Brambly hedge dollhouse

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When I was very little my Mum bought the Jill Barklem Brambly Hedge books for me and I loved them. I used to paint and draw pictures copied from the books and I had posters on my wall. I still ha…

Combine our love of treehouses with our love of teeny tiny stuff and you've got our undivided attention. Throughout winter, there's been one Instagram account that's had us hanging on its every post. For the past seven months, Catherine Lenoir, a miniature hobbyist and artist based in France, has be

This Cottage is made by a fellow member on the GreenLeaf Community Board Karin. She is a very talented Artist and I could not resist featur...

I started with a lot of MDF – I cut the pieces and whilst I was cutting them, my twins drew pictures on them to “help” :-). They called the pictures “dragon party” …

My Brambly Hedge mouse tree house

The final book in the original quartet of stories from Brambly Hedge sees snowfall deep enough for the community of mice to organise a Snow Ball. Rather than dig in and rely on their own reserves t…

When her twin boys are tucked up in bed, Maddie Brindley (Mads) creates magical, miniature worlds that have to be seen to be believed. She’s made a Hobbit Hole, based on the book and film – The Hobbit – where every finely crafted detail is true to the story and will leave you marvelling at