Gingerbread House

Day 3 : Gingerbread House

After the preparation boards yesterday it's only right the finished ones are shown today! The metal trays the houses sit on are 4x3cm.

Miniature crochet

A couple of weeks ago I bought a lot of 1ply wool and a couple of crochet hooks. And began crocheting.

The first piece was a bit of a disaster. Kept snagging the wool and I was using a 1mm hook, This was the result which I was happy that I'd achieved something but unhappy that is was so messy.

I tried again with a 0.6 mm hook and oddly I am doing much better with the smallersize. I've begun with easy bedspreads in the style of a big granny square and it's the perfect way to end the day as I can't mix or colour clay at night.

I thin I'll do a few of these before I tackle anything more complicated .

Cross stitch cushions

It started with a trip to an art and craft shop.  Rather than order it online I thought I'd go to a real shop instead because I had a little list - translucent fimo, brown and burnt umbre pastel, sticky labels.

The thing is I love looking around craft shops. Some people can spend all day looking at clothes, I can spend hours looking at card, beads and other bits. In this shop they had some aida fabric.  More importantly it was 18 count which is small enough to use in a dolls house. I bought the fabric and a pack of embroidery threads. The strawberry making went by the wayside and I started stitching some designs which will probably end up as cushions.

What A Start!

It's been less than a month since I decided to start selling my minis again and I feel like I haven't stopped! It's not that I ever really stopped making as I continued to do things for my own collection but I did stop selling.

The break has done my some good because I have a renewed energy and creative burst which has had me working on several new items. 

I'm selling on etsy, the shop name is Magenta Minis, link on the right. Below is a selection of the current items for sale.