My Vintage Dream

Firstly my almost standard introduction of apologising and making my excuses for being such a poor Blogger. I am so delighted to have so many new followers and believe me I really do appreciate your interest when I go so long between posts! 
Again I have been working away over the last month on my latest project and because I forget to Blog as I go along I am now bombarding you with dozens of photos of the story ... I hope you enjoy them and thank you for staying with me.
And lastly to one of my very special friends who is not a miniaturist or a Blogger but has encouraged me so much over the years and nudges me to update my Blog ........... Happy Birthday next week Gill xx

I bought this gorgeous little shop from Julie Bennet and have had the best fun filling it and finishing it, in fact this is really one of the first projects I have actually completed before moving onto my next.

For the first time I had a go and painting and distressing some bare wood furniture ... and yes let's just say I got a little hooked .... 

Back in my more familiar territory of working with paper & fabric I made books, fabric bolts, sample curtains, rugs, cushions & of course a cannister or two.

Upstairs was even more fun, most of the bits were from my many boxes of things collected over the years, again paint & distressing turned gold frames, lots of charms & ornaments, etc into some cool "vintage" collectibles 

This really has been one of my favourite projects to date, I hope you enjoy the pictures

Jackie xx

Two posts in two days !!!

Well I could almost say I'm on a roll as this is my second post in two days after a really long absence!! I'm just putting up some photos to show what I've been busy with and also a couple of my very special purchases.

I started making some cushions a couple of months ago , I really enjoyed it and so I made some more .. and more ... and more .... I've made over 300 now but have sold lots of them to my mini friends, its lovely that people have bought them but also a little nerve-wracking :-) I hope you like them.

This one was just for fun as its a copy of my own cushion!

Now this is one of my favourite recent purchases as I so love miniatures which are real & life like .... this pram from Gill Red Bloor(

Teenytinythings)

is just adorable, it converts to a buggy and even has its own rain cover.

I so loved my pram that I asked Gill if she could make me a shopping trolley and she did!! How fantastic is it?

Thanks so much for looking and for all your entries for my Giveaway, I'm off to Kensington Dollshouse Festival this weekend and am very excited as I've never been before ... so hopefully next post will show some special purchases.

Jackie x

Its Giveaway time on my poor neglected Blog!!!

To my loyal Blog followers ....where do I begin?? 

When I started my Blog in early 2011 I wondered if anyone would read it but was immediately welcomed into the mini Blog community. I posted at least once a month and regularly followed everyone else's posts.

Then I fell by the way side, I have still been very busy mini making but am shocked to realise I haven't posted in over three months. Yet amazingly my followers are now over 200, I am so happy and promise to post more often again :-)

To thank you all I have put together a collection of my cushions, cannisters and other kitchen bits in aqua & pink, if you would like to enter the draw please leave a comment here or on my Facebook Page and I'll pick a winner on 24th May.

There are three linen cushions, a canvas shopping bag with a french loaf from My Patisserie Francaise, a peg bag, a cookie tin, a set of 4 cannisters, 4 placemats, a bundle of tea towels, an oven glove and glass jar.

Good luck everyone, Jackie xx