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#theGiftOfSensitivity #thePrincessAndThePea #miniatureScene #finallyFinished

My 2025 creative project “The Gift of Sensitivity” is done. This massive princess-and-the-pea miniature now lives in a glass cabinet in our house. There have been some interesting comments about it…

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January 22, 2026 at 3:19 PM

Kit Dunsmore

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It's done! My miniature "The Gift of Sensitivity" is finally completed. It only took 21 years...mainly because I took enormous breaks.
#theGiftOfSensitivity #thePrincessAndThePea #miniatureScene #finallyFinished

A miniature showing the bedroom from the fairy tale "The Princess and the Pea." Forty colorful mattresses tower over a chair. Two ladders lashed together so they reach the top lean against the pile. A nightgown, candle, and book "The Gift of Sensitivity" rest on the chair. An open pea pod with one pea missing is on the floor under the bed.

A tower of miniature mattresses from the princess and the peas seen from above. The purple bedding is crumpled as if someone has just gotten up. A ladder leans against the colorful mattresses and the floor is so far away it is blurry.

Close-up of one corner of a miniature bed piled with colorful mattresses. An open pea pod made from paper and beads lies on the floor under the bed. Part of a scene based on "The Princess and the Pea" called "The Gift of Sensitivity."

A miniature about the story of the princess and the pea. The lower part of a bed piled with colorful mattresses is next to a medieval chair with a nightgown, candle, and book titled "The Gift of Sensitivity" resting on it. Part of the ladder leaning against the mattresses is visible. An open pea pod with one pea missing is lying by one of the bed posts.

January 22, 2026 at 3:18 PM

Kit Dunsmore

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Details on how I made the accessories for my Princess and the Pea miniature are in today's blog post.
#miniatures #thePrincessAndThePea #TheGiftOfSensitivity #miniatureBook #miniatureCandle #AlmostDone
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Miniature Accessories for The Gift of Sensitivity

The last things I made for my miniature scene “The Gift of Sensitivity” were a book, a candle, and pea pod. From the beginning, I imagined the sleepless princess reading, so the book and candle wer…

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January 15, 2026 at 3:58 PM

Kit Dunsmore

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The final accessories for my Princess and the Pea miniature are done! These were fun to make.
#miniatures #thePrincessAndThePea #TheGiftOfSensitivity #miniatureBook #miniatureCandle #AlmostDone

Hand holding a miniature book, open to show the yellow, green, and red marbled end papers.

Hand holding a miniature book open to show the blank pages. The book has a blue cover and gold gilt page edges.

A miniature candle made from a white crayon and a wooden bead painted gold sitting on a work bench. Two clothes pins are holding the wire loop candle holder handle vertical while the glue dries.

A miniature medieval chair with a nightgown draped over the arm. A white candle in a holder and a blue book titled "The Gift of Sensitivity" are resting on its seat.

January 15, 2026 at 3:56 PM

Kit Dunsmore

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The crazy things one does when making miniatures... like putting your weighted wet bed linens some place warm to try to speed up the drying time. It still took three days!
#miniatureBedding #drapingFabric

January 8, 2026 at 2:23 PM

Kit Dunsmore

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#miniature #thePrincessAndThePea #theGiftOfSensitivity

Miniature Bedding for The Gift of Sensitivity

The linens for the bed were the easiest thing I had left to make for my Princess and the Pea miniature “The Gift of Sensitivity.” At least that’s what I thought. I already had a sparkly comforter m…

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January 8, 2026 at 2:22 PM

Kit Dunsmore

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#miniature #princessAndThePea #theGiftOfSensitivity #medievalChair #miniatureChair

Miniature Chair for Gift of Sensitivity

I finished making the pieces for the Princess and the Pea miniature “The Gift of Sensitivity” on the last day of 2025, just meeting my deadline. I haven’t had a chance to photograph the…

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January 2, 2026 at 2:55 PM

Kit Dunsmore

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Important reminder.
#magicAllAroundUs

If you are wondering why other worlds seem so brimful of magic compared to your own dreary Earth, consider how magical this world seems from another perspective. To a world of sea people, your ability to breathe air is stunning; to a world of spear throwers, your machines are demons harnessed to work tirelessly in your service; to a world of glaciers and clouds, summer itself is a miracle. — Alix E. Harrow, The Ten Thousand Doors of January

November 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM

Kit Dunsmore

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I recently re-read material J.R.R. Tolkien wrote for the end of The Lord of The Rings and was reminded how much I love hobbits and the way they view the world.
#JRRTolkien #LordOfTheRings #anotherEnding #hobbits #beauty
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LOTR Needs More Hobbits, Please

My local smail (aka, my Tolkien buddies) read the last four chapters of The Lord of the Rings this month. It’s a tough section to read, because it’s sad, and because after the destruction of Sauron…

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November 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM

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November 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM

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#NaNoWriMo #writingProcess #discoveryWriting

How NaNoWriMo Led Me To My Writing Process

This is the first November in twenty years that I haven’t taken on the National Novel Writing Month challenge (aka, write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days.) The organization that promoted this event,…

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November 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM

Kit Dunsmore

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Sometimes the plan has got to change.
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#miniatures #finishLines #realisticGoals

Redefining My Project So I Can Meet My Goal

I spent an afternoon cutting out cardboard for a tower for my Princess and Pea miniature and got a shock. I already knew that the tower was going to be big. Like three-and-a-half feet tall big. But…

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October 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM

Kit Dunsmore

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#miniatures #miniatureBasket #handmade #messes

Making Messes Leads to Success

Last week, I actually got back to work on “The Gift of Sensitivity,” my Princess and the Pea diorama. It was yet another reminder that before I make an acceptable miniature, I’m going to make mess…

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October 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM

Kit Dunsmore

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Today's blog post lays out my thinking (complete with footnotes) on my why Tolkien felt that of all his characters, he was most like Faramir.
#JRRTolkien #TheLordOfTheRings #Faramir
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