My Workspace...

I haven't shared photos from my workspace in ages, have I?! Obviously you can see what I make over at my Caroline blog here (and the corresponding Facebook page), but here on Hummingbird Miniatures it's been a while.

I've just spent most of my day dealing with nasty boring forms I had to fill in, so now that that's over I'm unwinding with tea and a quick blog update...

These are photos of me making Mexican food from back in May. First I created a lime cane (this is not too difficult to do, but if you hate caning you can always buy a cane). I have made a lime tutorial but still finishing it off. Soon you'll be able to find it in the Tutorials section of my online Hummingbird Miniatures shop.

Then I made various vegetables including avocados and corn, which again will be available as tutorials here very soon!

I made fajitas / burritos (which will also be available as tutorials soon) and then found a fun way to display my miniature food by creating tiny wooden or faux granite food boards. I even made each tiny bowl, and filled some with sour cream, some with guacamole, some with salsa and some with cut up limes.

See completed Mexican food on Pinterest here. See more work-in-progress photos on Pinterest here!

Bye for now!

Holy Guacamole!

Man, I just love guacamole. I love it to the extent that as a 19 year old student at Royal Holloway, University of London, I'd skip dinner and treat myself to a tub of pre-made Sainsbury's guacamole instead. It was cheaper than buying ingredients to make dinner and I loved it!

Now that I live in Southern California I probably eat avocado daily and guacamole about 4 times a week, on average.

Anyway! Here's a blog post all about guacamole and avocados, to continue my scale miniature Mexican food season....!

There will be a tutorial about making miniature 1:12 scale avocados coming very soon to my online shop, so stay tuned for that. Also, there are photos below of my new avocado jewelry, which is also available at my online shop, and don't forget, I ship all over the world!

Don't miss the rest of my Mexican food in miniature at the Pinterest Gallery here, and stay up to date at the Facebook page here.

Encuentra mi casa de muñecas en miniatura comida Mexicana en mi tienda virtual aqui.

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Chips and Dip

Continuing the miniature Mexican food theme....!

Here's some tiny salsa and tortilla chips for the weekend. I spent about a day testing different small batches of salsa by playing with different mediums, different translucencies, different amounts of tiny cut up 'tomato' until I got it just about how I wanted it. The chips (crisps) were made by rolling clay out as thin as humanly possible over sandpaper and peeling them off and then adding additional pigment. ;)

Don't miss the rest of my Mexican food in miniature at the Pinterest Gallery here, and stay up to date at the Facebook page here.

Encuentra mi casa de muñecas en miniatura comida Mexicana en mi tienda virtual aqui.

Fun on the 4th!

Last Friday was Independence Day in America and so I hope all my American friends had a lot of fun celebrating it! I went to a friend's BBQ in my little neck of the woods in Los Angeles and ate hotdogs, burgers, potato salad, popcorn and had a great time.

I didn't have time this year to create a new 4th July Range, but I do still have a few pieces from last year (post here) which I re-photographed for my portfolio (it's here, but hasn't yet been updated!). Don't miss these realistic little foods at my online Hummingbird Miniatures shop here.

Stay tuned for more cakes and some Mexican food coming soon... ;)

Roast Turkey and Cranberries

With Thanksgiving around the corner I thought I better hurry up and list my two new design turkeys at my online Hummingbird Miniatures Etsy shop.

They can be used for Thanksgiving or Christmas. One is partially carved, the other one is whole. Both sit on a bed of greens and cranberries and are attached to baking trays. These miniature roasts are featured in the Christmas issue of the fabulous magazine - Dolls House and Miniature Scene! So look out for that - I'd recommend subscribing to this magazine anyway. :)

Find the one inch scale miniature roast turkeys here before they're gone!

Coming soon this Christmas...

Thank you to everyone who gave me their vote on how they'd prefer to see my roast turkeys! I had a massive response on Facebook and the overall verdict is that most prefer an un-carved bird. Good to know. :)

~ This is just a sneak preview of the Christmas range which you'll see coming from Hummingbird Miniatures this year.

Stay tuned, and don't forget to 'like' the Hummingbird Miniatures Facebook page to stay on top of updates and see lots of photos and such.

The online Hummingbird Miniatures Etsy shop is currently stocked with Halloween cakes, donuts and cookies and you can find it here.

4th July in Miniature

Independence Day is coming up... ! A funny thing for a Brit living in America to celebrate, but nonetheless, it's a popular holiday for miniaturists and I really enjoy creating Independence Day scenes in miniature for magazines and private collectors. :) These photos show my new range of miniatures all handmade by me of course and in one inch scale.

Have a look at this year's picnic / BBQ scenes and if you see anything you'd like to pre-order / reserve, then as usual feel free to email me. This will be a limited range and the plates of hot dogs and burgers I have will go fast. Thanks for taking a look and don't forget to find Hummingbird Miniatures on Facebook if you're a fan of my work...

The Limited Edition 4th of July Range (including cake, burgers, hot dogs, watermelon) will be made available at the online Hummingbird Miniatures Etsy shop soon.

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