Saturday 28 February 2015

A few Minis

Over on the PaperArtsy blog this fortnight we are running a challenge on the topic of Miniature Art. Check out the intro post HERE.  Leandra has some awesome samples to show you and hopefully inspire you.
I decided to dig out a few of my mini projects to show you, hope these give you some ideas too.
First up some mini albums, I have loads of these in various stages of completion.. a lot more are unfinished than finished lol Here we have a square one in a tin for my son’s 21st. The one at the front has pages of all different shapes and is filled with photos from a music gig. The one at the back is super cute and is handbag shaped… and is still empty.

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Next an even smaller mini, created using origami folding, and housed in an origami box. Then a cool mini made with small envelopes, this has lots of flaps that fold out. The one at the front is made with round beer mats. I filled that one with photos of a trip to Scotland, see the tartan ribbon and the mini mini bottle of whiskey.

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These are Christmas mini. The back one is held together with elastic that goes through the pages and hooks around the candy canes. he front one is a ‘Squash’ book and is quite large but folds down into a 4x4 chunky square.

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These are mini canvasses, 3 joined together by creating metal hooks which are pushed into the wood frames.

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Being small does not mean no details, there is lots going on with these 3.

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What about this little doodah.. it is a small metal tin with a glass lid, only about 2 inches big.

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A friend sent me a ‘wishes’ folding kit, they are strips of paper that you fold into little stars. I filled a whole jar with them. The mini tags are colour prompts. I painted and stencilled all the tags, both sides.. and then added a typed colour to each one. When you are stuck for what colours to use, you are meant to flick through these and pick out 3 colours at random.

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How about a mini teapot, the main part of this is about 4 inches square.

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How about paper jewellery, here is a tiny brooch that I made to match a specific outfit.

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Gift boxes often need to be tiny, this box was about 2 x 3, so cute and the die cut flowers and bird finished it off perfectly.

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These are super small, just tickets.. it is amazing how much art you can fit on a ticket.

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More jewellery, how about a domino bracelet, this one is decorated with Zettiology stamps and UTEE.


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I made these tiny houses for a swap, they are no bigger than 3 inches.

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Things on keyrings.. First up a stumpwork embroidery of a thistle, this is about 2 inches big. Then a little felted person with metal charm arms and legs, and finally the key fob inspired by a blog post by France Papillion from a couple years ago.

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Hope that has given you more ideas, come over to the PaperArtsy blog, you have until 5pm on March 8th to join in.
Darcy x

8 comments:

  1. Lots of inspiration here Darcy, especially loving the tea pot and the tiny felted person. Thank you for sharing:-) xxx

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  2. Okay...I am inspired! This challenge is stumping me a bit but this helps, thanks:).

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  3. Great ideas Darcy! Just finished bday card in tin for my daughter! Waiting for it to dry! X

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  4. Incredible art, Incredible inspiration.
    I have fallen in love with that teapot!
    Wishes
    Lynne

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  5. All so different & all completely gorgeous. The teapot is so cute.

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