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......

Mediterranean Decor

Inspired by this picture I decided to make a decoration for the Mediterranean house. I took some thin wire (26) and shaped it to the pattern I designed, see below.For the 'fleur-de-lis'  I used a card to punch out the shape and glued to the wires. Then painted it black and a coating of matt varnish to simulate iron wrought.

Manor House sittingroom, Which way????

I placed some furniture in the sittingroom, but cannot decide on the way to place them

Which way do you think? Photo 1 or photo 2?

And below you can see some of the glass paperweights that my friend Carol made for me!

New Kit Finished

Today I finished this kit from In Some Small Way.The kit came with fabric but I decided to use my own for the Manor Sunroom.

Here it is in place, few pillows needed and its complete.

A closer look.

Two friends sitting here, one is stitching, the other is reading. Both eating chocolates and drinking coffee.

New Dollhouse and pithoi

I have been working on a new dollhouse lately, its a weekly magazine with parts of the dollhouse kit and furniture. Just past the 65th week, so started to assemble it. Here is a sneak peak :) More pictures soon....

Now this is the loveliest pot ( I fell in love with it! In Greek 'pithoi') and have a plant in mind for it, can you guess which one?

The pot stands 2 1/2 inches tall (or 6 1/2 cms if you prefer metric)

Below is a life size one

Miniature Bowl of Cereal Tutorial

Another fun tutorial by loidaeg many more on you tube

Polymer Clay Waffle Tutorial

Petiteats has wonderful tutorials please check them out at youtube.

How to make a cake

Naruponyo also has the 'how to' for the strawberries.