cat about the house.

Greetings,
I just finished a cute miniature project in remembrance of my cat Maggie. This is again a project from Jean Greenhowe's book '45 Great Gifts to Make'.

I love all things miniature. This little fireside scene is glued together, using a concoction of no- cost bits and pieces from around the house- then a dozing cat was added made out of felt, who is really just waiting  to be cuddled!
The the floor and the wall is made out of cardboard and a pretty printed paper is stuck on the wall. The floor is made of a plain brown paper and the lines are ruled using a pencil to give the wood effect..

The mantel piece is again a narrow cardboard box, the top of the mantel piece is  covered with the brown paper just like the floor and the wood effect is given by ruling lines with a pencil. I had a calendar of Peanuts, which had a miniature pictures of Charlie Brown etc on the calendar. I cut them and glued them on a piece of card to make them look like comic books and then glued them on the mantel piece. The knitting needles are made out of tooth picks and I had a miniature book saying Lehmann toys, I just glued it near the knitting needles...The flower vase and the photo frame is from Calico Critters miniature set. I glued a couple of 3D stickers for more photographs on the wall.

The fireplace is made out of empty match boxes and a wood effect paper has been glued. Actually brick paper should be used, I didn't have that so I glued this, which is manageable ;)... I could have made the brick paper by painting it on a plain white sheet, but I got lazy :).....
The fire is red and silver wrapping paper. The log basket and the log are from Calico Critters miniature set.....

The rug on which the cat is sitting is made out of yarn, which is so simple to make. Cat's bowl is a lid of tiny ponds cold cream and a piece of white paper is glued for milk ;)... The cat is made out of felt.....The author in the book has used fleece fabric, but I didn't have it... I tried using white fur but the size became too big, so I couldn't use it..
Overall, this was a fantastic project! It was quite easy to make this and I enjoyed it a lot!

I will be back soon with a new project, until then, Happy Crafting!