Interesting

I thought that I would share a few things that I have found interesting lately.   I hope that you find them interesting also.

First are Pill Pockets    These have made our lives so much easier.   Our cat has been very difficult to get medicine into.  We had tried everything, liquid, pills, mixing with food, hiding in soft treats and nothing worked.

The last time we were at the vets they gave us these pill pockets, they are very soft, tube shaped treats that you put pills or capsules into. Our cat loves them, he just gobbles them up. They are very easy to use, they feel like very soft clay.

Second is   http://incompetech.com/graphpaper/  ,  it’s a free site that allows you to create and print your own graph papers. You can make lots of custom graphs. I like to make and use some with 8 and some with 12 squares per inch.   I’ve also used the hexagonal and polar to help plan and draw out ideas and projects.

Third is a posting on a craft forum of polymer clay creations,  miniature designer handbags at   http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=380869.0    I just think these are so cute and so well done, I thought that you might like seeing them also.



Thanks for visiting, Mary

So Excited

I just read Kathi's   post, she put up pictures of the finished ponds that she has made for the PIF swap. They are so beautiful, I’m so glad that I joined in. 

Kathi  always puts so much attention and energy into each project.  I always enjoy watching them come together and I’m not surprised that so many others  (401 followers) enjoy watching her work also.

I still need 3 more people to join my PIF swap.  I’m working on special gifts for Drora and Rachel now.   If you would like me to send you a gift also, go to my posting about the PIF swap and follow the rules.

Rachel if you would please email me your address so that I can send your gift.  If all goes well I will have your gift ready next week.

I'm still not able to comment, it's getting very frustrating.  I hope that they fix this soon.


Thanks 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

Blogger Problem

I have not been able to comment on anyone's blogs because blogger will not keep me logged in when I go to the blogs.  It seems like lots of others are having similar issues.  I'm getting frustrated,  I can't count how many times I have logged in, in the last 24 hrs.  If you are having the same problem you can't leave a comment to let me know. 

Never As Simple As It Seemed

First I finally finished Jaynie’s chair. First I stained the feet and didn’t like how they looked. Then I painted them, glued them on and they just were not right. So I searched through my wooden beads found some that got glued to the chair. Now Jaynie’s happy.

Second, I started working on a hutch. First I took it apart a bit, I took the draw front off. While I was doing that the top section came apart from the bottom so I figured that it would probably be easier to handle that way.

 I sanded it a bit to round and soften some of the edges. I started painting with a light wash of a cream color (Apple Barrel -Vanilla). I wanted the wood grain to still show through a little. I put on a few layers, some parts took more than others to make them look even. Then I painted the top,  bottom and the draw front a sage green.

I like the colors so far, it still needs some touch ups. (Don’t look too close.) I still need to paint the counter shelf, I’m thinking a darker green, I may try marbling it (using Casey’s chest top as inspiration). I’m also going to try to build a working draw and I think that I may also add feet. What do you think so far?

Thanks for visiting, Mary

Good Intensions

I swear I really meant to post every couple of days and show you lots of pictures of things I’m working on. I could list lots of reasons (or excuses, depending on how you look at it), I don’t want to do that. I am going to ask you to please bear with me. Hopefully I will be able to actually keep up with my intensions soon.

Thanks for visiting, Mary

I Have a Confession

I’m a sorter, my husband says that it’s a real problem.  I love buying mixed packages of all kinds of things, but I can’t just leave them all mixed together. A while ago Casey of  http://caseymini.blogspot.com/2011/02/this-that-and-other-thing.html  
showed a bag of tiny polished pebbles that she bought at Walmart. So my next visit I looked for them, found them, bought them, brought them home and sorted them.
 
There were lots of greens, browns, yellows and whites, and a few in bright colors. I found that there were some nice little round stones, this is what I did with them.

Have you lost your marbles lately?

There are also some tiny little egg shapes that I will put aside. You never know, I may make a teeny tiny Easter basket or something some day.

I started working on one of the Michael's hutches, not much to show yet, but will be soon.


Thanks for visiting, Mary

BTW   I can't figure out why the text is different sizes,  spaces got added and taken
         away and   things  got  all  jumbled up.  I fixed things the best I know how.