What is a Friend?

Friends enjoy each other's company, they help, encourage and share laughs. They are generous, grateful, dependable and appreciative. Oly and I were all of these today!
We went to the 2nd Andalucia Miniatures Fair in Fuengirola where we encouraged each other to buy the things we knew we really shouldn't but wanted anyway, helped make important decisions like whether we needed just another doll or not, depended on our friend to look after our bags when we went to the 'ladies', laughed like naughty children when we knew we'd spent too much money but didn't care, I drove and Oly generously bought lunch. We appreciate the advise on matters like whether we want something in pink, blue or both but most of all we are grateful to have a like minded, kind friend to spend a happy day doing what we both love so much - miniatures.
Here is a photo of Oly and me at the fair.

Ha ha! I couldn't resist these little girls from Eli of www.ooakminis.blogspot.com they have leather shoes, sweet dresses and so much character! They don't look like friends though, do they?
I'll post more photos later, I hope you're all enjoying your weekend as much as me!

Patchwork... and Bird Sand!

My friend popped in this morning and I was able to show her the patchwork of tiny hexagons I've finished at last. I mounted it on a cover as I didn't want to make any more little hexagons, they really are too small and fiddly.

Later, in the garden I was busying myself at the table, my husband walked by, opened his mouth as if to ask a question, closed his mouth, shook his head and walked on. He knows me well and has come to understand that any strange thing I might be doing is connected to miniatures.
Why else would I have a table filled with plastic boxes, kitchen sieves of different grades and a plastic spoon? I was happily sieving bird-cage sand of course!
Now I have a small container of 'large' pieces and two tubs of fine sand. (One for my friend, as always).

Next weekend is the dollshouse and miniatures fair in Fuingorola, Malaga! Today we spoke of little else, very excited!

Swap with Kaisa

Back in March I showed you the fabulous sofa-bed Kaisa made me. My part of the swap was to make bedding for her own sofa-bed. Kaisa has now received it and so I will show you what I made her and how it looks on the bed she made me.

 Thank you, Kaisa for this lovely swap and all the nice things you said about my bedding. Now I have to make another set for me and I can't decide whether to make the same - or different - if only real life problems were this simple! Ha ha!

Spanish Groceries

For a few weeks now, I've been working on a patchwork made with minute hexagons which is fine to do outside in the sunshine but during the evening when the light is not so perfect I like to play on my computer and design some boxes. This weekend I made these for my shopping basket, all  from  groceries bought here in Spain.

If you like them and want to make some for yourself I have prepared a downloadable PDF file.
Followers of my blog send me your email address and I will email you a copy, for personal use. There are lots on the sheet so you can make plenty for your shop or to share with your friends but please don't sell the sheet or the finished boxes.
Have a good week!

Birthday Tea and Easter Greetings!

The beginning of April is a special time for our family as my daughter celebrates her birthday! This year her husband treated her (and himself) to an extravagant tea in a London hotel where they ate cake until they giggled because they felt so sick! I have made a small scale birthday tea for my lovely daughter.

The beautiful tulips by Cristina - www.etsy.com/people/fortunateislandsmini

I also made some Easter lemon bunny slices and then got completely carried away with Easter and made a whole range of goodies.

Easter Cakes, Chocolate Teddies, and bags of Mini Eggs  
Lemon Slices topped with Bunnies, Chocolate Teddy and a Maggie Mae Easter Egg!
'Maggie Mae' is a special little girl I know xx

Easter Chick Cake

Happy Easter everyone, watch out for the Easter Bunny and don't make yourself sick eating all that chocolate!