Day 52

it is warm...

time to prepare for even warmer weather :)

day 52 - paper fan

Day 51

boy oh boy,
am I glad to have done this miniature
in advance :)

today is way too short,
if you know what I mean :

so....

day 51 - remote control

day 50

hi there :)

I am crocheting again:)

day 50 - fried egg

day 49

hm....

don't ask me why, but somehow 
posting yesterday was registered under thursday, instead friday,
as the time zone here by ma is not the same
as the time zone of the blog?!

don't know yet what happened ?!

I made my miniature early in the morning..
and wrote the post...


there it is...

the sea is so calm,
light breeze makes almost no waves...
the sailing boats have no sails open,
the Sun is becoming quite strong..

and somewhere in the sea,
there is an octopus family,

I caught the sight of one of the octopus boys... :)

day 49 - octopus boy

day 48

ever been on the sea when the
islands look like they're floating?
happens a lot by warm weather...

so my miniature today
is the island floating in the haze....

day 48 - floating island

day 47

simple things are the best..

today was that day...

wire :)

day 47 ~ glasses 

Day 46 ~ the blue trees

...and I did it again :)

watercolors and a new miniature island...
this time with blue trees...

day 45 - amigurumi pig

amigurumi?!
well, you might ask what is an amigurumi?
or you already know it?


Amigurumi (編みぐるみ, lit. crocheted or knitted stuffed toy)
 is the Japanese art of knitting or crocheting small stuffed animals
 and anthropomorphic creatures.

( mine is crocheted :)


I looked at amigurumis made by many different 
people for years now,
even thought about making one ,one day...

after the bunny I made this march,
the wish to make another amigurumi came tis morning,
unexpectedly for me as well,
caught me in the middle of my first morning cup of tea :)



I always thought I will make my fav animal as amigurumi ,
but surprise there!!!!!!! I haven't done it.
Instead of an elephant, I made amigurumi pig today.

day 45 - amigurumi pig 

It was the ~365 miniatures~ project that took longest to make,
and I am happy I made it :) 

yep, you know me,
I got hooked on making amigurumis.
Made some more, but they don't meet the
criteria for this blog, as they are not miniatures...

day 44

not exactly the view from my terrace,
but still inspired by the sea :)

this blog and project 365 miniatures brought me
back close to watercolors...among others :)

day 44 - the islands

day 43

felt like crafting today,
started early,
grabbed my beads, wire and paint... 

day 43 ~ frog

day 42

sunny day :)

not much time indoors today...

have a painting...hihihi, the miniature painting :)

and yes, those are olive trees :)

day 42 - Dalmatia :)

day 41

did you ever try origami?

It is just amazing how easy it looks when you watch somebody
shaping a plain paper into 3 dimensional figure...

well I did watch,then I took a paper,
and it is a miniature that I made...

my first try at origami...
it can only get better if I practice...
so maybe there are more to come?!

day 41 - origami eagle

DAY 40

hi there, 
beautiful sunny spring day here :)

and I am painting , watercolors again :)

day 40 - reflections

DAY 39

how about combination
of 2 graphic activities I like?!

doodling and spirals
are the spirals not doodling ?
well, for you maybe,
but for me, the spirals are more
than "just"  doodling...

day 39 - doodle spiral :)

day 38

thank you,
all of you stumbling upon, or looking for my blog...

I still don't feel like sharing it
on Noah's blog that inspired me at the first place,
feel it is too early to  detect and describe changes
this project made to me :)

patience, I did it for me, not you,
but seems this turns out to be for you as well.
so thanks again for taking an interest in my miniatures. :)

I have discovered my old love...painting...
yes my love, I have mostly neglected you
since I emerged in the world of making jewelry 
and crafty stuff....
but I'm coming back to you, I feel it :)

after yesterday's couple of seconds drawing,
today were watercolors that captured me :)
surely not for the last time....
and the sea view :)

day 38 -sea view

day 37 :)

still not feeling well,
but I decided to do something new for the blog,
new technique that is...

and for me as well, 
drawing is not my thing no more,
what might change as I started 
to alter a book to an art journal to be...
I told you, I might get hooked on art journaling :)
and I did !!!!

day 37 - a girlie girl

a MINI girlie girl :)

day 36

as a rule, I don't prepare miniatures
in advance..as a rule I said :)

exceptions to the rule is what helps today's post :
I made yesterday another mini collage,
it was just too much fun...

and as I cared for an ill family member
the whole week, today I am flat :(
as I've had a stampede going over me...

day 36 - apple tree collage

Day 35

yeah, I did it again...
I played with paper and scissors.

and there it is : surely the first in the row: mini collage :)

the motif?! well, you could have noticed that already,
me writing about the island and the sea where I live,
so the first motif is : my daily view, the sea...

recycling is very important issue for me,
I try it a lot...
and find interesting materials to recycle everywhere.

Try it yourself, once you start looking for  the
stuff you could recycle, you just can't stop noticing it
all around you.

day 35 - sea collage

Day 34

my knitted slippers in small version :)
much smaller version....

day 34 - kimono slipper

day 33---DOODLING!?!

I learned a new word in English today...

amazingly, it describes something I have been doing all my life!
or it seems to me....

even though I  finished my high school in the States, a loooong time ago,
I didn't know that I was doodling all along!!!!

to doodle was not a part of my vocabulary,
not even as I 've studied English language and literature...

I must confess to you how I learned what is to doodle, zendoodling,
'cause it does kinda affect my blog....
I got interested in art journals, 
being a kind of schooled journalist doesn't help,
and maybe, just maybe, 
I will have another 365 project going on simultaneously with this one.

day 33 - doodle cat

Day 32 - 2nd month !!!

hi there :)

I am going into a 2nd month of my daily challenge.
not skipped a day !!!!

no comments from you, 
which doesn't surprise me, I don't comment myself a lot.
it's o.k.

today a mini miniature again,
I even compared it to my tiny star :)))

clay, my fingers, paint.

day 32 ~onion~

mini miniature comparison tiny star-onion

Day 31

ready for Birthday?
almost,
you just need a gift bag.

how about this one?

day 31 -gift bag

Day 30 !!!!

hi there,

yep, I' learned my lesson,
my miniature done by the midday :)

 clay again...never used that much clay...well, almost :)

day 30 - candle

day 29

oh no!!!
 after 10 pm,
and I haven't done a thing for my blog yet :(

don't read a lot blogs,
so don't know... do others have such problem?!
I mean those who are making something 365 days in a row...
I will start reading some...

anyway, I had an idea: mini book.
but as I had that idea, I had a certain way I wanted it to be...
and it turned all different.

so here it is, binding is not cotton, but wire,
no leather, just colored paper,
no words, but empty pages...
and somehow much bigger as I intended...
still miniature though...

day 29 - book

Day 28

will there ever be a smaller miniature
on my blog that this one?!
I doubt it!!!

turned out that I didn't have time today for the planned miniature,
so I improvised a little bit :) with the smallest seed beads I have...
and it turned out great:) I mean, great tiny star...

day 28 - tiny star

how tiny? this TINY !!!!

to day 27

well,
almost missed this one, wow ;)

was somehow busy the whole nice sunny day,
and had a late start at making a miniature,
but sure did it:)

made a mould,  took air dry clay,
then painted it a little...


must say, I like it....and see it as a center piece 
in an embroidery jewelry piece...
bead embroidery, 
something I am intending to do for a loooong time, but still haven't done it :)
but then again, that is another story...

day 27 - a face

:) Day 26

hi there, 
nice you have found time
and interest in my blog,
and this challenge to make something miniature every day:)

welcome!

today, the first thing I heard in the morning
were birds.....
so I thought why not?...and made some nests...

:)

the idea is not new to me as a jewelry maker,
but I actually never made one till now....

they will make great pendants...
I made a dozen of them already :) lol

day 26 - bird's nest :)

Day 25

every woman should have at least a pair :)

here are mine :RED SHOES!!!!

material: air dry clay

day 25 - RED shoes

day 24

springtime, sunshine,
light breeze on the sea...

so I was into green shades of spring,
and there was born this idea:
springtime tree :)

the material was clear to me straight away : sees beads and wire :)

day 24- springtime tree