Give-Away Time

Today would have been my mother's 78th birthday.

My mom enjoyed hearing about my new friends all around the world and the minis they were working on.   She loved seeing all the gifts that you have so generously shared with me.

So it seemed like a perfect time to offer you a chance to win a gift in her honor.

Rules:
1.  Be a follower of this blog or M's Lists or become a follower of this blog.
2.  Leave a comment on this post on or before May 11,  I'll draw a winner May 12, Mother's day.

  

If you win I'll put together a special package just for you.

I've been trying to organize all my little things,
I've collected quite a few porcelain beads that I think work as vases.

Mom liked seeing my little finds.

Would you like some little vases?
Which ones do you like best?

Maybe these 3 little mice will be part of the prize or the cat, butterfly or (I think that's) a cow.

Which ones would you like to win?

If you win you can have a little silver frame, if you like.

I'll show you more of the things that you can choose from as I sort through things, let me know what you like.

I think that's it,  let me know if I forgot anything or if you have any questions.

Thank you for visiting, Mary

Happy Easter

I've been playing with clay,

yesterday I watched a video on
Creating Dollhouse Miniatures blog  ,
showing how to make daffodils  with
cold porcelain.


I think that the techniques adapted well to polymer clay.


The basket, eggs and orange vase were
also made from polymer clay.

My daffodils are a bit oversized and not
super life-like.  I will call them decorative daffodils.


The cutter that I used for the petals
was meant for use with gum paste/fondant
for cake decorating.

I really enjoyed making the daffodils but I disliked
making the leaves and could not get them quite right.



I'm going to try making leaves with floral tape,
I need to buy some in light green, I only have dark green now.


The vase is a ceramic bead.

I had difficult time getting a nice ruffle
on the trumpets, this one is the best but
I  could not seem to repeat it.

The cute little bunny was a gift from
Maria of  Pretty Things Ireland blog . 


I think he enjoyed being part of the
decorations.














I hope that your Easter is warm and sunny and that you have a wonderful day.

Thank you for visiting, Mary

Christmas in July Swap

First I want to thank   Jazzi   for organizing this fun swap,  you can find pictures and links on her blog.

Here are the pictures that I promised

Look at all the wonderful gifts from   Cyd ,  they made Jaynie very happy.

2  great chairs
4 pretty pillows
lovely wall art  (I may try to add tiny hands to
      it if I can fit it in Jaynie's kitchen as a clock)
a interesting rock sculpture
a very nice bowl with feet
a great sheet of printed felt, makes a great floor cover or could be cut to use as artwork

Here's a closer look

 And I almost forgot this great light.

Thank you very much Cyd.   I love eveything, Jaynie's Loft will be much more interesting with these lovely gifts.

 And she even wrapped them all with a very generous amount of pretty printed tissue paper.













And here are the little things that I put together for Cyd.

Cyd posted pictures of some furniture that she had painted in her favorite colors,  (see them here) , so I used those colors as a guide for these gifts.

I made her a set of pillar candles and a rug from upholstery fabric

I put together a scrapbook and a package of     scrapbook paper

I sent some porcelain beads, mainly vase shaped and a cat.

Some closer views.

At the last minute I threw in a few more small items,  a few beads, a blue pen,    I didn't take pictures of them.

BTW  Cyd already used the rug and scrapbook in a bedroom scene at  My Mini Mod Pod      

Here are some links to others that participated in the swap

Jazzi  
Heather
Claude
Petra
Drora
Debbie
Fabiola
Anna
Annette


Thank you for visiting, Mary