The Men of TeamMIDS

I thought I would share with you all, the men of our team on Etsy, TeamMIDS.

There aren't a lot of men on our team, but, they are all really great guys that give a lot of attention to detail to their miniatures.

This is an acrylic turning by Bertie of BertiesMiniatures.

I think his acrylic turnings are my favorite. :)

This is a wonderful little accent table from Ray of minibuilder. Ray makes all kinds of fine wood furniture for the dollhouse, we collaborate on some items from time to time.

This is a turning from Mike Rowe. He also makes very realistic looking guns in 1/12th scale.

This is a turning from Tom (turning seems to be popular among the men.) of turningsin.

Tom has a really great sense of humor and he's working on making up a website where you can view him at work making turnings. Very cool. :)

This is a modern dining room set by Richard of minibydesign.

He makes modern furniture and lights, as well as deco furniture. Right now, he's busy making an art deco bar for himself and it's going to be fabulous!

This is a wonderful custom made screen, just for me, from Yuki of Amatheria.

Yuki is one of our youngest members of the team, he's an architecture student, a tattoo artist as well as being a miniaturist.

We also have another guy on the team, Jason, but, he's just joined recently and I have yet to acquire something from his shop, he's another turner of JasonsWoodworking.

Welcome to new followers Josje, you can find her blog here, and Papillon Bleu and her blog is here.

Giveaway, I know the 22nd came and went. My bad! I wanted to do it the Sunday night after Thanksgiving, so until then. ;)

Adding Contemporary Elements to Your Period Dollhouse

Yes, you can! :)

If fact you can do anything you want with your dollhouse. There are no rules that you have to abide by. Do what you want! lol ;)

You can take that tudor dollhouse and turn it into a shabby chic cottage if you want!

You can add modern design to Victorian dollhouses.

Collect what you like, design and decorate as you see fit. It's your house after all. :)

A touch of Asian in any room, lends an international feel, like a world traveler.

Contemporary and antique furniture can be mixed to form a classic traditional style.

Large scale pieces add a modern look to spice things up.

Go ahead, mix as many patterns and colors as you like.

You might just find that all of the things you like, end up blending together to show your own signature style in designing your dollhouse decor.

Hey, but that's just what I think. ;)

The chair is from minibuilder, the table is from turningsin, the blue and white china are from my private collection and the rest is in or will be coming soon to my etsy shop. :)

Now that I can see my followers again, I can welcome the new ones! :)

They are; Julie Old Crow who blogs mostly about mini food and has another blog here.

Deborah posts from the Netherlands about small stuff

elminimundodevane I don't see a blog or website listed

Anama who's coming back to blogging about minis after taking some time off.

Lest I forget Reisl Today, who got neglected the other day when I couldn't find her blog.

That's all for now, glad to be able to "see" my followers once again.

Hope I've given you some food for thought. :)

They're baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack! ;)

My people have returned. lol ;)

What a pleasant sight! :)

Help! My followers have disappeared!

LOL! I know they are not gone, as I can see them on my hubby's puter.

But, they've disappeared from view from mine! :(

My people, my people, I can't see my people, lol. ;)

Does anyone know what to do?

This happened once before and I cleared my cache and they returned.

I've cleared my cache, history, cookies, restarted the computer and nothing has worked. :(

Bumming! :(

Favorite Dollhouse Books :)

Wow, I just releasized that I haven't been blogging. ;)

  I was hoping to have some exciting news to report last week, but alas, it is on hold for the moment-

 New followers to welcome, they are; evelien and you can find her blog here and Reisl Today, which I thought there was a blog... but, I'm not finding it listed... Reisel, if you're around, leave me a comment with your blog site and I'll put it in my next post. :) Thanks for following my blog.

 I thought I would share with you, my dear readers, my favorite dollhouse books. :)

This book showcases 35 dollhouses from the 1600's on to present day.

Focuses on the interiors, primarily furniture building.

A unique mix of design styles; from Egyptian, Shaker, Bauhaus to Victorian Gothic

Everything having to do with textiles, my favorite subjects. :)

All Victorian, all the time. ;)  I love the richness of this time period, the pattern on pattern, the ornateness and all of the "stuff" that Victorians loved to hang on to.

This has a lot of specific projects for dollhouses in different time periods.

I just love these books. I'm sure you can probably find copies of them on Amazon or Ebay.

 I used to just pour over these books and dream. :)

Now, I find I am getting more and more interested with contemporary and modern traditional designs as opposed to period designs, though, I still love them! :)

Books are such precious things, they are like old friends, so good to have around to enjoy.

After reading up on other people's blogs, I'm seeing that, there are a bunch of new gorgeous books are out there.

Must ask for a gift certificate to a book store for Christmas. ;)