Merry Christmas Everyone! Santa's Workshop in 1:12 scale by Jean Day

1:12 Scale Roombox: Christmas Morning: The Girls

This girl's Christmas room box and porcelain dolls I made in the 1980’s and enjoyed renovating the box recently. After having 2 terrific sons myself I realize a girl’s and boy’s Christmas can be quite different. The next post shows the boy's Christmas roombox.

There is a tutorial on our website for the Angel on the mantel piece. I’ve put free miniature gift wrap printables in a previous blog post, many were used in the boy's room and can be printed in various sizes. The bows I made from vintage self sticking ribbon we sell in our Etsy site.. Thank you Tony for your beautiful videos.

1:12 Scale Roombox, Christmas Morning: The Boys

As a child, Christmas morning was the most exciting time of the year! I would wake up really early and was aloud to open my stocking but not the wrapped gifts until my parents were finally up. I would wake up my younger sister for this special time too. Santa would always put such thought into my stocking. The little things always meant so much to me.

I made these two room boxes, the girls is shown in the previous blog post and porcelain dolls in the 1980’s and renovated the boxes recently. After having 2 terrific sons myself I realize a girl’s and boy’s Christmas can be quite different. I’ve put free miniature gift wrap printables in the previous blog, many were used in this boy's room and can be printed in various sizes. The bows I made from vintage self sticking ribbon we sell in our Etsy site. Thank you Tony for your beautiful videos.

Free Season's Greeting Printables, Christmas Gift Wrap, Boxes and Cards DIY

 

Here are some free printables for this season's gift wrapping. The last gift wrap I have offered before in AIM magazine and here,  I thought I would offer them in red and green this year too. The top gift wrap I made up this year with gnomes, snowflakes and some bricks for a Santa scene.  Just click on the images and right click to save them to your computer before printing. These can be printed in many scales, they are supposed to be 8.5 by 11 for 1:12 scale but I enjoyed using them while revamping my old Christmas room boxes in a smaller size too. If you can change your printer settings to 50% you get half scale papers and 25% you can print out quarter scale paper too. I will soon be posting my newest videos to see more ways I have used these papers. If you search for Free printables on my blog you can find some other gift wrap as well. On this page I show the above printable and directions as well. https://jdayminis.blogspot.com/2013/12/free-printable-page-and-aim-12-makes-of.html

1:12 Scale, Steampunk Inventors Room Box by Jean Day produced by my son Tony.

A Mini Miniature Show starts today until Sunday, New Snowy Town Scene kit

 

Just organizing my page for A Mini Miniature Show starts today until Sunday. Hope to see you there. http://aminiminiatureshow.weebly.com/

When I was young at around this time of year and closer to Christmas, I used to love walking up and down our main street and visiting all the wonderful shops, fabric shops, toy stores etc. It was so much fun to just window shop and the windows were always fabulous. That was what I was thinking of when I started this kit but it really morphed, LOL.

I have just finished a new Quarter Scale kit as a roundtable kit for the show. It is called a Snowy Town Scene that is laser cut on heavy paper and the 4 layers and buildings can be arranged in many creative ways.

 Here is my latest video that I'm so excited Tony produced, he did a terrific job. This was my very first roombox  I did in the early 1980's.

New Quarter Scale Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus Shelf and Outfit Kits

 

These are two new Quarter Scale 1:48 Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus shelf and outfit kits that are now available at an Intro Price in my Etsy shop. Included in the Santa and Mrs. Claus outfit kits are their shelfs with a snowflake design and boots with a fabric Elf doll for each of them. These kits include a maple veneer shelf kit and fabric kit to cut out for their outfits. Can't believe Halloween in over already!!

A Witch's Party Halloween 1:12 scale Room Box

 It is the last two days of the Mini Miniature Show!! There are over 20 dealers and it is free on line. Lots of mini inspiration and temptations!! Hope you enjoy it. Mini Hugs, Jean

https://aminiminiatureshow.weebly.com/dealers.html

 Do you love Hawaii and the Caribbean like I do? I designed these new kits for a National Association Miniature online tropical Tiki Bar that many miniaturists are completing. These new Quarter Scale kits are now available at an Intro Price in our Etsy shop. https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/jdayminis Thank you so much for looking!

Mini Hugs,Jean

49 Anniversary and 40 years selling minis

 

I can't believe John and I have been married 49 years today, it sounds so long but seems such a short time. Hard to believe what life would have been like without him. We have enjoyed miniatures together since he retired in 2006 and before that he would make me room boxes and houses in his spare time. We have had years filled with love and a happy family and friends.

Below are more photos of my new Halloween Baskets and Brooms.