Dolls House & Miniature Scene

Throughout our Dolls House & Miniature Scene content we bring you step-by-step projects created by a team of highly talented contributors demonstrating a vast array of techniques to bring you a wide range of projects to develop your skills and make every miniature creation the best it can be. We also bring you regular interviews with key artisans, all the top news and gossip and new product launches. Not forgetting great techniques, ‘how to’s’, top trends and fantastic competitions for you to expand your miniature collection!

Welcome to the Winter 2023 edition! • This is an Editor’s letter quite like no other and one that I write with a heavy heart. It’s with great sadness that I announce that this will be the last ever monthly edition of Dolls House & Miniature Scene.

Dolls House & Miniature Scene

Caught on camera • Here at DHMS, the team have been amazed and inspired by these wonderful wintery mini makes as seen on Instagram this month…

Miniature gonk cake • This Christmas we’ll be sculpting a bit of woodland magic through this miniature tree stump cake with two gonks with long candy cane socks sitting idly on top! This cake also sees vertical sponge layers and a naked top to evoke the age rings on a tree.

Miniaturising Christmas • Moi Ali’s shares her quick tips to bring Christmas to your dolls house!

Inspired by DHMS • Reader Sarah Russell cleverly used the stone wall project by Kim Finch in the July issue of Dolls House & Miniature Scene that used egg cartons to create the effect as part of her own dolls house renovation – thank you for sharing how DHMS inspired and helped you Sarah!

Home for Christmas • Deck the halls for the festive season with interior designer, Carleas Fleck.

Mary Poppins’ accessories • Mary Poppins sure knew how to pack a bag! While none of us may be quite that talented, this bag really does hold a lot. Popular during the 19th and early 20th Centuries, variations on this construction might be made from anything from oriental carpet to leather, canvas to woolen tweed, or even plaid. I couldn’t resist also making Mary Poppins’ famous ‘talking’ parrot umbrella and her very proper, daisy trimmed hat to accompany the carpet bag!

Ruth’s MINI TIPS

Colour me beautiful: Whiter shade of pale • Moi Ali focuses on colour-based interior design for dolls houses.

Terry and Sharon’s miniature world • Terry Everett is continuing a love of miniatures especially for his wife Sharon…

Farmhouse renovation • What started as a wonderful mother/daughter project during lockdown for reader Vicky Shields, turned into a beautiful love of the miniature world…

Farmhouse renovation

The gift of Christmas • It’s time to hang that stocking as Pilar Alén gets ready for Christmas.

1940s land girl • From June 1939 to as late as 1950, The WLA (Women’s Land Army) employed over 200,000 women as farm workers to replace the male workers who had gone to war. These young women came from all walks of life and were expected to undertake all the farming duties that the men had done, in order to increase Britain’s food production. Now create your own land girl in miniature…

Instagram identities: @ANDREA.THIECK.MINIATURES

Instagram identities: @ANDREA.THIECK.MINIATURES

Bread and butter pudding • Comfort food at its finest! Start the new year with a winter classic, creating this traditional bread and butter pudding.

At Home with THE BROADWOODS • The last hoorah! (for now…)

Deck the halls • Moi Ali’s quick make holly will have you decking the halls in true festive style.

Three bird roast • Why choose? Create a dream Christmas dinner with this festive table centrepiece.

Tiny team room • “I confess, I’m a big fan of afternoon tea! I have very pleasant...