In my latest video I'm showing you how I paint faux marble which I'll use for flooring in my roomboxes.  It's not hard to do!   ..read more

      In this video I'm showing you how to make this very practical and useful bench pin stand. The bench pin stand raises the project you're working on to a more comfortable height, which reduces stress on your neck, shoulders and back. Perfect for doing manual work like sawing, filing and sanding, drilling etc. The plans for the bench pin stand are below. I used 12 mm (1/2'') MDF for this project.     ..read more

 Hello everyone! Here is the simple sketch for the glue bottle stand I made in my vlog Miniaturist Journal 50.  Although my original glue bottle stands are made from wood, I used 2mm card stock for this glue bottle stand. You may have to adjust the drawing to the size of your glue bottle.    ..read more

Hello everyone!  Here is the design I made for the little stool in my Advent 21, 2022 video.  The video can be seen here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuTuhYfsPBk   ..read more

 I made these gingerbread house light designs to be approximately 3 cm wide.  You can scale it to the size you want.  I used kraft paper to make it.  See my Advent vlog number 15:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrMGCA67_tY     ..read more

  Hello Everyone! Welcome to day 7 of my Advent calendar. This is the basic design of the candlestick.  Mine is 6,8 cm wide and the thickness of the wood is 8 mm.           ..read more

Hello everyone!  Here is the simple sketch of the five pointed stars of my Advent 6 vlog.     ..read more

 Hello everyone! This little pattern is part of my Advent calendar 4.  You can download and scale the pattern to the size you want.   ..read more

 Hello everyone! Today is the first day of my Advent calendar vlogs.  The charts below were designed by me.  Feel free to download them and use them for your own miniature projects.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHvYw9Qv3bo  This is the Christmas stocking pattern I used:  https://www.miniaturenannelies.nl/product/2663322/4-kerstsokken-sorry-only-in-dutch     ..read more

Well hello everyone!  It's been a really long time since I have posted anything on my blog here but that is about to change. Thursday December 1st 2022, I will be starting a series of Advent calendar vlogs on my YouTube channel Make Miniatures with Josje, and for some vlogs I'll share a few little extra's here on my blog.  I hope you'll join me!  https://www.youtube.com/@MakeMiniatures/videos ..read more