I've been saving a lot of miniature images as reference lately, and thinking about miniatures. I quite like miniatures, and their popularity is on the rise... but I can't help feeling annoyed every time I see a lot of them, because so many "mini brands" toys are literally just cardboard boxes. You could print them yourself! In fact, websites exist that have old printables.
The first one I found has a section linking to other websites. I went to its home page and its entirely AI images, so I won't endorse the main site in general. It links to a lot of older pages though- it looks like maybe this site was taken over by someone recently, but still has old webpages linked (I'm talking 1999 old). Heres some horrible AI trash:
One of the links is to Small Stuff's Print Mini, which has a great gallery of free printables. Most of these are in the vein of older/vintage objects, including tube TVs/monitors and are not branded. Here are some of my favorites so far:
Morandi Sisters Micro World is in Italian and English, the site features printable wallpaper, floor, and decorative objects as well as sections on how to create DIY modeling clay. Last updated in 2013.
Custom Dolls, Houses, Miniatures (2010) has a whole bunch of PDF printables on this page, as well as links to other pages. MANY of those links don't work, but you can use them to find live pages- like MuffaMiniatures Etsy, which is still active and sells patterns!
Hitty Print Mini is a site now only accessible by the wayback machine. A lot of the pages are broken, but there are some available printables that are pretty cute. They're sized for a slightly bigger doll. I like the pet-themed printables and the books too.
Jennifers Printables is one of the most cohesive, still-in-existence sites I've found. It says it was founded in 2001, but the date at the bottom of the page is 2021, so it still might be a bit out of date. But theres TONS of cool stuff on here. I like the grocery sections, and the history information they include on the pages
Just some interesting resources. I don't want to link to sites that seem majority focused around selling things, but there are absolutely more free printables online. It's becoming harder to source these, too, because there are a lot on google images but link to pinterest or something.
Anyone else have any good sources? I'm interested in seeing gaps in what is available,too.
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