The Making of 'My Miniature World' miniature books!

Hello Everyone,

Hope you are all well and doing fine.

Today I will be posting about the making of 'My Miniature World's books. After the great demand I had with the first two books, I have decided to make one post for all the books that I have made so far and for those books that are still to come.  Basically they all follow the same pattern. Now You can Visit our page My Miniature World Books where you will find a few of our books for sale in kit form and Ready Made. We have over 100 books to choose from. Also you can visit our shop at Etsy which offers both in kit form and in download.

My Miniature World Books

Like you all know my books are all readable and have colorful illustrations. They are all designed by me and very easy to do. 

The indexed Spin of the books

My books are all indexed with a number on the spine and this will continue with every new book in my collection. 

Basically to make these books you will need:

1. To print the downloadable book sheet /s which you will find available above in the book list.
2. Card board (even from a cereal box)
3. Masking tape
4. Glue Stick
5. Scissors
6. A small piece of ribbon (approx. 3 mm wide)

Step 1:

After printing your book sheet/s, cut out the book cover. Then cut the book cover templates from a piece of card board. I find it easy by just sticking the template paper on the cardboard and cut them off together.




Step 2:

Using your glue stick, stick the cardboard cover templates close together inside the book cover. Make sure that the templates fit in the book cover. Then bend and stick the book flaps inside the book cover. 

Your book cover will look something like this once it is folded and closed.

Step 3:

 Cut out the book strips and fold them. Glue the ends of the first strip with the beginning of the next strip.The pages are alphabetic order in some books. The download books are printed in order so you won't mix up the  strips when joining them together. 


For those who get their books in kit form there will be a number written in pencil behind each strip so you would know what comes first and after especially in the story books.

After this step you will notice that you have the patterned inner cover pages at the end of the now long strip. Make sure that each page has been folded evenly. Then you can glue the back of each folded page.

Step 4:

Press the folds tight as possible. (You can even use a peg to do the job for you.) Cut out a small piece of masking tape and place it over the spine of the pages. This will help to keep the pages tight together and it will

be easier for you to stick the pages to the cover. Also before adding the masking tape you can add the piece of ribbon with a little glue at the spine of the book at the top part. This will be the book mark of the book.

Step 5:

Use the glue stick to glue the inner patterned cover pages to the inside of the book cover. Make sure the pages are lined in properly with the cover. Sometimes it is even better to position the pages with the book closed.

Step 6:

Finally find the center pages and position the book mark in the center. Cut out the extra length of the ribbon at an angle.

And this is how your book would look like. 

I hope that you will find this tutorial helpful to make my downloadable books. Remember that all my downloadable books follow this pattern. 

Also please note that these books can only be made for personal use. The book sheets and templates can not be copied or resold without my permission.

If you have any difficulty with any of the books please don't hesitate to contact me by email.  

Take Care and see you soon.

Hugs,

Rebecca xxx

The Fairy's Nook - More work in progress!

Hello everyone,

I hope that you are all enjoying your summer. Here in Malta it's getting hotter and hotter doe I must admit this summer doesn't feel like summer at all. Maybe it's because I spend so much time at home with the kids that I don't even realize how hot it is outside. I also wanted to welcome a new follower to my Blog; Welcome Susan Edgar!

Today I will be sharing with you some more progress that I have been working on my Fairy's Nook.  As you may have noticed the one room is actually an octagon shape. It is quite spacious for one room but I have to fit everything in this 8 walled room which also has 4 windows and now an arched door. 

First, I started working on the floor. I have closed the small little opening which was originally the entrance to the building. Then I have used lolly pop sticks to cover the floor. It took me quite some time to finish due to the angled walls. Once the floor was covered I varnished it with a walnut stain. 

Covered floor with lolly pop sticks

 Then came the interior walls problem. Being a fairy's dwelling I didn't find the right wall paper for this room or at least what I wished for and I just couldn't imagine myself wall papering this room from the top with four windows. So my best option was to actually paint the room myself. I have used a very light yellow paint as the base color then with a ball of cotton I smudged green, pink and orange paint all over the walls. It was the perfect mix for this room and saved me the hassle of papering the walls. So at this point the interior was complete. 

The hand painted walls

The finished interior. 

Another challenge to this property was actually the door. The walls where not high enough to buy a DIY ready made door. The doors where just too big and I still wanted an arched door for this building. So as you all know I opened an arch and made sure that most of the beam work on the outside remained untouched. The problem was I really didn't know how I was going to make the door. I didn't want just a piece of wood cut in an arch shape and fitted in. I wanted it to look like a door. So my best option or the only option that I thought of was cutting a piece of a very tick cardboard and covered it from both sides with lolly sticks. Then I painted it and hinged it. I also added a small handle. It came out better than I thought.

My hand made door made out of lolly sticks

Then I added a front porch. The flooring once again is made out of lolly pop stick and I have added some railing to it. I have painted it with the same color as the wood beams. I have left one of the sides opened on purpose for the entrance. 

Front Porch and door

So this is how it is looking so far. I hope you like what I have done. 

 I have also worked some polymer clay miniatures which you will find available in my Etsy shop My Miniature World Shop. I have made a new fairy tea set and a toad stool fairies' village for a dolls house garden or fantasy project.

Toad Stool Fairies' Village

Fairy's Tea Set

 Well this is all for today. Please keep tuned for the next installment on my Fairy's Nook's progress.

Take Care and See you all soon.

Hugs,

Rebecca xxx

  

The Beginning of The Fairy's Nook!

Hello my dear friends,

Finally the great day has arrived where I will be sharing with you my new project. It was so very unexpected to start this project especially after completing two projects after each other on make belief which where Santa's Work Shop and The Fairy Tale Tower. I was so sure of myself that the new project was going to be based on facts and reality. My everyday life has been so busy lately that I had to go for a small project once again, and I hope it will be the last of my small projects. I am looking forward to start working once again on bigger dolls houses with more rooms. 

I also wanted to welcome a new follower to my blog; Welcome Ruth! We have hit 70 followers! Thank you so much everyone for finding my blog interesting. It is very encouraging. 

So my new project is called The Fairy's Nook. The original kit was called The Market Cross which is a Dolls House Emporium discontinued Kit. I think it is one of the smallest kits that I have built so far. 

 This small project is going to be a garden fairy's dwelling. The upper room is where this little fairy lives and the bottom area will be transformed into a garden.

So I have gave it a dry built to see what I need to add or adapt to the kit. This building only has a small little floor door with a ladder. No doors in the walls. I didn't like the idea of having a fairy using a ladder and going in her home from underneath so an opening in one of the walls was not an option, it had to be done.

Then I started painting it. I started with all the tudor styled beam work which took me quite some time to finish. I have opened an arch door in one of the walls and painted the outer walls.

I have started by painting the outer walls with an egg shell blue color. Then I started blending in more colors. I love this technique. I have added green, orange, pink and purple. I really liked the effect. It gave it a shading of a periwinkle color. As I added an arch door opening some of the beam work had to be adapted to one of the walls. When the walls and the wooden beams have been painted I stuck the beams to the building all around. And this is how it is looking so far.

The new door opening with the adapted beam work. 

So far this is what I have completed. I hope you all like it.

Please keep tuned as I will be sharing with you more progress of this new project.

Take Care and see you soon.

Rebecca xxx

The Fairy Book

Hello folks,

I hope you are all enjoying your weekend. It has been a while since my last post. I will be updating you very soon with my new project.

After the great success that I had with 'The Book of Fairytale Spells' I have made another book called 'The Fairy Book' In this book you find a whole collection of different fairies from all over the world with full color pictures and information. The book contains over 40 pages.

The Fairy Book

To make this book you need:

1. To print the two book sheets by pressing on this link The Fairy Book download sheets

2. Card board (even from a cereal box)

3. Masking tape

4. Glue stick

5. Scissors

6. A small piece of bronze ribbon (approx 3 mm wide)

Step 1

 After printing your fairy book sheets, cut out the book cover and the book cover templates from a piece of card board. 

Step 2

 Using your glue stick, stick the cardboard templates close together inside the book cover. Make sure that the templates fit in the book cover. Then bend and stick the book flaps inside the book cover.

Your book cover will look like this.

Step 3

Cut out the  4 strips of book pages and fold them.

Glue the ends of the first strip with the beginning of the second, third and the forth strip. After this step you will notice that you have the pair of floral green inner cover pages at the end of the now long strip. Make sure that each page has been folded evenly. The pages are alphabetic order so you won't mix them up. Then you can glue the back of each folded page. Press the folds tightly as much as possible.

Step 4

Cut out a small piece of masking tape and place it over the spine of the pages. This will help to keep the pages tight together and it will be easier for you to stick the pages to the cover. Also before adding the masking tape you can add the piece of ribbon at the spine of the book from the top part. This will be the book mark of the book.

Step 5

Use the glue stick to glue the inner green cover pages to the inside of the book cover. Make sure that the pages are lined in properly with the cover. Sometimes it is even better to position the pages with the book closed.

Step 6

Find the center pages and position the book mark in the center. Cut out the extra length of the ribbon at an angle. And finally this is how your book would look like.

I hope that you will find the tutorial helpful. Also please note that this book can only be made for personal use. 

If you have any difficulties or would like to ask questions about how to make this book please don't hesitate to email me.

This book is the second of my collection. and as I will be making more books, the books on the spine will be numbered too.

These are the two books that I have made so far.

To make The Book of Fairytale Spells go to this link The Book of Fairytale Spells

The numbered books. 

Keep tuned as very soon I will be sharing with you my new project.

Take care and see you soon.

Hugs,

Rebecca xxx

The Fairy Tale Magical Mystery Tower comes to it's "Happily Ever After!"

Hello my dear friends,

Here we are again! Being busy like always and probably you all got used to it by now. The weather hasn't settled in like I was hoping for and instead of Summer it seems like Autumn is more likely to come. I wonder what happened to my sunny, hot summer. I also wanted to welcome two new followers of my blog; Sharon Larkin and Kyle Lefort. WELCOME!

Today I will be sharing with you the last and final update to my fairy tale tower. Yes The Fairy Tale Magical Mystery Tower came to it's "Happily Ever After!" ending. I still can't believe that another project has come to an end without adding more to it. It does pain me when I totally complete one of my projects. It feels like I am saying good bye to good old friend that has kept me company for a long time. 

The Fairy Tale Magical Mystery Tower

As the inside was complete it was time for me to decorate as much as possible the exterior of the building. I was very pleased of how I had plastered and painted the outside but  it definitely still needed that little extra oomph!

So the first thing that I changed was the tower's flag. It's original flag was made out of a frail material in plain red; something that I didn't want for this tower. I have used the flag from Disney's Motion Picture Tangled. It just fitted in perfectly being Rapunzel's Tower. I was thrilled that it turned out perfectly with the scene. 

From Disney's Motion Picture 'Tangled'

My Fairy Tale Tower's Flag

Then I have made some hinges for the door leading to the Witch's Den. Being a bit spooky I went for a medieval touch. I have cut the hinges from thick cardboard, painted them and stuck them to the the door. The where just perfect.

Door hinges made out of cardboard

As the tower's kit came without any perspex for the windows I decided to add them myself. So I found a plastic box cover. I have criss crossed it with a permanent marker and fitted them in the lower windows. 

Adding the glass to the windows

Then came the hardest part; decorating the tower with flowers. I have made all the flowers and leaves myself using polymer clay. They took me days to finish but it was all worth it.

And finally this is how it looks.

I wanted to thank all of you who have followed the progress of this tower. I really appreciate it. Now I will be taking a short break just before I start another project. It is always better to clear up your mind from one project before starting another. In the mean time I will still be updating you all with some polymer clay miniatures that I have been making. It won't be too long before I start as I am already preparing for the big starting day of my new project. So make sure to remain tuned.

Take Care and see you soon.

Rebecca xxx