhouses, Victorian Dollhouses, Building A Dollhouse, Your first step is to design the dollhouse, Dollhouse Scale, Draw out the pattern on paper, Dollhouse Building Supplies, Doors, Windows, Flooring, Wallpaper, Lighting and Electrical Items, Six Steps To Creating The Perfect Dollhouse, Decide who will live in your dollhouse and much, much more.....




How to Make Your Dolls' House Special


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Wonderful roof tiles, convincing thatching, realistic brickwork, paving, and other stylish decorations transform a dolls' house into something personal and unique. Inventive instruction on engraving, choosing materials, building miniature "heirlooms," and making everything from wallpapering to topiary to gates. "All you need is a little creativity and some motivation."--"Doll Castle News."




Doll House Making


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Dollhouses are incredible cute! LIttle furnishings and tiny little teapots and add-ons...a lot fun to observe and explore. And with dollhouse kits you can create a miniature global of your own. For everyone who grew up loving dollhouses, (or fell in love with them as a discern/person) there's a way you could keep that connection going: dollhouse kits! Dollhouse kits are fun and range from easy to tough, so beginners can soar right in, and those extra skilled with dollhouse kits can make a residence as problematic and innovative as you wish! You can do it alone for your spare time, or proportion a assignment along with your infant. for more information just keep reading this book




Build Your Own Colonial Dollhouse


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In days gone by, the dollhouse was a true work of art, something you would be proud to display to friends and family. They were the realms of adults not children. These days, there are more 'kit' houses available than ever before. However, the modern miniaturist isn't looking for a kit house. The dollhouse collector and artist wants something more challenging, more inspirational. They want something more like the dollhouses of days gone by. They want a dollhouse that's a work of art. This book series will introduce you to some of the most popular and the most unusual dollhouses of days gone by. These books have been specially designed to look like a plan book from yesteryear. From their creamy papers, to their charming hand drawn illustrations, to their faux woven cover, everything is designed to give you an experience like few other books can.




A Three-Dimensional Victorian Doll House


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A three-dimensional book that opens to reveal two stories and eight rooms of a Victorian home, with decorative details, pop-up furniture, and press-out pieces. Covers can be tied with attached ribbons to allow the book to stand on its own.




DIY Dollhouse


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D.I.Y. Dollhouse is a lavishly illustrated guide for budding architects, builders, and designers, showing then how to build and furnish their own eco-friendly dollhouse, with an incredible eye for detail. The simple instructions cover everything children (and parents) need to get started, from making rooms out of crate boxes and pieces of scrap fabric to crafting countless furniture and household items using recycled materials, such as empty plastic containers and bottles, bottle caps, cardboard boxes, plastic trays, drinking straws, and more. Learn how to transform these easy-to find household items into a sofa, bunk bed, desk chair, fridge, stove, bucket and mop, or even a hot tub for the rooftop garden, and come up with ideas of your own. The photographs of the finished interiors provide plenty of inspiration, and the project is sure to keep crafty children busy for days on end.