A Spoonful of Sugar...

Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down....!

I made these very tiny jars of old fashioned candy for Christmas. The jars were hand-blown (by my glassblower friend on the East Coast) and then I filled them with candy which I made myself (from polymer clay of course - I never use pre-made canes...!) Each candy is different - some have hearts, some have rainbow colours, some have Christmas trees or snowflakes etc. Then each jar was finished off with a silk ribbon and gold cap.

The photo above shows them sitting in a teaspoon - not a tablespoon!

There is only one of each. You can use them in your one inch scale (1:12) or even half inch scale (1:24) miniature scene as they're small enough. They measure only 9/16" (1.4 cm) in height.

Find them at my online Hummingbird Miniatures Etsy store now!

In other news....

There is a competition currently running at my other blog. Just follow the simple rules to enter and in 2 minutes you could be in with a chance of winning your chosen item (worth up to $200). Click over to the other blog and find out how. Good luck!

Your Wedding cake in Miniature

I just realized I never shared these photos of a fun commission I undertook last summer (2012). It was for a client's son's wedding cake and she wanted it recreated in half inch scale. The cake had red roses around each level, chocolate sauce dripping down the sides and a diamante letter 'D' on the top. Very pretty, quite unusual.

Fun challenge. I was delighted to recreate this cake for her. Have a look at the photo below showing the original alongside it.

If you ever want your wedding cake re-created in miniature then drop me an email and I'd be happy to discuss it. Meanwhile, here's some of my other wedding cakes I have made...

~ Caroline

A little gift for a friend

For a lovely friend of mine in the US, I made this tiny half inch scale replica of my Easter 2012 Daffodil Cake as a surprise for her little mice. :) I am assuming it will have reached her in the post by now so I thought I would share some pics, since it's not often that I show much half inch scale food on here.

The last image shows it sitting next to my one inch scale Easter Daffodil Cake, which is currently available as a Limited Edition this Easter in my online shop.





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Making it in Half Inch Scale!

One of my very best clients provided me with a fun challenge this weekend - to recreate some of my new Halloween 2011 Range in Half Inch scale! (1:24 scale)

Here's the outcome. Some of it was so very tiny I had to use a magnifying glass!

Laduree Halloween Profiteroles - 1:24 Scale










Trick or Treat Donuts - 1:24 Scale

Candy Ghosts - 1:24 Scale

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