Hello mini
friends,
I managed to
make my Oberon child's toy pram in 1/12th scale and it turned out rather
well. I had lots of fun taking pictures
of my little Heidi Ott doll playing with the pram and her dollies. These prams in real life are quite large and
hence quite large looking when scaled down so it was fun trying to explain that
this was a child-doll's doll's pram for a doll house lol. It's a pity I didn't have an adult-doll's doll
house pram to put at the side of it during pictures to show the difference in
size... perhaps a project for the future maybe :)
I made this
pram for a lovely customer who is creating a memory box; she specifically
mentioned that the little bag clipped on to the handle so I had to do a bit of
research to find out how but I managed it.
I don't know about you but I rely heavily on the internet for my
research and I found that sometimes when I cannot find the info in a basic search
of various websites if I switch my view on google to 'images' then I can find
what I want much more easily, also a juggle of words helps too. Viewing images is like a shortcut to find
what I need as I can immediately see a picture of it then pop to the website if
I need more information. I even found
this useful when I was trying to find dimensions of a specific pram, in google images
I managed to find the pram with all the measurements printed on the picture,
fantastic help.
So, it has been
as always a super busy time but this time I've been like a hermit and hardly
been out of the craft room at all because I am snowed under with orders and
with fine tuning pram kits that I hope will make it possible for many more
people to have their own little prams.
Instead of the complicated way I make prams now, I have spent a long,
long time researching materials and testing them out and I now think I can make
some fairly basic kits for people so that they can make up their own prams. I even have a kit on its way for carriage
prams and I'm very proud of this one.
Now my orders are going to run right up to December so I'll be kept busy
but I am crossing my fingers that I will have pram kits out by December too so
keep an eye out. The kits will probably
change a little as time goes by because at present I think I will have to put a
difficulty scale on them as all will require some craft knowledge but some will
need a basic understanding where as some will require a little more skill. It is a long drawn out process because I want
to get it right and of course I have to put them together myself while taking
pictures so I can make instructions. Eventually
I'll put up pictures and a blog of me making the prams myself here for anyone
needing extra help. I have plans to make
kits for a carriage pram, a modern pram and a modern pushchair but more kits
will follow as and when I get the chance to design and put them together. My hope is that it will relieve some of my
workload just a little bit while allowing more people to own their own cute
mini pram.
Well, that's
what I've been up to, and on the table now is another Lloyd Loom crib and an
adult-doll's Oberon style carriage pram, almost complete. I've begun making my own wheels now so you will
hopefully see a marked improvement on my old wheels. Also on the table are... a twin pushchair, a modern
pram, a reclining pushchair and a single pushchair. Well I better crack on or I'll never get
anything finished. Here are my Oberon
pictures... enjoy.
Have a nice day
all, talk soon.
Gill x
