Neomi form neo-mini.blogspot came to visit me today. Neomi drove all the way, from the north of the country, to Rishon-Lezion, about 3 hours drive. This was a first reunion with a fellow miniaturist and blogger here in Israel. We spend a very pleasant time talking about what we liked most, about miniatures and we exchanged gifts. I was extremely happy to have a chance to meet Neomi. She's a lovely person and has an interesting blog. Being an art teacher she has some very original ideas. The two photos here show the beautiful gifts Neomi brought me.
This is a Petite Princess grandfather clock. The rug is a modern one, very pretty.
Above photo shows a purse made from a special glass bead created by a friend of Neomi, a glass artist, 3 very lifelike mini cacti which already found a home in the Greek terrace, a 1/24" beautifully decorated chocolate cake for my mini cafeteria and four icecream scoops.
Thank you Neomi!!!
reade more...
Résuméabuiyad
Made another chair and a little table. Also the flower pots stand. The 3 hyacinths pots, the cacti and the shells' stand are gifts from Susi of Mini Eden. These are the most delicate, lovely plants I have and I think they are will be best displayed in this scene.
I went out today, trying to buy wooden cocktail forks but couldn't find them. I need more as I want a wider balcony rail. I am in no hurry. My printer stopped working and I need a background picture of a sea.
There are so many projects waiting to be finished and when they will be, I really don't know where to put them. I hope you like what you see until now and am open to any suggestion and advice from you my friends.
reade more...
Résuméabuiyad
I was delighted to receive my PIF gifts from Rachel -
http://miniaturemaid.blogspot.com/At first I thought I would not be able to show them since I still have to learn how to use my new computer but with a little bit of struggle I managed to log them in. A beautiful corset (Photo doesn't show how really lovely and delicate it is, two delicious cakes, a lovely hat suitable for a royal wedding and a hand stitched rug. The corset, hat and rug will go straight inside my sewing room. The cakes will go to my candy shop.
Thank you Rachel! I am so fortunate in having you as my friend.
A warm welcome to my new followers
Elian Martins - Terra dos Gigantes
Robin Britton (No blog located)
Las Manos de Sca
Minteriors - Pie-in-the-Sky
Terefer - Secretos en el aire
Signando con el Corazon
reade more...
Résuméabuiyad
Here are some new finds discovered after some thorough rummaging.
Prehistoric animals toys at one NS each. A tiny "Hamse" (A Middle East Talisman - keeps evil away) and best of all, I just couldn't believe my eyes, a complete miniature Psalms book, in Hebrew, the original language of the Holy Bible.
Religious people always travel with the book of Psalms and say prayers for a safe voyage. They also do so when a member of the family or a friend is sick or in trouble.
It is still very hot here. Why is it that we don't remember how it was before and always think that now is the hottest summer?
I wish you a lovely weekend.
reade more...
Résuméabuiyad
In my previous post, I showed, among the gifts received from my most generous friend Mary of
M's Minis and More, a few bamboo cocktail forks. These came at a very fortunate time. I am planning a Greek island scene for the chairs, on a balcony facing the sea. (As soon as my printer is fixed, I'll print out a background sea view picture.) Here is a balcony railing made from those forks.
You can also see my experiments in making geraniums plants. Slowly this project is getting along.
With these cocktail forks a lot of things can be created. I have more plans for the forks and believe I know where to find them locally.
Next post I'll show you new finds from the shekel store (one Israeli Shekel is about 30 US cents)
reade more...
Résuméabuiyad
Mary's Pay It Forward 2011 gifts arrived yesterday and I have no words enough to express how delighted I am. Mary just recently started blogging and has a very nice blog - http://msminisandmore.blogspot.com/
Baskets full of cloth material, cut green beans for the freezer, beautiful candles, bread and butter on a serving plate and molds for Fimo work.
Mary knows my passion for beads. Here are a variety of lovely beads she sent me. The blue glass one is really precious and so are the silver photo frames. There is also a paper weight and a soap bar.
Decals, beads that can serve as lamps, wooden cocktail forks that I already know what I'll use them for and a large variety of jewelry findings.
This are the jewelry findings. There was also more cloth materials, a bag of white narrow silk ribbons, a bag full of tiny rubber bands and lots of small and tiny sized plastic zip bags which are difficult to find here.
Thank you Mary!!!
reade more...
Résuméabuiyad
I promised a very nice lady follower to show how to weave a chair. It is really very simple if you follow the drawing.
You will need to make a chair with a hollow seat. See photos attached
To make the chair you need 1/4" square wooden strips cut as follows:
2 x 9 cm long
2 x 4 cm long
10 x 3.7 cm long
3 fancy tooth picks
Glue together as shown in the photos
Now you are ready for the weaving but you need to paint or stain first. After the paint is completely dry you can start weaving, using the chart in the photo.
I use regular crochet cotton with a wool needle. I use two threads because the cotton I have is not thick enough. If the threads are not long enough you add more and hide the loose ends beneath the seat.
I used a regular pencil sharpener to slightly shape the top ends of the chair. I am really pleased with the result this time and going to make another chair and maybe a little table for a Greek Island kind of scene. I shall need Geranium pots, etc. Nice to have plans.
reade more...
Résuméabuiyad
