If you've been a long time visitor of this blog, you know that all kinds of crafts lurk on my WIP list...and this year, I am determined to finish some of them!
One of them was a miniature kit a friend had picked up for me at her local discount crafts store. The design was absolutely adorable - a little Alice in Wonderland tea party in a plexi glass cylinder - but sadly, the 'discount' quality showed in the materials. A lot of it was very frustrating to build, several parts had to be painted, but the paint that was included was almost dried up, a ton of stuff had to be made from wire and glued together (and if you ever tried glueing wire, you know why that's an issue!)...frankly, by the time I had all the single parts finished, I was quite disheartened because most of them didn't look very neat. But since most of the work was done at that point, I continued putting everything together, and I have to say, now that it's all combined into one big (small) scene, that distracts from the little imperfections and I am actually very pleased with the result!
4 comments:
Very cute! Good for you in sticking with it until the finish!
It looks so cute all put together, Leonore, but I can imagine how disheartening it was to work with cheaply made pieces. I bet it was still fun to put together!
Well it looks that we share another hobby. I don't know where it came from but miniatures, small crafts, doll houses are quite fascinating for me. I love to make small felt food for kids, tiny books for dolls and when the girls where young we have recreated a lot of small worlds for them. Your Alice display is adorable, is there any character in it? No rabbit? Well done on the finish.
Wow that looks so cool. Love it
x Alicia
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