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I'm hoping to work on their clothes some more, but these will do for now. Mrs. Merriman is wearing a Madame Alexander Cissette dress that I got on a 8" Wendy doll for a dollar. William will eventually have pants, I hope, but in reality he would have worn a garment much like Felicity's.
Went for a walk yesterday and caught sight of this unique plant. It looks so much like mini fireworks. Taken at Richmond Green Park, Richmond HIll, Ontario, on April 7, 2011.
Waterfalls are not something you see in flat, Central Florida. This little outcropping was found at DeLeon Springs, and is about as close as we get to a real one!
Toy Mini Cooper photographed for an assignment based on the colours red, white and blue.
The car is placed on black perspex - a blue gelled flash was use to light the white background which reflected onto the perspex - snooted flash camera left to provide highlights on the car.
Mini Margarita Cupcakes made from Lemon cake mix, lemon icing, colored sugar, drink stirrers, and sour fruit candy.
This is a personal Mini Zen Garden that means LOVE in my life, but I'm sure no one can figure out all of it, if you do, you know me so well, there are some clues, might wanna check them out. Good luck.
Couple of miniature horses, yes they are live animals. They are about 60 to 70 cm shoulder hight or 2 to 2.3 feet. They look like little Arabian horse. Are very gentle. Typically they shave the hairs short for a show. The nose and eyebrows are coated with brilantine to create a glossy look. The ones show here are Chips (Middle), on the right the Belgian Champion Spot and Adventure (Left) all American miniature horses with a USA and European register.
There were plenty of Minis at Dunstable's annual car rally; eight line up to enter the site at Priory Gardens this morning.
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I wanted to make an inexpensive mini Christmas tree this year. And when I came across the fallen palm stalk in the exact shape of a Christmas tree, I thought it would be perfect. At first I was going to dress it with mini Christmas tree balls, but when I saw the price ($5), I decided to hit the dollar store. I went twice and, unfortunately, they didn’t have mini ornament balls or the gold garland that I was looking for. So I decided to make my own.
What I used & (my cost):
Palm stalk or tree branches shaped like Christmas tree (free)
Berries (cranberries will work if you can’t find red berries) (free)
Mini pine cones painted gold ($2.40 with Michael’s coupon)
Pine seed husks (not sure if that’s the actual name) (free)
White spray paint (free – left over from another project)
Ornament hooks (free – already had them)
Small round glass vase (free – already had it)
Small rocks (free – from garden)
Burlap – small piece (.80 cents)
Needle and thread
Needle nose pliers
Glue gun
Total spent = $3.20
*You can substitute any of these ornaments with whatever you have in your area.
We gathered berries from our palm trees and pine seed husks from a nearby pine tree. I was looking for acorns, but that’s hard to find in Miami, but so are the mini pine cones. I went to Michael’s and found the perfect gold painted mini pine cones. I was going to go to the dollar store to buy a small round vase for the base, but then I remembered that I already had one. Just filled it with rocks (to make it heavy), inserted the ‘tree’, and hot glue it so it wouldn’t fall out. I wrapped a small piece of burlap (cut in a circle) around the vase and tied it with a ribbon.
Creating the ornaments:
Take the berries and string them using the needle and thread. To preserve the seeds I, painted them with some clear varnish. Didn’t quite work out, they still shrivelled up. But they look like they aren’t decomposing ay further.
*Safety Note: If using random outdoor berries, keep them away from children and pets and wash your hands after handling them. Or better yet wear gloves, just in case they are poisonous.
Break the pine seed husks into smaller pieces and give a quick coat of white paint.
To hang the ornaments you are going to have to attach hooks to them:
Take the hooks straighten them out and cut them in half.
Twist one end 90 degrees with the pliers and the other end to create the hook part.
Attach the hook to the pine cones and seed husks with hot glue.
Dress the tree to your liking and enjoy!
There have been a lot of awesome Micro scale bugs, and I wanted to do one as well. Micro is not a scale I'm familiar or confident with, so I turned to that old saying - "Build what you know"
I wonder how many folks will think this is just a photo of the old Mantis from the thumbnail and pass it on by. ;) Here is a shot of the two of them together.
Fits on a cupcakes!
**points to rubber spatula** Someone is doing their job right and actually scrapping the sides of the bowl :)
Austin Mini Metro in Siena, Tuscany, in spring 1981. This parked car was a marketing ploy: I believe that the Metro hadn't yet gone on sale in Italy, and two examples were left in the main square in Siena (and presumably other places) to create interest. I seem to remember that there were sales brochures lying on the seats inside. It's a shame they chose beige, though.