Northern Miniatures

Fresh Fruit and Tea

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda Phillips) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:02:00 +0000

Fresh Fruit and Tea
Originally uploaded by Aminimanda

Enjoy some fresh fruit - strawberries, apples, an orange, grapes, and a banana and some wonderfully realistic tea in 1/12th scale.

Available on eBay with a starting bid of $19.99

Breakfast In Bed

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda Phillips) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:02:00 +0000

Breakfast In Bed
Originally uploaded by Aminimanda

Enjoy fresh strawberries, a cinnamon roll, coffee and cereal on this beautiful 1/12th scale serving tray.

Available on eBay with the starting bid of $19.99

Sweetheart Tarts Miniature Baking Board

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda Phillips) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:43:00 +0000

Sweetheart Tarts Miniature Baking Board
Originally uploaded by Aminimanda

No miniature baking scene is complete without a messy baking board! Hand-crafted in 1/12th scale is this beautiful Sweetheart Tarts scene.

Now available on eBay at the low starting bid of $24.99.

Cigarettes and Beer

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda Phillips) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:46:00 +0000

Cigarettes and Beer
Originally uploaded by Aminimanda

Empty beer cans and hand-crafted 1/12th scale cigarettes will make your garage, pub, or living room look extra authentic! Each cigarette is made from REAL rolling paper, meticulously cut to scale, and there is no way to capture the details in a photograph. The cigarette butts are hand-painted to look like actual filters, and the ashtray includes some very realistic ashes! Ashtray is also hand-crafted from porcelain. What's food without a drink and a smoke?

Available on eBay now at the low starting bid of $9.99

Miniature Desserts

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda Phillips) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:39:00 +0000

Miniature Desserts
Originally uploaded by Aminimanda

An assortment of miniature desserts. These have NOT been hand-crafted by me, they are part of my miniatures collection, and it's time for them to go - now available on eBay at the great starting bid of $19.99.

Medieval Feast

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda Phillips) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:22:00 +0000

Medieval Feast
Originally uploaded by Aminimanda

Need a feast that's fit for a King? Try this Medieval 1/12th scale feast for your dollhouse or miniature scene! Includes a fruit platter, breads, a meat platter, eggs, and ale! What a bargain! Table not included.

Available on eBay with a starting bid of $19.99

Mary Engelbreit Style Bench

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda Phillips) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:20:00 +0000

Mary Engelbreit Style Bench
Originally uploaded by Aminimanda

Are you a fan of Mary Engelbreit? You'll love this darling 1/12th scale bench! It's decorated in checkers and polka dots, flowers, stripes, and cherries and is entirely hand-painted. The bench seat opens to reveal storage space, and there are even cherries on the underside of the seat!

Available on eBay with a starting bid of $19.99

Christmas Goodies

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda Phillips) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:23:00 +0000

Christmas Goodies
Originally uploaded by Aminimanda

Some delightful hand-crafted Christmas goodies for your miniature home or roombox. All items created from polymer clay. I think Christmas cakes are probably my FAVORITE thing to make! I wish it was Christmas all year long.

Bid for it on eBay

Pastel Patisserie

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda Phillips) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:21:00 +0000

Pastel Patisserie
Originally uploaded by Aminimanda

Hand-painted patisserie bursting at the seems with hand-crafted polymer clay foods. My lovely husband made the cake with the roses, and the chocolate cake with pink icing at bottom.

Bid for it on eBay

Thank You, Northern Michigan!

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda Phillips) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

This morning I had the lovely opportunity to be featured on Michigan This Morning running through Fox 32 and 9&10 News. I was interviewed by Alex Jokich and had a blast! Since the initial broadcast I have received a few emails from miniature enthusiasts in the area, and am looking forward to making friends with miniature makers far and wide. A link to some segment highlights can be found on 9&10's News Site at http://www.9and10news.com/Category/Story/?id=311920&cID=31.

Thanks for the warm regards, everyone!

Miniature Soup

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda Phillips) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:22:00 +0000

Miniature Soup
Originally uploaded by Aminimanda

Ham and potato soup, made from my magazine tutorial.

Sundaes

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda Phillips) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:21:00 +0000

Sundaes
Originally uploaded by Aminimanda

Ice cream at its finest, made of polymer clay and in 1/12th scale.

Mini Cakes Galore

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda Phillips) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:12:00 +0000

desserts01
Originally uploaded by Aminimanda

Sold at eBay auction, a ton of mini cakes...all hand-crafted from Polymer Clay in 1/12th scale.

Country Breakfast

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda Phillips) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:10:00 +0000

Picture 8567
Originally uploaded by Aminimanda

Country breakfast for your mini dolls. 1/12th scale, polymer clay.

Breakfast and Tea

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda Phillips) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:09:00 +0000

Picture 8600
Originally uploaded by Aminimanda

No breakfast is complete without a generous helping of tea. 1/12th scale, made from polymer clay, in porcelain dishes.

Miniature Breakfast

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda Phillips) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Miniature Breakfast
Originally uploaded by Northern Miniatures

1/12th scale polymer clay breakfast sculpt. Silver dollar pancakes, with syrup, toast, with jam, fried eggs, a pitcher/cup of coffee and some extra slices of toast, and finally a fruit bowl containing two kinds of grapes, two oranges, two apples and a banana.

The Silence of the Spuds

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda Phillips) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:32:00 +0000

The Silence of the Spuds
Originally uploaded by Northern Miniatures

I had a weird dream the other night about potatoes being chopped up and cooked in lard. In this dream, the little potatoes waiting nearby in the basket were screaming but no sound came out. I think this dream may have something to do with my recent diet. LOL! Here's the miniature dream reproduction, shown on a hand-painted table, I painted it just for this scene.

Miniature English Christmas Dinner

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda Phillips) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:52:00 +0000

Miniature English Christmas Dinner
Originally uploaded by Northern Miniatures

Miniature Deviled Eggs, Olives and Cheese

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda Phillips) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:22:00 +0000

Lost in shipping was a tiny tray of deviled eggs and cheese (I have looked high and low but I think it might have been stuck in the box I had it in originally and been thrown away!) I had made for Sue's order, so I've remade it now and I think it came out even better than the original. There is room enough in the middle for Sue's crackers she plans to adhere. Yay!

Second up was this tiny tray of Olives for Sue as well. One of the most challenging things I have ever tried to make!

Publications and Tutorials

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda Phillips) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:39:00 +0000

I have recently added some new pages to my site, tutorials and published pages for my work.

You can find them here:

Tutorials
Published Pages

Enjoy!

Finished Sue's Christmas Order

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda Phillips) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:15:00 +0000

Here's the final order, complete: This was part of a 1/12th scale custom order for Sue from NY. Includes all of the items she could remember from Christmas dinners past, including: Sauerkraut, bread, pierogis, shrimp pate, deviled eggs, breaded fish filets, stuffed celery and cheeses.

Miniature Shrimp Pate

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda Phillips) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:04:00 +0000

Miniature Shrimp Pate
Originally uploaded by Northern Miniatures

Another custom order for the lovely lady in NY. This is a fish molded shrimp pate on platter. Yum!

Miniature Pierogi Platter

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda Phillips) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:04:00 +0000

Miniature Pierogi Platter
Originally uploaded by Northern Miniatures

Really enjoyed making these for a customer in NY. Pierogis on a platter. Oh, I have a cdhm blog too, go check me out! http://www.cdhm.org/user/aminimanda

garden visitor

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda Phillips) — Sat, 31 May 2008 01:10:00 +0000

garden visitor
Originally uploaded by dont make a scene

Don't Make A Scene included one of my snails in her new scene! Too cool! :D I'm so excited about it!

Miniature Strawberries

noreply@blogger.com (Amanda Phillips) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:01:00 +0000

Miniature Strawberries
Originally uploaded by Northern Miniatures by Amanda

I've been making so much stuff lately and working a lot to boot. We've also got a new puppy and it's been very hard to get any sleep at night. I suppose it will be worth it when she's older and settled down but I know this next year of puppy hood is going to be a test for all of us!

I have been making some savoury dinners recently and just have not photographed them yet. I made these strawberries late at night 3 nights in a row, while watching Monarch of the Glen, which I have now finished 3 full seasons of! It's a cute show, really, like the UK equivalent of 7th Heaven but without all of the religious stuff. ;)

I am planning on doing a craft show in May and also I have a guest staying in my home for 10 days, so it's going to be a very busy time and I may not be online much. Sorry if I've not answered your email or message lately, I've had a lot of other business to take care of, and a puppy chewing on my feet, hands, shoes, furniture, anything chewable.

I have ordered many items to make into food items, baskets, silverware, bowls, dishes, etc. and I should be making many more items for the webstore soon. You can find the store at http://www.northernminiatures.com and there's a wide variety of hand-crafted and unique polymer clay items there. We also have some hand-painted and hand-crafted furniture and some beautiful bedding and plants.

I hope you're all well and am always happy to hear from you. Off to bed for tonight, it's an early night as I'm whipped!