Meet Molly Walnut

I haven't spend much time in blogland or working on miniatures lately, but when I found this walnut in my shed, I had instant ideas, that needed to be done. The hole has been made by the teeth of little mice.

I think this is the perfect cradle for a baby-fairy. I made a small baby-fairy of Fimo, painted her, and added a few fluffy hairs. I tried to give her wings by glueing some fly-wings on her, but they got damaged too often. I guess her wings will grow when she's a little bit older.

I have never had any interest in children, not even when I was one myself, and I never made a baby or child before. My first attempts were looking more like a devil, than a baby. Freud would certainly have an explanation for that ;-). Being busy on a 'living' creature forms an idea of her character, and I like to give them names. I named her Molly, Molly Walnut of course.

The cradle is not done yet. It still needs curtains, a rope to hang on and some things to keep the little one happy. But Molly can sleep warm and safely now, if she doesn't wake up, crawls out and falls down. But I'm sure she doesn't..

Marit

Holiday

The last weeks I got myself through my working hours dreaming about miniature making at a table next to a woodburner, cup of tea, glancing outside every now and then, seeing nothing else than coloured leaves and birds... and most important: NOTHING ELSE TO DO! Well, we just came back from that autumn holiday, and we had such wonderful weather, that I almost did no miniature working! :-)
But this is what I did:

I sewed a bag and sawed a little bench.

I haven't glued the bench yet, still deciding if I will use it to make more.

And now back to work again, and no holidayplans to dream about...

Marit

Sidetables & silverware

The beachhouse will get a kitchen with a work top of soapstone, which I will make from a stone myself. I had one piece almost ready, when it broke in two. So I decided to make two sidetables with it.

It's not well visible on the picture that the tops are made of stone. In real they look a bit like marble. I made them the right thickness for a kitchencounter, so they are a bit too thick, but it doesn't bother me. The dark one has little wheels beneath it. Work in progress:

The silver I've put on them are my oldest (candlesticks) as well as my newest boughts (bowl and sauce-thingie). Aren't they wonderfully detailed?

Hope you'll have a good week next week, mine will be very busy, probably no time for mini-work... :-(

Marit