tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83294029762535865662024-03-13T03:03:44.832-07:00linsminiartformThe art of creating miniature 12th scale foodslinsminishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07880547033378762602noreply@blogger.comBlogger235125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329402976253586566.post-2682338050263953832014-08-26T03:23:00.000-07:002014-08-26T03:23:11.864-07:00A Hectic Summer!I just cannot believe that my last blog entry was in March & here we are at the end of August....where does the time go?<br />
I know exactly where it's gone this year! 6 weeks was spent in Al Ain, UAE, part good fun playing with my 2 year old granddaughter Esmée & part not such fun, looking after her Mum who, being pregnant with twins, was suffering severe Hyperemesis Gravidarum. The poor soul couldn't move out of bed without vomitting & was hospitalised for some time for meds & rehydration. Thankfully she has improved dramatically & although still nauseous, can at least function now!<br />
That took care of June & after a couple of weeks desperately trying to catch up on commission work that had awaited my return, in between working in the garden as the weather has been so good, the whole family arrived for the summer!<br />
At one time there were 12 of us in the house...can you imagine the chaos! Sadly, now, Brie & her baby, Rosa, have returned to London, Kim, Tom & Esmée back to the desert & tomorrow the final 5 leave for home. Things are going to be very quiet round here (once I've "mucked out" & changed all the beds!) & all I need is for the weather to be bad so that instead of working in the garden, I can do some serious mini work!<br />
To my amazement, I have managed to complete a few pieces in amongst all this chaos & even completed a commission for a lady who has been waiting since December...<br />
Thank you everyone who is patiently waiting for work to be finished, I promise, very soon I'll be able to get it done....assuming, that is, that the twins in the desert don't decide to make an early appearance, because, if they do, guess who'll be on the next flight to help out!!<br />
<br />Here are some of the few pieces I have managed to complete over all these weeks!<br />
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<br />linsminishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07880547033378762602noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329402976253586566.post-72421806236257300262014-03-03T05:12:00.001-08:002014-03-03T07:57:48.472-08:00Remember those Portuguese dishes....Remember the Portuguese dishes I made for a commission some time ago? At long last I have actually had the time to fill some of them & here they are.....I don't think that the fillings have detracted too much from the decoration of the bowls.....do you?!<br />
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<br />linsminishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07880547033378762602noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329402976253586566.post-786694975583184542014-02-10T04:53:00.003-08:002014-02-10T04:53:57.137-08:00Escaping the relentless rain!This time tomorrow I'll be in the air heading out to the heat of the desert! At least I hope it's going to be hot, the forecast for Wednesday in Al Ain is a mere 19C & guess what...yes...RAIN! At least that rain is going to be a whole lot warmer than the rain here in good old NE England!<br />
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I still have quite a long list of commissioned works to get done (not to mention filling the Portuguese dishes!) but as my middle daughter is due to give birth in March & will need my services as nurse, nanny, cleaner & chef, I thought I'd better fit in a visit to the youngest now! That's my excuse anyway & I'm sticking to it!<br />
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I have actually been organised enough this time to get several pieces ready & scheduled to pop up on eBay to finish when I get home! Amazingly unlike me! Here they are & I hope you like them!<br />
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Someone has been making spaghetti bolognese & left the pans in a dirty heap!<br />
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Italian breads!<br />
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Fruit bowl<br />
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Tomato & basil breadlinsminishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07880547033378762602noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329402976253586566.post-60361657112306426162014-01-26T05:17:00.001-08:002014-01-26T05:17:51.693-08:00Portuguese dishes!I love nothing better than a challenge....I face one every day living with my hubby! :-)<br />
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This, though, was a challenge I really enjoyed...I needed some typical Portuguese dishes for a commission for a good mini friend, so decided to have a go myself!<br />
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I'm really quite pleased with the way they have turned out, it seems a shame to fill them with food!linsminishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07880547033378762602noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329402976253586566.post-89624750295445685272014-01-16T09:07:00.000-08:002014-01-16T09:07:17.454-08:00A Bread Shortage?There's certainly no shortage of bread in my mini workshop right now! It seemed that, once I started making a few breads, they multiplied & kept on multiplying.....I couldn't seem to stop making them. They are all hand sculpted too as I am absolutely hopeless with moulds of any kind & have been known to waste a whole tub of silicon mould trying to get a useable mould from my original piece! In the time I wasted trying, I could've made a dozen freehand!<br />
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These are just half of the loaves I've been making over the last couple of days.....it all started because I wanted to make an "overfilled baker's rack" for my good friend Marlene to auction in the next fundraising auction in Feb (she has been diagnosed with lung cancer that has metastasized to her brain & has no medical insurance - living in Texas, that is an awful situation to be in - here in the UK we are so lucky not to have to need health insurance, although over the years we do pay for our health service through our taxes!)<br />
Here are the results of all those hours of bread making! With quite a few left over too.....<br />
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Although Christmas is lovely, having all the family here, it's also lovely to see the end of it & a return to normality! I have actually managed to get back into the workshop & start on a long list of commission work that has had to take a backseat over the long holiday!</div>
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Although making all those tiny tentacles for the prawns nearly drove me mad, I think the end result is worth all those hours!linsminishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07880547033378762602noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329402976253586566.post-85653107199753927862013-12-07T05:08:00.000-08:002013-12-07T05:08:26.860-08:00Christmas is coming!I just can't believe how quickly this year has gone! It's so true that the older you get, the faster the time goes, it doesn't seem a year ago that I was setting out my table at Kensington Christmas Show! <sigh></sigh><br />
This year's show was the best I can remember, it was steady, with a constant flow of people & this year it seemed that everyone bought several pieces at a time. It was really good to meet a few of my internet friends too......Jackie, Janice, http://onbeingaminimum.blogspot.co.uk/, Andy, Chantal & Nadja's lovely Mum too...a really, really nice day!<br />
As Christmas is going to be here & gone so quickly no, I thought I'd post a few of my Christmas pieces for 2013!<br />
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Making a Christmas Cake!<br />
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Christmas cookie & chocolate hamper.<br />
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Christmas cookie box.<br />
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& finally, a cornucopia filled with sweet Christmas treats!<br />
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HAVE A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS!linsminishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07880547033378762602noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329402976253586566.post-15218433279578399032013-11-02T04:22:00.000-07:002013-11-02T04:22:31.461-07:00Time to get some sun, sea, sand & mojitos!That time has come around again...I'm off to see my youngest in the lovely hot UAE & I can't say I'll miss the grey, miserable & cold of the North East of England. Two weeks of glorious, uninterrupted blue sky & heat....can't wait!<br />
It seems to have been a very chaotic time for me over the last few months & I have been really struggling to keep up with commission work at the same time as keeping eBay going....I really just don't have enough hours in the day & if anyone can give me a day with at least 48hrs in it, I'd gladly pay!!<br />
<br />I have managed, by the skin of my teeth to get some pieces that will eventually be scheduled (probably just before I board the flight to UAE if things carry on like this!) to make an appearance on eBay while I'm away & here are some!<br />
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I'm looking forward to sitting in the early morning heat, while everyone else is in bed, with a cup of coffee & weaving a few baskets!<br /><br />linsminishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07880547033378762602noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329402976253586566.post-34429164453475806372013-10-14T12:57:00.000-07:002013-10-14T12:57:07.433-07:00Such a lot of fruit!I seem to have been making so much fruit recently....I think I've actually got it out of my system now & might get round to making something else.....just to make a change!<br />
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<br />linsminishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07880547033378762602noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329402976253586566.post-56957443988594903242013-08-28T15:17:00.000-07:002013-08-28T15:17:13.177-07:00I'm not a good blogger!I can't believe it's been so very long since I made a blog entry...one of the perils of having a relatively good summer.....too much good weather to waste as we don't get enough of the sun in this part of the UK!<br />
As a result of the good weather, the garden is looking good but mini making has all but ground to a halt....too many commissions have built up & I'm desperately trying to catch up by working until the small hours in my workshop. I even find myself praying for a day of rain so that I can stay in the workshop without feeling guilty about not being outside!<br />
In all these weeks of summer, between gardening & having family to stay I've managed to work on several commissioned pieces.<br />
There was the squirrel nutcracker & walnuts for a lady who is recreating a scene out of "The Picture of Dorian Gray"<br />
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and then as I was making nuts for hours I put together this little bowl of walnuts & hazelnuts!<br />
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Then there was the challenging & unusual birthday cake.......<br />
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A cake to mark the birth of HRH Prince George of Cambridge..........<br />
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not forgetting some fun Royal baby cupcakes........<br />
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So I have managed to get some mini making done! Despite being so far behind, I just don't want the summer to end!<br />
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<br />linsminishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07880547033378762602noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329402976253586566.post-33912127499144485372013-06-26T03:35:00.000-07:002013-06-26T03:35:38.755-07:00The "Chanel Collection"!I haven't had too much time in the workshop since I came back from the desert......there has been such a lot of gardening to do & the weather has been reasonable, so my time has been spent in my veg garden, general grass & hedge cutting & tidying up after such a long, long winter!<br />
When I have been working on my minis at night, I've had a fixation with Chanel cakes...for some reason, I just kept wanting to make them & when I feel like making a certain piece, I have no option but to "go with the flow"!<br />
So here is the result of several nights in the workshop & my simple homage to Chanel!<br />
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linsminishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07880547033378762602noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329402976253586566.post-11719782468815762012013-05-25T16:01:00.000-07:002013-05-26T01:20:58.981-07:00Sun, sun & yet more sun...at last!Yes, I'm off again to get some sun out in the UAE......2 weeks of 45 - 50 degrees C is going to be quite a shock after the freezing gales & rain that we have been having here all "spring". I can only pray that "summer" is going to be better!<br />
Having said that, today has been a glorious day & the forecast is for another good one tomorrow...but then...guess what....yep, back to gales & rain, but it won't bother me...by then I'll be in the air & on my way to some lovely sun (&, of course my cutie of a granddaughter!....I suppose here I should also mention my wonderful youngest daughter & her hubby, who put up with me & my middle daughter for 2 whole weeks!) I do actually work for my keep though...I'll be busy in her kitchen re-stocking her freezer for her!<br />
I have been busy making some bits & pieces to make an appearance on eBay while I'm away & I thought you might like to see a sneak preview of what I have been up to!<br />
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4 tiers of oh so pretty, pastel cupcakes...ribbons & all!!<br />
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A basket of freshly picked veggies! <br />
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A basket of plums & peaches......& finally.....<br />
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Sun, sand & plenty of Mojitos....here I come! linsminishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07880547033378762602noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329402976253586566.post-74650977182567628362013-04-25T08:21:00.000-07:002013-04-25T09:35:06.385-07:00A fishy time!It's been ages since I even logged on to my blog...I'm not sure just what I've been up to because it certainly hasn't been gardening or sunbathing.....the weather here is rubbish ( & that's the polite way to put it!) Even I was amazed to find that it's over a month since I was here.....Oh dear, I'm just not a good blogger!<br />
I've been enjoying a fishy time in the workshop recently & it has made a welcome change from the sweet things (although I have been making a few flans too!)<br />
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Lobster has to be my favourite food of all time....just making this made my mouth water & I would have killed to have the real thing to eat!<br />
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A gooseberry flan.......<br />
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A plum flan........<br />
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& a peaches & cream flan!<br />
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<br />linsminishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07880547033378762602noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329402976253586566.post-39721058720561637422013-03-04T06:52:00.000-08:002013-03-04T09:03:03.291-08:00No magic mushrooms in here!I got quite excited this weekend as we had two whole days of sunshine it was actually quite warm! Not exactly sunbathing weather, but lovely for getting on with some of the "tidying up" after what seems to have been a very long winter! Too good to be true though & as usual it hasn't lasted long & now we are back to grey skies & a damn cold wind.......when will Spring get here....I'm getting so sick of waiting!<br />
At least I didn't feel guilty being in my workshop when it was so depressing outside & had a good time, as well as the odd case of swearing when the little 'shrooms either didn't work as I wanted, or even worse, fell on the floor & led to me spending a lot of time crawling around trying to find something that had taken me nearly 10 minutes to make!<br />
Not only do I have my little basket filled, but I also have a pan of edible fresh mushroom soup that I made with the "real" mushroom I used for the photo! So, all in all, quite productive!! :-)<br />
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At the same time, I had a request to make a Teddy Bears' Picnic cake again & even though I'm never very keen on re-making a piece because, for some reason, they never work out the same twice (which is why I don't "get" copiers as I can't replicate my OWN work, so how the hell can someone copying do it.....), I wasn't prepared to let my mini friend down so said "Yes!" Actually, for once, I have to say that the 2nd cake is actually better than the 1st!<br />
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Then I got a catalogue in the post from Lakeland - a big kitchen/cooking store here in the UK & on the front cover was the most gorgeous Easter cake they had made to advertise a rather expensive air pump spray set for producing graduated colours on icing...well....the cake was so pretty that I just had to reproduce it in inedible miniature! Thank you Lakeland for the inspiration!<br />
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<br />linsminishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07880547033378762602noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329402976253586566.post-1988816102755412922013-02-02T16:38:00.000-08:002013-02-02T16:38:13.685-08:00A few Heirloom tomatoes & a question....I'm still in the veggie mood at the minute, although in between I am slowly working on an order for cakes & I mean slowly...perhaps it's the January blues, but I seem to be working more & more slowly at the minute. It doesn't really help the work rate when I have given up smoking in the house, so I am "downing tools" too often to pop outside for a smoke :-)<br />
Anyway, between sitting outside in the rain or snow in a coat & with an umbrella.....if anyone could see me, I must look like the local nutter...some would say that that is exactly what I am!.....I have managed to fill a basket that has been sitting looking accusingly at me for a couple of weeks now.....<br />
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Now I have a question! Does anyone actually read blogs these days or has good old FaceBook ruined them as well? I'm finding that more & more people just don't bother with groups or blogs anymore, but seem to be forever posting on FB.......why, I wonder...when there's absolutely no real support, interest or help from FB. How many of your "friends" are people you actually know & how many of them can you turn to for a little advice on a project you are working on? I do know that the friends that are to be found on <a href="http://www.cdhm.org/">www.cdhm.org</a> are always willing to help with a mini problem, so why is it that it seems everybody prefers the anonymity of FB.....is it because it's easy? OK, that's my "rant" over for now....but I really would like to know why.........linsminishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07880547033378762602noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329402976253586566.post-78884273984434843472013-01-15T07:56:00.000-08:002013-01-15T07:56:39.970-08:00Just a few veggies!Well, Christmas & New Year seem a distant memory now.....not that I'm complaining....it all goes by in a bit of a blur for me (& not because I'm in a permanent alcoholic haze either!) so it's always good to get back to normal, although the house always seems too quiet when the family all leave!<br />
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Of course in typical UK fashion, we didn't have any snow at Christmas, just rain, rain & yet more rain, but we have it now...just a little bit late!<br />
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I should be thinking about making Valentine & Easter pieces but instead, I'm thinking of summer & harvesting all these lovely fresh veg! Yeah, right, I should be so lucky....last year my poor vegetable garden was more like a swimming pool the whole summer & to venture into it at all, I almost needed flippers....even the runner beans that usually grow through anything, failed miserably. I think I was lucky to get around a dozen beans from 6 plants! So these little offerings are some of what I hope I'll be harvesting this year.........<br />
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<br />linsminishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07880547033378762602noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329402976253586566.post-48544062349514020472012-12-29T09:22:00.001-08:002012-12-29T15:34:04.468-08:00A New Year & A New Direction!Does anyone else feel like me...that they just don't know where the time goes (a great Dylan/Judy Collins song!)? I can't believe that the last time I actually had the time to blog was over a month ago, not that I really have time right now either, with a houseful of family (11 of us, I think!), a joint cooking in the oven & the veggies to get preparing, while the men are in the local rugby club discussing the important things in life that will no doubt get sillier & sillier as the pints are consumed!<br />
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A girl needs a little bit of peace & quiet though & before I start the marathon of feeding them all, here I am with my laptop, some nuts & a LARGE gin & tonic, making a very quick blog post...if nothing else, just to let you know that I am still alive & kicking......just!<br />
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I have had absolutely NO time to get my clays out to make food as the making of the real thing is almost all consuming with so many hungry people in the house BUT since my visit to the desert in March I've had a couple of schleich kitties sitting on my workbench waiting to get a nice wooly coat. They started life as conjoined twins, but after a few operations with my scalpel to separate them & a little bit of clay to give them new tails & the odd new paw, they were ready to "get dressed"!<br />
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Scraps has been a little naughty & raided the wool basket, getting himself wrapped up in wool in the process!<br />
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While Tiger has been even naughtier & has pulled over the goldfish bowl when no-one was looking but is sitting next to it trying to pretend that the overturned bowl, with fish flapping in the water has absolutely nothing to do with him at all!<br />
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I can see that there will be more little animals getting new coats in 2013!linsminishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07880547033378762602noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329402976253586566.post-62768131401921461282012-11-14T16:01:00.000-08:002012-11-14T16:01:21.259-08:00A Christmas Commission!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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At Last! A finished Christmas cart...there were times when I didn't think I'd actually ever get it finished! I seemed to be making & icing cookies for weeks & was at risk of severe eye strain in the process :-). I do hope my mini friend who commissioned it loves it as much as I do....but then, if she doesn't then I get to keep it myself because I don't think I'll be making another of these in a hurry!</div>
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<br />linsminishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07880547033378762602noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329402976253586566.post-48593484390191214412012-10-02T12:14:00.000-07:002012-10-02T12:17:07.393-07:00Sun, Sea & Sand....(& plenty of Mojitos!)...here I come!It's that time again, thank goodness, when I'm off to the desert to stay with my youngest & the new baby....not so new anymore, but 6 mths old now & becoming her own little person. So I thought that before I go ( a week today & too much to get done before then...help!) I'd leave you with the last few things that I have been working on!<br />
Recently, apart from a slight diversion into toffee apples, or caramel apples as they are known Stateside, I've been in a really fruity mood!<br />
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An overload of fruits!<br />
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A bowl of pears with a branch.<br />
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A bowl of cherries & a branch......this is getting monotonous so, finally, "Making Toffee Apples" featuring a magically "floating" apple in the process of being covered in yummy toffee!<br />
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These will be appearing on eBay in the near future, after all, I need to be able to pay for my holiday in the desert! LOLlinsminishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07880547033378762602noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329402976253586566.post-7246202088096443672012-09-24T03:58:00.001-07:002012-09-24T03:58:41.079-07:00It's been ages........Where on earth does the time go? I can't believe that it's so long since I blogged...it seems like only yesterday that I was making fruit trifle, not over 2 months ago! It'll be Christmas before I know it!<br />
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I've been making some Halloween "bits" recently, even though Halloween isn't big over here in the UK, it's still fun to put some pieces together!<br />
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Indispensible for any self respecting witch.....some severed fingers preserved in formaldehyde!<br />
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Some moist Graveyard brownies!<br />
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& some good old cupcakes decorated for Halloween with a fondant witch's hat!<br />
<br />linsminishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07880547033378762602noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329402976253586566.post-74544467513046579312012-07-14T12:08:00.000-07:002012-07-14T12:08:37.562-07:00Fresh fruit trifle!I've had the resin out again & this time there were no heart attacks or any other distractions to bother me...apart from the fact that I swear I'm beginning to go rusty! It has not stopped raining for over 2 weeks now & when I say "raining", try thinking monsoon-like rain.....but without the heat! It actually stayed dry yesterday so I managed to get the grass cut in most places...there were other parts of the garden though that were no-go areas...unless I wanted myself & the grass cutter to sink, never to be seen again!<br />
I began to get excited today.....grey skies, but no rain....how silly can I be.....guess what...yep.... it's absolutely chucking it down again <sigh></sigh><br />
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Anyway, even though it is a dessert that I wouldn't thank you for.....I can't stand anything "cakey" in desserts & the thought of soggy sponge fingers drenched in alcohol, lurking in underneath the lovely fruit filled jelly & whipped cream, is enough to make me run a mile!<br />
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Tuesday morning dawned with still no inkling of things to come...the hubby seemed his usual self & went off to cut his elderly parents' grass (taking advantage of a very rare dry day!) & I happily mixed up the resin for the chowder. BIG mistake!<br />
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I had just filled the pans & sour dough bread bowls & was just about to add the prepared clams when he came home.....now anyone who works with resin knows that there is a "perfect time" to add things to it to stop them sinking to the bottom & out of sight.....my resin was just at that stage when my hubby decided that he would suffer an MI (heart attack)...pretty inconsiderate timing I would say! :-) You can imagine the organised chaos that followed....a call to the ambulance service...2 of which duly arrived, which was just as well as the ECG monitor in the 1st one kept saying "No Battery", 20 mins later we were off with blues & twos blaring to our nearest cardio hospital 45mins away. I've always wanted to be an ambulance driver as in no way could I be described as a slow driver & am in love with the idea of peeps getting out of my way when I want to get somewhere! LOL......getting to ride in one was the next best thing I suppose!<br />
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4 hours later the hubby was out of emergency surgery having had a 12" clot removed from his coronary artery, a stent fitted & saying that he felt better than he had done for a long time! You'll be relieved to know that he came home 2 days later & almost a week later seems to be making a very good recovery! Just as well as you might have guessed that I'm not the best nurse to be had!<br />
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Meanwhile back in my workshop, my resin had set beyond the point of being able to add anything to it & I was about to despair....all that work wasted...see why I call the timing inconsiderate! LOL.....the good news, however, is that with a bit of effort, I managed to save all my work of the few days before & against all the odds, my clam chowder was completed....& I had enough clams left to put together a pan of simple steamed clams. So all is well (at the minute).........both hubby & clam chowder are well!<br />
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A Brace of Pheasant hanging traditionally!<br />
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A hen pheasant on her own!<br />
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A lying cock pheasant<br />
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& finally, a cock pheasant on a log.<br />
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So I finish them & am all ready to sort out my website, only to find that the damned website server appears to be down...grrrr....not only can I not work on the site but can't even access it.....they'd better get it sorted soon otherwise there will be smoke pouring out of my ears!linsminishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07880547033378762602noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8329402976253586566.post-23796667465022768612012-06-21T06:21:00.000-07:002012-06-21T06:21:31.759-07:00Lots of little jars!I seem to have been filling lots of little jars over the last few months so I decided that a little shelf full of jars would be cute & I knew that somewhere in my stash I had just the little shelves. It took me longer to find the shelves & then paint them than it did to make the jars! One of these days, I'll surprise myself & be so organised that I know exactly where to find things!<br />
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Eventually though, they were worth all the effort...I love them! :-))linsminishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07880547033378762602noreply@blogger.com10