Santa's Grotto! With a cheeky party pooper and intruder!

well last year i got the retreat, and managed to get it up and going for xmas! this year ive changed it around a little and added things, as well as taking things out. Thought it would vary it and it would be a good change. Even Mr grinch who stole xmas tried to ruin it, but in the end as it does in the story he begins to enjoy the christmas spirit.

here are the photos:

 





 

 

 

Merry Christmas!!

wow! im not making much good effort in updating my blog am i! well i thought id update it today, whilst wishing everyone a very merry christmas. Hope your having fun.

Anyway not a lot has happened in the way of miniatures! started making some sweets for my Honeyduke sweet shop from Diagon Alley in Harry Potter!. This is going to be a great task, im looking forward to starting it after christmas, once ive actually got some time off work..

So far ive started planning all my projects related to Harry Potter, so that im organised lol. For once.

Leeds dolls house fair- pudsey

so i went to the pudsey fair for the first time this year, and i really enjoyed myself. i managed to pick up quite a few items..


Hagrids Hut! and Hogwarts!
I bought a chair, From small sorts and a table  for Hagrids and some owl cages from matlock miniatures for my Hogwarts project :) cant wait to start this one now, first starting with Hagrids hut :)

AppleTree cottage!
i bought a moses basket, and nursery rug from thimblemins.. and a bean bag, from just Ann and Bill

the witching hour!

witches sink and mirror  from thimblemins, some potions from thimblemins and the one with the hat on from small sorts. the signs, skeletons and skeleton chairs from Twisted miniatures. The light was from matlock miniatures as well as the pots and pans.

eek! some new brooms!!

so my two new brooms have arrived!! from the same person who made my quidditch set... there fab, the back one is Malfoys nimbus, :)

Hogwarts- inspiration

This is one person that has inspired me to go ahead with my dream of making hogwarts, mine will  never be as good, but thats what makes it different from others... isnt it fab!! it looks so real.. Ric Pierc. http://www.frogmorton.com/hogwarts.htm

Hogwarts!!

well as some of you already know i am a big Harry potter fan! and i want to re-create some of the magic, in 1 12th scale. i know its going to be a huge thing to do and most of it i will have to build or make myself. But this is something i am really looking forward to do. I have been deciding where to start, which hasnt been easy.  I have recently bought a firebolt broom and a qudditch set in which i absoulutley love :) Here they are!! arnt the fab!!! hope you will enjoy following this project, just as much as i will enjoy creating it..

Im back!!!! with a modified extra!

well after a long while *cough* im back!
I have been sooo busy with life at the minute ive not had much time to do anything miniature wise or even update my blog or post on the forum!

anyway i decided to have a go at modifying a little wardrobe for a nursery in shabby chic style
here it is :)

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On the top includes a folding towel, a dummy, a pot of cream, a bottle of baby powder, bottle of shampoo and a bottle of conditioner, and a baby bottle. the hat on the teddy goes with the little dress on the hanger and are both removable. hanging on the door is a bib. The teddies on the side are stickers, as are the little butterflies on the front. 

1 12th scale playmats

the little min-ing i have done is some playmats for the nursery/playroom, i also make theses to sell, and they seam quite popular on ebay at the minute. here they are.. there so easy and fun to make, and take hardly anytime at all to make. i soaked up the sun with the piggies whilst making these lol.

hey!

 gosh its been a while since i posted, things have been hectic around here. Not really done much mini-ing ive been too busy knitting blankets, which i sell. Here they are, well some of them...

The mini inn! creative comp for DHE 2011

gosh were do i start lol.. this was my project i did for the DHE creative comp in 2011.
i have always wanted to do a pub, for some reason, and i thought this building would be perfect, although i have extended it a little to get it just right and how i wanted it.

anyway more about the pub and the scene set:
the mini inn. (mini-ing) is a small quaint village pub and the residents got together to celebrate the royal wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton! x everyone had a great party, celebrating, with lots of great food including a bbq and lots of drinks and ice cream and sweets. whilst the adults watched the happy couple wed, the kids entertained themselves in the pub playground, on the bouncy castle. there is also tradional maypole.

to be fair im not sure why on earth i thought about doing a royal wedding themed project, but i just thought it would be approproate and i had some good plans spinning around in my little brain, so i incorporated them both together to come up with this and as you have gathered it has a little element of a summer fayre in there, with the bouncy castle and the maypole lol..

my mum came up with the name, as she said we all like to do a spot of mini-ing lol. shes quite proud of herself.

so heres the pics :) bare with me as theres rather a lot to scroll through lol.

the childrens playground, made from random follage found in my back garden lol.. the bits that fall off the tree 

the drunk falling asleep

the drunk in the background

mr sweets, the sweet and icecream guy!! 

mr sous! the chef!