More Needle Felted Critters

I am really enjoying needle felting.  I think that I will be making some Christmas ornaments later this year with my wool.  For now though, I am enjoying making these miniature bunnies, owls, teddy bears, etc. I placed these items on my 1:12 scale book shelf (I made this myself a while ago) with my 1:12 scale books and vase of flowers so that you can get an idea of scale.

I am going to put some of these in my Zibbet shop.  If you think of anything I can make (custom orders) to give as gifts, let me know!

Happy Healthy Valentines Day

I so wanted to make valentine cake pops or cookies for my daughter's class as it was my turn to provide snacks for this event.  However, the school has a healthy snack initiative and cake pops or cookies do not fall in line with that.  I wracked my brain to come up with something that I would be able to play up creatively, yet still be healthy.  I finally came up with fancy cups of jello and yogurt.  I knew these little plastic wine glasses were at the dollar store and with a little ribbon around each one - voila - makes this snack a little more special.

TINY Needle Felted Penguin

Another craft that seems to be taking off lately is Needle Felting.  Even the miniature world is doing it.  So of course, I wanted to try it.  I finally found a small beginner kit that did not break the bank, so made my first penguin the size suggested in the kit.  There was enough to make a few penguins, so I decided to see how small I could make one.
I think this is pretty small and pretty cute, myself :)  I am not sure if I will be selling it, or adding it to one of the beds in my Fairy Dollhouse......

Valentine's Earrings

I have been wanting to turn some of my 1:12 scale miniature cookies into earring studs for quite some time.  I finally found a place to get surgical steel earring posts and rubber earring buds.  My first cookie earrings will be posted in my Zibbet store as soon as possible.

Valentine's Themed Cake Pops

I taught a card class for several children and the hostess also asked for a dozen cake pops.  This is the second time I have been paid to make cake pops!  It would be great to be able to do more orders for the various special events in a year.
Enjoy!

Valentines Miniatures

Between making cake pops and creating card kits for the class I taught yesterday, I managed to do a little bit of miniature work for Valentine's Day.  I hope to post these in my Zibbet store a.s.a.p.

Miniature leather look books

I have met some wonderful miniaturists through various blogs, and this lady is no exception.  She emailed me a tutorial on how to get this look in a miniature book without having to resort to figuring out how to get pieces of leather thin enough to be closer to scale.  The brown ones are 1:12 scale and open with blank pages (I bound these pages myself using the longstitch binding method).  I aged the pages using coffee/water and my embossing heater (when drying the pages, if you hold the paper in one spot for a few seconds the pages start to burn a little bit).
The blue one is 1:24 scale, but is not bound the same way.  This ones looks like it could open, but it doesn't.
If you get a chance visit Nikki over at Witch and Wizard Miniatures - she is the one who showed me how to do the covers of these books.