Give-Away Gifts to Jennifer and Faby

Jennifer and Faby   have show both received their gifts that they won in my last give-away so I can show  you my pictures. 

First for Jennifer I made a few books and book marks.

I added a few pages with pictures of cupcakes to the cookbook, I know that Sophie and Flossy enjoy baking and like cupcakes.

I also made a journal with blank pages, 2 pens, a romance paperback and included 2 silver frames, that can also be used as trays.

I also sent a few porcelain vase beads. I added a bit of plastic plant in one. I didn't glue it, it can be changed if wanted.

Jennifer let me know that she likes red, so I included a piece of red lace that I think would make a lovely bed spread. I left it unfinished so that Jennifer can use it as she likes.

I sent both Faby and Jennifer an assortment of veggies, I only took a picture of one, they were very much alike.

carrots
peeled carrots
sliced carrots
carrot peels
potatoes
peeled potatoes
cut potatoes
potato peels
opened baked potatoes
green beans
and some pats of butter

I sent Faby a few books, the stone vase with flowers that she let me know she liked and a vase with plants.

I made 2 special journals for Faby with
'Il Mio Diario' (My Journal) on the spines.

Also 2 pens, bookmarks, 2 silver frames and a romance paperback.

And 4 small plastic chairs.

Just before I packaged up their gifts I made some bathroom brushes and necklaces so I added these also.  The ones on the left to Jennifer and right for Faby.


I'm trying to make a brush holder but have not figured it out, yet.



I didn't take pictures of the clamps that I sent to both and some how missed the baby bottles that I included in Jennifer's package,  you can see more pictures on Jennifer's and Faby's  blogs.

I'm so happy that they liked these gifts that I sent them in my mother's honor, I can imagine my mom smiling.

I used the tutorial from Bruita's minis blog as a guide to make the pens.
If you try your hand at making these, for a more realistic look, use opaque bugle and seed beads, not translucent. I used plain white glue and it seems to have held fine.

I used the tutorial from Joanne's minis blog  for the bathroom brush.  If you don't know Joanne's blog you need to go visit, you will find many great tips, ideas, tutorials and projects, including a weekly trash-to-treasures tutorial.

The paperback was made from a printie but I don't know from where.  If I find it I'll add a link.

If you're looking for tutorials and printies remember to visit my other blog M's Lists , it now has over 1,000 links to tutorials and I'm still updating and adding more.

Please let me know what you like so that I'll be ready if you win my next give away that I plan to do soon.


Thank you for visiting, Mary

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Jaynie put on some bits of green to celebrate the day, little sequins earrings, a shamrock necklace, an elastic bracelet and a green carnation.



I've been playing with the basic Paint program on my computer, cutting, pasting and resizing scrapbook paper images to make book covers.

This is the easiest one that I put together.  Just resized a striped paper into a thin strip for the spine, pasted it onto a rectangle, picked a color from the strip and filled it in.

It's fairly simple but I think that it makes a nice looking book.

Here are some of the books that I finished for Jaynie. 

I have a lot more cutting, folding and pasting to do.

This is Jaynie's favorite, a journal



(ignore my fingers, it was hard to get at the right angle to photograph)

with pages that she can write on.

I cut the pages from the bound edge of a pad.











Thank you for visiting, Mary

It’s All Bits And Pieces

I thought I would show you some of the mini things that I’ve collected over the years, some I got over 20 years ago.   I have more somewhere, these are just some that I could find right now.  I don't remember where I got most of them.    The duck painting is one of my favorite  pieces,  I bought it at a miniature show about 15 years ago.  It is a real oil painting, painted with the tinies brushes imaginable.

Here are a few little things that I’ve made recently.

Playing with clay

A few Easter things

Some books, I know that I’ve made a lot more but some are not so well done and others are hiding somewhere.
 

And here are some things that I’ve bought more recently.

I found Jaynie in a package with a few other dolls and things on Ebay and my husband bought them for me.

Everything else here I found at a miniatures shop at a flea market not far from my home.  It’s the only place that I’ve found in my area that sells actual dollhouse things.   I love the details in the flowers and the cat.  I also bought a poinsettia, its packed with my Christmas decorations,  I’ll show you that another time.

BTW:  If you visit Bonnie at Mber Woods Dollhouses & Miniatures at the http://www.raynhamflea.com/   tell her that you read my blog and she will give you a discount.



Thanks for visiting,  Mary