Playing

I have a hobby that most people either don't know much about, or don't even know about. I make miniature things. 1:12 scale. I make all sorts of things. I belong to two groups where we get together and make little things. At the last Sunday group, we made a trunk.

I've made a thingee to photograph my miniatures and have a ruler to show the sizes. Often people use coins. Which is great!! American coins?? How big are they? I know cause I was born in North America. English and Australians generally have no idea. So I won't use Australian coins as they won't give people from other countries the idea of size.

This is the finished article. Whoops, shows the paint where I missed. Never mind. Won't show when it's all finished.

You can sort of see the size by the ruler next to it. It's less than 8 cm from front to back. I must remember to keep the ruler in mind when I am taking photos.

For next Sunday, we have to create a scene, and present it. The best will win a $10 voucher to our local miniature shop.

Once the trunk was finished, I had to decide what the scene would be. I decided that the trunk was being sold at a garage sale.

So I made a sign.

Then I found some items to sell. I found a long fluffy scarf that I had been given by one of my mates. It's going for $1.

I found some hangars I made ages ago. I will probably give them away

I think I will just give them away. Like most wire hangars, they are all bent out of shape. You can also see a pearl necklace in this photo. In amongst the pile is bookends, some glassware, and some tools.

A box of books. A must for every garage sale.

I found some toys and decided that there was a little girl who was leaning into the trunk and digging out some toys. She has a stick horse in her hand and is busily looking into the trunk to see what else she can find.

So there's my little story for today. As you can see, I've bee n busy making little things and making stories to go with them.

A bit like the night of Sylvanian families I had in Norwich with Colin and Co!!

Madeleine

Sunday, 22 March 2009