And the winner is.....

Thank you all so much for entering my give-away! Today was an exciting day for Fifi, she could hardly wait to find out where she was going to live. Impatiently she waited for all the names to be put in a bowl and for my son to draw the lucky winner. He took his time by the way, knowing it was a very responsable job.

All the names together...

...waiting in a bowl

There he is....look at the serious look on his face!

Fifi goes to Carla Allesandra of Miniatura!!

Congratulations to you Carla Allesandra! Please contact me to give me your address so I can send Fifi on her way.

Fifi is going to live in Brasil, what a lucky little dog. That is...as soon as I can part her from my son...

Have a great day everyone and thanks again!!

Mom *gasp* ...There's a hedgehog in the microwave!!!

I've been making hedgehogs today and decided to make some pictures along the way to show you how.

First of all you'll need: fimoclay (brown, ocre and black), craftknife, clay gun (mine is from Artwork) but you could use a garlic press, tweezers, bowl, water, microwave.

Make a ball out of brown fimoclay, press it down on your worktop to get a flat bottom. Mold it into a yellybean shape. With the craftknife cut off the edge of one of the sides. Now you have the body of your hedgehog. Don't make the body to big, it will become much bigger after you've put spikes on it.

Make a smaller ball out of ocre fimoclay, form a yellybean shape and cut that in half. This will be the head of the hedgehog

Put the two pieces together and there you have a nude hedgehog!

For the spikes put some brown fimoclay through your claygun or garlic press.

Cut the strings of clay into tiny pieces

Pick up the little strips of clay with your tweezers and push them into the body of your hedgehog. Start at the back. Try not touching the clay with your fingers because the spikes will flatten.

Halfway through....yes, it's looking more like a hedgehog already!

Done..one spikey hedgehog

For the eyes and nose take some black fimoclay and make two tiny balls. Cut one of the balls in half; those are the eyes. The other ball is the nose.

You can bake your hedgehog in the oven but I prefer microwaving. There is some controversy whether fimoclay is safe to be put in the microwave. Until now I never had problems using the following method:

Put the hedgehog in a microwave suitable bowl and cover it with plain tapwater (use enough water to totally submerge your hedgehog). If you put it straight into the microwave the fimoclay will burn!

Cover the bowl with microwave foil.

Put the bowl into the microwave and heat for 3 minutes. The water will start boiling so do be careful to take it out, the bowl will be hot!

Take the hedgehog out of the bowl with a spoon, you'll notice the fimocolours somewhat fade. Let cool.

Higlight the colors with acrylic paint. Brighten up the eyes and nose with some varnish.

Done!

Don't forget to take the miniatures out of the microwave as I sometimes do. One of the kids, wanting to use the microwave himself,  came in rolling his eyes exclaiming...Mom! There's a hedgehog in the microwave!!!

Have a great day :o)

Naughty Boris!

I made myself a little dog too....a tiny mischief I named Boris. He's totally the opposite of Fifi, she's rather posh and cuddly, he always puts himself in trouble.

I love pets but I do have rules! One of them is 'NOT ON THE COUCH' because I hate those doghairs everywhere and having no place to sit myself. Ofcourse the same rules apply to the dollhouse but look what happened this morning...I caught him in the act!

I was about to scold him but then he looked at me with those puppy eyes and I just melted. What to do? Instead of punishing I just gave him a huge hug and realised his hairs are so tiny it won't make much difference anyways.

Be honest..could you resist that look?

By the way...I have it from reliable source (Boris) that Fifi tends to sneakily find the best seat in the house too. Just a little warning for her next owner!

Fifi wants to be adopted

Wow...have I been busy lately! Time really flies. I've been making loads of miniatures because...drumroll...I'm opening an official webshop! It would be great if you stopped by to say hello, the link is  http://www.anothercosyshop.nl

I'm still filling the shop with items and having loads of fun doing it.

 

 

I did keep up with reading all of your blogs, what great creations I've seen, so much talent out there. Quite amazing!

And ofcourse I noticed I have  350 !!! followers, isn't that absolutely incredable?

 

 

To celebrate this I made something for you to give away and I really like you to meet:
FIFI

 

 

Fifi is a tiny handmade dog and is looking for a home. She's a real girly girly dog with pink bows. She likes to cuddle and  play with a ball.

 

 

The dogbasket and leash are also handmade and she won't go anywhere without them!

 

 

Would you please give her a home? If you do, please make sure to:

- Be a follower of this blog.

- Leave a comment beneath this post.

- Keep your fingers crossed till sunday 27th november when the draw will be held.

- Posting a link on your blog would be appreciated, in fact your name will be put in twice for the draw (please mention you've linked the give-away on your blog).

 

 

Good luck everyone!