Christmas 2011 Giveaway Winners!

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 set ^ ^

but...there's MORE :O because I have hit over 500 'members' now, I have decided to do a bonus draw!

ahem, DRUM ROLL PLEASE!!! tarantarantarantaran~~~

ooooh 37!

Yay Kelly!

 Miniature Cheddar Goldfish Crackers in 1:12

Miniature Goldfish Crackers in 1:12

You will get to pick either the original or the cheddar package :) 

I will attempt to contact all the winners as soon as I post up this, again, congratulations to Lisa, M Carmen Casanova and Kelly!

It has been really entertaining and fun reading through all your comments, and I thank you all again for participating, and for reading my blog :) I hope to host more giveaways in the future! Hope you all had fun too ^ ^

(ack i couldn't find any of your email addresses, can the above 3 winners please e-mail me at snowfern at gmail dot com with your addresses so I can send you your gifts???)

Christmas Giveaway and Sale!

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 giveaway :) There are 2 sets up for grabs (cake stands not included XD ) in 1:12 scale.....so 2 winners! Here's what you have to do to be eligible:

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- Be a member of my site, if you aren't already and comment on this post ONE thing you'd shrink if you had a shrink-ray gun :P (i would shrink the shrink ray gun? XD ) or just why you love minis so much :D

FOR ADDITIONAL ENTRIES/CHANCES!!

- click "Like" on my facebook page and leave a separate comment on this post
- tell me what your fave item in my Etsy store is and leave a separate comment on this post
- post about this giveaway, or add a link to this giveaway on your blog or facebook and leave a separate comment on this post (with the post link)

(you can use this picture)

you should get up to 4 chances! i will use http://www.random.org/ to pick 2 winners, and the draw will close on 1st December 2011 (my time) ^ ^

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I am also holding a sale in my Etsy store, use the coupon code NOV2011 during checkout to enjoy a 10% discount! the sale is also valid until 1st December 2011 :)


Why are the items not 'Christmas-related'? cos i am again, too slow T-T think that by the time i'm done with them it will be Christmas 2012..........XD

Cakes and Pastries again

 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 don't have to condition, nor limit my batches to space in the oven, and it's much much lighter, which is a huuuge bonus in the larger scales. but of course, there are limitations, and i'm still learning as i go along.

although these i find aren't as pretty as the marie antoinette inspired stuff, i consider them classics too :) when i was (much)younger, blackforest cake was my favourite flavour (i'd eat everything but the cream lol). i've been craving it ever since i started production on these....haven't gotten round to it yet though :( 

i have more donuts to frost, i think i'm done with the sprinkle designs, on to the choco art ones, which are quite hard to do now that i've switched to air dry options and can't get my hands on liquid sukerukun :( :( :(

i recently also purchased some dessert towers from Carol of true2scale. I LOVE THEM SO MUCH. you probably have noticed the 1:3 version in earlier pics, tee hee she made them specially to my request ^ ^ thank you Carol! I LOVE THEM! they're SOOO fun and addictive and EASY to assemble. managed to plonk these 3 out in less than 1/2 hr! i definitely plan on getting more :) you can find them at her etsy store too http://www.etsy.com/shop/true2scale . HIGHLY RECOMMEND A*********************** (lol ebay much? XD)

here's how they look unstacked and with some of my older stuff. i plan to list some of these items soon, need to take individual pics again cos i forgot to check for lint/dust when i did the earlier photoshoot. WAHHHH the lighting and everything looked so good too, dang it my room is too dusty!!!!

ok. i do apologize if i miss any of your comments/requests etc or am late with replies to emails. been busy, as you can tell :X there's a tonne more WIPs littered about my room, but since TDA is in less than 3 weeks, i think it's best i finish them ASAP (ADC takes quite a while to dry in 1:3 T-T) i promise i'll reply when i can!!! even my virtual farms have been somewhat neglected, OMG OMG OMG OMG

 toast + butter + honey = BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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1:12 gummy bears

haha they are so small i hadn't noticed it was upside down :( it's hard to take clear pics of them as they're translucent and barely 2.5mm tall. i tried making them smaller, but i'm already insane enough, i'll try again for the next batch, no promises! they're tough to make...i used epoxy resin, minute minute amounts....forgot to take pics of the mold....actually made them a while ago, and they took ages cos i had to work in batches for the resin to set (takes about a day for each batch)

finally figured out how to use brushes in GIMP!!!! just download the latest version (it's free) and put the free brushes in the appropriate folder, and TADAH!!!! omg so simple, free, and totally legal (provided you read the TOU for the free brushes XD ) going crazy making packing designs lately....

aaaand the contents of package spilling out, my fave thing to do when packaging minis....

aaaaand YOTSUBA!!!!! she gets some too!!!! i might make some available on etsy....depending on how attached i feel to them.

here's a sneak preview to what i'm making....you can probably guess if you celebrate it ;)

DING!! i'll post more after my friend gets her package (which i am trying to get sent out by today :X )

let's try something new

 there's a film of very fine la doll clay dust in my room. but these aren't the reason why.

had a request for a slight change to the usual sushi sets that i make in 1:3....UNAGI! i can't stand it myself, it's more the fishy taste and the little bones that put me off....otherwise i'd ordinarily eat anything teriyaki flavoured. would even drink up the stuff if i could :X

same customer requested i make these, which i first introduced in my previous post......i think they're adorable XD i plan to make some charms and hang them off my phone or summat....that is, if i can find the time to........

deja vu? yea i seem to be making quite a lot of these sushi sets. funnily, nobody even gave them a 2nd glance last year at TDA 09 T-T

i think the new wasabi and pickles look much better for this batch.

just for fun, i put some old 1:12 sushi i made a while back, onto a very dusty plate (also made by me XD) ok so it's more the gold paint that makes it look dusty, ughh....of course i had to make 1:12 pickles and wasabi....matchy matchy~~!

adjusted the colour on the kitsune, i think it looks better now. that's the initial pour of the soup base, need a second pour, probably will do that later tonight and add the remaining ingredients.

so. what's new? other than the onigiri and unagi, everything else looks....pretty familiar, right? even these forks.....which i had to coat with a silver paint cos i messed up experimenting on one of them. again, MATCHY MATCHY~~~! i think they look pretty ok here...but these are the last two forks in my stash. don't really have a stash, no place to stash the stash...........

oh oh...what a ghostly teapot and teacup set!

i enjoy working with la doll clay. i used la doll premiere to make these. had prior experience with it while making my dolls (pretty disastrous but excellent learning opportunity). they are a little bit smallish, but i based measurements on an actual teacup i had (4.8cm) and the teacups here are approx 1.5cm, while the teapot is approx 1inch wide (excluding spout).

there was plenty of down time as i had to wait for the clay to dry, so i took the opportunity to sand down some older 1:12 dishes i had made (with the help of molds), thus explaining the film of la doll clay dust all over the surface of my table right now. i'm not even gonna bother cleaning until it's all done, hark, do i hear a rattle in my chest?!?!? :P

back to work. oh wait, it's the weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!