Yes! I have 50 followers!
This makes me feel very happy;-)
So very Welcome: Linda from Linda's miniature musings

I'm sure I am going to have a Give away when I reach a 100!

Welcome

I have some new followers:
Lorraine Escapita from dollhouseminisbydfly
Helen from HelenLovesCashmere(Tabitha's House of Trinkets)
Susan from Minicrochetmad
and Heleni from Très Petit Blanc

Welcome and enjoy my blog!

Christmasbox update

Went shopping last week and bought some wonderfull (wall)paper for my christmas box.

Painted the lid and the stove pipe.

Now first have to make the floor before I can put in the wallpaper.

Gruesome find and swap anyone?

Last summer I was in the park with my sister and our children. On the way back we walked on the path that was intended for mopeds and bicycle's because that was easyer for the babypram.
And then my little daughter did a creepy find. On the pad there were several miniature frogs; flattened by the mopeds and dried by the sun. My sister was feeling sick to her stomach but I couldn't resist; I had to have some. I picked up two (now wish I had been braver and taken more;-) and brought them home with me. They have been in a jar on my shelf the whole time, but as I decided I would make a witchhouse I rembered them again. So now the one on the right is going to be framed and hung on the mantelpiece and the one on the left I am willing to swap. (he is approximately 2 inches long) So who wants to swap with me for something witchy for my witchhouse? Just let me know!

Welcome

Welcome to 4 new followers: Margriet, Ingesfairyland, Margaret and Beatriz Fernandez

What am I working on

I thought I'de give you an update on what I'm currently working on.

When I got the miniature virus a few years ago, I started project after project because I really liked everything I saw. But most off them are now collecting dust standing unfinished in my workroom. But I used the last few weeks very well and organized everything. Made a (way too long;-) list of what I now like and still want to make, put all remaining U.F.O's away for later and selected two items to finish.

The first is a Christmas hatbox.

Our carpenter (we own a Multimate; DIY/construction store;-) made this wonderful box for me

and I allready collected and made some Christmas things

My brother helped me make a new pipe for the stove, that I have to paint now.
Still a lot to do, but it's not Christmas yet, so maybe I'll be able to finish something in time for once;-)

The second project is gonna take a lot longer and will be a witch house. Hugely inspired by several blogs with witchy things and houses, I decided that the greenhouse, I had for a while but didn't realy like, will do perfectly for that. I removed all the plants and table's that were in it and it will now become the house of Mandolyn Fairlady, a very nice witch who loves to help people with her homemade potions, ointments and tea's for which she grows all sorts of mysterious plants.

The fireplace (almost ready) was made by my brother whom I accidentally infected with the miniature virus. He is now making a tudor house from scratch for himself. If you're interested you can watch it overhere: Geje.punt.nl Even though he does not have much free time, he likes to come over and help me with making miniatures every now and then.

Welcome

Four more followers: Welcome!!!

They are: Julie Lawton from Cottage Kitty Miniatures
Ascension from Ascension-mis miniaturas
Kitty from MinisByKitty
and Victoria from Dark Squirrel's Miniature

And today some old picures of cake's and pie's that I've made in the past:

It's a Girl

My sister-in-law had a babygirl last saturday, so I thought I would show
you some pictures of baby miniatures that I've made in the past.

Welcome

A warm Welcome to some new followers!
They are: Peggy, Sonia (Tink), and Sonya Rotella

Something old...

Sinds I don't have much new things to show until my hand is healed, i'll be posting some pictures of stuff that I made in the past. Today some miniatures that I've made for the dollhouse animals.

And the verdict is.....

Three weeks of plaster.

And when I have to look at it for three weeks, it may as well look nice;-)

So I pimped it a little:

Bad news

BAD NEWS?

Don't let it BUG you!

Today I heard that I will probably need another surgery on my hand that was broken, because it's not heeling well. The latest x-ray showed that one screw had moved and the bone was not growing right. Tomorrow I have to go to the hospital and then i'll know more. Not a fun day!

For following my blog!

A warm welcome to 21 new followers:
Monique, Esther, Eva, Chris, Lainie, My Realitty, Pilar, Debbie, Emilie, Elis, Rosella, Sara, Alex, Maria de los angeles mendez gomez, Anthoula, Rapunzel, Dreamkeeperfae, Bözse, Flor, Kiva and Mary. If I could find one, I visited your blogs, and I have to say: I can only hope that I am as inspiring to you as you are to me!

Photo album

Two weeks ago I hosted a dinnerparty at my home.
It was a lovely evening and I took several pictures. One of the lady's had never seen my miniatures and she was amazed by the whole concept of miniaturizing things from everyday life. She didn't think it was possible to make a miniature photo album, so I promised her I would make her one. For the occasion I used the photo's of the dinner of course;-)

My Birthday presents

Last Thursday it was my birthday and I got a lot of presents and money.

These are the miniatures that I got and bought with the money.

wonderful pieces of cloth, dolls, a lot of glassware (not everything is in the picture) flowers, teddybears, and the christmas lady!

I also ordered a mould to make dollhouse baby's with, is hasn't arrived yet,
but this is what it looks like:

The most wonderfull present to me, is the christmas lady, she was on my wishlist for a long time, but hard to find, sinds they don't make her anymore, but my dear husband found me one and bought her for me, so now she is extra precious to me;-)

Can't wait to make all kinds of nice things with the cloths and filling the glassware;-)

Back in business!

It has been a while sinds I posted here. Due to my broken hand I wasn't able to make much, but I used my time very well by tidying up my entire workspace (and it was necessary;-)

Now it's clean and open for business again

(Not the best lighting, but you get the idea)

And last week I carefully started to make some things again.

I started with some embellishments because that was easy'er for my hand. If you are interested in those things as well, you can pop over at my paperhobby-blog (it's dutch though;-) http://kukelesaantje.punt.nl/

Now I've started to finish age-ing an euro mini's couch, one of the gezillion ufo's I found cleaning my drawers;-) But seeïng it's my birthday this thursday it will probably be there for a while because I have other things to do, like shopping and baking cake's. But I'll show it to you as soon as it's ready!

I also wanted to show you my dollhouse. It is an original Heartland Hollow, that I bought for a bargain a while ago. It came with all it's original furniture and items.

When it arrived I was so excited, I couldn't stop looking at it. I furnished it and then...
lost interest. I couldn't understand myself, this was what I wanted for so long, what happened?
But during the holiday it dawned on me... it was because it had absolutely nothing of my own.
So I decided I would not keep it in it's original state but alter it to my own likings. I took all the furniture out and as you can see I've started to remove the (ugly) stone flowers surrounding the house. I want to make lights in it and then gradually change it into my dreamhouse;-)
My kids thougth I should do something funny with it as well, so we decided that we would hide several fairy tale stories in it.
If you look very well, you can already see one...good luck finding it;-)

New followers

A warm welcome to five more new followers:
Marivigano, Marleen, Jody, Carol and Lara.

Chicken

Today the stiches(sutures?) of my broken hand surgery were removed. I have to start using it more and more from now on, but it still hurts a lot to use the muscles:-(
So no new miniatures to show yet, but... I have some new followers! They are: Marina (Casa de Bonecas), Núria, Janice, Sylvia and Marion. Welcome!!!
Marion has a chicken as her avatar and that reminded me of a miniature a once made because it was a childrens rocking....chicken:-)

My childhood bedroom

I'm working on a corner of my childhood bedroom.

The oudside still needs work, but the inside is nearly finished. I only have to make two drawers under the bed in which I kept my toys and stuff.

I also made an attempt to make my childhood stuffed dog in 1:12 scale and if I say so myself;
I'm pleased with the result.

But I also used to have a knitted doll Jan Klaassen and that was too difficult for me.

Luckely I know someone who is absolutely amazing at knitting. It's Nella from

Nella's Breivolkje.

So i send her a little picture of me and my doll:

and asked if she could copy it.

Believe it or not, yesterday I received an envelope and a card with inside:

My very own Jan Klaassen!
Mind you he is only 6 cm (2 inch and a little) tall...ehh...small:-)
Isn't he amazing?
And it was a happy get together with Snuffie the stuffed dog!

My first follower(s)

My first followers!
(three already and I haven't even placed one picture yet LOL)
They are Lisette, Sabiha and Karin. Welcome to you! Lisette because you were the very first, a little something is coming your way :-)