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

Pumpkin fairy village

Just a quick post to show my latest little fairy pumpkin village. I think it looks so cute with the tiny pumpkins sat amongst the flowers and toadstools. I'm going to be making a few more of these too with different variations of colours, size...etc. They would look great in a terrarium.

Halloween dollhouse pumpkins, dolls and furniture

Here are my latest Halloween creations. I thought I'd try and cram a few in before the shipping dates get too close to Halloween. I've loved making pumpkins this year and have made so many with different facial expressions, in different poses...etc it has become harder and harder to think up new ideas for which kind of pumpkin to make next. I hope you like the ones I came up with. The miniatures in the photo above will be available to bid on through my ebay site from 8.30pm GMT tonight. The auctions will end this Sunday evening 8.30pm GMT. Please feel free to leave any comments or if you would like to request any custom work please leave a message.

Autumn miniature polymer clay dollhouse items

Well the weather has certainly taken a cold turn, it is feeling so much cooler lately so Autumn has definitely arrived. I was hoping we'd have some late summer/early Autumn warm sunshine but it doesn't seem likely at the moment. Nevermind, instead I have been keeping warm indoors and getting my Autumn miniatures made. I've got a bit behind with my miniature making due to two holidays I've been lucky enough to go on recently. With all the preparation for the holidays and actually being away my miniatures have been far and few between. Well it is back to work now and I'm hoping to devote more time than ever to making some more miniatures and also getting my Christmas items ready. In the photo above you'll see my latest creations handmade from polymer clay. There are a few little pumpkins, a pumpkin candy display, a black cat teapot and a tree man (who isn't quite finished yet but will have a lovely head of leaves added to the top). I will be putting some of these items up for auction on my ebay site later today (just look for the seller:fizzyclaret to find them). My favourite item here is the tree man (even if he is only half finished) as he looks so grumpy. I'm going to make a few more trees to keep him company I think.