Kopy Kat furniture

Hi All

We are having a bit of respite with the weather, its been cooler and a bit cloudy, but do not worry the heat will be back, they are saying we will be hitting 30's and above next week, I have brought a big fan so I hope I can get into my work room more.



So glad you liked my last lot of mini's, I have been carrying on with my quest of reproducing normal size furniture into minis, this time I have done a lovely set of drawers, I must admit I would love to do this in real size to, have a look


 

 

mini drawers

decorated

what I copied

 



 

new minis

Hi All

Its been hot! hot! hot!, yes we are finally having a great summer, we have been hotter than many places overseas, so its our time to brag, I used to love lying in the sun, getting my body brown and browner, but now I will confess, it is to hot from me, one of the things I suffer with my condition is very similar to hot flushes and this heat is making it very difficult for me to stay cool, but on the plus side, my joints are feeling great, can't win can I.

I have been able to do a bit of mini work, cannot be in my work room for long, I have been looking at real size items and have now got a folder of stuff would like to copy in miniature.

I also finished a settee set, I repainted this black and recovered with some fantastic fabric, yes I know its not shabby chic, but with the material I had it would be suitable for that style, I made cushions in silk to go with it.

The first 2 items I made in my attempt to turned out pretty good, if I may say so myself, have a look and see what you think.

 

 

I had to show you this, my doggies at bedtime, yes I know they do share my bed.

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you

Hi All

thank you very much for your lovely comment's about my latest creation, just got to wait now for the wedding, got to get my outfit, but am on a diet so am waiting a couple ore weeks, just want to lose a few pounds. But hard for me as I carry a lot of fluid.

On a very exciting note, I have been looking for an old printer's drawer to display my mini collection, and I got one, need to clean it up a bit, will not be painted, just polished to bring out the wood, then I will have to find a home for it.

every year I turn part of my garden into a wild garden for the insects, little creatures and birds, and I am always amazed at the colours of flowers that come through, most of these are weeds and usually we would rip them up and throw them away, but when we leave it to nature, she shows us what a fantastic array of "flowers" she can produce, have a look

my printers drawer

my bit of wild

 

its finished

Hi All

Yes its finished, what am I talking about? my son's wedding present, I am very pleased with it, I have made all of this, including the cakes, not having a photograph of the dress or the flowers I have had to go on what I have been able to find out by questioning, I hope I have got it right, I knew the colours that they are having, so in the end I had to let my imagination take over. Now to wait for the wedding.

Started on some other projects, I have collected pictures of some real life items that I like and I will be attempting to recreate them in mini.

It is very hot here so not able to be in my work room for long periods, they say we could be up to 30 today, and it will continue into next week, about time we had a summer, well off to create.

have a look at the finished project.

 

Been busy

Hi All

yes I have been busy, in-between working in my garden, I have been getting on with my wedding present to my son and his nearly there wife, I have started to put mini items into the shadow box, when I was with them last week, Amy showed me her shoes for the wedding, these are beautiful, they are in sliver with sparkles all over them, so I had a pair of red metal shoes, I rubbed the metal down, repainted them silver and while the silver was wet I dipped them into silver eye shadow, the effect is very good, I have taken a picture for you, but it is a bit blurry, tried many times to get a good picture but I could not, hopefully when they are in place in the shadow box they may come out better.

I got from ebay a few weeks ago a printers drawer, this was a fairly new one so I have repainted it, I used blue and white, I have another one coming, this one is an old one so will not be painting it, I intend to use them for my collection of mini items including my Reutter minis, I have been looking for ages for something to display them in, and wanted a printers drawer and I have finally got 2.

I have also been enjoying this hot weather we have been having and working on the garden, well what that really means I have been sitting outside thinking about working on it while my son does the work, They say this hot spell will continue for a while, at last we are having a summer.

well better let you see the photo of my progress so far  

I have used photo's of them, including one of their gradation
 

this side holds the veil.

showing the flowers, these are the nearest I could get to the colours Amy is having for her bouquet

not a great picture sorry

before

after

where I sit in the sun

 

Its been so hot

Hi All

It is lovely and hot here so have been spending time in the garden instead of working on minis, I have sat and sorted out all my dolls house magazines, I out projects into files and cut out things I like, so organised, my files are even labelled, clothing, children ect, it makes life easier when I am looking for something. Wondering does anyone else do this ?

I have been catching up on all your blogs, they make great reading and I am in awe of some of the miniatures you lot out there create.

My diet, well I stocked up on very healthy food, I am eating lots of couscous and salad stuff, no sweets, they are my downfall, I have already lost 5lb so chuffed with myself.
Had my regular blood test and they are not to good, apparently dieting and loosing weight can have an effect, so I have to watch I do not eat to much green foods or lose weight quickly, wish they gave you all this information when I first started on warfarin, never mind will  be careful and now have got to have bloods done every 2 weeks till they become stable again. I have also started very gently exercising, and have got myself a book on yoga, still reading that.

Well off to do a bit of housework, even this is organised, I was getting depressed about my little bungalow and being a very tidy person it would upset me to see my house untidy, so I came up with a plan, now I do one room a day, and feel much better, and let you into a secret I even have it written down, its stuck on the inside of my cleaning cupboard.
It has taken me nearly 7 years to work out how to live with my condition not bad going!!

enough of the chattering must get off or my plan will be broken.

see you all soon

Its been a while

Hi All

Yes its been a while, I have had a few personal problems that have taken over my life, but they seem to be lessening now, I have been to Edinburgh to see my eldest son Thomas, I attended his graduation, and stayed for a few days afterwards. I had a brilliant time and was able to relax and recharge my batteries, it done me the world of good. I am now hopefully ready to start making my miniatures again. It seems like it was a long time ago when I last made anything. So starting Monday I will be back into my work room creating, well that's the plan.

I have got some photos for you, they are of my son and his graduation. I am now on a diet after seeing my picture, I want to lose weight before their wedding next month, I looked for a outfit while I was in Edinburgh, but could not find anything I liked and did not make me look big, so strict diet now. anyway enough gassing here are the photos

this is where they collected their degree

back view, it was very impressive

part of the university and where the ceremony was held

group photos

my son Thomas

Thomas and his girlfriend Amy

Thomas and his friends

me, Thomas and my ex husband, David

me and Thomas

at the celebratory dinner

his degree, there was only 5 students who did renewable energy

group photo of his friends, their mums and dads and us