For those of you unfamiliar with her blog, Joann Swanson has been writing dollhouse miniature projects for dollhouse magazines forever it seems. Her projects can be found in the now defunct Nutshell News and Dollhouse Miniatures. She has now started creating projects and tutorials on her blog and available for FREE. It is a wonderful resource for beginners and pros alike. All projects are in 1:12 scale, but can easily be adapted to smaller scales.
This is only an INDEX. These are listed for the month in which they were created and correspond to her archives. For the actual instructions and printies, please go to http://www.joannswansondiyminiatures.blogspot.com/
NOVEMBER 2012 THANKSGIVING KITCHEN ISLAND
- Kitchen Work Table
- Fimo TURKEY, CELERY, ONION
- Cutting Board (rectangle or paddle shape)
- Fishing Bobber Bowl
- Foam Core Bread Cubes
- PRINTIES
- APRON, POT HOLDERS, DISH TOWELS
- SPICE JAR LABELS
- CHICKEN BROTH CAN, OLD BAY SEASONING TIN
- FAMILY RECIPE FOLDER W/RECIPES
- KNIFE
- Kitchen Utensils
- POTATO MASHER
- SPATULA
- ROLLING PIN
- KNIFE
- WHIP
OCTOBER 2012 WITCH'S KITCHEN
- CABINET/CUPBOARD
- WORK TABLE
- WITCH DOLL FROM SKELETON WITH WITCH HAT, DRESS & SHOES PATTERNS
- JARS FROM ACRYLIC RODS
- PRINTIES
- POTIONS BOOK
- WITCH'S BREW BOTTLE LABELS
- VARIOUS WITHC BOOK COVERS
DISPLAY BOXES FROM PICTURE FRAMES
JUNE 2012 AMERICANA PEDDLER'S CART
- PICNIC TIN BASKET
- PULL TOYS (GIRAFFE, SHIP AHOY, CHICKEN)
- BUCKET OF FLAGS
- PRINTIES
- FLAGS, VARIOUS NATIONS
- UNCLE SAM HATS
- PINWHEELS
- AMERICANA BIRD HOUSES
- FLAG BUNTING
- RED, WHITE, BLUE STRIPE WALLPAPER
UMBRELLA WITH PUNCHED PAPER TULIPS
- PARASOL PATTERN
LION & LAMB PULL TOYS
KITES
SHAMROCK PLANT & VINTAGE ST PATTY DAY CARDS
VALENTINE GIRL'S DESK VIGNETTE
- GIRL'S DESK
- GLASS BOTTLE LAMP FILLED WITH NO HOLE BEADS
- PET BED PATTERN AND DIY WEAVING
- PRINTIES
- CHAIR SEATS
- LAMP SHADE PATTERN
- SWITCH OUTLETS
- FEBRUARY CALENDAR
- SILHOUETTES
- VALENTINE BOX
- VINTAGE VALENTINE CARDS
- GIFT BAG PATTERN
- VALENTINE BOOK COVERS
JULTOMTENS (wooden santas) & SWEDISH XMAS TREE W/GINGERBREAD COOKIE ORNAMENTS
DOLLHOUSES FROM THE PAST (dollhouses from pages of America's magazines)
- MC CALL'S DOLLY DREAM DOLLHOUSE (DH)
- SEARS ROEBUCK
- BUILT-RITE
- DE LUXE DH FURNITURE
- AMERICAN HOME FURNITURE
- HOUSE BEAUTIFUL
- HOUSE & GARDEN
- HARPER BAZAAR
- HAPPI-TIME DH WITH RENWALL FURNITURE
- WOMAN'S WORLD COLONIAL DH
- NEELY HALL CRAFT PATTERNS
- RUTH SPEARS HOME CRAFT PATTERNS
- BOOKSHELF DOLLHOUSE/ROOMBOXES
JUNE 2011/POTTING BENCH
TECHNIQUES:
- Flowers/plants: trailing plant, daisies, hydrangeas, pansies
- 3-shelf plant rack
- garden hat
- garden clogs from push molds
- potting bench & birdhouses
- Garden supply cans
- Plant food bag
- Garden gloves
- White & red chicken planters
- Brick wall
- Stone flooring
- Garden signs/sayings
- Seed storage box
- Seed packets
- Garden stake signs
- Pansy box
CREATIVE MINDS ARE RARELY TIDY
TECHNIQUES
- Sofa from foam core board
- Coffee table (sheet wood & chess pieces for table legs)
- Work basket & stand
- Floor lamp
- Wicker pet bed
- End table from Tiny Turnings
- Table lamp w/resin cottage base
- TV tray
- Storage box from restaurant jelly containers
- Scrub brush
- Bottles from Lite-Brite pegs
- Dust pan
- Vacuum cleaner
- Feather duster
- pillows
- Magazines
- Needlework in progress
- Scrapbooks
- Craft books
- File folders box & file folders
- DH furniture kit box
- Craft paint bottles
- Cleaning product cans
- Apron
- Table lamp shade pattern
EASTER PEDDLER'S CART
TECHNIQUES
- Peddler's Cart
- Canopy Pattern
- Feather tree from chenille stems
- Making tulips, calla lilies, forsythia, pussy willow
- Easter basket from crepe paper
- Chocolate easter rabbit from push molds
- Pull toys (yellow chick, duck, rabbit)
- Bunny-in-box
- Chicks & rabbits from pom-poms
- Easter egg tree from dried/preserved twigs
- Signs (Baskets & Bunnies, Tulips by the Bunch, Calla Lilies, Pussy Willow, Forsythia)
- Vintage Easter post cards, cards
- Calla lily petal & leaf pattern
- Gift bag pattern
- Easter gift bags
- Easter glitter house
- Boxed Easter cards
- Bunny Tales storybook
- Picket fence
- Easter hat box
TECHNIQUES
- Red & white stripe chairs
- Heart table
- Rectangle side table
- Candle-style side table
- Tiered cake plate (3 tiers)
- Cake, candies/cookies from push molds
- Candy canes from Martha Stewart baker's twine
- Glasses of punch from Lite-Brite pegs
- Valentine balloons from scrapbook item
- Heart party hat
- Vintage Valentine card
- Valentine house plates, napkins, chair seat
- Heart & bunny chair back
- Valentine house caddy
TECHNIQUES
- Sled
- Trees from commercial dried foliage
- Dog & squirrels from http://www.schleich-s.com/
- Snow from DAP spackling compound
- Dressing Fisher-Price Loving Family figure (shoes, gloves, hat, scarf, pants, sweater)
- Crate for wood logs
- Mailbox
- Garden magazine covers
- rustic birdhouse
- snow shovel
- Wild Bird Seed bag
TECHNIQUES
- Kitchen worktable
- Hutch cabinet
- cooling rack from hardware cloth or scrap screen door wire mesh
- Frosting piping bag
- Bowls of frosting
- Jars of sprinkles from colored sand
- Candy canes
- Rolling pin
- Baking sheet
- Spatula
- Holly & gingerbread garland
- Gingerbread cookies, paper cookie dough
- Gingerbread cookies (boy, man, tree, garland)
- Baking accessories (Pillsbury flour bag, shortening bag, brown sugar bag, molasses label, spice tins, baking powder)
- 1950s style wallpaper/flooring
- Gingerbread house
TECHNIQUES
- Fimo clay grapes, pumkins, gourds, apples
- Scarecrow
- Crows from Lemax Spooky Town
- Garden mums from dried/preserved flowers
- Rustic wheelbarrow
- Bushel baskets
- Shaker style basket
- Produce box/crate
- Rustic birdhouse
- Swan Farm signs
- Garden gloves
OCTOBER 2010/THE CONSUMMATE BIBLIOPHILE
TECHNIQUES
- skirted side table
- aging a skeleton figure
- Oriental carpet
- Tombstone bookends
- Halloween books (covers & inside pages)
Just discovered your blog.
ReplyDeleteThank you! Thank you! for this index.
I have copied and saved it.
Any chance of your updating it??
Sure would appreciate it.
Thank you so much for this index. I was looking for something (a hutch) I found a picture of on PInterest. I had only the lady's name to go on, and then saw she had no archive or index of her own that described the projects by name, only the blog entries by date. You saved me much time!
ReplyDeletethank you so much for this index...love it...im an avid fan of joann swanson. always love her work.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking for a pattern Ms. Swanson did to make an mini kiln. Susan Morris mentioned it in her recent article in Miniature Gazette.
ReplyDeleteIf you can't point me to the pattern itself, do you by chance know the back issue of Nutshell News it was in? Perhaps I can track it down that way. Thanks for any help you can give! Anne