Vintage Cookbook for Mid-Century Modern House

I recently bought this vintage-style Betty Crocker cookbook for my mid-century dollhouse. Isn't it cute? I love vintage! Caterina of Le Minis di Cockerina blog made it. I bought it in her Etsy shop.

In other news, I've received three more blog awards from sweet bloggers.

Carmen of MA PETIT MAISON blog, Maria of diary of a miniaturist blog, and Cote of Las cosas de Cote blog all gave me the "A Hug for Your Comments" Award. It's easy to leave nice comments when people have such nice blogs! If you haven't visited these blogs, you're definitely missing something fun! Thank you, Carmen, Maria, and Cote.

I pass this blog award on to all of Plushpussycat's regular commenters. Thank you for your kind words--they really mean a lot! Here's to more fun! xoxo Jennifer

New Projects, Posted Prizes, Awards

During the recent giveaway, I made a lot of miniatures, bought a few miniatures, created a new plushy photo story, nearly finished one of my dollhouses, and even bought and decorated a new one! I can't wait to show you everything. Look for posts about these new projects over the next few weeks, as I play catch-up. :-)

Whew! I packaged and mailed all eight Birthday Bash Giveaway prizes over the last two days. Boy, am I tired! Postage had gone up significantly too, so my #1 giveaway tip is this: Make the prizes lightweight! ;-) Seriously, I'm excited to get the prizes to the lucky winners, and I can't wait to see them on your blogs soon!

In other news, I received two recent blog awards. The first was from Kate at Creative World blog. Have you seen Kate's sweet blog? She loves crocheting, finding vintage treasures at thrift stores, and being a mom-to-be! You'll love her enthusiasm.

The second blog award came from Mely at MelyMel Piccoli Sogni blog. She has the sweetest dollhouse miniatures blog. I'm always happy and smiling after I read her blog posts. You'll love it!

Thank you, Kate and Mely! You are both so thoughtful! And thank you to all of the readers of this blog, especially those who regularly leave such sweet comments. Until next time, when I show you some of the new miniature projects I've been working on.... xoxo Jennifer

Precious Gift from MelyMel!

I recently received a blog award from Mely of MelyMel Piccoli Sogni blog. I feel so flattered, especially since I love her blog, which is so sweet and adorable. She has a precious miniature cottage dollhouse, and sometimes she does little photo stories that are so funny and cute. No words can properly describe it, so here's a recent picture from her blog to give you a taste of what I mean:

Isn't this adorable?!

If you ever feel down or need some cheering up, visit Mely's blog, and you will feel happy and have a new lease on life. I guarantee it! :-D If you haven't seen it, please go look now. Thank you, Mely! Here's the award:

As always, I'd like to share this award with all of my readers. You make this blog fun! It takes a community to make a blog. You're my community, so thank you! This Friday I will reveal giveaway prize #6 in my Birthday Bash Giveaway. The giveaway is another way of saying thank you to all of you. You can join any of the giveaways through May 3, 2012! Until Friday.... xoxo Jennifer

Tiny Knitted Teddy Bear!

My dear friend Drora of Drora's Minimundo sent me a miniature knitted teddy bear all the way from Israel. You see, after I wrote about my miracle miniature teddy bears, Drora asked if I'd like one of her hand-knitted teddy bears to add to my small collection. Would I like one?! Are you kidding? I'd LOVE one!

The new teddy bear is totally adorable and fitting in famously with my other miniature teddy bears. Here's a candid shot I took of all of the bears making friends. Drora's bear is second from the left. Isn't he cute? :-)

Miniature teddy bears making friends

And then look at all of the other precious things Drora sent:

More beautiful gifts from Drora

There's a bigger bear that was cuddling the tiny knitted one when I opened the package, an adorable mini water cooler, and one of Drora's famous Ferrero Rocher candy boxes--yay! She also sent several beautiful shell ornaments, including a wall hanging, a bowl, and two covered boxes, one with a teeny tiny necklace inside. Everything is so lovely and precious.

Thank you so much, Drora! I love all of your gifts, especially your gift of friendship! If you haven't seen Drora's blog, please check it out. She has great tutorials, makes wonderful miniatures, and holds fun giveaways.

I received another precious gift late last week all the way from Norway--a blog award from Mona at Remme Dollhouse, one of my favorite blogs. If you haven't seen Mona's blog, I recommend you check it out too. :-) Thank you, Mona! How thoughtful of you. I'm sharing this award with all of you, dear readers, because this blog would be a very lonely place without you. :-) Until next time.... xoxo Jennifer

Recent Miniature Gifts

I've been blessed again with some precious miniature gifts. A packet came all the way from Finland from Ultsu at Ultsu's MiniDreams blog. After I helped her complete a giveaway that she was holding, she insisted on sending me something to thank me. First there were sweets, including a couple of mini donuts:

Don't these look yummy?!

Then some precious tiny birthday cards:

Cute!

She also included a picture and a pair of tiny scissors. Thank you, Ultsu! I love your presents so much!

Next, I received another blog award, this time from Maria at Pretty Things Ireland blog:

Thank you so much, Maria! I appreciate you thinking of me--you're a precious friend! I dedicate this award to all of the friends of Plushpussycat. :-)

Tomorrow I'll have a big announcement! Hope to see you then! :-) Until next time.... xoxo Jennifer

New Designs

Hubby caught this photo of me working at my photo lightbox on a couple of new greeting card designs (and preparing for my diorama at Green Bean Books!). It's the artist in action! ;-) I'll show you the new designs soon.

In other news, I've been honored twice with The Versatile Blogger awards.

The lovely bestowers are Fabiola of Miominimondo blog and Mieke of Petitevictorianrose blog. Both of them are sweet friends and have lovely blogs--please visit them and see for yourself! Thank you so much, Fabiola and Mieke! I dedicate these blog awards to everyone who reads this blog. Thank you for being there--it means so much to me! Until next time.... xoxo Jennifer

Precious Gifts

I've gotten a little bit behind on telling you all about some things. One of those things is about several precious gifts I've received.

First, Sans of The Dollhouse Diaries: My Maharaja's Palace fame, and the winner of my first giveaway sent me a beautiful Buddha from Singapore. Isn't it lovely?

And inside, another tiny (3/4 inch/2 cm tall) brass Buddha for my Victorian dollhouse, Dad's Dollhouse:

I had mentioned to her that I'd read that the Victorians were really interested in the Far East and its spiritual traditions. I wanted a single Buddha to represent that interest (which I happen to share, by the way). When Sans found the little Buddha she learned that this particular style is similar to ones from the Victorian time, making the gift all that more special. What a sweet and thoughtful gift, don't you think? Thank you Sans! Oh! But there's more to this story, a part that even Sans doesn't know! I'll fill you all in about that in the next couple of weeks. ;-)

I also want to acknowledge two more precious gifts I have received. First, just days ago, Maru of the blog Miniaturas y Munecas de Tica awarded my blog with the Premio Award:

She wrote (this is a translation from Spanish): "...is joy personified, because it gives you always a rush of mind, because it makes you laugh, its so original and charming creations, and for always being so loving to everyone and so much fun." Wow! I am very flattered! :-) Thank you SO much Maru!

Finally, a couple of months ago (I said that I had fallen behind, didn't I?), Eva of Casita de Regaliz blog awarded my blog with the Sunshine Award:

Isn't it pretty? Thank you so much, Eva! That is really sweet of you!

I would like to share both of these blog awards with all of my blog friends. You are the ones who make blogging fun! Thank you for being here. It means the world to me. Next blog post: Giveaway Winner! Until next time.... xoxo Jennifer