A thoughtful gift and a thank-you card!

Greetings,
One of my coworker gifted me this lovely pair of earrings.

So, I thought of making a thank-you card and made this vintage card...

This pattern is from Terry's paper land. The website has free printables. I thought of using this pattern, since this represents me. A girl who loves cats and Dolls :).
I had a lot of fun making this card, I also made an envelope to go with it....
Will be back soon, till then, Happy Crafting!

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!

Funny faces..

Greetings,
Today Polly invited Fern over for tea.

After they had tea, Polly told Fern about an interesting sewing project that she saw in one of Jean Greenhowe's books called ' 45 Great Gifts to Make'.

Fern was so excited and both of them gathered the materials and set to work.

Then after a while Tada....these cute little funny faces were ready...

Below are the six different characters they made.

Polly and Fern had a wonderful time making these and having other fun conversation over tea...

Wish I had a craft partner too....

Lady's Maid

Greetings,
One need not be a Victorian, to have a Lady's Maid. My next project is this delightful little lady designed to keep all my favorite bits of jewelry handy, just ready to select at a glance when required.

This is a Jean Greenhowe's creation, from the book '45 Great Gifts to Make'. I was so lucky to find this book in one of the book stores called Blossoms. I never even imagined that I will find Jean Greenhowe's book. This is one of my lucky findings.
The doll stands 11 1/2in tall and her body is a simple cardboard cone shape. I used an empty shoe box to make this doll. There are two horizontal folds in the skirt, forming four deep and four shallow pockets, into which you can slip ear-rings, finger rings and other trinkets. Brooch pins can also be pushed into the skirt fabric.
Below are the pictures of the doll before adding any jewelry on her and the other picture is just having a vintage effect on the photograph.

I have placed her on my dresser along with the jewelry box my mum gifted, which she bought from Dubai. She looks wonderful holding all my favorite earrings. It is so easy for me to pick the earrings that I want before I leave to work. Below are the pictures of the doll on my dresser.

I am truly in love with this little lady, so my husband ;)... I will be back with my next project, until then,
Happy Crafting!

Revs ;)

Match box Mum and baby.

Greetings,
I had collected a few empty match boxes and was wondering what to make out of them and I got this idea.  This was actually inspired  by a project that I saw in one of the craft books in a book store. They had made a mother and a baby out of walnut shells. It was a very simple, cute and a clever project!
Here is what I came up with....

I have used match box for the body of the mother and for the cradle. It is always fun to use lace and ribbons while making dolls. I am a big fan of Victorian era and I try to make Victorian Mum. I love the hat of the mother and the entire outcome of the dolls..... Hope you like it too!
Will be back soon with my next project, until then, Happy Crafting!

South Indian wedding... Bharjari Bhojana!

Greetings,
I made this wedding scene! South Indian Bride and groom having lunch together for the first time after their wedding.
This was a special custom order! I was quite happy to make this since, this special customer, found my blog, saw my work and Contacted me. She wanted me to make this set for her wedding. Thanks a lot Abhinaya, for finding me and asking me to make this set. Hope you will like it!!

I will  be back soon 😋
Revs!