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Friday, February 24, 2012
Well I've been indulging myself over the last few days with dreams of fine chocolates! I've just finished work on my two chocolate shops and the last job was to make all the individual chocolates. so of course I've had to eat a few for inspiration! If you'd like to visit a great chocolate shop for real I would highly recommend Hotel Chocolate great stuff a bit expensive but very nice. So having browsed through their pages and my mouth watering at the goodies I made a few of my own.
The top picture is how they are displayed in the chocolate shops on gold trays.
As you might have read I've done another type of Victorian shop this time a jewellers. Like the wine merchants I wanted an open floor so you could see the jewelry displays better. They're not finished yet but this will give you all an idea of what I'm working on at the moment.
I decided to to two different coloured interior just for a change.
Here's my latest large shop the Chelsea Wine Merchants. As you can see I've altered the design of the top floor to create a walk way around the main room which gives it more light and visibility. I wanted to be able to see the great displays without having to crouch down to into it. So what do think? I hope you like the idea as I've done it in the jewellers as well.
If you'd like to see more visit the new Wine Shop page.
Well the weather has been a bit rough this week and it looks like more snow and ice over the next few weeks. So it's put my larger projects on hold as I'm still waiting for good weather to do some painting!
It's not the only thing delayed, my new computer has still not been built AARRRGGGHHHHHHH.
I should get it next week, but in the meantime I've got everything backed up ready for the transfer so it's causing a bit of havoc.
I have managed to get a lot done though and I will have lots of pictures to share.
First of all is a new street market for Melinda.
More pictures on my Victoriana Page.
Next I've finished one Victorian Pharmacy and I'm just waiting for some bookcases to finish the second.
My two Chocolate shops are almost finished, my last job is to make all the small chocolates. More pictures later today.
I've finished both the wine shops and will have finished the jewelers later today expect some great photos tomorrow!
Well I've been cracking on this weekend and managed to get a fair bit done including almost finishing the pharmacies. I hope to have them both finished by the end of the week, so for now here's a few photos of the interior to keep you all going.
Here's the first of this years new couples in spring colours. Visit my Victoriana page to see more.
For new visitors who might not have seen my couples before I thought I'd mention a few things. I usually do about 4 sets of mixed Victorian figures a year. Each one is hand painted in enamels and then further decorated with a variety of accessories, ribbons, gems, real miniature hats, bows, feathers lace etc.
As you can see from the close ups above, the ladies often have broaches or necklaces and tiny buttons, while the gentlemen have watch chains and buttons, just to add a little bit of detail to each figure.
As usual these figures are available to buy on a first come first served basis. I can sometimes do repeats of certain figures depending on what I have available, but I can not guarantee this. At the moment I am very busy with other work so there will be no repeats at the present time. My next lot of figures will be in late spring - April / May.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Happy New Year to all my Chinese visitors I hope the year of the Dragon brings you happiness and prosperity.
Sorry to all my visitors there was no update last week I've been nonstop working for the last two weeks but I do have some updates on current projects. Not only have I been working on the Playmobil but I've managed to extend my garden and I've spent some spare time planting new hedges and creating a border etc. So come spring and the better weather I'll be spending more time outdoors trying to work on my new garden! I'm hoping to have a G scale Playmobil train layout there some time later this year. Yeah Steaming Mary!
I've managed on make a good start on a huge project, Mary, Maria and Mike I have pictures for you. This will keep me busy for the next couple of months, but I have done some work I can share at the moment. If you read my last post you'll know I'm also working on a new set of Victorian Shops, Chocolate, Pharmacy, Jewellers, Wine Merchants. I've painted the buildings and I'm now starting on the decorations.
I did wonder if I should do a Victorian pet shop? Maybe it needs to be bigger judging by this photo!
This is Taz, one of my two helpfull cats that delight in getting into everything.
These are the two chocolate shops and the first pharmacy above with wine merchents and jewellers below.
I've also completed my first set of Victorian figures for this year and I'll have photos later today to share with you all.
