My favorite mice - crafts related

I felt in love with those mice quite a long time ago. I like this designer who has such a colored life  (and look) ! 

First, have a look at this and you'll see why I had a crush

Of course they are not for sale, no way for me to get one.

Soooooo.... guess what ? 

After selling another doll I was planning to have my heating system repaired, but noooo.... it's too old, and it would cost a fortune to repair or change it.... I believe I'll have to face another winter without heating and hot water to wash myself, or the dishes... I was in deep need of something to cheer me up...That's how I decided to order my Christmas gift earlier than I first planned, and so I got myself a book, by Gail Bussi, showing how to make those kind of cute mice, and some patterns to make them a wardrobe. Not sure I'll ever find a time for this, but I still like the idea of having the book ! I'm pretty sure that someday, if I end finding some time, I'll be able to make some with legs, like the ones in the video... 

Family gathering of ducks & new addition - Sylvanian

The Waddlington & Puddleford families together...
You can't imagine how happy I am

Now let's see if I can find a wife to Mr Webster... who is feeling alone, even with all those new family members heehee

And I am pretty lucky with finds, here is what I just bought (wanted it for long)

More to come - Sylvanian and not

As I am still awfully ill (not getting any better and now my tumors are making it even harder), I couldn't work as much as I wanted but I've done a lot of "cleaning", and many things will go to my "sales" blog. 

I also ordered the great Jolee's I saw on someone else's blog (Ashmimi ? Other one ? I just can't remember... shame on me) to finish my halloween scene. It's gonna take several weeks to get it, but I don't care, it's exactly what I needed... and even better : I got 3 sets for the price of 1 (the one I badly wanted is the ghost set)

I also bought those 4 cute sheep thread winders, I had those in my watch list for soooo long... I was scared someone bid before I had the money, but no. 

And of course I bought a Sylvanian little thing....

*so happy*

Creative challenge (not Sylvanian related)

Augustine Bobine is offering a new challenge for the creative people, be it sewn, stitched or so you have up to the mid november to create a sheep and send her the picture. You don't publish the pic on your own blog before the end of the challenge, to let her show 1rst all the creations. Nothing to win, just a funny challenge ! I'll try to participate, my health is totally awful I'm suffering much but it's gonna be a good way to finish a couple of projects I started long ago

Here you go for the informations
http://augustinebobine.canalblog.com/archives/2018/10/21/36800994.html

New sets - Sylvanian

3 new sets came (or are coming my way) for my village.
I didn't publish those past days because I've been too ill to work on my village, or do anything else...
But it sounds like my health is improving just a little bit, enough for I start working again on my halloween corner, even if I still miss paint and/or papers (sounds silly but I can't find a single pretty paper on halloween theme this year !), and for the paint I'll have to wait until François can drive me to town...
BUT for now let's speak about the 3 new sets (and a different one)

I got from the "Bon Coin" this cute little kitchen. I didn't plan to get it, but it was sold with the other set I got, the price was really good, so... why not ? I don't have much furniture, any is appreciated !

I also bought this cuuuuuuute thing. It's not Sylvanian, it's Playmobil, it's a barrel organ, playing 3 melodies... I love it ! It's going to be really nice in my future tiny winter corner !

this one is coming to me. I didn't plan to buy this family, as long as I just got the other one (with the mayor) but I LOVE duckies, and their price was so low I couldn't resist !

*happy dancing*

and finally the butler set, this is the one I first spotted on the "Bon coin", it was sold with the little kitchen, and both sets are brand new. It's going to be a nice addition to my courtyard restaurant !

This set is including a bunch of items, it's really a "must have"

Now let's rest a little bit more, and I'll be back very soon with many pics of my village :-)

Sweet tooth (Sylvanian)

This one is just to show you some of the miniatures I got for my village (still under construction...)

I got some from Ebay and quite a lot from MarikoCrafts. If you have a sweet tooth too....enjoy ! (all pictures are clickable for a better view)

eggs and croissant by Mariko

popsicle icecream by Mariko

tiny bears, tiny oreos and tart by Mariko

so are the chocolate bars

my little piggy holding a chocolate bar *so cute*

croissant, pain au chocolat, and tart by Mariko

this is the brand new set I got, the chocolate lounge. I was feeling so bad with my last haemorrhage that I wanted to comfort me with a little gift. When François offered to drive me to the brand new mall they created 30mn from home I jumped in the car, hoping to be able to manage the travel. I did, but was feeling really miserable. As there is a new King Jouet shop I gave it a try. Alas everything is even more expensive than at the other one, so no interest at all but I really wanted to get myself something. This was the only thing I could afford, 30% more expensive than on Amazon (but I can't buy on this website...tssss)... Ok, nevermind, I had something to cheer me up a little bit !

big cake by Mariko and maybe the "eclairs" as well ? can't remember

flan by Mariko

this is the japanese set I got that is definitively a "must have", you can see a cake by Mariko, the little rolls I can't remember where I got those....

now we are visiting the seaside restaurant, where the kids got fried eggs and french fries (WHO  named those "french"... they are not french, they are from Belgium huh !!) by Mariko, as well as the half eggs 

next to the seaside restaurant, there is my ice cream heaven 

ice cup in the front + scoops of ice cream by Mariko 

Magnum type cone by Mariko

sounds yummy, looks like father hedgehog is smiling isn't it ?

the baby prefered a smaller ice cone, with chantilly....ahhhhhh chantillyyyyyyy

Trying to find space....

bought a 10€ metal shelf, too large, not tall enough...

but ok with my tiny budget. Let's be creative : I piled it up on the box with all the fast food posters to sell (ex husband collection). Perfect !

I'll find later a way to hide this ugly bottom

finally can't move and turn on the side the 2 smaller shelves...
Grrrrrrrrrr

But I had another idea (for next spring, I'm exhausted right now) :
I'm going to cut it all, and recycle what I can to make a larger shelf (like the one with the dolls)
I still need to measure and think about it a lot. But it's going to match my needs !

Bought a cheap wallpaper... I'm planning to use is as a sky background for a shelf (or 2 ??) of my sylvanian village

More pictures soon, stay tuned ! ;-)

Preparing a tiny Halloween scene (Sylvanian) - 1

recycling a paper mache birdhouse

*to be continued*