Laughing Cow Cheese and Strawberry Jam Toast

Sorry for not updating the blog since end of January! Work has taken up much of my time and I was also busy looking for a new place to stay. It's been confirmed that we will be moving house this coming June. Although I'm rather worried of some of the personal challenges that lie ahead, I'm feeling excited about a fresh start. It's like a new lease of life and I will pray hard that everything will turn out well. I don't want to think about packing yet because that will be the start of another headache. 

Maybe it's a good chance to reorganize my miniatures:

• stock for my Etsy shop
• my endless craft tools and supplies 
• miniatures bought from others in the early years 
• my Megahouse and Rement collection
• and more recently, Sylvanian family! (You won't believe it but I didn't even have time to open the box and I can't remember by now which set I got except that it must be food related, like a supermarket or ice cream cart. They've got really cute stuff.)

Thanks for taking time to read about my life. And now, some photos of my recent creation.

Tiny laughing cow cheese triangles

Miniature Toasts with Strawberry Jam and Butter

 Hope you like them!

Baking funfetti cupcakes

What a year to begin with! My little girl is down with stomach flu and has not eaten anything for the past 8 days. Everyone at home is so worried. I pray she'll start eating very soon. 

Here is a miniature funfetti cupcakes baking set. Or do you call them confetti cupcakes? Those of you who have followed me for some time would know that I truly enjoy doing dollhouse miniature preparation scenes, especially baking ones. I love making cakes, cupcakes, macarons, cookies and almost anything sweet. Hope you like this one as much as I do.

Could Hannah from Hannahsminiatyrer and Yolanda please give me your mailing address at ilovelittlethings@gmail.com ? 

Christmas Cookies ... Part 1

Hmmm... whatever went wrong?  Both Francesca and Mi mundo de miniatura did not come forward to collect their giveaway prizes. 

Could both of you email to ilovelittlethings@gmail.com? Whoever respond first shall get the prize and the other will get a miniature cutlery set (please refer to my previous post for the pictures). If I still don't hear from you until I put up my next post, I will pick a random winner from all who had participated.    

It's about one week to Christmas. Are you looking forward to it? Meanwhile, enjoy a plate of Christmas cookies! 

Gingerbread men and hot chocolate

I love December because my favorite season is coming. Just 24 days to Christmas. Due to some special circumstances, I've not stepped out of my house to celebrate Christmas for almost 4 years. However, I do celebrate in my heart. Maybe I will order a Christmas feast delivery this year. I checked out Cold Storage and there are Boston lobsters, fresh oysters and roast turkey. *feeling hungry already*

I'm grateful for the unexpected good sales this Christmas season. And through this process, I got to know a few customers and had some interesting conversations with them. I realized even more strongly that handmade and custom orders aren't just about the product. It's mostly about love for the person receiving the handmade item. I've had a husband requesting a special order for his wife and a very nice mummy requesting a jewelry that matches her daughter's birthday party theme. It gives me immense satisfaction creating an unique item that fits the special occasion. Thanks for giving me the chance to work with you.

Oh oh... I didn't forget about the giveaway result. First of all, big thanks to those who participated! *hugz* The correct number is 17 and there is a tie between Francesca and Mi mundo de miniatura. I wanted to do a random draw but it seems weird as there are only two of you. How about this? Can both of you email me at ilovelittlethings@gmail.com and guess the month of my birthday? The closer answer wins the hot dog set (I've included another 2 mini cheeseburgers - see picture here). And the other wins a miniature cutlery set - see picture here .  

More Christmas-related posts to come in the next few weeks... do look out for them. 

Pancakes with Berries and Giveaway

Recently I was talking with another Etsy seller and she said something that made me reflect about making dollhouse miniatures. She said that selling on Etsy is not her main activity (just a hobby) so she has to feel happy with this. She's so right. I think it's important to feel happy about what you are doing, be it work or hobby. I need to constantly remind myself about this and think about where my life is heading.

Here are some photos of the miniature pancake stack with fresh berries. Hope you like them. 

Keep scrolling down ... the giveaway is at the bottom of this post.

Recently I gave away two molds (one to make miniature donuts and one to make popsicles) on my Instagram. I like to giveaway craft supplies on Instagram because there are many fellow crafters there and they would certainly have a use for these things. On the other hand, I like to giveaway my creations on this blog. This is THE place where I first started my dollhouse miniature showcase in 2008. (I'm such an old miniaturist!)   

So here is the prize - a set of hotdog with fries, coke and chilli/ketchup dip. All you need to do is to guess a number between 1 and 31. If the number coincides with the day of my birth date, you are the winner! Just leave a comment and indicate the number you selected. I need time to approve the comments so don't worry if your comment doesn't immediately appear on my blog. The closing date is 30th November. Have fun and good luck!  

Chocolate Cake Preparation Board

I made a chocolate ganache cake preparation board recently and I couldn't decide between rose petals and fruit toppings so I ended up doing both. It seems the rose petal cake is more popular. Which one do you prefer? In case you can't tell, it's a yellow macaron on the fruit version.

I'm such a procrastinator too. I haven't had the chance to organize the giveaway but rest assured I am already gathering some craft supplies and working on a handmade miniature food item. I did take a few pictures but they turned out crappy. I want to make the prize attractive as well as think of a creative game to play. Please give me a little more time to prepare.

Here are the photos of the prep board. Hope you like them. :D

More Rainbow Cake and Nutella Banana Toasts

I'm feeling so good today. I had long hair all these years and I cut it really short. They call it a pixie cut. I also colored my hair red-brown. I've been feeling down for several years now but I think this drastic change helped to lift my mood a little. So if you are feeling depressed for some reason, why not go for a haircut? My hairstylist said everyone can have short hair. I think he was more ecstatic than I was. He then revealed that he LUUUUURRVES cutting long hair short but most girls walk into the salon only wanting a trim. No wonder he looked so bored when he cut my hair in the past.

Hope I didn't bore you with all the hair stuff. (hmm.. wanted to put an emoticon but realized blogger doesn't have it, or do they?)

Back to miniatures, here are more pastel rainbow cakes, but in slices this time and made into rings. If you have some extra cash to spare, you can get them here.

This is a set of Nutella and banana toasts. A brother bought it for his sister's birthday and told me that his sister loves Nutella and miniature, so this would make a perfect gift. When I hear things like that, it really warms my heart. I'm so glad that my miniatures can make someone happy. It's a wonderful feeling.

Excuse me while I toast some real bread with Nutella and bananas now. :P

Gummy Bears and Rainbow Cake

Hmmm... I don't know why the uploaded photos here look so dim while the originals look so much brighter. Any of you had the same problem with blogger?

I made a gummy bear necklace as I recently fell in love with glass globe jewelry. I think glass globes look so beautiful. You can put anything inside... macarons, cookies, candies ... What would you put inside?

I also made a pastel rainbow cake. I wish the photos would show up brighter to accentuate the colors of the cake! It looks kinda dull here. Sigh! I can never understand how blogger or other social media work sometimes. Sign of getting old perhaps. Maybe after I click the "Publish" button, the photos would miraculously become brighter? #hoping #clickingnow

I finally figured out. It was due to a new feature called "Auto Enhance". I think my originals are better than the enhanced ones! So I reverted to the originals. It's a cumbersome process and I couldn't do it for all my previous posts. If any of you know how to automatically turn this feature off for future uploads, please let me know!

Banana Split Prep Board

Hello everyone!

How is weekend? Are you having a good rest?

I'm feeling exhausted and a little depressed so I won't talk too much here. Hope you enjoy this mini set of banana split in the making. Thank you all for dropping by and a bigger thank you to the usual people who always leave me kind and encouraging comments. I don't always say it but I really appreciate them!

I didn't forget about the giveaway to celebrate my 500th sale on Etsy but my table is in a mess and I need to get organised. Please be patient with me... :D

Love it or hate it - Miniature Marmite Toasts

I can't believe I'm still struggling with Instagram since my last post. I don't know why my photos don't appear when I search for key words like "miniature". Then I realised I didn't use any # in my photo description. I wonder if that is the problem and I'm going to try putting # in future. I also realised I can only upload photos via my mobile. Is that right? Oh well, I think I shouldn't get so serious with social media. After all, I'm not running this as a business. I would be very stressed if I were.

I finally cleared my backlog and here are some photos of 'freshly made' miniature Marmite toasts. Do you like Marmite? I heard that it's a love or hate affair. But it's my favourite. I can eat Marmite with bread, rice, potatoes and even drink it! Please enjoy the photos and have a lovely weekend!

Chocolate Fondue 2014

I think miniature chocolate fondue has become one of my specialties. I made many different versions before and I really enjoy putting the various toppings together. The end product is so colorful it brightens up my mood. Most of my customers love the ice cream balls. Can you spot them here?

   

I made everything from scratch except the ceramic bowl and plate. I think strawberries are the hardest thing to do in miniature. 

What is your favorite thing here? I'm craving for some fresh fruits now... in the middle of the night.

And hey... I hit 200 Likes on Facebook. To me, it is an achievement. Thank you for the support!

Merry Christmas 2013

Ho ho ho... wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 

It's another year. Thank you for reading my blog and thank you to my blog friends for leaving me kind comments. I read and appreciate every single one of them. Thank you thank you!!

Don't forget to eat some gingerbread men cookies and hot chocolate this X'mas!

Miniature Hot Chocolate Teaset

You've probably seen this in my Etsy shop. A mini hot chocolate set with colorful marshmallows. Some call them confetti marshmallows, some call them rainbow marshmallows. What do you call them? 

Don't you love the pretty cups and teapot too? I bought them from Ebay. You can check out the seller minidreamworld2010. There are plenty of pretty teasets at reasonable prices and free shipping!

Now before you wonder off to Ebay, please finish looking at my photos... O_O   :DDD

Pink Ombre Cake

An ombre cake is a layer cake with graded hues of a single color. I'm not a pink person so I don't know what got into my head to make this pink ombre dessert tray.

I kind of regretted making the cake a square one because it was so time-consuming to texture the four sides of the cake! Seriously, whatever got into my head?!

The cake is meant to be a mini cake (not a miniature cake, but a miniature mini cake). It is cut into a square from a dollhouse scale round cake and measures about 1 cm by 1 cm. I made cupcakes and macarons in matching shades to go with the cake.  

Hope you like this pink ombre dessert tray! 

PBJ Sandwich Preparation Board

Hi everyone!

I know I've been missing in action (1 post per month!!!). Hence I thought I'd make it up with what is meant for TWO posts. As if two is a big deal. :D

I've always wanted to make some mini peanut butter jelly sandwiches. I haven't made a preparation board in a long time. So tada ... presenting my PBJ prep board! I wish I could use something other than my wrinkled fingers to show the scale, but somehow the tools that I have (toothpicks, old tweezer, stained  brushes) don't fit in so well. You can just pretend that my fingers are blurred out.

 

Some fun facts from Wikipedia.

The peanut butter and jelly sandwich or PB&J is a sandwich, popular in North America, that includes a layer of peanut butter and either jelly or jam on bread, commonly between two slices, but sometimes eaten open-faced or with one slice folded over.

A 2002 survey showed the average American will have eaten 2,500 (really???) of these sandwiches before graduating from high school.

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What is meant for another post is this pastel layered cake. I love making cakes!  

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Oh... Wikipedia even has a page for layered cake but nothing interesting though. 

Hopefully my next post won't be in June. Have to break the one-post-a-month cycle! 

And ... 

Happy Mother's Day to all wonderful mums out there. ^_^

Miniature Donuts

It is hard to find food miniatures in Singapore, other than the Japanese Re-ment or Megahouse collections. I collect Re-ment items too, especially their cake series but I find that their miniatures are getting bigger and bigger! Maybe I should showcase some of my secret items from Re-ment later. :)

Now that I have some time, I decided to make more miniatures myself. Making miniatures can be very time consuming and requires a lot of patience. Most importantly, it can be very expensive! Imagine this: to make one small strawberry, you need to buy one pack of clay, a big tube of red and green paint each, some lacquer... the list can grow! After careful planning, I decided to get some pastel colours for my donut project.

I also made some coloured sprinkles and "sugar" to coat the donuts. There you go - a plate of sweet donuts, made from air dry clay! How do you like them?


You may purchase from my Etsy shop www.ilovelittlethings.etsy.com or just drop me an email at ilovelittlethings@gmail.com. If you like other flavours like chocolate donuts, I take custom order too! It will take about 1-2 weeks, depending on the quantity of donuts.