welcome to my nest!

hi everyone, i'm jan (but i like raven better). welcome to my nest, such as it is right now. i love working with miniatures and have always wanted to get involved in them. i had a couple of dollhouses that my mom made for me when i was little. just recently, i stumbled onto them again and remembered how much fun with them. i haven't bought a dollhouse just yet, but i have been making and collecting miniature items to go into them.  i have bought some wooden birdhouses and i've started converting them into fairy houses. yes, i wholeheartedly believe in the little people and i try to be very kind and thoughtful towards them (especially when they take my keys or other items that i need) i'll upload some pics of a couple of the fairy houses in a little bit. right now i want to tackle this blog :)

ok...now for the fun stuff!.... these first two pics are some goodies that i got for about $3 at our local swapmeet.  i just couldn't resist. the little soldiers are an inch tall and shorter. there's also a bottle of brandy in case the lady of the house gets thirsty (hee hee)

 this third pic is of some cannisters that i made. i saw them on another lady's website with a tutorial on how to make them. i just couldn't resist and had so much fun making them. would you believe they're made from cardboard tampon applicators? (unused of course). i forgot to put the brad in the 3rd cannister, but that's ok for a first attempt! **Quick boo-boo fix**: I need to mention that i got this tutorial from casey. i couldn't remember where i had gotten it and she was kind enough to bring it to my attention. she has a fabulous blog. if  you haven't seen it, go check it out...it's amazing! http://caseymini.blogspot.com.

 this last pic is one of my favorites. it's a tiny crystal ball, a scroll and candles on a tray. the candles actually glow in the dark (finally found a use for that glow-in-the-dark polymer clay!) i tried to photograph the candles glowing, but i don't know how to turn off the flash on my digital camera :(
i thought i had another pic of some cabinets that i'm going to do, but i guess i'll have to upload them with the rest of my pics :)

 anyway, that's what i have so far!

let me know what you think! huggs, and bye for now!

Raven