Lately, I have been contacting lots of great miniature artists from all over the world, hoping that they would want to share their stories for my blog. One of the enthusiastic responses that I got was from Tyleen Barker from "The PetitePlum Gifts", who not only creates delicious-looking miniature dollhouse food but lots of other things as well.
By the way: I really appreciate it a lot if you want to help this small blogger out, thank you!
Let's just dive straight into Tyleens' work and bio, shall we?
Click here if you can't wait to see Tyleen Barker's work!
But first: Who is Tyleen Barker from The Petite Plum Gifts?
Tyleen Barker is from Kamloops, Canada, and is selling miniatures, and other things as well, and she is on Etsy since 2017.
A little bit of her story in her own words:
" Tyleen has always loved tiny things, even as a child she collected little minis.
She didn’t start making anything miniature until 3 years ago when her little girls began playing with dollhouses and when she saw the happiness in their little eyes as they played and how they loved the tiny accessories.
Completely self-taught, she began making little items for their dolls.
She posted a picture to Facebook of some little items she had made and she received such amazing feedback and requests started coming in.
Before she knew it, she got swept away into this miniature world and she hasn't looked back!
She is loving this amazing community and supportive like-minded people ??."
Tyleen's Influencers:
Again in her words:
"The main influences on my mini obsession are definitely my daughters as they absolutely love little things.
I grew up with a mother that loved all things mini, I was even told bedtime stories as a child about fairies.
My mother is an amazing author and creative mind. Hearing stories about fae and their little world gave miniatures a magical feel"
How did she learn how to create miniatures?
She learned to make minis through a lot of experimenting and trial by error, practice, and watching videos done by some amazing miniaturists.
The materials she uses to create largely depend on what she is making.
She uses anything she can find to create the desired look from organic materials (nature, rocks, leaves, etc. to polymer clay, resin, photopolymer, acrylic, fabrics, beads, and scrap odds and ends)
From Delicious Miniature Dollhouse Food To Miniature Animals And More, she has it all!
Everything you see here or in her store is handmade with care and all miniatures can be customized into charms or even fridge magnets!
It is not easy to answer the question of which miniatures Tyleen is selling, because where do I start haha?!
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