spring showers

Hey everyone! I hope everyone's spring is going well! I know it has been a beautiful spring here and the gardens have been bursting with flowers since it has been raining everyday. I got inspired and revamped some miniature rain boots and made a little sign for my mother inlaw's miniature craft room. I hope you enjoy them!

International Guild of Miniature Artists Artisan

I did it! It's official... I made it into the guild!

Last year I set a goal (after my grandmother passed) to stop dilly dallying and try my best at becoming an established dollhouse miniature artist. The first step for me was to attempt getting recognized as an Artisan by the International Guild of Miniature Artists. I was beyond nervous and I have never really had anyone look at my work before, never mind amazingly talented master artist fellows, in other words the best of the best. But, I took a leap of faith in hoping that there was a chance that maybe my work might be good enough. In the end I really had nothing to lose besides the horrible feeling of not meeting their standards and even that would be ok because their critiques would only help my progress as an artist. I'm not going to lie, I really didn't think I could make it. I am very shy in general about my work and only recently, the past year or so, have I been coming out of my turtle shell and attempting to share on social media sites.

Anyway, I just wanted to share my happiness with everyone and to encourage any other fledgling miniaturists to try and submit their work to the guild. I feel that in the end, whether you get in or not, the members of the guild are extremely friendly and helpful. They encourage artists and lovers of miniatures to contribute to the continuation of this amazing and magical passion of tinyness! ( a made up word but a good one nonetheless) <3

Here are some photos of the pieces I submitted in dollhouse 1:12 scale. I hope you enjoy them as much as I loved making them!

Memorial Day

I just wanted to say thank you to all of the veterans and I figured I would show my appreciation by making some remembrance poppies in miniature.

I hope everyone has a wonderful day!

Happy Valentines Day!

Here is some miniature love for all of you today!

Hope you all have a magical and beautiful day and thanks for checking me out!

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

<3

Red velvet cake with dark chocolate ganache,
dark cherry cheese cake slice, and red velvet with dark chocolate french macaroons

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Bahamas B-day 30 in 30 the last 10 miniatures!!

Me and the greatest man in the world

Hey everyone! I am sending you this from the Bahamas and I could not have asked for a better birthday! I am so excited to be thirty! I know most women do not look forward to turning 30 but I definitely feel great about it. So many things that I am happy about are happening this year and I feel that this is going to be a great year for me. I finally know what I want out of life and I have a real vision and plan for my future, unlike my 20's where I had no idea what I wanted or who I was I feel confident in myself in a way I never have before and I am feeling very blessed at this moment!

Here are some photos of the Versailles Gardens and French Cloister I fell in love with while here!

Anyhoo enough ranting here are the last ten miniatures that I made this month. I am hoping to make this a kind of tradition because I had so much fun and it was a great challenge to focus so intently on miniature making. Even though my schedule is usually extremely busy it forced me to get things done which I love!.

Raspberry, peach, and blackberry tarts

Brownies

Vanilla Cookies

Fruity Eclairs

Peanut butter Cookies

Chocolate kisses

The little tags say Sweetly Deceptive on them but the type is so small I couldn't get it in focus with the camera

They are so small!

Chocolate stuffed cookies
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Coconut, vanilla cream, coffee, caramel, and espresso eclairs
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Red, orange, and yellow bell pepper slices

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One of my favorite candies mint meltaways or nonpareils

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Thanks so much and have a great day!!! xoxoxo <3

December

I am so happy that it is finally December. The weather is absolutely beautiful here and a whole new year is about to start. It must be the chill in the air because I am definitely feeling a rush to complete all of the projects that I started this year, nothing like the cold to kick your butt into gear. Unfortunately, I have been a little under the weather the past few weeks, which has hindered my progress on some projects,  but I am happy to say, I finally feel better! Just in time too because I finally have received my tiny 1:144 scale dollhouse kit made by North Eastern Scale Models Inc. Yes, thats right, a dollhouse for my dollhouse. I am so excited and can't wait to start on it, but I am having problems deciding on exactly what I want to do with it as far as color and customizations are concerned. I am thinking about a mauve  or grey purple or maybe even a darker purple, it is so hard to decide. As far as customizations go, I am going to add a spanish style copper roof that has a patina treatment on it, and I think that I might knock down some walls and add a tiny stair case. I am also hoping that I can figure out how to add a tiny little chandelier that will actually light up! If anyone knows how to accomplish this I would be grateful for some advice!

On another note, I have finally collected a bunch of monster high dolls that I am going to customize to create some one of a kind dolls. I am eventually going to put them up for auction, so if you are interested let me know! I am re-rooting all of their hair and stripping them of all stock makeup so that I can repaint and customize their faces. Unfortunately, I am STILL waiting for a specific type of sealant which is only made in Japan which I ordered a month ago... apparently the united states is strict about transporting flammable products by air, so I have to wait for it to come over from Japan by boat. I'm hoping it will be here within the week. I am also STILL waiting on my wax supplier and porcelain supplier for all of my materials to FINALLY finish the rest of the casting process for my porcelain dolls. I am excited about December and I am hoping that this month will be an explosion of projects that will finally come to completion.

10 more miniatures!!

Here are ten more miniatures for my 30 miniatures in 30 days leading up to my 30th birthday!
Hope you enjoy them!

5 types of cutting boards

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Cinnamon Rolls

Palmiers

Religeuse

Buttery Croissants

Almond Croissants