Spotlight on Dori’s Miniature Garden Bungalow, from American Miniaturist Magazine

by | May 5, 2017 | Connecting | 3 comments

Dori Allard Miniature Garden Bungalow
Dori Allard Miniature Garden Bungalow
Fellow Miniature Gardener, Dori Allard, made it on to the cover of April’s American Miniaturist magazine!

What a treat! I’m not sure how long I have known customer and fellow miniature gardener, Dori Allard but, I’ve known her definitely long enough to call her a friend. So, when she posted this cover of April’s American Miniaturist Magazine on the Miniature Garden Society Facebook page, I didn’t immediately see her name on the bottom, right corner. I knew Dori was an avid miniature gardener but I was slow to realize that she was a miniaturist as well, until I studied the photo and I saw “Scene by Dori Allard” at the bottom. It was my turn to squeal with excitement. How awesome is that!?!

You may not believe me when I tell you that a couple of her photos that were inside the magazine looked full-size. I said to myself, “Wow, is that her studio?” and “Oh, look, she’s making another house!” Lol! You KNOW it’s excellent miniature work when you have to do a double-take to figure out if the scene is really a miniature one! Congratulations, Dori! <3

So, in case you missed it, Dori sent me a copy of her magazine and I wanted to share. She scored 5 full pages as well as the cover! Here is a visual recap of the “She-Shed” article.

Click to enlarge the photos so you can see more of details.

Dori Allard Miniature Garden Bungalow
The front porch. I love how Dori caught the light on the two women visiting, it really looks like the morning or evening sunshine. If you look closely, Dori has a miniature version of my Gardening in Miniature book on the coffee table that she miniaturized herself. She knows how to get straight to my heart, eh? Lol!
Dori Allard Miniature Garden Bungalow
Look at that color! Miniatures and miniature gardening is one way to get exactly what you want: a purple house with turquoise shutters! How fun! My husband would move out if I painted our full-size house like this but, you can have it all in small and do just about anything in miniature!
Dori Allard Miniature Garden Bungalow
Details upon details is what makes this project so much fun to look at. The path was made from egg cartons.
Dori Allard Miniature Garden Bungalow
Dori did the mosaic on the pot and then proceeded to make the geranium flowers to go in it!
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Dori Allard Miniature Garden Bungalow
This scene is the one that I thought was Dori’s full-size work space. Not. Lol!
Dori Allard Miniature Garden Bungalow
And this is another photo that I thought was full-size because of the tiny house with the front porch that looks like this project. Awesome! I love the dollhouse buildings for dollhouses, they are worlds within worlds. 
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Dori Allard Miniature Garden Bungalow
As you get into the details, you can start to see just how much fun dollhouse miniatures can be. You can really make anything your heart desires and it doesn’t have to take up a lot of room.
Dori Allard Miniature Garden Bungalow
I love all the clutter in and around the bench. 
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Dori Allard Miniature Garden Bungalow
A miniature garden in a miniature wagon with a miniature house it in. There are worlds-within-worlds in Dori’s scene!
Dori Allard Miniature Garden Bungalow
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3 Comments

  1. Renee Ackley
    Renee Ackley on 06/05/2017 at 7:48 am

    How can I get this magazine or book?

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    • Janit Calvo
      Janit Calvo on 06/05/2017 at 10:01 am

      Hi Renee, First check with your local dollhouse miniature store. A lot of the brick and mortar stores carry the back and current issures of the miniature magazines. If that doesn’t pan-out, you may have to search a bit online. I wonder if the good folks at American Miniaturist Magazine can point you in the right direction or they may have back issues for sale too. Here is their website: http://www.americanminiaturist.com/

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  2. Tracy
    Tracy on 06/05/2017 at 2:37 pm

    This is incredible! I’m speechless! Beautifully done!

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