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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Mixer Mania

First of all I want to thank all my lovely followers and welcome the newbies and all those who entered my recent Easter giveaway. We had so much fun and now the minis are on their way to the far away lands of Finland and Russia! I'm so psyched thinking that minis made by little ole me here in the States are now going to have a new home in amazing locales across the globe! Un-freaking-believable! Yay!!! :D

For a while now my daughters and I have been on the lookout for unique little mixers for their dollhouse kitchens. We are HUGE bakers (in real life) and mixers completely fascinate us. Especially miniature ones! And boy did we find some cuties! eBay sellers had adorable ACME mixer magnets in playscale size that we bought and repainted in vibrant metallic and primary colors. The ACME mixers are a little big for our 1:12 scale dollhouses, but we just pretend that the dolls do a lot of baking and these are large commercial size mixers. :) Then we found another tiny little mixer on eBay that was rather drab in color (but had an awesome round wire beater attachment and a clear mixing bowl) so we repainted that one pink, and we also found a wooden mixer we repainted and replaced the really tiny dough hook with an eye hook from the hardware store. And then there are a few of the typical dollhouse mixers you find online, which we also repainted. Just for fun. :)

This post was inspired by Kim Saulter's wonderful blog, It's a Miniature Life, which features many little 1:12 scale Kitchen Aid-type mixers in lots of delicious colors, and Roxanne Fern's Baking in Miniature blog post on Playscale Mixers. Head on over and check out their blogs if you haven't already, these two women are amazing miniature artists, their kitchens are the most fabulous mini kitchens I've ever seen! They look so darn real! And I believe that Kim has a new book out that really showcases her fabulous work with mini kitchens. :) I'm going to have to definitely buy that book from her.

I also changed the design of my blog. Trying to make it very "reader friendly" and easy on the eyes, but still splashed with color. Let me know what you think of the new design, did you like the old design better? I love comments and read them all! ;)

Click on the pics below to supersize and view in gallery mode. And thanks for following! :D

All the little mixers, all lined up. (And Angie Scarr's wonderful books on mini making in the background.) 
The light green mixer on the left is the tiny wooden mixer we purchased from  Manor House Miniatures, and repainted and added the eye hook. The pink mixer next to it we found on eBay and repainted it. That one was particularly unique in design. The yellow mixer came from Hobby Builder's Supply, it came in silver and we repainted it yellow, and the red and blue mixers we've had for a while, purchased online (they were white) from an eBay seller. :)

Love this unique little gem! :)

Another Hobby Builder's Supply mixer. This one is really tiny, and it doesn't have a cord (the cord you see is attached to the blue mixer next to it.)

Sans bowls! So you can see the paddle attachments better. :)
I really liked the wire whip attachment on the pink one (which was a very dull shade of brown and tan when we purchased it). 





This is how some of the mixers are displayed in the dollhouse. :)



Thanks for stopping by! Have a merry mini day! :D

18 comments:

  1. These mixers are all really fab, Jackie. Thanks for sharing where you found them and how your rehabbed them. Love it! xo Jennifer

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    1. You're quite welcome Jennifer! I have long admired Kim and Roxanne's mixers, they are soooooo cool. Don't know what the attraction is to these tiny little mixers but I just love 'em! Hope you had a great holiday weekend! I just got back from another hospital stint where we celebrated our Easter this year (nothing huge, just some complications from my lupus and Crohn's) and I'm looking forward to catching up to everyone else's blogs and getting back to my comments section as well. :D

      Many mini hugs,
      Jackie

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  2. That's quite a collection of mixers, I say :) so cute)

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    1. Thank you so much Daria! Any luck on the tracking of the mini package? I've been out a few days, but will check the number on my end too, to see if your mini giveaway prize is nearing its destination. I can't wait till you receive it! :D

      Many mini hugs,
      Jackie

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  3. I love the little mixers, too! I like how you painted them different colors, so cute!

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    1. Thanks Jean! I'm so glad you like them. :D Have a wonderful week! Thank you so much for stopping by my blog to comment.

      Many mini hugs,
      Jackie

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    1. Thank you so much! :D

      <3 <3
      Many mini hugs,
      Jackie

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  5. These mixers look realistic. I like the colors.
    Greetings, Faby

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    1. Thanks Faby, I tried to make them very colorful, I'm so glad you like them. :D

      Many mini hugs,
      Jackie

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  6. Wow your mixers are fantastic. I love all the colours. Wonderful job.
    Hugs Maria

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    1. Hi Maria, Glad you like the colors. Thank you so much for stopping by to leave such a cheerful comment :D

      Many mini hugs,
      Jackie

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  7. Woo the mixers are so pretty! I especially adore the purple one!
    Thanks for visiting me :)
    Have a great week!

    Pei Li

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    1. Thanks for visiting my blog Pei Li - I love your blog too! :) I have to admit, I've gone a little mixer crazy lately, I just got two more mixers that I'll be posting about soon.

      Many mini hugs,
      Jackie :D

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  8. soo cute:) i love using those mixers, they are so good

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    XO

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    1. Thanks for visiting my blog Michelle, mini mixers are quite cute, I have to agree. :D

      Many mini hugs,
      Jackie

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  9. The mixers are fantasic!! Look all so real!!
    The blue one is my favorite!!
    Greetings
    Melanie

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    1. Hi Melanie, thanks so much for stopping by! :D I'm kind of partial to the blue one too - love blue! Have a wonderful weekend!

      Many mini hugs,
      Jackie

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