Crafts: Mini Library - Paintings and Flowers

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

This is the last post about mi laberinto for a few weeks. I did the 24 paintings (cutting out the pictures and gluing the pictures to the frames and gluing the stand to the back of 2) and the flowers [cutting and rolling paper around the stamens, rolling leaves round the flowers, tying the bouquets (3) and fitting the other flowers in the 2 vases.] All of these were very tiny. There are a few additions (decorations to be glued to shelves and things, like maps, to be laid about), but nothing else requires putting together except the room itself.

Comments

[smallhobbit]

That's so clever. You've made a lot of progress.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Thanks! It is going a lot faster than I anticipated.

[scfrankles]

I don't know why looking at miniature things is so satisfying ^___^

Just been looking at the photos in close-up. There's some intriguing images amongst the paintings... And the flowers are so pretty - I particularly like the tied bouquets.

Kudos on all your hard work! ^___^

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

They are fun to play with.

There are. Even close-up, in person, I don't know what some of them are.

The flowers were Very Fiddly. But the time I got the knack of them, I was done.

Thank you! We'll be taking a break. The next step requires a lot of concentration.

[BTW: I looked but my library doesn't have any Warlock Holmes books in any format. Too bad. It sounds like an interesting pastiche.]

[scfrankles]

I looked but my library doesn't have any Warlock Holmes books in any format. Too bad. It sounds like an interesting pastiche.

Oh, bless you for taking an interest! ^___^ It might be for the best though - I'm honestly not sure it would be your sort of thing. The series is very Male and Straight, in a way that even the original ACD canon isn't. Nothing innately wrong with something being Male and Straight, of course, but it's a fairly different sensibility from the fandom world. I mean, the novels are fun and enjoyable - and I'm just about to start reading another in the series - but I have mixed feelings. I like them but I'm not madly in love with them ^_^

[debriswoman]

This looks fun and fiddly in equal measures:-)

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

The flowers are SUPER FIDDLY!

[ancientreader]

Only the Sainte-Chapelle floor tile icon seems appropriate for these! They're so finely done. I loved the books, too (trip prep gets in the way of commenting).

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Thank you!! Packing is so exciting! Have a great trip!!

[autumnia]

I just want to pick all of them up and put them on display. :-)

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Ha! Brilliant! They will be on display by the end of it. I am curious myself how it will all come together.

[corvidology]

The detail work is amazing.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Thanks! By the way, I am another who will be checking out Vienna Blood on your rec.

[corvidology]

I hope you enjoy it. I'm hoping it will get better now it's taken a little time to establish its characters.

[mafief]

Woah! Nice progress. Look at those little things. I hope you’re enjoying the project. I find tiny futzy work to be meditative (when it doesn’t frustrate me).

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Thanks. I'm enjoying it.