My first full fledged miniature project.

In october 2005, a friend took a look at my miniatures and decided that she wanted me to make a full miniature project for her - The Happy Place. She was getting married in november and wanted to present this miniature scene to her mother as a return wedding gift.

It took me about 6 weeks to complete the whole thing, a little at a time. And by the end of it I had had much fun and a whole bunch of new ideas.

Holding the whole thing - you'll get an idea of the size here.



Close up of full project



THE FAUNA

Piggies always come first



Froggies



Duckies



Cowie and her baby



Birds in the sky



THE FLORA



My most complicated plant, took me a little more than an hour to make it!



THE PEOPLE

This is supposed to be her whole family. I had a hoot creating the clothes and hair for all of them :)



THE SKY



THE POND



THE PICNIC



The Carpet - all the designs on it are MADE OUT OF CLAY, it's a technique called caneworking. Absolutely NO PAINTS have been used



The fruit platter



The goodie baskets



The chocolate chip cookies



And finally... a slice of The Chocolate Cake





:)

I had a very hard time giving this 'little world' up.
Unfortunately I had to go out of town on the date of delivery, so I sent my sister to give it to them. Being the sweetheart that she is, she recorded a clip of aunty's reaction when she received the gift. Looking at it made all my efforts totally worth it :)