Pumpkin fairy homes

I've been taking a bit of a rest lately and have not been making as many miniatures as usual. I thought I'd get my rest during the lovely hot summer before the rush of Autumn, Halloween and Christmas orders arrive. I've spent my time off on holiday in the gorgeous county of Dorset in southern England and also in lovely picturesque North Devon. Devon and Dorset are my favourite counties and every time I visit each one I start dreaming about buying a romantic country cottage with a thatched roof, huge gardens and views of the rolling hills in the countryside. Reality soon creeps back as I begin my journey home on the M5 towards the Midlands. Why is the journey on the M5 always so torturous? It seems to go on forever and there are always hold ups of some kind extending the travelling time. Anyway apart from the M5 I had two fantastic trips away and I'm now feeling totally refreshed and happy and can't wait to get back to my sculpting.

Shortly before my holiday I created some new fairy houses (see photo above). These fairy houses are a little different to the ones I usually have listed in my Etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/shop/fizzyclaret?ref=si_shop The new ones are miniature pumpkin fairy houses and are decorated with tiny roses, leaves and toadstools. They can be used as gifts, ornaments, cake toppers or can be used in terrariums and are perfect for the coming Fall/Autumn season.

I have also started listing new miniature dollhouse items on ebay again and hope to have many more items listed over the next few weeks. To visit please click the link http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/fizzyclaret/m.html?_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1

Halloween dollhouse miniatures

Today the weather is lovely and sunny and it is very hot outside. After I have typed this post I'm going to go out into the garden and enjoy some planting and get my hands muddy. I love being in the garden so much at this time of year. I love how quickly everything grows and the striking colour from the pretty flowers, the fresh scent of newly mowed lawn, watching as my cats roll around lazily in the sunshine. I could sit and watch the butterflies and insects buzzing around for hours, it's so relaxing. So being in the midst of summer it is quite hard to turn my attention ahead towards Autumn and Halloween. However that is what I have done and I have made these little Halloween cuties (pictured above) ready and painted for the dollhouse. The size will suit a 1:12 scale dollhouse. I absolutely adore making little pumpkins with faces. When I begin sculpting the faces they seem to choose their own personalities which comes through in their facial expression. It's almost like I have no control over them and they just morph in front of my eyes. My favourite out of these little guys is the one on the far left of the picture, he just looks so grumpy lol. I'm going to be making many more of these over the next few months as well as many more Halloween themed items. I find Halloween gives me so much inspiration. Anyway that sunshine is calling me so I'm off out to find my trowel. Catch up with you all soon :)

You can find the above miniatures in my etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/shop/fizzyclaret?ref=si_shop