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Cards by Fiddler’s Green and Shaberay
The trouble is that, although are a great many things that I would like to do, I don’t have a great deal of spare time at the moment. In addition to this, as soon as I make a plan, it seems to me that...
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A M Davis – Cut and Colour Farm Set
(Apologies for the poor quality photo. Mission: BUY A CAMERA THAT WORKS is in progress.) There is something about the original set of cards for this farm set that baffles my scanner. The full-size...
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A M Davis – Farmhouse and Garden
2017 ! How did it get to be 2017 ? I didn’t think it had been that long since I wrote something for this blog. There should be a nice photograph here. But I don’t have a camera at the moment and the...
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Fun but Messy
These date from a time when I was trying to fit many Christmas decorations into a very small space. Glue two sheets of thin card (140gsm each) together Glue the paper pattern (photocopy paper,...
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When Short of Time, Make a List
The Not Very Encouraging News My camera is not working reliably My little home printer is not working at all Result: no paper projects to do on this blog until above are fixed or replaced The Good News...
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Paper Model Kiosk – Nativity Downloads
This is going to sound rushed, because I am supposed to be doing something else this morning, but I saw this and I thought it was too good to miss. Paper Model Kiosk (aka Crechemania) have a very...
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Victorian Advertising – a Typographer’s Heaven
I came across some advertisements at the back of a Victorian book of fairy stories and loved the fabulous use of different lettering. There are eight (in miniature) on this pdf -...
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Nativity 2013
I made these nativity sets last March and have been trying to get a “nice” photo of a finished one ever since. So far the best I have come up with has been rather blurred… The best that I can hope...
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This is a Paper Palace – Evaline Ness
This is a Paper Palace to Cut Out and ColorDesigned by Evaline NessISBN 0-684-14708-4 My mother gave this book to me way back in the mid 1970s. She had come across it in a cut-price bookshop that used...
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Bits and Pieces
Dear RG, I have tried to email you, but my message has been returned as “undeliverable”. In answer to your questions – Yes, you may. No, I don’t mind you asking – if you don’t ask, you will never know...
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Theater Bilderbuch – One Scene
I haven’t seen many copies of the Theater Bilderbuch, and the (very few) antique ones that I have seen usually resemble the one on the V & A website. [ Lucia Contreras Flores has an edition on her...
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Meet Sock…
Sock is an Easter elephant – and I promised someone that I would write about him “properly” on this blog. Sock is unique and most definitely not for sale. His name probably explains a great deal about...
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McLoughlin’s Circus Procession Book
It’s a very long time since I made any of these books and I was rather surprised when someone asked if I would demonstrate how they are made. First many thanks are due to Q, who lent me the original...
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Paula Rose Rug
I do not make these for sale.At the end of this post there is a link for Jaques Andre Human,who makes exquisite needlework items.The chart for this design is here I wrote about the pattern for this...
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Paper, ink and glue
Here are some examples of a decorative design that I created from sample of old fabric. They are 300 ppi and they print on my Canon Pixma home printer (via Paint Shop Pro 8) at exactly 1.5 inches...
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How to Make a Folding Dolls’ House
I have not had a computer this week and, shortly after I have uploaded this, I will not have a computer / internet connection until Wednesday, 6th March. Everyone who has been leaving me comments and...
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How to Make a (printed) Fan
Real life, full-size fans come in all shapes and sizes and they are made from all sorts of materials. In fact, they vary tremendously. There are, however, two important facts about miniature fans....
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Raphael Tuck Postcard Database
I wasn’t intending to write about Raphael Tuck at all, but have just come across the most wonderful website. http://tuckdb.org/ As well as a few examples from The Doll’s House Furniture Series There...
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Mary Bell and Rhoda
As a rule, I am not overly fond of paper dolls. I find the way they fall over if you breathe on them – not to mention the way their clothes refuse to stay on – exasperating in the extreme. Despite...
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The Pretty Village Re-visited
revitalised photo courtesy of http://www.picmonkey.com I am not going to have a computer next week so I have been trying to cram everything computer-related into this week. Naturally, I haven’t managed...
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