Gifts from Jennifer

Hello my dears

Twice a year Jennifer and I exchange gifts.  Once on birthdays and once on Christmas.  Jennifer is one of my very special friends. With her I can consult and receive the best advice and help on blogging and other issues. Here are new  Hanukkah/Christmas gifts from her and wow am I totally spoiled!

No mini Menorahs are to be found here.  No Christmas miniatures either.
I hope this situation will be changed soon as more and more people here become interested in this hobby.

The background is one of many cute whimsical cards which I have and treasure.

Jennifer makes and sells these lovely cards.

Very beautiful blue and white plates and vase.  The beautiful candle center piece was created by Jennifer herself.

A mouth watering cherry pie!

A beautiful Reutter china blue and white pot which Jennifer bought especially for me, knowing blue is my
favorite color.

Adorable tiny animals.

DIY stuff.  I already know what I'm going to do with some of these.

I enjoyed opening and discovering each of these wonderful items. THANK YOU JENIFFER FOR
ALL THESE AND ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP.

A warm welcome to http://dollhousedecorations.blogspot.co.il/, my new reader.  The number of followers is
slowly getting very close to 600.  I already started to craft a giveaway for the time the number will reach 600 and shall soon be able to show you what it will be.

Hugs and blessings to all my dear followers

Rosanna's gift

Hello dears,

I mentioned this before, and I'll probably mention it again and again.  Blogland is a wonderful place to be in. Here is where you meet all the kind and generous online friends.  Friends who share your hobby and are always there for you when you need advice.  Friends who share tutorials.  Friends who want to please you.
Friends who are on the look out for and collect items which they know will be useful to you.
Friends who send you surprise gifts, and especially friends who giveaway gorgeous treasures which took them many hours to create. And a lot more, but of course you already know this.

What a happy surprise I received when Rosanna emailed me to let me know that I am the second
secret lucky winner of her gorgeous giveaways.  I was double lucky because I received the exquisite  tea cozy that I chose. Here the photo.

With my bead teapot and  Kikka's cookies.

Here you can see the perfect tiny stitches.

These colors are so, so perfect for the kitchen which I can now hardly wait to continue to work on.

THANK YOU ROSANNA. YOU TOUCHED MY HEART WITH THIS GESTURE.

A warm welcome to Mehtap Kaya.  Thank you for following my blog.

Yesterday my printer's keys were locked.  Can't tell you how frustrating this can be.  Sometimes I got sticky keys but never a full lock.  Somehow, today, I really don't remember what I touched, nearly every key I think and finally, by pure luck solved this problem.  I don't really know why they call it a friendly PC.

Now I'll go visit your blogs to see what's new and leave comments.

Hugs and blessings to all my readers

Christmas Gifts and Giveaways on way to their destinations

Hello all,

Time is getting short and since I wanted my gifts to reach their destination before Christmas, I had to
post them in time.  Believe me, this wasn't easy. My workroom is a mess, our dining table looked
like the tables in a craft market.  Now I feel calm again. Parcels packed and shipped, all except one
which will go out tomorrow.

This is how it looked after I cleaned up the mess.

Pipe cleaner Santa. I just added punched out black felt circles and white felt beard and hat trimmings.

Cute little fellows don't you think so? And so easy to make.

After the holidays I hope to work again on the neglected kitchen.

Blessings to all

Surprise gifts from Kikka

Unexpected good surprises, are the highlights of my days in Blogland.  This time, a parcel arrived from Kikka, containing miniature shoes for my collection.  Last year, in  a swap between us, I sent Kikka,  a miniature pair of replica precolombian frog earrings for her miniature frogs collections. 

Kikka, being such a lovely lady, remembered to look out for miniature shoes and these are the beautiful items she found and sent me.

A pair of leather traditional Lappish boots, a pair of traditional reindeer Lappish boots (miniaures of real

ones still worn in  far northern areas), a pair of bark shoes made by Mirka Salonen and  beautiful 

jewelry shoes.

Not only shoes but a beautiful little Marimekko book and gingerbread plate made by Kikka. A tiny bell

and wonderful, yummy candies which sadly vanished away too quickly.

For readers who have missed my post about the miniature shoe collection, here are two photos, a small part of the collection.
They are miniatures, but larger than dollhouse size.

THANK YOU  KIKKA FOR YOUR GENEROSITY.  YOUR GIFTS HAVE ARRIVED IN TIME TO BE MY FIRST HANUKKAH GIFTS.

I wish you all a wonderful weekend.

Happy Hanukkah and the Winners Are.....

Tonight we celebrate Hanukkah and light the first candle.  In Holland a huge Menorah has been erected, the largest in the world, here. Thank you Gonda for this link.

Our family will be celebrating and exchanging gifts tonight. Personally, I love and prefer the eighth day when all candles are lit.


I've added the following participants of my giveaway to the previous list.

66. Diane
67. Melli (iciri-piciri)
68. Melli (pipibar)
69. Sherika
70 Sharee
71. Mely Mel
72. Elena (milideas)

CONGRATULATIONS TO

Patrizia, Doortje,  Genevieve , Please email  your addresses to drorahed@gmail.com .

Once more I'm a little sad that I cannot give prizes to all the lovely people who joined this
riffle.  I can only promise that there will be another giveaway, as soon as there are 600 followers.
Not very long to wait as there are already 585.

Happy Hanukkah and blessings to all






     

List of participants in my third blog anniversary giveaway

Hello dear readers,

Suddenly I realize that my giveaway draw is only 3 days away.  Here is a list of participants. Please check if your name is included.  There is still time to take part for those who missed my post. New participants will be added to the list.

This is the Random number generator that will be used for the drawing.

 1.  Anisflora                                  
 2.  Anna Galli
 3.  Mari
 4.  Lisa
 5.  Doortje
 6.  Hannah
 7.  Rosella
 8.  Wyrna
 9.  Contar
10. Anne
11. Sylvie
12. Ewa
13. Isabel
14. Carmen
15. Sschaffer
16. Sognatrice
17. Bridget
18. Munir
19. Fabiola
20. Kikka
21. Irina
22. Paky
23. Sanne
24. Maisa
25. Ludmila
26. Jeniffer
27. Ana Acamarah
28. Patrizia
29. Maria Ireland
30. Keelin
31. Marisa
32. Malu's
33. Susan Korman
34. De
35. Shaairah
36. Maria Fernanda
37. Adela
38. Birgit
39. Carol (Wee Cute Treasures)
40. Pam
41. Pilar
42. Rosethe
43. Susanna
44. Pikko45. Tatiana
46. Julia
47. Ascension
48. Ilona
49. Isabel Garcia Gonzalez
50. Donna
51. Veronique
52. Eva Tatalamaru
53. Angeles
54. Chris (Minis and more)
55. Victoria Cascales
56. Genevieve
57. Dorien Litjes
58. Cinamon Cat
59. Francesca
60. Tuikko
61 Rosa Maria
62. Katrina
63. Sarah K.
64. Franca
65. Veronique

Pipe cleaners dwarfs tutorial

These cute little dwarfs take only a few moments to make.  Here is my tutorial

You need pipe cleaners red and green (Or any other color of your choice),
a wooden bead, a piece of red felt fabric for the hat.

Cut two 5 cms (2 inches) long red pieces and one 3.5 cms long green piece.
fold the two red ones in half and join them as you see in the photo.  Place the green
piece between the upper fold and twist the red halves tightly together.

You can make them smaller by cutting away a few millimeters from the legs and arms.

Now you can now start pushing the twisted part through the wooden bead. Push until you
reach a neck size.  You can always cut away what is protruding and cover it with the hat.

Cut the hat from the piece of felt and glue it on. That's all!  You can always add a beard if you like.

While I was not looking, the cute little punks invaded my plants.

I wish you all a pleasant evening and blessings.