Good morning dear Friends
I hope that you are all well
Now that the summer madness is over at the hotel and after a relaxing holiday back in France, here I am back on New Regent St to bring a spell of autumn magic to the set.
Those who followed my creations from the beginning may remember my first attempt at transforming a set into Autumn in November 2009 for a joyous Apple Harvest with already in the background a Sylvanian wind mill and a painting on the Autumn theme.
There were at the time a great variety of materials and accessories available online and in specialised fairs at very affordable prices, such as miniature autumn leaves made out of Polymer Clay and a climbing vine with perfect autumn colours to which I had added grapes for a grape harvest and wine making scene.
Then in the past 10 years, most online specialised shops closed down and China started mass producing cheap miniatures.
Many of my Miniature Artists Friends moved from the online forums to ETSY which has become the reference when it comes to finding and purchasing quality miniatures made by Artisans at a relatively affordable price. Artisans who often walk the extra mile in accepting special commissions from their clients.
After a long online search trying to find the autumn coloured climbing vine in vain, I finally found on ETSY a few days ago an autumn garland with red, orange and red leaves as well as tiny little red berries at the perfect scale for my project
In my search for autumn foliage for the base / soil of my decor, I invite you to discover to smile at two silly mistakes I recently made when I overlooked both the scale and the volume of the leaves when ordering online
Too few leaves maybe ?I am not quite sure that these super cheap leaves are matching the scale of my project ? What do you think ? Karim