10+ Dolls House Miniature Food Cane Tutorials

I've been updating the site with dolls house miniature tutorials for fruit and veg this week. Whilst I've been looking for them, I found some great fruit and veg cane tutorials. I have put some together for you to look at and try. Please click here to view the tutorials on my website. In the 10 years I've been making miniatures, I'm yet to make a kiwi!

I am putting together a pinterest board for tutorials. To keep up to date with them before they get added to articles on the website, please click here and follow.


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30+ Tutorials: How To Make 12th Scale Fruit

I've put together some tutorials for you showing how to make various fruits in 12th scale. Click here to view.


If there are any fruits that aren't there that you would like to see, please comment below and I'll try and find you them.

Enjoy!

An Update. icklebits Tutorials Are Returning!

Well, its been an absolute nightmare of a year! My website got hacked earlier this year, the back up on my external hard drive was damaged and then the back up by the host was corrupted too! I lost years of tutorials, photos, products, text, articles etc. Absolute nightmare.
I walked away from it for quite a while but this last month decided it was time to face the facts and get rebuilding. I've changed a bit since you last saw a blog post. I now cater for all crafts with regards to the tutorials. This is due to me trying out new crafts in the 6 years I've been doing the Mummy thing.

The shop that will be launched in 2015 will stock Dolls House Miniatures, the miniatures that I made, beads, craft supplies and my own die cuts. Unfortunately due to all the mess of earlier this year, I'm having to rephotograph, measure, describe and list everything. This is why I say it will be next year.

I'm all over social networks now too. Below are some links:

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I shall be adding more tutorials daily to the website. Pinterest will be where I share random tutorials that I find BEFORE they appear in blog posts on the website. Anyway, it will be great to hear from you all again and I look forward to reading your comments.

Donna

The return is on the horizon!

Well helloooooo!

My little angel started school full time this week and finally I can sit in my (newly furnished and decorated) office. I never had an office at the old house (unless you count an under stairs cubbeyhole). However, I now have a room! A whole room! I've also finally found time to fire up the laptop for the first time in 4 months.

I have a to-do list as long as my arm and my right leg but I'm determined to be up and running (and selling!) by the New Year. It feels so good to finally be able to throw myself back into icklebits without any interruption of "Muuuummmmm!!!!". (No offence to my little one of course)

So, my plans? Well, they're far too big and time consuming to be honest!

Firstly icklebits has evolved. You knew it as purely dolls house miniatures with a twist, paper plates and dolls house tutorials.

Well, over the last 2 years I've been slowly adding tutorials for ALL crafts. My shop will be selling off the miniatures that I've made over the years. I will also be selling beads,jewellery making items, other craft items and the ever popular miniature paper plates. Do people still want them I wonder. You've all patiently waited 5 years so have no doubt found new suppliers. ;-)

Anyway, as you can imagine, that is an awful lot to do and as I sit here at my new desk, in my new office, I ask myself.....where do I start??

Temporary Site

Whilst I'm building the new site at icklebits.co.uk you will find the tutorials at icklebits.com. I've built a temporary site there whilst the new one is being built.

Yes, there is a lot missing but you will still find over 1000 tutorials and video tutorials.

To keep up to date with the progress of the new site please sign up to the newsletter. You will find that on the top right of the screen at icklebits.com

Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

Any questions please email me at admin@icklebits.co.uk

Big changes at icklebits. YOUR input required please

As you know,, I've been busy building a new site. Well its nearing the time where I need to move it in to replace this one. This would mean shutting down icklebits for the period of time that I make the move.

I have tried every which way possible to fix the error with the present site and I can't do it. This is why I'm rushing forward with the new site.

However, I need to work out how much of an impact closing it for 3-6 months will have on my members.

Some of you have galleries. Do you get visitors? Would you miss it majorly?

If desperate I can move your galleries to icklebits.com. This would obviously take me a few weeks but it can be done. Please note this would eat into the new site building time. This is why I really need to know how much your gallery means to you.

What about the tutorials? I haven't added new ones for months but how often do you use the existing database?

This won't affect the blogs. My blog for updates would move to here

The new site will have thousands of tutorials for ALL crafts. It will launch with those in the next 3-6 months. Then after that I will build up the business database, calendar of events, articles etc.

To follow next year would hopefully be an auction site, classifieds and even a website where you could meet fellow crafters.

So, another question...what would you like to see on the new site?

I do hope you can find the time to give me your input. I've always valued what my members think of the site and I'd hate to disappoint. If you have any questions please feel free to ask. I aim to please! :-)

I look forward to hearing from you as usual.

Donna
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Two New Tutorials!!!

Two new tutorials!!!!!!!!

Bet I made you jump suddenly appearing out of nowhere after all this time?

Thanks to our new member Jazzi, we have two new tutorials to share with you. Jazzi has even included downloadable patterns and instructions which I'm sure you will love.

Click here to view the tutorials.

A little update on me. Charlotte starts preschool this week so I can put all my energy into building the new site and getting the shop open again.

If you haven't signed up to the newsletter yet please do by visiting and registering at www.icklebits.co.uk It's free!

See you all soon and thanks once again to Jazzi. :-)

Donna
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