1/12 scale toy push along dog

Hi all,

I have been a little quiet lately, it has been the first week of the summer holidays and been doing nothing much which has been very nice thank you ;o)

I have made a couple of minis.  The one I want to share today is a miniature toy push along dog. 

He is made using a pipe cleaner and felt body with leather ears and collar and bead eyes and nose.  The base is made from lollipop sticks and cocktail sticks with press studs for wheels . 

The whole thing is a little over 3cm tall and the wheels really go round.  Hope you like him.

Natalie

Kitchen utensil rack and utensils for my kitchen

Hi all,

I started off today a little uninspired but then came across a sketch I had made a while ago of a kitchen utensil rack to go into my continental style kitchen. 

I have seen copper tools for sale, but after a misadventure when trying to tarnish some mini copper pots (where I discovered that they were merely copper plated and my tarnishing stripped this leaving an unpleasant silver finish) I decided to have a go at making some for myself using some copper sheet I had bought from the local model shop ages ago.

I hope you like my finished rack and tools.  I am very pleased with it as I made everything from scratch.   

A fab blog!

Hi all,

check out this great blog: http://joannswansondiyminiatures.blogspot.com/
It has an online tutorial to make a potting bench and all the accessories.   

If you check out the older posts there are more tutorials. 

A really amazing miniaturist

Hi all,

I just found a seller on ebay who does really amazing fantasy dolls.  I have no afiliation to the seller, just thought you would like to see some great work.

Check out this link. http://www.etsy.com/shop/JoMed?ref=seller_info

Mini shelf unit

Hi all,

Today I started to feel very conscious that I hadn't posted for a while, I have been so busy with work recently, but the good news is only 12 working days till the summer holidays ;o).  I finaly finished this little shelf unit.  It is made using lollipop sticks.  Painted blue with a red roof then white over the top and sanded back. 

Hope you like it.....

Kitchen shelves

Hi all,

I thought I would show you the shelves I made for my kitchen roombox.  I made the brackets from the remainder of the plastic wrought iron piece I used as the worktop support.  They have been painted with black enamel paint and then dry brushed with gold plaid paint. 

The shelves have been painted with oak stain varnish so they are a similar colour to the worktop.

Kitchen roombox update

Hi all,

This afternoon I have done some more work on my kitchen roombox. 
I made some little handles for the cupboard simply by twisting some wire and used a finding to cover the hole where I pushed them into the doors.  I am really pleased with how they have turned out...

Then I painted a sandstone wash on the walls to make it look more like stone, then grubbied it up a little bit in places that would get a lot of wear or little cleaning using some green and brown. 
I put a dirty wash between the floor tiles but that made them look dull so I painted them with a coat of matt varnish which has brought out their colour. They do not look as shiny in real life as in the photo below (this is because of the flash on the camera). 

Finally I added my basin.  It is a cut down lid from a face wash bottle which has some peel off strips stuck on and has been painted with black enamel paint and then dry brushed with gold plaid to make it look like tarnished copper. 

I also put the finishing touches to 2 pieces I think I will use in the room box.

The first is a plate rack.  It is made from lollipop sticks and cocktail sticks and card.

and the second is a notice board.  This is made from lollipop sticks, card, fabric, embroidery floss and peel offs:

I hope you enjoyed looking at my project so far.  I will keep you updated with it as it progresses further.

Natalie

Kitchen Room Box Progress Report

Hi all,

This afternoon I have been working on my kitchen room box.  Last time I showed it to you it looked like this:

I have been quite busy as you can see from the picture below. 

Unfortunately the box warped a bit as it dried which made things more difficult as all my measurements were out but as you can see I have added a kitchen worktop and mini shelf with taps. My basin is still in progress.

Plus I have added the cupboard on the left.  This is made from a dresser which was 3 cupboards wide.  I dismantled it and then put it back together.  I would not recommend this. To say it was a nightmare is an understatement! Consequently only the middle 2 cupboards actually open. The wrought iron under the worktop is made from some plastic wrought iron pieces cut to size.  There were quite a few gaps around my cupboard so I filled it in with papier mache, will have to wait for that to dry before I can do any more but will keep you all updated. 

50 Followers - Draw Results

Thanks to everyone who left me such nice comments and entered the surprise draw. 

This morning as promised I put all the entries into a bowl and pulled out the winner

Congratulations to My Wee Life.  I hope you like the surprises in the picture below.......

..........a little handbag, 2 opening boxes and my newest make a little shabby chic coat rack picture. 

My Wee Life - Please send me your address so I can post you your prizes. 

The Big Five O

Hi all,
        I am so pleased that I have reached the grand total of 50 followers. So as a HUGE THANK YOU for all the encouraging comments I want to offer you all the chance to win a surprise mini present made by me. 

To enter the draw you must be a follower of my blog and you must leave a comment on this post.  I will choose a name at random on Sunday and post the winners name. 

Good Luck!