This dollhouse doggie is so sweet... he poops cupcakes!

[miniproject]

If anyone's interested, this is how you make mini donuts from polymer clay. First, get something you can measure equal amounts of clay with, such as a toothpaste or in my case acrylic paint tube lid. Press some ecru clay into the lid and scoop it out, roll into a ball, press down into a rounded disc, and then insert something pointy, like a knitting needle.



I've neatened the icing, which is just clay made very thin and placed on top, by using part of a dismantled pen to cut uniform circles of clay, since it's the right size.



The pin and earring back are what I used to cut small circles of thinly rolled clay. Even splitting those in two, though, still made for pretty huge sprinkles. Here are the variations where you can see the graduation in size:



I do want to get hold of coloured sand or something like that. I want teensy sprinkles, demmit! *mini stomp*

There are lots of good tutes on how to make cupcakes out there. I like to make the cups first of all, then add toppings later.



And I've found it's easier to swirl the icing neatly if I blue tac the cupcake base to the table.



The end results taught me a valuable lesson about use of colour, because some of them would fit right in at a Halloween scene! lol. Next time I'll stick to the more appetizing colours than neon orange and yucky glitter-green.

I also tried my hand at making mini taters by rolling ecru clay (still lots left over from mushing up my failed banana canes) around in some crushed coffee, then baking and sanding.





I like how they turned out. I went and lost one though... Both they and the cupcakes are easy to knock onto the floor and the potato has vanished. Gah!

Lastly, I used resin and tiny transparent beads to create the effect of a sudsy kitchen sink.



Much better, I think!

Comments

[zoefruitcake]

oh the patience you have! great work

[miniproject]

Thank you m'dear! (I'm the most impatient person though. It's hilarious that this hobby wins me compliments for patience. Then again nature itself is bipolar. Fimo is literally my softer side. :-P )

[kennyd]

just a thought, for your sprinkles why not use cake decorating sprinkles. they are small, colorful and proberly the ideal size.

[miniproject]

They have to be a twelfth of the size though! I'm gonna try rolling the fimo instead of cutting it into blocks then cutting strips. I'll try making it teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeny tiny.

Thanks for the suggestion though. Maybe I could try using sprinkles cut smaller..

[pixiewildflower]

Great job. My "little girls" would love those.

[miniproject]

What are those kind of dolls you collect, btw? They're cute in a weird kind of way. I wish I could find one sitting on a wall somewhere. I'm too cheap to buy them because they're expensive right? How many do you have?

[pixiewildflower]

I have about 24 dolls in this particular family...the little ones are either little pullips or petite blythes with a dollcena and a couple of other types of dolls thrown in. The "parents" are a Pullip and a Taeyang (male counterpart of Pullip). I also have a couple of "big sisters" for the little ones. One is a Coco and the other is a Blythe. I love dolls! XD

[pixiewildflower]

Oh and price may vary on the net...but the bigger dolls cost more....my blythe was given to me by a friend...I searched on ebay and that particular release was going for $300. I bought most of my dolls on sales and close-outs. Several of the minis I bought belonged to other friends who decided to weed out their collection. Once again, one of the little ones was sent to me as a gift. My favorite doll site recently closed though.

[miniproject]

Blythes! That's the word I couldn't remember. They're all the rage, aren't they. :) They have the most intriguing expression, as if to say "It's so weird being here, being your doll... ho hum..."

$300 though?! Geeze.

[pixiewildflower]

I know...but one of my friends who runs a toy store on ebay found two vintage ones - never out of the package - when they first came out by Keener in 1972. I think he paid about $15. Those people did not know what they had. Not every model is in that $300 range though...it usually depends on how limited the release was.

[miniproject]

Ahhh, that would explain it. Your friend got lucky! Vintage stuff can be a real goldmine.