Another orange :)

This week I am visiting my family in Norrköping (in Sweden) and celebrating my little sisters 10th birthday! I have a nice suprise for her and I will post pictures later on (:

This is one of my orange sections I make, photografed before it was sent to the U.S. In August 21 I will have a class/tutorial at CDHM and teach how I make it, orange peels and whole oranges. If you are interested in joining this class you can sign up at: Custom Dolls, Houses and Miniatures

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Denna veckan är jag och hälsar på min familj i Norrköping och så firar jag min lillasyster som fyller 10 år! Jag har en miniatyrrelaterad överraskning till henne som jag får visa senare (:



På bilden är en av mina apelsinhalvor som jag gör, fottad innan den skickades till USA. I Augusti kommer jag hålla en klass/tutorial på CDHMs sida och lära ut hur jag gör dem, aplsinskal och hela apelsiner. Om du är intresserad av att delta kan du anmäla dig till klassen på:
Custom Dolls, Houses and Miniatures

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I also want to welcome my new blog followers, hope you will enjoy my blog! We are getting close to hundered (:

Cooking plums in miniature

Hello everybody! I am really longing for summer when I will have more time to spend on my miniatures, there are so many ideas waiting in line for me to make! Right now I am writing on my final exam in Sociology, but my mind constantly wanders away to new miniature ideas (:

Here is a commissioned work I made a while ago to a dear customer in the U.S where plums are being cooked, wonder what it is going to be.. jam perhaps ?

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Hej allihop! Jag längtar verkligen till sommaren då jag kommer ha mer tid till mina miniatyrer, jag har så många idéer som jag vill göra verklighet av! Just nu skriver jag på en slut tentamen i Sociologi, men mina tankar vandrar ständigt till miniatyrerna (:

Här är ett beställnings jobb jag gjorde för ett litet tag sen, där plommon kokandet är i full gång! ... undrar vad det ska bli för något gott, plommonsylt kanske?

Mini hugs

~Hanna~

A peak at my workspace

Here is my workspace! So now you now where all minatures are made (; I have got the half kitchen table! It is not a big problem, me and my husband often eat in the living room (: he don't mind since the miniatures makes me so happy and peaceful (:



I bought the organizer a while ago at a hardware chain. When I saw it at the shelve, I knew immediately that it would be perfect for my clay, tools and miniatures! It was the last one they had so I was really happy when I got it, It have solved a lot of problems and saved space for the kitchen table!




I also share my work space .... with my cat, Tiger! If he fails to take the chair before me in the morning, he always lies on my lap while I am sculpturing and he is so cute I cant lift him down!




Don´t you think he looks like he is surfing the internet :) ?

I also want to welcome all new blog readers, happy to have you here!!

~Hanna~

Donuts, Doughnuts, Munkar!

It is a lovely day here in Sweden, the sun is shining and the trees has started to bloom! I love the spring, it is so full of opportunity's and the summer lays ahead!

At this Sunday I attended a tutorial over at CDHM, where Stephanie Kilgast showed how to make donuts! This was lots of fun, and very addicting... ones started I did not want to stop! Here are my donuts (: (in Swedish called munkar)

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Det har varit en underbar dag här i Sverige, solen skiner och träden har börjat få grönska! Jag älskar verkligen våren, den är full av möjligheter och så ligger hela sommaren framför en!

Den här söndagen deltog jag i en tutorial på CHDM, där Stephanie Kilgast visade hur man gör munkar! Det var verkligen roligt och väldigt beroendeframkallande... när jag väl startat ville jag inte sluta! Här är mina munkar (:


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Of curse I couldent resist bying one donut for myself after focusing so hard on miniature donuts (: .... and it gave me the opportunity to take this picture

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Så klart kunde jag inte motstå att köpa en munk till mig med efter att ha fokuserat så länge på miniatyr munkar (: ..... och så gav den en möjliget till den här bilden



Donuts in all kinds of flavors, my favorite is the one to the right with vanilla icing and nuts ... wait someone has taken a bite of one (;

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Här är munkar i alla tänkbara smaker, min favorit är den med vit glasyr och nötter nere till höger .... vänta någon har tagit en tugga av en (;

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Mini Hugs
~Hanna~

Cupcakes, cake and cheesecake!

First of all, I would like to welcome all new blog-readers! I really appriciate all my readers, so I am planing to have a give away soon ( I am working on a something I think you would like!)

Finally I got time to photograph my latest miniatures! I made my first miniature cupcakes and loved to make them, so I will make a lot more of them! The bunny cupcake where ment to be a ester cupcake (: a little bit late though.. But I wanted to show it, sense I think it is cute (:

I also made a cheesecake toped with red currants, bananas, a orange slice and a star fruit, I only wished it where in real size! ( as you might have noticed, I love sweet stuff)

Last of all I made a easter themed cake with two layer of rich chocolate (:


Have a nice time in the spring-sun!
~Hanna~

Going bananas ^^

Here comes my latest miniatures, lately there have been a lot of bananas, which now is on their way to the other side of the world! Bananas has actually grown on me since I started making them in miniature, possibly as a result of all up close studying of them. I didnt really like them before but now I do, they are so creamy and has such a neat texture inside ^^ ! I also made the cutting board to look like marble, I made it by mixing different shades of gray ant putting the clay stripes together and then pulling and flattening the clay several times, I think the result is pretty OK for one of the first.


I have also made more breads, here is an basket with assorted breads. I am enjoying to work with the texture and color in them, there will definitely be more bread baking here! I am thinking about some corn breads and hole grain breads..

I am also working on two white chocolate cakes, one with easter theme and one romantic with red roses, now if there where only more time .. :)

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I would also like to thank Linda for her kind compliments about my miniatures and the blog adward she gave me!



Linda is a incredible talented miniature artist, she was honored with the fellow membership in IGMA november 2009, take a look at her blog at
www.linsminis.blogspot.com/

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And I would also like to welcome all new blog readers, thanks for taking a peak here!

Take care
~Hanna~

Some favorites of mine

These are some favorite of mine for a soft evening with my husband, so I thought I had to make them in miniature. I am pleased with how the baguette turned out, and these grapes. Its usually hard to get the color and transparency right in grapes, I use fimo transparent withe and mix it with green and then in the oven they always change color. So you have to count with the color-change and think ahead (:

I made the star fruit with caning technique and I tried to make the brie a bit creamy, in the way I like it (:

Here is a close up picture of the grapes on my finger tip, it shows how small they are:

I also want to welcome my new blog readers, hope you will like my blog!
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~Hanna~

Chirstmas atmosphere

Christmas is my favorite Holiday, from all wonderful decorations and atmosphere to the joy when all family are gathered! It feels a bit magic!

I haven't got enough time for miniatures, there never is :) ! Well here is what I made recently

I also wish every new blog-reader welcome and a Merry Christmas!

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Merry Christmas everyone!
God jul till er alla!

Caning technique

This week have been full of work since I am writing my examination essay now, and I also tryes to make miniatures in the pauses (: ... because I cant resist!

Right now I am working on my caning technique, I am making strawberries, bananas and starfruits! You might think the starfruits would be hardest but I think its the strawberries... they have to be so perfectly symetric to look good! I dont have any pictures of my canes yet so I thought that I could post some older pictures which I forgot to post here.

This red cabbage is also done with caning technique and took ages to make .. so I have alot of red cabbages laying around (: . The leek is also done this whay!

Creative blogger - Thank you

Talented and creative Synnove at: http://synnovesetdukkehjem.blogspot.com/ has given me this award, Thank you so much Lena! I didn´t see this until now ..

Here are the rules for the award:

1.Thank the person who gave this to you.

2.Copy the logo and place it in your blog.

3.Link the person who nominated you.

4.Name 7 things about yourself that no one would reall know.

5.Nominate seven "Kreativ Bloggers"

6.Post links to the seven blogs you nominate.

7.Leave a comment on each of the blogs letting them know that you nominate them.

You don´t know this about me:

1. I have two cats, and one of them thinks he is a dog ^^ .

2. In december I am going to participate in the making of a Swedish TV program, making miniatures!

3. I am married to my beloved husband Daniel.

4. I love other crafts too, like painting and scrapbooking!

5. I am studding Social science in Gothenburg University.

6. I am 25 yeas old, which in Sweden is a young age among miniatyrists.

7. I love to read books and usually listen to audio books while I make miniatures!

I am passing this adward to these creative and inspiring blogs:

http://afterdarkminiatues.blogspot.com/

http://christeljensen.blogspot.com/

http://evasminiatyrer.blogspot.com/

http://miniatyrmama.blogspot.com/

http://petitplatbysk.blogspot.com/

http://miniaturepatisseriechef.blogspot.com/

http://libertybiberty.blogspot.com/

Oranges ^^

Since I have been in a "fruit-mood" lately I made this oranges, and had a lot of fun photografing them on real oranges!

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Eftersom att jag varit på inne på frukt mycket på sistonne så prövade jag även att göra apelsiner, här har jag haft kul och fottat dem på riktiga apelsiner!


I haven´t done any miniature scene for the organges yet, I am thinking about making a boal with fruit sallad, do you have any other suggestions ?

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Jag har inte gjort någon miniatyr-scen till apelsinerna än, men funderar på att göra en fruktsallad. Har ni några andra idéer?


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I also want to welcome all new blog readers!

Jag vill också välkommna alla nya blogg läsare!
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~Hanna~

Banana and chocolate dome cake!

This weekend I finally got some miniature-time! I had a lot of ideas but one of them I just had to try first! I saw a wonderful miniature banana made by a japanese miniaturist, and since I love challenges I just had to make one myself, even if it would take my hole weekend (;

Here is my banana, as you can see it is very tiny. It takes a lot of patiens to make so small miniatures, but it is so peaceful and fun!

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I helgen fick jag äntligen tid över till miniatyrer! Jag hade mängder av idéer, men en av dem var jag bara tvungen att pröva först! Jag såg nämligen en underbar miniatyr-banan gjord av en japansk miniatyrist och eftersom att jag älskar utmaningar var jag tvungen att göra en själv, även om det skulle ta hela helgen (;

Här är en bild på min banan, som ni kan se är den väldigt liten. Det tar mycket tålamod att göra så små miniatyrer men jag tycker det är avkopplande och roligt!

I also made this preparation board where a chocolate-banana dome cake is beeing made. Its made of rich dark chocolate, Lindh excellence in 85 % cacao (: ! Everything is made in polymer clay in 1:12 scale, accept the box which is a printabel from my new subscription, miniaturas.
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Jag gjorde även ett bakbord med choklad/banan "dome"-cake. Den är gjord av fyllig mörk choklad, Lindh excellence med 85 % cakao (:! Allt är gjort i polymer-lera i skala 1:12, förutom lådan som är en printable från min nya prenumeration av miniaturas!

I had lots of fun taking pictures of my miniature banana, here is a picture taken with a real banana!

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I also want to welcome all new blog-followers, hope you will like my blog!
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~Hanna~