Thank you all so much for entering my give-a-way!  It has been really fun to visit blogs from some of my new followers....I am always so impressed with everyone's creativity and talent!  Anyway we used a generator from the net...here it is....

So who was number 35 of my entries?......a name a lot of you know because she spends a lot of her time showing off other's creations on her site!
                                                                 Sumaiya Mehreen

Congratulations Sumaiya!  Send me you address and I will pack this up and mail it out!  Thank you everyone!
                                                                   Mini Blessings, Kim                                                        

AUGUST MINI CELEBRATION-GIVE-A-WAY!!!!!!!!!

END OF SUMMER GIVE-A-WAY!   I thought I would end this summer with a give-a-way as a thank you to all of you who follow my blog and leave such nice comments!  The rules are simple and you can enter once or double your chances and enter twice.....here is how you do it...

1. Be a follower of my blog and leave a comment.  (You have just entered once.)

2.  Do the above and then put a link to my blog on your blog, comment again and tell me you linked me. (You are now entered twice!)

The contest begins  NOW!  and you may enter until August 21st! - The winner will be drawn the week of the 21st!
Thank you so much for entering and for following my blog, it is has been such fun to hear from you and to see all the wonderful creations so many of you make!  Here is the prize......

Everything is attached to the green board and is non-removable.  You will also receive the extra plate of cornbread and the vintage sign on a stand.  (unfortunately the furniture is not included, my daughter would not be happy with me if I gave away a piece of her kitchen set!)   Good luck!   Mini Blessings, Kim

P.S. Here is a fun giveaway by a photographer :)  Click HERE!

Not so "mini" Mini!

  Here are pictures of the building of our miniature house that has been our backyard project for the last month.  It is a playhouse for Layel and Liberty!  It is not quite completed, it needs a coat of paint, trim pieces, and landscaping all around that still needs to be done.  It may be a while, it has been so hot and humid, I haven't been able to paint!  The inside is about done, hot pink floor (picked out by the 8 year old!) and white walls almost all in place!  Time for a tea-party!

Taa Daa.........the (almost )  finished project!  Mini Blessings, Kim

Fresh baked bread anyone?

Not many "minis" being made lately!  I have waited so long for the hot sun, I just can't bring myself to stay inside and craft not to mention the huge "mini" project in the backyard (pictures to come!)  Anyway, I stayed up late the last few evenings making this bread making board for my niece's doll house.  Hope you like it!

Hoping you summer has been filled with warm, sunny days!  Mini Blessings!, Kim

Nursery Rhyme Pails.....

Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn.
The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.
Where is the boy that looks after the sheep?
"He's under the haycock, fast asleep."
Will you wake him? "No, not I;
For if I do, he'll be sure to cry."

The little pails are made of paper...I got a little carried away with the rust....I love to make things look old!

Have a blessed weekend!  Kim

AIM MAG

AIM Mag is out......one of my shadowboxes is on page 23....check it out!
www.artisansinminiature.com
Mini Blessings! Kim

Miriam's Room...............

I am a very lucky woman, I have tons of beautiful  nephews and nieces! This is a little scene  I made for my sweet niece Miriam for her second birthday.....okay, it is way past her birthday but better late than never, right?!  I  added a few things that are in her "real" room  like the  Winnie the Pooh books she received for a birthday present and the the clock, and her favorite cat, Skippy John Jones!  I am overdoing it with the pictures but I wanted to show the details.  I love you, Miriam, you are a huge blessing from God!

Picture of the birthday girl and her favorite brother!....

 

pictures and birdhouses....

potted tulips, birdhouses and a page from a coloring book!...

 every princess needs her own supply of candy sticks and gumballs....

 shabby print above her bed...

 the clock made in one-twelfth of the original...

 Hey Diddle Diddle the Cat and the Fiddle!.....................................................
                                      

 everybody loves Skippy John Jones!........................................................

a small snack while you play with you paper dolls.................................................

vintage picture of Miss Miriam............................................
                                                  

 and finally!.........................................................

  Love you Miriam!   Mini Blessings, Kim

Butterflies!

Here are a couple of butterfly cages and a butterfly net I made for a scene I am making and for my daughter's dollhouse. They were very hard to photograph....so the pics aren't great..... but it is what it is!!!!!  Have a terrific weekend everyone!!!!

The cages were hard to hold and not smoosh, but I guess real ones are a little smooshy too!

Mini Blessings, Kim

Birdhouses!

The warm and sun has finally shown themselves this week in Iowa!  It went from the 40s to 88 almost overnight!    The girls and I decided to throw a blanket in the yard, sit in the sun and craft.....besides sunburns, and a water fight with the hose, this is what we accomplished....
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Bird houses.......
                                                                

 and more birdhouses......

finally.........more birdhouses!

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Good job Layel and Liberty!                                             
                                                                         Mini Blessings!, Kim

Shabby Shadowboxes..........

Here are some pics of a few new vintage shadowboxes I worked on this week.  I tried to put a little bit of Spring into each of them......
                                                                   butterflies.....

                                                                   pinwheels.......

                                                                     nest and eggs........

                                                             and dried flowers.

Hope you liked them!   Mini Blessings, Kim