Miniature Craft Supplies
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Can you use real food to make dollhouse miniature food(s)?
I recently bought some craft supplies to make miniature cakes/desserts (ie: Polymer Clay, Acrylic Gel, Acrylic Paints, Wooden “cake” shapes)…and I was wondering if it was possible to use real food like cocoa powder or crushed nuts to make my mini desserts look real. Of course, I would seal them to avoid bugs and such.
If not, what can I use to achieve really realistic looking desserts?
Thanks 
Some “real” foods can be used on top of or even inside polymer clay (“inclusions”), but you’d want to avoid any inside the clay that weren’t totally dry (no water) especially. Spices and dried herbs, however, can easily be used.
Instead of foods though, you can use various kinds of powders, scrapings, and even liquid polymer clay or pre-baked bits of solid clay to convincingly simulate chopped nuts, powdered sugar or cocoa, sprinkles, chocolate chips, “browned tops,” and many other embellishments for the mini foods or for the ingredients that might show up in them. Frostings, icings, whipped cream, gravies, jellies, etc., can also be made with those things.
For loads of lessons and tips on making miniature foods (including many sweets and chopped nuts for example), as well as links to many examples, check out these pages at my polymer clay “encyclopedia” website:
http://glassattic.com/polymer/miniatures.htm
(…click on the category “Foods”…)
http://glassattic.com/polymer/houses_structures_gingerbread.htm
(…click on the category “Candies & Sweets…”
http://glassattic.com/polymer/inclusions.htm
And if you want to paint over your clay after baking rather than building the color in while it’s raw, check out this page:
http://glassattic.com/polymer/paints.htm
(…click on “Painting On Top of Clay”…)
And this page has lots of info on using clear liquid finishes if you want to add gloss, or to seal something you’ve put on top of the clay that might tarnish or oxidize or something that might come off:
http://glassattic.com/polymer/finishes.htm
(btw, acrylic gel medium can act as a sealer, and some comes in gloss too I think, but any acrylic medium will be more scratchable than the liquids we more commonly use as finishes on polymer clay)
P.S. If you’re new to polymer clay, you might also want to check out some of the pages at my site on the “basics” of polymer clay… like baking it, basic tools to use, choosing brands by their “characteristics”, using glues, etc.
http://glassattic.com/polymer/contents.htm
HTH,
Diane B.
Kawaii DIY Miniature Sweets and Skulls Supply To Make Your own Crafts
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Wilton 2105-4923 24-Cavity Silicone Brownie-Squares Baking Mold $5.91 Bake fun shaped brownies, decorate, and add a stick for a unique brownie pop treat! Wilton Silicone Molds are flexible so removing your treats is easy, and are safe for freezer, oven (up to 500F/260C), microwave, and dishwasher. Stain and odor resistant. This package contains one silicone mold (13″ x 8-1/2″ x 1″) with (24) 1-1/2″ x 1-1/2″ cavities and one design. Brownie mix and sticks sold separa… |
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Wilton Mini Muffin Cups, 100 Count $1.29 Why waste your time greasing and then cleaning your muffin pan? Why risk the heartbreak of muffins that don’t release? These paper cups are so simple, so effective, and inexpensive…. |
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Wilton Fondant Alphabet Number Cookie Cutter Cut Outs, Set of 37 $8.88 Fondant Cut-Outs: Alphabet & Numbers. With cut-outs it is easy to make fun 3-D shapes for your fondant cakes and cupcakes. Just roll out the fondant, press down with cut-outs and lift away! This package contains thirty-seven stainless steel letters and numbers measuring 3/4″…. |
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Pro-Quality 20-Piece Diamond-Point Bit Set for Rotary Tool – Glass, Stone, Ceramic $1.10 Professional Quality, 1/8 in. Shank, 180 Grit. Includes 20 assorted shapes covered with diamond particles. All bits have 1/8 in. shanks and come in convienient plastic holder. Excellent for fine detail work, cutting, engraving, carving, touch-up and finishing. Use on wood, jade, ceramic, glass, hardened steel, semi-precious stones and other hard materials…. |
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500 CLEAR Reclosable Zipper Bag. 2” x 2” – 2 mil thick $0.01 500 New Resealable Plastic Bags . These high quality reclosable plastic bags allow you to have the bags you use most on hand. The reclosable seals open all the way to the edges of the bags giving you full use of the interior. Each has a 2 mil thickness and measures approximately 2″ x 2″… |
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Dremel 220-01 Rotary Tool Work Station $36.72 Ideal for crafts, hobbies, metal working, and a variety of around-the-house jobs, the 220-01 Dremel Work Station transforms any Dremel rotary tool into a tabletop drill press. It can be bolted on to your workbench, and it has the versatility to operate as a tool holder, flex shaft holder, and drill press. This rotary tool work station holds Dremel rotary tool models 4000, 3000, 400, 398, 395, 300,… |
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Donegan OptiVISOR The Donegan OptiVISOR is a hands-free, headband binocular magnifier that has optical glass lenses that are ground and polished into prismatic lenses for quality and clarity, and is available in multiple dioptric strengths (indicated by the number in the model) which provide specific magnification power (X) at specific focal lengths, or distance from object. This magnifier enhances the si… |
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Two Dozen (24) Blue BOY Mini Rubber Ducky Duck Baby Shower Birthday Party Favors $6.00 This set of 24 rubber duck squirters makes great party favors for baby showers and baby’s first birthday. Your guests will have a cute and fun party favor to take home. The perfect size for a cupcake topper, each measures 1-1/2″H x 1-3/4″L x 1-1/2″W. You’ll receive an assortment of the 4 styles pictured: baby with rattle, baby with bottle, baby with blocks, and baby with bib. They do not float upr… |
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