I am so glad you're demonstrating making items from paper quilling! There are many miniaturists who aren't comfortable with polymer clay or are just plain intimidated by it 🙋♀️ Hi! Im Kelly im intimidated by Fimo and Sculpey 🤦♀️! Its really nice to have an alternative thats cheap and plentiful and if you mess it up its not a big deal! You just get another piece of paper and quill away! I've made quite a few pieces for my house with this method and once it's painted you cannot tell it's paper. There are just so many things that can be made!!
Hi! Im Laura Im intimidated by fimo and sculpey too! 😂 I have made a few things with the polymer clay but it scares me. I worry Im going to poison myself by not washing it off my hands enough. It isnt cheap either. I have more luck with paper clay and feel safer. I can cheat a little with the paper clay. One day I will make a video how I was able to make some plates and bowls. Still cant make cup or mugs lol. My next video will explain how I cut my strips of paper for rolling and the tools I use. And some very basic ways I use it. I have never paper quilled before just use the tool. More like paper beads. When I was a young girl in the 70's lol My parents bought me craft kits. One of them was a pottery set. Except it didnt contain clay. They had various sizes of paper already rolled up. All you had to do was shape it, glue it and then paint. It wasnt miniature size either. I was so proud because I made bowls and a goblet lol. It was purely decorative but you are right you couldnt tell it was paper.😊
@@Lauras-tinyview my sister and I grew up in the 70's too. Our mom was ALWAYS doing some DIY home improvement project or a crafting project. My mom's favorite story to tell about our growing up was watching her refinish the cabinet doors in the bathroom and after she had them all put back, my sister and I, probably like 6 and 4, took the screwdrivers and took the doors back off! 😂 We used cardboard boxes and just all kinds of things you have laying around and making Barbie house 'stuff'. As far as paper and quilling I was intrigued by a short I happened upon and I was instantly mesmerized by all the absolutely amazing things that could be made by rolling up strips of paper!! It was an epiphany for sure! I have a paper cutter, 2 actually, one that chops the paper into strips and one that slices. I used a lot of colored magazine pages and started out making paper beads, again, something my sister and I did in the 80's.. Nobody seemed to know what it was, so I guess we were ahead of our time 🤷♀️ LOL 😹. Anyway, fast forward 25-30 years and here we are! Putting all the crafting stuff I've learned over the decades to use in one space... miniatures! That's why when I saw your things made from paper I was so excited to see it making its entrance into a new crafting arena!! Your videos and the things you're making are interesting, easy to make, and the work to reward ratio is low. People who aren't really familiar with a lot of crafting areas can make what you're demonstrating and be really happy and proud they were able to do it. Building confidence and learning that mistakes are going to happen and things rarely turn out "satisfactory" the first time we do them. My motto when I teach something is, "practice makes progress, not perfection". Doing and trying are what's important, the real satisfaction comes from believing and knowing, "hey I can do that", and having the confidence to begin. Thank you so much!
Love hearing about your childhood memories. Must of been fun to have a sister to experience that with. One of my funniest Barbie memories from back then was I found my mother’s sanitary napkins lols. I thought they were Barbie mattresses that she was hiding from me. Took the box to my room and all my Barbie’s were laying on mattresses lol. Even cut some to make pillows. I always wanted a dollhouse even as an adult. Didn’t think it would be possible until I realized I could make everything my self for almost nothing. You are so right that it’s so rewarding to make it yourself. Even if you have to make it again and again till it’s just right.. I would Love to see your creations!!
@@Lauras-tinyview those were some expensive mattresses! LOL 😹 I'm trying to get a RU-vid channel together. Hopefully soon, I'll be able to make that happen. Oh, the wonders of childhood 🥰
What a fantastic use of paper beads for miniatures. Any remaining little lines will look the same as it does in a clay item thrown on a wheel. Thank you for the great tutorial.
@@finleykim Several viewers told me they have a little difficulty with creating the dome shape. I have round measuring spoons . I have noticed if I use the 1/4 or 1/8 tsp upside down. Then press the rolled paper disk over the top. It helps create a more consistent dome shape. I hope to work that into a video soon to show everyone. Have fun!
I'd love to see how you cut your strips of paper and a general tutorial about paper quilling. I'd like to add this skill to my mini making. These jugs would be great for my tudor pub project I have planned.
Oh good because my next video I will be doing a quick little tutorial how I cut the paper and use the tool. Because I have had a few comments about it. I dont actually know how to paper quill lol, just like using the tool. Oh wow! Cant wait to see your tudor pub project!!
Amazing idea and execution. These miniature jugs and bowls look very real. Very inspired to make these for the Castle Tower dollhouse I'm building at the moment. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for this clear and concise tutorial. The jugs and bowls look amazingly realistic👏 and to scale! Will definitely have a go at making these and will use the finishing techniques you shared so generously.
Terrific stuff!!! I’ve already made several “baskets” that you showed, weaving the card stock… instead of metal for the handle… I used a thin strip of leather. They look great. Thanks for that video. QUESTION: how do you cut thin strips of paper so they are consistently the same width???
TinyView is using a quilling technique and I imagine she's using quilling paper (pre-made thin strips of paper) or cutting her own using a paper trimmer or paper guillotine :)
Thank you! Glad you had a chance to make some of your own baskets. Your leather handles sound interesting. That is correct I used a quilling technique. I’m using the quilling tool. You could also you a paper bead roller. Which is basically the same thing. I have never tried the quilling paper but that would most definitely work. Paper trimmers would also be great to use. I just do it manually lol. I measure out on plain used copy paper the width of the strip I need. I make my measurement marks on the top and bottom of the page then line my metal ruler on the marks and run my exacto cutter or cutting tool of choice down the side of the ruler. They come out pretty close in size. Once rolled up you can’t till if they are slightly off.
I just found your channel, and all I can say is...WHAT TOOK ME SO LONG ! I absolutely love that you can make amazing miniatures with just paper. Working with paper is my favourite thing, but I had no idea you could create some of the things you do. All I have left to do now is...go and play 'catch-up' with the rest of your videos. (I'm assuming the tool you used to roll the paper strips is a quilling tool ?) Thank-you for sharing your skills.
Im not sure why ur mini basket vid turned up in my recommendeds, but im SO glad it did! Its fascinating to watch you make things so tiny yet so accurate. So Im spending Boxing Day binge watching ur tiny vids! Merry Christmas from New Zealand ❤
Do you by chance have a video on the making of the doors and windows on your store? Your work on this project is stunning! I feel like I have learned so much from your videos.
Thank you so much! I am so happy my videos have been helpful for you. I don’t have a video on that at the moment. When I decided to start my channel in Nov. I already had the structure, windows and door complete. My next structure I’m starting will be an old west hotel. I plan at that time to have a video covering the door and windows. I should be starting that building hopefully in the next month or so. I’m getting anxious to start it soon.
I would love if you would do a tutorial on the bowls you made on the jug tutorial. I have tried multiple times & can’t get the bowl shape like you have achieved. Fingers crossed you will! Thanks.
I will definitely try to work it in somewhere. In the jug video I did show a tutorial on the mixing bowl. It was pretty quick, so you may have missed it. It was at the 5:06 minute in the video. After I made my paper quilling for miniatures video, I was looking on Amazon for quilling tools. I found something interesting that is called a quilling mold. It looks a lot like an upside paint pan. Even though I usually don’t buy tools like this ,like you, I struggle to shape the dome consistently. While waiting for it to arrive I tried using my paint pan turned over but it was too big for what I was making. Then I remembered I had some round measuring spoons. I tried the 1/8 teaspoon and 1/4 teaspoon. They worked perfectly for consistently making the dome shape. So for a bowl, I rolled a disk of paper the diameter I wanted my bowl to be. Then on the back side of one of the measuring spoons I pushed it onto the dome. It was perfect! The thing I ordered from Amazon worked as well. I have been wanting to show the tool and the measuring spoons as an alternative because others struggle as well to get the dome shaped right. Let me know if you try the measuring spoons and how it worked for you. I sure hope that was helpful.
WOW [again]. Are these paper tole tools or techniques? I only know tole in passing, so forgive me if I'm way off base. Anyway, great work in a focused video. Thanks. HJ
The tool I’m using is a quilling tool or also called paper bead quilling tool. I haven’t heard of paper tole before. So I googled paper tole tool and it brought up dimensional decoupage. I’m not sure if that is the same thing you were thinking? I hope that was helpful. 😊
@@Lauras-tinyview Yes, thanks for that. My wife told me I had the wrong name for what you were doing (maybe I'll ask her first next time). Really enjoy your videos. Wishing your family the best in the new year.
These are incredible! I did quilling many-many years ago but never considered how useful the techniques would be for miniatures. Thank you so much for waking me up to the possibilities! These look far nicer than my attempts at scale miniature pottery. ❤
Oh good glad you found the answer. I can’t remember if I also mentioned that it’s a scrap piece of foam board. I use it over and over. When the tape isn’t sticky enough I just add more on top. 😂
Would you be kind enough to give approx measurements for what you consider a "wide" strip and "thinner" as well as the approx length. I ask because these make a considerable difference in quilling
I have now made two jugs, but the bowls are still troubling me. I just can’t seem to get the nice bowl shape that you have. My last attempt was with 1/4” strips, still seems too wide, & not really bowl shaped at all. Please help!!
@@Lauras-tinyview Not too wide, just the top rim maybe & it’s hard getting it flat on the bottom while still concave like a bowl. I used a wooden bead, but it still had too many inner ridges.
@@debbiejeannoyola Make sure your strip of paper is as wide as wide as you want the rim to be. Are you trying to flatten the bottom from the bottom by pressing it onto a flat surface? Or are you pressing flat from inside against a flat surface? Pressing it flat from inside keeps it from collapsing too much. If you paint it with wood glue it should help with the ridges. It won’t be ridge free though.
