Easy DIY Miniature Christmas Trees

Hello Everyone & Happy Holidays! I needed some "easy to make" mini Christmas trees and this is what I came up with. Follow the link for this tutorial and many more Christmas tutorials and printables! DIY Miniature Christmas Trees!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Follower Appreciation Giveaway Winner!

Thank you to everyone that participated in my blog giveaway! There was a total of 15 entries, one person commented twice and one after the winner had already been drawn.

 Each entry was assigned a number according to the order of the comments posted and I used random.org to choose the winning number.

Congratulations to Francesca!  Please email me your address so I can get your prize in the mail!

Once again, thank you to all of you that participated and thank you to all of my followers! I really do appreciate the time you take to visit and comment.

Follower Appreciation Giveaway & Quick Update!

It's time for a giveaway! January was a very busy month for me with minis and real life. Make sure to stop by my website, My Small Obsession and take a look at the new video projects.

I appreciate all of my followers and like to show it with a little giveaway every now and then, especially because I'm so bad at making regular posts here. If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter you can get more frequent updates to my website and video blog, Creating Dollhouse Miniatures. I have recently started using Pinterest but I don't have much there yet. Now that I've started using it I realize why I was reluctant at first.....IT'S ADDICTING!

The rules to enter this giveaway are simple, you must be a follower of this blog and leave a comment on this post.

The Prize
(click on the photos for a better look)

I will draw the name of the winner on Saturday, February 9th 2013 and post the name of the winner on Sunday, February 10th 2013!

I'm holding a giveaway on my other blog, Creating Dollhouse Miniatures, so if you are a follower there, please be sure to stop by and enter!

Good Luck and Thank You for Following!

Keep Calm and Make Miniatures

Hello and happy new year! The title of this blog post is my new mantra for 2013. I've had a lot stressful things going on in my life and I don't handle stress very well. For the last few months I have really been trying to focus on making miniatures instead of focusing on stuff in my life that makes me crazy. Keep calm and make miniatures!

Ok, moving on. I have a lot to share so I'm going to get to it. First, The Dollhouse of the Month, I'm going to temporarily stop The Dollhouse of the Month. Quite a few people that participated in The Dollhouse of the Month had their photos hosted at Webshots. As you may or may not know, Webshots shut down their site and because of this the photos that were posted on my site that were hosted by them, are missing. I don't quite know what I'm doing about this yet or when I will start it back up but for now I have a mess of missing photos to clean up. I also have to figure out what to do about the fact that about half of the Dollhouse's of the Month no longer have pictures. It will take quite a bit of time to contact every person and find out if they are willing to send me all those missing pics, if they even still have them.  I really like having The Dollhouse of the Month section and I will get it back up and running again, as soon as I can.

If you have been to my website recently you may have noticed a few changes. The menu has been expanded and there are more drop down buttons on the menu. I added a search bar at the top near the menu so you can search my site from any page. I moved all of my social networking icons to the top near the menu also.

I made some printable wine and liquor labels for the bar in O'Leary's Irish Pub, you can find them here. I have added to new projects donated by ElaineMinis.Com.

  

I completed Carrol Elf's Christmas Cottage, you can view photos of it here.

I updated my progress on my Monster High Dollhouse, (there hasn't been much lately) you can read about it here. I added a link to a very cool DIY Three Ring Binder "Dollhouse" Tutorial, created by Kendra of the blog, Southern Disposition. She has also included tutorials for furnishing each room.

 

I will be moving my Monster High information from My Small Obsession to it's own Monster High Doll/1:6 scale website. The Monster High Dolls are very popular and I don't want to dominate My Small Obsession with the Monster High stuff. I will be launching the new site soon so stay tuned!

Here is a sneek peek of my progress on O'Learys Pub.

 

My other blog, Creating Dollhouse Miniatures is celebrating an anniversary this month! I started the blog in January 2008 and my first post was two videos of my mother's dollhouses. Five years later there are more than 750 videos and 869 Followers! I will be hosting a giveaway over at Creating Dollhouse Miniatures sometime this month, more on that later.

Welcome to my new followers here! Thank you to all of you that have stuck it out and hung in there with all of my off and on posting to this blog. I will be having another follower giveaway for this blog soon and I will be holding a giveaway on the Monster High website, after it's launched.

If you haven't already, please "Like"  & "Follow" on Facebook and Twitter, for all the latest updates to my websites and blogs. 

Here's to a bright new year, and a fond farewell to old. Here's to things yet to come, and memories that we hold. 

Remember......Keep Calm and Make Miniatures!

Mini Christmas Tutorial Links!

Christmas Countdowns

Head over to my website, My Small Obsession, and take a look at tons of links to mini Christmas tutorials and printables! If you know of a tutorial or printable that I should add, please leave a comment.

Dollhouse of the Month ~ March 2012

My Small Obsession's Dollhouse of the Month

March 2012 ~ The French Chateau created by Linda of Linda's Miniature Musings. Be sure to stop by Linda's Etsy Shop, Linda's Littlies Handmade Dollhouse Miniatures.

Please click here to view! 

Updates, Technical Stuff & A Give Away!

Hello everyone! Just a quick post to let you all know that I am still here!  I have been working in the background making preparations for few "design" changes to my website, and I've also been busy with some upcoming tutorials and preparing to have a big give away.
I just finished adding the latest swap photos & two new video tutorials.

Technical Stuff: The "design" change to my website involves moving the website menu from the left side of the website to the top. I don't want to bore you all with the details, this change was necessary. Things might be a little messy for a few days but I should have the majority of the changes made by the end of the week.  I also just recently realized that Google translator is only translating my home page, it doesn't work site wide, so I will be moving the translator to the top of my website so my visitors will have the ability to translate all pages.

The Give Away: I'm not going to say too much about the Give Away, yet....just be sure to watch this space! 

I'll be back tomorrow to post the Dollhouse of the Month for March!

Dollhouse of the Month & Updates!

My Small Obsession's Dollhouse of the Month

December 2011 ~ Four Days Before Christmas ~ Created by Kathy Centracchio

Please click here to view! 

This month I added some Holiday Spirits Labels, to the free printables section and 2 new video projects, Danish Christmas Dinner Tutorial by SugarCharmShop and How to make miniature Christmas lights, by The Crafty Crow.

I recently began working on a Christmas themed dollhouse and I hope to get some pictures up soon. I haven't forgotten the follower giveaway, I've been so busy I just haven't had time. I will be back later with more about that!

Dollhouse of the Month November 2011

My Small Obsession's Dollhouse of the Month

November 2011 ~ The Country House created by Kim Saulter

Please click here to view! 
 
I also added the assembly instructions to the Front Opening Shop by Real Good Toys & 2 new video projects, how to make polymer clay bacon and egg canes!

I will be updating My Small Obsession all week, and I will be posting about my Follower Give Away just as soon as I figure out what I'm giving away! =)

Moving Day!

Hello Everyone!

It's been such a long time since I last posted and so much has happened, I don't know where to start!

I should start by saying hello & welcome to my new followers.

Hello & Welcome!!
I'll have a give away soon to give you all a proper welcome.

I haven't posted in such a long time because I have been moving my web site, My Small Obsession, to a new home on the web. The move has taken much longer than expected but will be worth it in the end!

Please remember, my website address, http://mysmallobsession.com will remain the same so any links to the home page will still work. All other pages are no longer accessible through their individual addresses, so if you are linked to any of those pages you will need to update the link. It will be a few days before everything is up and working properly so please hang in there!

The actual "move" will be taking place over the next 48 hours so it's most likely that my web site will be temporarily disabled during that time. I have added a lot of new pages, information & features, but I'm not finished so you won't be able to see all of the new features right away. I have more to add and will continue through September. I hope to have everything completed before the end of the month.

Thank you all so much for your hanging in there with me!

Dollhouse of the Month March 2011

My Small Obsession's Dollhouse of the Month

March 2011 ~ The Walnut Ridge by Angela of  Minis By Angela.

Please Click Here To View!

Dollhouse of the Month February 2011

February 2011 ~ Maison Hollandaise by Béatrice Thiéru of Les Miniatures de Béatrice.

Find more of Béatrice's work at Les Miniatures de Béatrice, Les Poupée Miniatures and in the February issue of AIM.

Please click here for the photos!