Lazy days

I had all the best intentions in the world to knuckle down on Friday evening and get creating with the polymer clay. I always start the day off so full of ideas and imagine what I'll be able to create later on in the day. My day at my regular job crept on and I eventually got home at around 3pm and then I had my 4 year old daughter to entertain, feed, bath and put to bed before I could start.

So by the time 8.30pm finally crept around I found myself sat on the sofa allowing myself a 15 minute break before hitting the clay. 15 minutes turned into 30 minutes and before I knew it I had sat through an eviction episode of Big Brother and 2 episodes of Fargo I'd been meaning to catch up with. Tut tut!!!! Well there went my evening of so called hard work. Does anyone else do this and sneakily let themselves off from a night of home work?

I did feel guilty. I'd often sneak a look at the clock and think 'I really oughtta be working'. Sigh! Anyway during the week I did manage to get another couple of miniature pumpkins finished. I think I'm going to build up my stock of Halloween items early this year so that I don't have to rush to make them in the next couple of months.  And the way that the TV seems to have a hold of me of late this can only be a sensible thing to do.

I have several miniature pumpkins on auction on ebay at the moment. You can find several of the ones in the photo above here http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/fizzyclaret/m.html?_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1 all the auctions end tonight.

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 trees and pumpkins

Wow the time has flown so quickly since I lasted posted on my blog. I think the last time I posted was about my early start on Easter miniature dollhouse items back in January. Well that only seems like only 5 minutes ago, however here we are at the start of May hurtling into the summer months. It probably seems a bit early to some people but I have decided to start early on my Halloween themed miniature items so that I can build a good stock pile of them ready for the Autumn months. I'm never usually this organised but I thought I'd give it a try and see how it goes. In the picture above you can see my latest Halloween miniature items that I'm currently in the middle of creating. I adore making pumpkins and will be making many of these cute little fellows. The pumpkins and the trees in the picture are unfinished, they have yet to be painted and any accessories added to them but you can get the general idea of where I am going with them. When they are finished I will post again to show the finished photos.  

White rabbit miniatures

Well finally the sun has managed to shine through the deep grey skies over the last few days and it really feels like Spring is just around the corner. The crocuses, snowdrops and daffodils are pushing through the ground now and the evenings are staying lighter for longer. Hopefully we are now past the sodden weather we have had over the last few weeks which has left so many homes under water here in the UK. My heart goes out to the people who have lost everything in the storms in the Southern counties. Hopefully the sun will start to dry the flood waters soon and people will be able to start rebuilding their homes again.

I can't believe it's already been a few weeks since I last posted on my blog, the time just seems to have flown by. I have been busy making many miniatures for Easter with lots of lovely soft pastel colours. I'm also very inspired by Alice in Wonderland at the moment, especially the white rabbit and have been making lots of white rabbit sculptures with my own more simplistic interpretation. I've added my signature roses to the pieces and a few cute red hearts too. I would love to know what you think of them. 2 of the white rabbit sculptures above can be found on my ebay site http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/fizzyclaret/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25&_trksid=p3692 along with 2 miniature 1:48 scale polymer clay settees. Well, gotta dash but I hope to be back here soon with another post :)

Spring miniatures

These are my latest Spring miniatures for the dollhouse. The little mirror is my favourite as I just love the colour combination of the flowers and the leaves. There is a real fairy like feel to the mirror. I have listed these items on ebay for auction and you can view them here:
 http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/fizzyclaret/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25&_trksid=p3692
Good luck with the auctions if you decide to bid :)

Miniature white rabbit teapots

Well the rain is back so there's not much to do other than to stay indoors so I decided to work on some more polymer clay miniature items. I made some cute little white rabbit teapots. The teapots are all in miniature and range in size from 3/4 of an inch (1.9cm) tall to 1 & 1/4 inches (3.1cm) tall. I'm enjoying sculpting rabbits so much at the moment and will be making some larger sized ones to put on some Easter treat boxes in the next couple of months.