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IN THIS ISSUE

• Collector's Corner
• Contests
• Featured Item
• Featured Artist
• Mascots & Friends
• Miniature Printies
• Published Members
• Shows and Fairs
• Trading Post
• Tutorials


CDHM April 2008 FEATURED ARTIST


Meet Lauretta Carroll. Learn about her adventures into the tiny world of 144 scale dollhouse miniatures and where she seeks inspiration. How she was bitten by the miniature bug when she was very young. How she spent more time building rooms for her Barbie™ dolls than playing with the dolls.

Come jump into the world of the ultra miniature. Discover how she started working in 1/144th scale and brought her back to where she started. New tools, new techniques and new problems .... (click to read the interview).

You can visit Lauretta Carroll's Gallery and shop for her tiny houses.



PUBLISHED MEMBERS
   & MAGAZINE REVIEWS

PUBLISHED MEMBERS

Published Membership


MAGAZINE REVIEWS & ADS

• 1 zu 12 Das Magazin, Germany
• American Miniaturist, USA
• Art Doll Quarterly, USA
• Doll, UK
• Doll Crafter & Costuming, UK
• Doll Reader, UK
• Dollhouse Miniatures, USA
• The Dolls’ House, UK
• Dolls House & Miniature Scene, UK
• Dolls House Nederland
• Dolls House World, UK
• Et Dukkehjem, Norway
• Faerie Magazine Online
• Miniature Collector, USA
• Miniaturas Coleccionismo, Spain
• Miniatyr Världen, Sweden
• Puppen & Spielzeug, Germany
• Puppenhuizen & Miniatures, Nederlands


Miniaturas Magazine On Sale Now! CDHM is selling the magazine within the United States. This Spanish language magazine features fabulous dollhouse collections and tutorials laid out so that you can follow the visual instructions, even if you do not speak Spanish! Outside of the USA, you can purchasing your own copy by clicking the link below.

Miniaturas es una publicación mensual que ofrece a los lectores una guía completa sobre temas de coleccionismo de casas de muñecas, muñecas, juguetes antiguos y miniaturas en general. Mediante cuidados reportajes gráficos a todo color se presentan las más delicadas piezas. Además es una estupenda herramienta para impulsar la creatividad y las destrezas necesarias para desarrollarla. To subscribe to Miniaturas Magazine click here!

CONTEST & SHOWS

CONTEST CURRENT

Poll Open
Myths, Fables, & Fairy Tales
Voting is open April 7-9, 2008




CONTEST ARCHIVE
• A Blast From The Past
• Kids Christmas Contest
• Haunted Hollow
• Circus Big Top

SHOWS & FAIRS

• 2008 Dollhouse and Doll Shows & Fairs


FEATURED ITEM

Nursery In Miniature Looking for the perfect nursery items for your dollhouse, roombox or miniature scene? Need a stroller, high chair or diaper bag?

Discover where you can get them now.


CDHM MINIATURE FORUMS

Why Join The CDHM Miniature Forums

• Meet the Mini-Makers you've seen in the magazines!

• Free Live Tutorials by well known Instructors

• How-To Tips & DIY Miniatures

• CDHM offers a Community for all
dollhouse miniatures, doll and teddy bear enthusiasts

• Trading Post: Trades & Miniature Swaps



 BULLETIN BOARD
• CDHM will stock a limited quantity of American Miniaturist, Et Dukkehjem, and Miniaturas available for sale to our members. Please check the link Magazines For Sale, for more details.

• Bertoia Auctions announces the sale of the Delaware Toy & Miniature Museum content, which closed its doors in November 2007. Visit BertoiaAuctions.com for details.

• The miniature world lost one of its own recently, Anja van den Doel. A IGMA Fellow in Plants. Anja made beautiful flowers, succulents, and house plants. Anyone wanting to sign her Book of Condolences, please click here.




COLLECTORS CORNER

Due to popular demand, we are repeating the,
"A Collection Fit for a King by Sue Giordano"

Travel back in time with Dr. Michael Freeman and his wife, Lois and explore their Dollhouse Castle of yester year. From the great hall to the wizard's tower decorated in the finest handcrafted miniatures.






Do you want to be published? We are eager to discover exceptional collections and invite you to let us know about yours! Contact Newsletter

GREAT CUSTOMER LOYALTY

• Don't Leave Customers Hanging
   Never leave customers hanging. Repairs and emails need to be handled with a sense of urgency.
   Customers want immediate resolution, and if you can give it to them, you will probably win their
   repeat business. Research shows that the instance of repeat business goes up to 95 percent
   when complaints are resolved quickly and with urgency.

• Flexible" straws work well for creating dollhouse downspouts.

• Many railroad modeler websites offer a wide variety of landscaping materials.

UPCOMING LIVE TUTORIALS


2008 Tutorials Scheduled


• Learn To Weave A Baby Cradle

• Make Witch's Eyeball Roses

• Miniatures From Found Objects

• Make A Gypsy Table Setting

• Make Dunkin Doughnuts Display

• Sculpt A Miniature Bear

• Make A 1:12 CheeseCake

• Make A Working Cupboard

• Learn To Sculpt 1:12 Pears

• Make A Cheese Board Display

• Paint A Mini Landscape



• Tutorial Archive (Members Only)

• Tutorial (Public)

Dolls House Miniature Tutorials
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 VIDEO FINDS -- APRIL 2008

Enjoy CDHM's Artist Christel Jensen's Video!








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