After a ladies lunch with my dear friend Fiona, I returned home to spend the afternoon with Liz, the friend with whom I will travel to Venice in October.
We both own dolls houses, so today we had a very happy few hours making "Fimo Food". Liz created some lovely confections – "flans" made in bottle tops, and I tried my hand at creating the foundation of a choux pastry/profiterole pyramid.
Don’t we look as if we are having fun? We were! (I wonder if the wine glasses accompanying us have anything to do with that?). We have now designated Friday afternoons as "girl time" when we will get together to play crafts, go antique shopping, generally pamper ourselves. Well, who else will do it for us? And girls just gotta have fun! (Though not too much – the chockkie bikkies and glasses of wine do no favours for the figure – something of which, Fiona – with a rather marvellous weight loss of – ahem – a LOT – is a great reminder. Girls might have fun – but a svelte figure (plus gorgeous, long blond hair) look rather like fun as well.)
Here is my effort – still awaiting acrylic "chocolate" and applied fabric roses. I made the serving tray our of a foil catfood tray.
Unable to resist it, here is today's cat picture - of Lissie, preparing herself for travel - i.e. rolling herself in bubble wrap plastic! She normally sleeps on top of it (it is normally used to separate cat from scanner) - but today, she decided a little variety was in order. ( I promise that I do not edit these photographs - she really does get herself into these contortions!).
Your gal's day looks like a great time and your finished product is so sweet. I can't imagine working in that tiny dimension, I'm all thumbs when it comes to things like that. I use tweezers to hold tiny things when I'm making Christmas ornaments. As to the kitty, what a hoot! They are such entertainment - though if they knew we were entertained, they would quit that instant! I found one of ours tucked in the blankets on my bed yesterday - I'd stripped it and tossed the blankets in a heap. When I couldn't find her, I went looking. A sweet little face peeked out at me as I turned the light on in the room.
Posted by: ardi | Saturday, January 21, 2006 at 12:13
Roz, your tiny creations are wonderful. I have another recipe to send to you for these using bread and glue and paint and cornstarch. It hardens and last forever and is so easy to work with no baking required either. Glad you had a nice day with your friends, one for lunch, one for playtime :-)
Lizzy is a hoot! Love her pic, and Yes they can do the darnest sweetest things. We couldn;t findhannah yesterday and looked all over for her. Shes an old old cat and I always worry as they say they off go off to...well you know. We searched high and low in house calling her. When K came home she found her in a very large colorful shopping bag she had sitting in her room sitting Upright and it was empty and down inside of it was Hannah. Now i had been in there, called her and even looked under the bed for her.
Posted by: Carolyn | Saturday, January 21, 2006 at 15:40
Roz, I love the small doll house accessories. Your cat is too much! It is amazing what they can get into.
Posted by: Debara Torbenson | Sunday, January 22, 2006 at 16:31
Your kitty is beyond precious and so is your itty bitty food. I love dollhouses, too, though I don't have one. The local newspaper has a Victorian for sale for--$29,000. Can you even imagine? Loved seeing your garden, too.
Posted by: Fran aka Redondowriter | Saturday, January 28, 2006 at 07:02
Oh Fimo food! I haven't touched my doll house stuff in so long, other than to move it.
My cat chews on it. It had to be put away until such time as my cat is no more.
I can wait.
You ladies do look like a fun time!
Posted by: Gwyn | Saturday, February 04, 2006 at 05:08