babybambi Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Some tourist places sell those cast iron pencil sharpeners. They have a sewing machine, a fan, and a couple different types of stoves, ranges. Some are scaled for 1" but most aren't. They sell for around $5.00 each and most have moving parts, doors open, blades and wheels turn. Great ideas from all of you, keep 'em coming! If you have found a free/cheap item to use in your dollhouse(s) please share! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debra from Olde Cape Cod Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Good Morning Nancy! Here's a pic of one of these pencil sharpeners after a little painting and antiqueing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa_F Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Wow! Debra that turned out great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babybambi Posted September 4, 2009 Author Share Posted September 4, 2009 Debra, that looks spectacular! That's exactly what I was talkin about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 The little pot-bellied stove in Maggie's master bedroom is also a pencil sharpener: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debra from Olde Cape Cod Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 I like it! Does it use much firewood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grynche Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Now you post this? I saw a large lot of these on ebay not too long ago, wasn't sure of the scale, decided to be frugal and did not bid. arghhhhh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grazhina Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Chapstick. You can use the cap for all sorts of things. Once you peel off the wrapper, the Chapstick container looks like a Thermos bottle. If you take it apart, there's a swirled plastic thingy inside that looks like a fancy candle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyD Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 I've seen some of the pencil sharperners and they are great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxxie Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 The pencil sharpener idea is terrific...and cheap! I love you gals and your great minds lol I did NOTHING mini at all today except look around in Michaels. I forgot my coupons! Fooey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justmesue Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 I have a bunch of pencil sharpener computers, right scale for 1:12. Only problem is they have a way of finding themselves in back packs and other odd spots where the children have decided to put them to their true use, LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 Now you post this? I saw a large lot of these on ebay not too long ago, wasn't sure of the scale, decided to be frugal and did not bid. arghhhhh(Psst, Freya, that picture has been in my "Dressing Maggie" album in the Gallery...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grynche Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 (Psst, Freya, that picture has been in my "Dressing Maggie" album in the Gallery...) oops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda from the Bluegrass Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 Chapstick. You can use the cap for all sorts of things. Once you peel off the wrapper, the Chapstick container looks like a Thermos bottle. Wouldn't that be an awfully huge thermos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherry Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 The chapstick cap is what I used to make the little hanging kettle for the dwarf house fireplace. Easy to melt holes in it for the wire handle, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grazhina Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 Wouldn't that be an awfully huge thermos? It depends on the thermos. It's a little big, but my father's, the one he used to take to the job site, was huge. He liked to have enough coffee to last him through those cold winter days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 We had to run errands to Wally World today and on their "clearance" wall they had little pads of scrapbook paper with designe small enough to use in smaller scales like 1:24 & sheets just the right size to cover the walls (I bought three different color groups; you'll be seeing them show up in the Fairfield bash). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLyn M. Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 Oh, I have some of those pencil sharpeners-bought them years ago and had them piled into a lawyer's bookcase.I put them in a box when I moved to Texas almost three years ago.A few boxes are still unopened and piled up in the garage.Guess I better get cracking!! Sigh............... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 I would dearly love to run across another batch of the potbelly stove pencil sharpeners, especially building some of the smaller kits. I found a belt today in our local resale shop that is all steel, with five larger and six smaller fish in scale along a chain that would work for a spiral stair railing in 1:12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxxie Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 How do you think of all these things? LOL I guess I will have to keep my eyes open on my vacation...I am thinking tiny seashells for my sometime Orchid construction! How about old game pieces like Monopoly? I used the iron in one of my shadowboxes. :groucho: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 How do you think of all these things?It's called developing the "mini eye". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debra from Olde Cape Cod Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 That's where one eye is way smaller than the other... :groucho: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corwin Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 You want good spindlie candles? Save your glue stick in the center is a pole that can be cut into candles. I cut out the outer shell first so its easeir. On a cruise ship I found some jam containers that are metal and make real good sinks. Look at the packaging before you buy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babybambi Posted September 11, 2009 Author Share Posted September 11, 2009 ooo, good call on the Monopoly game pieces. I will use those! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherry Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 They are great. I have my iron painted and in the farmhouse sewing room, haven't gotten around to making the ironing board yet. The battleship and race car make cool toys for the kid's room, the thimble a flowerpot, etc. The clear half of the plastic domes that toys come out of gumball machines can be cut down and make a great hanging basket. And if you're lucky, you can even use the toy that's in it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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