Thanks to all my new followers and to everyone for their lovely inspiring comments... the time has gone sooo quickly and I have been in Italy scouring for minis... hopefully I will have some time for what I love to do most.... making miniatures!! Today I have the bug... !!

Welcome and thank you to all my new followers who I have not had time to meet. I have had sooooo much work (my real job) in the last few months that I have had no time for my minis... soon... very soon... in the meantime here is a photo of my splendid Chichi....

For Francesca...

I made this room box for my friend's gorgeous 6 year old daughter (Checca) with all her favorite books and family pictures. The bed head is a painted belt buckle.
I'm not the best photographer and maybe someone might be able to suggest a good camera I could purchase that would take clearer photos... ahh... the joys of minis... If only one didn't have to work and could just play all day...!!

I can't believe that January has gone by and that my holidays are over... I haven't spent anywhere near the amount of time I would like to on my minis but am working on a project at the moment and will post it soon...

Merry Christmas...!

Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas season and looking forward to seeing many of your beautiful miniatures in 2010... thanks for following!!

Auguri per un buon Natale e sperando che il 2010 sara' piena di opportunita' per continuare a creare le miniature bellissime che vedo in tutti i vostri siti.... Buon Natale...

Bring on the holidays.....

Thanks to everyone who has joined my blog in the last few months.. I feel so special...! I have not been able to play with my miniatures as I have been at work but I go on holidays at the end of this week for 6 weeks. I am still recuperating from spinal surgery so will have 6 weeks of nothing but miniatures!!!! In the meantime Chichi had a birthday.. she is now 15 (77 feline years) and is anxiously waiting for me to pull out all my miniature items so she can play too!! Hope you are all well..

Finally...

It's so great to live in an era where I can sit in my pyjamas in front of my computer and shop in the USA.. received my purchases of olive oil, onions, garlic, spaghetti on the boil, artichokes, pumpkins and a brass mould... Such joy!!!

My favorite rooms

These are my favorite rooms so I have put them on top!! Descriptions of what I made are in the "older posts" section. For an idea of size the plates on the left hand side on the wall in the Chichi boutique above are about the size of a 10 cent piece. These 3 rooms are part of an 11 room cabinet I have been making over the last 8 years. Double click the picture to enlarge.

Emanuela's Room Box

This is a roombox I made for Emanuela (Federica's sister in Italy). I designed the wallpaper in photoshop and made all the books, handbag and perfume bottles. There is a battery operated light on the shelf and lots of photos of her and her family. The cross stitch angel on the wall was a printout of one that I actually stitched. Gave both these things to her for her wedding.

Federica's Room Box

I made this room box for my cousin in Italy therefore all the wording is in Italian. This room box was quite intricate. I made all the balls of cotton, buttons, dress patterns, magazines, bolts of fabrics and books. Took it with me in my cabin luggage and put the glass frame on it when I got there. It also has a battery operated light just above the desk.