OMG, Shape and Mrs. S, wow I am just truly amazed each and every time I come to visit.

I love that you are looking into a magazine spread! Wishing you the Best of luck in finding one.
Another good magazine is called Backyard Gardening...it' for landscape design with lots of DYI plans and such.
OH my gosh I'd probably scream with delight should I ever see your Conservatory in a magazine!!

Oh and I am a little curious about what your neighbors think, You know, do passerby's stop and watch? LOL, I know I could watch for hours.

I love that one picture with the car in the drive, it really gives a fabulous visual at the scale of the project.

Also in the fountain area, you did not miss a thing, The photo in the frame, someone you know? and did you also make the tiny frame?

Can't wait to come back and see your progression!!

I'm so glad I came across this thread! @Shape, your attention to detail is incredible, and results stunning! Your wife is fortunate to now have her conservatory to garden in.

You are very talented, and I hope that your project gets a spread in one of the gardening magazines!

I've been doing research about how to start miniature gardening, and now I've been inspired by your work to start this spring.

Truly amazing!

seedtosser1 said:OMG, Shape and Mrs. S, wow I am just truly amazed each and every time I come to visit.

I love that you are looking into a magazine spread! Wishing you the Best of luck in finding one.
Another good magazine is called Backyard Gardening...it' for landscape design with lots of DYI plans and such.
OH my gosh I'd probably scream with delight should I ever see your Conservatory in a magazine!!

Oh and I am a little curious about what your neighbors think, You know, do passerby's stop and watch? LOL, I know I could watch for hours.

I love that one picture with the car in the drive, it really gives a fabulous visual at the scale of the project.

Also in the fountain area, you did not miss a thing, The photo in the frame, someone you know? and did you also make the tiny frame?

Can't wait to come back and see your progression!!

Thank you! I will shoot Backyard Gardening a message and see if they bite..And in fact yesterday a few people were driving around and round looking at the conservatory...But my biggest fan in the neighborhood is the mailman he just cant get enough.. I found that beautiful picture frame at goodwill for only 50 cents...And its me and my wife in the photo...here it is

Cem9165 said:I'm so glad I came across this thread! @Shape, your attention to detail is incredible, and results stunning! Your wife is fortunate to now have her conservatory to garden in.

You are very talented, and I hope that your project gets a spread in one of the gardening magazines!

I've been doing research about how to start miniature gardening, and now I've been inspired by your work to start this spring.

Truly amazing!

Thank you! I would love to see what you come up with..And if you ever need help with something just ask..

Great pic of the two of you, and good luck with the magazine thing. I know it would be a very popular article. I wish I could drive by and stop for a look!

plantmanager said:Great pic of the two of you, and good luck with the magazine thing. I know it would be a very popular article. I wish I could drive by and stop for a look!

Thank you! I sent backyard magazine a photo see what happens...Today me and the wife will mark out a spot in the back yard for a mansion project...I decided to build her the most grand garden mansion..But it will be ruins..I wanted to have the top floor open for grand gardening like this--->

Roman ruins!! Wow. That's going to be another beautiful miniature spot.

I never really was interested in miniatures till now. Seeing yours my mind goes in a dozen different directions. I keep thinking of the Greek ruins too, those still standing on the rocky hillsides. The walls of Egyptian hieroglyphs and lotus topped columns . . . multiple doors are opening every time I come to this thread.

Thank you for sharing it all with us, I think you already have an amazing following.

Oh! Love the photo of you and your lucky wife!

I hope you do that ruined mansion project next! So cool! Your talent is priceless!!!

Dang, just now discovering this forum! I need to redo my mini garden to weather and critter-proof to prevent future damage. I was hoping to gather a few ideas and I wasn't disappointed! My mind has been blown on this thread alone, and I've yet to read through everything!

Shape, I'm keeping track of your progress from now on! I hope your wife knows just how fortunate she is to have a husband as talented and giving as you!

Sharon said:Roman ruins!! Wow. That's going to be another beautiful miniature spot.

I never really was interested in miniatures till now. Seeing yours my mind goes in a dozen different directions. I keep thinking of the Greek ruins too, those still standing on the rocky hillsides. The walls of Egyptian hieroglyphs and lotus topped columns . . . multiple doors are opening every time I come to this thread.

Thank you for sharing it all with us, I think you already have an amazing following.

Miniature Garden creations are endless...I lean towards 1/6 scale because its bigger and easy to work with...Every foot or 12 inches is equal to 6 foot in this scale...The mansion ruins i want to build will have 2 floors about 36 scale feet high..So its going to be roughly 6 foot tall....The tower next to the mansion will be around 9 foot tall..About 54 scale feet high..These are just ideas at the moment..I want to show you something you could build that would be easy and i think its what your picturing in your mind....

Shape:
I just stumbled onto this forum. What a talent you are. I can only echo the aforementioned superlatives.
Gotta keep my eye on this thread.

beckygardener said:Oh! Love the photo of you and your lucky wife!

I hope you do that ruined mansion project next! So cool! Your talent is priceless!!!

Hi Becky! Thank you..In fact I started on the ruins today...I just needed one spark to get me goin on this new project...Ok so here is how i work..I just needed one object to manifest the entire structure in my mind..Yesterday a man was needing work so i put him to cleaning in the back..He found a statue that i have no idea where it come from..I picked it up and the ideas pored over me like a bucket of water..

What a wonderful statue! Did someone have a garden at your place before you bought it? I can see how that could be the catalyst to get your creative juices flowing. That is how I work on my mosaics. I find something that gives me the entire idea in my head.

Sundownr said:Dang, just now discovering this forum! I need to redo my mini garden to weather and critter-proof to prevent future damage. I was hoping to gather a few ideas and I wasn't disappointed! My mind has been blown on this thread alone, and I've yet to read through everything!

Shape, I'm keeping track of your progress from now on! I hope your wife knows just how fortunate she is to have a husband as talented and giving as you!

Thank you! I'm actually the fortunate one.. She is the reason im here today enjoying all you wonderful people...

plantmanager said:What a wonderful statue! Did someone have a garden at your place before you bought it? I can see how that could be the catalyst to get your creative juices flowing. That is how I work on my mosaics. I find something that gives me the entire idea in my head.

We completely understand each other then..I think its how the mind works..You just need to start that creative engine and that goes for anybody..

ge1836 said:Shape:
I just stumbled onto this forum. What a talent you are. I can only echo the aforementioned superlatives.
Gotta keep my eye on this thread.

Thank you! Wish I had you as my English teacher..Im not proud I had to go look that up hahaha

Shape said:

We completely understand each other then..I think its how the mind works..You just need to start that creative engine and that goes for anybody..

Shape, I'm looking forward to seeing how your ruins will turn out. It's exciting that the statue was found in your own backyard, to give you some divine inspiration

What's the scale of the angel in your picture?

I can't wait to see how you are going to use that newfound statue!!!

Cem9165 said:Shape, I'm looking forward to seeing how your ruins will turn out. It's exciting that the statue found in your own backyard, to give you some divine inspiration

What's the scale of the angel in your picture?

She stands about 14 inches tall..So in 1/6 she is around 8 ft tall..She will sit on top of the mansion tower..This will be so much fun making ruins...