When something is late for one occasion, it may be just in time for another. Well, that's what I decided it to be in this case ?. It's a crate I started for my Christmas scene yet wasn't able to finish in time (it inspired the title for this post). But first, let's get out the bottle of red, the one I forgot for Christmas ?: I'd like some olives, ham and cheese with that. Oh, and I think there might be some walnuts left too. And who wants Baileys? how realistic does that cheese, thinly sliced ham and bread look? I don't remember who I bought it from, it was during the Apeldoorn fair s ..read more

Do you like Christmas as much as I do? I love it! As well as a great opportunity to get out some things I had not yet used with some newly found and made items. I hope you enjoy! how about the rustic coffee-table? It's a slab of petrified wood of which I put the unpolished side up for that natural look. I couldn't finish the turning wheels (see my post Flower Hour), so I made easy legs for this scene (the are looped at the bottom) Come in! While admiring this lovely and welcoming sign, from MiniFanaberia. please, don't mind the missing doorhandle/-bar and letterbox (pending repa ..read more

Hey there! I've been making little steps of progress the past year with the working blender and the scene to present it in when finished: I só look forward to be able to make a real miniature smoothie!! ? It's just a simple (scrapbook+printed on cardboard) mock-up type scene (see all the way down for some overview shots), since it's just to showcase a miniature. Because we'll need a bit more patience for the blender, I thought it'd be fun to show one of my kitchen miniatures I really like, while I always enjoy having a little photo-shoot. And any excuse to take out awesome miniatures from my s ..read more

Thank you for your continued patience regarding my blog. Not that you have much of a choice but still ? and I truly appreciate everyone here. For now I have some pictures of a simple miniature Christmas scene ? I threw together, if only to say hi and, whatever you celebrate - if anything, wish you wonderful (holi)days; especially in these weird times where nothing is normal nor how anyone would like them and a wonderful anything may seem a bit of a stretch. That of course doesn't take away from wishing it to all. not all of the lights work anymore, will see if I can fix that som ..read more

Wow, that's been wayyyyyyy too long! Again... ? Buttt... I didn't forget about this place, in fact, I've really wanted to post stuff, but same old story. And you know how I like to find ways to do something without needing much, soo.. .. a while ago I thought of something that translated into something miniature that's simple and doable for me and maybe interesting enough and worth sharing. To me anyway. Took a lot longer to be able to photograph and it's not even summer anymore, but it's spring in our southern hemisphere and isn't that like summer's foreplay? ;) And I think it's just fun, if ..read more

Hey everyone, I'm back with something that actually belongs on this blog ?, but thank you so much for your wonderful and supportive comments on my last post, it means a lot! Because I needed something a bit straight forward for now I recently started a miniature chair I've wanted to make for years. After one I've had myself that I still love and although I plan to one day make one just like it, for now I'll make a green leather version. Why green? Well, because I have an old olive green leather jacket that is a bit damaged but more importantly makes me look 20 pounds heavier than I am and f ..read more

Hey there beautiful soul, how did you end up here? ? Some tiny flower-power (hence the little wordplay of the title) I borrowed from Mother Nature. As a prop to show a little something of what I haven't been able to finish yet, just as an excuse to have some fun shooting a couple of pics. I'll save you the reasons for my long absence, whoever even reads this after being m.i.a. for so long. I still love it, but I'm not sure what my blogging future is going to be like, what I am realistically able to do but it will always be what I can. Because I'm still crazy passionate about miniatures and ..read more

a little engine-inspiration to title this post :D. So, it's time to let you know what I'm making with my not-so-V8-micro-engine ;). I actually gave a hint about it in the blogtitle of my previous post, 'blending crafts'. Now I've given away that hint it's probably not hard to guess anymore: it's a blender! And the photo might have given you some idea too ;). the setup with the parts I have so far. At least it already looks like a blender ;) I e-mailed Leo Reinders, a Dutch miniature glassblower (Arnhem fair), last year some photo's and measurements to make  the jug for it. I pick ..read more

nope, not a typo, just a little play on words ;). Since this piece of furniture was the easiest many-part-miniature I ever made. Still had some challenges, but that's okay. I love those anyway and nothing crazy. (update: none of the comments had been published until just now (20th of August) because for some reason I don't get notifications in my e-mail anymore..?, the mysteries around my blog continue haha!) the observant visiter or this blog will notice that the right end corner of this photo is a bit off. It's where the mdf-corner this setup is in ends, as well as the wallpaper that's ..read more

no fiddly stuff this time :D yay! Well the drawerpulls were a bit to make, but very doable. This is even a huge miniature for me to make, hence the title. As you can probably imagine I really wanted something a little lot less nervewrenching after my working fan and this was just perfect! Not finished yet, but it takes a bit longer than I thought and felt like showing the progresss since you saw it last, a long looong time ago ;). I'd not been able to finish it before because, besides a number of other reasons, the midsection had quite a curve. That I didn't really know if I could get strai ..read more