Magazine cover

I made miniature ladies' shoes, little bird and flowers to magazine cover. This is health magazine and the theme is how to cure about the trouble of foots to busy women.

It also appear the inside of some pages. 

When I found this magazine in books store, I'm happy. :)) 

Cake pops cart

I made a cake pops cart. :)

 Ants found a cake pop dropped.

I will take part in exhibitions this year. I have to prepare miniatures to those exhibitions. I have a lot of to do list.  I'm very busy now. sigh...

I will make a display of miniature bakery. It needs various bread, I made a lot of bread. I have to cut excess clay and paint. I need a lot of patience....

Needle felting exercise. Final

Ta dah~! Finished! XD It could make cute. :D I guess it's not bad for my first made doll. :) I thought her heigh size is be about 10 cm, but she was be about 7.9 cm. (3.1102 inch)
This is trial, so I don't paint the shoes.

Back form. I wanted make her hair in braids, but it's a lot of knitting wool. It can't make it. I understood it not need a lot of transplant hair.

Eyes are by my handmade. I chose dark green, but I guess brown is better. It will mach this hair.

I will make a clothes by cloth next time, because I don't like make the clothes by felt wool.... And I found a lot of improvement part to make a doll by felt.


I put her on a dollhouse of a corner type. :) Oh! How ideally! :D

Thanks for reading Needle felting exercise series. :)

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"We found a giant girl! I have an exclusive interview with her!"

*Extra*

"They try to break the Guinness World Record, Mr. Frog and Mr. Bear. They has challenged put a blindfold, it been nine days since started challenge. Mr. Frog show composure, 

but Mr. Bear said "My eyeballs are limit, it may crash...." .....Good luck!"

These toys "a reporter and a cameraman" are capsule-toy vending machine. Millions of various cupsule-toy are sold in various place in Japan. People "from grown-ups to kids" enjoy them.

others

One capsule is about 200~300yen (about 1.68~2.52US$ at Feb 23, 2015)  It's not expensive one capsule, but it will be the expenses come to a large sum if it bought a lot of capsule without attention. I guess capsule-toy is like a gamble. It want to try to come out a toy that oneself hope from vending machine. 

Chocolate sweets

I made miniature chocolate sweets by clay.

marsh marrows, chocolate pie and donuts with stick. 

Done. :-9

February 14th is Valentin's day. There is a habit that woman gift a chocolate to man who she likes or love on this day in Japan. This habit was made to sales promotion by a confectionery company before long  time. This habit sometime is never wonderful, because there is a case of women has to gift chocolate to men in her office. But this is an according to the office, it is never all office. The chocolate is called "giri choco (obligation chocolate)." When woman gift chocolates to men who her boss, senior or  fellow workers and doesn't has goodwill in the office, those chocolates are called "giri choco".

This story is my experience,  In the office I worked, a woman who she entered the company earlier than I collected money with compulsion from each women, she bought chocolates to the number of men and gave them. She did it eagerly. sigh...

Why woman has to gift obligation chocolate. This is my opinion, there is a culture of "to consider others" in Japan. I think this is very good, but this culture often make unnecessary considerer. It's troublesomeness. 

And there is White day on March 14th in Japan, man return candy, marsh marrow or white chocolate to woman on this day. Yes, this habit was made by confectionery company too. 

Miniatures to Christmas

I made miniature sweets and teddy bears, those are to Christmas event on consignment.

Miniature stollen. It seems real powdered sugar, I guess. :)

Cookies to use ornament.

Slices of stollen.

Miniature mittens of needle felting.

Miniature teddy bear, brown ears. It seems Sooty.

Patchwork bear. He has an ornament of woody heart on his knees.

Today's last one. Miniature doggies.

I put other photos in Flickr. :)

Bird cage

Japan became cool and the air is the fall. I can spend very comfortable. :) This summer was burning, too.  How are everyone's country? Take care for your health.


I made miniature bird cage. I will display some miniature things that the theme of halloween and Christmas inside the cage. Design of the top of this cage is pumpkin.

Colored.

Rose and leaves.

Tiny boots. :) This is model.

Reproductions and colored. It seems two dwarves are talking.  I painted like much used boots of the right side.

Tied. It's like cute. :) I wrote tiny word many times to beautiful style. I have bad handwriting, so this is hard work to me. hehehe. 

Miniature cart. It can moving. I imagined that a scene of a hamster pulling this cart.

Teddy bear convention in Tokyo

I participated Teddy bear convention last month. :) The place was Yurakucho, Tokyo, this city is very big and there are a lot of office, shop, brand shop, department store etc. and there is the Imperial Palace near. And this city is for rich people. hahaha

This is a big building, Tokyo International Forum. This building has several hall, a lot of restaurants, shops,  conference rooms, museum and exhibition hall etc.

This is exhibition hall to Teddy bear convention. There are some big animals in the doorway. They welcomed. :)

Ta-dah-! Oh! I didn't notice that a dinosaur and an mammoth also were there in the left side.

Big event for Teddy bear! :) It was opened for two days, Saturday and Sunday.

Ta-dah~! This is my table. This table is wider than a table of miniature show. At first, I worried about table size, because I thought it's very wide to my works. But it's was no problem. I put my doll house and my illustration for exhibit, the table was never wide. The space to display selling works was not enough.

Ah~! I can't take the photos very well by iPhone. Sh*t!

A lot of people visited!!

There are a lot of people and teddy bears in the hall.

First day finished. This hall is second underground floor. I took a photo from the window at the first underground floor. After finished, hang the shade. I can see my place. I guess this is good position in the hall. I think the position in the hall of exhibition is very important. If it's not good position, for example, the corner in the hall, people may not came and not notice me.

I enjoyed and spent for exciting two days. :)  I talked to a lot of people. I was very happy, because a lot of people has interest miniature works. I was asked a lot of question about how to make and what kind of material I use to miniature etc. And people was wonder about my tiny bears, so I explained that I had made same way to sew stuffed bear. They were amazed. This is not amazed to miniature fans and miniature creators, I guess. But it was amazed to teddy bears fans. I learned new things and get new experience. 

By the way, I displayed to sell miniature teddy bears no include miniature works and miniature teddy bear with miniature works. People visited in this exhibition are pure teddy bears fans, they loves only teddy bears. They has interest miniature works too much, but they purchased only miniature teddy bear, doesn't need miniature works. But there are purchaser who purchased teddy bear with miniature works, too. :)  I learned that people's interest is different too in each exhibition of different theme. I'm sorry, I can't writing well in English that what I want to say. English sentence is difficult! X(

Some my works to exhibition.

They are bearsNINE9! Their missions are makes happy and smile to people! 

 Narrow to him?

Go to travel!

This is for charity.

Happy Halloween!

I ordered new business card to a printer. 

I talked to other wonderful exhibitors. :)) They has talented and teach me good technique. :)) I got wonderful treasure! :D After convention,  I went to the cafe with friendly exhibitors, we chatted a lot. We enjoyed. :)) The next day, my voice was husky. I talked too much.  hehehe

I started making new works. Japan has a scorching weather now. I don't want to touch the fake fur...

He couldn't pick up moomin mom.