Mini Haunted Mansion, day 29: tiny chair, teeeeeeny candlestickPeculiaris2021-10-30 | Today I showed how I finished the chair and experimented with making tiny candlesticks. Yep - it's accessories time!
Fri: 6pm youtu.be/ynu7SjZ0_Nw Sat: 5pm youtu.be/9mel6gT1OoE Sun: 6pm youtu.be/HH1-2q0C-yIStory & Art time: The Tell-Tale HeartPeculiaris2022-09-05 | It's time for some chills! Yes, August is over, but it's still just as hot (at least here), so a little chill down your spine might feel good... Or - just think of it as a very early Halloween video ππ
If you're new to my August Chills videos - welcome! This is my take of a Japanese tradition of telling ghost stories in the summer to cool down. I choose ghost/horror stories and make some art inspired by them. The videos share the story and the making process.
This year I ended up only doing one story, because it inspire 3 collage works - whoops? lol. I took up a true classic: Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart, first published in 1843. I love this story, it's beautifully written and unsettling in that way good horror does. I hope I did it justice in both the telling and the art!
If you like the art, prints are available in my Society6 and Red bubble shops (see the links bellow)
Peculiaris (Naama):
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We've decided to go with 'diversity' as our theme, each of us will choose 3 mediums & 3 techniques for our make (because 6 makes the rainbow flag ππ)
Join us for some crafts, silliness and as much shenanigans as we can!
Chapters: 0:00 Hellos and updates 11:47 Type 1: Chipboard books 34:57 Type 2: Cardstock books 40:58 Stacking the shelves 1:00:20 Thanks and next week's plan
Peculiaris (Naama):
YT youtube.com/c/PeculiarisArt IG instagram.com/peculiaristhings FB facebook.com/peculiaris Website https://www.peculiaris.artBuilding a house with the village collection, part 7: little details and grand finalePeculiaris2022-03-18 | It's time for the finishing touches! This week I finalized the lighting and adhere the house to the base. Adding the finishing touches is my favorite part, this is when the piece really gets its character - play time!
Chapters: 0:00 Hellos and thanks 1:52 Light it up! Finishing the lights 19:30 Adhering the house to the base 26: 21 Fixing up the grass line 32:03 Final touches: "mossing" the roof 59:47 Magical smoke 1:04:15 Finished! And many thanks
Materials used in this stream (please check former streams in the series for materials used throughout): - Tiny lights/fairy lights - Heavy body gel by Finnabair (to glue down the house) - Distress collage medium matte (used to add the moss, flowers & butterflies details)
This week we continue working on the yard. After adding ground and grass to the center area around the house, it's time to add a magic circle and some beautiful snow!
Chapters: 0:00 - Hellos, updates and thanks 5:18 - Tiny gardening: adding details to the spring section 38:08 - Adding snow (and magic rocks!) 1:01:33 - Thanks and next week plans
Materials used in this stream: Adhesives: For the flowers & butterflies: Distress collage medium, matte For birds: Finnabair heavy body gel For snow: - Distress grit-paste, opaque - Distress glitter, rock candy
If you have any questions about the elements/materials I used please leave them in the comments :)
Hello all!
Thank you for joining us. The past week was very difficult in so many ways. We, who watch from afar, can only imagine the turmoil of the Ukrainians right now. The events of the invasion left many of us bewildered, frustrated and wanting to help. This crafty group began as a way to support each other when the pandemic started, so it seemed only right to join the many voices calling for peace and support it in the best way we know β art.
This hop is a joined effort with many wonderful artists from around the world saying no to war. Alongside the hop, we have an auction with donations from even more artists, as well as brands and shops, all proceedings will go directly to Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund that collects donations for immediate relief as well as long-term recovery. You can learn more here: bit.ly/3Me3co2 The auction is done via Facebook, you can find the auction page with all the details here bit.ly/3HDw6dQ
It will be open for bidding for a week, starting March 5, noon Kiev time (11am CET/5am EST) and ending March 12, noon Kiev time (11am CET/5am EST). Please stop by and browse for a good cause!
There are a lot of events happening right now, proving that the world will not stand silent in the face of such aggressions. Even if you cannot donate, please join our voices and share the hop and auction with friends and on social media. Not everyone has the ability to donate, but we all have a voice so we might as well use it π
If you prefer to donate directly to relief organizations, check out this link tree with more options and information: https://linktr.ee/hey.i.am.vika
PLEASE NOTE: Please do not use the donate button in YouTube! While we appreciate the gesture, this hop is for Ukraine not our channels π
πΉFull hop List: Saturday, 12pm EET/ 11am CET / 5am EST, Saturday - Peculiaris - youtu.be/7hub-urCJcE Saturday, 1pm EET/ 12pm CET / 6am EST, Saturday - Aditi Mahajan - youtu.be/2PZWZt4X_Mw Saturday, 2pm EET/ 1pm CET / 7am EST, Saturday - Karolina Bukowska - youtube.com/watch?v=5mT4C72sgLY Saturday, 3pm EET / 2pm CET / 8am EST, Saturday - Rachel Harries - youtube.com/watch?v=4wUZ-Qt6-is Saturday, 4pm EET / 3pm CET / 9am EST, Saturday - Belinda Basson & Tamar Perry - youtu.be/3wbOw_ZP2V0 Saturday, 5pm EET / 4pm CET / 10amEST, Saturday - Nuneka Box & Martina - youtube.com/watch?v=M5M4vrbD3fU Saturday, 6pm EET / 5pm CET / 11am EST, Saturday - Nelly Bittle & Nunu - youtu.be/fB5Qv3xQlIw Saturday, 7pm EET / 6pm CET / 12pm EST, Saturday - Tamar Perry & Belinda Basson - youtu.be/Atu3CZNpBQM Saturday, 8pm EET / 7pm CET / 1pm EST, Saturday - Anna Finnabair DΔ browska - youtu.be/NLkfhIE_J1s Saturday, 9pm EET / 8pm CET / 2pm EST, Saturday - Katja Joulak & Emilia Tapiola - youtube.com/watch?v=O6rumJDbZc8 Saturday, 10pm EET / 9pm CET / 3pm EST, Saturday - Leeanne Hill & Olga Heldwein - youtube.com/watch?v=M1FREB2xx64 Saturday, 11pm EET / 10pm CET / 4pm EST, Saturday - Jessica Larios & Teri Franklin - youtube.com/watch?v=01SHybuzIjY Sunday, 12am EET / 11pm CET / 5pm EST, Saturday - Iveta ZiediΕa & Nancy Watson - youtu.be/Buz-8an-tTc Sunday, 1am EET / 12am CET / 6pm EST, Saturday - Teri Lightsey & Cindy Crane - youtu.be/0oWM0dLe_iA Sunday, 2am EET / 1am CET / 7pm EST, Saturday - Kerensa Gunczy - youtube.com/watch?v=KNL1jFeaJZU Sunday, 3am EET / 2am CET / 8pm EST, Saturday - Niamh Baly - youtube.com/watch?v=XXgEqdrHeLQ Sunday, 4am EET / 3am CET / 9pm EST, Saturday - Cal Summers - youtu.be/NMj8xZ3OL8c Sunday, 5am EET / 4am CET / 10pm EST, Saturday - Nicole Palos & Lanette Erickson youtu.be/h8mLoQO73dc Sunday, 6am EET / 5am CET / 11pm EST, Saturday - Teresa Rene - youtu.be/OkscgqnFrn0 Sunday, 7am EET / 6am CET / 12am EST, Sunday - Jessica Larios & Nicole Palos - youtube.com/watch?v=z44vXixzntM Sunday, 8am EET / 7am CET / 1am EST, Sunday - Peculiaris - youtu.be/metT8jcDCYY Sunday, 9am EET / 8am CET / 2am EST, Sunday - Belinda Basson - youtu.be/0-q6lNwYr0I Sunday, 10am EET / 9am CET / 3am EST, Sunday - Samantha Thompson - youtube.com/watch?v=x0Y_FugiMhk Sunday,11am EET / 10am CET / 4am EST, Sunday - Dawid Trzepizor - youtube.com/watch?v=WnNVm_Y6B_YCrafty People Unite for Ukraine hopPeculiaris2022-03-05 | Auction link: bit.ly/3HDw6dQ Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund: bit.ly/3Me3co2 Scroll down for the entire list of artists streaming live.
Hello all! Thank you for joining us. The past week was very difficult in so many ways. We, who watch from afar, can only imagine the turmoil of the Ukrainians right now. The events of the invasion left many of us bewildered, frustrated and wanting to help. This crafty group began as a way to support each other when the pandemic started, so it seemed only right to join the many voices calling for peace and support it in the best way we know β art.
This hop is a joined effort with many wonderful artists from around the world saying no to war. Alongside the hop, we have an auction with donations from even more artists, as well as brands and shops, all proceedings will go directly to Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund that collects donations for immediate relief as well as long-term recovery. You can learn more here: bit.ly/3Me3co2 The auction is done via Facebook, you can find the auction page with all the details here bit.ly/3HDw6dQ
It will be open for bidding for a week, starting March 5, noon Kiev time (11am CET/5am EST) and ending March 12, noon Kiev time (11am CET/5am EST). Please stop by and browse for a good cause!
There are a lot of events happening right now, proving that the world will not stand silent in the face of such aggressions. Even if you cannot donate, please join our voices and share the hop and auction with friends and on social media. Not everyone has the ability to donate, but we all have a voice so we might as well use it π
If you prefer to donate directly to relief organizations, check out this link tree with more options and information: https://linktr.ee/hey.i.am.vika PLEASE NOTE: Please do not use the donate button in YouTube! While we appreciate the gesture, this hop is for Ukraine not our channels :)
πΉFull hop List: Saturday, 12pm EET/ 11am CET / 5am EST, Saturday - Peculiaris - youtu.be/7hub-urCJcE Saturday, 1pm EET/ 12pm CET / 6am EST, Saturday - Aditi Mahajan - youtu.be/2PZWZt4X_Mw Saturday, 2pm EET/ 1pm CET / 7am EST, Saturday - Karolina Bukowska - youtube.com/watch?v=5mT4C72sgLY Saturday, 3pm EET / 2pm CET / 8am EST, Saturday - Rachel Harries - youtube.com/watch?v=4wUZ-Qt6-is Saturday, 4pm EET / 3pm CET / 9am EST, Saturday - Belinda Basson & Tamar Perry - youtu.be/3wbOw_ZP2V0 Saturday, 5pm EET / 4pm CET / 10amEST, Saturday - Nuneka Box & Martina - youtube.com/watch?v=M5M4vrbD3fU Saturday, 6pm EET / 5pm CET / 11am EST, Saturday - Nelly Bittle & Nunu - youtu.be/fB5Qv3xQlIw Saturday, 7pm EET / 6pm CET / 12pm EST, Saturday - Tamar Perry & Belinda Basson - youtu.be/Atu3CZNpBQM Saturday, 8pm EET / 7pm CET / 1pm EST, Saturday - Anna Finnabair DΔ browska - youtu.be/NLkfhIE_J1s Saturday, 9pm EET / 8pm CET / 2pm EST, Saturday - Katja Joulak & Emilia Tapiola - youtube.com/watch?v=O6rumJDbZc8 Saturday, 10pm EET / 9pm CET / 3pm EST, Saturday - Leeanne Hill & Olga Heldwein - youtube.com/watch?v=M1FREB2xx64 Saturday, 11pm EET / 10pm CET / 4pm EST, Saturday - Jessica Larios & Teri Franklin - youtube.com/watch?v=01SHybuzIjY Sunday, 12am EET / 11pm CET / 5pm EST, Saturday - Iveta ZiediΕa & Nancy Watson - youtu.be/Buz-8an-tTc Sunday, 1am EET / 12am CET / 6pm EST, Saturday - Teri Lightsey & Cindy Crane - youtu.be/0oWM0dLe_iA Sunday, 2am EET / 1am CET / 7pm EST, Saturday - Kerensa Gunczy - youtube.com/watch?v=KNL1jFeaJZU Sunday, 3am EET / 2am CET / 8pm EST, Saturday - Niamh Baly - youtube.com/watch?v=XXgEqdrHeLQ Sunday, 4am EET / 3am CET / 9pm EST, Saturday - Cal Summers - youtu.be/NMj8xZ3OL8c Sunday, 5am EET / 4am CET / 10pm EST, Saturday - Nicole Palos & Lanette Erickson youtu.be/h8mLoQO73dc Sunday, 6am EET / 5am CET / 11pm EST, Saturday - Teresa Rene - youtu.be/OkscgqnFrn0 Sunday, 7am EET / 6am CET / 12am EST, Sunday - Jessica Larios & Nicole Palos - youtube.com/watch?v=z44vXixzntM Sunday, 8am EET / 7am CET / 1am EST, Sunday - Peculiaris - youtu.be/metT8jcDCYY Sunday, 9am EET / 8am CET / 2am EST, Sunday - Belinda Basson - youtu.be/0-q6lNwYr0I Sunday, 10am EET / 9am CET / 3am EST, Sunday - Samantha Thompson - youtube.com/watch?v=x0Y_FugiMhk Sunday,11am EET / 10am CET / 4am EST, Sunday - Dawid Trzepizor - youtube.com/watch?v=WnNVm_Y6B_YBuilding a house with the village collection, part 5 - yard in springPeculiaris2022-03-04 | After adding some lighting and a sweet little lantern to the front last time, join me for another livestream to add a beautiful yard for our little house! In this stream, I walked through how I make tiny butterflies, and then moved to adding ground and grass. Next week we'll move to the outer circle to add snow and some extra magic ;)
Chapters: 0:00 Hellos, updates & thanks 5:10 Work plan 15:50 Tiny butterflies die discussion 20:28 Grass & moss discussion 26:47 Making the ground 46:14 Making butterflies 58:57 Adding some grass 1:04:09 Thanks and byes
Materials used in this stream: - Distress grit-paste, translucent - Distress reinker, gathered twigs - Express glue by Pentart - Vellum paper - Alcohol markers (I used Winsor & Newton Brushmarkers, but any would do)
Dies I use for butterflies: - Creative Expressions by Sue Wilson, 3D Window Box and Accessories (CDE22003) - Tonic Studios craft kit 42. Tonic's kits are usually only available during the month they were released on, but you can sometimes find older ones, so keep an eye out! - Radiant butterflies set by Cristina Griffith, for Die Cutting Essentials Magazine (unfortunately I didn't keep the original packaging, and don't have all it's details... I believe it's an issue from 2018)
* Please note that the dies from kits or magazines that may have been discontinued, I have no connection with the companies so I don't really know (sorry!). I'm listing all of them because they may be available somewhere. If you run across a tiny butterfly die - please let me know! We can build up a list :)
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www.society6.com/peculiaris www.patreon.com/magiontologyPeculiar Crafts 1 - come craft with us!Peculiaris2022-02-21 | Hello Everyone! We are Jess from Matter of Crafts and Naama from Peculiaris, join us for a new monthly corner featuring crafts, silliness and as much shenanigans as we can cram into it!
We can't promise to finish our projects, but we can promise lots of fun and hopefully some inspiration π
Our word of inspiration this month was "dirty", so I made a dirty old box with a secret....
Materials I used: - Tonic studios dies: Celtic strip, Celtic chain, Celtic diamond patchwork - Metal butterfly from Tim Holtz idea-ology - Finnabair heavy black gesso - Finabair waxes: brushed iron, old silver, amethyst magic, old denim, old white, charcoal
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask, and we hope you'll join us next month! xx Naama
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Peculiaris (Naama):
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Last week we made the walls and roof textures, this week we'll finish the tower roof and start adding some fun details ^^
Chapters: 0:00 Intro 4:26 Shingling the tower roof 35:04 Make the door your own 52:13 Framing some windows 1:09:34 Closing and many thanks
Materials used in the stream: - Tim Holtz village collection die set - Wood grain paper for the shingles (stained & cut last week) - Kraft cardstock - Tim Holtz stamp Craze & Planks (CMS344) - Distress archival ink: ground espresso
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www.society6.com/peculiaris www.patreon.com/magiontologyBuilding a house with the village collection, getting inky with some wall & roof textures!Peculiaris2022-02-11 | Continuing with our little village collection house, this week we worked on the walls and roof! I had some sound issues in the beginning (SO sorry...), so please skip ahead to when it's solved. I also added some timestamps to divide the live to topic related chapters for your reference because it did end up longer than I planned. Hope you had as much fun as I did!
Chapters: 0:00 Sound issues or "a less than great start" 13:35 "Video starts here" (sorry...) 14:50 Stone wall texture 38:32 Adding the wall texture to the base 45:52 Embossing & fitting the texture around additions 58:15 Oopsie and window layering tips 1:09:27 Let's talk shingles 1:21:27 Die cutting & adhering shingles 1:47:51 Many thanks and plans for next week
Materials used in this stream: Wall texture: - Ranger texture paste matte - Distress embossing glazes: hickory smoke and walnut stain - Tim Holtz Mini Stencil Stone (THMS086), comes in a set - Distress crayons: walnut stain, hickory smoke, frayed burlap
Thanks you all for watching, let me know in the comments what part you found most useful and if you have any questions, and I'll see you next time! xx Naama
This week I focused on building the base and share some tricks for using the dies. Join me next week to get so ink on our fingers as we work on the walls and roof: youtu.be/avjjZueWwiY
Materials used in this stream: - Tim Holtz village collection die set - Black cardstock for the base, I used a generic heavyweight brand, 225gsm - Distress mixed media cardstock by Ranger, 110lb - Nuvo deluxe glue by Tonic Studios
Main materials used: - White birch cardstock from the Cardstock Warehouse wood veneer collection - Distress reinkers: gathered twigs and walnut stain, to stain the veneer - Heavy body gel by Finnabair (Prima art basics) Ruler, scissors and a lot of patience π€£
Next week we'll take a bit of a break from the mini mansion as I catch up on some parts (I have a library to finish, and curtains and wallpaper, and...). Instead, I'll start on a little house using Tim Holtz's village collection! I love these little houses! You can set yourselves a reminder here: youtu.be/fZofhMpBaFg See you there! ;) xx Naama
I'm using a technique for peeled paint effect that I learned from @AbandonedMiniatures, if you like old buildings and moody miniatures you should definitely check out his channel, he makes amazing dioramas of abandoned places (and more), mostly meant for photography, it's AWESOME Here's a video where he shows the peeled walls technique: youtube.com/watch?v=IYTMuluZkdE&t=97s
I modified some things, mostly because I'm working in a very small scale (let's just call it tiny scale, shall we?). Here's what I used: - Tim Holtz Distress acrylic paints: forest moss, speckled egg, antique linen, picket fence - Talens liquid masking fluid for watercolor (but any other masking fluid should work) - Brayer (I used Tim Holtz's mini brayer)
That's basically all you need for beautiful peeling walls!
Next week we'll move to the study and start working on some shelving ;) youtu.be/gd3jlC8niiI
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www.society6.com/peculiaris www.patreon.com/magiontologyMini Haunted Mansion livestream #39: Updates, Plans & Bathroom TilesPeculiaris2022-01-14 | Welcome back, and happy 2022! For our first stream of the year we had a (fairly long) progress report, catching you up with all the adjustments I made to the mansion, including: correcting doors! Canceling window! Annnd (finally) figuring out lights! Then I introduced the 3rd floor and we got to working on some bathroom tiles :)
Materials used in this stream: - White acrylic paint (I used Winsor & Newton, but any white would do, preferably heavy bodied) - Distress paints: antique linen & frayed burlap - Ranger texture paste, transparent gloss The stencil I used was homemade with Yupo paper and a window die from the Tim Holtz village collection
Join me next week for more mini shenanigans (there will be bathrooms involved) youtu.be/-R-ynqVbt8I
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Materials used: - Tim Holtz idea-ology snowglobes - Distress grit-paste, opaque - Distress glitter, rock candy - Distress reinker, gathered twigs - Nuvo drops, black - Air drying clay - White acrylic paint
I'll be taking a bit of a break for the next two weeks, but the weekly live stream will come back on Jan 13th, see you there ;) youtu.be/ZHO8I9ABL7U
www.instagram.com/peculiaristhings www.facebook.com/peculiaris www.peculiaris.art www.society6.com/peculiaris www.patreon.com/magiontologyMini Haunted Mansion livestream #37: mini folding screenPeculiaris2021-12-10 | This week I made a little folding screen for the dining room. I used some of the dies from the Tim Holtz village collection to get an arched shape, that goes nicely with the arched windows and doors in the house. I originally planned on a pretty damask pattern in cream and white, but afterwards decided it's a little too subdued and changed to the peacock pattern you see in the thumbnail.
Main materials used: - Tim Holtz village collection by Sizzix - Hero Arts wood paper - Collage medium - Double sided adhesive sheets
If you're enjoying these little houses, try out one of my miniature making livestreams! I do a weekly one, every Thursday, 7pm CET / 1pm EST / 10am PST. Hope you'll join in :)
Video chapters: 0:00 Challenge accepted! 0:32 Building the house base 3:19 Wood panel walls 6:52 Woodgrain transfer + window frames 9:00 Thatching the roof 11:11 Chimney time! 12:49 Base and Lighting 14:03 Tiny yard making
I had a ton of fun making this little guy, I hope you enjoy seeing my process and thank you for stopping by! Till next time xx Naama
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Videos mentioned: - Miniature Halloween house (using the village dies), part 1: youtu.be/Is8jNJdnEFc - Miniature flowers: youtu.be/sy1hIgdpJbQ (fair warning, itβs very oldβ¦ let me know if you want a new version!)
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Butterfly dies: - Tonic Studios craft kit 42. (Unfortunately, Tonic's kits are usually only available during the month they were released on, but you can sometimes find older ones, so keep an eye out!)
Adhesives (yes, I used them all, yes, I may be addicted π€£): - Collage medium matte, by Ranger - Nuvo deluxe adhesive by Tonic Studios - Heavy body gel, Finnabair by Prima - Express glue by Pentart
YouTube Hop full schedule: βͺοΈ8am PST / 11am EST / 17:00 CET Nuneka & Aditi bit.ly/3c9Vhas βͺοΈ9am PST / 12pm EST / 18:00 CET Dawid Trzepizor & Skyblue Hippie youtu.be/N9TwLhOe1mU βͺοΈ10am PST / 1pm EST / 19:00 CET Peculiaris & Matter of Crafts youtu.be/OdzoIJcgevw βͺοΈ11am PST / 2pm EST / 20:00 CET Samantha Thompson & Anja VanderForm bit.ly/3nczvZT βͺοΈ12pm PST / 3pm EST / 21:00 CET Anna Finnabair DΔ browska & Olga Heldwein βͺοΈ1pm PST / 4pm EST / 22:00 CET Creative Treasures & Olga HeldweinMini Haunted Mansion livestream #33: weaving a tiny carpetPeculiaris2021-11-12 | Join me for the weekly livestream building a miniature mansion
, this time we weave a tiny carpet for the parlor!
This Sunday (Nov 14) the Crafty People United team is doing a special hop for Vasilis Kontos, our friend ans inspiration who's in need of surgery. You can find out more at the fundraiser page here: fundrazr.com/01uM46?ref=fb_6AlQl9_ab_4G86mSp4wZF4G86mSp4wZF I hope you'll join us on Sunday, invite your friends! Let's share some love for this wonderful guy β€ The hop will start at 5pm CET on Nuneka's chanel youtube.com/watch?v=eiDnLbW28wc
Find me at: www.instagram.com/peculiaristhings www.facebook.com/peculiaris www.peculiaris.artMini Haunted Mansion, day 26: wood side tablePeculiaris2021-10-27 | Today I built a half-circle tiny side table for the parlor. It was a little tricky getting everything to stick during the live stream, but we got there in the end! Mostly π
Find me at: www.instagram.com/peculiaristhings www.facebook.com/peculiaris www.peculiaris.artMini Haunted Mansion, day 25: a tiny sofaPeculiaris2021-10-26 | Today we're building a tiny sofa for the parlor, and I'll be using a pattern originally designed by Ara from Bentley House Minis, who very kindly allowed me to show how I use and adjust her patterns during my streams, thanks so much Ara! The original video showing the pattern and how to use it is here: youtube.com/watch?v=a1UafepZKBI&t=226s so be sure to check it out β€ * during the stream I was making red satin upholstery, but afterwards I changed my mind about the color and decided to try adding a pattern, so I ended up using a different technique for the fabric. what I made in the live stream works very well, I just wanted another color and will share how I made thins some other chance :) What do you think? Do you like the patterned upholstery or should I stayed with the red?
Find me at: www.instagram.com/peculiaristhings www.facebook.com/peculiaris www.peculiaris.artMini Haunted Mansion, day 24: kitchen dumbwaiterPeculiaris2021-10-25 | Today I added the dumbwaiter doors to the kitchen, right next to the little cabinet from yesterday. There's still a lot of details to finish in the kitchen, but for now we take a break from moldy furniture and move to the parlor!
Find me at: www.instagram.com/peculiaristhings www.facebook.com/peculiaris www.peculiaris.artMini Haunted Mansion, day 23: kitchen cabinetPeculiaris2021-10-24 | Continuing the kitchen furnishing today with a tiny cabinet to fit the table, and the table's state with some scratches, a door with a broken hinge and a crooked drawer. This was fun! :)
Find me at: www.instagram.com/peculiaristhings www.facebook.com/peculiaris www.peculiaris.artMini Haunted Mansion, day 22: kitchen table (comes with scratches)Peculiaris2021-10-23 | Today I work on a wooden table for the kitchen, and because it's meant to have been there for a while, I made sure to add some fitting markings (p.s. making tiny scratch marks is super fun!)
Find me at: www.instagram.com/peculiaristhings www.facebook.com/peculiaris www.peculiaris.artMini Haunted Mansion, day 21: Victorian iron wrought stove (2)Peculiaris2021-10-22 | After building the oven, it's time to paint it! I used dark metallic grey (Amsterdam's acrylic graphite) for the oven with some silver wax for highlights and black acrylic for shading. For the bricks I did some ocher and reddish-brown dry brushing over a black gesso base. For such a tiny model, I managed to get a lot of detail in, definitely happy about that :)
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www.instagram.com/peculiaristhings www.facebook.com/peculiaris www.peculiaris.artMini Haunted Mansion, day 20: Victorian iron wrought stove (1)Peculiaris2021-10-21 | We made it to the kitchen! And I went straight for the big one and started on the stove ^^ In this live I shared the design I planned for the stove and built the base, join me next time to paint it and add some extra details.
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www.instagram.com/peculiaristhings www.facebook.com/peculiaris www.peculiaris.artMini Haunted Mansion, day 18: tiny and tinier bellsPeculiaris2021-10-19 | This one was an adventure...π I decided to work on servants bells for our mini mansion, and even though I worked through several ideas before the stream, I ended up scrapping them all because they felt to big for what I wanted... Thanks everyone for joining in on my thought process and being so supportive and working through it with me!
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www.instagram.com/peculiaristhings www.facebook.com/peculiaris www.peculiaris.artMini Haunted Mansion, day 17: tiny scythe and sicklePeculiaris2021-10-18 | In this stream we're continuing the decoration of the hall, but moving to the opposite wall, where the fireplace will stand and above it - gleaming darkly - will hang crossed scythe and sickle, all ready to reap tiny pe... wheat! Obviously wheat, what else could it be? ahem See you tomorrowπ
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www.instagram.com/peculiaristhings www.facebook.com/peculiaris www.peculiaris.artMini Haunted Mansion, day 16: tiny picture frames (2)Peculiaris2021-10-17 | In this stream I looked at another technique for making fancy picture frames, this time using clay. It's a simple technique that gives great results, and quick too! You can definitely use it for larger pictures, but I think that the teeny-tiny one I made would look great in 1:24 and even 1:12 scale too. It'll just be more of a desk/mantle photo instead of a wall hanging :) Let me know in the comments what you think of this technique and what's your favorite way of making miniature frames? I always love hearing other people's take!
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www.instagram.com/peculiaristhings www.facebook.com/peculiaris www.peculiaris.artMini Haunted Mansion, day 14: FIREPLACE! But tinyPeculiaris2021-10-15 | We've finally reached our very first piece of furniture - woohoo! Today I'm making a mini fireplace for the entrance hall, I'm using a pattern designed by the amazing Ara of Bentley House Minis. She shared this pattern a while back and very kindly allowed me to show it and use it in this live stream - Thanks Ara! Check out her original video, and the pattern here: youtube.com/watch?v=iaYeu7M26uc&t=82s The pattern in available for both 1:12 and 1:24 scales, I of course shrunk it further, but I'll explain about it during the stream :) There are actually two designs in the pattern, she made a fireplace with a tall mantle, I'm using the lower mantle design, so definitely check out her video to see both options!
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www.society6.com/peculiaris www.patreon.com/magiontologyBuilding a mini Haunted Mansion, day 13: staaaaaiiiirs (and some walls and floor progress)Peculiaris2021-10-14 | Today I build the stairs from the 1st floor hallway to the 2nd floor, which is the more private part of the house (where we'll have the study and bedrooms). I also did the daily progress report, with the parlor wall paneling and parquet floor.
Continuing the haunted mini-mansion journey to its second week!
Daily live stream schedule for the 2nd week (all times are CET):
Fri: 7pm youtu.be/O3GTs6zadRQ
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www.society6.com/peculiaris www.patreon.com/magiontologyBuilding a mini Haunted Mansion β day 12: red wallpaper & monster talkPeculiaris2021-10-13 | Thank you all that joined the live, I had blast talking to you about everything from werewolves to Victorian vs. Edwardian architecture, you ROCK! To those who are joining in the replay - share your thoughts in the comments: where do you think the mansion is? Europe? USA? And what would you like to see in the family coat of arms?
Continuing the haunted mini-mansion journey to its second week!
Daily live stream schedule for the 2nd week (all times are CET):
Fri: 7pm youtu.be/O3GTs6zadRQ