Karin Corbin Miniatures

I am slowly getting my little vintage travel trailer set up for making more 1:12 scale miniatures.  As I am at present being a mostly full t...

  I am now officially a "Nomad"  on the road full time since the beginning of August in my small vintage travel trailer pulled by ...

It has been nearly a year since I updated this blog. I suppose if the Tiny Village  had a yearly newsletter it would state that no new house...

The micro sized 2017 Castle kit. The lighting is done with a single LED tea light that has a color changing bulb in it. These color chan...

I have been playing with miniatures again. This time I put the little lighthouse from the Micro Tiny Coastal Village 2016 into a little g...

I took a few minutes this afternoon to test out "snow" for a scene with the micro sized buildings. Obviously not a finished sc...

 "Micro Tiny Village Castle"© Karin Corbin 2016 Merry Christmas to all of you. There is a golden castle in my hand...this g...

The micro size version of the 2016 Tiny Coastal Village. Now available in my Etsy store along with the larger size too.

A new crew member signed onto the good ship Antelope yesterday evening. It's a baby boy standard poodle, color red. Smart as a whip...

They're here, come and get them :) https://www.etsy.com/shop/karincorbin The micro size too... Now we will look at them on...

This morning I had a volunteer show up to help me get the micro sized buildings assembled. But of course as many of us know its often qu...

My friend Don saw a photo I took where I had my craft knife shown next to a building and liked the visual. He then suggest that I do it t...

© Karin Corbin 2014  Fairy Tale Castles, a glitter house, putz kit. What's next? Why a fairytale castle set. Today as soon as I fin...

© Karin Corbin 2014, all reproduction right reserved In a chat today I was reminded that it is easy to have trouble with some of the b...

© Karin Corbin 2014, all reproduction right reserved Zak's favorite spot to hang out while I work. He sits right in front of the he...

© Karin Corbin 2014, all reproduction right reserved When I went to cut prototypes I found I was frustrated with the assembly of one of...

I am getting ready to make trim moldings and cabinetry for my little vintage motorhome. The motorhome will become my new work space for maki...

I am one of "those" people who sharpen their #11 knife blades. In fact I sharpen them before I use them. Those blade edges fee...

photo from Amazon It has been a while since I did tool talk so I think I will indulge myself in a snippet of it as I have this tool out...

Copyright Karin Corbin 2001  Santa's Workshop created by Karin Corbin

Tiny Glitter House, Putz by Karin Corbin  The old cities in Europe often had a number of gates into the different sections of town. Thi...

photo copyright Karin Corbin 2013  Buy the Micro Tiny Village houses for making your own  projects at Karin Corbin's Etsy store ...

photo copyright  Karin Corbin 2013 The Tiny Village buildings are not just for turning into glitter houses. In the 1800's and earl...

My love affair with gatehouses started many years ago. How could I resist adding one to the Tiny Village collection? It is #15 and a defi...

Cutting dormers for the Elizabethan birdhouse part 3. Today I am cutting the window openings in the dormers using a miniature table saw ...

photo copyright Karin Corbin 2012 photo copyright Karin Corbin 2012 On holidays and weekends my two  cats get to go out into the...

photo copyright Karin Corbin 2012  More work done today on my new carving stand including a way to power hone my tools for those sca...