Mr. Hare
I recently took a class with Cat Wingler to sculpt and dress a rabbit. I signed up as soon as the class opened because I decided I wanted to learn…
Refilling a Stain pen
I know I've been quiet lately but I'm still doing minis. To work on furniture kits for my Petite Chateau, I needed a certain color of stain. I had purchased…
Love and Romance
MiniBunny was asked about Valentine's. MiniBunny sharing her love. Here are her favorites. Where Kisses Come From The candy box she is holding Valentine Candy box on create Here is…
Petite Chateau Roof
For 2023, the Create.miniatures.org team issued a challenge. It is to work on a big project as a year long challenge. I decided on my Petite Chateau. I plan to…
Gingerbread Decorations Stand and Chestnut Cart
These are from true2scale's micro scale kit. This one has two to be made. Decorations The interior back is decorated before full assembly. Initially, I decorated as per the kit…
Needs Airbags
I spied the 'Bad Snowmen' by Blackthorn Miniatures and knew what I wanted to do with them. Give them to my Dad. I waited patiently for them to arrive and…
Honey and Candles Gingerbread Market Stall
This is my 7th assembly of a gingerbread kit by true2scale. It is 144th scale often called micro scale. It's been awhile since I made the last one. I knew…
The Stitchery
No. 6 of the Robin Betterley 2022 calendar club kit is a seamstress shop. It's purple! Mulberry is mentioned but wow the color of the shingles is interesting. With paint…
Rags to Riches Create Shares
Earlier this month, I participated in a NAME Create Shares about the flipping the plastic dollhouses. During this session each create team member shared what they did including me. Check…
Rags to Riches – a Gingerbread House Story
The create team was asked to turn a plastic house into something nicer. Plastic is not our normal material for a house. I was initially resistant until I found an…
The Potting Shed
No. 5 of the 2022 Robin Betterley monthly calendar club kits. For any other months I have finished check this page: The Secret Traveling Village Consider this a supplement and…
The Factory
Consider this a 'what not to do' or a supplement to the instructions included in the kit. When I first saw this one in person, I was not excited. I…
New Pages Added or updated
My website has both pages and posts. Posts are dated based on when shared and although pages have a date, it is not relevant to when the project was created.…
NAME Logo Puzzle
Create.miniatures.org is awesome with giving gifts when you submit a challenge. This puzzle was a recent gift. I started by carefully removing the puzzle portion. I left it attached for…
Tiny NAME Logo house
50th Anniversary April's NAME 50th Anniversary monthly kit was a toy house. Offered by Dia Crissy Baum. I just thought it was adorable. I put it aside because I was…
NAME Logo House – Interior
For Camp Make-a-Mini 2022 on create.miniatures.org we have a NAME Logo House as our project. I did a Lunch n Learn on adding lights to the house, to view click…
Party at number 3
Birthday Party
March Robin Betterley house kit is a Birthday party. Working on minis at the beach I went to the beach with friends and brought this kit to work on. My…
NAME Logo House – Exterior Box
Cleaning and priming I started by assembling the house because I wanted to check all the parts. I used blue tape to temporarily hold it together. Everything fit together really…
Bakery interior and exterior
The Bakery
February house by Robin Betterley Miniatures I feel off kilter working on this because it is April and now May, then June for finishing. Yet I am determined to get…
Alcohol Markers 2.0
Marker Organization After using my markers, I decided I wanted a box. Unfortunately I didn't purchase with a box. It was one step further in organizing them. Although I had…
2022 Micro Centerpiece for OLHP
The recent OLHP provided the opportunity to win a finished centerpiece. Alas I was not a winner. I did have the forethought to buy a kit. Initially I was going…
Can we keep him?
I signed up for the Quarter Connection In the Round Challenge swap recently. I knew just what I was making. That doesn't happen often - joining a swap and knowing…
Painter’s Cottage
the secret traveling village project by Robin Betterley's Miniatures JANUARY kit is a painter's cottage and adorable. I'm in love and I'm just the first month in. My Tips Edge…
On my way to the OLHP, I came across this
The Glass Slipper
On my way from the OLHP, I came across this shoebox, a little shop. On my way to the OLHP, I came across this As I approached it magically began…
Alcohol Markers
Alcohol markers In the miniature community, alcohol markers have been discussed for some time. About how they are great to use. These markers can be quite expensive. I want all…