Some More Gifts from Jane and Esther

Some time ago I got 2 packages with some very lovely stuff inside, as a gift from Jane of Minifanaticus and Esther of Mi Mundo de Miniatura. I haven't had much  time lately so this is why I'm posting only now.

Jane sent some very very cute stuff made by her and some lovely items useful to create anything you might want, like the tiny no holes beads, some green plants, some super tiny stickers and some tiny sea shells. There also is some sparkling sugar, which I love and 2 toffee apples which look real!!  She put everything in some very useful plastic boxes which I was already thinking I could use to create some little wool scene inside....who knows what they will end up with!!!

I forgot to take a detailed picture of the pumpkin with the candle on top of it....you can see it in the pic above, another of Jane's wonderful creations!!

Here are a few detailed pictures of her wonderful creations. There are some cupcakes and courgettes.

I can't stress out how wonderful the flower on the little plant is... the picture doesn't give it justice....And the candle looks real, I mean like made with wax!!

And what about these super cute, colorful chocolates???? I love them!!

How delicate is this set of perfumes?? So cute!

And last picture but not least, this super wonderful box of sweets. I LOVE IT!!!!

And this is Esther's package. Easter sent all items made by her and if you know her you know what type of things she creates and come up with. Everything came in a lovely box that you can see behind everything.

Inside the orange cone, there were the icecreams that you can see in this pic....yummy!!!!! Next to them, there is a box of Doughnuts....which I love to eat with Philadelphia on them!!  :)

Next there was a cooler with some bottles inside...this was created by Esther and I think she will post a tutorial soon on how to make it....as usual, she used some very common item to create this.

This is a record player that she created using a dental floss container.....How she comes up with these ideas is amazing for me!! She also made those 2 records from the Beatles and the Rolling Stones!!!! She just posted a tutorial on this and you can find it here.

Here is a pizza in its own pizza box and a McDonald's box with ketchup and hamburger inside!! When I open the pizza box and I saw the 50% voucher discount, I couldn't stop laughing....just the same as you would get when ordering a pizza!!!!

There also was a box of teas with different flavors and colors. Too cute!!!!

Some very cute printables boxes and containers.

Last but not least, there were these 2 soap containers. When I opened them, I was next to my partner and when we saw the actual soap inside and then I pulled out the super tiny measurements cup, we couldn't stop laughing and jumping like 2 stupid kids!!!! Wow!! What details on this!!!

Well, I just wanted to say sorry for the huge delay in posting this and thank both of these wonderful ladies for these fantastic gifts and their, even more fantastic friendship!!

Have a nice weekend all!!!

Mar Giveaway Results

Sorry for the delay...Soooooooooooo the winner of this giveaway is:

Victoria Cascales!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations Victoria! I hope you enjoy this gift and please, send me your address via email.

Thanks all for participating, until next time, goodbye!!

Tiny Bears with eyes, Cats and Figurine

Now that Jennifer (Plushpussycat) got her gifts I can make a quick post about some items I made with wool. I like to keep it short and quick so no more writing. Here are the pictures!!  :)

I really love the way the hair came out.

Some of you might remember about these bears. I posted about them some time ago, they had no eyes and they were a bit skinnier!! I made a few adjustments and this is the final look. I know the bigger one looks more like a mouse than a bear but even with few adjustments his face didn't come out well.

The mini pink bear at only 2cm.....it was pretty difficult to felt as there was no space to enter the needle!!!! ....still, I could have done a better job at cleaning these hair sticking out!! Too late now!! He is gone!!  :)

And here are 2 cats. They are small too. 

I could not forget about this particular........  :)

And a few cake holders made with carton and Washi tape.

Have a nice Sunday you all!!!

Gifts from Esther - Mi Mundo de Miniatura

Hi and thank you all for the nice comments in the giveaway about the UP house, about my sister. I'm not going to answer all comments in the giveaway but I do read them all, always and I do cherish them.
I recently received some very cute items made by Esther of Mi Mundo de Miniatura. I always love what Esther does because whatever she creates, she uses very simple items that many people would not think of or see them in the same way as she does. Let's say that she has a special eye and imagination when it comes to creating ingenious miniatures! Other than being very talented, she also is very caring and thoughtful. She recently wrote a post about me and obviously she hit me right in the spot! I have to say that I melted and I felt very emotional :) Who wouldn't like such attention?
I really loved the way the items were packed: very professional like if I had received a package from an internet shop :)

As you can see there is a popcorn machine, a microwave, a few cake pans, a broken egg with shell, a waffle with icecream, some cute containers, some very small sparkly butterflies with a tiny sticker on the back side and a lovely note.

I really liked the popcorn machine when she made one in this tutorial on her blog and when I saw it between the items in package I was very happy!! On the sides of the popcorn machine there are 2 lovely containers....another one of those items that only her creative eyes can see already transformed, with all potential to be changed to something useful in the miniature world.

The popcorn are so cute and I loved to see her fingerprints on them...it couldn't get more personal than this!!  :) :) :) 

Here you can see the super cute waffle with icecream and chocolate sauce on top and the broken eggshell with egg. You can find Esther tutorials on how to make all these cute things by clicking on the links. 

How cute is this microwave??? I love it!!! And you might wonder why I put my waffle with icecream in the microvawe....well...I like my icecream ball almost melted on my waffle!! Anyway...isn't this microwave really cute and well made??

And you can open and close the little door and it stays put!! I don't think Esther made a tutorial on this, I couldn't find one by looking at the list on her blog but if you do have a tutorial on your blog Esther, then please, feel free to post the link and slap me on my hands!!  :) 

And these are the super cute cake pans that she made and posted on her blog too. Follow the link for the tutorial.

And last but not least, are these very soft, rubbery cake pans or molds with the super tiny, sparkly and cute butterflies that have a super small sticker on the back side so you can attach them wherever you like! Super cute!! Thank you Esther for everything but most of all for your wonderful messages and friendship that I cherish very much!!!

Tomorrow I can finally post some of the wool felted items that I made.

Until then, have a nice time you all!!!  :)

Mar Giveaway!! Dolls House

Hi all! As I said in my previous post this giveaway is a dolls house and finally I found and put all pieces together and I have it ready. The house has never been put together and is brand new.
Thank you all for asking about my sister. She is better but because she has MS she will maybe never (unless they find a cure and the medicine today is moving very fast) be well.
Regarding the berries, is actually not as easy as just making a round shape on the tip of the toothpick. I  tried to attach the beads in a round shape but because I needed more layers of  those to build up a ball,  it would become too big and I would loose the scale. The toothpick is not the best because of its shape. You need to fill out the very tip where there is less wood. As Jane said in her comment, maybe attaching them to wire it would be easier to create a ball shape....but then, she said she tried and they don't come out nice so I wouldn't want to waste my time.......
 I made more things with polymer clay but it will not be me to show you those, but it will be Jennifer whenever she will get her package!! If I show you what I made I will ruin her surprise and I have already shown the berries cheesecake!
In these last 2 days I have been going around blogs to see what you have been doing and I'm getting there in visiting you all. I'm a good girl!! :) Just have a bit of patience and I'll reach you all!

The giveaway this month is a dolls house. You will receive the dolls house in pieces and then you will have to build it. Obviously I will send the plans to whoever will win the house. This is the house that was featured in the animated movie UP. It has 2  floors and you can paint it and decorated as you most like it and I might even get ideas from you on how to paint mine as I still have to build it!!!!  :)

Everybody can participate. No matter where you live. To participate you have to be a follower and leave a comment.
I will draw a name on the evening of the 1st of May. I'm choosing this date because my family is coming over to visit me and I will ask my beloved sister to pick out a name.

Good luck to all of you!!

Front of the house

Side of the house

Design from the plans.

Berries, Macaroons and Plates

Hi everybody! I am so sorry that I have not been blogging for so long but as my sister is sick and we live in different countries, I had to help her with some things so I had to travel and also, I need to go back to work so I have been doing a lot of interviews with companies and job agencies.
I have to say that I did miss to read all of your posts guys!! I always enjoy to see what you create and how you create and I will do my best to see what you have been up to by coming to your blog and commenting.

I have been doing some items with polymer clay and I wanted to ask you all what's your method of making blackberries and raspberries. I use a method that I read in one of Angie Scarr book where you make some molds with super tiny beads glued to a toothpick and I wanted to know if there was another method of making really small fruits.
For those of you that don't know this method or don't have Angie's book, I'm going to post below the steps to make them.

This is how the blackberries and raspberries come out.

First step: Put some tiny, no holes beads, in a container.

Put some glue (I used superglue) on the tip of the toothpick and then put the toothpick in the container with the caviar beads. They will attach to the tip of the toothpick.

Prepare your mold material and once ready just put the tip inside the mold. Don't make the mold too small or it will be impossible to bend the mold when you need to remove the berry from the inside. Wait until the mold material is dry and remove the toothpick.

Prepare some colors for the berries.

Now, with a toothpick, get one drop, and I mean 1, bend the mold a bit and put the drop inside the small hole. Try to move the liquid around with the toothpick otherwise you will have pockets of air that will ruin the berries. Once you do that, you might see the liquid go further down, so just add another small drop to fill the mold. 

Put them in the oven and once cold just bend the mold to remove the berries from it. You might need to cut the top, to make the berries shorter.

(Cake idea from Angie Scarr book) - I think they look OK but I wanted to know how you can make them rounder, still being very very tiny.

Now, how do you make yours?? 

I also made some macaroons and I wanted to know which shape you prefer or you think it's closer to the real macaroons.

A, B or C?

I also made some plates with paper clay. I was looking for an heavier and less plasticky material than polymer clay and I have to say that I like plates made with paper clay more than polymer clay. They feel better (for me!!!) and sanding this clay it's a joy!!!! Very easy, very quick.

These are 2 of the plates I made with paper clay. I used metal plates to get the shape and then I sanded them. The 2 plates you see in this picture, are just out of the metal plates and then need to be sanded. I'll show you how they came out as soon as I paint them.

I found the dolls house I was talking about while I was preparing some boxes to send to Italy. You might wonder why I'm going to give away a dolls house.... well.... I have 2, the same, which were bought by mistake. Actually I bought one meanwhile somebody knew I wanted this dolls house, bought another one for me. The person that bought it for me didn't know that I had already bought one, so I'm going to give one away! I just need to put all the pieces together and then I will post the giveaway.

Sorry again for my long absence. I did miss you all and I'm looking forward to see what you have been up to. Big hugs to all of you!!

Jan Giveaway Results

Thanks a million to all the people that participated in my first giveaway.
I would have loved to have 75 sets to give to all of you but unfortunately I don't. If you haven't won this time, don't despair!! I will have more giveaways and one of those is going to be a doll house!!

So, for this giveaway I cut all the comments from you lovely people

 and I asked my partner to pick out 7 pieces of paper. The ones below are the names he picked.

Of these 7, I asked him to pick one and the winner is:
                                                                    BiWuBar

Please, contact me at thetravellingcat@gmail.com with your full name and address and I will post this out to you.

Thanks again to all participants and probably for the next giveaway I will offer more than one gift....I felt too bad having to pick only 1 person out of 75......  : (

PS  As I said already, I'm following back all the new followers but if for some reason you don't see me between your followers, then please send me an email with your link and I will be happy to follow you.