Souvenirs

It's been a long time since my last post, and so much happend IRL! I'll give you a list, to keep it short 'n sweet!
1) finished internships and assignments
2) got my bachelor of education in mathematics degree
3) celebrated with ridiculous party
4) did some traveling

I think those are some good reasons for my absence! Now things are more calm again, and so there is time for miniatures and blogging again!

I'll start slow, by showing some of the souvenirs I brought for my dollshouse. I like bringing back souvenirs that I can use for my dollshouse because they don't take up a lot of space and it will gives a bit more meaning to the hobby for me. So here is a quick picture of the reindeermoss I brought from Norway, I'll use that for plant and flower making.

Also shown here are some teeny tiny mussel shels, that I actually scraped of the bottom of our sailing boat... ieuw! But quite pretty!

And last but not least, a little crown... I usually would never buy a crown to put in my dollshouse, it's a bit out of place when it's not a castle.. But since my dollshouse is a German Schloss I thought it would be o.k.! Right? ;) I found this tiny 'Reichskrone' at the imperial treasury in Vienna, where the famous Reichskrone of the Holy Roman Empire is on display.

 

That's it for today, and I'll try and be a more frequent poster ;) 

Byzantine miniature icons and tiniest seashells ever!

I'm back home from a very wonderfull holiday in Greece. Surprisingly and unintended I found lots of wonderfull miniatures during my trip!

First of all, these copies of old Byzantine icons. My pictures don't do justice to the detail in them. They are so small and precise, the pictures don't show it but you can see the relief of the paint strokes, they are so unbelievably small!
This is Saint Demetrius if I'm correct (and please correct me if I'm wrong) and his story

Please do click on the pictures to see the large original size, to see more details.
These icons will go in my new dollhouse in the making, a small castle.

This is Saint George (and here is his story klik)

I found these lovely little statues of the goddes Aphrodite/Venus de Milo and Nike (the headless one) goddess of victory. I think these will look good in a library or garden or something like that in my new dollhouse castle


Last but not least! We were on a beach, for a lazy day in the sun and some snorkling. I was happily bored and I was lazily running some of the grit/sand trough my fingers. I suddenly noticed a tiny tiny seashell in it!

So the rest of the afternoon we've been searching (again, very lazily) for these tiny shells and found many more in the most fantastic shapes and colors!


Please click the pictures to see them larger. I think nature made the most precious mini's ever and I'm glad I found them!