Alex Meiklejohn pottery

To be honest, I had never heard of this wonderful craftsman, but then , that goes for many more excellent makers who live across the pond and do appear in Chicago or other shows ( tip: if you want to discover makers you  have never heard of, browse the websites of shows as much as you can !!!)

Anywya, this guy's work was discussed some weeks ago in CAMP and so I got curious, as his work was highly spoken of. So off I went  to SP miniatures ( although f.i. Swan House miniatures also sell his work, as does Holly) .

My order came in yesterday and yes, the pottery is DELIGHTFUL !!!

Alex sure can use the sales , as he has some financial troubles right now ( not due to his own fault), so if anyone gets greedy from these pics, please don't hold back....:-)

The rack has been homed ,too!

Finally I was able to place my rack full of cheat-pickles into the scullery into the Kendrew House. As you can see, I  need to make a larder for it , the servants  now have too easily access, methinks. Still, all in all, the scullery/pantry is a lively place, don't you think?

A new pet for the mousehouse

Recently I saw a heart-tugging little fellow by Bridget McCarthy....The lovely trellis was made by Sue Thwaite ( Lady Bug) ( this pic was taken by Bridget)

he looked so sad and lonely that I decided to rehome him!!

He arrived VERY fast, thank you Bridget !! and today he was ready to move  to his own home, which is next to my critter house

Emm, STILL a bit lonely, I thought, so the neighbours' kid, a guinea pig has gone out to keep him company. Although I don't quite know as yet whether this is going to work...little Hedgehog is hardly bigger than a kitty kibble and Tiffany might try whether he is  tasty. And whatever she decides about that, he will be gone :-(

Later, one of the meecekids came to check out the newcomer, as well....

Been pickling again, rack is nearly full now!

And of course I cheated...

I took a lemon cane from Angie Scarr and pickled the lemons ( yellow colored scenic water),
and did the same with orange slices (right lower corner)..

Then I started cheating even worse :
I painted ( with glass paint) little jars and bottles which gave me honey and vinegar:

Then I painted the outside of jars with red glass paint, filled the jars with ordinary Scenic water, used some more canes and came up with strawberries in juice;
then did the same with big jars, painted them on the outside with olive-green translucent glasspaint and filled them with more Angie Scarr slice, being gherkins/pickles!

Unfortunately I made a mess of trying to cover the bottles with gingham, as I had planned. It simply would NOT happen, so I have given up .

Some new slippers made

Whew, this was something ! Stitching is here always the easy part, as anyone who has tried to make them can testify...:-)
These were made for a friend and on their way now. I hope she will like them.
The kit/chart can be bought from microstitchery , it was stitched on 40 hpi silk gauze with vulgar DMC :-)

Here she is again

My lovely sweet little lady!

I had taken some other pics of Fluffy and her in a wrestling match, but then the batteries of that camera died on me.Have to reload before I can post them or wait for another wrestling match :-(
This really is a  nice warm place to stretch out, since the radiator is nearly cooking beneath her !

Dutch version ready to go

Some people asked me about a Dutch version of my humble booklet on the mouse house. It came today ( Blurb is fantastically fast )

If you read Dutch , you can read it here .

The English version can  be viewed here