June Wedding Challenge

The month of June is traditionally the favorite month for

weddings and to celebrate the month of matrimony,

we're challenging teamMIDS members to create wedding-themed miniatures. 

 If you're game, here are the rules:

1)  Submissions must be scale miniatures handmade by you and

listed for sale in your Etsy Shop.

2)  As all submissions meeting the requirements will be posted on

this blog, submissions should be suitable for a general audience.

3)  Up to 12 photos will be selected from the submissions for

a June Weddings slideshow (see the Blog sidebar).

4)  To submit an entry, click the "Email Us" link on the sidebar

and send us a link to the Etsy listing.  Entries must be received

by June 7, 2012.

It's that easy!

We look forward to receiving your entry.  :)

Whimsy Cottage Minis

teamMIDS BlogMistress

Member Spotlight

Meet Matt, whom you all know

as Particularly Unusual

As his shop name suggests, Matt creates odd and unusual dollhouse miniatures.  Everything from Haunted Mansion themed tombstones to Devilish art dolls. 

His background in mini making stems from his love of stop motion animation.  He enjoys creating miniatures  as much as he enjoys animating.  

 “In stop motion, everything’s hand built—from the sets to the props to the puppets—everything that the audience sees on film is crafted by hand.  Every detail serves a purpose.  The fact that everything can physically be touched and held is very appealing.  It gives the film a “realness,” even though the subject matter might be completely fictional.  It’s an amazing quality.  It’s one of the reasons why I love working with miniatures.  It’s like I’m a real life Gepetto.  I get to build these puppets and sets, then watch them come to life.  It’s great.”

In addition to making miniatures, Matt is also a computer genius and is the architect of the new blog layout, banner, logo, and other graphics for teamMIDS.    Please join me in thanking Matt for all of his hard work!!

Matt Chappell, Particularly Unusual
"Whims", BlogMistress, Whimsy Cottage Minis