Goodbye 2017 -- Minis Making Miniatures

The Craft Cottage is filled with all of the crafts that I love to do.

Of course there had to be a dollhouse/miniature area for the minis to make miniatures.

Goodbye 2017!

Cheers to the hopes that 2018 will be filled with many days of miniature fun!

Craft Cottage

A scene from the Craft Cottage.

(This is my real-life daydream in miniature.)

Highlights From 2017

Projects from 2017 include 3 publications found in Miniature Collector.

Fairy Garden Party tutorial

Seasonal Wreaths tutorial

Humming Bird Bakery article 

This bakery was such joy to make!

Looking forward to more miniature projects in 2018!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from the Pink Pelican/Beachside Bungalow.

Christmas Baking

(Photo from a few years ago -- originally posted on my family blog Serendipity.)

One of my friends hosts a gingerbread decorating party each December.

(Wish me luck -- time to make our houses -- pre-decorating!)

(Looking at mini pics for life-size inspiration! Ha, ha!)

Inside the Bakery

Inside the bakery --

I wish I was better at photographing my minis --

Looking down into the shoppe --

I decided to paint the gumball machine gold...it was originally red.

So fun to see all of the little treats I've collected and made all in one place.

Looking inside --

Lots of my mini cakes and treats are from Little Things By Anna.

She makes beautiful minis.

I've also added a few treasures from Baking in Miniature -- another lovely mini shoppe.

And a darling Valentine's Day set from Kim Saulter {It's a Miniature Life }.

{Talented ladies!}

Things  have come together -- 

At the time of this photo, I was still waiting on hardware, 

a cash register, and cake boxes for the shelves.

Not pictured in this photo is the doormat I made.

It was actually looking at this photo for the first time that make me think --

"It needs a door mat."

I love this photo --

Proud of my hardwood floor and the way the wall papers turned out.

Any other things I need to include?
Maybe a little mini rug?
Maybe a few more items for the green shelves?
Window treatments?

The best thing about minis -- a project never has to be finished...
always adding, subtracting, and tweaking.

So fun to see this article in Miniature Collectors!

Little Things

After the shell of the bakery was completed, I started to work on the shelves.

I stained them a little and added a neutral paper to the back walls of the cases.

It was so much fun to pull out the little items I had been accumulating over the past few years.

I started working on minis when we moved to our new home...{it has been over 6 years now}.

Some of my favorites:

 tiny things from my Squint Box subscription,

Baking in Miniature Etsy (tiny bakery tissue, cone boxes, and books)

and the little pink blender.

I started experimenting with making plates again in January.

Such a fun, easy miniature project -- and perfect for me.

{I have a 'healthy' obsession with dinnerware.}