My Mini Doll & Miniatures Blog Vox 2009-04-04T22:50:32Z Marlene http://marlene284.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00fa96906cf00003/ New Sculpt- Michigan Museum Display tag:vox.com,2009-04-04:asset-6a00fa96906cf00003011017b79e55860e 2009-04-04T22:44:00Z 2009-04-04T22:50:32Z Marlene http://marlene284.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Vampire

Here's my latest project. She's a donation for the Michigan Museum for their Halloween theme. I popped her in the mail to her new home today (with just a smidge of reluctance.) When this project came up last fall, I was thoroughly engrossed in t...

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Finished

Happy New Year! I haven't updated in a long time, and as usual, I've not stuck to any of my project resolutions as mentioned in my last entry. Right now I'm trying to teach myself how to sculpt my own dolls. I've attached my first fully completed...

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Face2 Backstrom1 Boots

I finally finished painting my Marcia Backstrom kit. She's not "perfect," but she actually looks better than the first two kits I ever did. When I painted the first kit, I did not know that I needed to wash it to get the mold release off, and...

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]]> Glass Eyes tag:vox.com,2008-08-17:asset-6a00fa96906cf0000300fa969270b50003 2008-08-17T09:47:41Z 2008-08-19T08:25:24Z Marlene http://marlene284.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Blue-eyes

Yesterday I spent part of the day painting the glass head pins with glass paints to make the eyes. I changed a few things since the first time I experimented with the glass paints. First I bought a larger bottle of white paint then what came with...

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SLyons1

The story of my life are the projects I start and get sidetracked and don't finish so I thought if I put a few out there that I'll have to stick to it and get them done. Project 1 is a group of doll kits that I purchased on eBay made by Sylvia Ly...

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]]> My Collection tag:vox.com,2008-08-10:asset-6a00fa96906cf0000300fa968fe2f90002 2008-08-10T17:19:57Z 2008-08-17T21:33:13Z Marlene http://marlene284.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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I thought I'd start out my blog by sharing some of my miniature doll collection. I bought this little fairy more than 20 years ago at a miniatures show in my area; I loved the sweet expression on her face. I believe she is made out of poly...

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