ETSY: Miniatures and time management! Ideas, eyecandy!!! ***Lots of pictures**

Hello fine folk of the earth!

I hope you are all doing well, I know no matter where we are in the world at the moment its the season for sickness and flu, so I will encourage you to all keep healthy, wash your hands like a mad person and keep yourselves as stress free as you can!

As you know I tend to drop off the face of the blogging world from time to time but I am always busy with miniatures in some way.

After the Miniatures.com Elven Bower build I got back to working on ETSY and trying to get back into creating little scenes. so after a few friends suggested, I thought I might show you some of those items that I have worked on the last few months as filler for empty blogging and of course to inspire you folks with some ideas ;P

Most of these have sold but I am proud of each one so I will showcase them and hope the owners do not mind ;)

I will start from old to new:

Dragon Eggs 

Tarot Reading 

Witches Prep Board 

Drippy candles 

Dragon Search 

1:24th half scale Strawberry cake prep 

1:24th half scale Herbalist set 

Vampire Hunter

1:24th half scale Old world writing set 

Demon Hunter 

1:24th half scale Tudor foods 

Fall Candle display 

These skulls were pretty popular so I made a few set of them

Skulls of the fallen 

1:24th half scale Skulls of the fallen

1:24th Half scale Skull candle and book stack 

1:24th half scale Scare crow and hay bale

Old potion bottles 

The bubbling cauldron 

Squeakers the rat 

1:24th half scale cottage food 

Poison Apple prep board 

Old world bottles 

Witches Study

Old drippy candle stacks 

1:24th half scale Cornucopia 

Draco the protector 

Spell Book Pedestal  

This curio is my first big piece. It is inspired by the show Penny Dreadful, which has all supernatural themes involved a real fantasy show, and sexy ;P

The Dreadful Curio 

1:24th Half scale Log cabin set 

Gothic desk set 

The green witch 

Anyone ever read Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them?

The Lime Green Fwooper 

I hope you enjoyed the show and are inspired to add a little magic to your mini!

As usual, just ask if you have questions about constructon, materials etc

Hugs~J

Monthly Spotlight: Dollhouses by Kelly Morin

Good day good folks!

I would like to introduce you to one of my fantastic friends: Kelly Morin.

Kelly started making 1:6th scale doll clothes for her niece's Barbies, once she had made her niece more clothes than she would ever use in a lifetime,  Kelly then started selling doll clothes on Ebay because she enjoyed it so much.

Quote from Kelly: "I stumbled on a photo of a miniature house while looking for backdrops to display my doll clothes... and I thought... "hmmm it might be fun to try building a dollhouse" ... the rest is history... I was hooked... that was four years and 44 houses ago."

The above picture is Kelly's half scale Nottingham which was just one of Kelly's featured pieces in Dollhouse Miniature's Magazine. The details of this amazing Nottingham build can be ogled over at Greenleaf Dollhouses forum. The fantastic piece is just one example of Kelly's superb paper clay skills.

The Back:

Interior:

Details:

Black Cat Landing: A Witches House 

is another stunning piece done by Kelly:

Kelly adds so much detail and life to each one of her Dollhouses, everything from the lighting in the space to the aged wooden beams adds to the stories of her builds.

The mouse house, see the little door on the very bottom???

More of this gorgeous build can be found here in her Greenleaf Gallery

Kelly created a fantastic piece for the Miniatures.com build Named Blackthron Bog Dragon Hatchery. I am sure you will see more about this piece in the coming months as it will be a sure winner,or if your lucky enough to own it!

Kelly is currently working on a rare kit from 1980 called the First Lady by RGT.  It is the 1/2 scale version of the kit.  The original 1:12 scale kit was designed for the Carter's for the White House Christmas display. As you can see here the space and details of this wonderful house is just going to be filled with amazing eye candy for us all to ogle:

Kelly always has a build going, currently she has some 1/4 scale houses in stages of build, she has plans for some hobbit inspired builds and a few projects her friends keep pestering her about *cough* CASTLE*  ;)

If you are lucky enough to have one of Kelly's builds then you know all about her amazing miniature skills, if you are just finding out about her then be prepared to be awed by her talent....

Etsy shop http://www.etsy.com/shop/kellyannmo
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DollhousesByKellyMorin
Flicker  https://www.flickr.com/photos/108291983@N04/

Ebay seller: kellyannmo

This is such an amazing hobby I have made so many wonderful friends through the world of miniatures... and I am inspired by them every day :) ~ Kelly Morin~

Jane had a tumble!!: Smash goes the laptop

 



Good evening good folk!

Happy New Year!!!! Oh ...wait..uhh...oh oh.....boom..oh..ouch!!!  Smashh!!! Zip zap...

That was that was the sound of new years day, all the kings horses and all the kings men could not put my little laptop back together again!!

And my hands...and my ankle...bruises.,,,,, old age..flabby buns..er wait..

I did not break any bones but it did..break.... my spirit a bit. I am now typing on a brand new... cheap...but new laptop so I expect to get back into the swing of things soon and maybe blab on about little do dads and such things.

Sorry if I've missed some of your blogs but I did try to use my hubby's computer a few times a week to keep up with things....when he was home,,, I got shooed away like a little technotroll< that's real isn't it?

I am going to do some write-ups about some of my mini friends this winter, I don't have much to talk about so I though I would blab on about what they are doing...

Any how, how have you been? What things are you working on now? What skills you working on?

I think we need a midwinter give away..that always helps recovery *wink*

~J

21st Annual Creatin’ Contest : The Elven Bowyer

Good day fine folks of the world!

Today was the deadline of the Miniatures.com  21st Annual Creatin Contest. I expect you to see a few entries about the Internet via blogs today.

I will post a couple of shots here on this front page and if you look on the top of my blog you will see a new link for more photos:

If you remember I did the Elven house with paper clay and kind of left it to collect dust and then I got all quiet about it. Well I decided to go full force and create another Elven Styled building for this build.

You know me I love fantasy so what could hold more imagination than a Elven Bowyer. A bowyer is a craftsman who makes bows and in this instance The Elven Bowyer has done it for centuries.

So you will see bits and pieces from swaps from fine friends about, everything is of course handmade, Bows, tools, furniture..bits bashed or renewed.

I give you the Elven Bowyer:

If you have any questions feel free to post them below. I will share info, tips or take a request of two on tutorials.

See more here on this link, build shots, set ups cleanups..Minifanaticus 21st-annual-creatin-contest

Thanks for looking! Hugs~J

Fair complete, contest house done, gifts at my door!! : Jane happy ;)

Good day folk of the globe!

Its been a busy, crazy few weeks here, this season is busy for a lot of us I see ;)

I attended the little fair and brought my goodies I showed you over the last few weeks sold a few boxes, journals, jewelry a few mini scenes even sold!! Overall it went well and I enjoyed the experience and found that there are folks in my community who love minis!!

I finished up my miniatures.com contest house and submitted it, its all about crossing the fingers at this point!!  I have made a tab at the top called 21st-annual-creatin-contest for the photos and will be adding them over the next couple of days.

I also received some wondrous gifts from fine mini friends and I would like to show you the kindness I received ;)

Here is a shot from Brigit and Melli showing the cards and gifts I received from these lovely ladies!

Here is the tiniest elf you will ever see, he is so detailed and perfect! It only shows you how fantastic Melli is at clay which I am sure most of you know already!

OMG Sooooo cute!

Here are some of the goodies I received from Brigit, I know some of you folks are getting packs from her, your a fantastic lady Brigit!

I love these wood cut pieces they are so detailed and would make wonderful signs and detail pieces for a fireplace mantle! The little toys and yummy gingerbread are perfect.

Here is a special piece she sent me for my Sorceress Tower, it is filled with starts and displays changing colors, just....so beautiful and full of magic! She creates wonderful magical minis in her shop as well.

Thank you so much Brigit and Melli for thinking of me and sending me such wonderful and thoughtful gifts for the season! I love them!!

BIG HUGS!!

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I thought I would show you a few of the scenes I created for the fair as well, those of you who have been with me in blog land over the last few years will recognise some of these old minis I did years ago.. Hold on to them..even if they were not your best at some point you certainly can reuse them!!

This little hobbit house desktop garden was oohed over a few times but did not sell. I might add it to my shop since I think its a great little scene.

I mean LITTLE its a 6 inch dish!!

Happy and healthy holidays to you all!! I hope the season brings you creativity and joy!

Hugs~J