I found a vase in my stash

PERFECT for those wonderful lilies made by Pim !! It was made by Leo Reijnders who sells lovely glassware ( handblown) at the fairs in Apeldoorn and Rheda.

Look pretty good, huh?

Again : the Miniature Online Show

 In March , the Online Miniature Show was held again ( basically a show, but online). It is organized by Shelly Norris and one of the great things is that you can find things there by artisans whom you did not know, or whose work you could never buy another way. There are others, too, who are present on the web, like Wendy's Miniatures . One of her most original lines is the fossile/stone part.

That triangular thing is a mosasaur tooth.....:-) I did not google it as yet. It will be great in my Four Candle Shop , I think!!

Those tiny things in front are shells...You can see it when you have them in front of you, a magnifier may be of help .

And then there was Pimsiri Sukkerd from Thailand, dealing as Bee Tree Miniatures. She makes the most amazing porcelain and cold porcelain things!! She has no website ,( 20-April )EDIT SHE HAS A WEBSITE !!!!  Looks and see what this gal makes, it is GREAT !!!

Alice's rabbit done

I had a busy day today , mostly boring household chores, I am afraid. But I had finally puzzled out how to dress my Alice in Wonderland rabbit. I went to the hobbyshop and bought some textile pens ( they are heat-setting) and simply drew the design onto white lawn. Of course, reularly dressing dolls, I always have that in my stash.

With the help of the pleater I made an Elizabethan collar . I had wanted to give him a trumpet,too, but the ones I had bought for him were too big, so he will have to do without. Still  , he looks a reasonably happy guy ( in spite of my obvious mistake in making him up :-) )

Fair Apeldoorn April 2013

Sooooo, I am back from the Apeldoorn fair. The weather was lovely, the fair rather quiet. I do hope that the sellers did sell enough to make it worth their while, though.

My loot this time !

I bought a (pre-ordered) Jugendstil ( Art Nouveau) shop from Micropalacio , a German builder whom I saw for the first time. I loved this shop when I saw it on his website. It had to be slightly shallower, though, as it was too deep for my windowsill. My cats do sunbathing big time on these roomboxes, so you can imagine what would happen if it were wider...

Here it is !

Yes, you can also buy it as a kit, but I am not much of a builder...

And I fell for this lovely set of dolls by Christa Chayata .....

Of course I needed some Alice in Wonderland books and some others, too ( Dateman Books)

Found some Crafty cats files

And decided to go ( finally ) for that lovely chatelaine I had been seeing for years at Jens Torp's stand !!!!

 (I nicked the picture from his site, my photos were horrid.....)

Aaaaand errrr, well, you know I am an avid fan of Georgia Marfels....



blackbirds...

rack of meat, boiling salamander ( I am afraid)

nasty stuff...

Demonstration by angry rats ( AGAINST !! STOP !!)

One rat pondering whether he will join the demo

Nasty mushroom

Little green devil

wasps and flies

I also bought some dollstands ( the clear acrylic ones and some other smaller things and some well made frames , nice for framing samplers and the like .

All in all a satisfactory day !!

White rabbit for Alice

Today I finished putting the White Rabbit together for Alice in Wonderland. As you can see, I am definitely not a gal for making miniature animals :-( . It is not the kit maker's fault, somehow it won't work for me, apparently ).
The kit was made up by Emily Farmer . there is  a frustratingly better looking prototype at her website...

He will get dressed, an Elizabethan collar and some card-themed jacket. In case anybody has a  good idea , please suggest ! Not printies, though, my printer ink fades fast !

Bookbox

I have started to make a  little roombox for an Alice in Wonderland project. The box is from Dolls House Emporium .

here is what I have done so far ... Not much, but there is a  little white rabbit that I hope to make soon now, and I have selected a doll to dress as Alice .

A big box of surprises !!!

I am gobsmacked.

This week I received a box from my lovely friend Shelly Hawley-Yan in Canada. shelly is an avid animal lover and does lot of rescue work ( last post mentioned she is rehabilitating a goldfinch :-) ) , all kinds of animals, and , of course cats/lkitten/dogs. I often do wish I were her neighbour, would be hanging out there all day helping out.

Back to the box. It contained so much I could not, at first, take it all in !! This morning was the first time I had to photograph everything . A BIG lot of pics to follow !!!

First I wanrt to show you this wonderful drawing ( pen and watercolors) she made of Floris, my little brave kitty who died 1 1/2 years ago.

It is fantastic ,each time I look at it I see him back, looking this charasteristic way.

she included a miniversion...

And lots of other things like :

very small kitty portraits

lovely paintings...

minikittybowls

a kitty doll !!!

A kitty charm and some kitty buttons :-)

kitty books...

and even a porcelain kitty

very small kitty vases ( porcelain)

Since we are both petit pointers ( Shelly designs wonderful things) she understands the need for nice sharp scissors. I love nice sharp scissors! Am always on the lookout for them.

A ( cat decorated ) magneto comes in veryy handy when you loose the small needle and it must be somewhere. sometimes you can actually see it, but can't pick it up.  But it can also simply hold needles.

A very nice halfscale kit... I think it will come in handy in my meece house :-)

Part of all these lovely gifts were packed in these two (RL) containers:

and it all came with a very sweet message , written on this card :

Can you imagine I am really gobsmacked ?

Thank you so much Shelly !

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