Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Candy shop slow progress

Hello dear readers,

Working with my great-grand-daughter Dana was pure joy. On Saturday, she came and stayed with me for a few hours.  I wanted us to make candies for the shop together, but Dana had other plans. She wanted to make pipe-cleaner animals.  She created one little teddybear working on it for almost one hour and was very happy with the results.  Then she made a small pipe cleaner basket and filled it with tiny yellow foam balls (food for the teddies). I gave her another little bear, a dog, and a cat.  She was gloriously happy with the lot.  We glued the two teddies and their food under a transparent cover to keep them safe from predators (little brother).













For the candy shop, we made Ferrero Rocher boxes.  We used the original wrappings from the candy itself.  Punched 1.5 cm circles out of the golden sheet and 0.5 cm circles out of the brown paper cup.  Dana cupped each golden circle with the end of a rubber topped pencil, put a small bead inside and rolled it into a ball. Then she cupped the brown circles and glued the golden ball into each. It remained for me to glue 8 balls in two rows onto pieces of a clear acetate,  wait until they dried and cover them with chewing gum blisters.  Dana stuck the original candy label on top of each blister.









Time passed away too quickly. My daughter Galia, Dana's grandmother who lives close by, came to take her back.  She was staying with them for a few days but had to go back to her parents.  They live in the Ashdod, a town one hour by car far from us. It will be long before I see her again as school starts next week.

To summarise Dana's visit:  Not much was accomplished for the shop. Between the two of us, a few Ferrero Rocher real-life candies are resting in peace within us.  I learned new dance steps and new versions of old pop songs played on Dana's cellular phone.  Sorry, no photos. There were only the two of us and no one to take photos.  There was a lot of laughter and joyful "ohs" as well as bright suggestions about the shop's door, leaving me with instructions  "For a knob make a cupcake. For a handle make a lollipop".  Needless to mention how much I'll miss Dana.

I wish you the best with blessings!





22 comments:

  1. How precious to create these memories with your great grand-daughter! Not many little girls can claim to have such a cool great grandmother!
    I love her suggestions by the way! ;-)
    Hugs,
    Véronique

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  3. A lot of joy in Dana's eyes: he is a creative and talented miniaturist. I imagine your complicity: you are a great grandmother filled.
    hugs

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  4. You can see that the both of you had really a great time and fun together. Your great grand-daughter is a beautiful and sweet girl, Drora. She left you with wonderful memories you've shared together, of course you will miss her badly.....
    Dana had some fantastic suggestions and one can see that she a good time making the animals and their accesories, she really enjoyed it :).
    Warm hug, Ilona

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  5. Hello Drora,
    It looks like you and your beautiful great granddaughter had a terrific time. What wonderful memories for both of you. Now I want some Ferrero Rocher!
    Big hug
    Giac

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  6. Even when things don't go as planned it's great to see that you two had a good time. Making bears and food for them sounds like lots of fun!

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  7. Thanks for sharing this delightful crafting & dancing
    .session with us
    (:

    .Dana has a lovely smile and her teddy dome looks adorable
    ?Did you show her how to make the teddy or did she know

    Your Ferreros look excellent too and thanks for the mini-tutorial!!Fudge's mouth is
    .watering as he looks at them on the photo
    (:

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  8. What a wonderful visit and a day you'll both treasure! I love Dana's ideas for the candy shop, and what a neat way to make mini candies from the real life sized ones!

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  9. A lovely time together with your family and the Ferrero Rocher looks very authentic, only mini in size. Candy shop facades are fun to make.

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  10. Que alegría que tu nieta te acompañe en las miniaturas Ella es muy guapa ,buena idea para los Ferrero. Bsss

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  11. Las dos tienen un gran talento miniaturísta.Es una artísta, como su bisabuela

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  12. Oh! Me conmueve tu entrada; Drora! Celebro que pasarais un día tan genial y te diré una cosa... creo que esas sugerencias de Dana acerca de la piruleta y la magdalena pueden resultar espectaculares en una pastelería, piénsalo! :) Un abrazo muy fuerte

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  13. The important thing wasn't to make a lot of miniatures but to spend time with your lovely great granddaughter. What joy it must have been.
    Geneviève

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  14. No importa que no hicierais demasiados dulces para la tienda,lo que fue genial es haber hecho un recuerdo memorable con Dana y los preciosos tesoros que se llevó a casa.
    Un día magnífico y una niña preciosa!!
    Besos.

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  15. No doubt - creativity runs in the family! Dana had some wonderful ideas for your candy shop - you will have no other choice than to do what she suggested. ;O) It was very lovely to meet your darling great granddaughter, it's easy to tell from her face that she enjoyed your time together very much. And I like that she has her own ideas, preferring to create some teddies she could take home with her instead of just making candies for your shop - a very clever little girl. The predator proof dome made me smile for sure - I hope the little folk will be able to enjoy their delicious baubles. Thanks for sharing these very special moments with us - and for showing your method with the Rochers. I admire that you're also thinking of the brown base paper !

    Hugs
    Birgit

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  16. Creo que esos momentos de felicidad que has pasado con tu nieta son de los que nunca se olvidan.

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  17. Beautiful girl Drora it looks like you both had a wonderful time together.Clever girl I like her ideas for your shop.I am jealous I am still not happy with my pipe cleaner animals lol. Yes you miss them when they go back to school I have had some great times with my grandchildren this summer but they have gone back to school since yesterday.
    Hugs Maria

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  18. Привет Дрора!
    Какая замечательная и красивая девочка! Я думаю, что у вас был счастливый творческий день!
    Обнимаю
    Татьяна

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  19. What a wonderful day! Sharing your minis with your love ones is just amazing. Your great-grand daughter looks trilled, I can see she has your talent. Btw, those Ferrero Rocher chocolates are wonderful, great job

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