May ATC swap at les Ateliers Du Scrap

Poppy appeal

 It's rememberance day and I couldn't let this pass without showing you my poppy. Every year I buy a multitude of poppies which within half an hour have dropped somewhere along the way. So this year I made one out of polymer clay which is glued on a brooch pin. This way no more disappearing act! 

I will still contribute to the poppy appeal of course but at least mine will stay in place.

More polymer clay...

Just a quick one this time. This is a present for a friend. I actually made him a while ago but only just got around to varnishing him. I wasn't entirely happy with him as I thought I made his head kinda funny but now that he's varnished he is growing on me. Not for long though as he's off to his new home by the end of the week!

More small treats

I bought a waffle maker today and brought it home all excited at the idea of my new toy (ok I don't go out much!). Unfortunately I didn't realise we'd ran out of eggs so I was left all frustrated unable to fulfill my waffle cravings! Therefore I decided to go for the next best thing and made these little cuties. Much better for the figure and perfect for keeping your hands out of the biscuit tin!

Waffle with strawberries and chocolate sauce

Cinnamon apple pie

Cherry pie

French "macarons"

Plain waffles crying out for whipped creme!

Butter biscuit

Do you like miniatures?

Trying to occupy 13 years old teenagers is no mean feat! Take the electronics away and withdrawal symptoms start to occur within the hour. You know the ones I mean: chin dropping to the floor, shoulders levelling with the knees and the extend of conversation reverts to prehistoric times involving a mixture of grunts and shrugs. Determined my daughter was going to entertain her friend who came to stay with us for three days during the holidays I decided we would have fun crafting! My daughters' friend actually enjoys making things so I thought we could make some fimo jewellery and papercrafts (that's the next post!). The fimo experiment proved to be slightly harder than I expected as patience is a virtue few teenagers possess... But we got there and here is a sample of what they produced.

Mini glazed doughnuts

bourbon biscuit and chilli

Cheese burgers earrings

Chocolate earings

They had plans to make boxes for the doughnuts but the enthousiasm ran dry after a full afternnoon of modelling clay.
However I came across these handy sites whilst trying to make the miniature boxes.
http://www.printmini.com/printables
http://www.rainyblues.com/mini/howto/download_2.html
http://www.jennifersprintables.com/
http://www.mysmallobsession.com
http://www.angelfire.com/hi/harmonia/DOLLHOUSE1.html
http://miniatures.about.com/od/dollhouseprintables/ss/printshopbox.htm