S P Miniatures by Carol and Ken Singer
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What’s your earliest memory with miniatures?
When my daughter was little, I took her to FAO Schwarz® and they had a lighted dollhouse on display. I fell in love with it and I made a vow that one day I would have a dollhouse with lights.
How did S P Miniatures come to be in 1995? Were you both avid collectors of miniatures?
Hadyn’s Charms
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How did you first get started in miniatures?
I have always loved art and all of the different mediums there are, but there was still one that I have always really wanted to try: polymer clay.
So, in the summer of 2013 I got into working with clay. I started out with my first charms, little lollipops, bows, and some coffee charms, and posted them on my art-themed Instagram account with only a couple hundred followers. Soon after, I had an inquiry from a follower that was interested in purchasing my work.
Miniatures by Bel’s Mini World
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How did you first get started in miniatures?
When I was a child, I never got the chance to own one of those fabulous dollhouses you could see at the shopping centers during Christmas. So that is where it comes from… this feeling was somehow left in my inside. Thanks to my husband’s support of my day to day work, I pursued miniatures and now I love what I do so much. Sending my minis worldwide is very fulfilling as is seeing comments from people asking if my minis are real food or minis. There’s no doubt I may be doing something others can enjoy. Making people happy in turn makes my work so rewarding.
Miniatures by Craftingbeshop
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How did you first get started in miniatures?
I watched the movie 13 Going on 30 when it first came out, and I absolutely fell in love with Jenna Rink’s dollhouse. After I watched that movie, I started making my own dollhouses out of cardboard boxes, foam board, and random household items. I even made my own furniture and decorations. Over time I’ve gradually improved my artistry.
What’s your favorite miniature?
Miniatures by La Belle Cuisine Miniaturas
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How did you first get started in miniatures?
Miniaturism isn’t my professional work, although I regret that. I’m a wife, mother of two lovely girls, nurse at a hospital, miniaturist, and also a painter (oil on canvas). I also do cross-stich, crochet and fabric dolls.
My interest for miniatures started in 1998 with the construction of a dollhouse (by kit). Since then, I have collected and changed other kit collections, and worked on a miniature kitchen and room boxes. Soon I decided to stop collecting and to become a miniaturist, creating my own pieces. That’s when the passion really started.
Mackenzie McAlpin Miniatures
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What are some of your earliest memories that involve miniatures?
My mother made miniatures, so I remember watching her make all kinds of things. One of the coolest things she did was buy cheap Santa Claus figures and then she’d make a new face and sometimes even change their clothes, and then fill Santa’s bag with miniatures themed around a family’s hobbies. I always thought that was such a great way to make money and get to do what she loved. Mini making was just something she did on the side.
Miniatures by The Microbakery
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How and why did you first get started in miniatures?
I remember as a little kid, I received a Barbie kitchen with a few miniature foods and was instantly obsessed! From then on, it started a snowball effect and my mom and I started to collect miniature accessories. Often, I would make miniature foods for my stuffed animals out of air-dry clay and polymer clay and let my little-kid-imagination run wild.
