A fairy garden

It has been a long time since I posted something on my blog. In my defence, I was in Provence, South of France, during the 2 months of vacations and the house is almost "a miniatures free " zone. Actually, I can't bring my workshop with me and I have a lot of things to do in the house itself...
But I have something very cute to share with you.
Just before the vacations I had a special order on my Etsy shop. A customer asked me to create a single fairy shoe. It was intended as part of a surprise for two little girls.



Here is the shoe. The results were sent back to me in the form of an amazing movie.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKttzdkzWFo&feature=youtu.be

The two girls are so cute and they were so happy. I'm so proud that my little work was so well received ! The fairy bottle in  the second fairy garden was made by Caroline of Pixie Dust Miniatures. I love fairy gardens !!!

Back to the Art Nouveau

I didn't like the bedroom of my house. It wasn't really Art Nouveau, the colour was too yellow and the whole thing was a little bit tacky, so I tore it all off...

 

 



It's much better now. I only kept the door and the floor, and reused the wiring. I changed the colours, a greyish blue and a champagne that are more in the tone of the era. I bought a beautiful wallpaper by Susan Bembridge, called "golden lily." It's a William Morris design with blue lilies. But unfortunately, the room is too small and the print is way too heavy, so my bedroom looked like a candy box. I decided not to use it, but I kept the matching fabric...

 

I made my own design for the new "Iris bedroom"and the window frame that I hadn't done before. Now the walls are ready.

 

 

The electricity and the furniture are back in place, but I still have no bed. The next step will be : me making an Art Nouveau bed.

 

 

That's the house now, still a lot of work to do !

 

 

 

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....