Quarter Scale Bliss Houses

Cynthia Howe Miniatures now offers reproduction Bliss Houses in quarter scale. The houses average 6-7" high and 5" wide. The kits come with house structure, base for house, furniture, some accessories and landscape material (varies with each kit), all for $140 (shipping separate). Sign up for her newsletter to learn when newest kit is available and for special sales notices (usually on her Bespaq line).

This is a listing of the Bliss houses in the order offered. There will eventually be 12 houses and more to create your own Bliss Street.  See website for more details & to purchase.  http://cynthiahoweminiatures.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=21

1- Keyhole house

2- Stained glass house

3- Balcony house

Paper Minis

You can create a lot of dollhouse miniatures with ordinary paper and "printies." Paper Minis by Ann Vanture provides a lot of printies for this purpose. She also makes wonderful kits for making your own DH books.

Sign up for her newsletters, and you will automatically receive free printies from her every week or other week. All printies are provided in PDF format and is a breeze to save and print. Most printies will be sized for 1", half scale, quarter scale, or doll scale (1:3 or 1:6). February is the month where for every $5 spent in her shop, you receive an equal mount of printies from her stash (she says they're not to her standards, but I couldn't see anything wrong with them).

The newsletters provide announcements for new kits on offer, special sales, interesting sites around the web (focusing on miniatures, of course). She has a gingerbread decorating contest (printie on her site) every yr where you can win a $75, $50 etc gift certificate from her website based on who gets most votes from her readers. Last year (2010), only three people entered the contest, so they all won something.  She has also started a contest for people who submit the best printie (voted by newsletter readers) and they also get a gift certificate to use on her products.

You can really accumulate quite a bit over time. Check it out.
http://www.paperminis.com/

Fireside Stitchery

If you're looking for reasonably priced 22 mesh  canvas or silk gauze for petit point, this store has the best prices for these items. Look under "unpainted canvas." Shipping is free if you purchase $35 or more; $4.95 for orders less than $35. If you sign up for the newsletters, you will get notification of periodic 20% discount specials, which decrease the price even further.

Of course, to get these good prices, you need to buy in fairly large quantities (1/4 yd or more). If you only want to buy small amounts, check out ebay, microstitchery.com, janet granger's website, felicity price miniatures (mesh canvas only, she calls it "etamine"), and natalia frank ("scarlet sails miniatures").

http://www.firesidestitchery.com/fs/upcanvas/index.cfm?fuseaction=getupcanvasList&CategoryId=63

Widget Supply

This is one of my favorite stores for buying supplies, especially tweezers, hemostats, and the like. They have all sorts of items for the crafter/hobbyist. Prices are better than Hobby Lobby, Michaels, and Joanns, and shipping is not outrageous. They have different specials every month. Check it out---you may not leave the site for a long time.

http://www.widgetsupply.com/