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Upside Down Fluted Vase

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:40:33 -0500

$18.00
I sculpted this miniature vase from a white earthenware clay body, then glazed in several shades of semi-matte glaze. The carved design is like upside down Queen Anne's Lace in a fluted shape.

The vase stands 3/4 of an inch tall and is 3/4 an inch across the widest. With the dark red geraniums, the whole piece stands about 1 1/2 inches tall the way it is arranged right now.

I made the geraniums from paper, wire, and then used watercolor for dimension. The flowers are posable to your liking, or you can remove them from the vase altogether if you'd rather have the vase stand alone.

This set is 1:12 scale, suitable for an adult dollhouse or display for anyone who'd like something special on their desk, keyboard, window sill, etc.

Thank you for your interest! ♥

Geranium Moo Card Case

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:40:33 -0500

$62.00
This moo card case was bead woven in a flat peyote stitch with glass delica beads in matte, metallic, and iridescent colors. I've lined the case with a soft iridescent and silver print cloth.

I worked out the design from a photograph of geraniums, and made the pattern repeat on the back, and the inside under the flap so it all looks continuous. The detailing is a wooden toggle clasp, some glass bead decoration, crystals, and a removable hook system for you to carry your case attached to something else.

The moo card case can be crammed with 12 cards, but is more comfortable with less. When full of cards, the measurements are 3 inches long, 1 3/16 inches across, and 3/8-1/2" thick depending how many cards you have in it.

Thank you for looking! ♥

Sedona Desert in a bottle

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:40:33 -0500

$5.00
This is a tiny glass bottle of Sedona Desert sand. Very magical stuff! I beaded the neck of the bottle for decoration, but did not glue the cork in so you can get to it and use it like fairy dust of you'd like.

This bottle is 1 1/2 inches tall to the top of the cork and the base is 5/8 inch across.

The tails of the beaded decoration are amethyst, peridot, amber, unidentified green stone, and delica beads. These stone chips are called semi-precious, so I think they are magical too.

There are probably dozens of ways you could use this talisman. I like tiny things for keyboard art. They fit perfectly on the top of the keyboard where I can enjoy them all day, not to mention the good luck I'm probably getting from the special sand!

Mod Poppies Vase

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:40:11 -0500

$16.00
I sculpted this miniature vase from a white earthenware clay, and carved a mod poppy design. All of the glaze colors are glossy and bright.

The vase stands 15/16 of an inch tall and is 7/16 an inch across the widest. With the flowers, the whole piece stands about 1 7/8 inches tall.

The little flowers started out being real dried flowers that I have altered. I took the fragile stems off and replaced them with very thin wire for better durabilty. The flower stems are posable to your liking, or you can remove them from the vase altogether if you'd rather have the vase stand alone.

This set is 1:12 scale, suitable for an adult dollhouse or display for anyone who wants a splash of sunshine sitting on your desk, keyboard, etc.

Thank you for your interest! ♥

Arts and Crafts Low Bowl and Frog

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:40:11 -0500

$22.00
I sculpted this miniature vase from a white earthenware clay body, then glazed with several different shades of green and aqua matte glaze. The flower frog was glazed the same, and is removable from the vase.

The bowl stands about 3/16" tall and is 7/8 of an inch across the widest view. The flower frog is a little over 1/4" tall and 7/16" across the wide view.

The flowers are made with paper and wire, and meant to look like wild tulips. I'm not sure if there are such a thing as yellow and blue tulips, but I've had a thing for this color combination lately, and love how they turned out :) The flowers can be posed, or removed if you like your pottery to stand alone. I added the leaves at the last minute, and they are just stuck in the holes of the frog. They don't have wire backing to them.

This set is in scale for 1:12 size dollhouses, but definitely made for adult collectors. It would be a lovely display piece for anyone who likes pretty little things too.

Thank you for looking! ♥

Blue and Black Texture Vase

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:39:40 -0500

$16.00
This simple form vase was sculpted from white earthenware, then instead of doing my normal carving a design, I let the glaze do the decorating. The blue background is a deeper shade of blue than my monitor shows, almost cobalt. The texture is black, in miniscule relief that feels good to touch.

The vase stands 15/16 of an inch tall and is 1/2 an inch across the widest. With the flowers, the whole piece stands just over 2 inches tall the way I arranged it for pictures.

I made the flowers in two of Etsy's favorite colors (brown and pale blue). They are made from paper, wire, and watercolor. The flower stems are posable to your liking, or you can remove them from the vase altogether if you'd rather have the vase stand alone.

This set is 1:12 scale, suitable for an adult dollhouse or display.

Thank you for your interest! ♥

Dollhouse Miniature Vase

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:39:40 -0500

$12.00
This dollhouse miniature vase is a simple form bud vase. I used a pale pink glaze with a little cobalt spice.

The vase stands 7/8 of an inch tall, and 3/8 of an inch across the base.

The blue flowers were made from paper and very thin wire. You can pose them to your liking, or remove them from the vase if you'd like something else.

This was made in 1:12 scale, suitable for an adult dollhouse or collectible.

Thank you for your interest! ♥

Aspen Tree Vase

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:39:42 -0500

$18.00
I sculpted this miniature vase from a white earthenware clay, then glazed with an off white with black underglaze detail.

The vase stands at 3/4 of an inch tall and is 3/8 of an inch across the widest. With the Aspen branch, the set is about 1 3/4" tall.

I made the Aspen branch and leaves from paper, wire, and watercolor. I went a little heavy on the reddish-orange, could have had a bit more golden yellow to be authentic, but I like how they turned out anyway :)

This set is in scale for 1:12 size dollhouses, but definitely made for adult collectors.

Thank you for looking! ♥

Flamingo in Water Lily Bowl

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:39:26 -0500

$27.00
I sculpted this miniature set from white earthenware clay, then glazed with both matte glaze, and some gloss glaze. The flamingo was sculpted over a wire armature, so was actually built in stages over many firings.

This flamingo set is not quite the same style as the 1950s Flamingo Lake sets I've made before. This one is more Art Nouveau in theme. The bowl is larger than the low bowls from the 50s too, more like a punch bowl size for a center piece.

The bowl stands about 1/2" tall and is 1 1/8" across the widest. The flamingo frog stands at 1 1/8" tall alone, and about 1 1/4" with the bowl.

This set is in scale for 1:12 size dollhouses, but definitely made for adult collectors.

Thank you for looking! ♥

Mostly Blue Dragonfly

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:39:26 -0500

$8.00
This delicate dragonfly ornament was made from a white earthenware clay body. He's a cookie cutter style, with the design only on the front. The glaze colors are dark green and blue for the body, and white with a spattering of rich medium blue for the wings.

He measures 2 inches long not counting the hanger, and is 2 1/2 inches across the wingspan.

The hanger is made from glass delica beads, a pair of porcelain white beads, blue crystals, and a focal bead from BeadForLife.

The women of Uganda started the BeadForLife program to help impoverished families, and give women work. The motto for BeadForLife is Eradicating Poverty One Bead at a Time.

This ornament isn't seasonal, he would be lovely as decor all year long.

Black and White Sake Set in Miniature

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:39:10 -0500

$28.00
This miniature Sake set is white pottery glazed in matte colors. I glazed the tiny tray and decanter in black, and the cups in white.

The tray measures an inch across and is about 1/16" tall. The decanter stands 11/16" tall, and the little cups are 1/4" tall and 1/4" across the top. It's kind of tricky to get all of the pieces to stand on the tray at once, but the decanter isn't perfectly round, so it does all fit if you set the decanter sort of sideways.

This set is 1:12 scale, suitable for an adult dollhouse, or anyone who likes collecting tiny treasures.

Thank you for looking! ♥

Mini Pearl Girl decked out in green

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:39:10 -0500

$5.00
Mini Pearl Girls

These little dolls are posable and adorable. They all have a few things in common. They are all around 1 3/4" tall, have a covered copper wire body (like the type used in phone lines), have black unitards, (except the fairy mini pearl girls who will have pastel unitards and wings), everyone has a hat of some kind, 8mm pearl head, and they can stand on their own because of tricky clothing...

Mini Pearl Girl #1 is dressed in a sheer green skirt with thin gold threads accenting the fabric. She is 1 3/4" tall from the top of her head to her tiptoes.

These dolls are not suitable for small children, but are fabulous as an ornament or decoration for adults.

Thank you for looking! ♥

Lots of Blue Rhinestones