Slice of Halloween Cake?!

Who has a sweet tooth this spooky season?!
This is a slice of chocolate Halloween cake with mint frosting and it's served up with a stripy Halloween candy cane on a spider web party plate. The cake has a tiny bite taken out of it. One inch scale and handmade by me of course.

I decided not to create a Halloween range as such for Hummingbird Miniatures this year (2012) for a variety of reasons - which are...

1 - I'm crazy busy making my first short film (details here),
2 - I am volunteering at Weta Workshop whilst I am staying here in New Zealand,
3 - I have been busily creating quite a spooky Halloween 2012 Range for my other miniature brand (blog here, shop here),
4 - I have been working on a Christmas Range since July,
and finally...
5 - I still have so much lovely stock from last year and I don't want more miniatures to add to what I already have to take on the plane as carry-on when I fly back to the UK next month, and into the US this Dec!!

So, enjoy this one and only new Hummingbird Miniatures contribution to Halloween 2012! I made 4 - they're super cute and detailed and I'm actually listing them at my online Hummingbird Miniatures shop here for only $10 each - so get them before they go. :)

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25% off this Spooky Season!

Guess what?! With spooky time upon us and Halloween 2012 only weeks away.... I have a coupon code for you with a whopping 25% discount!

This great offer applies ONLY to Halloween products. This means you can use it for...

Halloween cakes (there's 3 varieties),
spooky eclairs,
trick or treat donuts,
Halloween cookies,
Halloween religieuse pastries,
Halloween profiteroles,
chocolate bats,
candy ghosts,
decor glitter pumpkins,
and anything else I may list which is described as a Halloween item!

Just hop over to my online Hummingbird Miniatures shop and click to buy your items and then enter the coupoin code 'SPOOKY12' before you click to pay and 25% will be deducted from everything except postage.
Please do not use the coupon to buy non-Halloween items. :)

This coupon is valid for the entirity of this weekend and expires on Sunday night at midnight PST.

Happy shopping!

My Workspace - Birthday Prep Boards

I've been so mad busy making these new designs that I am reallllllllly behind in photographing them. So I thought I'd at least share some works-in-progress so you'll know what to expect in store in the coming weeks.

Hummingbird Miniatures is gearing towards prep boards quite a bit lately - I've been making jam prep boards, cake prep boards, birthday prep boards, pie prep boards.... all sorts! I've also been making ever so many new design prep boards over at Pixie - take a look here.
Hope you like the new designs. Stay tuned for more designs and for better photos. :) They'll be available at my online store soon.

And look what else I have to share.... (last picture!) I went to my local art store for more wood today (I hand-make all my own wooden prep board bases) and got a tad lost down some street I didn't know here in Wellington, New Zealand. Well I found this tiny brilliant fabric shop with so many patterns perfect for miniatures. It's great because it's just what I've been needing so I can finally finish off some of my NEW Furniture Range which will be available at both stores. I've been focusing on furniture for months - all my designs, no pre-bought furniture bases... coming soon!

Don't forget.... there's a competition running over on my other blog. Take 2 minutes to enter for your chance to win a free miniature. It closes in less than a week.

Over the Rainbow

I love outdoor summer parties! Growing up in the countryside of England, we had a big garden surrounded by fields and our back lawn was quite big. My younger sister Stephanie has her birthday in July so each year my mum would throw a summer birthday party for her and it was wonderful because we'd have a barbecue outside, sometimes a marquee would be erected with a live band inside, balloons, and often a massive bouncy castle (or as Americans would say - 'bouncy house') as well. I loved it! 

Whether your birthday is a summery one (or a winter one like mine), have a piece of cake from my new Birthday Cake Range (available in store soon) and enjoy the last of the summer days.

This cake is white frosting on chocolate with rainbow confetti and very detailed tiny rainbow candles. One inch scale and handmade by me of course.

Caroline xXx

P.S. Important news.... there's a competition running over on my other blog. Take 2 minutes to enter for your chance to win a free miniature.

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Summery COUPON Code :)

Just because it's such a beautiful day today!
As you know, I'm currently in New Zealand (and will be until late November of this year) and it's winter here whilst it's summer in the US and Europe. We've had some rain and we've had winds that definitely steal the 'Windy City' title from Chicago, but today and yesterday have been beautifully sunny and dry. I even took tea on the balcony. Below is a photo of my view taken from my balcony this morning.

So.... to celebrate sunshine in your world and mine, here's a coupon code which allows you to have 25% off anything (even sale items) in store. It is valid until this Saturday 1st September at midnight PST.

How. To. Use.
Just click to buy whatever you like, and then before you pay you just need to enter the coupon code: SUNNY30 at the checkout. 25% will be deducted from your entire order but not from postage.

Where. To. Use.
This coupon is valid at my online Hummingbird Miniatures store only.

When. To. Use.
It's available right away and expires on Saturday night!

Email me if you have any problems or queries. :) C xXx

Important news.... there's a competition running over on my other blog. Take 2 minutes to enter for your chance to win a free miniature.

Cherry Chocolate Birthday cake

This is the whole, un-cut version of the birthday cake I shared with you yesterday (this cake)! It's iced a little differently too so that you can see the layers. It will be available at my online shop later today.

Don't forget to stop on over at my other site and enter the COMPETITION for your chance to win a free high quality miniature. Find out how to enter here.

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Summer Party - New Birthday Cake

Welcome to this Hummingbird Miniatures summer birthday party and have a piece of cake...!

This is my all new Cherry Pink Chocolate Birthday Cake handmade by me in one inch scale. It will be made available at my online shop in the next couple of days. More designs to come soon, so stay tuned.

The candles are 20% smaller than the ones I have made before! So we're talking some serious detail here.

If you're a fan of my work then don't forget to stop on over at my other site and enter the COMPETITION for your chance to win a free high quality miniature. Find out how to enter here.

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