The Shopping Sherpa

...Works in miniature

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Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Leafing it to the last minute

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And so I finish the year, and this year's Daily dolls' house December challenge. Alas I haven't finished yesterday's kit ...
Monday, December 30, 2019

Make, do and mend Monday: the scariest kit in the whole stash...

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I was out and about this morning: checking the post box, catching up with friends for brunch and popping into IKEA (where I was delighted to...
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Sunday, December 29, 2019

The sailor's daughter

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And so he did . And so she did. Which meant I got to mock up the beginnings of the next scene in the space (that's why there's a k...
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Saturday, December 28, 2019

This ship has sailed (The Saturday shelfie)

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Back in August, I placed my Lori Ballet Studio on my desk, above my laptop, and in direct line of sight in the hope that it might cause enou...
Friday, December 27, 2019

Flashback Friday (it *is* Friday, isn't it?)

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A couple of weeks ago I shared some photos of the bedroom of my Mickey apartment : the very first scene I'd created when I returned to t...
Thursday, December 26, 2019

I scoped it out

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So it took a while , but a good part of that was that (after I got the instructions clear in my head ) the pieces were luxuriating in a egg-...
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Wednesday, December 25, 2019

Christmas day plans...

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...look a lot like this: (Yes, it's another post where I get out of bed in order to make a scene of my bed so I can tell the world I...
Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Procrastination by printer

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So I made brunch, and read the kit instructions while I ate. 'Paint the aluminium strip gold'... (I didn't find one in the bag...
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Monday, December 23, 2019

Make do and mend Monday: watery thoughts

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Yesterday, with the printer hooked up for the first time in over a year, I tested out making a view for my sailor. And what a difference it...
Sunday, December 22, 2019

Market not-miniatures

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It's the plant man's fault... We have a chap at the local trash and treasure markets who sells ex-hire plants very cheaply. This t...
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Saturday, December 21, 2019

It's so hot, my Blutack is melting...

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but I managed to get things to stay put long enough to take some photos with yesterday's accessory choices in place:  Yep, looking g...
Friday, December 20, 2019

Tied up on the shore would you weary no more?

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My sailor seems to be settling in, and I'm enjoying finding out who he is. The scene is not yet finished, but I'm feeling pretty ...
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Thursday, December 19, 2019

Moving (and melting) slowly

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It's the first of three very hot days here in Canberra: (that's 104, 100.4 and 107.6 Fahrenheit for my so-inclined readers), and ...
Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Sorting the stash

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While looking for a miniature print to add to the framing pile this morning, I finally got frustrated enough with the 'I'll just po...
Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Feeling framed

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 This morning I visited our local dolls' house shop . 'What!' I hear you cry. 'But you stated quite categorically just t...
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Monday, December 16, 2019

Sometimes things take their own sweet time to happen

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Back in 2015 I submitted some pieces to ANCA 's Spin exhibition of miniature wearable artworks, always planning to make one for myself...
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Sunday, December 15, 2019

(Almost) The half-way point...

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...and the back of one of yesterday's op-shopped box frames called to me as it sat on my worktable. So I decided to see what we co...
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