Real Life Miniature!

One day old & isn't she cute! If only they stayed like this all the time!

Smoked fish anyone.....

I spoke too soon about being finished with the "fishy" things! It's actually so nice to be working on savoury pieces rather than the always popular sweet things.
This is a 5.5cm x 5cm board of all kinds of smoked fish, one of 2 that I've been asked to make..the 2nd one is in on my workbench in progress now & hopefully may be finished tonight!

I hope my customer likes it!

The real & not real!

I just love it when I can take a photo of the real thing with one of my minis on top & luckily the good old Hubby had got himself some hot cross buns (I hate the smell of the things so rarely buy them!) just as I finished making this little basket...so he had to wait to eat this one until I'd got a decent photo.....he wasn't happy!

Now all that's left is the mini variety that he can't eat! :-))

Kathie at Cotton Ridge Designs!

The lovely Kathie at Cotton Ridge Designs  http://www.cottonridge.com/servlet/StoreFront  (pop in & take a look, she has a wonderful range of goodies & her friendly service is second to none), has started a wonderful comprehensive site, called Cotton Ridge Create! where you can take a look at all kinds of fabulous crafted goods made by so many talented people  http://cottonridgellc.com/

Look what she did for me!
http://cottonridgellc.com/portfolio/linda-cummings-igma-fellow/

I wish I was computer literate enough to be able to do this sort of thing...but I'm NOT, so Thank You Kathie!

Not long until Easter!

As I will be otherwise engaged with a real life "mini" in the heat of the desert soon, I thought I'd better make a start on Easter minis....in this miniature world of ours I always seem to be wishing my life away & making pieces for the future..as if time doesn't go quickly enough as it is!

The first piece I managed to complete was a little "Icing Easter Cupcakes" prep board...I just LOVE making prep boards but always run out of space to get everything I want onto them...anyone else have that problem?

This one is heading eBay's way tonight!

I've been wanting to make this next one for several years now, but just never got round to it. It's my mini version of the awesomely talented cake maker, Karen Goble's "Easter Egg Basket Cake"...could you imagine how the kids would love to be presented with this at tea time on Easter Day! :-))

From fish to fruit!

Fish is finished for now & fruit has taken over!
I'm trying to get everything done & finished before I get the call to fly out to the desert...15th March is the expected date for the baby, but who knows..it could be tomorrow....although I hope not 'cos I'm not ready! :-)

It can be found here! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/110831821809?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649#ht_2986wt_1392

and the basket that started it all!

Back to the fishy things!

Remember my "fishy" phase, well, it seems that I'm still in it.  That could be because I'm still, yes STILL, plodding my way through a commission...I can't remember a time when it's taken me soooo long to get work done....it could be because at the same time I'm knitting baby cardigans & crocheting cot blankets for the imminent arrival of grandchild number 4 around 15th March!

I blame you Kim!!!

The problem is that I have to be ready to drop everything & fly out to UAE when I get the call to take on "new baby" duties & everything has to be finished by then......keep your fingers crossed for me that I get it all done! :-))
As a "spin off" from the commissioned rollmops this little barrel of them was born!

& the original.....a barrel of gherkins & one of rollmops!