September 08, 2026

MiniJoyMonth 8: How it Started

 

half-scale bakery
Half-scale bakery and apartment in a Tudor-style house. I used the older plastic chairs by the top floor table.

Another day as MiniJoyMonth on Instagram unfolds. So fun to have a whole group of miniaturists sharing their work!  (Be sure to join in or follow along with host @vintagedollhouseshop and look for the tag #minijoymonth2026. * See my Instagram page and friend me at cwrite12. )  

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* For this blog, I'll share all my posts on the Day 1 post here.

* Today's Prompt: How it Started

bakery 2n floor miniature bedroom
Bakery bedroom

This is a tough one to show since I started minis a long time ago with a couple cheap dollhouse kits I found at KMart. Both are gone now. ha!

It started even further back, I guess, with a metal dollhouse as a kid. I still like finding some of that plastic furniture now that I can use in my houses and cover some with fabric. So I'll show some of those pieces to match the prompt today.

I thought I was pretty clever when I put the two houses together and used coffee stirrers for baseboards. Then I discovered there were dollhouse shows and never looked back!!!

The, um, "collection" has grown to tons of stuff and many, many projects. 

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