Guzzi Pearl - Miniature wisard from Israel

Isn't she wonderful? she has a site where you can see more. She also is on Facebook.
http://www.guzziminiature.com-  Enjoy!

Swimming pool consruction- the deck is almost done!

After a long rest  in the mini world due to school work, I 'm back!
I've almost finished the deck for my swimming pool, it took a lot of thinking and trying...
I was looking for the right material and the most suitable tools.
I choose bamboo skewers 1 cm wide for the decking .

I got this cutter on Ebay which was a huge disappointment.
It isn't strong enough even  for this bamboo( let alone wood) and not sharp enough.I wouldn't recommend it !!!!!!!







The local stores saved this project .

The tool below cuts through as if through butter.....

This is what the deck looks before trimming and getting the right shading.

Swimming pool

Some of you would not believe this will happen in 2011- well, well well.....
here are the first steps toward it. the swimming pool is done as you can see, now I play around the deck's idea.
I found these barbecue skewers which would fit perfectly ....
I have a dilemma : shall I put the deck straight or diagonal. What do you think?

We love cupcakes

" I love cupcakes, especially the pink ones....... I wish someone will get me a few for my birthday." My niece declared quite close to her 20th birthday.

So her aunt got busy making a few, eternally sweet out of papiermache.

I enjoyed  so much making them, and she loved getting her present.
What you see ,when enlarged, is more or less life size.

The green "Tutu skirt  " and the" Mini cake on a cupcake" are my favorites!

The pink one and the tall one both decorated with cherries are my nieces choise-

Justly so ,after all - she wanted PINK....

Being sick two weeks before chtistmas

Every year I look forward so for the opportunity on our decoration spree- Christmas!
 Its the highlight of the whole year. And just now- I fell sick with severe bronchitis.
No more decorations with the kids, no cookies backing or party planning....
I tried to do my best by remote control. And the kids- they were so grateful! It is just a joy that not only the present class ( 6th grade ) cared but the 7th ( even the boys) and 9th as well. They wrote greetings, sent decorations and cookies they made at school.
Happiness is in the small details- And so I send you all the best for the new year.

Chanuka- last days of....

Chanuka is the Jewish holiday more or less at the same time as Chistmass. Its a holiday I love. Its happy and one can truely say "happy Chanuka"So I choose happy colors, made some doughnuts, invited my miniature Liat to join and we watched the "Comedia del Arte" I found in
Covent Garden.
I had my singing birds join in and both "Hamsa" on the wall should bring us internal luck

saved from the garbage

 

I adore this one above all!

The rest are a bit to small .....and not my type really. But had to be saved . 

By the way - if it wasn't for Liat my friend and teacher who gave it to me as a gift for Chanuka- i woulodn't be able to show this.

the little Raggedy Andy was bought in Covent Garden 

You might wander what takes me so long to show new stuff here- this time its a prolonged cold- with a temperature running up and down....