Squint Box

Enjoying some miniatures-in-the-mail fun.

Little minis from miniature artisans  --

Looking forward to 'cozying-in' on fall and winter -- 

Those are my most productive mini months.

I'm so excited to be working on this project.

I signed up for a 6 month subscription to Squint Box.

{The photo above shows 2 or 3 months of what I've been sent.}

Mini Books

The Country Bunny is one of our favorite Easter books.

{I thought there should be one -- or a few -- in mini at our house!}

Making books today.

For the Love of Books!

The September issue of Miniature Collector is out!

You can see one of my mini projects featured in the Kids' Corner.

Remember my seashell bookend I made for the nautical nursery?

There is now a write-up in Miniature Collector 

showing you how to make my custom bookends!

If you love minis creating/collecting this is such a great magazine.

These were so fun to make --

I used various charms, minis {birds} and beads {A-Z} to show several different ideas.

The possibilities are endless!

The thing I love about these custom bookends, 

is that you can make them to go with your dollhouse style or theme.

Here are the finished products of some of my bookends.

Happy mini books with their bookends!

{Thank you Miniature Collector for publishing my custom bookend tutorial!}

You can read about Miniature Collector's feature of the Pink Pelican here.

Making Doll Hangers!

Not as mini as I usually post here, 

but I've been making doll hangers {Blythe/Barbie size}.

The 'mini' minis are on the back burner right now --

finishing up a Blythe dollhouse and organizing the 18" doll things.

You can read about the Blythe collection at A Dozen Little Dresses.

You can read about our 18" dolls [and their house] at An American Girl at Play.

The Pink Pelican is in Print!

Back in November I sent a photo of 'the nautical nursery' to Miniature Collector magazine.

They were looking for photos of baby nurseries. I thought our nursery might be of interest.

The editor asked for more photos of the cottage, 

and 7 months later a 'Pink Pelican' article is in print.

It was so fun to be a part of the print process. Let me know what you think.

{Currently we've got two more articles/projects in the works!}

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As mentioned in the article, we have a love for pink beach cottages.

Our most recent pink cottage sighting can be seen here -- on the Isle of Wight.

Isle of Wight -- Another Pink Beach Cottage

Last week we were walking on the Isle of Wight and I found this darling beach cottage --

and a "pink beach" boat...

I always say there is at least one pink beach cottage in every seaside town.

Seeing that pretty cottage made me think of our mini pink cottage -- The Pink Pelican!

Fun things are happening with the Pink Pelican.

I can't wait to share soon!

Fairy Gardens 2016

Today between harp festival and a beautiful harp concert we planted our fairy gardens.

The little bike rack is a new addition --

Fairies welcome!

Our 2015 garden here

Our 2014 Garden here