Easter Table with Panoramic Eggs

                       Here is a photo of an Easter table that I made to display panoramic eggs.

 The eggs were a workshop that I taught for my mini club.  I found a bead that was the right size for the egg.

Then I made a mold of a half-egg.  I formed a front and back egg from polymer clay.  The base is a jewelry finding.  I glued the egg together and put the bunny inside on some polymer clay grass.  I added a clay bow and rosette.  After baking and cooling, I "sugared" the egg with glitter and then the "icing" was piped on the egg. 

 This egg has a little chick inside along with some jelly beans.

This Easter table was made by my friend Jeannette.  She did such a wonderful job!

Chocolate Cabinet Finished

This Chocolate cabinet kit is by Lisa Engler of Lisa's Little Things.

She doesn't have all of her kits on her website. 

 If you e-mail her, she can e-mail you brochures of kits that she has available.

Her kits are exquisite.  I did bash this kit a little by adding some of my own items.

The chocolates I made from polymer clay.

The tulips were a gift from Maurice from my miniature club.

I made the bunny teapot from polymer clay.

         

The little glass jars are filled with sweets.

Have a chocolate and enjoy!

Mini hugs,

Donna



Le Coeur de la Maison Roombox

 This picture is of the original Whitledge Burgess room box that our workshop was modeled after.

 The class was held in Glendale, Wisconsin.  There were 10 students in the class.  Here is a photo of the box when I was installing the ceiling.

 The floor was 300 cut pieces of textured wallpaper that I individually painted to look like Terra cotta flooring.  The wood was all faux finished with burnt umber oil paint and liquin on book board. 
The rectangle holes in the wall will have two 144th scale room boxes installed....room boxes for my room box. 

 The cabinets are being installed.  We built all of the cabinets, stove, refrigerator, etc....The marble counter top and back splash are wallpaper that I gave a high gloss glaze shine. 

 This is the back of the box for access to the lighting.  In the large space, I am building a greenhouse that you will be able to see from the french doors.

The kitchen is looking good.  At the end of the class, I still have most of the upper trim and crown molding to install.  Ray and Scott are wonderful teachers.  The students learn so many techniques and skills. 

I look forward to showing you more photos as I progress with the finishing details.

Mini hugs,

Donna



Halloween treat Giveaway Winners

Congratulations to the winners of my Halloween treats platter and candy corn dish.

This morning, before school, my daughter drew the two winners names.

Karin F

http://orrlakemusings.blogspot.com/

and

Fab Shabby Rose
http://fabshabbyroses.blogspot.com/

Please stop by and congratulate them!

Mini hugs,
Donna

Halloween Treats GIVEAWAY

Just in time for Halloween, I am having TWO "Halloween treat Giveaways".

Both platters offer pecan topped fudge brownies, cinnamon sugar powdered donuts, caramel and candied apples along with an assortment of candies.

Each tray comes with a bowl or dish of delicious candy corn!

For a chance to win one of these Halloween treat trays and candy corn bowl,

please leave a comment on my blog answering the following question.

If you were to dress up for a Halloween party this year, what would your costume be?

Two winners with be announced on October 8th.

Good Luck!

Donna

Gifts From my New Friend

I would like to share with you a pictures of these beautiful gifts from my new friend, Jeanette.

She e-mailed me with a question about a workshop that I had taken. After e-mailing back and forth a few times, we realized that we only lived about 20 minutes away from each other!

Now, what are the chances of that!

And to makes it even more ironic, she is a teddy bear artist like myself!

How thrilled I was to make a friend that lives so close to me with so much in common .

Please stop by her blog for a visit

http://jrbcreations.blogspot.com/

Donna

More progress on Fair Rosemond's Bower

Painting the stone and brickwork was a fun but tedious task.

In this photo I am starting to work on the many shingles on the roof.
They are made of paperclay.

Now that the painting is done, I will finish the roof and then tackle the landscaping and

add the water under the bridge.

Rik Pierce is teaching another wonderful class at the Chicago International in April 2011.

I highly recommend his classes. You learn a great deal and have fun too.

Donna