Naked!

I'm working on a few mini's at a time before furring. Here's the latest batch.

Enjoying Etsy!

I am really enjoying my Etsy experience so far! 

If you haven't ever been there, you should go.

I joined a couple of teams, one of them is a great miniatures team called MIDS (Miniature's in Dollshouse scale) they have been really friendly and helpful and are a group of some fantastic mini makers. 

I really like the community atmosphere and am enjoying finding lots of great items, mini or not! 

My profile is here.

I've been featured in a couple of treasuries too, which is pretty cool! Wabbits and Sooo! cute.

I've already had 5 sales, in the few weeks I've been there, so I couldn't be more pleased. I really need to get restocking my shop now. Unfortunately, or fortunately, considering the job/economic climate at the moment I work in the tourist industry and we're hugely busy at the moment so that might take a while.

I've decided on a way of shipping my little animals which I think is practical and cost effective, and hopefully a little bit cute too. Here's some orders waiting to be sent out.

Etsy is very addictive! So watch out if you aren't already a member as it will suck you in. lol!

In other news...

Here's a little peek at a new wooly fella, just in time for Spring!

Happy mini-ing!

Some inside the Dolls House

My Dad and I are starting to reach the latter part of putting my new dolls house together. We're deciding how to decorate the last rooms and that means furniture. Of course, cat's do like to take advantage of this!

I got the lovely welsh dresser or hutch with all the baby stuff in it for the nursery from a lovely seller on Etsy, Welshgirl'sworld.

I'm going for a country cottage kitchen theme. 

We're still enjoying it. Dad's planning his next one already.

My work space

Thought I should pop a couple of Work in Progress pics, with me actually working. :p

What a mess! I sculpt in my craft/house rabbit room, but I fur out here at the 'dining room' table since I can come and go from it that way as I'm pottering about doing other things. You can see my tools, scissors and if you squint in the back there is a lamb which is half furred. Of course I'm English, so I need the half drunk, nearly cold cup of tea nearby. 

Closer up you can see my really important tools. Thin tweezers and a wooden toothpick. Yup, that's the way I roll. I like to re use things, so that plastic tub in the back is for my scrap bits of wool, this old soup tub placed upside down is a handy turn table and the china plate I rest my cut fur on was going to be thrown away.

The magnifying glass is called a helping hands, it has two little clips, just the right size for little legs, it's fairly new as it was a christmas present, as is the IPad. Look how huge my hands are!
This is for a commission, so the Ipad is really handy for viewing the emails.

Etsy

I have decided to move my online shop over to Etsy. I'm just going to concentrate on the miniatures and I feel that Etsy will be a better place for them. Just working on getting the photos right and getting things uploaded now.

Here's a sneak peak!

Bull Terrier!

Two little dogs

My latest custom order is for a lady in Canada. She has a little Bichon Frise and a miniature Schnauzer. The little legs were a challenge. Incidentally I did the first Schnauzer head too small so I now have a cute spare head.

Due to the puffy Bichon cut I've made the ears separately and am planning on glueing them onto the wire once the head is furred.

Mini production line