CDHM The Miniature Way
December 2010, Issue 11
Small Scale Miniatures
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Small Scale

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Lory is also inspired by nature and loves to create nature-themed miniature works of art like a tiny fairy house using a real dried gourd. This charming fairy gourd house measures only two inches in height. Nestled in among the strawberries and mushrooms, it even welcomes the tiny birds with their own little house where they can rest their wings on their way south for the winter.

More for the fae at heart may be found in the sweet, delicate and demure home in 1/48 scale by Artisan Deb Roberts. It would be a wonderful home for a fairy (or even a tiny elf on a seaside getaway!).

Every detail is darling and it's only five inches tall. The room is shingled in genuine sea shells and the tiny wild rose vines are sure to enchant all who look upon it.

Deb's favorite holiday food is a traditional ham coated in brown sugar and covered with pineapple rings, cherries and cloves. The wonderful aroma that drifts through her house as it cooks is as enjoyable as eating it.

She also shares a unique holiday tradition of decorating a different, non-traditional Christmas tree each year with her husband. Some of her unusual trees of the past include: a Chinese Tree with lanterns, dragons and red lights with an I-Ching mirror topper; Musical Tree with guitar, saxophone,