I am starting a new project and hesitate about what it's going to be. I have a some furniture collected and want to put them together in a new roombox. First is this book case. I made all the books. I cut pieces of card boards and covered them with pieces of leather. The titles are cut from magazines newspapers, etc. I made the ceramic pot and fimo plant. The statue knew better days as a pendant to a bead necklace from Egypt owned by a friend of mine. It fell and broke down so I inherited it, made it a base to stand on and placed it here.
The rug was bought on a holiday in Anatalia, Turkey. The armchair is nice enough but I am not so sure about the chair and the desk is too short. I'll have to do something about it. Maybe lift the top a bit...
This is going to keep me busy for a while. I'll need pictures for the walls, table lamps, more plants, a dog, inkpot and feather, a blotter.... It's going to be a lot of fun. altogether.
I am the lucky winner of Karina's, http://the-mouse-mansion.blogspot.com/ wonderful giveaway. I really am delighted with this prize. I am a great admirer of Karina's fantastic work and an autographed book by her is something I shall treasure. Thank you Karina.
I am honored to receive this award from Eloisa - http://heloise-minimundo.blogspot.com/ I want to share it with all you, miniatures bloggers. I believe each and every one of you deserves this award for sharing, inspiring and, most of all, caring. Thank you Eloisa.
I have to thank our dear Caterina - le minis di Cockerina, for organizing the Summer Swaps. Here are photos from what I received from Maria - http://prettythingsireland.blogspot.com/
The photos, now that I look at them, do not give enough credit to Maria's wonderful work. The dress and hat are so dainty and summery, beautiful colours too. The picnic basket full of delicious food, wine, sodas, cheeses, salad, cakes and cookies, fruit.... and mostly hand made by Maria. Thank you so much Maria, I'll treasure everything you made.
I sent my Summer Swap to Ingrid, in Belgium. I'm afraid mine was not a big one. I do hope Ingrid liked it. Here is a photo.
Thank you Caterina for arranging all this. I am truly grateful to you.
I have new followers to welcome. One of them from a new country to my blog Viva Argentina!!
I am so happy!!! I would never, even in my wildest dreams, think that 200 wonderful people, all sharing my hobby, will be interested in my blog. Bringing into account the fact that I am blogging in, what for me is a, foreign language, it is quite an achievement. Little by little I'm getting acquainted with the secrets of my computer, my camera and the still to be repaired printer. Sweet Jennifer Rydall, helped me with the side-bar business for which I am ever grateful to you Jenny. I am ever so grateful and thank you all from the bottom of my heart.
Before I go on to the giveaway part, to celebrate this special occasion, I have to welcome my new followers with a wide warm hug:
This is my giveaway scheduled for 30 September. The rules to participate in the draw are as usual: 1. Be a follower to my blog. 2. Make a comment in this post. 3. Only if you want to, put an announcement about it in your blog. If you do so and win, I'll add a surprise item to this giveaway.
I made all the items in this giveaway, except the planting pot. The geranium plant is my work. It's 1/12" size. Good luck!
The hardest part was making the box which, now I look at it, is not too bad. The back and the floor are made of plywood. The walls and ceiling are made of foam core, framed with my faithful 1/4" square wooden strips. I made the furniture, the geraniums and climbing plants. The rest of the plants, as I already mentioned before are gifts from Susi and Neomi.
This project is an inspiration from a video clip with background scenery of places in Greek islands, accompanied by the beautiful, soothing voice of Greek Nana Mouskouri singing a lovely song called "A Place in my Heart"
I was able to locate a store where I found the wooden (bamboo) cocktail forks. They are not as fine as the ones Mary sent me from USA, less curves, but they served well enough for the railings I wanted. It's a store that sells disposable party plates. It is also a place where you can find minis. I want more climbing plants for the walls, as well as hang on them a few decorative pieces. Also there is still the ceiling that needs to be cut and glued on. On the whole it will be one project I am going to complete within a few days.
By the way, my printer is still dead. I just let a photographer's shop do the background for me and it was really expensive. I would have prefered to make several and try to see which was best suitable for this scene. To repair the printer will cost nearly as much as buying a new one. I realize that the price of a new printer is not high. Manufacturers make more money by selling the inks. These are expensive.
