Hemlig

on my desk

I also found this old photo of Breath Mint on my phone:

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1/2

One out of the pair of the canary mylings -

- she is the tiny one. I've decided I won't separate them, making them the first dolls I will sell as a pair! I'm working on a special shipping box for them, and matching outfits, too.

The canary mylings are inspired by mines and mining - the hope of finding treasures, bringing a tiny creature with you into the darkness to keep you company and to warn you of potential dangers... Sounds really silly - I'll elaborate on my inspiration for them soon! :)

my sewing machine

I cleaned my dear old sewing machine this weekend. I should have done it before it started chewing up the thread and making knots of it, making me annoyed and cursing it and throwing things around... Now it is clean and has a brand new needle, but I feel like I should probably service it more thoroughly. Or maybe I should just give a little drop of oil, but I couldn't find any instructions on how to do it? I've done that once, and I was surprised then at how easy it was. But that was years ago!

Maybe I should get it some new stickers as well? Any ideas? I love these Rainbow Brite stickers - so flattering somehow!

tumblr?

Trying it out - like it so far!

http://hemligmyling.tumblr.com/

 

Snow!

Finally a proper snowfall, I had to go for a long walk!

Huge snowflakes!

 

Some people skating on the lake

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rubberband girl in the shop now!

In my etsy shop. Now!

Hi!

Some things I got in the mail this week:

House of Pinku dress, baby doll/hop version I think it's called?, fits original size Myling! So beautiful and well made - Valentine Westphal is a genius! Thank you Valentine for making these lovely doll dresses!

And I got my order from one of my fave artists Allison Sommers etsy-shop in the mail this week, too - you can see my sugarskull BreathMint showing off part of the loot - EIN ARBEITSLOSER WENIGER art book. I'm a huge fan of Allison's art, I actually have an original tiny drawing of hers, too! It will be framed soon, along with the new Jumping Jack print.

Also I wanted to tell you that this girl will probably be in my etsy shop tomorrow, Sunday:

Remember her? Little Rubberband Girl! She will bring her dress with the birds to the shop.

 

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Lately

I'm thinking of updating my etsy shop! I have quite a few dolls ready or nearing completion, and I hope to be able to list them soon. Maybe in a week, maybe early February. And maybe this one will be among the ones.

It's the clown-inspired Blå, my second one assembled.

I've taken it sort of easy when it comes to the dolls, I don't want to get tired of making them, don't like the feeling of just repeating the same steps over and over. I've decided I need to have fun making them.

Some more photos from my recent days and weeks -

The almost lost art of cutting paper snow flakes/stars! I'd almost forgotten about them and how to cut them, anyway! And how much I like them...

..and sparklers!

 

Photos from a December walk:

Ice almost like sequins. It made a pretty, metallic sound as the waves came in.

I love this lake spot - it is quite remote and feels like a hidden, secret place. I think of it quite a lot, it seems to have some kind of pull on me.

 

But nevermind all of that - most of all I just wanted to show off my miniature gun collection!

Ha, admit it - you're so jealous now! (Oh no - I just realized the 1:6 scale shotgun is missing..)

See you!

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grandfather clock

Just one more photo today -

The twins are sneaking around someone else's rooms this afternoon - they managed to get into my 1/6 scale dollhouse somehow. Sneaky, spooky twins.

frozen double expo

Some photos from today, the day I discovered that my camera has a double exposure setting! I suppose one can do this in Photoshop as well, but that wouldn't be the same.

There isn't that much snow here yet, but everything is frozen. Looks like a fairytale!

Double exposures of ice.

 

Some regular/single exposure photos-

I remember always being fascinated with bodies of water, frozen or not, lakes or just puddles. They seem like different worlds! By the way, look at the strange star shaped thistle plant to the left in the image above... Strange and wonderful!

Frozen bubbles.

 

One more double expo-

 

And I had to try it out on my dollhouse, too!

Spooky. I'm reminded of "ghost" photographs you see sometimes...