Shabby style mini home office

This little home office cabinet was an entry in a recent Michael's hutch contest. I've spruced it up a bit and it is now listed in my etsy shop. I really like the distressed white finish and the toile and reverse toile wallpapers I used. I didn't make the books or the TV I used as the monitor but I think I made everything else. The doors have a bulletin board on one and a white board on the other. There are pens, pencils and whiteboard markers in the little cup on the top shelf. The desktop has a folder, miniatures magazine and cordless telephone as well as a notepad, pen and cup of tea. The office chair is my variation of an online tutorial I found a long time ago. I don't even remember whose it was. It's quite an easy project, though, and the end results are very realistic. The first one I made was all black - it looks very much like my real chair.

Small World summer contest entry

Now that the winners have been announced I can show you my "Picnic in the Park". I made all of the food except for three slices of the watermelon. Burgers, potato salad and cherry pie...yum!

And the winner is...

Rachel of http://senamena.blogspot.com/. My email address is at the bottom of this page. If you will email me your mailing address I will get the rose bench on its way to you next week. I hope you like it!

Updated photo of rose bench for give away

I found my extra camera memory card so I can take photos again. I promised that the hat box looks better now - I hope you think so, too. It certainly photographed better this time!

Contest reminder

Just a quick note to remind you all to post so that you are entered in the rose bench give-away. I spent some time on the hat box lid and it looks much nicer now. Unfortunately, I can't take new photos because my laptop just got sent in to get repaired and I realized tonight that my camera memory card was still in it. The contest will be over before I get the computer back but I promise that the hatbox looks nicer. :-)

The "rules" are simple. Just post a comment on this blog before Friday, April 10, when I will draw the name of the winner from the entries.

My turn to have a give-away drawing

Some of you may recall that Katie's only stipulation about entering her blog give-away was that the winner be willing to have a give-away, too, and keep the giving going. So, I am going to give this hand painted bench and the attached accessories away to some lucky reader. All you need to do is comment on this entry and you will be entered in the contest. Next Friday, April 10, I will draw a name from those entered to determine the winner.

A "tail" of two Henrys

I'm off on a road trip to see DD #1 at college today so I will leave you with some photos of my first attempts at sculpting dogs over a wire armature and then adding "fur." The first dog won 2nd place in American Miniaturist's Henry contest. He was modelled after the editor's own dog named Henry.

This second dog was sculpted as a Christmas swap gift for my friend, Tina, in the UK. She named him Henry in honor of my 2nd place win. He looks really good from the side but he has some issues when you look at him from the back. I think I need some more practice getting the balance right. LOL I'm very proud of how real his markings look, though.