Miniature craft room projects for dollhouses, roomboxes and dioramas
Are you fortunate enough to have a room or studio to house all your crafting supplies and projects?
How do you organize all your supplies so you can find items in your "stash"?
Have you replicated it in miniature?
Do you sew or quilt? scrapbook? Is photography your passion?
An atelier is a place where an artist, typically a painter, makes art.
A design studio is for a designer who designs houses, shoes, dishes, clothes... and a craft room is a hobby room for a crafter who makes clothes, scrapbooks, dollhouses.
Men do woodworking, tinker with cars and other hobbies in workshops.
Scroll down to the bottom of the page for tips on creating/organizing a RL workspace.
Links to miniature craft room projects
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- photo albums, blog posts, webpages
Miniature Representations of Craft Rooms (RL Craft Rooms below under Research heading)
Craft Room - by Nancy
Craft Room - incredible detail by Judy Ferguson
Craft and Hobby Rooms - in miniature, Pinterest Board by Diane Giddons
Dollhouse Maker Studio - by Barri Adair
Dollhouse Workbench - from Pat's Projects
Doll Maker's Table - by Wanna in El Paso
Dream Craft Room - by Raggedy Kingdom
Miniaturist's Workshop - by Judy Ferguson
Replica of my Wife's Studio - by Ilton
Craft Rooms in Blogs
- Blogs concentrating on craft rooms or categories/labels about them in blogs
I Heart Organizing - RL ideas, can be used for scenes by Centsational Girl
Managing a Miniature Addiction - Camille M. gives tips for organizing a craft room in this blogpost
The Organized Miniaturist
Craft Room Groups
- Discussion groups, forums (or forum categories) and photo groups dedicated to craft rooms.
Craft Room Supplies for sale
- Supplies needed -one can dream!
RL Size
Really Useful Boxes - what a size and colour selection! Awesome!
Storage Bins - Office Depot
Storage Boxes - from Grandpa's Dollhouse
Tool Holder - by Linda Gale designed to hold tools for workshops
Miniature Craft room Supplies
- Tools your mini crafter would use
Miniature Craft Rooms for sale
- Do you have a section for craft rooms in your shop? Add a direct link to that item here.
Books
- Books about miniature craft room projects (also books with chapters about them)
Instructions for miniature craft rooms
Miniature printables
E.g. wallpapers, book/magazine covers related to craft rooms
Miniature Craft Room Links
- links to sites showing how to make items related to craft rooms
Creative Minds are Rarely Tidy - by Joanne Swanson
Ellie, Middle-aged Crafter - by MSAT Minidolls
Glue Bottle - TUT by Alice Zinn, saved by Stacie Brill on Pinterest
Ideas for a Craft Shop - by Kim
Mini Craft Table - by Mishelley's Zoo
Mini Pasta Machine - for your clay, from Les Mains Calme, instructions not very detailed, but she does show the pieces, and the result is fabulous!
Mini Paper Cutter - by Mishelley's Zoo
Miniature Craft Room - by Joanne Swanson
Thomas Table - a dollhouse builder's table by Nell Corkin
Wrapping Paper Cutter - by Sudene (French with pictures)
Videos
- YouTube videos about miniature projects related to this subject
How to Make Paint Tins, Glue and Accessories - from Julie Warren
The video below is about scrap-booking, but applies to miniaturists too!
Every time she says scrap-booking substitute miniatures, and when she blames it on YouTube substitute miniature digest.
RL Craft Room Tips/Hints
- Use magnetic strips to keep tools you use frequently in plain sight
- Store like items together. eg cutting things in one area, ironing and sewing items in another. Analyze the way you work. If you move around from place to place doing the same task, use a container with basic items, which can move with you.
- Pegboard is handy and makes use of vertical storage.
- Don't throw that silverware container from the old dishwasher out! Use it to store stuff!
- Store fabric fat quarters in those tall CD stands - quarters fit quite nicely on end and are easily visible.Two stands stacked on top of each other utilize vertical space efficiently on a skinny piece of otherwise useless wall.
- labelling boxes - take a picture of the contents and paste on the front of the box.
- craft room organization - from Minhas Minis
- store threads and wallpaper - tips from Minhas Minis
- organizing fabrics - from Minhas Minis
- organize paint - from 100 Directions
Links to inspiring pages aka real life craft spaces
Craft Room - by Amy in GA
Craft Room - Evelyne Martin
Craft Room Reveal - from Mrs DIY and the tennis guy
Craft Room Organization - from In my Own Style
Craft Room Organizational Tips - from My Blessed Life
Craft Room Organizational Tips - from MyStoryart by Sharon House, a mixed media blog, scroll down on right hand side to links.
Craft Room Storage - from Tip Junkie
Craft Room Tour - unbelievable!
Creating an Organized Home - Alejandro Costello
Creating a Workspace - by Gina Lasalles in Greenleaf Gazette
Creative Craft Spaces - Pinterest board by Debbie Wright
March Challenge - from Quarterspace, cleaning and organizing one step at a time.
My Real Craft Room - by Judy Ferguson
New Craft Room - Doreen Playter
New Workshop - Maureen Heuchert
No Inch of Space Wasted - by Corwin C
Organized Miniaturist - by Preble McDaniel
Organizing - Pinterest Album by Ruth Ballock Piatek
Organizing Tips for the Modeller's Workshop - from About.com
Organizing and Storing Supplies - by Judy Ferguson
Organizing Your Minis - from Thuy, Dollhouse Miniature Tips
Storage Shelf - by Tanya
Shed Roof Workshop - by Keith Walker
Storing and Organizing Minis - from Small Packages
Studio Craft Supply Organization - Pinterest board by Emily Waits
Tools of the Trade - Kallie discusss how she works in a tiny space in her living room.
Ways to Organize a Workshop - from About.com
Workshop - by Chelle Bracken
Workshop - from Jan's dollhouses
Worktable - from Bubblewrappd. Awesome, folds up out of site when not in use!
Travelling with Tools
Packing for Chicago 2010 - by Wanna in El Paso
Tools of the Trade - The Creative Doll organizes her tools in boxes according to function
Body Mechanics
- Advice from Chiropractor - Use a wedge of foam to angle your knees lower than your hips to relieve back stress.
- Bring your work area UP to your viewing level. Use a small box or some large books under your project. Sitting up straighter helps.
- Get your knees under your table... sit closer to your work area.
- If you have tight shoulders, push them down. Act like a turtle. (As you get stressed, your shoulders move up around your ears and the muscles bunch up. The downward movement releases the tension)
- Make sure your work space is properly lit to reduce stress around your face and neck.
- Get up and get a drink of water every half hour...walking and water are very good for you and you won't tighten up so much in the first place. Bodies were not built to be stationary - they need to move and the water will keep your mind fresh.
- For 1:12 storage boxes, get the plastic flip top weekly dosage containers marked with the days of the week, Cut apart and file down the letters of the week on top.
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Comments (3)
johanna janhonen said
at 4:13 pm on Jun 2, 2012
i think the real life craft room should go in the end of this page (inspiring links). No need for shop names title here. And maybe a link to organizing miniatures in the beginnig? Johanna from mobile
Linda McD said
at 1:33 am on Jun 7, 2012
I see what you mean, Johanna - is this better?
johanna janhonen said
at 6:49 am on Jun 11, 2012
Thanks Linkda, it is :)
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