tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87737809185820459812012-01-31T04:15:53.918+08:00Snowfern Clover - miniature foods 1:12 and BJD scalesCindy Tehhttps://profiles.google.com/114916539295523320778noreply@blogger.comBlogger3431100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773780918582045981.post-26654898651323199782012-01-28T15:39:00.001+08:002012-01-28T15:40:37.941+08:00

Miniature Eggs Benedict, with asparagus, made out of polymer clay. I've never tried hollandaise sauce before, probably why it took me 4 tries (and more than 4 hours) to mix the colour for it -_-" the asparagus...aiee. that was another issue for me. my initial batch, i showed bf while i was doing them halfway, and he said they're too dark!!! it was late last night and i mulled over it on

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 Miniature Chinese New Year goodies in 1:6 (Playscale, Blythe, Barbie, Pullip) (i hope one day i never have to keep repeating this scale stuff, but since I work in such varied sizes...better to be clear, huh!)  made for my bf's mom :D I make a little something for her each year, and for the first 2 gifts, she said it was too small!!! I agree, as a gift for a non-dollhouse collector, 1:12 does

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I made everything, except the jar :) Plate/Mug : La Doll Air Dry Clay Coffee Art/Jam: Resin + Acrylics Toast: Polymer clay This request came in via my Etsy store early this month, and it must have been one of the longest commissions I've ever undertaken. Mostly in part due to this: I fell in love with the mug when my customer showed me the photo. the slot at the bottom is supposed to

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1:12 Choc chip cookies vs 1:16 Choc chip cookies vs 1:24 Choc chip cookies lol the dime looks like it's growing larger. now let's watch it shrink..... Restocked the goldfish crackers, these are new designs (flatter and more realistic) with laser-printed packages..... 1:12 Cheddar on the left and Original on the right :) 1:6 (Playscale, Barbie, Blythe, Pullip,

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Nasi Lemak in 1:12, done during a lesson with beginner student (partly demonstrated by me)....i don't feel comfortable saying it's done entirely by her (she insisted the fish was mostly done by me LOL we were running out of time and I had to show her!) was a little too ambitious in trying to squeeze these many items into a 2-hr lesson, especially to someone who's totally new to

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Thank you SOOO MUCH!!! i was really quite blown away when this arrived in my mail last night, and started snapping photos once I got into the office today (and you know how much I hate taking pics LOL) I recently won a giveaway over on Sandi's blog (http://whimsycottageminis.blogspot.com/), I was so happy cos she's a pretty cool TeamMIDS member, and also cos her minis are outstanding! I have

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Miniature Chocolates and Butter cookies for BJDs (1:3, or SD/SD13 size). I've already mentioned this in my previous post, but have listed them on Etsy :) http://www.etsy.com/shop/snowfern?section_id=10914920 I know the colours aren't quite true to the actual cookies, i did make one set that is closer colour, but i didn't find it all that attractive :-/ so i made another 2 attempts

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I'm rushing off to meet Asuka and Sans for a year end celebration. So much to celebrate about! ^ ^ so this will be a quick one. I've listed just 2 sets since they took a long time to make. so fiddly, each 1:12 danish butter cookie is only about 3-4mm wide, i'm possibly -too- fussy about scale? heh. more pics, and you can find more pics and measurements, or purchase them here on my Etsy:

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I had been wondering if it's possible to make it to 300 sales before 2012 (at 267 as I write this)....it seems unreachable but wouldn't it be nice XD I've added quite a number of things to my Etsy, and am holding a Coupon Code sale to celebrate the end of a pretty interesting year. Just enter 300FOR2011 to get 10% off the listing price. You can view these and more photos at my

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TA-DAH!!!!!!! ok i know it's a little disappointing as it's incomplete :( I wanted to print out some 'posters' and put in more decorative stuff, but I ran out of time T-T for those who aren't familiar with this project, you can see how I got started, and my progress, here: http://snowfern-clover.blogspot.com/p/challenge.html It is in 1:24 aka half inch scale. half the size of the

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I made these specially for an Advent Calendar over on Minitreasures :)     I have to admit, this is one of my favourite phototaking sessions. Mostly because, for once, I had this hazy image in my head before starting on the project! I had to do something simple, since I was lacking in time, and the idea came about while I was on the bus on my way home. It was really cold that night, by

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looks familiar? hee hee.   but this time in 1:12 :) and polymer clay! the st honore is removeable, and there's additional loose rose petals and a rose for my customer to play around with :D like this! I was already in the middle of making this when the request came in for the piped one....the 3-tier cake is still in the making, piping is hard work T-T It's

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ook, i'm a week late with updates! i have been quite busy with custom requests and finishing up some WIPs, so  didn't have much time to work on this, however, i dedicated last saturday to completing the ceiling and flooring, as well as finishing up the display units :) it's coming along quite nicely, to the 'feel' i've been trying to get. ok so is the latest pic, sans floor. I originally

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Thank you all who participated! Overall, 164 entries were eligible for the draw, and here are the results! DRUM ROLL PLEASE.............tarantaran~~ ooooh number 9...... Lucky Lisa! Congratulations!! You have won this set ^ ^  ok need another DRUM ROLL.......tarantarantaran~~ hrmmmm who is the 72nd entry? Congrats M Carmen Casanova!!! You have won this

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table and chair from Revoltech's Professor Layton set ^ ^ it's quite nicely scaled for 1:12, 'cept that Prof Layton must have really short legs ;P Let's give Santa a snack break :)  More Traditional Sleigh  a little more modern I made these sleighs and cookies around this time last year, and they sold pretty quickly, but i don't remember why i didn't list more (probably due

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The lights are IN!!!!  i'm a little late again this week, had a few things to finish up, and my laptop died yesterday T-T luckily, bf, who has MAGIC HANDS I TELLSYA (well in more ways than...NEVERMIND) fixed it!!! he removed the battery, which i think overheated and short-circuited something somewhere. i've done a little bit of backup for the more important stuff, like templates and graphics

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I've got a new Christmassy Design available now on my Etsy for your personal use :) I liked the idea of the design extending into the box itself, I think my future designs will incorporate this feature! I hope you like it too. The sizes are similar to that of my previous Macarons and Cookies boxes, but this design is so versatile, you can put decorations, christmas cards, even use it as a

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This has been occupying me most of last week :) I had a request come in for 1:4 Marie Antoinette inspired cakes and pastries, and 'elated' would be an understatement of my reaction when I read the email! Although I'm not quite a frou-frou girl, growing to love pink (and Hello Kitty O.O) has been an inexplicable phenomenon that's bubbling just under my skin. image from http://

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Set 1   Set 2 Wooowoooot! Although I did mean to hold a giveaway at 400 'followers' (it's changed to members now eh?), there wasn't much response to when I asked what would be nice to giveaway (maybe everyone is too shy to suggest?) so I pouted and went about my business... next time I looked up, it's at 460! and since Christmas is fast approaching, I have decided to hold another

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 The bakery structure is almost done :) All i have left to do is put in the display windows and the front door....I had wanted the back wall to be removeable so i could make this more modular and easier to photograph, but judging from the time left, i will have to abandon that idea :( ah well. no matter. i know this project will grow a little more after the deadline anyway :) I suspect it will

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I have been quite busy :) My plan originally was to make some Christmas items, but you know how easily OH LOOK BIRDY chocolate range pink and red range if i could pick only one to eat...... it'd be a tough decision...... i would start small.... fresh fruit..... or glace cherries?..... woud fresh cherries be better? but what about all that chocolate :O

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These are some of my ready-made works in 1:3 and my customer has beauuuuuutiful dolls, i have been crazy coveting them T-T some day, some day.... This is for a separate request, she originally wanted them for her Blythe, but will be making something else out of it so i made them in 1:3...thus the extra special effort (hurhur yea i'm lazy) with the props!  they aren't fully dry yet, in

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Hola!~ well i'm a little late in posting my updates as a few requests came in over the weekend, and i didn't get much done for the challenge cos....*guiltily* i've been caught up in Triple Town :X fair warning, it's super addictive! heck i created 2 new G+ accts just so i could rotate between 4 (3G+ & fb) games when i run out of turns :S the display counters are finally painted! i thought i

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LONG POST AHEAD!!! there have been SOOOO many things i've been working on the past few weeks, but as usual, i get sidetracked....:P it might have been 2 weeks ago that i re-visited The Shopping Sherpa's blog, i remember one of the first few times I visited her blog might have been via a random video i viewed regarding miniature bookbinding....i always try my best to visit my fave blogs

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i really should change the title of these to "week" instead of "day" :P I usually try to spend a little time every morning on a few elements so that things can 'come together' rather than linearly, since i have nothing planned :P managed to settle on some walls. again, everything is made out of mounting board, have finally used the new mounting board i purchased. it's slightly thicker than the

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in halloween colours. I am loving this range of bold macaron colours, ever since i started on the "I'm a Giant" challenge, i've had to dig deep to figure out what i'd like to incorporate into my work, vs what i think would sell well.  it all started with this. i made a batch of purple macaron boxes, in both 1:12 and 1:24 scale...i chose to work with slightly thinner papers (120GSM) cos i

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so....i have been surfing a lot more than i tend to due to this challenge, because i feel like a fish out of water. design is something i enjoyed mostly for 'clever' little functionality features like Joseph Joseph's beauuuuutiful nested mixing bowls/colanders (http://www.josephjoseph.com/preparation-bowls/nest-8) which i came across first in a random kinokinuya book that i browsed whilst

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made with ADC. It's gonna be bf's mom's birthday soon, and i decided to make her flowers this year.  1:12 isn't the ideal scale since she rightfully commented that my previous gifts were too small to see T-T but i figure, flowers are a little larger than foods, and since she likes flowers (she visits the annual flower shows we have here in SG) and keeps some at home, this should be a more

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i've finally gotten the cupcake and donut box printables up :P am also offering them as a set, with the macaron and cookie boxes, for a 3-in-1 price. http://www.etsy.com/listing/84103837/printable-pdf-file-set-of-3-pdf-files i've adjusted the prices for the printables. the original price was an introductory one, i didn't know if anyone would be interested and i had no idea how much cut Etsy

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 I have been working on designing some printables for 1:12, and wanted to keep in mind that i wanted them to work for 1:24 too, so they would go into my little 1:24 roombox. no surprises, it's going to be a bakery!! XD stick with what i do, and know, right? ;) these were printed on 120gsm paper, and sprayed with a matte acrylic finish. the designs are slightly different than those i have

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 Another Printable for your personal use! You can find it here on my etsy :)  The printable includes a guide (or is it vice versa? XD ) to help beginners to making miniature paper printies create a professional finish to their little printies! I guess I consider it a foundation guide to making paper minis, so....it can be suited to anyone really! Originally wanted to put this up for sale

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Now available here on my etsy, for personal use only.  I've been looking for nice packaging for a modern bakery, alas, many of the miniature boxes available seem to favour the 'victorian' type, too plain, or too fancy for my liking. i have spent the last 3 days at the office drawing little vectors of various bakery items, and thought that maybe some of you might like to have a set of

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Congratulations to those featured in this month's issue of Golibrary! HUUUGE thanks to Jane, for organizing this workshop as well as gathering all the materials. it was no easy task! and to all the participants, who managed to figure out what I was going on about, and Stephanie and Peili for coming down to help with the judging! also, since the skill level of several of the participants were

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 Not much progress on the 1:24 display, due to strained back/shoulder muscle. did however figure out how to bend acrylic sheets. this was meant to be another display unit (by now the stuff is falling in place right? figured out what it's gonna be yet? :P cos i haven't XD ), but the thinnest sheets I could get were touted to be 1mm thick, and in actuality it was more 1.5mm -_-" super bullet

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If only I could indulge in breakfast like that every morning ;) hurhur. Everything on and including the plate made by me! Mostly air dry clay, 'cept for the cucumber and tomatoes. available here :) made a 1:4 version too! going to try one in 1:3 later if my hand/shoulder loosens up. all I did yesterday was carry an MDF board from Daiso to the office, and BLAM. can't turn my head to the

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 Spent more time trying to draw up plans for the roombox than building it, which was pretty pointless since I kept adjusting the measurements and layouts as I was putting together the display units. messy messy drawings, cos i suck at perspectives XD and the cut out pieces for the counter. I used basswood (1/16" and 1/32" thicknesses) and 1mm (although it seems more like 1.5mm) clear

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ok first I have to apologize for not having relevant pictures, but I'm still working on the demo items students can learn for each session...there have been a number of things I've been doing, and am dying to continue work on the I'm a Giant challenge! I've put up a dedicated page link to chart my progress, am looking forward to seeing the other bloggers' progress too! Do comment with your

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Well, it was done over 2 days actually, cos I ran out of the mounting board (I'm not sure what it's called actually, it's about 1/16 inch thick and kind of like a really thick piece of cardboard or cardstock). Had to take pics using my crappy Nokia N95 handphone as the camera is in the office :P  Clockwise from left to right:  Heavy-ish Mooncake Box (to hold down pieces while waiting for

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ho ho ho ho ho! another challenge! I found out about this via Ann of Amazing Miniatures and even before checking out the organizer's blog, I knew right away that I would be participating! You can check out the details here: http://www.stylebyemilyhenderson.com/blog/imagiantblog-challenge.html I started almost immediately and quickly realized I did not have enough material at home to work on

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First! A preview of what I've been working on :) The breads are pretty old, I made them *gasp* haha april last year :O They were actually prototypes, mostly made out of ADC....I'm glad to report a year + later they still look pretty good ;) I still have to finish up the signage for it, and give it a sealant before I'll show it off proper ;) The display is something I'd been thinking of for

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I have been trying to figure out ways to 'soften' my displays. like my real life living conditions, I generally prefer stark, minimalistic furniture, preferring function over form. I don't think this translates too well in mini. I think one of the hardest things to achieve is to make mini scenes look 'alive', right? I actually started out thinking of making some kitchen cabinets, but i had no

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ahhh~ it's been a good few weeks since I shifted almost all my mini-making stuff (clay mostly) to bf's office. I think I've finally settled in. adjusting to the new workspace, packing, sorting, organizing....getting used to the air-conditioning (sinuses were in a terrible state the first 2 weeks) and travelling, and then getting used to the new worktable/chair....doing backups, formatting the

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 this was a test shot taken my first week at the office (last week). tweaked it a little with IrfanView, gonna try and set up a photoshoot area too. the office lighting is far superior to the one i have in my room, so i'm (reluctantly) excited about the prospect of taking better photos.....when i get round to it :P WARNING. GEEKY COMP STUFF AHEAD. ok maybe just borderline geeky. :E i'd decided

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 have had rather bad cravings for japanese food lately, i wonder why HRMMMMMMMMMMMMMM :P  i tried out a new clay for the 'stoneware', it's "Tebineri Clay" which is according to the website, is a pottery polymer clay. essentially, you work it like you would air dry clay (or real pottery clay i suppose, but ionos cos i've never worked with 'actual' pottery clay before), let dry before baking at 160

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strawberry cane for beginners. i'll teach my students how to detail it further in class :) it's not exactly a tutorial either, gonna use it alongside Lesson 2 this saturday. doubt i'll have time to edit/render/upload more by then, especially when this laptop keeps crashing when i do any graphic editing (the graphic card probably overheated, weather's been really warm lately too). we'll just

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I was recently alerted to a lantern-making competition, and am hoping to participate! I wasn't sure where more info could be found online, but a quick search on Google turned up this: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/events/pages/newsdetail.aspx?URL=http://www.ntu.edu.sg/events/events/Pages/ChannelUinvitesstudents.aspx&Guid=dcf9e9a4-bdf0-4811-81b1-77be49732dd0&Category=Event%20Calendar the brief can be

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 the weather in Singapore has been really warm lately, and thus dampened my enthusiasm for making clay minis. so i decided to work with materials that did not melt in my hands :P next to Eva's cute little acorn house! i found a wonderful plant tutorial quite a long time ago, and tucked it away in my bookmarks for until i could find a way to incorporate it into whatever project that would call

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Thank you Eva!! These beautiful gifts were from Eva when she visited Singapore last week, Asuka, Sans and I got together and Eva cooked a beautiful meal for us :D I overate as usual, so much salad (I was being cheeky and didn't say "when" early enough XD XD XD) so I guess it isn't too bad XD will wait for Sans to put up pics cos we used her camera hee hee. i also got a beautiful little menu done

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aka 'shameless self promotion' lol. by the time i got round to this post, the July issue was made available, and there is another similar page, so i decided against posting it XD a friend of mine recently interviewed me for this spanking new magazine that features heavily the local arts scene, and since this month's special is all about handicrafts, he asked if i wouldn't mind answering a few

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made out of polymer clay :) they are all approx 0.5cm wide.  i had previously done some, but had a request for more. i always felt that the older persimmons i'd made were too big and the leaf portion was too thick for the scale.....so i was determined to make them paper thin this time. compare and contrast :S better yet, i had a real life model to work from :P problem is, by the time i got the

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I was recently asked to make a few items that I don't usually dabble in, more due to my fear of the colours more than anything.I'm so happy to say that after much practice, I possibly might have quelled those fears :) Misplaced my dime again, so a dusty, dirty finger will have to do for scale. Red and green chillies are approx 1cm in length, ~2mm at widest. And cos I'm a fan of these little hot

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group shot! here are somemore 1:3 items for a customer. the taiyaki isn't exactly 1:3, but she liked it and yea, it does look like a cracker of some sort anyway. almost all components of the bento box are made out of air dry clay. only the bottom half of the box is glued down, and for the first time ever, i've signed and dated the base :P i seldom get such elaborate requests, so i'm pretty

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that's me, "tak glam" (totally without glamour) as we say here in Singapore as usual. i don't think there is in my whole history a 'proper' and 'decent' photo of me. for my funeral, they would probably have to make do with my grainy identity card photo, which bf describes as 'psychotic'. nice.  *snort* ANYWAY! i'm baack!!! yea i'm still so happy from TDA, and the nice day out with bf yesterday :)

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GAH! it was such a flurry of activity at our booth yesterday, i didn't even get a chance to take pics of my booth! this is just a mock setup i showed Asuka on friday. i do hope that those who took pics wouldn't mind passing along links to their pics so that i can enjoy a virtual tour of the event, which is just silly seeing as how i was kinda sorta there T-T will really appreciate it! so far i

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 1:3 cupcakes 1:6 cupcakes, with variously scaled ispahans  1:3, 1:4, 1:6, 1:12 strawberry/raspberry parfait Chocobanana parfait and previously mentioned Chocolat Liegoise (sp? lol i can't even pronounce it) with strawberry sundaes waiting for a final gloss in the background  1:4 carbonara spaghetti and fettucini and 2 plates of 1:4 spaghetti bolognese  finished up the religieuses with the teeny

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you probably have seen most of these, but i don't have 'nice' photos this time round save this one, heh. put together a few items to see how they would work with the stand. not bad! they aren't varnished yet in this pic.... lol they make me laugh cos the religeuses remind me of fat laughing Mi Le Fo! anyway these have been given a coat of satin varnish to make them look yummier. :) i used liquid

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 1:3 marie antoinette inspired pastries such as st honore, l'ispahan, macarons, madeleines, creamy strawberry cake slices. mostly done with air dry clay. the roses are supposed to be Rakugan, but i haven't created the packaging, and since the colours fit in with the theme....why not eh? :D although i prefer working with polymer clay, air dry clay certainly is better for 'mass production' as i

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http://thecreativeacademy.wordpress.com/2011/05/20/miniatures/(truncated screenshot from a poster that will be displayed in libraries) The workshop details are up! Application details are available in the link above! See you there ;)

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quick short post cos i need some feedback, i think the club and spade can afford to be larger, but size wise they match up to the heart and diamond. i'm so confused! it's like when writing and the letters that hang off the line (g, y, etc) aren't the same size as the rest of the words, it's a little unsettling for me...cos the little 'bases' of the club/spade, should they be hanging off the line

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oh, they look less 'ochre-ish' in these pics.....anyhoo i'm so bored *whines* although i do enjoy making items in batches when my OCD-ish-itch sets in, i do not think it is extended to making ochre items. i recall from way back when i first started this blog, learning how to colour the baked goods was nightmarish for a n00b like me. practicing on polymer clay was....trying enough, now that i've

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 So many abbreviations! LOL! ok so here's the mess/mass of items that i am working on..... these are completed items, that is, fully dried, fully varnished, ready for sale :) mostly in 1:3, smaller ones are 1:4....some 1:6 might have snuck in...... these are the unfinished ones, still requiring more decorating, and varnishing/sealing. the usagi manju are my fave! the past week has seen my

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ahh!! back to bold colours ^ ^ i love the vibrancy! although the pics are a tad overexposed, couldn't be bothered to adjust the cam settings cos..IT'S SATURDAY!!! WOOOOOOOOOO  you can click on the pic for a larger image, but if you do, please excuse the dried clay under my nail. :X the lips were something i'd been thinking of working on for the longest, shortly before i received the adorable

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the neighbourhood bakeries in my area sell quite a number of these rectangular cakes. you can bring them home and slice 'em yourself!  i love mango on my cakes, so i made this mango and fresh cream slices...will demo them during the workshop....hope it gets approved XD the round cakes are sorta incomplete, i plan to use these to demo to students how to 'cream' and decorate the sides....or, they

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I've been busy preparing some basic items for the upcoming workshop. These are made out of ADC. I came to this decision mainly because it would be terribly inconvenient as a basic course to expect students to invest in an oven for PC, also, ADC seems to be more readily available in SG. Students can expect to learn how to make basic breads, fruits, cakes and pastries in the course. It should be

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added some new jewelry and accessories to my Etsy store! http://www.etsy.com/shop/snowfern?section_id=6144117 and...remember these? or rather, these are the new-ish items, the promotion i offered in the previous post has now been moved to my etsy in this category: http://www.etsy.com/shop/snowfern?section_id=6165194 Do check it out and lend me some support!!! it's hard starting to sell

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L-R: Blue Sprinkles, Blue Heart, Pink Heart, Pink Sprinklesapprox 2cm x 2cm (cupcake cookie design) I've been busy making some cookies in 1:3, which so happen to be a pretty good size for rings! ^ ^ anyhow, why do I append to the title "De-stash"? That's cos these are my prototypes, and there are minute irregularities that although you'd have to squint to find, I am not willing to charge full

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donuts again! took the photos yesterday morning, packed away the items, and promptly forgot about them.  you can find these here: http://www.etsy.com/listing/72332092/dollhouse-miniature-pink-donuts blue!!! an odd colour for donuts, i know, but eh.....i'm a little odd too ;) back to classic chocolate donuts. i love my new range of sprinkles....i think i went a little overboard with them

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This is my personal set :) the one in my hand was taken before it was glued on, i decided to just affix it after the cookies kept shifting while i was trying to take a decent pic of it XD and since i love it so much, it's mine! mine! all mine!!! :D i've listed the rest on Etsy and Zibbet :) http://www.etsy.com/shop/snowfernhttp://www.zibbet.com/Snowfern i have lots more to do yet, but i

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  1:3 vs 1:12 sprinkles XD the 1:12 ones are approx 0.6mm wide.... my hands are screaming in pain. these are just simple polymer clay sprinkles, but working with the extruder is seriously mucking up the hands, the last week was spent also mulling over how to pare down tools and requirements necessary to make basic ADC realistic foods for a workshop i'll be holding in july-aug. will post up more

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let's have a tea party!!!but where's the tea? XD tarts tarts tarts!all listed! 3 are available on my Etsy : http://www.etsy.com/shop/snowfernand the rest can be found on my new store in Zibbet! : http://www.zibbet.com/Snowfern these are also available here.... and these are in my Zibbet store...  confused yet? I SURE AM. spent all morning arranging these tiny things, that the sun faded away T-T

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i'm not very brave when it comes to colours. most of my previous more colourful works were customer requests. natural progression dictates i take it up as a personal challenge, and tried to tackle pastels first, as i find pastels hardest (for me) to work with. well. not really, if they are pre-coloured...:P i played around with some doily designs, and as you can see from the stack on the left, i

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I have been spending some time at bf's office, trying to set up my website, http://snowfern.com...but since I get easily distracted, I wound up spending more time catching up to my favourite mini blogs. It has certainly been a loooong while since I've caught up to the latest mini trends, and what with two of my fave Japanese blogs (Nunu's House and Megumini) featuring beautiful lace doilies, I

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Have finally submitted my Petit Picnic entry for #semi-sweeties over on dA!  I'm kind of disappointed with myself, cos I did want to make many many other things, but what with requests, blood tests, scans etc, there simply was not enough time to make the elaborate entry I had in mind. I know, I'm my own harshest critic, I have to defend myself against my very honest family opinions! XD serves me

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1:4 sandwich sets now available for your MSDs! Lunch Set 1 - 1:4 plain ham and cheese sandwich, with a side salad. SOLD! Thank you ^ ^ Lunch set 2 - 1:4 ham, cheese and tomato sandwich, with side salad. Highly detailed tomato slices are not fixed so you can play around with it :) all made out of polymer clay :) will be posted on my DoA marketplace thread soon! or you can email me,

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THANK YOU ANN!!! I recently won a giveaway over on Ann's blog, Amazing Miniatures. HOO BOY!! they certainly are amazing! not only am I a fan of her works, I'm coincidentally a fan of both IKEA and modern furniture :P so, winning the table was a :O :O :O :O !!!!!!!!! moment for me!  I love love LOVE how it fits perfectly in my photoshoot area :D :D :D kismet, I say! :P i can't decide if it'll work

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i recently was asked if i could do a salad in 1:3. i took in a deep breath, and replied that i would first do a mock up, and then she could decide if she wanted to commission a salad from me. i hadn't even given a quote as i was so lacking in confidence with working with greens. 1:3 salad 1:4 salad 1:6 salad (on a rement plate cos i can't find a glass bowl in 1:6 and 1:12 :( ) 1:12 in

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is it wrong to be so immensely pleased with oneself??? XD i spent the WHOLE DAY making this cane. the bulk of the time was spent conditioning and mixing up the right colours, and test baking the colours. i fudged up on the darker greens, i hope this bakes out the way i want it to, right now it's looking good to me! i started out with an almost 3-inch diameter cane, and reduced it down, then split

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 since bf bought me a vacuum cleaner, i'd been cleaning up my room with a tad more fervour. i pulled open drawers and gave their contents a good dusting down. first up, the crochet'd doilies i never got round to finish tucking in the ends XD would have to also find a day and time to tack them down to neaten them up, but i find that a rather tedious process. i made these when i was sicker than

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Vacuum Forming my lame attempt at constructing a vacuum forming box more than a while ago (haha) i was introduced to this technique via a japanese website:http://chobiko72.blog95.fc2.com/blog-entry-440.html at that time, i was still struggling to work with various basics like working with polymer clay, air dry clay, painting, casting resin, molding etc...and so i filed it away in the

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 this post was supposed to be about the folding windows, but i forgot to take proper pics of them i was having too much fun playing with the fruits -_-" i made the berries a while back, never got round to taking pics of them. i made the plastic packaging too :) but just to state, they will not be for sale 'as-is', i plan to use them for my own works.  my chrysnbon table and chairs finally

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Random fruit stuff in 1:12 polymer clay. Teaser pics ;)  practicing fruit, rather fun!  going to make some labels for these..... my fave fruit as a kid, the persimmon! i love it when the 'outer layer' is mushy sweet (almost to the point of rotten, -almost-) and the centre layers are crisp and crunchy. don't seem to find that sort these days :( why teaser pics? cos I never know how my items are

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customer request. 1:4 scale BJD props. i hate taking pics at night, the reds look so pink here!!! :( cheese wedge, hard tack, mushrooms, blackberries, raspberries, huckleberries. ================================ what a difference daylight makes :-/ haha you can almost see the katakana fridge magnets i have in the background :P and i made new sized madeleine earrings :) this time, my

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1:12 polymer clay marie antoinette inspired st honore. commissioned request.  i couldn't find my doilies (i eventually did looking for something else grrr) and used what was close at hand, a crochet'd doily that i had been planning to use when my prop table arrives. it's unfinished, as in i haven't tacked it nor sewn in the ends, i can say the same for about 7-8 other crochet'd items i have lying

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made these a while back when i was making the valentine day cupcakes, but since they were intended for my personal use, i felt no pressure to take pictures :P  and so, they sat on my table gathering dust.....eww dusty food XD  the madeleines i made even longer time ago, i don't recall taking pics of these new 1:12 ones. made them alongside my earrings in the previous post.....again, no pressing

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HUAT ARR!!! i'm not sure that this has anything to do with CNY, but since I had to 'model' them i thought, heck might as well wear 'em for reunion lunch at bf's place :P hope everyone's having a great time gorging themselves on festive treats! i know i am....*pats round tummeh*

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i wanted to make more stuff in order to fill up my display, and wound up making some cute little letter cupcakes :) available here!this set is also available, here! not sure which pic i prefer. i think the darker one is moodier, which is what i have been feeling lately :X  i love these! i finally got round to finishing up the st honore range for my personal display....^ ^ CNY is what, next

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 I am feeling uncharacteristically romantic *shudder* this year. i blame the bf! he has been really, quite wonderful, and i know i don't tell him enough. *blush* but it's ok! i can say it here cos i know he doesn't read this blog unless i force him to HAHA :X really tiny box. about 1.5cm or 9/16" across. each choc piece is about 3mm or 1/8" wide. all available on my etsy!

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made this wee one using a free pattern by http://littlecottonrabbits.typepad.co.uk/ it is about 3.5cm from toe to tip of ear against an older one i made a long time ago there is a contest being held by the #semi-sweeties group again! i am definitely participating, working on it helps me keep my mind off some stuff happening around me from driving me batshit apecrazy. join me in driving out all

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 i am not a huge fan of flowers. but if pressed for my favourite one...i would say, either lilies or gerberas. and i found a cute little paper puncher yesterday (Carlacraft, at art friends, CP-1 Daisy-S) so i decided to make some ^ ^ i first saw some in 1:12 when i visited Peili's blog a while back....and immediately knew i wanted to attempt some! i think hers are made out of air dry clay, but i

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huhuhu!! i got some lovely gifts over the holidays!! they were quite a surprise as i don't celebrate christmas, but i definitely appreciate the sentiment and i adore them greatly ^ ^ firstly, see the colourful background???it is a wonderful tokidoki calendar from DALE!!!  i'm not sure how she knew, but maybe it's quite evident that i adore cutesy kawaii stuff, i just never could justify

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 St Honore pastries in various scales (1:3, 1:4, 1:6, 1:12)all made in polymer clay. base diameter measurements1:3 - 3.2cm1:4 - 2.4cm1:6 - 1.6cm1:12 - 0.8cm man, i think st honore pastries have got to be one of the prettiest pastries around. as with macarons, i'd never heard of, seen, tasted these before. i think i might like it, since i like choux pastries. with some of my older 1:3 works for

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another customer request :) she wanted these to be larger than 1:12, but maybe smaller than 1:6 so that she can use them for both her blythes and petite blythes. inspiration provided by customer:http://www.flickr.com/photos/bonboneh/3590774775/http://www.flickr.com/photos/ybpink/3068903518/in/photostream/ i have to admit, this house is the 3rd attempt. forgot to take pics of the first two,

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HI ASUKA! XD there's Asuka in her fave panda sweater, at her booth. this year, she's back at STGCC with  Bjornik (HI BJORNIK!) who was her booth partner for STGCC 2009 ^ ^ if you squint a little, you can prolly see the "Artist Alley" flag :P this year, the alley didn't consist of booths, and  visitors were led directly to the alley via the entrance to the event. i like the layout better as it

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there have been countless discussions between Asuka, Susan and I regarding making mini books. as much as i love printies, it's hard to get a good resolution on such a small scale with my *censored* printer. so when i found a darling little gift wrap paper at a neighbourhood provision store, i snapped it up ^ ^. and it sat in my room collecting dust for over 3 mths -_-" i wanted to add a little

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I know i know, you've seen these before...and finally i've put them up for sale! Wear these on your ears! Available on my Etsy! These hang downwards and lower on the earlobe... And these are the upright ones, but i suppose you could twist them around in any direction :D Find them here! Shell shaped macarons here! ============================ haha ok promo time is over. now to the usual stuff,

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polymer clay madeleines in 1:4 scale! the longer 'classic' madeleines are 1.7cm or 5/8 inch long, while the shell ones are 1.2cm or 7/16 inch wide/long. you can click for larger pic. these are also flat-backed, i made a couple of fully textured (front/back) madeleines, but it's started to rain, bad lighting for pics T-T which makes them suitable for moderately large earrings! i also made some

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Gingerbread Boy & Girl enjoying a sleigh ride after decorating their christmas tree! Available here ^ ^     or perhaps a cheerier sleigh with cookies? also available here :P this design featured in the white sleigh combo are also available separately here.... or if you'd like to have a variation, you can get these too..... this is the most christmassy i've ever gotten since childhood!  will

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i have shared previously my love for Rosey Sugar, and since christmas is approaching, i decided to do more piping practice. each cookie is approx 6.5mm to 8mm wide. these are the results of the past weeks' worth of practice. i am going to pick out my fave designs and bang them out for my etsy store, so expect some in there next week :) i was trying to sort out which were my fave designs, i

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thank you Jane for inviting me to talk at the library! i seldom post pics of myself cos i'm not as dainty nor cute as (some) of the minis i make....here's one some might appreciate, me being very happy to talk about scales and the importance of it XD i know it doesn't seem like it, but i felt very shy and embarrassed talking about my works. gah. but otherwise, i definitely do not have stagefright

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From Left to Right- Top Row: Kaya (egg jam) Kueh, Tapioca Kueh, 9-Layer Kueh, Kueh Dah Dah, Pulut Inti (rice with coconut topping) Bottom Row: Various Ang Ku Kueh, Hoon Kueh with Banana, Hoon Kueh with Corn, Kueh Lapis Made with ADC, mostly Grace, Sukerukun, Daiso clay, Oil Paints these little traditional nonya kueh kueh are commonly seen in Singapore, and are usually eaten as snacks or for

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