Tower House Dolls
~ Diminutive Dolls & Tiny Toys ~
1/12th & 1/24th Scale
Sandra's Day Nursery, filled with toys, dolls games and playthings.....!
Authentic miniature Victorian doll's dolls, toys, games and playthings for the discerning doll's house child.
Conceived, designed and handcrafted by UK artisan Sandra Morris.
Shipping costs per order
UK/International shipping - UK £4, Euro Zone €7.50, US/Canada/Worldwide $10
Payment by PayPal
*Website Special Offer*
https://towerhousedolls.co.uk/
For the duration of the November Show, (17th-21st) I am offering a 10% on all minis across my website.
To claim the discount you must enter the discount code MINISHOW10 during checkout.
To purchase any of the items on this page, or for further photographs or information,
please contact [email protected]
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Conceived, designed and handcrafted by UK artisan Sandra Morris.
Shipping costs per order
UK/International shipping - UK £4, Euro Zone €7.50, US/Canada/Worldwide $10
Payment by PayPal
*Website Special Offer*
https://towerhousedolls.co.uk/
For the duration of the November Show, (17th-21st) I am offering a 10% on all minis across my website.
To claim the discount you must enter the discount code MINISHOW10 during checkout.
To purchase any of the items on this page, or for further photographs or information,
please contact [email protected]
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Fairy Tales Phantasmagoria Complete Set of 9 Kits!
If you LOVE classic fairy tales as much as I do then this set of kits is perfect for you!
This bumper kit contains:
To purchase contact [email protected]
For further details and more photos please visit my blog https://towerhousedolls.blogspot.com/2021/11/fairy-tale-phantasmagoria.html
This bumper kit contains:
- Miniature Toy Theatre with changeable scenery and backdrops and a cast of 16 double sided, precision cut characters which are cleverly magnetised so that they can be moved around the stage without falling over!
- Two vintage boxed card game featuring 20 different fairy tales!
- Fairy tale board game
- Set of 8 volumes of classic fairy tales
- Wooden picture puzzle blocks
- Red Riding Hood boxed story cards
- Paper doll and costumes
- Set of dressing up masks, scaled for doll's house children
- Comprehensive illustrated instructions emailed to you as a PDF file
- Also includes complimentary Dress Up Kitty Kit (scroll down page for details) worth £5
To purchase contact [email protected]
For further details and more photos please visit my blog https://towerhousedolls.blogspot.com/2021/11/fairy-tale-phantasmagoria.html
Individual kits are also available separately....
Toy Theatre kit - US $25 Euro €21 UK £18
2 Vintage Boxed Card Games kit - US $16 Euro €14 UK £12
8 Fairy Tale Books kit - US $11 Euro €10 UK £8
Boxed Puzzle Picture Blocks kit - US $25 Euro €21 UK £18
Boxed Story Cards kit - US $6 Euro €7 UK £5
Fairy Tale Paper Dolls kit - US $4 Euro €3.50 UK £3
Dressing Up Masks - US $4 Euro €3.50 UK £3
To purchase contact [email protected]
2 Vintage Boxed Card Games kit - US $16 Euro €14 UK £12
8 Fairy Tale Books kit - US $11 Euro €10 UK £8
Boxed Puzzle Picture Blocks kit - US $25 Euro €21 UK £18
Boxed Story Cards kit - US $6 Euro €7 UK £5
Fairy Tale Paper Dolls kit - US $4 Euro €3.50 UK £3
Dressing Up Masks - US $4 Euro €3.50 UK £3
To purchase contact [email protected]
Making Miniature Mignonette Toy Dolls
by Sandra Morris
Book published Nov 2020
The word ‘Mignonette’ has its origins in France, dating back to 1690-1700, and means ‘small and delicately pretty’. Mignonette dolls are therefore particularly pretty petite dolls. These tiny dolls have a special appeal to miniature collectors, and although their small scale can be challenging, it is not difficult to acquire the skills necessary to make your own heirloom creations. From tools and materials, through to mastering basic techniques and costume elements, the designs described in my book will provide you with all the information you need to begin creating your very own tiny, toy dolls.
Once you have mastered the basics, you can go on to experiment and design your own unique costumes. The Projects chapter features different costume styles, from very simple to more elaborate, with ideas for variations. All of the patterns can be mixed and matched to create a wide variety of styles, from historical dolls of the 1700s, through to the most elaborate doll fashions of the 1890s and on to 20th century toy dolls.
This book is written with the beginner in mind, but I hope that experienced micro doll dressmakers will also find inspiration.
Woven throughout is the whimsical story of La Mignonette, a French doll shop where the talented hands of Mademoiselle Emilie, bring her beautiful creations to life.
Once you have mastered the basics, you can go on to experiment and design your own unique costumes. The Projects chapter features different costume styles, from very simple to more elaborate, with ideas for variations. All of the patterns can be mixed and matched to create a wide variety of styles, from historical dolls of the 1700s, through to the most elaborate doll fashions of the 1890s and on to 20th century toy dolls.
This book is written with the beginner in mind, but I hope that experienced micro doll dressmakers will also find inspiration.
Woven throughout is the whimsical story of La Mignonette, a French doll shop where the talented hands of Mademoiselle Emilie, bring her beautiful creations to life.
Buyers of the book are also invited to become members of Sandra’s new Mignonette Doll Club, which has many benefits:
* Access to a private FB group
* Discounts and exclusive special offers on micro doll supplies
* Free instruction packs
* Updates on the story of La Mignonette
* Quarterly newsletter
* Competitions
Each quarter, Sandra will create a different Mignonette doll, instructions for which will be available as a digital download….. free of charge for club members.
Members are very welcome to share their mini doll makes and share hints, tips and suggestions. They can also send photos of their dressed dolls to be featured in the Miniature Mignonette ‘Hall of Fame’ on the Tower House Dolls website!
Books are despatched separately in a special book mailer, therefore shipping is included in these prices.
Book Price INCLUDING Shipping.... US $33 Euro €25.50 UK £18.50
To purchase contact [email protected]
* Access to a private FB group
* Discounts and exclusive special offers on micro doll supplies
* Free instruction packs
* Updates on the story of La Mignonette
* Quarterly newsletter
* Competitions
Each quarter, Sandra will create a different Mignonette doll, instructions for which will be available as a digital download….. free of charge for club members.
Members are very welcome to share their mini doll makes and share hints, tips and suggestions. They can also send photos of their dressed dolls to be featured in the Miniature Mignonette ‘Hall of Fame’ on the Tower House Dolls website!
Books are despatched separately in a special book mailer, therefore shipping is included in these prices.
Book Price INCLUDING Shipping.... US $33 Euro €25.50 UK £18.50
To purchase contact [email protected]
Miniature Mignonette Dressed Dolls
I've been making tiny dolls for over 30 years and am as much in love with them now as I was way back then. As a collector of miniatures, diminutive dolls tick many boxes, as they can exist in the most doll-phobic doll's house, portraying as they do, children's playthings rather than people.
My dolls are completely handmade, beginning life as a few thimblefuls of porcelain slip, then undergoing up to 6 kiln firings to transform them from fragile greenware to impermeable porcelain, complete with multiple china paint firings.
Costumes are created using sumptuous silk fabrics, many of which I design myself and are professionally printed. Similarly, to achieve just the right shade I often hand dye silk ribbons, trimmings and lace to complement specific outfits.
Dolls have silk underwear, dainty leather-soled shoes and lace petticoats, while dresses and jackets are carefully fitted onto the tiny dolls. Finally, I use delicate ringlets and curls to create elaborate coiffeurs, often finished off with be-ribboned and feathered hats and bonnets.
Once complete, I make a colour-coordinated box with illustrated lid, which is lined with tissue paper and the doll is nestled inside. Each doll also comes with its own signed and dated Certificate of Authenticity.
The slideshow below showcases a selection of my tiny dolls which were inspired by original dolls and costumes.
If you see something you like simply contact me and I'll let you know if it is available.
Prices for dressed dolls range from £35-£60 and I am happy to offer layaway payments for up to 3 months.
I am also willing to take commissions.... perhaps you want a miniature copy of a doll that you had a child, or saw while browsing Pinterest. Just contact me to discuss your requirements. (Contact form at the bottom of the page)
My dolls are completely handmade, beginning life as a few thimblefuls of porcelain slip, then undergoing up to 6 kiln firings to transform them from fragile greenware to impermeable porcelain, complete with multiple china paint firings.
Costumes are created using sumptuous silk fabrics, many of which I design myself and are professionally printed. Similarly, to achieve just the right shade I often hand dye silk ribbons, trimmings and lace to complement specific outfits.
Dolls have silk underwear, dainty leather-soled shoes and lace petticoats, while dresses and jackets are carefully fitted onto the tiny dolls. Finally, I use delicate ringlets and curls to create elaborate coiffeurs, often finished off with be-ribboned and feathered hats and bonnets.
Once complete, I make a colour-coordinated box with illustrated lid, which is lined with tissue paper and the doll is nestled inside. Each doll also comes with its own signed and dated Certificate of Authenticity.
The slideshow below showcases a selection of my tiny dolls which were inspired by original dolls and costumes.
If you see something you like simply contact me and I'll let you know if it is available.
Prices for dressed dolls range from £35-£60 and I am happy to offer layaway payments for up to 3 months.
I am also willing to take commissions.... perhaps you want a miniature copy of a doll that you had a child, or saw while browsing Pinterest. Just contact me to discuss your requirements. (Contact form at the bottom of the page)
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Dolls, Dolls, Dolls....!
My latest kits celebrate the world of dolls... specifically for doll's house children. Special Offer
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Vintage Board Games - Last few of each left!
Created specially to help the inhabitants of your doll's house to while the away the hours of lockdown, I have designed 4 different vintage board games, complete with tiny dice and illustrated boxes to hold the characters.
The colourful boards are cleverly magnetised, as are the precision cut, double-sided characters, so they can move around the board without ever falling over!!!!
As a special bonus, each kit includes an additional themed kit as detailed below.
Choose from the following four options:
1. Tweedledum Game - based on an Alice in Wonderland theme. Contains 6 characters plus bonus kit of 8 different precision cut dressing up masks, scaled to fit 1/12th scale children.
2. Beatrix Potter Game - Contains 4 different characters, plus bonus kit of 6 animal masks.
3. Cat Snakes & Ladders Game - Contains 4 Victorian cat characters, plus bonus kit of 2 mini books (3 Little Kittens and Dame Trot and her Comical Cat.
4. Little Red Riding Hood Game - Contains 4 characters, plus bonus kit of Red Riding Hood book
Price per kit US $14 Euro €12 UK £10
To purchase contact [email protected]
The colourful boards are cleverly magnetised, as are the precision cut, double-sided characters, so they can move around the board without ever falling over!!!!
As a special bonus, each kit includes an additional themed kit as detailed below.
Choose from the following four options:
1. Tweedledum Game - based on an Alice in Wonderland theme. Contains 6 characters plus bonus kit of 8 different precision cut dressing up masks, scaled to fit 1/12th scale children.
2. Beatrix Potter Game - Contains 4 different characters, plus bonus kit of 6 animal masks.
3. Cat Snakes & Ladders Game - Contains 4 Victorian cat characters, plus bonus kit of 2 mini books (3 Little Kittens and Dame Trot and her Comical Cat.
4. Little Red Riding Hood Game - Contains 4 characters, plus bonus kit of Red Riding Hood book
Price per kit US $14 Euro €12 UK £10
To purchase contact [email protected]
Vintage Litho Rocking Toys Kit
A kit of 6 sweet little double-sided rocking toys, measuring just 1" high. Easy to make, these look lovely in a playroom or nursery, or on shelves in a toy shop.
Price per kit US $11 Euro €10 UK £8
To purchase contact [email protected]
Price per kit US $11 Euro €10 UK £8
To purchase contact [email protected]
Punch & Judy Toys Kit
The kit includes 2 boxed games, a 3D toy theatre and an illustrated book.
Price per kit US $14 Euro €12 UK £10
To purchase contact [email protected]
Price per kit US $14 Euro €12 UK £10
To purchase contact [email protected]
Boxed Dress Up Kitty Kit
Kit to make a Victorian style cat with assorted costumes, complete with storage box. Cat and costume styles may vary.
Price - US $6 Euro €7 UK £5
To purchase contact [email protected]
Price - US $6 Euro €7 UK £5
To purchase contact [email protected]
Pot Luck Toy Doll Kits - Save £11!!!!
You will receive two different toy doll kits from my £28 Made To Order range. If you order more than one pot luck pack I will ensure that all the kits you receive are different styles and colours.
Kits contain everything needed to complete a miniature toy doll, including fully illustrated step-by-step instructions.
The photos below show the dolls included in this offer - styles and colours will vary.
Price US $62 Euro €53 UK £45
To purchase contact [email protected]
You will receive two different toy doll kits from my £28 Made To Order range. If you order more than one pot luck pack I will ensure that all the kits you receive are different styles and colours.
Kits contain everything needed to complete a miniature toy doll, including fully illustrated step-by-step instructions.
The photos below show the dolls included in this offer - styles and colours will vary.
Price US $62 Euro €53 UK £45
To purchase contact [email protected]
Ready to Dress Wigged Dolls
Do you love dressing microdolls but hate wigging them??? Now you can buy a ready to dress porcelain toy doll with removable wig!
Wigs available in a range of colours and styles. Dolls are made from porcelain and have jointed arms and legs (Height just under 1 3/4" tall)
Price US $34.50 Euro € 30 UK £25
To purchase contact [email protected]
Wigs available in a range of colours and styles. Dolls are made from porcelain and have jointed arms and legs (Height just under 1 3/4" tall)
Price US $34.50 Euro € 30 UK £25
To purchase contact [email protected]
