
Meet the 12-year-old who has turned her hobby into a career and has earned thousands selling her miniature doll houses and accessories.
Arabella Duffy started making tiny food out of polymer and clay two years ago and spends up to six hours on each creation, whether a cookie, croissant, or strawberry shortcake.
After posting her work on social media channels like TikTok, Arabella was inundated with positive messages and people wanting to buy her creations.
She has sold over 400 items and makes around ยฃ2,000 a year ($2,500)โbut she has plans to expand, in order to save the profits for college, so she can study Egyptology.
โShe sits in her attic making stuff all night,โ said Arabellaโs mother, Sophy Smith, an artist, from London. โThe end product is unbelievable.โ
โBecause she is home-schooled and doesnโt attend school, it has been great for her. She is doing things she loves and has a business. Iโm so proud of her.
โThe reaction to her work has been inspiring; other people have been inspired and created their own miniature items.โ


This month, the family will open a shop in Hampstead, where they will sell Arabellaโs dioramas, matchbox paintings, and miniatures, in her own display area.

The family is full of creatives: her mom paints watercolors and her dad works in the film industry. Sophy even asks her 12-year-old daughter for help because of how good she is.
Arabella is a perfectionist who wonโt sell anything not up to her high standards.
Sophy recalls, โShe made some clay cookies the other day, and because the chocolate didnโt look like it was melting in the end, she didnโt sell them. She can get frustrated sometimes because she wonโt get it right away.โ
โShe is so into history. She loves Frida Kahlo and all the designs she did. Sheโs recreated a lot of artistsโ studios and lots of these (miniature) rooms. Itโs very accurate.โ

โShe even did a Marie Antoinette scene, and she researched all of the things about her to make it perfect.โ Sophy told SWNS news agency.

โBuilding the miniature rooms takes a couple of days. She will create the scenes using a tiny suitcase, furniture, and fabrics.โ
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She now sells her fake food for from ยฃ18 a piece, and miniature rooms on tables for from ยฃ30 a pop. Her most expensive piece was a shelf stuffed full of sweets โ which sold for ยฃ55.
โEveryone is really proud of her and saying that they see a very bright future for herโฆ and they canโt wait to see the next project she completes.
โThe creativity she has and the imagination she has is amazing.โ
โWhen I sell a piece of work, part of me is sad that it is gone,โ says Arabella. โBut Iโm happy that someone is going to cherish it. The English breakfast creation is one of my favorites. I think itโs my best work to date.โ

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The young artist told SWNS, โI like to push my limits and see how far I can push myself, and I want to inspire the younger generation.โ
Follow her latest work on Instagram @arabellaloulou_.
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