Miniature Bookcase + Books Tutorial!

Hey Crafters! Today I will be showing you how I made this miniature bookcase tutorial!
Materials:
Glue:
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Glue: UHU HART special glue for model-building,
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Glue stick,
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Wood: Balsa wood,
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Paint: white
Sewing pins
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Markers:
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Paper
Tape
Clear:
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Matte:
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Tools:
X-acto knife
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Scraper tool:
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Fine tip glue bottle:
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Sandpaper,
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Nail file,
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Scissors
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Clips (without serrated edge)
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Paintbrush
Wire cutter
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Measurements are available through Patreon:
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Music:
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[@jmarshal]

My favorite books are fantasy! This is the best tutorial I’ve seen to make these mini books. Good job 👍

[@Craftish]

Fantasy books are great! I’m so happy you liked the video! Thank you for the lovely comment!

[@No_name1607]

Best video of making miniature books I've seen

[@Craftish]

Thank you so much! Such a kind thing to say!

[@KalaBlondiexo]

Adorable! Now I want to make lots of mini books 🤣

[@DeeFay-fl1hs]

Thank you - very useful video. I have experimented with making miniature books and now start with scoring (using a fine-tipped scoring tool) a full A4 sheet to create the folds of the pages. Then, using a guillotine, I cut strips to the desired width and length and fold concertina style on the score lines. It’s a speedier and accurate approach. Hope this helps.

[@Craftish]

Hi! Thank you for your tips! I’ve taken to cutting my strips of paper on a cricut machine and it speeds the process along for something this scale. I try to stick to showing you how you can do the projects at home without needing to buy a lot of extra equipment so it becomes accessible to more people. Hope this explains why I do it by hand in the video.

[@paperdoll1982]

So nice to see a new video from you! I really love your tutorials. I’ll be making some books in the near future so this is very helpful.

[@Craftish]

Thank you! I’m so happy you liked it!

[@sarahlongshore2605]

I love this. I love the way you organize them!!

[@monicae69]

Wow!! Awesome video...and now to make mini books. Thanks for this tutorial!

[@taramariatravis2486]

Absolutely breathtakingly gorgeous ❤❤❤❤ well done 🎉🎉 as you definitely nailed it ❤🎉🎉🎉

[@Hydermehdi]

Hello Tish, Such an amazing video. Your love and dedication shows very clearly. I'm definitely going to have a go. Thank you for making such an effort to guide the general public to have a new hobby.

[@nofamini]

Very charming bookshelves and cute mini books! Thanks for sharing👍❤

[@Momowild3230]

Very nice. Thank you for sharing. I would push the books closer to the edge.

[@lennemitincan]

This is the best tutorial i have seen on mini bookcases and mini books! Thank you so mucj (i probably won't do it cuz it s time consuming, i am lazy and also that looks complicated ! But very cute!)

[@Mamewism]

Thank you! I will start making some books soon😊

[@Stampd]

Hey there….. you are a GEM! What a talented lady!!! My question to you is: how the heck do you set your pieces of wood to line up so precise? I've been making miniatures for over 30 years and I have never seen the exact fitting you obtain with every piece you put together and corners meet so precise…. right angles look perfect. please let me know what you use as far as tools and what types of wood. Thank you, Diane USA NJ

[@Craftish]

Hi! I’m so happy you like my videos and find them helpful! I’m sorry to say that I don’t have a magic tool that I use. My tip would be that I always measure twice and try to be as precise as possible. I find it most helpful to work with centimeters and millimeters in such a small scale so I always use a metric ruler when I make my projects. Any time you see me working with wood it’s almost always balsa wood. I hope this helps!

[@gimlybait]

I love this! Awestruck by your attention to detail too. Going to make one of these myself. It's going to be my first time working with wood, any tips?

[@nm9412]

I love making books, I make so many, but not 567 books lol. Although that will be fun to make.

[@jacquelineteague3545]

I love it all

[@bakerette10]

How did you find so many amazing spine images? What did you google to get all thouse results?

[@Craftish]

Hi! Some of them were definitely a challenge! Fore very specific titles I had to search for images of book stacks and crop the one I needed out of the image.

[@Возрождение-ф4н]

cool🥰🔥

[@kendrapirozzi2619]

How do I size the covers in a Word document? And can you share the dimensions of the pieces of wood used to make the bookcase? thxs

[@Denita_Wishart]

Did you ever figure it out?

[@kendrapirozzi2619]

@@Denita_Wishart no, I didn't

[@Denita_Wishart]

@@kendrapirozzi2619 well darn ☹️

[@mokshitajain291]

Have you found them yet ??

[@Bookbunny-i5y]

I think it's 1:24 scale

[@lolowolff9423]

excelente trabalho. tu produz miniaturas para casa de madeira grande para jardim tem projetos dispiníveis?

[@tinaroca1504]

What size do you make the covers and spines? I'm trying to make some and I can't find spines :(

[@Craftish]

Hi! I googled what the standard sizes for books were and went with the one I liked the best. The width of the book will depend on the dimensions of the cover image but I made sure to keep the hight the same. Yes, spines are really hard to find in some cases! I googled the book name and then I sometimes only had the option to crop the spine off of an image of a book stack. Like the book covers, the width of the spine will depend on the book so they all end up different sizes.

[@ruejoie2778]

habria sido genial que enseñaras todo el proceso, te saltaste justo lo interesante de como se coloca las puertitas abatibles

[@Craftish]

I couldn’t get a good clip of it as the shelves were blocking the view of what I was doing from the camera, but I show how to do it in my kitchen tutorial with the doors under the sink. It’s the exact same process.

[@ruejoie2778]

@@Craftish ok gracias ire a mirarlo.

[@fallonclouatre7934]

If you don't mind What are the dimentions of the book covers

[@mokshitajain291]

Havs you found the answers ??? If so pls let me know

[@laibabutt6488]

Dear ap ny ye books k print form pinterest se liyay ya koi or app ? Kindle tell me

[@lingzhu-i9h]

Can you also use paper for the shelves and just make the paper thicker by layering it

[@Craftish]

You could definitely do that. I would suggest layering cardstock or cereal boxes as they are thicker and will use less paper/take less time to build up.

[@griefandghewar]

What is the material being used to make the bookshelf? I am new to this please help

[@Craftish]

Hi! All materials and tools are listed in the description box under the video

[@finleykim]

How do you know what size to scale the books to once you put them in Word? I know how to change the size I just don't know what the proper scale is. Thanks for your help in advance -- if you have a chance to respond.

[@Craftish]

Hi! It’s totally up to you! Different countries have different sizing on their books, so you could search what the standard is where you live, or measure one of your own books to see the scale. The same book can come in plenty of different sizes so it’s really a matter of preference! I just made sure to have all of mine be the same height to get a clean uniform look to them. Hope this helps!

[@JosofineXtine]

Can you turn this into a versatile personal anxiety library!!!???

[@Craftish]

Yes you definitely could!

[@victoriacaddy1287]

Thanks for a great video but sadly with all my best efforts I am unable to get images of the front, binding & back of any book no matter what I google.

[@Craftish]

Hi! Try typing “full book covers” into google images. I just did and got a ton of results. Hope this helps!

[@mokshitajain291]

Ma'am can you please tell me the dimensions you used for the books

[@mokshitajain291]

Can you please post the pdf of books please

[@meme-du8xj]

You keep saying you "made" the shelves or "made" sides. I thought this video was going to show HOW you "made" this thing not how you "assembled" it.

[@Craftish]

Yes, I do say that I “made” the shelves instead of saying that I “cut out the shelves with my x-across knife”. I have 41 videos so far and it gets a bit redundant after a while of showing how to cut something and adds unnecessary time to the video. If you want to see a video where I cut something out with the xacto knife you can watch my “miniature door tutorial” or most of my early videos.

[@Abby_W]

I completely agree. It is really frustrating to have a video with the word "tutorial" in the title and it doesn't actually show you how to make it. I don't want to have to filter through a bunch of videos just to find the one that shows me how to make hinges for the cabinet when they could've just included it in the video.

[@alvarof.a.5075]

this is fucking craaaaaaazy awesome, cool job there!!!!

[@St.JosephFaithbella]

❤❤517mmo