Little Shoes update and an Award!

Firstly I had to show you this. The lovely Doreen suggested I miniaturise and frame the pic of Liberty in her baby shoes. Of course I was left saying, "Why didn't I think of that"?! Thank you Doreen for your inspirational suggestion!

I am happy to be the recipient of this lovely award. It has been gifted to me by the some of the kindest most creative people I know.

Debbie who is incredibly talented and I can only hope to be half as clever as her some day.

Doreen who can make something out of seemingly nothing and with great speed it would seem.

Rosanna who is an absolute darling and makes me feel like I've always known her.

And San who is a kindred spirit and a tireless worker with great imagination!

Here is the spirit in which the award is given:

"This blog invests and believes in the PROXIMITY-nearness in space, time and relationships. These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement! Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers!”

Now who to pass it on to. I would have chosen all those who gifted it to me straight away without hestiation. There are so many lovely, friendly bloggers out there who have enriched my life more than they will ever know. So here are my 8 choices:

Sylvia who is a sweetheart and has shown me great kindness, her friendship keeps me going

Katie who is also a busy mum and keeps me laughing (actually LMAO!)

Lena who is so lovely and leaves me the sweetest comments

Marlies who is a darling and a great inspiration to me

Synnove who makes me want to create a new dollhouse every time I see what she has done

Pussman whose house renovations leave me feeling like I have nothing to worry about in my own unfinished home

Shannon who was the first miniaturist to email me and make me feel part of the global miniaturists community

Meli whose little dresses leave me wishing I had so much more patience

It's late now so I'll try and let you all know tomorrow, no really, I will try.

Mercedes

An Award!

A big thank you to Lena, Katie and Debbie for this award. I should add that my 12 year old son, Noah, finds Debbie's miniatures far more interesting than anything I make! LOL!!

Seven things I love are:

Little tables - just bought the little round one at Noah's school fair in the weekend. I have no reason for buying it other than I liked it. Almost ended up in divorce court because the hubby didn't like it however managed to trick him into thinking I was about to buy a bigger piece of furniture, so when I settled on a little table he was rather happy! LOL!! At the moment this table has ended up in the corner of our bedroom where hubby actually thinks it looks quite good - why does he never trust my furniture buying judgement?!

Tins - I bought the pink gingham one on the round table at a seconds shop, it was all squashed in on one side but for only $2 it was mine and I pushed the 'ding' out. The perfect ones were $20!!! The little heart one I got at the school fair, Liberty thought it was going in her room, tee, hee!

Pretty boxes - (also in the above pic) wooden, cardboard, anything. Just love 'em. Half of them have nothing in them and still I buy more.

Tin signs - this one is in Liberty's room. I had been looking at it on the internet for years but it was going to cost a fortune to have it shipped to New Zealand. So one day I thought I should just see if I could get it in NZ and what do you know there was someone selling right here!

Childrens chairs - these are old school chairs that I have covered with scrapbooking paper. My mum has 5 more of these little chairs and if I didn't have a minimalist for a husband they'd be right here in my house.

Fabric - any sort, just has to be pretty. As with anything related to crafting, I have more fabric than I know what to do with.

Friends - especially all the wonderful friends I am making through this blog! I appreciate you all more than you know.

I would have put my lovely children and husband if they hadn't driven me crazy all weekend...so now they're not even going to get an honourable mention.

And now I'd like to pass the award on to:

Sylvia

San

Katie

Doreen

Marlies

Pussman

Rosanna

By now most of you will have probably had the award already! Just takes me a while to get things sorted around here, especially over the weekend. I started this post on Saturday morning and now it's Monday night. Really every blog I visit deserves this award. I appreciate all the time and effort everyone puts in so we can all be creative together.

Mercedes

Award Time!

Thank you Rosanna, Marlies and Every Little Thing for passing this award on to me! It means a lot to me that so many people like what I do!

As a recipient of the award I have to list just five of the many things I am addicted to:

1) Finding a bargain! It's almost become my mission in life to not pay full price for anything!

2) French things...of course nothing in the picture is really from France most of it's made in China! (Yes, everything pictured was either a bargain or given to me as a gift)

3) Scrapbook paper...too many pretty ones, just can't help myself!

4) Books. Especially childrens books and home decor books. These are (some of) Liberty's books, the ones on the top shelf I have made her myself.

5) Clocks. This gorgeous clock is from Liberty's room. I have to put it in the kitchen every night because I can hear it ticking through the bedroom wall, my hubby thinks I have supersonic hearing 'cos he can't hear it. I also have to close the kitchen and lounge doors at night because there are many more clocks out there and their ticking at night drives me nuts too!

Now to pass the award on to five other blogs. This will be tricky!

Sylvia whose minature work is outstanding, so realistic.

Lissu whose Gustavian furniture is absolutely beautiful.

Pussman who is mutli-talented and makes beautiful miniatures, super cute softie kittys and is redecorating her real house at the same time.

San who has to be the most ambitious miniaturist around building, furnishing and people-ing a Maharajah's Palace.

Shannon who appears to be 'missing in action' but is building the most beautiful dollhouse with the most exquisite furniture.

How Exciting!

I can't quite believe it but I've been given my first ever blog award! It came from Shannon who has the lovliest blog about her miniatures and other clever things she does. Check out the French style dollhouse she is building and the beautiful furniture she has in it, she's one clever girl! I find her blog very inspiring. It's so lovely of her to give me the award and very encouraging! The blogosphere is proving a great way to meet nice people with similar interests.

Thanks Shannon!