October Aim Magazine

Just a reminder that  the new October edition of AIM  Magazine is out.  The theme is Granny's House....I have a small article and some pictures of a few paper minis.
 ( http://www.artisansinminiature.com/ or you can click on my AIM symbol on the right side of my page!)


 Blessings, Kim

Sunday Dinner

Okay, does anyone really make a big Sunday dinner anymore?  Well, if I was a good cook (um, not even close), or maybe if I just enjoyed cooking (I don't) my meals on Sunday would look something like this.....

roast, potatoes..

                                                                                    carrots.....

                                                       with a recipe for a great life!..................

                                   I guess for now I will settle for a mini Sunday dinner made of clay!
                                                                      Mini Blessings, Kim

Kimmi Lou !

This last summer my daughter and I decided to enter my mini shop in the Iowa State Fair.  It took Layel and I three hours to set it up again once we got to the fair!  (I don't glue my things in place because I love to move things around!)  Anyway, the plan was to set it up and to take pictures while we worked and then of the finished shop.......but....yep, you guessed it, I forgot the camera.  I decided I would take a few pictures here at home and show you the results from the fair!  We had such fun putting it all together and meeting all the other people with beautiful entries!  So here are some pictures of the shop  and a picture of the ribbons we brought home~                              
It was very hard to photograph the shop, I ended up not being able to take a picture of the shop as a whole...

My "Paris" table....all kinds of yummies!...

a close up of a sweet heart cake and cupcakes....

cheesecakes, tulips and fruit, what a variety!...

caramel apples....

cakes, cakes and more cakes!....

chocolate and white cake with pink frosting and strawberries!

Pink birthday cake with baby bunnies, milk and white chocolate hearts..and oh!,don't forget the sprinkles!

gummy worms, taffy...

All-sorts, wax lips, and green apple giant  gumballs....

Chocolate!!!!!

marshmallows...

and finally...the results!....

First prize in  my class and Best of Show!  

Mini Blessings, Kim

Fall Has Arrived!

Fall is here!  Cooler weather, changing leaves and my favorite part of fall...visits to the apple orchard!  Nothing can beat the rolling hills, blue skies, hack-rack rides, warm apple turnovers and the best for last...picking apples!  It is a tradition, we have gone to the same orchard for years and years, I even have a painting of it in my kitchen!   This little apple board is made for the season,  I used a little bit of nature for the actual "board" .....I like the primitive look of it.  Anyway, the board will be for sale on my CDHM gallery, hope you like it!   (I had a really hard time taking pics of it for some reason.....  I could not get the color or detail of the apples like I wanted to! Oh well, here they are anyway!)

                                                                 Mini Blessings, Kim

God Bless America.......

 God bless this land.

Artisans in Miniature- Sept. 2011!

Okay, here is the new Artisans in Miniature for Sept!  Look for my article and some of my yummie minis in the pages!  It is a great issue!  http://www.scribd.com/doc/63747487/Aim-Imag-Issue-37-September-2011  !
                                                     Mini Blessings!, Kim

Fruit!

First of all, thank you so much for all of the kind comments referring to the give-a-way, I am always amazed at the kindness my blog followers show to one another :) Mini makers are the best!  I thought I would post a few pictures of a some fruit I made for a customer....hope you enjoy the pictures and I hope she likes the fruit!

                                      

                                                        Have a great weekend!

                                                         Mini Blessings, Kim

  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