Birthday Bash Giveaway #4

This is the fourth of eight giveaways I'm having to celebrate one year of blogging and to thank all of my blog friends! I'm calling it the Birthday Bash Giveaway! :-) It's not too late to enter giveaway #1, giveaway #2, and giveaway #3 (see my blog's sidebar for those prizes). I'll announce a new giveaway each Friday for eight weeks. All giveaways will end Thursday, May 3, 2012 at midnight Pacific Daylight Savings Time. Good luck, my friends!

What You Could Win: You could win this romantic silk corset with silk trim, the matching corset box, and the antiqued perfume bottles (made from Czech glass) and tray, all handmade by me. The paper roses are included too. Here's a romantic and luxurious prize for my blog friends. May everyone have good luck!

This giveaway ends Thursday, May 3, 2012 at midnight Pacific Daylight Savings Time, and I'll announce the winner on Saturday, May 5, 2012. I'll pick the winner from the pool of qualified entries using a random number generator. I must hear back from the winner by end of day Friday, May 11, 2012. If I don't, I'll pick another winner, again using the random number generator. This giveaway is open to anyone anywhere who meets the below criteria. The postage is on me.

Giveaway requirements:

1) Be a follower / member (or become one now) of this blog using Google Friend Connect (on my upper right-hand sidebar). (Required)
2) Leave a nice comment on this post. (Required)
3) Please help me spread the word about this giveaway by publishing it on your blog (not required, but very much appreciated). :-) Use the images above or below! ;-)

For help in how to post a giveaway image on your blog's sidebar, there are instructions here.

I hope you like this giveaway prize! If it's not your cup of tea, check back next Friday for the fifth giveaway prize. :-) Thank you to all of the friends of Plushpussycat. Good luck in the draw! Until next time.... xoxo Jennifer

New Miniatures Made From Kits

I ordered some fun miniature kits around the holidays so that I'd have plenty of miniature projects to keep me busy this winter. Here are a couple of the kits that I've recently completed.

First, some perfume bottles I made from a kit from The Craft Pack Company. I won't use all of these in the lovers cottage, but the light in the cottage looks pretty for showing off the bottles. This kit has really nice perfume bottle labels. 

I love making something from a kit first, because there are instructions and a plan. Once I've made something from a kit, then I enjoy trying out my own ideas. Soon I'll make some more perfume bottles, this time from the Czech glass beads that I recently purchased at The Knittn' Kitten.

Next, I made a pair of miniature ladies gloves and a matching glove box from two Dragonfly International kits. I'll use these in Dad's Dollhouse in the master bedroom. Each glove has a separate piece for the thumb, which adds to the realism of the final product.

These kits were really fun to complete, and I have several more to do. Do you enjoy making miniatures from kits? Could you recommend any miniature kit companies that you like? I appreciate your comments either way! Until next time.... xoxo Jennifer