30th Annual Festival of Miniatures and Dollhouses - South Australia

Tidy Miniatures is coming back to Adelaide for the 30th Annual Miniatures and Dollhouses Festival next weekend. Again we have a great range of popular bauble and lantern kits, roomboxes and dollhouses available for sale. If you missed out last year, come and grab them early before they are gone! We also have many attractive new kits for you to bring home this year

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MINIATURE ENTHUSIASTS 
30TH FESTIVAL OF MINIATURES & DOLLHOUSES

8th AUGUST 2015, Sat  10am - 4pm

9th AUGUST 2015, Sun 10am - 4pm

VENUE

Thebarton Community Complex
60-78 South Road
(Cnr Ashwin Parade and South Road)
Torrensville SA 5031

TICKETS

Admission                               $  6.00

Concession                             $  5.00

Child Under 16                       $  3.00

Family (2 adults 2 children)  $15.00

SYDNEY MINIATURES & DOLL'S HOUSE FAIR

Tidy Miniatures will be at Sydney Miniatures & Dolls' House Fair on 2nd and 3rd May 2015. We have ranges of popular bauble and lantern kits, roomboxes and dollhouses DIY kits available for sale. There are also some brand new kits to be revealed at Sydney Miniatures Fair. Come along if you can!

SYDNEY MINIATURES & DOLL'S HOUSE FAIR

2nd MAY 2015, Sat 10:30am - 4:30pm
3rd MAY 2015, Sun 10:30am - 4:30pm

VENUE

STATES SPORTS CENTRE
OLYMPIC BOULEVARD
SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK

We look forward to seeing you there!

13832 ROMANTIC HOUSE

Do you dream of having a swimming pool of your own? Imagine yourself in the middle of this tropical paradise along a lazy pool. Everyday is a holiday when you live at this stunning resort style home.

The property measures 32.5 x 25.5 x 24cm. Order now and build your (miniature!) dream home

PALM TREES

Palm trees can be found in a number of DIY bauble kits. Some instruction manuals come with palm leaf templates for you to trace and cut out on the green paper provided. This can be quite fiddly and time consuming, however can give a quite a satisfying result.

Here we'd like to show you a simpler way to get a similar result (or even better!) depending on your preference.

1. Find the green paper 

2. Draw 2 sizes of simple skinny leaf shapes, approx. 3cm and 4cm long, freehand on the green paper. Around 12 - 15 leaves are enough for one tree.

3. Cut the leaves out 

4. Serrate them by clipping little triangles off the edges freely leaving the tips of the leaf. The irregular serration will give the palm tree a more realistic look.

 

5. Use your nails, scissor blades or tweezers to curl the leaves the way you like. 

6. Randomly glue the leaves around the tree trunk. Start the first layer with 3 - 4 leaves at the top of the trunk, then repeat gluing 4 - 5 leaves for the second and third layer slightly lower than the previous layer. Use combinations of short leaves for the upper layer(s) and long leaves for the lower layer(s), or just use short leaves for small trees and long leaves for big trees. 

And now a palm tree is done! Hurray!!