Kaisa's Birthday Swap - Rosella

I'm sure you have heard that Kaisa organised a birthday swap for this year.
Rosella had the first birthday, in February and Kaisa has now posted photos of all the gifts.
Although everyone shipped their gifts in good time, so far only half have arrived.
These are what I sent to Rosella on 23rd January. She is still waiting for their arrival.

The late gifts will hopefully help to extend Rosella's birthday celebrations.
If you are having a birthday this week, Many Happy Returns to You!

Cushions Again!

I just can't keep away from cushions. I've managed to make 40 cushions this past week and got some orders together as well. Here are a few of them.
These are all cake related - yum!

These are trimmed with pink

These are trimmed with blue

I always seem drawn back to cushions! I love making them and in return they make such a difference to a scene.
I hope your weekend was better than mine; I had migraine-again, I hope it wasn't the cushions!

Underwear Stand for the Ladies Shop

I've always admired Marlies tiny creations especially her underwear. I bought some from her a few months ago but didn't have anything in the Ladies Shop to display it properly - until now!
Last night I made this stand and today I made the hangers.

 I've given each style of undies a name.

On the bottom of the stand sit a pretty pair of slippers that Marlies sent me to match the Sylvie set.

On top of the stand is one of Marlies corset sets and with such a pretty box.

Now I need more underwear so I made a set - not so easy as you might think!

Bras are really tricky to make but panties are a bit easier. I made these three a few years ago, they finally have a home!

Now I have the stand I need even more pretty underwear to fill it.

The secret to making the stand - Plastic lid from butter or similar.
Cut the lid in half.

 Cut the edge from one half

Draw round the shape onto mountboard or thin wood and glue the edge round it.

This will be the top as the edging forms a ridge and stops the hangers from slipping off.
Paint the other half of the butter lid white, this will be the bottom.
Cut a piece of thicker (approx. 1/4" thick) foam core or wood the width of the lid by 4 1/2" high for the back. Glue the three pieces in place and hold in place using books or something similar to keep the stand square until it's completely dry..
I used Tacky Glue but any you prefer will work. This is not strong enough for children to play with.
I hope this might be useful.

Boxed Cupcakes

I'm not a good cake maker in real life. When my children were small I amused them by hurling some sponges I'd made down the garden like frizbies! They were too hard for us to eat, they bounced on the grass and remained there for days because even the birds refused to eat them.
Now I make smaller cakes. Smaller cakes = smaller disasters. I tried some new cream and made loads. I filled my boxes and they started to look ok to me.

Last night I put them on Etsy and they were sold within 15 minutes! I'm a happy bunny and shall stick to my motto 'Make It Small'!
I hope you're enjoying the weekend.

Cushions Galore!

Wow, there is life after cushions!
Today I had a break from them and made some more cupcakes, just for a change.
The popularity of my cushions took me unawares and my little Etsy shop has been bursting with customers.
Originally I opened my Etsy shop to sell the excess miniatures I make that I can't use myself but now I get so many orders for more and more cushions I don't get time to make anything else!

 It could be said that I'm a victim of my success - ha ha!
I'm really not complaining, I'm amazed and so happy of course that people love my cushions but now I really don't want to make any more for a while.
So, although I'm not the best at Fimo I've made a million cupcakes and I've found some new stuff that makes fairly good icing. Hopefully they'll be good enough to show you. Meanwhile here are some more cushions!