Dollhouse Miniature Blackberries are very small, so show them off against a good background!
Berries in a Basket – Create a false bottom for a berry basket by folding a piece of paper to fit in the basket. Spread a thin layer of glue on top of the paper insert and cover it with beads. Set it inside the basket when it is completely dry and arrange your finished berries on top.
Berries on Food – To make sure the berries don’t look like caviar try to separate some of them out to show off their shape. You can use Tar Gel acrylic medium mixed with a bit of water color paint to create a sauce for your berries. That is what has been used on the waffles for the maple syrup. The melting whipped cream shown on these waffles is made from another acrylic medium, Soft gel medium which was mixed with white acrylic paint to form soft peaks and runny edges as if the whipped cream were melting.
Berries for decoration on hats, wreaths, etc. – Berries on green thread can be combined in clusters by gluing ¼ inch threads together to form clusters. Tiny rose leaves, punched from green paper, with their edges serrated by small cuts with scissors, can be coated with gloss acrylic finish and bent when dry to resemble blackberry leaves. Glue one or two berry clusters to a main stalk and cover the joins with leaves attached to the stalk.
Final Tip – To make really realistic blackberries, try to have one or two wine or green beads at the tip of some berries, or make entire berries from these colors to add to clusters. Many blackberries are not completely ripe when they are picked!
