Crafting miniature challenge 4: Gold, Silver and Bronze

Dear Readers,

The  fourth sylvanian forum crafting  challenge was inspired in the gold, silver and bronze medals of the Winter Olimpics but it was not limited to these three metals. It was actually about metal materials and metalic colours including metalic paints.

I had never made any miniatures using metal or anything that looked like metal and I hadn´t even used metalic paint before but I decided to give it a go and I came up with some ideas.

The first thing I made was a golden tray out of a  metal bottle cap.

 Melinda´s red berry tart fits perfectly on the tray.

You just have to grab your pliers and bend the border of the cap outwards.

First, I removed the plastic inside and I used that round piece of plastic to turn it into a silver plate ( it can also be used as a  picture frame).I put a very thin silver ribbon all around it and I painted it with silver varnish.

I also made two picture frames.

For the first one I made I used silver braid ribbon that I painted with bronze metalic paint. (Sorry about the bad quality of the framed picture but the printer was running out of ink.Actually, I wanted to put a mirror instead of a picture but I didn´t have any mirror to fit the size of the frame)

I came up with the idea for the second frame when I was drinking a mug of chocolate milk. I looked at the  foil that is under the lid of the chocolate podwer can and I thought I could use it to make something for this challenge.

I´m not very proud of the final result. I didn´t take measures properly and one side of the frame is wider than the other.

I gave it to the the Chocolate grandparents who had always wanted to have a silver frame to put a photo of their wedding day.

The next miniature I made is a mini size version of a white gold necklace my parents gave me as a gift on my 18th birthday.As much as I´m not very fond of jewelery, I really like this necklace.

I also  made a matching bracelet and a pair of earrings.

Salome Persis displayed the set at her dress shop window.

These are the materials I used for another small project.

I made three copper canisters for the 
Hazelwoods ´kitchen.

It´s lunch time and Betty Hazelwood is hungry.
"Are you going to cook some pasta, maybe rice, Betty? "

Nice smell!...You made tomato soup.
"I didn´t" Betty said with a naughty smile.
Did Basil cook it for you? 
"He didn´t" she shook her head.
Then?

Now, I understand. You heated up a can of soup!
Betty admited she is not a good cook.Basil is the one who cooks at home.

As you can see, I also made this can of soup out of a piece of a foil tea light holder.
Actually, I made something else out of it.
I saw this picture on pinterest and even though there was no tutorial I easily figured out how to make a miniature cheese grater.

I cut a paper clip and a piece of a foil tea light.

And I punched small holes on a soft surface.

Voilá!A cheese grater for the Macavities´pizza restaurant!

Alonso is grating some cheese to sprinkle on his delicious pizzas and pasta dishes.

The last miniature I made for this challenge was a pair of candle holders.
I thought this project was going to be easy and fast but it drove me crazy as there was no way to stick the beads together. I tried different types of glue and I got my fingers stuck together but not the metal beads.
Fortunately, I found a glue that did the job and this is the result.

The top and the base of the candle holder is a thumbtack. I used the plastic part that covers the thumbtack as the base, the nail itself is where the candle rests. I painted both parts of the thumbnail with silver nail varnish.I made two different models. For one of them I used earring backs but I liked the one I made with small beads better.
(I also made the candles, pouring hot wax in a straw. After the wax cooled down, I removed the plastic straw with a cutter. You can light them up)

A few days ago, Cameron Moss attended a Mayors  Meeting in Town and he had some spare time to visit the Grand Department Store. Rowena asked him to buy a pair of silver candle holders. Cameron also bought a silver vase and a especial gift for Rowena:a silver bracelet and necklace.

"I know you like silver, dear"
"Aww, thank you Cameron! You are worth your weight in gold".

 And that´s all for this challenge.

Last week, I had two days off work before the weekend so I had plenty of free time to spend making these miniatures.
Hope you liked them.

Thanks for reading!

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Crafting miniature challenge 3 : Hanging by a thread

Dear Readers,

When I read the theme of the third forum crafting challenge was a material challenge: yarn, string, floss, twine ...anything cord like, the firs thing that came to my mind was knitting and crocheting.
When I wrote on the forum I had no intention to join this challenge due to my lack of knitting and crocheting skills, two forum members, IcePixie and Tenchibaka inspired me with their suggestions and I came up with some ideas .Thank you, my friends!

The miniatures I made are very simple and not very creative but they made some of my sylvanians happy.

First of all, I´ll show you the materials I have used .

And now, the mini projects:

A pink rug for Rosa Hopkins´s bedroom.

A beach bag for Selly Neptune.

More bags and a basket for the ladies wearing purple.

Some coasters for Nancy Waters.

Some balls of yarn. Thanks Kaz for this suggestion. I used beads and pieces of straw for the longer ones . I found the wool labels here.

Then, I thought I could make another basket to put the balls of yarn and I made this one

I gave it to Mabel Periwinkle who is delighted to have a new basket for her knitting supplies.

My next project was for the Robinsons´supermarket.

I heard Fliss telling Wilbur they should get some bread baskets for the bakery section so I got down to work.

BEFORE 

AFTER

Baskets are quick and easy to make. There are different ways to  make them but for all the ones I made today I used egg cartons. 

You just have to cut the carton the size you want for your basket. 

Then, add glue and paste the piece of fabric

to the egg carton.

Next, start rolling string or twine all around.

For the handle, glue two pieces of cord together.

Don´t you think they are handy for shopping and perfect for Easter eggs?

My last mini project is related to Valentine´s Day. 

"Happy Valentine´s Day" Monty said holding a big bunch of red roses.
"They´re lovely, thanks so much!. "I also have something for you" Dorothy said.

"I cross stitched this card". 

"Dear Monty, I made this card especially for you with love in every stitch. Love you always, Dottie.

"Aww,that´s so sweet, Dottie!Our hearts are stitched together!" 

As you can see crocheting and knitting weren´t the only options to make projects for this challenge. 


Thanks for visiting my blog!

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