Pull Along Toys

Here we are! I've been working a lot lately, and I have a lot of structural work to show you...if only I'd grab my camera and snap some good pics...So, in the meantime, something more fun than structures. I've been wanting pull along toys for a very long time, but due to their price (especially because in a toy shop I needed more than one!) I've always postponed my purchase. In the end last week I went and bought some material and made the toys myself. What do you think? I've found that they're very addictive to make, and now I've got many more ideas for them. In fact I've already gone to buy some more plastic animals. I'm now waiting for the wheels so that I can go ahead and design more pull alongs :) Which one is your favorite so far?!

Hugs!

Hello, hello! I have been very busy, but I've managed to make a few things for my shopping centre....For example...I built the massive shelf that is featured in pics 1&2. Yes, I'm so proud of it, I still can't believe I made it all myself. It is quite a simple structure to design, but to get all those shelves right....well, that's another story! Anyways, here it is, all finished. Initially I was going to paint it in a nice colour; but after finishing the whole thing, I actually thought It looked nice in its natural shade. So what do you think? Also, as you can see, there's going to be some sort of balcony in the shop. Notice all the tiles?? All individually cut, sand, and painted :/ 

I'm afraid you will have to be very patient with me, if you want to see the progresses of this shop? So, any other ideas on what this shop is going to sell?????

While here you can see my cat inspecting the works on a ceiling I was meant to do ages ago. It is going to be the ceiling of the ground floor hallway. It is going to have a bit of a vault shape, as you can see from the pic. The problem with this ceiling is that I couldn't come up with the decoration of it. I simply didn't have any ideas. Till one day I was browsing through old FMR magazines....and ta da! Found the perfect thing! Went to a photocopy centre, had the magazine scanned and enlarged, and now my ceiling doesn't look like plain wood sheet anymore. I still need to do something to the ceiling, so that it doesn't look like a plain photocopy stuck onto it, but hopefully it's not going to take me another 2 years. Yeah, this is the time it took me to find the right decorations!

I hope you've enjoyed seeing what I have been up to lately, and I promise I'll keep you updated on the developments of my shopping centre.

Hugs!

Slowly but steadily

As promised, though slowly, I'm getting back on track and making new minis. This week has seen me moving plants around in the vases, really. The Hortensia is made of precut scrapbooking flowers which I found ages ago in a DIY shop. The wooden vase still needs some aging, but this is going to happen hopefully in the next week....yes...because something else is being built (as I usual, I can't stop myself from working at different projects at the same time!).

Yes, this is the thing that has kept me busy most. Printing, cutting all those individual tiles, and glueing them to place......But I'm not going to reveal what shop I'm making :) You can have a guess if you want!!!!

I also wanted to thank all my affectionate readers that have stopped by and left an encouraging comment on my blog. 

I'm slowly catching up with your mini works as well, and I must say that all I've seen so far is really beautiful!

Hugs

Works in progress

Dear all,

first of all I wanted to thank you for your constant support and encouraging words. It's really joyful to know that, no matter how many months I've spent away from blogland, my readers are still interested to hear what I've been up to. Please forgive me if I haven't left any comments on your blogs yet, but I've fallen a bit behind with what everyone else has been up to, and it's going to take me a while to make up for it. Apologies :)

And now, as promised, please let me show you what I've been up to recently!

Someone might remember I was trying to build a florist's shop; well, I've finally made it! It's inspired by greenhouses and conservatories, and the idea is to make ALOT of plants to hang off the balcony and partially cover it. In the middle of the floor there will be plenty of shelves on which of course you'll find pots, vases, flowers, gardening tools and so on. But I wonder how long it'll take me to accomplish all this!

And then of course I couldn't ignore my haberdashery. I've collected the raw furniture that will go into that shop, but I haven't started decorating it yet. What I've made though is a dozen of teeny tiny boxes, each and everyone with an assortment of embroidery threads in it. Yes, believe my word, there's tiny reels in EACH box. Just forgive me if I didn't open all the boxes to show you all my crazy work :)

I hope you've enjoyed seeing what I've been up to lately, and I promise I'll be back soon with more things to show you xxx

For too long

Yes, too long has passed since I last posted something on my blog. It is quite sad, really, I've left all my readers without a new post for a couple months. It's not like in the meantime I haven't been making any minis; to be fair, I've made just a few, as I've had some awfully busy times. But I'm back, and I promise I'll take some pics of my last works very very soon, and I'll show you what I've been up to. And maybe we can all celebrate with a tiny giveaway?

Hugs

A bag

This is my last creation! Unfortunately I haven't been able to do much this week, but this is better than nothing, right?

I apologize for not having been able to comment on any of your blogs lately, but I'm living an 'internet-free' life at the moment, due to a few issues with my laptop.

Thank you Catherine for your advise on how to fill pillows and make them look realistic. I'll give it a try :)

I hope you're all having a nice weekend!

Lucia

A cushion is born!

Yes, this cushion -well, what soon will be a cushion- was born yesterday afternoon in the sunny gardens of Blenheim Palace. A most delightful place to visit, if you happen to be in the UK around the Oxford area. I happen to have a free pass to go in whenever I want, so yesterday I didn't want to miss out a great day in the sun at Blenheim. And this is where my first 40 count project was born :)

I hope you'll like it!

Mini hugs, Lucia

My carpet is finished!!!!

Yes, I've finished my carpet! Actually it has been ready for a couple weeks, but it took me forever to take pics, as usual ;)

I hope you'll like it!

Hugs, Lucia

For Sale!

Yes, for sale!!! This cute little bear is waiting to find a new home! He's only 4,2 cm 'tall' when he's standing, he's 100% hand sewn by me, and he's the most adventurous bear I've ever met. He loves to play in the garden, and he wants to explore the world =)

I've made this bear to celebrate the spring season and because several people have shown interest in my miniatures. I'm not planning to open an Etsy shop any time soon; instead I'll post on this blog which items are available for sale as I go along. This cutie is £25, and is ready to be shipped straight away! Poke the picture to admire this bear in all its beauty! And then, if you're interested, please contact me at onetotwelvescale-shop@yahoo.it

Mini hugs, Lucia

Cutie

Yes, yet another bear! I think this one is so cute! All in pink and with bunny slippers! Isn't it perfect for Easter?!

Mini hugs, Lucia