1000 Islands Miniatures

04/07/2022

01/15/2022

It's interesting how pages work. I shut down this business and this page a year ago and while the page stayed up, I couldn't access it. I was thinking about this again this morning and seemingly out of nowhere, I got in.

For those who are interested and able to come out to Westport, I still have stock to sell.

Send me a message.

01/15/2019

Anyone who knows me knows how crazy I get when it comes to decorating for Christmas.

This is definitely true about me, but the line comes from Mike Guidry, miniaturist, blogger, and designer/builder of the"Miniature Gilded Dollhouse Mansion".

I discovered Mike when I joined an online miniatures group. I'm sure my jaw hit the floor when I saw his miniature Mansion for the first, say 10 times at least. I couldn't believe that I'd never heard about him and his Mansion, and started asking around at MEKA, the miniature group I belong to, and at the next show I sold at. Not one of the people I asked had heard about him or his Mansion, so out came my phone and I would show them. "You have to see this (my line)!" And didn't I get the same reaction that I had!

There are loads of talented Miniaturist's out there, and I love their work and wish I had a 5th of their talent. But Mike stands out for me because of how active he is with his site "Miniature Gilded Dollhouse Mansion 1:12 Scale", his blog
miniaturegildedmansion.blogspot.com/

his participation in public groups as well as his own group
"Michael Guidry Miniatures", and the fact that he is so down to earth and encouraging to everyone, including beginners like myself.

Mike Guidry was recently featured in the January 2019 issue of "Dollshouse and Miniature Scene" Magazine. This is not the first time he has been published, but hopefully the next time I ask "have you heard of Mike Guidry?", the answer will be "of course, who hasn't?"

I hope you all enjoy this as much as I do. Claudine Braga

miniature dollhouse project

01/14/2019

I purchase by lot, and thus do not select the stock I acquire individually by the pieces. I apologise that I only have Caucasian dolls at this time. Purely by chance, not by design.

This wraps up my selection of doll families. I will carry on with individual dolls as well as resin figurines another day.

01/14/2019

These dolls are sold individually, but as you can see they would work well together or intermixed with any of the other porcelain dolls.

01/14/2019

This 4 piece porcelain doll family are also available as a set or individually.

01/14/2019

This is a family of porcelain dolls. As shown there are children for sale individually.

01/14/2019

This lovely bendable family can be purchased either as a set or individually. There is also a second mother and a brother (shown) sold separately.

01/14/2019

By request, my posts for today will be of traditional 1:12 scale dolls and doll families.

01/13/2019

Some newer pieces mixed with old.

01/13/2019

I want everyone to know that some of my finer pieces have sold. The Bespaq fireplace with mirror, the dutch baby house and the Bespaq hutch to name a few.

I have however made another large purchase and have had my photographer in to take pictures. I will be posting these in the upcoming days.

What I am most excited about with this buy is that there is little to no duplication with my existing stock. But even better is that it has allowed me to expand what I carry beyond furniture and accessories. I now have for sale roofing materials, siding, floor and wall coverings, doors, windows, electrical supplies, hardware and more. I also carry a good array of dolls, some books, booklets and magazines and even some tools.

I elected not to buy dollhouse kits due to shop and storage space limitations.

Thanks for reading and please feel free to share. Claudine Braga.

12/25/2018

Seasons greetings from 1000 Islands Miniatures.

12/14/2018

I have a really sweet little rocking horse collection. I was looking for a nice way to display it when I came across this full scale horse at my friend Richards booth at the Olde Circle flea market. I think it makes a lovely Christmas and miniatures display.

12/03/2018

I was inspired to give this love seat and chair a makeover. The upholstery was bright pink velvet, and not exactly to my taste. This on the other hand is much more me. I intend to finish the back panels with a striped portion of the fabric that we see on the bed and in the back of the display case.

11/12/2018

The tall silver tree with icicles and the white angel-themed tree with candles have sold. Pictures just don't do them justice.

11/09/2018

11/08/2018

Here are my trees completed and for sale. It's taken a while to get some decent pictures, only to discover that I can't get any good ones on my camera and I am better off using my phone. I decided not to put a price on my trees and prefer to leave them open to offers. The decorations pictured can be purchased with or without the trees. Happy decorating!

10/22/2018

I am very grateful for the support of my customers, friends, followers and visitors
Claudine