A winter wonderland

A rather nice bottle of Malbec led me to this little project. The wine cork was cut in half and a snowy scene created over a few hours. This scale is incredibly fiddly but very satisfying. 

Everything was made from scratch: the snowman was made from Fimo, the rocks were made from model railway slate, And the trees were ends of pipe cleaners. 

Now I need a plan for the other half of the cork…

A Christmas forest

 Christmas trees are so magical. I saw a picture once of a mantelpiece covered in miniature Christmas trees of all shapes, types and sizes. My blossoming collection isn’t quite as grand but it’s growing. 

This year I decided to make some of my own. A little tutorial by Martha Stuart guided the way. Mine aren’t as intricate as hers, and they are half the size. But I think they are equally as charming.