BREAKING DOWN my Old Projects!😮🔨 Miniature Recycling!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 เม.ย. 2024
- This was a bittersweet process but I am so glad I went for it in the end!
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I can just picture the two spiders out for a ladies lunch, and finding flies in their soup. "Waiter, there's a fly in my soup!" "Don't worry, we don't charge extra!" "Happy spider noises"
😂😂😂😂 Love the description
😄😄 That's perfect!!
That left over table with the splotches gave me nostalgia for kindergarten and high school art classes. It looks like old school decor with paint splattered on it xD
I think the table would be great as a lab table with an amazing classroom scene. The kind of teacher that everyone loves for science, because they occasionally blow things up a tiny bit, in the name of science!
Ideas: Miss Spiders Tea Party in the forest. Also, Ghost bride maybe with a long train. 💜💜
Perhaps a Mrs Haversham theme would look good? & Some of the spider web could go back in...
Love these ideas! I had to look up Mrs. Haversham and wow, what an awesome project she would make lol!
I admire your ability to let go of projects. I always tell people that for me it’s not so much the finished product…it’s the process that I enjoy the most.
Totally agree! The journey is the fun part for me too! Its the process of discovery and solving a creative problem. I love looking at the projects afterward but its not where the joy comes from for me.
This is a life lesson in decluttering and also not throwing out EVERYTHING. I love how you part with pieces and hold on to the learning process, and that what you created is also repurposed. Very healing on many levels.❤
I do this "deconstruction" process with old journals and jewelry that no longer feel like "keepers." The journals are a bit of a controversy because my family claims they might want to read them later, but for me, they're not at all meant to be read by others, and destroying them is a kind of renewal ritual or a letting go of the past ritual. With the jewelry pieces, if I'm tired of it, it no longer speaks to me, whatever, it makes good sense to re-imagine the components into something that suits who I am NOW. So I can 100% understand and get behind doing this with miniature projects as well. It's actually a great idea. Nothing can take away what you learned doing the project and the enjoyment you derived from it while making it. But if it no longer sparks joy, repurposing it is a great way to part with what doesn't work while opening the door to something new. I really enjoyed this video!
Sometimes letting go and deconstruction shows how much you have grown from all the different past projects. We have been told from a young age, get rid of the old to let in the new. Sometimes it's a really hard pill to swallow but it's definitely worth it in the end.
Awesome video Ara ❤
I really needed to hear that about the journal part. Two years ago I threw away most of my old journals and really needed that, but I heard from most people around me that it would have been better if I kept them. And sometimes I think that too, but looking at the larger picture it was exactly what I had to do back then, for freeing myself and in order to move forward.
I love hearing this! Yes, it can apply in so many ways. Freeing yourself from keeping anything that you feel like you are ready to move on from is great. And if they can be reused to make something new, that's even better!
A literal spring cleaning video. I definitely get where you're coming from, wanting to reuse projects that maybe didn't grow too dearly to your heart. But nevertheless, it seems so hard to "let go".
As soon as you mentioned maybe wanting to do something with the two spiders together, I instantly thought of a scene where the two spiders have a little afternoon get-together "stitch + snitch", knitting or crocheting away on their spiderwebs! I think that would be so fun.
Having them crochet or knit would be so fun because of how many arms they have lol!! Love that visual. Thanks Phil!
I don't know why, but I imagined the spiders in pearls and big hats, having a lovely tea party.
Haha yes! I really enjoyed adding the hat to the first spider so maybe the second spider needs a hat too!
For the table with the 2 sinks, I immediately thought of a science lab class or Home Economics class.
Yes! Home Ec would be perfect for that. There is already bits of food everywhere lol!
I love the idea of a ghost sitting in that project, it would look amazing
I think so too! 😊
@@BentleyHouseMinis ☺️ excited for future projects from you
You have inspired me! (Again) I have a beach house and I love all of the items inside of it, but the house construction I do not like, so I am going to deconstruct it, redo the house, and put the items into the new house. I have wanted to do that, but have been too scared to start, but I am now convinced that I can actually get it done. Thanks for sharing the taking apart of minis!
Wonderful!! Then you can be completely happy with your project, inside and out!😊
Firstly, when I’m asked where I display my projects, I always say that it’s not the display, it’s the process that is so fun. I routinely steal from old room boxes that I have already enjoyed for a while , completely without regrets. I just don’t have the space.
Yes! I totally agree! It was right after I finished the Addams Family house that I realized it was the journey that I was really enjoying. I love seeing it finished but I think I will always be working on it because that is where my joy is!
I loved the baking competition build! It was so funny. Happy to see it recycled into some new fabulous adventure. ❤
Thank you!! I loved working on it as well!!
I like to sew. Last year I did a huge clean of my sewing space including letting go of several unfinished projects.
As a crafter, I think the "I'll get to it some day" mindset is really hard to over come.
But it's okay to... Just not.... ❤❤❤ And that's surprisingly nice to your mental state because you no longer have this project looming over you.
I use white to clear window & door caulk to adhere all of the scenery I do for model railroad layouts. I also use it to adhere the roofs of buildings I add lights to. It allows you to pull and move scenery easily without damaging your figures and buildings
I have to admit I wondered at the time why you glued everything down on the 'Bake Off' diorama. I'm so glad you are managing to let things go. I'm almost 70 and after a recent serious health scare I'm really trying to downsize my clutter to make things easier for my family if the worst happens.
I really love the idea of compositing a miniature from a larger project, as a keepsake. 😊
It was SO fun to just glue those little pre-made miniatures all over the stove. I highly suggest it lol!
Its amazing how much space miniature projects take up!
Watching you take things apart for re-use, etc. makes me feel better about doing that myself. I always questioned whether or not I should do that but it definitely makes sense if I’m not ultimately happy with the finished project or having room to display the project long term.
The old spider diorama, when you took everything out, I immediately thought GHOST! haha
Haha yes! I think it's destined for a ghost!
This video is THE SIGN that dismantling an unfinished project that I’m not happy with is the right choice. My dismantling will, however, require a hammer! 🤣 I haven’t touched the project in so many years, my skills & interests have grown, so even if I did want to pursue the same subject matter, I would do it a different way, more skilled, & polished. But it’s so hard destroying something that took so much time. Ok, more that I dread how hard it’s going to be to take apart!
The second one made me think of Miss Haversham from Great Expectations. Loved the take down, so orderly and organised!
I had to look her up as I had never read that book or saw any of the movies. The images of her are so cool!!! I love it!
Even I tought it was a lovely kitchen display, I understand you take it all apart. Very good idea to make it into a '" photo-studio".
I think your table would make a neat part of a mad scientist lab. I was thinking the spider ladies could be going on a trip, 'hitch hiking' under a car, bus or train!
I don't think the phrase, from your outro, 'spider but fuzz' is one that I'll easily forget 🤣 Love the idea of recycling ❤
The stove you are keeping would look cool with a vinyl floor. My grandma had one in her kitchen, that was so worn, you could see the tar paper underneath. She must have that over forty years by the time I was born in 51. I would add a chihuahua basking by the warm stove. A very worn wood floor would be fun.
I like your idea of a ghost in the former spider room. I still LOVE your ghost coming down the stairs to the chained door and the story you did for it. I love ghost stories 😊PS… 😂😂you make me laugh😂😂
Last weekend I went to the Mini Time Machine Museum and saw your Captain’s Quarters project. It was even better in person! My daughter was so impressed and is starting to watch the “making of” playlist. Thanks for sharing your talent and inspiring me! Praying for your family.
Just a suggestion. With the backdrop wall you made, what if you put baseboard molding but don't put it against the wall. Leave just enough space so your changing wall paper slides in the slot. It would keep the paper from floating forward and give a more finished appearance.
Wonderful idea! I think I will do that in the future!
Brilliant idea Ara, condensing the elements of a previous project into the one piece to display is really genius. The stove looks great and is a great reminder of the whole project ❤
This was so fun. Right now, I have no dioramas. I'll just share yours!!
I really like how you reduced that very large display to just the one stove and kept that. THAT is how you do it.
I went from a 3br house I inherited on old family land with multiple large barns stuffed with 125+ years of family things, to a 300sf cabin and a 20' shipping container storage. I don't regret any of it because I did a lot of reducing large things to the smallest iteration, like you did, then sat with it for a while, then got rid of more. It works really well.
I love the idea of a ghost in the former spider abode.
I really think that the former bake-off counter should be put into some art classroom background. Maybe an abandoned school vibe?
I love that you just kept one small part of the kitchen. I have done the same thing with things before.
I LOVE this. I pull apart a fair few of the projects I don't give away. Re-using things makes me happy...and I have photos.
I remember rhe spider one. And honestly I love the idea of giving new life to old projects.
I think Miss Haversham would look good in that small diorama.
She would! There were so many cool movie references I found online!
And Ara, I love what you said about learning from a project build, so that knowledge is never lost and is valuable, even when you dismantle a project. Build it, enjoy it, dismantle it. Repeat.🥰
Exactly!! If you get more joy from the building/creating process than the final projects then you might as well. They can just keep recycling into new projects!
I really enjoyed this video. It was cool to see you take things apart and figure out how to reuse them instead of just throwing everything away or shoving it in a closet and trying to forget about it. Thanks for sharing your process.
Try heating with a heat tool or use a hair dryer to soften the paint and glue, you may be able to remove the pieces easier. For future projects I would use the tacky wax / museum wax to tack items down but are removeable later.
An electronic nail file with diffrent bits might come in handy for demolitions like this.
Perfect timing for this video. I purchased a room box as part of a mini museum fund raiser. It has some amazing items in it, but the box itself needs a lot of love. This gives me the guts/nerve to break it down and make it better.
Whoo hoo!! Go for it and make it your own!
I had quite a laugh at your "demo" of how you fixed the bubbles in the floor. I felt like I was watching a flight attendant demo the security measures 🤣
Its so fun to see your personality and watch you be fun and goofy. Always a treat to relax with your vids!
Aww thank you! This one was pretty fun!!
Oh, the front of the spider is so fun, with all the items it's holding. It was hard to see from the way it was seated.
Love what you've done in this video❣️❣️ I had the reverse problem where I had multiple individual items that didn't have a "room" or scene to go into?? With the association I belong to celebrating their 25th anniversary this year, all members were gifted a corner structure - literally 2 walls and a base - to be decorated as one wished. I bought a few more of these and so far I have done a steampunk scene, a crazy Alice in Wonderland tea party table and am now working on a log cabin scene using my pot-belly stove made from coffee pods as my central piece!! These corners have really inspired me and I'm having such fun with these smaller sized 1:12th projects!! 😃🤩
It's so funny to me that Ara mentioned the weather as we were getting monsoons here in East Texas 😂 I'm sure she experienced a little of that earlier today as well.
I have a hard time letting my creations go but seeing how willingly you do it and your thoughts on it gives me a push. Thanks again for the inspo, Ara 🖤
Yes! We had a huge hail storm the day I posted this! It is always going to be hard to get rid of something that a lot of time went into, but sometimes it feels good to do too!
I'm not gonna lie..this was a satisfying to watch..it made me think of a few of my own projects taking up space that maybe its time to appreciate what they meant to me at the time, by sei la vie!
The pink tables remind me of my school science lab!
This was a fun video, I like the idea of condencing a bigger project to a smaller detail set 😊
Letting go is hard! ❤ Cute details on the bakery set !
Stormy best assistant
Just thought I’d post here too. You did a fantastic job on this ripping apart two masterpieces and reusing the pieces for several different projects. Great work, Ara. 🤗🇨🇦
Thank you Dianne😊❤❤
Your idea for the vanity project without the spider reminds me of the Iron Maiden artwork for their Twilight Zone single where a woman in a nightgown is staring into the mirror where she sees the ghost of Eddie ( the bands mascot ) , might inspire your creativity . Maybe a Phantom of the Opera theme with Christine and the Phantom reflection , outside could be changed to the Opera house . Love the idea of repurposing and giving a new life to older projects .
You have your book you go girl. Not surprised..your friend is super lucky..❤😊
I love the little oven keepsake!
U are brilliant Ara reusing the broken down project thanks for the inspiration. ❤❤❤❤
I love the idea of a staging piece!
At least you can always go back to view the videos. They are forever in the cloud...or is it..🤔.lol ..I'm not really sure I believe when I hear people say that! There are so many things that are no longer in the cloud or floating around the internet. I loved these projects, both were fun to watch and I'm sure great experiences. But, it is pretty cool to see them become something new. What a great way to repurpose the cake competition into a photo prop for your miniatures. ❤🥰
Thanks for showing this process and what you did with everything. It was very interesting.
I loved seeing the process to pull things apart. It helped me appreciate how well made things can be. I also really appreciate you modelling the freedom from being forced to keep something one way just because you put time and effort into it. I didn't know I needed to see that.
May I suggest adding a base board to your photo backdrop? Leave it unattached from the wall and you'll be able to slide whichever paper works best between the baseboard and the wall, giving a clean line that evokes a finished room.
Yes! I really like the baseboard idea and I think it will make the backdrop even better. I am so glad you enjoyed the video and it helped in your own creative journey!😊
I really like your reusing the bake-off kitchen for helping with your videos. I never considered taking apart and reusing elements… you are so clever. Between Stormy new fluffy state (she is just so cute!) and spider butt fuzz, you might get an idea for a new project.
😄😄 haha yes a very fuzzy project coming up a guess lol! Thank you😊
"My two LITTLE spiders." You folks from Texas are a caution! I despise my projects when I'm done with them. I've completed literally dozens of projects and no longer have a single one. Didn't even take a picture of most of them. I'm sure its a sign of a huge flaw in my character! LOL! Fun video, Thanks!
Terribly nosey question I know, but what do you do with them? I have a couple of quilter friends who dislike looking at their finished projects so much they won't even give them to people they know.
You must be a true "enjoy the journey" artist then lol!! I understand that a little bit when it comes to my videos. I have a hard time rewatching some of them, especially the really old ones. I see all the ways I would do it different now😄
@@cmcoy5982 I worked mostly for commission for many years so there was always a customer. I have 7 grand kids. I've got a few projects in museums, and one displayed at a bank. I used to have a small shop in the back of a local hobby shop where I taught classes so I gave away anything that caught somebodies eye. I always had display areas but that was always for students mostly.
@@BentleyHouseMinis It's definitely a love - hate relationship!
@@cmcoy5982 I did commission work for years so a customer got the results. I had a small shop in the back of the local hobby shop where I taught classes. I gave stuff to students and other kids that wandered in. A few pieces are in museums and one is in a bank. And to round it off I have seven grand kids so they get anything that catches their eye. I've been doing it for about 60 years and I wouldn't change much. . .
Very cool, thank you! Helpful for me, I am dealing with a lack of space and "expired" projects everywhere...
I am so glad it was helpful!!❤
I need to watch the beginning again, but it was fun to chat for a while wih everyone. Idea about dancing spires somehow stuck in my mind haha 😁
Can you imagine little spider ballgowns? Lol! Thanks for joining in!
@@BentleyHouseMinis For a moment, I imagined both of them in tango outfits haha. Think what they would look like in a Latin dance outfit. That would be so much fun to dress them 😁
You're welcome. I had fun watching [I really needed it today]
Done this quiet a few times back in the day. Its fun to go look back at what it use to be.
So true!! Little glimpses into past projects!
make the spider home into a miner shack as it has the danger on the back so could have dynamite inside love all the ideas you have so it will be wonderful no doubt
Fun idea!! The original thought was that the spider may have taken up residence in a TNT box. Could be fun to keep that theme incorporated in the future!
I can vividly remember you making both of these projects. Loved the Bake-off one, and you re-purposing the base as a photo-booth is perfect. Do love how you and I think differently though; I would have taken my small hand sander to sand down those dough splashes. Plus the messy stove is my fave, clean stoves just scream for some dirty-upping.
As I never had much space to keep any project, anything not made specifically for another would be dismantled and repurposed in other projects. Maybe now that I have the room I'll start keeping projects. At least some. :}
Definitely keep your faves!! But it is fun to give away projects too! Especially giving them to somebody you visit. I can't tell you house happy it makes me to see my minis in someone elses home!😊
A spider tea party 😊
This was a good idea. Because you are right. It is hard to just toss them away. Thanks have a great week.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thank you! You too!😊
@@BentleyHouseMinis okie dokie👍🏼😊
Just an idea... I honestly thought about a curse similar to Fiona and a mirrow scene. One side showing the spiders and the other side showing them as humans.
Anyway, can't wait to see what you come up with. I'm sure I will love it.
I love what you did with the pieces. I am going to make me one of those photoboxes. Thank you for the inspiration!
Have fun making your display! Thank you😊
The spiders look ready to go on a date to the Ugly Bug Ball
😄😄 The 'Ugly Bug Ball' made me laugh!
26:00 I'm going through that with a project I've been slowly working on. It's a life sized Dragonair, a blue snake pokemon, that is 14 feet long. I have the main body fabric and the sheen and color were perfect (cause I dyed the fabric). However, it has gotten so damaged just in the making. I got super glue on one area, the sewing pins are pulling threads and it's very obvious, it doesn't stretch at all, the original pattern I made for the head was not working and made giant holes I was trying to patch. Overall, not working. I finally caved and new fabric samples are on their way. I'll likely need to dye it again which thankfully I used one of the rit dye color combos so I can see how much more fabric dye I need. I have a feeling that by the end, the fabric wouldn't be able to hold up against the weight of itself. A lot of the infrastructure is there so it'll be easier to catch up, but it still sucks
I was not expecting that today but reuse reduce and recycle ♻️
I wasn't expecting to do this at the beginning of the week either but I gave into my creative whims/destructive side lol!
Thank you I have a few of these also, and now I feel like dismantling them
Oh yeas, felted miniature scene!
I would be so intimidated to try that but it would be fun!
Great video!❣️ I work in 1/6 scale. Storage space is always an issue for me. I end up making separate walls and floors that I have to put together in a light box to create a room scene. I guess you could say that all of mine are deconstructed. I think it's a really great idea to repurpose things that don't bring you joy. I did that once with a sofa.
That's a great way to do it! Especially in the larger scales. Thank you!😊
The photo shoot background is such a great idea!. Hairy situation, hahaha
😄😄 I am excited to make 'new floors' for it too!
I love your personality!👌
Mixed vidoes are good for us and you/ Thank you
Oboyoboyoboy I cant wait!
This was amazing. I like the techniques and care you use to remove elements of a project. I'm actually excited to start de-constructing one of my projects that no longer gives me joy. I need to get a new huge project assembled to a point where I can set it up on its stand before I'll have enough room to deconstruct the other one which is almost as big. Project tetris! LOL Thank you, thank you, thank you. I hope this has helped others as much as it's helped me!
I feel you on the project tetris lol!! I am so glad you are feeling ready to move and and reuse pieces that you enjoyed making at the time. Keeping the studio a fun, creative and inspiring place can often mean removing projects that just don't fit us anymore!! I am excited to see your work on the new upcoming house!!
You are so much fun to watch. I'm planning on redoing my miniature living room. It was done over 2 years ago and at that time I wasn't really planning on continuing the miniature route, so it's not to scale. All my other rooms are to scale so the living room looks odd on my Kallax unit where all my rooms are displayed.
I am so glad you enjoy my videos Nancy!! I hope you have fun redoing your living room project. I am sure there are some parts that can be reused and make the process go much faster!
One of my first projects was a spooky garden I did fore some month long challenge. I put it into an ols scrawlr-box and some things were 3D and others painted on thick paper and glued in. But it needed way too much space, so I bought a shadow-box/frame to put everything in. As I had been working with woodglue mostly it was quite a challenge to take it apart 😅. In the end everything fit into the frame and it’s way easier to display. 😊
I love that!! Shadow boxes are another great direction to go because they can hang on the wall and take up less space!
Fun as always! Thank you!
So glad you enjoyed it!😊
I enjoyed it!! 😊 Thank you and Greetings 👋
I am so glad!! Thank you Mieke!
I'm excited to see what you do next!
Thanks, my friend!
Well I usually call it kit bashing when I take something apart and reuse it for something else. Yes, after a while I will get a hair brained idea and take it apart and use it somewhere else. I was thinking of square dancing with the piece you want to use as a back drop. Nice floor with a stage for the musicians and some dancers there. Have a great day
Lol it would be funny if the Spiders were square dancing with those classic square dancing outfits. I don't think I will go that direction, but you are right that it would make a great dancing floor💃
So enjoy your video.. a true artist at work...😊😊
Thank you so much 😊😊
I always wondered what you did with all your creations. Thanks again for sharing and giving us oh so many ideas :) My first thought when I saw the table unit was that it reminded me of my high school science class. Bunsen burners, test tubes, etc.
Haha yes!! It definitely has science lab vibes! Especially with the tiny sinks😄
I'm a phase now where I am stuck mulling-over moving forward with my current project or starting a new one to wash it off because the current no longer sits well, at least on my point of view. Its just not it for me everytime I look at it for a week or two now then I saw this. I guess I need to face it, review and decide to go for it or take the best parts for a different project. This video is timely and I appreciate it, Ara. 😊
I am so glad this video helped you think through a dilemma with your own project! It can be so hard to make that decision, especially after so much time has already gone into it. However that time was not wasted as you most likely learned so much during that time, and that knowledge is valuable!
Happy time!!!
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It's a great idea , going to do that with some of mine.
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👋🏻 Hi Ara! Thank you for another great video ✨💛 love your creations, always awesome! 👏
Thank you for watching! I appreciate it❤
I understand completely 😊 Stormy is so cute!!😂😊 Your so smart! I knew u would figure it out!!🎉
Thank you 🤗 I will pass your compliments on to Stormy ;)
Fantastic plan! There are soooo many useful pieces for future projects. All those bits will be way easier to store now!
Definitely! I feel so much more creative energy when it comes to these pieces now😊
I’m getting a whole dollhouse that needs to be given love, but it has a complicated back story, and it’s Victorian-cute. Not my fav. So I’m going to repurpose everything I can and turn it into a house or horrors. With my current house, I questioned keeping everything I knew I wouldn’t use, but now I know there’s a future project that will use it all up.