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To subscribe to the Greenleaf Gazette newsletter and have it delivered to your inbox each month, visit the Greenleaf Dollhouse Kits website and enter your email address in the box for "Newsletter Sign Up".  This archive contains all previous issues of the Gazette.

In addition to the Gazette archives, Greenleaf also has a fabulous library of miniature information called "Dollhouse Universe".   The index below contains links for articles and tutorials from both DU and the Gazette.  The links to the left will take you directly to a specific issue of the Gazette.

Dollhouse and Miniatures Articles:

Getting started building a dollhouse:

Part 1:   Selecting the right doll house kit

Part 2:  Planning a Theme or Decor for your Doll House

Part 3:   Tools and Tips to Get You Started building your Dollhouse

Dollhouse kit Construction Materials and Methods

Dollhouse Scales

Universal Scale Converter

Greenleaf Doll House Kits and other Tab and Slot Brands

Listing of 1:12 Scale Tab and Slot Kits (with pictures)

Greenleaf Dollhouses in a full-sized world

Historical Accuracy in Miniatures

Historic Style--Carpenter Gothic

Types of Stone and Masonry Houses

Contemporary Houses in Miniature

Color Selection Resources

Interior Wall Finishes

Options for flooring

Making Miniatures from Ordinary Objects

Your House, Your Rules:  Dollhouse Kit Bashing

Filling in Gaps When Building

Building Fantasy Doll Houses

Encouraging the Next Generation of Miniaturists

Modern Decorating Trends

CSI:  Dollhouse Scale

Scrapbooking Trends You Can Use in Miniatures

Overview of Landscaping in Miniature

Using Textiles in Miniature

Dressing up Die Cut Furniture Kits

Antiques and Miniatures

"Name That Room" Game

Building on a Budget

Creating that "Lived-in Look"

Tracy Topps' Adams Dollhouse

Tutorials

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Architectural:

Installing Crown Moulding

Hiding a Bathroom in an Orchid Gable

Building a Spiral Staircase for your dollhouse from Scratch

Making a Natural Bark Roof

Simple Parquet Dollhouse Floor

Ornate Parquet Floor

Using Sandpaper for Fancy Shingles

Sandpaper Bricks

Low-Cost Ideas for a Corner Store

Waitscotting Tutorial

Colonial Fireplace

Cantilevered Floating Staircase

Modern Bowl Sink

Rehabbing An Old Dollhouse

Creating Mossy Effects

Double Hung Windows

Wiring and electrical

Darrell Payne's Super Guide to Wiring Your Doll House  (the only resource you'll ever need)

Darrell's Pictorial Tutorial

Landscaping

Tracy Topp's Flower Border Class:

Part 1   Part 2  Part 3

Tracy Topps' Garden Vignette

Paperclay Wishing Well

Building an Iron Fence

Sword in the Stone

Rustic Rock Wall

Miniature Tree in a Mossy Planter

Fall Landscaping

Furniture

Paperclay Leaf Furniture

Kimono Chest

Sleek and Shiny Bed

Touch of Art Deco Coffee Table

Accessories

Pillows

Mini Dress Tutorial

Flowers

Japanese Kimono and Display Stand

Assorted Asian Minis

Pumpkin Teapot

Corned Beef and Cabbage

Bungalow Plantstand

Aquarium

Polymer Clay Books

Dish Drainer

Mini Telescope

Collection of assorted tutorials from Greenleaf Dollhouse forum members

Anna's Pumpkin Pie

Wizard's Walking Staff

Dolls

Assembling and Dressing a Doll Kit

Sculpting and Painting Realistic Faces in Polymer Clay

Seasonal

Haunting a Dollhouse

Halloween Book Vignette

Spooky Ghost in the Wall

Christmas Fireplace

Snowy Landscape

The Skeleton in the Closet

Face in the Mirror

Holiday Centerpiece

Holiday Evergreen Tree

 

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