I went to the Dorking Fair!

Unable to attend the fair in Malaga this year due to being in England with my poorly daughter I was happy to discover that I was in the right place at the right time for the Dorking, Makers Only Fair.
I am so excited about adding these new items to my various houses and room settings.
First are these gorgeous flowers and plants by Jan, The Flower Lady, who I think only sells at fairs, I can't find a web address for her.

The lemon tree will go with all my Spanish miniatures.

Already the sweet tea cups are in my tea shop.

I have a few items for the garden shop. I shall plant the chimney pots with Oly during one of our club making days.

AS usual I couldn't resist the children. I bought this beautifully dressed baby from Pat Alston at Tiny Treasures.

Also from Pat is this gorgous doll. I've been collecting odd chairs with a mind set on doing a version of the Mad Hatters Tea Party so meet my little Alice!

I did buy another chair for the tea party and also these other finely made wooden items from World of My Own 

I just had to have these beautifully made frames and mirrors from Wood Supplies.

I'm so behind with my own making that I bought some food items for the freezer from Shepherd Miniatures as the miniature family were starving!

I hope you enjoyed seeing all these, now I have to place them all, it's going to be fun!

Tilda Dolls and Bird Houses

Teeny weeny Tilda dolls and little bird houses are such fun to make! I don't know where to stop - I made another 6 sets. This little doll is staying with me. 

These sets are now in my Etsy shop.

I hope you've had a lovely weekend, thanks for popping in and thank you to all my regular readers who leave me comments, you're all appreciated!

Six 'Tilda' Dolls

I love Tilda fabrics, so fresh looking and I desperately want to make something Tilda but my home just isn't ready to make room for anything else 'big'.
So, when Oly came on Tuesday to put together a display on some trays we'd bought at the Fuengirola Fair, I decided to make a miniature Tilda display on mine.
The doll was the first thing I made and I enjoyed it so much I spent the evening and the whole of the next day making more!

Now I'm making other things to put on the display with the dolls and I'll need to rearrange my Gift Shop to make room for all these!
The weekend is just about here, I hope you have a good one!

2013 Minutes, Dolls and Vases

Oly, who is the other member of the 'Smallest Miniatures Group in the World' came up with such a good idea and a great solution for me to finish all the projects I've started and not finished.
In the year 2013 I have to spend 2013 minutes working on the UFPs.
If my maths are correct it means less than 6 minutes each day - even I can manage that!
Last night I finished a kit of pansies which I bought from Bonnie Lavish and started four years ago! I know I'm terrible, especially as I dislike making flowers but I did it!
Here are the pansies in a beautiful vase turned by the very talented Bertie.

I've had a slow start to the year because my mother passed away. I'm trying to get myself together so little jobs are the way forward, nothing to concentrate on for too long.
 Lucy kindly sent me two of the little china head dolls she makes and a selection of very fine wool she uses to knit the clothes. I really appreciated her thoughtfulness which was a grateful diversion and gave me something new to think about.
My husband took me to Portugal for a few days and as it rained most days I was able to start knitting. I only got one set of underwear made, using Gutermann silk sewing thread using the basic pattern which Lucy shares on her blog evalinarose.blogspot.com

I'm now planning to finish more flower kits as they look so good displayed in Bertie's vase and I bought more from Bertie last year. Here are three more.

Here is a photo I took in Porto. Wouldn't these houses make beautiful dollshouses!

 Thank you for dropping by, have a good week,