Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Out of the Project Tube...

I work in miniature. What would be a pile of scraps for one person could become an entire project for me. So I always have tiny pieces of STUFF left over that I don't want to throw away, because my next mini masterpiece might call for it! My solution? Pill containers. Grand, I know.

I use tiny containers, like the kind you can buy that have 7 small stackable containers for you to keep a week's worth of pills in. These become my great & wondrous Project Tubes. Seriously, one tube of containers could hold everything I need for an entire project.

So, what's in my latest Project Tube? A bouquet of a dozen red roses! Seems perfectly normal to me...


I make these roses as accents for my toothpick dolls, & decided to let them have the spotlight all to themselves for once. Each rose is handmade, formed on the tip of a toothpick. The bouquets have three different sizes of rose - a bud, a normal size, & a fully opened rose.

I have to admit, the hardest part about these bouquets is wrapping them in that iridescent film! Fiddly stuff. But the end result so charms me that I put up with it. Having chocolate within reach helps, too.
These rose bouquets are available in my Etsy shop.
Happy Valentine's Day!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Your roses are lovely. Nice work.

Debbie Barr said...

Super cute! I'm still so impressed by all that you can do. :)

Jemjoop said...

Those are beautiful roses, you are a woman with many talents. Jen

Jennifer said...

HOW BEAUTIFUL!!! Love them!!! You amaze me with every project, Ang! :-)

AngelaMichelle said...

Thanks, ladies! I appreciate you!

Malissa said...

I adore those...you are amazing!