Do it Yourself!

Did you know I sometimes list tutorials at my online Hummingbird Miniatures Etsy shop?! That means that you're just a few clicks away from receiving a PDF tutorial which will teach you with clear step-by-step instructions and colour photographs, how to make miniature food for yourself!

My latest tutorial is about making Mexican Fajitas. You can find it here!

Stay tuned for new tutorials coming soon. And please note that the Hummingbird Miniatures shop will soon close for the holidays so get any last Christmas orders in soon so that they can ship in time. The shop will be closed for about a 3-4 week period, but in that time you will still be able to purchase the PDF tutorials. :)

All Hummingbird Miniatures and Pixie Dust Miniatures tutorials currently available, to date

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Cupid's HALF OFF sale!

Happy St Valentine's Day everyone!
To celebrate this lovely day I am offering everyone 50% off on my Valentine's Cupcake Tutorial! My online shop remains closed at this time (and for perhaps another few days or a week whilst I am busy moving into a new apartment in LA), however, you can still shop for online tutorials (and at my other shop here too) and today you can buy my Valentine's tutorial for half price.

Just click here to find the PDF tutorial and apply the coupon code CUPID13 after you click to buy but before you pay. It will be emailed to you today. Please note that all other items are still off limits as I wont be able to ship items for about a week, so don't buy anything else until I officially re-open.
Coupon code expires at midnight tonight PST.

Thanks and have a great day today! C x

Preview of tutorial...

Watch the video tutorial whilst you follow along with your PDF document...!

Results are in.... and the Mystery solved!

The Birthday Cake Mystery Box Competition which ran on this blog from March 8th until March 25th 2012 closed yesterday, and I drew the result today!

Thank you so much to everyone who entered this competition. I am thrilled to have all you new followers (both to this blog and my other miniature blog) and hope you enjoy following. Don't forget, you can always get in touch with me by emailing ( caro.mfw(at)gmail.com ) if you have questions about what I do, have a suggestion for something you'd like me to make in miniature, a miniature tutorial you'd like to see or if you have a commission you'd like to propose. I appreciate all input and comments from my followers. :)

Now, back to the competition! The winner was announced in the video draw (below) and if you want to find out what was in that mystery box, and if the winner chose to have the birthday cake above or the mystery box surprise, then watch the video and all will be revealed... ;)

Don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube Channel (here) if you'd like to watch the FREE miniature tutorials I upload here (more coming soon...)

Click this image to watch the video draw. (Or click here and go directly to my YouTube Channel)

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TUTORIAL - How to make Valentine's Cupcakes

Yes... finally... my first video tutorial about making mini food is available! Sorry you guys had to wait soooo long. :)

With Valentine's Day coming up I thought it would be fun to show you how to make Valentine's Day Cupcakes.

Click the image below (or click here) to go straight to my YouTube Channel to watch the video tutorial.

And find the PDF tutorial which accompanies the video (and is more in depth with full colour photos showing how-to) at my online shop.

PROMOTIONAL OFFER TIME!
The first 5 people to buy the Valentine's Cupcake Tutorial PDF will be sent a pack of Valentine's cake toppers (candy hearts, chocolate hearts, candy rosebuds, cherries, strawberry slices, sprinkles) free of charge with their order! Postage is also free.


Click to watch the FREE online video tutorial


PDF tutorial examples





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HAPPY EASTER!!

It's Easter Sunday tomorrow! My friend gave me a basket filled with chocolate Caramel Easter eggs, a Lindt bunny, Snickers eggs, jelly beans and a cute little fluffy lamb!! I was so thrilled with it. Hope you all have a wonderful Easter.

Here's a fun Easter video about my Hummingbird Miniature Easter 2011 dollhouse miniature range. And scroll past that for photos as well. Oh, and don't miss the Easter promotion happening over at Pixie Dust Miniatures.... :)

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The Results are in! Choose a Cake COMPETITION

Hi everybody,
The results are in! Thank you all so much for entering my Choose a Cake Competition 2011. 140 of you entered which is fabulous and I had a lot of fun with it learning which cake you all preferred.

Watch the draw and see who won! (Or scroll down to the bottom of this post and find out without watching the video if you prefer). :)



COUPON CODE
As I said in my video draw, to everyone who entered I am offering 10% off anything in my store. Just use the coupon code: 6CAKES after you click to buy but before you pay. Etsy will automatically deduct 10% off the product price but not off shipping. This offer runs from April 11th - April 18th. Visit my store now and happy shopping!



SPOILER ALERT ---------------------

The winner was Nicky Cooper (aka Nicky CC) from the U.K. and she chose the Halloween Cake 2010 which will be dispatched to her as soon as I get her address! :)

St Valentine's Video!

I've added a video of my Valentine's Range 2011 to my Caro Home Crafts channel for you to see! You can click on this link to view the video on YouTube or watch it below.

Stay tuned for a cupcake tutorial coming very soon and don't forget to follow the Caro Home Crafts blog or subscribe to theCaro Home Crafts channel. :)

Merry Christmas Video!

Christmas is only 3 days away! Scroll down for a video on my Caro Home Crafts channel brought to you by Hummingbird Miniatures! ;)

Don't forget, I'll start posting tutorials for making dollhouse miniature food in 1:12 scale in 2011 and they'll all be on my Caro Home Crafts blog and channel, so look out for them!

C xx

Green Fairy for Halloween...

I know Hummingbird Miniatures posts should be related to the world of mini, but I hope you don't mind if I share a topic from my CRAFT blog (Caro Home Crafts). People kept asking me how I made my Green Fairy Costume (like the one Kylie Minogue wore in the movie 'Moulin Rouge'), so I put a run-through video up and a helpful post including links to all the suppliers.

Thought it might possibly interest some people here! :)

Here it is, just click this link.