Yes, at long last I finished the project!!!  I’ve managed to make 4 “Valentine’s Gift” sets in 1:6 scale.  

They’ve definitely taken a lot of work & time to make and I can’t pretend to be sad to have finished! IMO they’re very nice to look at (I made all the chocolate / candy pieces to be removable) but I’m not sure that I’ll be making any more this year. Or next.  I dunno.

Anyway, here’s what a couple of them look like: (there are more pics on my etsy)

Check out Balthazar doing the Valentine’s Day thing below! :happy:  I’m so glad I got that Hot Toys sniper  headsculpt when I could! (I do really need to repaint those hands though. And de-shine his body…maybe this weekend!

Each box of chocolates has a different combination & selection of candies  and each bouquet is slightly different as well. It’s pretty much a case of WYSIWYG.

Anyway feel free to check them out—and as always, comment! ;)

This weekend I spent most of my time working on goodies for Etsy. I’m Really glad to say that I got a lot done and I’m going to be happy to share pics of them soon. They’re all valentines day themed (not very exciting I know) but I think they are cute nonetheless.

I’ve also decided that tomorrow is probably the day I’ll finally finish off my top-10 list of 2009 (I know I procrastinate too much)! So stay tuned & see what shows up in the blog!

Just a quick update–I’ve spent the last week or so trying to work on valentines goodies for Etsy.

I’m not sure how good the things are but I’m trying.  I’m making cupcakes & sweets & some smaller props to use.  Valentines has never been a holiday I paid a lot of attention to–but this year I think my dolls may demand a set of  goodies for themselves to keep. (that’s fair, isn’t it? I can keep some of the stuff I make….right?)

I’m being treated to a trip to Birmingham today! I’m going to the quilt shop there to pick up some more fabric for my in process 1:6 quilt. I started it with some various pieces I had lying around but am running out quickly & know there won’t be enough for all the additional blocks I have yet to make.

So here’s to a morning getting lost in Birmingham!

I’ll  check in later & update the Top 10 list with number 3 (and maybe number 2 also)

Just a quick blurb (or widget) with my newer listings on Etsy.  

Feel free to check em out!

Wow, stuff is selling way better than I expected!! :D

YAY! At last!

(I’ve only gotten 4 things up so far but I have more to follow later this weekend) Check it out if you get the chance and please add me to your favorites :)

At last! Things are coming together! :D

It looks like by tomorrow afternoon I should have some goodies listed in my etsy shop. I’m excited about this (very much so!) and hope that the photos I took today will come out well enough to use. Tomorrow I’ll post food goodies, and then if I can manage it, some of the other props I have made & ready to go (books, plants etc).

Keep an eye out! I’ll post as soon as I have stuff!! :D :D :D

So here it is–November! Time for me to get my stuff finished up and listed on etsy (this week, really!)

But along with Etsy goodness to come, this is the National Novel Writing Month!! (The premise, just in case you don’t know about it is that you write a book in 30 days of at least 50K words)

I’ve taken part in this for 2 years (last year didn’t really happen) and while I am going to participate this year I am not going to follow the format exactly. What I am going to do is write a collection of pieces that will provide me (hopefully) with back-stories, scripts & the like to use in future episodes of the Quinlan Chronicles, as well as giving me scripts that I can use for the “shorts” I plan on doing as a tide-me-over with regard to the chronicles.

When I have some time later today I’ll also post a few doll related things (I know I said that last time, but I’ve finally got some photography space in the room) :p

This weekend I made some good headway on clay-related goodies to (eventually) put up on Etsy. I managed to improve the clay-color mix for the chocolate chip cookies (although they still need some tweaking) and the cupcakes are improving too.

Tonight, migraine permitting (it’s building now and I’m hoping a few aleve and some dark will help) I’ll try to prep another few batches of cupcakes & cookies. It saddens me to admit that it really does take me hours to make them between prepping & making & cooking.  :(   Still, I am finding it pretty enjoyable (except for the constant battle against cat hairs in the clay)

Last night I also began to plan out a second couch/sofa to make. It’s different than my previous ones, so it’ll be a case of trial and error.  To begin with, I don’t think I have enough supplies here on hand to make the base form. I’ll have to see if there’s another way around that…

On my list of things to do tomorrow:

Kitchen/Food roomset for Etsy: spray prime one of the barbie table & chair sets. I plan on using it for some settings with the food as part of the display.  I also plan on using the counters from the Sindy kitchen (aka the avacado green kitchen) .

For the Etsy 1:6 furniture & accessories roomset

I am planning on cutting down this older wall and using it as part of a smaller roomset base (the same base the kitchen fits on). I argued with Mark about this over the weekend–as it is now, I don’t use that set, and I don’t like the way the windows (2) weren’t really balanced. This way, I have it someplace I can use it (frequently) and get rid of the oversized wall set. I’m thinking I’ll use it as an accent wall with 2 white walls.