Victorian boots

I'm very proud of this new model of Victorian Boots. I have made the "faux leather"with fabric. Real leather is too thick for tiny boots. The lace-up gave me hard time but the results are nice.

Asian corner

The Asian corner is officially open in the Curiosities Cabinet.

 

I recently added a nicely made statuette in my personnal collection of Buddhist/Hindu artefacts. The beginning of a new corner in my Cabinet, only consisting of religious statues for the moment. The left one (the new one) comes from Seribatu, Patrick Duclou's new Etsy shop. It's a Guanyin, the female bodhisattva of compassion, venerated by East Asian Buddhists. She's riding on a turtle supporting the world on its carapace. The right one represents the same bodhisattva. The one with the elephant head is a Ganesh, a widely worshipped Hindu deity. He is the "Remover of Obstacles". The last one sitting on the right is Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, arts and science.

 

 

I placed them on top of the display cabinet in order to study them.

 

And now, back in the shelves ! Here's a picture of the latest arrangements.

Those shoes are not made for walking

I made tiny shoes for a friend. The big ones belong to Clara, her two years old daughter.

 

And, because I'm in the middle of a "shoe day," I also began a new range of silk shoes. The flowers are made of silk ribbon embroidery and the rest is made of silk thread embroidery. It's a different adornment, but it still fits the XVIII-XIXth century syle.

Details

I did some interior decoration in my gypsy vardo. It turns out to be more and more the wagon of a French gypsy not far from the Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer.
Come in, I will show you...

 

 

Some pieces of lace were added around the windows and on the furnitures. I made the lampshade following the tutorial by "1 inch Minis", it looks really nice and kitsch in that corner.

I have used only LED on batteries in the wagon, I found it easier for a small moving stuff.

 

 

 

The crystal ball is ready : the owner is a fortune teller. I will add later other accessories regarding her work. HER, it seems obvious that this is a girl's dwelling !

The very fine lace on the chest of drawers was made some years ago by an IGMA Artisan, and I forgot her name...If someone can help ! I bought it in Philadelphia Miniaturia, probably in 2008 or 2009 and, if I remember well, she was from The Netherlands. All the other pieces of lace came from my great-grandmother and are in pretty bad state.

 

 

 

There are some "bondieuseries"as they say , kind of religious knick-knack : holy picture of Mary, crucifix. I will make more of these... And still my beautiful painting by Catherine from Ninette and Co and my little needlepoint cushion : a kit by Nicola Mascall.

 

 

A bunch of shoes

 

 

New Versailles shoes

I was working on a new model of shoes. Silk shoes, only silk : body and heel, with leather sole. I will call them Versailles, they look like the Louis XIV's shoes in the paintings, except for the colour ! I guess they also fit Madame de Pompadour or Marie-Antoinette, any queen or king in the Palace and the courtiers as well....

Vardo ...more

 

 

Not finished but, at least, there are furniture...

 

Work inside the vardo

Still working inside, and far from finished.
I try to make something looking like a queenie stove for my vardo. The base is a Chrysnbon Parlor Stove Kit.

Between the saw and the glue, I work on a fine little cushion for the bed. It's a kit from Nicola Mascall. 48 count silk gauze and I need my big big magnifier.