As it has been rather a while since my last friends for tea, I am truly thrilled to be able to welcome my next wonderful guest and new friend to the blog today. As the creator of Aurora the Travellin...
Do you know of the Travelling Blythe project?Brainchild of Sandra, aka Minkidynamite, this year-long project first began in 2009 with the simple idea of sending two special Blythe dolls created by Va...
Just a peek at my worktable from earlier today... I am almost (almost) done working on a new little mini-plush friend as part of that very special project I sneaked you a peek of earlier. Cant wait t...
This long weekend the rodeo came to town and though it is rainy and chill today, it wasnt so bad for the parade through the town yesterday. As usual we donned out jeans and cowboy hats and joined my ...
It seems there has been much discussion and talk on the ether of late of our self-worth, our secret fears, our inner shadows that seem to manifest as we live this (online) self-expressive existence. ...
Happy Monday folks! Following an earlier request for a closer look at this amazing picnic basket, I thought Id recommence my little miniatures series with this set from Re-Ments Everyones Lunch serie...
Oh my goshness! Things have just been a little crackers round here. At the eleventh hour I had a total redesign of the blog redesign so everything that was going to be went out the window and I went ...
And hello May! Can it really be May already?! April seems to have vanished in the blink of an eye and spring is bursting out all over between the rain showers. Before you know it well be deep in the ...
{ Cecily and the Butterflies // an original photo taken in July 2010, reworked for today }Let our time on this earth be as light in its passing as a butterflys wing. Step barefoot on your patch of go...
Funny dream: last night I dreamt that because I hadnt blogged in a while someone hacked into my account and wrote it for me. Not sure whether that is funny ha-ha or funny peculiar... *grin!* Obviousl...
{ photo taken during my 52 Weeks of Blythe project, reworked for today }This week a project that has been in the works for a while now has gone from maybe to definitely and so I have been busily engr...
In the mood for a more everyday cake but not a sponge or fruit cake, I adapted Nigellas madeira cake recipe from her book, How to be a Domestic Goddess.This is the second time I have made this cake, ...
Hello! Back again with another of my Re-ment miniature sets from my collection. As much as I like baking I seem to like collecting miniatures of sweet treats and baked goods too! This is the European...
{ excerpt from the Scheherazade Pas de Deux by Alonzo King Lines Ballet }A couple of weeks ago I was fortunate enough to join my mom and dad and go to a performance of Scheherazade by the Alonzo King...
To those like me who love words, Happy World Poetry Day! Inspired by this day, Tammys recent post on how she randomises her favourite quotations to create unique phrases for her art journaling, and r...
Happy Monday and welcome to the start of a new mini series on the Ginger*Urchin blog! I have a love of miniaturised things and have been collecting them for many years whenever I am able. I guess its...
This week I have been busy sewing up a pretty dress for a very lovely customer and yesterday it was all wrapped up pretty and shipped out to them. Just like gift-wrapping for highdays and holidays, p...
The Boy is on spring break this week and next, and although a fresh sugar-dusting layer of snow is on the ground outside, the sky is blue and clear and bright and I am definitely feeling that spring ...
Feeling all disjointed with the clock change, a power outage first thing and a brunch that was very nearly lunch, today has felt very peculiar and my thoughts were scattered. So what did I do? I took...
Feeling the first stirrings of spring I looked for some fresh green colour inspiration around me and found it in among my fridge salad drawer...Just a little green spring salad I threw together for l...
{ She Saw it on Pinterest, painting by Amy Rice }To pin or not to pin, that is the question...Well for the time being at least I have decided that I am opting out of Pinterest. To this end, and with ...
Yes! We have a couple of new pets in House B... Meet Goldie and Nemo, the punks new goldfish. Theyve been going on about having some fish for a long, long while and we finally decided to let them as ...
So the party is over, the crafts have been made, the games have been played, the presents are opened and being enjoyed, the treats are not quite all gone, and the decorations are down. Almost. At lea...
{ Museum of Obsolete Objects, by Jung von Matt // discovered via The Dew Drop Inn }"...While our daily lives become more and more digital, some things just vanish. They simply became obsolete...&...
Do you Smash*? So I *think* I heard about these originally on Teesha Moore’s blog, but over the months and weeks these have filtered several times into my world from the ether. At the time, and for a...
A peek at the things on my worktable yesterday while it snowed and snowed and snowed outside...
{ abstract flowers, by Carla Sonheim }*sigh* There must be something in the air, as winter starts to lose its grip and the first stirrings of spring make themselves known, for there has been a flouri...
Still working through ideas for what we are going to do during at the party, I came upon the idea of having the children each make a simplified version of a terranium that they could take home as a f...
So progress is starting to be made over here with preparations for the dino-party. This week Small One needs to send out his invitations and so I have been busy putting together some easy hand-printe...
I often feel that Sundays are for shaking out the cobwebs from the end of the week and replenishing my spirit for the week to come. This weekend was especially so and I was keen to get out of the hou...
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