AIM Members News: Kat Hazelton

Kat Hazelton, also known as Kat The Hat Lady has been a Milliner for over 14 years. Kat designs and make hats ranging from 1:12 scale (dolls house), to full size hats, headdresses and Fascinators. Kat creates her hats using her own hat blocks and patterns and spends a great deal of time researching millinery in old books, fashion plates, and visiting libraries and museums. Kat makes all sorts of hats from historically themed hats to fantasy hats for the discerning 12th scale witch. 

 Kat's hats are available in her Etsy Shop which will open again after her summer vacation on the 22nd August

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/KATHAZELTON

Or from Bear Cabin Miniatures Dolls House Shop, Swansea

Previous editions of the AIM iMag

Did you know that previous issues from issue 9 of the Aim iMag are available to read or download at any time and are all free? 

You can access the AIM iMag archives by clicking on the link below

http://www.artisansinminiature.com/photo_2.html

Happy reading!

A little ‘Ginger Cat’ teacosy for cat-loving doll’s house dolls!!

New on Janet Granger’s website is a ‘Ginger Cat’ teacosy kit, so if you love cats, this could be just what you’re looking for. It is quick to stitch, and easy to assemble. Just the thing for the miniaturist who also loves cats! The teacosy is to be stitched on 32 count silk gauze. The kit contains stranded cotton, a generous piece of silk gauze, clear instructions and stitch diagrams, a suitable needle and a colour block chart to count the design from. The kit costs £12.95. P&P is £1.75 per order if placed by post (cheques to Janet Granger); p&p is free online if your order is over £40, otherwise it is £1.75 UK / £3.50 overseas. Various designs of teapots and tea sets are also available to complement all the teacosies that Janet has in her range.

The kit is available from Janet’s website here:

http://www.janetgranger.co.uk/acatalog/Miniature_Needlepoint_Teacosy_kits.html

If you haven’t stitched in this scale before, or you would like to know what is involved in making one of these kits, visit the FREE ONLINE TUTORIALS page at www.janetgranger.co.uk/tutorials.htm and see how easy it is to create this little teacosy.

Contact details:

Janet Granger
Janet Granger Designs
Rose Cottage, Leek Road, Waterhouses,
Staffordshire ST10 3JS
Tel 01538 308860
Email: mail@janetgranger.co.uk
For the best in dollshouse needlepoint: www.janetgranger.co.uk

 Issue 51 of the AIM imag is available online to read or download.

Packed with a variety of topics and projects for you to enjoy, I'm sure you will want to join me in saying a big thankyou to all the AIM members who have given their time and skill freely, to once again put together an excellent magazine for you all to enjoy for free. 

You can access the imag via the AIM website

http://www.artisansinminiature.com/issue10.html

Janet Granger Offer

There's a special offer when you sign up to the Newsletter on Janet Granger's website for miniature needlepoint kits and charts at the moment - just sign up as a *new subscriber*, and you will be eligible for a 10% discount on the next order that you place. Check out the website for details:

http://www.janetgranger.co.uk/subscribe.htm

As a Newsletter subscriber you can have access to special sales just for subscribers, be the first to know about new kits being launched, and participate in competitions, too.

As well as having more than 200 kits and charts in her online shop, Janet also sells cut pieces of silk gauze and canvas in small pieces, wood finishing packs and fabric glue.

Contact details:

Janet Granger
Janet Granger Designs
Rose Cottage, Leek Road, Waterhouses, Staffordshire ST10 3JS
Tel.: 01538 308860

Dollshouse needlepoint kit website: www.janetgranger.co.uk
Blog: http://janetgranger.wordpress.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/janetgrangerdesigns
Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/DollhouseEmbroidery
Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/janetembroidery

 

AIM iMag 50th Issue out now

Introducing our 50th Issue of the AIM iMag.

Out now and all downloadable and free to read.

Packed with a variety of topics and projects for you to enjoy, I'm sure you will want to join me in saying a big thankyou to all the AIM members who have given their time and skill freely, to once again put together an excellent magaine for you all to enjoy for free. 

You can access the Imag via the AIM website

http://www.artisansinminiature.com/issue10.html

Janet Granger's Etsy Shop



Visit Janet Granger's new Etsy shop!!

You now have the choice of viewing the miniature needlepoint kits on Janet Granger's main website, www.janetgranger.co.uk, or her NEW Etsy shop, 'Dollhouse Embroidery'!

If you are not familiar with Etsy, it is a web portal similar to Ebay, where sellers set up 'shops' which are all craft-based.

So, it's a great place to find all sorts of miniature items and supplies, and also embroidery kits and supplies.  Janet says, 'I have been meaning to open an Etsy shop for several years(!), but the 'to-do' list always got in the way.'

Now, however, the shop is ready and open for business. At the moment, it has a large selection of the 200+ kits from her range on it, and she is working to put more items on every day. The are several reasons to look at the kits in the Etsy shop, which would benefit you:

- There is the facility to save items you like to your 'Favourites' list, so you can use the Etsy shop to compile your own wish list of things you might want to buy later, to save you searching for items again at a later date. This facility isn't possible yet on the main www.janetgranger.co.uk website.
- Etsy allows each product to have five different image views, so you can see each item as a close-up (stitched), in a room-setting, as an 'exploded kit' (that is, with all the contents spread out clearly in one picture), the front of the packet, and the reverse of the packet, so that you can see exactly what you will receive once you purchase it.
- Every kit shown is in stock and ready to go, just like on the main website, and kit prices are the same as the main website.

If you would like to, please 'Favourite' the shop and tell your friends about it!

Janet would be very interested to hear any feedback from you about the new Etsy shop, so please email her at janet@janetgranger.co.uk  with your comments.

Click here to go to the Janet Granger Dollhouse Embroidery Etsy shop now:

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/DollhouseEmbroidery

and the main Janet Granger Designs website here:

http://www.janetgranger.co.uk

News from Kays Mini Dolls

 

 

AIM Member Kay of Kays Mini Dolls has asked us to pass on the following news to her followers and customers.

 

"I have closed down my website, kaysminidolls and moved all the miniature doll inventory to my Etsy shop.

 

www.etsy.com/shop/kaysstudio

 

The website was getting expensive and hard to keep updated and since I've had the Etsy shop since 2009 I decided to just use Etsy to sell my miniature dolls and other miniature work. For me, Etsy has been very successful.

 

I have listed several new 1/12 scale miniature dolls in the past couple of weeks. I have also returned to making porcelain half dolls in regular sizes. But, as always, my first love is the miniature ladies"



 



Beautiful Flowers by Marianne Cooke

  

AIM Member, Marianne Cooke recently showed us her wonderful new set of flowers and told us about the inspiration behind this fabulous little set of flowers.

 

"I recently bought a little collection of Victorian style floral containers made by Spanish artisan Nieves Palacín in my favourite blue and white colourway - perfect for a traditional or a shabby chic modern home. I decided to keep to the blue and white theme and filled each with a different white flower: open, old-roses and fresh daisies for the two jugs, French lavender, begonias and tulips for the variously sized oval pots. They were great fun to make."

 

 

I'm sure you will agree that they are lovely and they are currently for sale through Marianne's Etsy shop.

 

 www.etsy.com/shop/Marianne26

 

www.mariannecook.com

 

Competition Time

AIM Member Janet Granger is having a competition to launch her new Facebook page 'Janet Granger Dollhouse Embroidery'.

 

Just visit her page here: https://www.facebook.com/janetgrangerdesigns to like the page and share the post, and you can be in with a chance of winning a £15 voucher to spend on Janet's website for miniature needlepoint kits and charts.

AIM iMag Issue 49 Out Now

Issue 49 !!

Join us as we share our 49th issue of the AIM imag!!!

This month our issue of the AIM imag is yet again packed with a wide variety of projects for you ALL to enjoy  - and as ever all downloadable for FREE!

Tiny little clutch bag kits for doll’s house dolls!

Do the dolls in your doll’s house have a handbag obsession?! Does your doll’s house need that ‘lived in’ look that can be created by placing personal belongings in the rooms? These little clutch bags could be just what you’re looking for. Janet Granger has just launched these cute little kits for you to make - they are quick to stitch, and easy to assemble. With six patterns to choose from, there is bound to be a suitable design for you to make, so that the dolls in your doll’s house have just the right bag for any occasion.

The clutch bags are all to be stitched using tent stitch (like half cross stitch) on 40 count silk gauze. The kits contain Anchor stranded cotton, a generous piece of silk gauze, clear instructions, a suitable needle and a colour block chart to count the design from.

If you haven’t stitched in this scale before, or are unsure about making one of these kits, visit the FREE ONLINE TUTORIALS page at

www.janetgranger.co.uk/tutorials.htm and see how easy it is to create one of these little clutch bags.

The kits cost £9.95 each. P&P is £1.75 per order if placed by post (cheques to Janet Granger); p&p is free online if your order is over £40, otherwise it is £1.75.

Janet Granger Designs, Rose Cottage, Leek Road, Waterhouses, Staffordshire, ST10 3JS Tel: 01538 308860

Dollshouse needlepoint kit website: www.janetgranger.co.uk

Blog: http://janetgranger.wordpress.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/janetgrangerdesigns

Happy New Year 2014

 

Artisans In Miniature

Wishing a happy New Year to all our Members and followers! 

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Twelve Makes Of Christmas 2013

 

This year, we wont be running the usual AIM Advent Calendar, but we do have something a little different and equally wonderful for you....

"The 12 Makes of Christmas"

 

Did you ever wish you could open your Christmas Stocking before the big day? Well, now you can!

 

If you love miniature projects, then you are certainly going to love finding out what is inside each of our Christmas stockings - and you don't have to wait until Christmas Day to open them. On each of the twelve days running up to 25th December, you will be able to unpack one of the virtual miniature stockings to reveal a unique FREE project written by one of our artisan AIM members.

Click on this '12 Makes Of Christmas' link to go to the AIM website and then every day, click on the new stocking for that day to reveal your next free project .....  right up to the 25th December.

We at AIM hope you'll enjoy our Christmas gifts and we wish a very merry Christmas to all



New Art Deco Kit Range from Janet Granger

 

 

 New Art Deco carpet kits to make in needlepoint from Janet Granger 

Do you own a twentieth century style, twelfth scale doll's house or love art deco style miniatures?  Yes? Then you'll love AIM Member Janet Granger's newly released Art Deco carpet kit designs.

There are four kits to collect and they are all to be stitched using tent stitch (like half cross stitch) on 18 count canvas. The carpet kits contain plenty of Appletons crewel wool, clear instructions, a suitable needle, and a colour block chart to count the design from.

Chart packs are also available, for those of you who have lots of thread and canvas already, or who would like to stitch the designs in your own choice of colours - these contain black and white symbol charts.

These kits are available from Janet granger at;

www.janetgranger.co.uk

 

The kits start from £15.50. P&P is £1.75 per order if placed by post (cheques to Janet Granger); p&p online depends on the order total (but free over £40)

 

You can see more of Janet's latest kits on her 'What's new' page at;

http://www.janetgranger.co.uk/acatalog/WhatNew.html

 

Janet Granger Designs, Rose Cottage, Leek Road, Waterhouses, Staffordshire, ST10 3JS Tel: 01538 308860

Costume Cavacade

 

 

AIM Member, Teresa Thompson recently completed a commission for a doll of Jane Austen to be used in a Jane Austin Style room box.

More of Theresa's work can be seen at;

www.costumecavalcade.co.uk

Issue 48 of the AIM iMag is out now

 

 

 

Issue 48 of the AIM iMag is out now.

Packed full of interesting articles on themes such as fishing, allotments and delving into smaller scales, you'll be sure of an inspiring read.

 

Plus, as ever its all downloadable for FREE!

So grab yourself a cup of something nice, click the link below and settle down for a great read!

 

www.artisansinminiature.com

 



AIM Imag

Do you.... 



Love reading?

Love miniatures?

Love miniature craft projects?

 

Yes?....

Then why not put your feet up and settle down for a great read of our free downloadable AIM IMag

 

http://www.artisansinminiature.com/issue10.html

 

 

 

Julia Jeffreys; www.bearcabinminiatures.co.uk

Jain Squires; www.giddykipperdolls.com

Classic Victorian Berlin woolwork designs to make in needlepoint

 



Do you own a Victorian style twelfth scale doll’s house? Then you will love the new kits from Janet Granger – a large collection of classic Berlin woolwork style carpets and matching accessories, all in a stunningly dramatic black and gold pattern, with a central panel of flowers in deep jewel tones.

They are all to be stitched using tent stitch (like half cross stitch) – the fabric counts range from 18 canvas (for the carpets), to 32 silk gauze, and even 40 gauze for the teeny handbag. The carpet kits contain Appletons crewel wool, and all the other kits contain Anchor stranded cotton. The kits have clear instructions, and colour block charts to count the design from. All necessary components are included in the kits, such as the metal bellpull end, or the wooden chair pieces.

Have a look at the What's New? page to see all the kits: http://www.janetgranger.co.uk/acatalog/WhatNew.html

If you haven’t stitched in this scale before, or are unsure about making one of these kits, why not check out the FREE ONLINE TUTORIALS page at

www.janetgranger.co.uk/tutorials.htm and see how easy it is to create one of these!

The kits start from £4.75. P&P is £1.75 per order if placed by post (cheques to Janet Granger); p&p online depends on the order total (but free over £40).

Janet Granger Designs, Rose Cottage, Leek Road, Waterhouses, Staffordshire, ST10 3JS Tel: 01538 308860

www.janetgranger.co.uk



AIM Exhibitors List for the Miniatura Dolls House Show

If you are living in the UK and love miniatures, why not come to the Miniatura Dolls House Show on the 21st and 22nd September at the NEC, Birmingham. It is a wonderful show, which is well worth a visit and of course there will be members of Artisans In Miniature there selling their handmade wares and running workshops. If you do visit the show, why not pop by and say hello to our members.

 

Their stand numbers are shown below: 

 

 

Exhibitor                               Stand Number

 

Al'turn'ative Proportions                   L11

 

Bear Cabin Miniatures                      G3

 

Ann Kearney                                      D2

 

Malcolms Miniatures                         A13

 

Petite Properties                                 A5

 

Jane Laverick                                     J6

 

Dolls House Bears                             D1

 

Templewood Miniatures                   W13

 

Julie Campbell                                   B7

 

The Giddy Kipper                              B8

Mags-nificent Miniatures                  H8

Kate Pinsent                                      C5

Don't forget to keep checking back as this post will be updated throughout this week as members give me their stand numbers.