Favourite Pins Tuesday.

First let me apologize for the slow strike I'm on at the moment! It's school holiday, summer has finally arrived in the UK and I've been very busy with Little Canvas. Now, seeing as I plan on sharing some of my latest miniature paintings with you later on, I thought I'd do a doll house and miniature theme for my favourite pins today! Hope you enjoy!

First up is this amazing miniature library.
Dollhouse library

And how sweet is this diorama?
The Green Door, a diorama

Love this one!
lutjeboudel.punt.nl

And last but not least, this absolute show stopper!
Amazing....

Do visit my Dollhouses and Miniature;  and Miniature Tutorials boards on Pinterest for many more lovely pins! 

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Favourite Pins Tuesday

Wow! Tuesday again! It's when you do a regular thing every week that you realize how fast time really flies! So here I am again with a few interesting pins from my Pinterest boards! Shall we stick to a crafty theme this week?

(Where possible, I will give the link to both the pin and the original source)

One of the first craft rooms I pinned, long time ago, but still one of my favourites!  
Gorgeous craft room!

I also use suitcases to store my craft goodies in. 
Ahh, all those gorgeous colours!
Yarn storage

And look how lovely this one is:
Vintage Suitcase Recycled into a Stylish Sewing Storage Space.

I still have that printers tray I want to alter,
this one certainly is a favourite as far as ideas and inspiration goes!
Altered Printers Tray with Handmade flowers

And how cute is this idea?
Reuse empty foil or wax paper cardboard boxes as 
gift packages for cookies.
DIY Reuse empty cardboard boxes of  foil or parchment paper and use as gift packages for cookies ~ a clever tutorial ~ from Aunt Peaches: Box'n and Cookie Swap'n 
Original Photo Source

Hope you all have a crafty week! Until next time, keep well!
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What I've been up to this week

It's been sort of an up and down week for me. Seems I'm in a bit of a slump during the day, and then at night time, I develop the urge to work, create and paint! As I've mentioned in my previous post, I painted a little birdie on Friday night. As it was so late, I wasn't really in the mood to sit there for hours, so I took the shorter route by using an ink stamp, Acrylic paint and a fine liner pen for the details.

This is how it turned out:


I think she's kinda cute, but she seemed a bit lonely, so I made her some friends last night:


They have now all happily moved into their new home; my craft room:


I also managed to squeeze in a pencil and charcoal drawing 
for the Little Canvas website last night:


I'm pleased to say I've finally finished off my websites and will launch as soon as I have enough stock not to look ridiculous (4 or 5 items on a website might look like my paint dried up or something, don't you think?). Other than that it's been the usual things we all (well, most of us) have to deal with on a daily basis; family, home, etc. It's my son's Prom tonight and he just looked so handsome and grown-up when he fitted his suit for us over the weekend! I suppose I will be a bit teary eyed, but at the ready with my camera to take lots of pictures!

Have a great weekend everyone!

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Favourite Pins Tuesday

Soooo, what have you all been up to this week? I'm still working on my new project (which I will share with you soon), and I've missed painting, so I did a quickie late Friday night... painting that is! Let's keep it clean! hahaha

Now, back to this week's pins. Let's see what lovely and yummy things I found on Pinterest.

Let's kick off with these scrumptious BBQ Ham, Bacon and Pineapple Quesadillas
BBQ Ham, Bacon and Pineapple Quesadillas (aka BBQ Hawaiian Pizza Quesadillas) ~ via Closet Cooking

And these yummy Cheesy Dinner rolls
Homemade Cheesy Dinner Rolls

Now this looks like a very interesting Kitchen tip. I haven't tried it myself yet,
but if it works, then it really will come in handy! I will let you know when I've tried it!

A Good tip: "I baked these cake layers the night before I was putting my cake together. I left them out on the counter with a slice of bread on top so that the cake layers would not become stale. The bread becomes hard as a rock, but the cake layers remain moist and as perfect as when I made them. I use this same trick with muffins, cupcakes, anything that I want to leave on the counter."

How about something super luscious to drink?
I will have to try this out!

Governor's Mansion Summer Peach Tea Punch

Let's round it up with some gorgeous summer colours in Macaroon Hues.
macaron hues

Hope you all have a fun week!

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