A friend of mine mentioned meeting Frances Armstrong at a show, and the name immediately registered. She said Frances was the sweetest woman, and encouraged anyone to pick up her pieces and "play...
Ok, this is how out of the loop I get when Im busy and my head is up my arse :-/. I just found out that Alison Shibata, of Bliss Miniatures, AND a fellow local girl, got IGMA Artisan!! I am standing ...
Woot!! My buddy Carolyn has received Artisan and I couldnt be more thrilled for her!! Absolutely deserving, because she makes spectacular miniature plants!! Theyre incredibly realistic, right down to...
I was on etsy the other day when I stopped dead in my tracks. Now, this does not happen often when Im quickly glancing at the front page. But good Lord!! BLOWN AWAY!!! Ellen Jewett of Creatures from ...
So my friend and customer, Rachel, is one wacky woman! Talented and brimming with ideas 24/7! Ive been making her lots of jars to fill the shelf in her cafe, and she asked me to make some "explod...
I love me some fried calamari, but I also love it grilled...or hell, raw! Sometimes this dish is paired with a tomato based sauce, but I just added straight up olive oil ;-).
Not that Im not still banging out jars, hehe. Ive been filling an Italian order, and I make extras to list, of course ;-). This is a platter of Grilled Eggplant with Caponata, and Bruschetta. I love ...
WOW!! Lisa made me this precious Crabtree and Evelyn gift set and I am so in love with it!! Its gorgeous!! Youre a talented chick, Lisa!! Amazing detail and SO pretty- I will cherish it!! Thank you s...
Ive been making jars. And jars. And yet more jars. Banging them out, one after another. In between those, Ive made some actual things, bwaaaaah!!! Heres a sampling. A nice woman by the name of Paulin...
She just sent me a link to this artists unbelievable work. His name is Takanori Aiba. A MUST see. I died.Bonsai Tree Houses
Yay!! A big box came in the other day, but I wasnt aloud to open it :-/. I knew what it was, though! A gift from my sister, which Im not allowed to even peek at until my birthday....aaaargh!! Pure to...
I just have a hellacious case of acute bronchitis, as in, Im hitting the two month mark :-/. This is why Ive been MIA lately, my apologies!! Extreme exhaustion, trouble breathing, hacking cough, and ...
My dear friend and mentor, Martha Puff, and her son Michael, two mforces to be reckoned with in the world of miniatures, have launched a brand spanking new blog, and its all about the Good Sam Show!!...
So, Ive been pretty single-minded for the past week, making almost exclusively seafood (ok, apart from the Rainbow Trout, which is "Riverfood"), with the odd bit here and there ;-). These are...
Havent had much time for another blog post, until now. Im in full scale seafood making mode, to fill a lovely customers fish cart :-).But the reason for this post. I must admit, Ive had a littl...
Tanja is from Denmark. She befriended me not long ago and she is such a doll!! A talented one at that!! She is sending me a brand new jar of Scenic Water (GOLD!!), and Im sending her some old, ...
Its been a loooooong time since Ive made one of my goofy looking mice, but I added one to my poisonous mushroom log. I used to love making them and putting them in little "scenes".But heir ti...
I snapped a quick pic with my iphone of my revolting work tile, with my potato heads lined up on strips of tape. I stick them on tape so I can paint the eyeballs and not have them roll around, haha!!...
Its here! Olga did a bang up job on the article!! Lots of pics, and I used my Google translator ;-)!! Thanks so much, Olga!! Hey Susan, Im with you- I want to see more Russian miniatures!!http://www....
Recently, a very sweet woman named Olga emailed me and asked if she could write an article for her Russian miniatures site here: http://www.in-miniature.ru/Of course, I said yes, and just now browsed...
I love Bewilder and Pine on etsy (http://www.etsy.com/shop/bewi lderandpine)! Months and months ago, my sister bought me an entire village, and she is making me wait until Christmas to open it...aaarg...
Sardines and Smelt, to be exact ;-). And no blood in sight :-O!! I made some fried fish for an order, so naturally, I went overboard. Making tiny fish is really no more difficult than making bigger o...
Keeping with the never ending spirit or putting faces on nearly every kind of food in existence (well, sort of), here are croissant heads. Why? I have no clue. Ive done toast, Ive done loaves, so why...
Just in case you didnt know, there is a new IGMA blog and its a beaut!! And Im not saying this because my work is featured right now, hehe. The lovely Pat Richards runs the blog and does a bang up jo...
My buddy Gayle Palama (shout out to another locally born chick ;-)) has created a fantastic witchs house, and I am tickled pink that some of my pieces have made it into that I love! When she first sh...
Im having a blast putting sea life on rocks lately. Crabs, fish, eels, and now oysters! A small colony of them! Ive named this piece (with Lances help) "Mount Oystermore". The difference is, ...
Get it??? Sorry, just being corny, as usual :-/. But this is a pretty bloody piece. Hmm...Im really getting carried away with the blood, no? This one includes one of my little crabs, feasting on some...
Heres a rather eclectic mix of things from my ADD brain, hehe. Another take on my bleeding blood oranges (but with much more blood), my witch head treats (which dont really look edible!), and a taxid...
I made a basket of witchs eggs, with green ooze, and graveyard brownies! I made the brownies last Halloween as well, although theyre a bit different this time (more "dirt", hehe). I ori...
Im rolling out the Halloweeny Heirloom black tomatoes! Black tomatoes actually do exist. Theyre super sweet and yummy!! The other piece is a wee crab on a rock with "lunch", aka fishies.
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