I won =)

Natalia had some very generous giveaways last new year. And I was very lucky to win one =)
I have never made curtains before (or I made a very simple one for grandmas roombox) but now I hope I will finally try making some for my house. And the fabric is perfect, goes very well with my wallpaper I think. It might be a curtain, or a sofa, or maybe both =)

But I try to work on things to sell now, and save my own house for later =)

But every now and then I make something for myself too =) Like a teddy bear for my unnamed dog. The Petterssons dog =)

Just look what he did to that poor teddy bear.... ;)

I'll do more "used" teddy bears later. I found a poodle I made years ago, before I started needlefelting, and just tried to make it out of wool anyway, it wasn't great, and mums real dog thought it was a great toy, so he chewed on it, and all I got left was a piece of wet wool... And I started thinking of a song I liked as a kid, "Gammelnalle" with "Mamma mu". (Old teddy bear) I loved it, it was about an old teddy that lost his arms and legs, but he was still happy =)
Nothing in the real world is perfect, so why not have some broken old things in my mini house as well =)

But back to the "selling-stuff", I've made some fimo angles.

And started painting them =) This is the first one, looks like I've missed a spot on the neck, I have to fix that later!

I lost my inspirations this weekend, but I hope to get back on track soon =) Just looking at minis makes me want to start "working" again! (or should I say play, its more fun than any work I can think of ;) )

Hannah

A new "tool"

First I like to say: Thank you!! For all the kind comments and encouragement on my last post! I'm very hard on myself, and never think my stuff will be good enough on a fair. But like I said, I will be happy even if I dont sell anything. Like in a game, it's not most important to win, the important thing is to participate and have fun. And I think it will be fun =) Now to my new "tool" =)

We bought a laser printer awhile ago. I've only had inkjet printers before, and they always stop working properly after awhile.. so we wanted to try laser this time, so far, so good =)

I tried it by printing some miniatures =)

This is my temporary refrigerator and pantry, I did bought it for my daughter, its made of wood and great for small kids, but I kinda liked it myself.. ;) But I would love to build one myself, later. And I would love a real pantry in my kitchen, but there aren't enough room for one.. =( Like our real kitchen, we don't have a pantry, we just have smaller cupboards as pantry. I'll build that for my mini house as well. And I hope to fill them with mini packages =) So far I got some cacao and "kalaspuffar"/ Honey monster ;) And sugar (That didn't make it to the picture...)

Now when I was working with paper I also found this magazine in a drawer =) This magazine is not printed by me, I cut it out from a life size magazine =) I love how they showed the content in miniature at the first page =) Great just to cut out and glue together =)

And I also found this alarm clock that I printed several years ago, on a inkjet printer back when I lived with my mum. We had a few printers through the years, and like I said every one of them broke after a few years.. I really hope this laser printer will be better and last many years!

I guess there will be many more paper projects later on =) I'm working on a pattern for a "tin box" right now =) It's a lot of fun to have our own printer =)
But finally some "sad news", my camera is getting worse =(

I glazed my pies... but got a terrible picture of it, some times I get a good picture, and sometimes I get a black one, or a one like that.. =( Would be great if it just started working like it use to, but I'm afraid it will get even worse day by day from now on =( Well my husband has a better camera, so I could ask him to take pictures for me, but its nice to have my own camera and take pictures every now and then...
But like I said, now and then I get a good picture, so I'll have to try a bit harder from now on.

Take Care

Hannah

Making minis to sell

I follow a LOT of blogs, I love reading about other peoples miniatures and their lives. And I try leaving many comments, I know how I love reading comments and imagine others do too =) But I just realized how much time it takes... I haven't been reading as much as I use to for awhile now, and now I'm behind and a bit stressed about that.. =( I might need to reduce my blog-time.. But like I said I love reading blogs, and comment on them.. Will see how I fix this =) I'm a bit busy right now, making lots of minis and spending time with my family, but now and then I will check back on all your blogs, so don't think I have forgotten you all, I'm just a bit busy =)

So, why am I so busy making minis? =) I can finally tell you!
I've gotten a new friend through a miniature-group on Facebook, Anna, we have never met in real life, yet =) But now we got a table at Stockholms miniature show together in April =) I'm very excited and look forward both on meeting Anna and to sell miniatures and just to be at the show. I was a guest to the show last October, and it was so much fun, I hope this year will be even better ;)
So, I'm trying to make as much miniatures I can, so that I have lots to sell on the show =)
(But since I suffer from some separation anxiety I save a lot of the things I make, and have to make even more, to have anything to sell ;) )
I have so many ideas I want to try and make, but time flies... I hope I manage to make at least 1/3 of all my ideas =) I have a LOT of fun doing these things, so I'll be happy even if I don't sell a thing..
If you are able to visit Stockholm 6/4 I would be very happy if you came by our table =)
(If you can't, I promise to take some pictures ;) )
Talking about pictures.. My camera started to flicker and making pictures with strange colours =( I really hope its not "dying"... But at least I managed to take some pictures for this post =)

My "fingers were longing for clay" for a long while, and I finally got some time for it =) I have "hidden" my clay, so that my 2-year old can't get a hold of it.. That's why I haven't been using my clay for a long time, my daughter cant be with me when I do this so I only make clay-things when she is a sleep, and I have to clean up before she wakes up again.. but I have placed everything on a tray and place it up high when she wakes up =)

First I made tiny buttons from polymer clay and made a teddy bear in wool with movable arms and legs =)

Tiny clay buttons on a felted bear.

Teddy before he got his face

And all done, I think =)

I got carried away and made another one the next day =)

The blue one will be up for sale at the show in April =) But this orange one reminds me of my fathers old teddy bear, so he will be staying, this might just be Konrad (my dollhouse father) his old teddy bear =)

 And a cat, actually I made this one before I made the teddy bears =) And now I'm working on a dog, I'm a bit afraid of telling you the breed, because they always change along the way ;)

 Then I got to work with my clay again. And I made 3 blueberry-pies, to sell. When I googeld blueberry pie I got pictures of "braided" ones, like the one on the right. And when I googled the swedish word, "blåbärspaj" I got pictures of "smuldegspaj"/ crumble pies like the ones on the left =) 

Is braided pies more common in USA? and crumble pie more common in Sweden? All I know is that I never made a lid like that on my pies, I do crumble pies (in real life) =)

I made some toys and angels too, I'll show them later, the angels need some paint before I want to show them =)

Then I wanted to try the "ice cream" I got from Sushi flavour.

I hate it when I realize that something I'd like to be good at, just isn't my thing... like ice cream..I wanted to make good looking ice cream.. but I ended up doing messy ones... I haven't got the hang of the pastry bag.. I tried making a new tip for a bag, but I don't know if it's that good..

I bought the red one, and the one in aluminium is the one I made.. Hard to see on this picture.. 

I made some ice cream cones in polymer clay to fill with "ice cream".

And tried using my homemade pastry bag. Next time I will try the one I bought. But the smallest hole  looks a bit big.. We'll see if I get the hang of it. I've made more cones, that was quite fun to make. =) The ice cream was much harder...
I'm sorry I couldn't get better pictures of the ice cream, but my camera just flicker and flicker and I have to be quick to get some pictures at all.. Hope it will stop doing that..

I'll take the opportunity to welcome my newest readers:

 Jane Chérie

BiWuBär

Titti Andell 

Simona M

Hope you all will have a great week

Hannah

Celebrating some rings with cake

I haven't really come back to the daily life after all holidays yet... I have a lot on my mind right now.. So I haven't post anything since last year (as you can see...) =) Hope you all will have a great 2014. I most say I hope I will get a great year too ;) I've had a good start so far. But not much time for minis...

But here is what I have been up to lately, except shopping, celebrating new years eve at my mum's and enjoying having my husband home all day long for several days in a row =) (Me, I'm always home since I'm some kind of housewife, the kind that cleans the house and makes minis, but hates to cook ;) )

Anyway I realized Konrad and Lisbeth didn't have wedding rings.. At least in Sweden it's common to have one golden ring on the left ring-finger if we are engaged, and the girl has two rings if she is married, but the guy just get his one =) (He can get two, but one is more common)

I have 2 rings myself, and of course I remember getting them very well ;) The first engagement ring was very exiting to get. We ordered it without anyone knowing. And took them with us on a pick-nick. That was one of the luckiest days of my life. It was a hot and beautiful summer day and we went for a swim in a lake. I remember how I tried swimming with my hand tightly holding on to the ring, with a closed fist, very hard to swim that way ;) But I was very afraid to lose the ring =)

And at the wedding I was very nervous. But it was a perfect day too =) And I'm glad I got to share it with so many people that I love.

Now I can remember all this happy moments just by looking at my rings, so off course my dollhouse dolls have to have a thing like that, to remember their wedding. I imagine it was beautiful, a wonderful summer day I think, just like mine ;)

I get stuck in all these writing as usual... ;) But here is a picture, I painted some rings on their fingers =)

And when I finally got that little thing done, I started baking a cake, in miniature of course, I'm not the baking kind of housewife either.... (too bad, because I love eating cakes and good food) =) 

The cake tin is made out of candle-holders, the same thing I used for the washing machine =) I got the idea when I was looking at Kikkas blog, this peticular post =)

I cut it in pieces and used a lot of glue.. This was not the easiest thing to glue.. It might have been easier to use paper, and paint it. But I thought this would look good, but it was a bit hard to attach the bottom...

The cake is made of air-drying clay (that I got from Sara in a swap last year) unfortunately it had already started to dry, but I could chop it up and use it. And on the top I added some deco glue that I got from Sushi flavour's webshop.

This is suppose to look like my mum's favourite cake =) A chocolate cake, "kladdkaka", easy to make, in real life =) and very tasty. 

Lisbet and Konrad thought this cake was perfect for celebrating the fact that they finally got their rings =)

(I'm amazed they manage to make a cake in such a unfinished kitchen ;) )

Take care

Hannah

A fantastic gift

Giving is fantastic, but I have to say; getting presents can be quite fantastic too ;)
One day before Christmas (you know we Swedes celebrate Christmas eve the 24th, and get our presents from Santa that day, I know for example you Americans have to wait another day for that ;) )
Anyway, the 23/12 I got a package with many great things from Sushi flavour. I won her competition/giveaway and a gift voucher of 100kr in her webshop. Such a pleasant surprise. I just went ahead and ordered straight away =) This is what I got:

Air drying clay, deco glue, fake sugar, mini-beads, and extra presents; ice cream glasses and 2 canes

Johanna even added some extra gifts, 2 ice cream glasses and 2 fimo canes. I was very happy! Still am ;)

Thank you very much Johanna!!
You should all go visit her shop and her blog. She makes wonderful jewellery and have lots of fun crafting materials. I look forward to make some ice cream out of this later. I have never worked with air drying clay like this before, looking forward to try =)


I can take the opportunity to show my mini-related Christmas presents too =) I got a big bag from my mum, to keep my crafting things in, and she already filled it with lots of great stuff.

Filled with fabric, fimo gloss varnish, wooden sticks, fimo clay and doll clay (and much more).

And my grandmother gave me some furniture to build =)
(And some ribbons I put in the bag.)

And some tools for cutting things.

I got so many presents this year, I most have been really nice ;)
Hope you all, like me had a great Christmas among people you love!

I will keep having the Christmas spirit and enjoy the company of my family. My mini-making seem to take a break, but I hope to be back after the holidays =)

Take care

Hannah

Meet the Pettersson family

When I was a kid I loved miniatures, making small things and playing with my dollhouse and my Barbies, and to draw and write stories. I think I could combine all these interests now too, by writing on my blog, coming up with a story about my dollhouse family and make miniatures (and collect vintage Barbie dolls). 

So I had a bit of fun coming up with names for my dolls =) I thought they should have a typical Swedish last name, a "sonnamn" (name ending with son) I married into a name like that =)

I thought they should be the Pettersson family =) (Petter is a man's name, so it means Petter's son, but nowadays the whole family have the name, even if the girls aren't a son ;) and even when their father doesn't have that particular first name, families inherits the name in many generations instead of taking the fathers name) Anyway =) I started thinking of how many they should be, and their first name =)

I started with the mother (who has a twin sister in a drawer here...) =) She got the name Lisbeth and the father who haven't got any cloths yet, he's Konrad =) And they have 3 kids, and Lisbeth is pregnant with a forth. The boy is called Jon and the girl Lovisa. But the baby haven't got a name yet... He/she hasn't even got a body yet ;)

Here they are:

Konrad, Lisbeth, Jon, Lovisa and "the baby"

I have done the body for both mum and dad, and mum's cloths. I don't think anyone is "finished" yet. I haven't even started on clothes for Konrad. And I'm thinking of giving Lisbeth hair, don't know if it's even possible (for me anyway)... And Jon, he is bought all finished, but I'm thinking of changing something.. I don't know what, but I would like to make him more unique... And the baby obviously needs a body =) and clothes, just like Lovisa.

When I was looking for the girl, I found 3 of them! I had no idea I had 3 similar dolls =) But every one has something different from the other, skin-tone or hair-tone..

 

Since the family has been very nice this year, they haven't even complained a bit about me not finishing there house, and having to sleep in a drawer and not having clothes... I gave them a surprise ;) They got to visit Santa in his unfinished house =) I think they were very hungry, because there is missing lots of food =)

I plan to set up a full typical Swedish "julbord" later, I started making food last year (isn't it great that polymer clay food doesn't rotten ;) ) but there are lots of food still missing, that needs to be done..
(I will write a post about how I made my Santa later =) )

As you can see Santa brought them all gifts. 

Jon got a train (can't remember were I got this from =) ) Lovisa got a Winnie the Pooh figure (This one use to be a necklace =) ) And the baby got a needlefelted teddy bear. Lisbeth got a book (I copied a book I have and printed it, glued it to a catalogue and cut it, very simple) And the kids all got books too (That I have got from Anna) =) And Konrad got a shirt (he could really need one.. but this is only a "fake" shirt.. folded fabric with fake buttons from polymer clay in a box I've made of paper)

I want to wish you all a Merry Christmas!
Here is a picture of our Christmas tree, this year we have a real one =) (Hopefully I will be able to make a miniature tree one day too.) We use to have a fake plastic tree, but it's nice to have a real one too, it smells good and is very beautiful. (We are missing a star at the top..)

 Take care

Hannah

Snow!!

 I got this lovely knife a few days ago. I won Doriens giveaway =)

Very well-made and  beautiful! Thank you very much Dorien!!

And now to the snow, this is more like it ;) We had a storm here in Sweden a few days ago, worse in south Sweden and not much here in the middle/north... But there were some wind and it did snow quite a lot. I was so happy =) (Because I love snow)

Can you feel it? I think I do now =) The Christmas spirit is seeking up on me =) And.. I manage to do one more dog. (Not from the new wool I was washing, I used some "old" one first) I don't know if I'm finished with this one... or if I should add brown, grey, curly fur, long fur or something.. I have no clue what breed it is.. it was suppose to be a west highland white terrier, then it became a big chihuahua, then I made the ears go down and made it into...nothing...

Do you have any idea what breed it is? =) Should I add some wool to make it look more like a special breed, or just let it be a mixed breed?! =)

My daughter was very happy for the gift, she plays with the "dollhouse" and opens the door and make a baby doll go trough it, and close it again =) And then she plays with the furniture out side of the "house". Her favourite is the toilet =) and the bed.

We are very careful to put pictures of our baby on the net, so this is all you get, a picture of her back ;) But its a pretty back, the worlds prettiest I think!

Today we got to light the second candle (out of 4 before Christmas) and I wish you all a: "God 2:a advent" (Happy second advent)

Take care

Hannah

Christmas?!

I love Christmas, snow, candy and good food and family. But this year I haven't got the Christmas spirit, yet, I believe it was the lack of snow, but today we finally got snow, not just a thin layer, "real" snow =) I want looooots of snow for Christmas...

Any way, my daughter will be 2 years old this week. Time flies, really!! She is still my baby, and that's what she calls her self, baby =) But she is so big now, she is walking and talking like a big girl =)

She loves the doors in my dollhouse, and I'm longing for the day she is big enough to play nice with a dollhouse, but she is a bit young, still =) But I couldn't resist, so I made a roombox for her.. Its not pretty, but it has a door, and I got lots of great wooden furnitures for smaller children from a girl in a Facebook group about dollhouses. So This is what she will get for her birthday, and then I have even more furniture to give later. I might have to make some more rooms, to fit all the furniture =)

This is very, very simple. I thought I might ask her to paint the walls and maybe we can make a floor together too. She will get a real house later, but since she is so young I thought this will be enough for now =)

She might use her duplo figures in this house, she loves duplo =)

Her duplo figures. 

She calls them mormor (grandmum) bebis (baby) pappa (dad) mamma (mum). The bigger girl is suppose to be the mother, and the shorter is the little girl.. But she change the two of them ;) So I'm the little blond girl... =)

Back to my miniatures =)

I have been cleaning wool. I got some wool from a nice girl. Shropshire wool. I liked the colour when I got it, looked nice, then I put it in some water, and like magic, it became white! It's a nice colour now too, but I would like to have some beige/cream coloured wool too. I might try to colour some wool later.

I have dried it and now I'm just waiting for inspirations to make more dogs ;) Meanwhile I have been making some bags. Again =)

My lady tried one out =) She liked it ;) But these three will be added to my pile of things to sell =) As you know I'm saving things to sell, I need to work a bit faster if I want to have a full table next year.. =) I'm too slow to actually earn money from my hobby, and I get to attached to things too =) But I'll give it a try.

I did try to make a new dog today, but it didn't work.. I teared it apart and gave up, I might just not be in a good mood for dogs right now, maybe I'll try a teddy bear tomorrow, for no I'll just enjoy watching the snow =)

take care

Hannah