Visiting the exposition again

Hello dear readers

Yesterday, I brought some members of the family who were unable to get there before, to see the MiniArt exposition.

There were not many visitors and we were able to enjoy ourselves, looking at leisure and finding
many interesting and inspiring items.

One of the most creative artists is Moshe. He is over 92 years old and still creating.  I already posted about this incredible man. I just want to show you what he does to pistachio nuts.

Aren't these adorable?  They could make great woodland creatures.

These pitchers with an iris, will be given to each of the children who take part with the show.  I hope they'll like my surprise gift.

Afterwards, my husband and I invited the rest of the family to lunch at one of the most popular restaurants in Jaffa.

You can see the variety of salads served.  The reason we chose this place is that it's not
far from the museum and the vegetarians among us can get a good meal there. We had fun
and it was the nicest way to celebrate the New Year holiday.

I wish you all a pleasant weekend.  Blessings

Furniture for the fantasy house

Hello dear readers,

Last week flew away scarcely leaving me time for miniatures.  I managed to complete Simona's
fantasy house, stairs lamp, etc. with a few bits leftovers which I hope won't be missed by someone .

Luckily, I bought this wooden fan from a craft show, wanting to try out a tutorial by my generous and very talented friend Tatiana, If there is anyone of you, my followers, who doesn't yet know Tatiana's
blog I suggest you quickly do so.  This lady is really inspiring.

Hideous but very cheap necklace.  I purchased it months ago only for the three metal jewelry findings.

The large metal jewelry finding made a perfect sized table top.  A little bit of  white acrylic paint
made all the difference.

Two cut pieces from the fan make the table's leg.

Chairs were made according to Tatiana's tutorial.

There is still so much to do here.  Halloween is already around the corner and I want to decorate
this house for it.

On Thursday, this week we'll celebrate our New Year here.  It's a two days holiday and I plan
to visit the museum again.  I am making 14 little gifts for the 14 children who each displays a
room box in the show. The children are all adorable miniaturists in the making.

A warm welcome to my new followers, Minaturo-Mango,  Arantxa Alonso Suarez,  Josef Buchel.
Thank you so much for following.

I wish you all a lovely, creative week.  Blessings.

Protecting a miniature scene from dust

Hello dear readers,

I am always looking for  solutions for how to protect my miniatures from dust.  Where I live this is
a big problem.  Simona's two houses were my first worry.  So instead of working on the fantasy
house furniture I worked on covering the houses.

I cut 2 cms strips from 0.5 cm foam board to make frames.  16 strips for each house.

The frame is made from foam board 5 mm (1/4") and will be covered on 5 sides, walls and ceiling,
with  transparent acetate leaving the bottom free.  It doesn't weight much but covers the house
completely. It rather looks like an aquarium (fish tank).

I already bought large sheets of acetate to be cut and glued inside the frames.  I made an experiment
with a small piece and the acetate sticks firmly to the foam board.

The fantasy house, but for the interior decoration and a bit of landscaping, is finished.  Here is
how it will look inside the protecting frame.

From our days abroad, we brought back a "Lazy Susan" ( rotating table.)  It is large enough to
hold the fantasy house and can be easily rotated to show all sides of the house.

I have trouble again reaching you blogs.  I hope this will be solved soon.

I wish you all a wonderful weekend.  Blessings!

International Summer Swaps

This summer again I entered Caterina's summer swaps project.

Manu sent me these beautiful items. Thank you Manu.

I sent Igor

A warm welcome to my new follower O Stepashka. Thank you for following.

Here is a link to awesome watermelon carvings competition which I'd like to share with you. https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#all/1484545e1eed6deb?projector=1

I wish you all a lovely weekend and my blessings

Simona's house - part 5

Hello dear readers,

This is almost the end of the project.  I still have to build the stairs and paint the lamp.  Also some painting
repairs and then fixing it all firmly by glue.

My advice is never to glue before you test everything.  I had to disassemble several times during this work.

It is difficult to see the color of the interior in the third photo.  The color is old rose, same as in the
little doll theater below.

Later on I'll start to make furniture, the right size for this house.

I wish you all a wonderful Sunday to enjoy.  Blessings

Simona's house - part 4

Hello dears

A little progress on the house which I'd like to show you.  If you ever decide to purchase and build a
house from a kit similar to this one, my advice is to paint before you assemble it.  I was just not in the
mood for bold colors these days of sad events here.  The floors, however, make it come alive.

Still a lot to do but it comes along fine.  It's amazing how every little part fits.

I was the lucky winner of May's giveaway.  It made all the long way from Singapore.  Thank
you dear May.

A warm welcome to Maria.  Thank you for following.

Blessings to you all

Simona's house part 3

Hello again dear readers,

Yesterday was spent away from home, family visits and a bit of shopping.

I started painting the house.  The floors are finished except for a coat or two of  spray lacquer.
It was a good idea to paint before assembling the parts.

This was a time consuming job which I am glad is over.  I will not use wall paper because of the
many windows and openings.  The indoor walls will be of a different color than the exterior.

Until further progress, I wish you all a wonderful week end and blessings.