Lately, I've been rocking out on dollhouse furniture and accessories for a Christmas present for my kids. We found this junky dollhouse at a thrift store but it had good bones so it got a paint job, new handmade furniture and all of the little details that a vintage dollhouse needs.
Check out my Vintage Dollhouse Pinterest board for tutorials for some of these things and more vintage miniature inspiration.
The sofa is cardboard, upholstered in some fabric scraps with copper rivets from Pj's leather working stuff as legs. The coffee table is heat-bent acrylic that Pj made and I printed out some mini vintage magazines.
The little glass tumbler is a pen that I sawed into little pieces and the chair is made from a coat hanger and a conditioner bottle. I sewed a rug from some scrap fabric.
The shelf is made of craft wood, along with the dining table. Pj picked up some free formica samples from the hardware store and we glued those to to the top. The chrome trim is silver Christmas ribbon. Pj bent some copper wire to make the chair legs and a coat hanger for the hairpin table legs.
I used some scraps of vintage vinyl from a 50s dinette chair that I need to reupholster. The table vase is a plastic bead with some strips of a faux flower that I cut up and hot glued in place. We still aren't sure how we want to attach the table legs so for now, they're taped in place. I think Pj is talking about using some epoxy. We'll see!
Yesterday, I made some tiny pyrex for the kitchen and I had a ton of requests for a tutorial so here it is! These are so easy to make and so fun, you could easily do a whole collection of your dream Pyrex pieces to set in your kitchen windowsill or a dollhouse of your own. Here's how:
For the dish, root around in your medicine cabinet and search for empty blister packs from over the counter pills and cough drops. For the long casserole dishes, I used blister packs from gum.

Cut out the pack, leaving some excess around the edges for the handles. Try to peel off all of the foil backing so its clear.

If your blister pack has been crushed from popping the pills or gum out, stick the end of a paint brush or something in there to push it back into its original shape. Use small scissors to trim around the outside edge and cut out the handles.

My first set of dishes were hand painted but that's a lot of work and doesn't look exactly like Pyrex so I made a free printable with some vintage Pyrex designs for you which you can download in PDF from Dropbox here. These designs are sized to fit little gum or cough drop blister packs but they'll need to be trimmed to fit a tiny pill pack.
Print and cut out the designs that you want to use. Paint a little mod podge or glue to the inside of the dish and a very quick swipe of modpodge or glue onto the front of the paper design itself. Apply the design so it shows through to the outside.


If you lay the dish on its side, design facing down, you can use the end of your paint brush to roll across the design and smash out any air bubbles. Be careful to not put to much glue on it or the ink will bleed. If the ink does bleed, rinse it off in the sink and try again.
I probably should have let mine dry for much longer between glue and paint, which is why the patterns aren't as clear as they could be. But, I'm a very impatient crafter, if you can believe that.
Before painting the inside of the dish, seal the paper with mod podge or clear nail polish, otherwise the wetness of the paint will make the ink bleed out entirely and will ruin the design (like my first ones did!) Dry thoroughly.
Paint the inside of the dish and handles to match the background of the Pyrex design. Allow to dry completely, about 30 minutes. I used acrylic craft paint but you could also use nail polish for a high shine or glittery look.
I probably should have let mine dry for much longer between glue and paint, which is why the patterns aren't as clear as they could be. But, I'm a very impatient crafter, if you can believe that.
Before painting the inside of the dish, seal the paper with mod podge or clear nail polish, otherwise the wetness of the paint will make the ink bleed out entirely and will ruin the design (like my first ones did!) Dry thoroughly.

Paint the inside of the dish and handles to match the background of the Pyrex design. Allow to dry completely, about 30 minutes. I used acrylic craft paint but you could also use nail polish for a high shine or glittery look.

If needed, apply a second coat and allow to dry. At this stage, they look pretty rough
Next, pour a few drops of white paint into the dish and roll it all around to coat the inside nicely. Paint the handles white as well. Allow to dry. Seal the inside with clear nail polish
If you want to make lids to match, look through the recycling bin for thin clear plastic from packages and cut a piece to fit the top of the dish, including the shape of the handles.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Blister packs are made to protect medication from moisture or damage. If you remove the medication, they may become damaged or mixed in with other medication or worse- lost and eaten by pets or children.
Only use blister packs that have already been emptied or from things like cough drops or gum that you can pop out and put in a sealed container for use later. Make sure to label containers with cough drops or gum in them so you (and others in your house) know what they are!
I hope that you enjoyed this little craft project! If you make some of your own Pyrex dishes, I'd love to see them. Leave a link below or tag me on social media @vavoomvintage
Next, pour a few drops of white paint into the dish and roll it all around to coat the inside nicely. Paint the handles white as well. Allow to dry. Seal the inside with clear nail polish
If you want to make lids to match, look through the recycling bin for thin clear plastic from packages and cut a piece to fit the top of the dish, including the shape of the handles.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Blister packs are made to protect medication from moisture or damage. If you remove the medication, they may become damaged or mixed in with other medication or worse- lost and eaten by pets or children.
Only use blister packs that have already been emptied or from things like cough drops or gum that you can pop out and put in a sealed container for use later. Make sure to label containers with cough drops or gum in them so you (and others in your house) know what they are!
I hope that you enjoyed this little craft project! If you make some of your own Pyrex dishes, I'd love to see them. Leave a link below or tag me on social media @vavoomvintage
If you liked this post, also check out How to Make Vintage Pyrex Brooches
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What a fun project. I have my own dollhouse that I'll have to make some tiny Pyrex for now.
ReplyDeleteI used to make miniatures for my dollhouse all the time when I was a kid. This idea is genius!
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ReplyDeleteI just happen to have an empty blister pack from gum. I will have to try this. Love the idea!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness you are so creative!! Your dollhouse furniture is so sweet. Love your little pyrex. Thank you for sharing!!
ReplyDeletei think i might use colored nail polish instead of paint. i think it would make them stronger and the ink would be less likely to run. make them look a little thicker like the pyrex dishes.
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ReplyDeleteI will be building from a kit a vintage travel trailer
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Thank you for sharing :0) saved your blog and keep on making minis:0)
Is the vintage travel trailer kit 1:6 scale? Where did you find it?
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Oh my gosh-- these are so very cute. Making some for the caterpillars ...
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ReplyDeleteHi there I spent the last couple hours enjoying your various links. I love the doll house furniture and the Pyrex is so cool, it makes me wish my girls were little again-long time until my grands will be big enough to make these for ~ I'll be tucking the ideas to the back of my mind until the time is right. Your furniture reminded me of the things my Mom made for me as a little girl. I remember making furniture from all sorts of recyclables. Card milk cartons are great to make a living room set from. A sofa, loveseat, and easy chair are so easy. Lay a 2l(1/2gallon) carton on it's side. The about end comes apart and gets glued flat again. Then simply cut out one corner side so it's a sofa shape make sure to leave about 1.5 inches on either side and across the bottom and back for back and armrests, and leave the front bottom of the carton corner about 2/3 of the way up. It will be the front base of your sofa. Stuff with old rags, or pillow fill. Lay a "cover" over the stuffing and glue in place. Then it's easy to make any final cover out of a piece if heavy yardage. My Mom was a genius for making things. The love seat and arm chair were made the same way. She seemed proper finished couch cushions for the seats, and pillows for the corners, just like ours in the house. She made dressers and night tables out of flat cigarette packages glued together. One on top of the other, with tiny beads for drawer pulls. I made then for my girls by fashioning my own "cigarette" packs. She would cover them in MacTac shelf liner that had a wood pattern on it, they were so cool. Held all our Barbie clothes. I love the funky plastic bottle chair you made. And the table/chairs are awesome as well. Last of all the Barbie fashions made me think of the ball gowns my Mom sewed our Barbie. So stiff around the bottom the dolls would stand up. I still have the magazine's she had to show the fashions and how to make them. I had all the girls when my sister's and I became Moms
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ReplyDeleteIs there any other format besides dropbox to download the pyrex file in....
ReplyDeleteI have the dropbox file & cannot get it to work/open. Its bunming me out big time ! I love these little minis & they would look awesome in my mini kitchen...
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