The exterior of Manor finished!

After 2 years and a move I finally finished the exterior of the Manor. Still window boxes to be made and to be placed on the basement. First , I have to finish the wall papering and lighting. Keeping fingers crossed it can be lifted with care.

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!

Garden Planning

New plant for my garden, its an Agapanthus kit from Pascale Garnier,  ( if you want her email , just let me know). Its a huge garden and have to make loads of plants before I start planting. The plants  behind are older projects that I just got out of the packing boxes. But DH brought a newspaper and hinted a possible move, oh boy!

Here are the Winners!

There were 53 entries, thank you so much! As I mentioned before , due to the many participants I decided to add two more gifts, Here are the winners of the draw..... The Winner is Flor, Mexico These Iceland Poppies are for Heather , USA and this Primula plant is for Kikka, Finland please email me your snail mails, Hope to have another one soon...

Cute Baskets!

These came in the post today, I bought them from Undancey at etsy, I couldnt resist them! They are very beautiful and ready to be filled with minis...hmmmm.....

Pithoi, a little bit of mediterranean gardening.

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Just finished this Bougainvillea kit from Georgina Steed (her blog here), and placed it in the Grecian pot mentioned in an earlier post. This took a while to finish as I only did a small branch at a time. Thank you Georgie for making this beautiful kit.

Progress....

Here we are so far.... I just wish the blue french doors would come soon...... Also I have news for the Giveaway, because of the many numbers of followers joining, I decided to draw 2 more prizes on Friday, these will be revealed then, Thank you for your comments!

My first miniature giveaway!

After a long time away from minis and rediscovering the fun I have with them I decided to have my first giveaway. All you need to do is to be a follower and leave a comment in this post. I will select a winner on Friday 25th June. The winner will get a Mediterranean ''iron wrought'' decor and two primulas ( Candelabra and Auricula). Lets have fun!

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.

Primulas

 

The Bishop of Llandaff

These miniature plants were made  by using two Georgina Steeds kits, her blog here, I have had them a while but only just started to 'play' with my minis after a looong break. The kits from Georgina are very easy to follow and would recommend them to anyone.

The real plant is pictured below

Another addition to the Manor sittingroom

Finished another kit today, its "The Timberwood" by Shoestrings.  The two pitchers are purchases from eBay made by M.A.Hunt in New Zealand. The sedum plant ontop is made by me in 2008. More to be added soon......