Day 261 - Paper Minis after a long hard day at work

Tough day today...non-stop phones, faxes and charts with the bonus of screaming children and being short staffed...
Couple of paper minis tonight and yes, I used the wrong kind of glue for the roof of the house.  I was pleased with how simply the book of ME Fabric Samples went together this time- this is #2.

This is the back side of the house and pages of the book.

Pete was enjoying the Christmas bags this morning.

Day 257 - ME Minis

Friday night and couldn't wait to try a couple of these minis.  They are all Mary Engelbreit but not quite to 1 inch = 1 foot scale but cool none-the-less.
Seeing them up so close it looks like I have to trim the handle of the carry-all bag a bit. The little table had some measurement problems but the book of Fabric Samples turned out cool.   I think I have 3 more fabric sample books to make and all have different patterns of her fabric in them! 

I put the fabric sample book on its' side so you can see that there are actual

pages inside the book!

Day 253 - More Mini's

Not a lot of time today so a quick couple of "printies".
I wonder why I can't get better photos of these.......

FYI that has been a quarter in all these mini photos.

Day 251 - Almost normal....

Spent most of the day with my daughter Micaela!  We started out going to SR Harris- a fabric warehouse that I hadn't been to in 20 years.  It was an adventure.

Got another birdhouse almost done.

Another birdhouse started.

And found a few ME miniatures online to assemble!

Day 250 - Games and toys

Perhaps this is my newest addiction...I am tired this evening and unmotivated.  These are sitting next to where I watch TV so this was easy to do.  Some toys and games...

I am glad that it is the weekend....

Day 248 - Ok, so I could stock a grocery store....

It is handy to make these at the end of the day especially when I don't have much time or energy.  I am thinking that I am on the upswing of feeling better and will attempt going to Target tomorrow morning before work!  Over a month since going anywhere!

The Night Before Christmas is actually larger than the 1" scale but it has the complete story in it!

The bigger Checkers box now has a bottom, and there is a 2nd American Plastic Checkers, Pampers, Club and Ritz crackers, Betty Crocker Cake Mix, Hotess Cup Cakes and Chunk Cookies. 

Day 247 - Getting my Grove back???

I had enough energy (and desire) to vacumn the whole house and fall clean one section of my kitchen cupboards!!!  I think that there might be hope yet to conquering this pneumonia!!  While taking a break I did make some more minis today and that was all the creativity I had time for with work etc.

The list for today: Domino Sugar, Duncan Hines Bluberry Muffin Mix, Triscuits, Howdy Doody game, a box of Magic tricks, Lionel train set and a game of Just Sticks.

I am hopeful that at some point in time I will move on to something else more creative but these are simple like the yo-yo's (although I am almost out of glue!).

Day 246 - Tired Paper Minis

After a long day at work I am exhausted (again/still).  The most that I was able to do is a few more paper minis.  A old style Coleman cooler, Robin Hood Flour, Donny and Marie Paperdolls, 3 retro games: Minibrix, The New Game of Ludo and Memory.

I also spent a bit of time on the computer looking at a couple of web sites of talented people that make all kinds of different miniatures.  Time for early bedtime again....

Day 242 - Craft Group Night

Went to Carol's house for craft night.
 Verna worked on some beautiful cards,
Lois was starting a bracelet,
 Carol making a beaded votive holder and I did a
couple more paper minis.
 For some reason my photos are always "off" at craft night...

Here is a close up of the mini's: Fantasy Doll House,

 Fibber McGee Game,

Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head,

 Oatmeal Cream Pies and

Cosmic Brownies.

Day 241 - Just a "little" crafting...

Between work and new member class at church tonight there wasn't much time for
any kind of crafting.
Did a "little" bit tonight- more paper minis!
3 little grocery bags (I will try and crease them when they are totally dry),
a box of Woolite for those delicate clothes, Vanilla Almond cereal,
Honey Bunches of Oats and a box of Kashi Go Lean Crunch.

That's it for tonight as I must get to bed at a decent time.

Day 240 - Back to work today

Back to work after a 2 week fight of pneumonia
 and 6 days off as sick days (PTO).

I had been thinking I would have to take my vacation time without my husband.

Well, no more worry about that-
used it as sick time instead...UGH.

Awfully tired tonight.

Sewed the last of the 3 church aprons this morning.

Tonight when I got home Michael had the computer set to watch

a movie and while we did that I worked on making some more

paper minis: Twinkies, Premium Saltines, Tide, Pepperidge Farm

Chocolate cookies, Little Debbie Devil Cream cakes and

Pepperidge Farm Chunk Mini cookies.

Time for bed...night.

Day 239 - Church Aprons, Paper Minis

My last day off work.  Still coughing but up all day. 

 Not a busy as a feeling 100% day

but I did do some quiet crafting.

Made 2 of the 3 aprons I was commited to make for church.

One is a "Tea" theme and the other is a BBQ theme.

I made some more paper minis.

Wish I could figure out a better way to photograph these-

it is something I really have to work at...

a Halloween bag, box of Minute Rice, box of Ponds cold cream.

A clock, an "old style" computer keyboard and tower,

Ding Dongs, Grape Nuts cereal, Special K cereal,

top of a box of Checkers and Chess, a box of Olay face cream

 and a box of 12 Taco Bell taco shells.

Day 238 - Plugging ahead

A quiet Sunday here- again at home but

 my Mom came to visit which was a day brightener.

Spent my day mostly engrossed in making paper minis again...

Did put another coat of poly on my mini fairy door from Micaela.

Sewed the apron ties and neck loop for an apron for church.

And then there are the minis...

This is a set of 8 sewing cards in their box

and a Little Golden book called We Help Mommy

This is a box with pizza in it, a menu from the pizza place,

a box of spagetti and a box of pasta.

Same photo but the pizza box is closed.

Two (uncut) sheets of paper dolls and

a complete set of a Joan Walsh Anglund paper doll and 10 sheets

of clothing in their own little box/book.

Two little bags of the good expensive cookies.

And finally (and I don't know what I will do with this)

a charming little lean-to barn.

I could do this forever...and all out of paper!

Day 237- Still not right....

Well, back to urgent care and more mandatory days off work and stronger antibiotics.  Still am far from being "right".  Well, my rear end is getting sore from being a couch potato so today I was up and in the
studio.  Not working at full speed but working none-the-less.  Kind of jumped from thing to thing but
made some little progresses on several fronts.

I think I got 6 rows of this even weave fringe chuch quilt sewn together-

Got several more of the church birdhouses in various

stages of doneness-

This one will have little flowers glued to the base like the other

one that I did with the same papers.

And then worked on a couple of paper minis:

a gallon of ice cream, a bag of cookies and the

Edwards piece of frozen pie I couldn't quite

figure out tonight...

And my budy was with me most of the day...