Taking pictures of your minis is very important if you like to blog or share your work on social media.  You put all this hard work into building and styling the most perfect miniatures, and if your pictures aren't crip and true, then it feels (at least to myself), that no one can see what I really want to see and feel. Let us look back, way back, to the original pictures on this blog.  I owned a Blackberry at the time, so I relied on my Canon camera to take photos.  I didn't know about the importance of natural light and everything looked yellow.  Every shot, I th ..read more

 The Mid Century Build This one took me a while! A year or two of off and on building.  I feel like the moment it got to be frustrating or I ran out of a material I put it on pause.  But then one day I said enough is enough! This half finished house looks sad on your shelf, so I did all the tedious finishes, purchased all the bits I needed and finished in about 2 weeks (a record!)  This post has a lot of pictures, so you'll just need to keep scrolling down for more! Exterior The base of the kit is the Greenleaf 2012 Spring Fling contest build.  I bought it long ..read more

 Well Hello Again! I have to admit that some significant time has passed since I last blogged about my miniatures.  It was a mix of things that kept me busy like the pandemic, life and moving.  My goal is to blog more and eventually redo everything in to a proper website.  But let's not get ahead of ourselves!  I post mostly to Instagram these days, so feel free to follow me there @kitty_and_kat_miniatures Since this is a bit of a catch up, I'll just show you some items from about the last 6 months. Berries I had the berry pots in my stash for a very long time.&nb ..read more

Happy New Year!   2019 was a busy year.  2020 will bring lots more time for minis, so hang on! I had a little fun creating this New Year's party scene.  These folks sure know how to party. Where To Buy - Where To Find Sofa and Sideboard - MitchyMooMiniatures (Etsy) Coffee Table - Keenderson Miniatures Chinese Food/Tylenol/Cake Box - Paper Minis Bar Cart - Jane Harrop Bar Mixer & Ice Bucket - Miniatures.com ..read more

The Christmas countdown is on! While most of us haven't started Christmas shopping yet, if you want to get your Christmas minis ready, the clock is ticking.  Fear not, you have time and hopefully I can provide some inspiration.  Hobby Builder Supply (HBS) and miniatures.com asked me to put together a Christmas scene using an assortment of products from miniatures.com. Those of you who have followed me all these years might have noted I haven't always posted elaborate Christmas scenes, but this year I started early (June!) and was determined to make a not one but TWO Christmas scenes ..read more

If you ever wanted to tackle a small stitching project, then I have THE project for you!  This cute little 3.5" x 1.5" birch rug can fit into any miniature space.   My tutorial is available in American Miniaturist November 2019 (Issue 199).  It's two colours and one stitch (the tent stitch).  I swear, you can do it! Throw on the TV and stitch away ..read more

I started to organize some of my minis.  It was a scary thing, so I did two boxes of furniture and stopped.  I need to devote a cold winter weekend to taking everything out and sifting through it.  Including my work space and the cabinets who's depths I haven't ventured into in quite some time. I'm not saying its a "horde" but I freely admit that there's a lot of stuff very nicely labelled cute boxes that need addressing.  I need to make a date with my label maker machine and attack! But since I had a few minis out....and needed to store some of my summer finds, I took the time to play ar ..read more

The room box is now emptied of its mini bounty....and ready for its Vogue photo shoot.   The room box is made of MDF and measures 18.5" long 14" wide and 12" tall.  The fireplace brick bump out is permanent.  However, the fireplace isn't glue in, its just held in place with a dab of wax.  This way I can change the style or era of the room.   The brick wall is embossed brick paper that I glued to the MDF, then primed and painted.  Even 3 coats of paint (primer + 2 top coats) didn't provide complete coverage, but I loved the shadowy effect so I didn't continue to paint.  I highly recomend ..read more

I'm writing this asking myself how summer is almost done.  Good thing I didn't set too many mini making goals for myself! I have actually finished the room box since I last wrote. But before I could take pictures I began staging it for a scene for Hobby Builders Supply and miniatures.com.  Got a little too excited to start the room and I didn't take pictures of the finished product.  But soon, I promise, I will have the room box emptied and I will show it to you. Summer Travels We took Miss Kitty to Florida and had a nine day adventure at every theme park imaginable.  As a reward for sur ..read more

  When isn't summer busty?  I always think I'll have more time to sit and make minis.  I've squeezed in some late evenings to get some projects moving and take on additional projects (because who doesn't love taking on more projects!!). Work with me here people, there's been a lot of mini things happening! The Mid Century House You know its been a while when a coat of dust and assorted fluff accumulates on a project because its been sitting on the furnace room floor! Building is a little like playing Jenga.  You have to be strategic and think 5 steps ahead so you don't end up with a ..read more