The Art of
Dollhouse Miniatures Blog

The Art of Dollhouse Miniatures Blog (weB Log) is a quick and easy way to stay up to date and see what's happening at The-Art-of-Dollhouse-Miniatures.com. It's sort of like a what's new page and a mini journal all rolled into one.

Each time I upload new information to my web site or if I've discovered some great piece of information to share, this blog will notify you almost immediately via the RSS feed. It...

• Lets you know when I've added new Web pages, giving you quick access to the latest designs and new information.
• Keeps you up to date if I've made changes or added additional information to existing pages.
• Announces new "How to Make Miniature Furniture" eBooks as soon as they are available.
• Points out some special features or great information that you might otherwise miss.
• Lets you know when I publish the The Art of Dollhouse Miniatures Ezine so you can look for it in your email box.

If you are new to RSS, like me, or you're not sure what RSS and blogging is all about, click on the blue "What's an RSS feed?" on the left just below the orange button.

Once you start, you will be pleasantly surprised at what RSS can do.

Jan 10, 2010, Hi Everyone

I'm sure those of you who follow my site have wondered what happened that there have been no posts for over 22 months or so. Unfortunately these past months have not been good ones for the Latwaitis family.

We have lost five immediate family members - from Grandma at 85 to my nephew's five month old daughter to sids. I had prostate cancer which could not be removed but had to be treated with 45 radiation treatments. And, it looks like dialysis is eminent for my wife Arlene.

But for the Grace of God and His Love we would not be here today.

I almost did not return to creating and sharing this site with you. But, I could not ignore the thousands of you, my friends, who visited my site. You have supported me by your visits and boosted my morale that I realized I was helping others - no better way to recover from our own problems.

That being said, I will be working on The Art of Dollhouse Miniatures with renewed vigor, hopefully providing you with the plans, tips and help, along with a few freebees, so that you can reach your goals of making your own miniatures.

Again, Thanks for your patience, and generous support, Al.

May 27, 2008, An apology for the long delay for my Site Updates...

Its been almost 2 months since I've been here at the site. When you get older one begins to loose close family members more often then you'd care to deal with. We in the Latwaitis family have been unfortunate to have lost three immediate family members in as many months and this has caused many adjustments in our households.

I know you will all understand and I sincerely thank you for visiting The Art of Dollhouse Miniatures and signing up for this feed - and especially those of you who have signed up for my newsletter - which should be out by the first if June.

Thanks for your patience, Al.

Mar 29, 2008, How To Make A Miniature Bed Mattress

How To Make A Miniature Bed Mattress is a fairly easy miniature furniture piece to make. I start with a basic foam blank and cover it with fabric.

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Mar 16, 2008, I've finally completed the Miniature Bed.

The Miniature Bedroom Bed is The Centerpiece of Your Miniature Bedroom.

With the completion of the bed, our 1st set of Dollhouse Miniature Bedroom furniture is complete. I'm working on a mirror and a few lamps for some miniature accessories.

Now the goal is to get the living room completed.

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Mar 5, 2008, Half Inch Miniature Scale

Converting My One Inch Miniature Patterns to Half Inch Miniature Scale

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Mar 1, 2008, Miniature Bedroom Nightstand

A miniature bedroom nightstand can be a small miniature table or little miniature cabinet. The ideal place to put your miniature bedroom lamp and a couple miniature printable books.

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Feb 15, 2008, Another "Diary" entry...

After a short delay due to Great Grandma passing on to be with her Lord in Heaven, I'm back to working on the site. I'm finally getting some of the How To Make Miniature Furniture Instructions and drawings up for you.

Here's what I hope to accomplish over the next two weeks. To get all of the assembly drawings for the bedroom and the living room pieces up onto the site. The detailed written instructions will be filled in soon after - but - if you review the miniature chest of drawers instructions you will have a good idea of how to follow the drawings - step by step.

I want to Thank You for taking the time to review my site and signing up for this blog. If all goes well I should be posting new pages on a more consistent schedule now.

Feb 6, 2008, Miniature Dollhouse Printables

Many times when we print a miniature dollhouse printables download we sometimes have to make adjustments to the percentage that the printer is printing the image at.

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Feb 6, 2008, Making Miniature Furniture Instructions

Here are some general guidelines on how to interpret and follow my Making Miniature Furniture Instructions

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Jan 28, 2008, Site Policies

The Art of Dollhouse Miniatures Site Policies

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Jan 21, 2008, Just a Quick Update about what's happening -

Many things have been happening behind the scenes here at The Art of Dollhouse Miniatures. So plan to see a few additions including the first set of How To's for making the miniature furniture for the living room and bedroom.

I did, finally, get the miniature's scale calculator done. This is a must bookmark page because, as the image shows, you can enter any known dimension into it's respective cell, press calculate, and all the cells will be filled in with the correct conversion to scale. I've also put up a fraction to decimal conversion chart on the same page.

I also added a few comments on the growing popularity of 1/2" scale in dollhouse miniatures. As time permits I'll be adding more information about this miniatures scale.

Jan 1, 2008, Dolls House Living Room

Dolls House Living Room - My first design of dollhouse furniture for the living room is very simple and basic.

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