Hi I'm Cathy from Auckland, New Zealand. That's me in the photo with my my husband Alvin and small dog Jack who is sitting on my lap.

My Hobbies: Dollhouse Miniatures and Computers

I was very lucky to "retire" at the age of forty, ten years ago. My time has been spent either at my computer or making miniatures. I don't, however, have many finished projects to show off as I seem to prefer starting projects rather than finishing them. Hence the name of this website. It is fortunate that dollhouse miniatures and using a computer go hand-in-hand so well.

DIY Projects

I do enjoy the challenge of creating something and then sharing the instructions. See the DIY Projects section.  

NEW - instructions on how to make a folding director's chair in 1" scale.

NEW - download the files and then make a 1" scale Road Atlas

I am attending the NZAME Convention which will be held at Lower Hutt this October 2008. I have booked a sales table for the Friday night so all projects have been put on hold while I make some stock to sell.

Do you have Paint Shop Pro and don't know how to use it? In late April I joined a Yahoo! Group called Stepping Stones Through PSP. This group teaches the Ins and Outs, Ups and Downs of PSP, from the very basics on up. Lessons are for PSP 8,9,and X. It's great and very, very, very addictive. There are 125 lessons in all organised in Steps from 1 to 5. Currently I am on Step 5 and have just completed lesson 104. I made my very first animation so just had to add it here. Do you like it? What is it? How you could miss the twinkling "Welcome to Never Done Miniatures" above?

My Projects

Where do I begin? There is the Remember When Dollhouse (1:24 scale), the Dolls' House Step by Step (1:12 scale) by del Prado and the Beacon Hill Kit Dollhouse (1:12 scale) purchased from Greenleaf in August 2007.  Due to the upcoming Convention and the need to make stock to sell and learning to use Paint Shop Pro I have not worked on my major projects for some time. Check out My Projects section to view some of the many projects that I have to make.

Recent Website Changes

• 24 January 2008 added information about my recent miniature retreat weekend more >>>
• 28 January 2008 new DIY project. Make a set of four 1B5 school exercise books more>>>
• 7 February 2008 new DIY project. Make a set of four 8B1 wire bound notebooks to go with the 1B5 school exercise books more >>>
• 6 March 2008 Never Done Miniatures Yahoo Group now has 39 members.
• 30 March 2008 added an RSS feed from The Art of Dollhouse Miniatures
• 28 May 2008 changed the "News"
• 29 May 2008 new DIY project. Make a cuckoo clock more >>>
• 7 June 2008 added News about Stepping Stones Through PSP and removed RSS feed for Never Done Miniatures Group
• 14 June 2008 added the twinkling Welcome sign above
• 9 July 2008 added instructions to make a folding director's chair in 1" scale
• 14 July 2008 added instructions and files to make a Road Atlas in 1" scale

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