So what is a "Tiny Tuffet" anyway?

I make Miniature Tuffets. They are hand made pieces of furniture used for display in miniature vignettes. It is one of several crafts that I enjoy. Here are three of them that I made with miniature objects and a penny in the scene so that you can see the scale and proportion.

I believe that everyone needs to have a creative outlet and crafting has been my creative outlet since I was a little girl. I have sewn, embroidered, cross stitched, painted, and molded many different things and I am sure that I will continue to do so as long as my body and mind allows.

I agree that necessity is the mother of invention, but for me I say that "desire is the mother of creation". When I am not able to find something or afford something that I want, I try to make it. That's why I started making Tiny Tuffets. I love fabric anyway but I really enjoy the search for miniature print fabrics as well as the challenge of making something tiny look so real. One tuffet turned into many, so I decided to try to sell some of them.

(I made this miniature rag rug too)

Like so many of us crafters, I have not been able to get back, monetarily, the time I put into making them. The extra spending money is nice though and it has kept my hobby going with a little to spare.


Every Tiny Tuffet takes me many hours to create. So far, no two have been exactly alike. I have not listed on EBay for over a year because it was getting too difficult for me to practically give them away after the fees and all. At the same time, I was so pleased that they sold and was happy that the collectors who purchased them kept asking for more. I do want to open an Etsy Store in the future, but I want to carve out enough time in my life to devote to it before I do. Sometimes I have too many irons in the fire.


Miniature collecting seems to be a rare hobby out here where I live. I do not know anyone else personally that collects miniatures. I first fell in love with miniatures as a little girl when I went to Knotts Berry Farm in Buena Park, California. Mrs. Knotts was an avid collector and they had a large display of her amazing collection. I couldn't get enough of it. I looked forward to going to Knotts Berry Farm just to see the miniature museum. My dad then made me a miniature farm house and over the years I gradually added to it. I often made what I couldn't afford to buy. There was a time when I packed it up and put it away because my children could not keep their hands out of it. Now it is displayed in my living room. My most recent additions were a miniature saxophone, violin and snake. Do any one of you collect miniatures?

Here are a few more of my favorites. Thanks for letting me share with you more of what I like to do. I would love to hear more about the crafts you like to make.

Thanks for stopping by to visit!