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Miniature tissue paper snowflakes (about 12-14 mm).

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Okay, all the random things I've been making over the past few months have been for this project to celebrate my parent's 50th anniversary.

Two filing cabinets filled with memories (1:12 scale).

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Miniature mylar 50 balloons. Each number is about 2 inches tall.

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Ready to bake some tiny pies.

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Odontocidium orchid, 1:12 scale. Made mostly of paper.

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Took a miniature class with Fran Sussman and made this 1:144 scale patio. A very tiny challenge (the base is 2.7 cm), but I think it came out cute.

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A miniature photo album of my parents' trip to Africa last year (1:12 scale).

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Miniature National Park unigrid brochures (1:12 scale).

I made them double sided, which unfortunately (given the scale) means I couldn't properly fold them and have them look in-scale. So I had to cut off the bottom half of that lovely Bryce Canyon brochure.

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A miniature pad of watercolor paper (1:12 scale). The first sheet has a painting by my mom.

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Made a tiny train. Track is 4 cm in diameter.

(From a Littlemissminiature kit)

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And you know I'm extra and designed the paint labels too.

Made some mini paint tubes. 1:12 scale.

(with some guidance from The Square to Spare)

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Made some mini paint tubes. 1:12 scale.

(with some guidance from The Square to Spare)

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A tiny Polaroid camera. 1:12 scale.

(kit by Bentley House Minis)

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I bought this kit shortly after finishing the Lanzhou Noodle restaurant. It only took me 1.5 years to finally open the box and build it.

So small, but fun. 

(kit: Dry Rice Series, Lanzhou Noodles)

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Miniature Shaxian Snacks restaurant. 7.5 cm (just under 3 inches) tall.

[kit: Dry rice series, Shaxian Snacks]

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Stay cool!

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Herbarium tour room box. 1:18 scale.

I wanted to make this piece because I kept making miniature herbarium specimens and I wanted a way to display them. What better way than to lay them out like we do for tours or open houses on the counter tops.

The box is a separate fruit box, and the herbarium cabinets were also made from smaller fruit boxes. The inside lid and sides are covered with some of my favorite specimen labels.

Here's a full-scale counter top with specimens for reference: