Dinner for Shmucks & Miniatures inspiration

Hello again!

As most of you know I love crafting and playing with clay. It all started about an year ago just by learning how to sew and make handbags etc. Next I discovered polymer clay and I learned how to make jewellery.

Then I heard about silver clay and spend a little fortune on materials and tools to make my own silver jewellery, which are still waiting for me in my drawer :)  Next was the whole decoden culture. And couple of days ago I thought that this will be the end of my search for new crafts, but how wrong I was... Just randomly I 've visited "Evangelion's Handmade" blog and I felt in love. I was never interested in dolls, dollhouses and miniatures. I did like it but it never moved my heart until yesterday, when I saw dolls, handmade by Mei. They are just adorable! I couldn't believe that human hand can make such a sweet things! Now I'm waiting until she will add some dolls to her Etsy and I will definitely buy one! :)

She also makes miniature items, and they were the main reason why I got infected by a "miniatures virus" :) I've been visiting blogs about miniatures from time to time, but Mei's blog was the one that totally converted me to this hobby. I have to say that I'm a bit worried because I realize that it could be very addictive and expensive hobby, but I just couldn't help it! :) Straight after reading her blog, I checked eBay and bought some furnitures and tiny accessories, and now I'm waiting for my tiny parcels :) I was also considering buying a proper (but used) doll house, but I stopped myself in time. Or my boyfriend stopped me, saying that I already have plenty of crafty stuff in my room and first I need to sell all my things on Etsy, making room for other things I want. I'm glad that I have him, otherwise I would end up with rooms filled with clutter I love! :D So the idea of buying doll house has to wait for later. The plus is that I have cool shelves in my room which actually look like doll house rooms and I will create my "house parts" there :) I will be posting pictures while making things here. I am really excited about it and I can't wait to make tiny pillows, cakes, cookies, etc! I will still make deco items but at least now I will have a little more diversity in my hobbies :)

About the title of this post: Dinner for Shmucks.

Have you seen this movie? It's a really funny movie, where one of the characters creates miniature sceneries with tiny mice :) Long story short, he's the shmuck, meaning the crazy one. And when I decided that I want to try out miniatures hobby, I realized that I probably will be like him : a shmuck crazy about miniatures :)

Hope you enjoy reading this and thank you for visiting my blog!