Name Revealed!

I would like to thank everybody for all your suggestions, it was too difficult for me to choose, 

so I let my girls pick the name.

OK after much deliberation by my three daughters they decided that the name should be 

Whiskers by  Indy_Poppy 

these plants are ready to travel to you!

I also decided to pick two more people , so picked the first two to comments

these Hydrangeas in the grey planter go to  Lady Jane

and the vase with the pink Hydrangeas go to Lina

please contact me with you snail mail addies :)

In the picture here are the recently upholstered chair with fabric from Susan Bembridge

and Ceramics by  Elizabeth Causeret

So from me and Whiskers

Have a wonderful weekend!

My kitty needs a name!

 

This lovely kitty needs a name, its made by

Sarah Hendry
POCKET PEOPLE

 

I would love suggestions, they can be left in the comments.

 

This is a new project I am working on. I am slowly unpacking my miniatures and having some fun again. However the big dolhouses are still wrapped up warmily :) in the garage.

 

The wallpaper is by SUSAN BEMBRIDGE DESIGNS

The glass by GLASSCRAFT

 

Those that leave name suggestions will have a chance to win the two plants pictured here.

The winners will be announced on February 14th.

You can enter as many names as you like.

 

looking forward to the names,

 

Michelle

Creative competition 2012- 1st place Cliff railway and Tourist Informati...

There are so many videos on youtube on miniatures, I found this one this week, its wonderful to see more and more online as they are very few.

Garden plans

I have been playing with making flowers again, I always love doing this. I have the huge garden for the manor that needs many flowers to fill. For various reasons this project has not progressed. One of which is that I wasnt sure if I should change the walls. They are covered with paper but I would rather I made the walls with paper clay. This however takes loads of time and with four children to look after, time is limited.  Anticipation is a great motivator though....

With little space to store plants for the manor garden, I decided to make plants that are in pots, most will be on etsy.

Some are my designs others are kits. Some of my favourite flower kits are from Pascale Garnier and Georgina Steeds, both highly recommended. In this picture you can see the Fritillaria Imperialis, which I made for the first time many years ago, It felt good to make them again :) The Hydrangeas were made with the wonderful lessons over the years from Barb Plevan, an amazing artist, she sells her flowers every now and then at etsy, lately she has many paintings which are also a testiment to her limitless talent. 

The daffodils are my design with techniques taught by Barb and the primrose is from a Pascale kit.

Daylight is photography's best friend!

UPDATE: this is the garden for the manor mentioned in this post.

PS thank you for everyone for entering the  quarter scale giveaway, last day is Sunday to enter.

KDF miniatures

Here are few of the minis I purchased, I just love the elephant's hair-do

and of course pots for my plants :)

I will post more of what I got for the dining room soon.

Kensington Dollhouse Festival Dec 2010

Just returned from London, absolutely thrilled! I attended my first dollhouse show and I am filled with awe, inspiration and delight.  After 10 years of seeing miniatures on the screen I was able to see people's wonderful work in person. I am absolutely going to try to go again. The weather was perfect, no snow, I was a bit worried as the BBC news in Greece painted such a bad picture.





I got to meet Georgina Steeds, a wonderfully warm and friendly lady and saw her plants face to face positively gorgeous. She has a new blog you can now get her news on fairs, workshops and kits.

Anthoula was also there, both of us smiling from ear to ear, she is returning on Monday and cant wait to meet her for coffee and share our experience.

Today the kids will be at school and I will take pictures of the miniatures I was able to purchase. As I am sure everyone has had this: there were a lot more that I wanted to purchase, far too many temptetions ,lol! I was glad I had a list with various options and kept to it.

Thank you KDF organisers it was a wonderful experience!

Orange poppies in vases and a painting

I was inspired by a house decorating magazine to add orange poppie to this room. I found Berties wonderful vases at ebay, (also sells at etsy) I thought these are perfect for this room. So here are the results. This is the whole room so far, still many things to add some to change. Books to make, a carpet, a bowl for the coffee table, more pictures and decor for the walls....... The lillies on the left are from Barb Plevan. This gorgeous picture is from  Amber I liked this art from my teenage years in Dublin, so when I saw it I had to have it. I must say it has surpassed my expectations, its very beautifully made , the frame is very carefully made with details, thank you Amber.

Yummy cakes

These are my wonderful collection from Anthoula these have inspired me to do a sweet shop, Arent they delicious?

The platforms are from silver fimo I made them to look like the ones we get in the cake shops in Greece.

The breads and hot cross buns were a workshop Anthoula kindly gave me, we went to a GBK and after eating our yummy dessert we made these. Thank you Anthoula!

I met Anthoula!

I met Anthoula yesterday for coffee and I had such a wonderful time talking with her. We decided to swap in our first meeting, and I must say I feel thoroughly spoiled. She gave me these gorgeous and yummy sweets, which I plan to make a cake shop for. The details are amazing! She was also very kind to give each of my girls super accessories, donuts, chocolates and lollypop. They have gone to school with them today, some in their hair others around their neck :) Thank you Anthoula!!! These are my gifts to her.

mini links around the world: Jean Day Miniatures

Jean Day Miniatures: New Micro Miniature Project 5, French Country Flower Shop, Flowers

Amazing micro minis dont you think?

Miniature Artist

I bought this beautiful piece from Karry Johnson at eBay . Her painting is absolutely stunning.

In my collection I have two more items from this IGMA artist, pictured below are the items. A cat and a painting.

Rustic Dollhouse photos 09/05 Kitchen