Anne's House

Reading Genevieve's blog one day I admired some little paper houses she'd made from kits by Anne Hoskins.I just had to buy some but I only kept one for myself as I haven't much space to display them. I gave two to Oly and we had a great 'dollshouse club' day making them. They are so well designed and they make up perfectly. We decorated the garden area with Flower Soft and they look fabulous!
This is the front of mine

And the back

I think you'll agree, they're lovely!
Enjoy the weekend!

New Year and New Achievements

I enjoy the challenge of something new. Solving a puzzle leaves me feeling happy. For a long time Oly and I had been trying to think of a way to make toiletry bottles without spending a fortune and getting into mixing resins, hardeners and colours. Little by little as the months passed we tried several ideas but finally we perfected a way that suits us! I made so many I had to design some display stands for them.

Then I got carried away with the stand making and made even more, so filled them with bling! I love sparkly.

Solving one problem produces another! Now the Ladies Shop needs more tables and shelving!

Often Christmas brings incredible surprises for me and as usual the biggest surprises are the smallest!
An early arrival was a package from Kaisa! Such a kind thought and a beautiful decoration for Christmas. She has made it with four candles and the tiniest of golden cherubs.

 Kaisa loves Tilda! She used Tilda wrapping paper and even a Tilda label - so pretty.

There was also a bar of delicious chocolate! Thank you so very much Kaisa. X

I had four presents from Oly! One was this pretty box of miniature chocolates. She has been looking at my favourites on Etsy, I think!

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 And these are amazing! Oly has stitched all these Christmas items! Aren't they fabulous?

Dear Oly, thank you so much. X

Sandra totally surprised me as well! A sweet little box with three perfectly made gifts.

Can you believe this is not a photo of full size mistletoe?

Is it my imagination or can I really smell the spicy potpourri?

Sandra, they're wonderful, thank you so much! X

I've truly been amazed by the generosity of my friends and feel thoroughly spoilt. Now I have to try to find somewhere for all my new miniatures to live - that's a problem I'll enjoy solving!

A Gift for my Blogger Friends.

This will be my last post before Christmas as I now have a lot to do in the real world!
I sincerely give thanks to each and every one of you who loyally follow this blog and have become friends even though we have never met. You make everything worth while.
It's lovely to know you're out there and unbelievably interested in what I make and say!
Here is a small Christmas gift from me to you. It's a file for you to print and make two Christmas Display Boxes like these.

Just click here to download the PDF. It's something new I'm trying, I hope it works.......
Christmas Display Boxes
Merry Christmas to you all and a Happy 2012!

All in a Day's Work

When making miniatures there isn't much to show for a day's work.
Last night I designed some boxes to hold perfume. Today I put them together and made the perfume bottles - that's it!
The amount of mess I had on my table was horrendous!
This is the end result.

They each have a matching gift tag and greetings card.

I hope you have a good mini weekend.