Friday, December 13, 2013

New Book Necklaces and a Contest‏


   Winner has been chosen for the book necklace,,,
and 
Congratulations Jessica in the UK :-)

 
 Recently a friend sent me the May 2013 American Miniaturist that I had forgotten all about. It is packed full of artists and there wearable miniature art. I had donated a book necklace for a prize in that issue. I have not seen that issue yet so I will have to keep an eye out for it.. Below is a scan of my article,
 


 I thought I would go ahead and have my own giveaway for the new year. Here it is below..
The leather is very soft eel skin. All you have to do to win is leave a comment below or email me at evminiatures@msn.com. The journal does open. It is blank inside so you can write something in it if you wanted to.


 Some of my other books available below.
You can see more of them here:

   
   
  
 

 



Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Curiosities and Butterflies

Curiosities and Butterflies
A sneak peek photo of my curiosity shop. Hope to have it finished soon.
This is the lower level
 

I will be offering some of my new creations of curiosities and specimens

in the coming weeks. Here is the first batch..


and




These little cases were created by me for my curiosity shop at first.

I have some other larger displays that I will blog about later.

They turned out just as I hoped. Kind of dusty and old looking.. LOL



A new batch of small buterfly domes that everyone keeps asking for.
They can be purchased on my butterfly link above.
 
 



Been thinking about making the book case above for a long time. 




 


  Above some larger domes.. Including a death head moth and a luna moth.


Saturday, October 26, 2013

Miniature Celestial Instruments

A few fun celestial instruments to show. Been awhile since I have made some..


 You can view more photos here:



 Large Orrery (none working)

 Large Telescope
It actually tips up and down (very proud of that LOL)

 3 lens telescope

Large orrery with blue base (none working)

Saturday, September 28, 2013

Butterfly Specimens and Books


I don't think I mentioned here on my blog who the winner of the wand was..
Congratulations to Yvonne In Australia!!
I will have another drawing soon..
But for now  some new goodies..

Butterfly Specimens

 
 You can see more of my butterfly domes here:


 A very large batch of open books..
you can see them here:






Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Miniature Wand Givaway


  Hello everyone.. Some new wands and staffs for you to see..
Most are hand carved. I have the scars to prove it:-) (with the dremmel does that count as hand carved?)
I will also be giving away one of the wands at the end of the month. Scroll down to the bottom of this post to find out how to enter the giveaway..

Sorry I have been so long since I posted to my blog. I was very deep in special orders. I seem to get really bogged down with orders at least a few times a year. I won't be taking any special orders till after December. I will be working on books, books, books.. Also the miniature shows I usually attend are coming up and then the holidays..

Anyway.. on to the wands and staffs.. They are all 1/12 scale. Many are made with sea glass and real gemstones..

Below is a group photo..
But you can see individual wands and staffs here:

 

Below is a wizard wand cabinet. 

 wizard by Todd Krueger... posing with one of my staffs..


 Below a few closeups..

 



 My little Greit posing with one of the wands. the dollhouse scale really works well with these 3 1/2" real pukie dolls I think.

Below is the wand that I will give away at the end of the month (will announce the winner the beginning of September). real natural quartz crystal topped wand that I hand carved..
To enter all you have to do is send me an email at evminiatures@msn.com with your name and email address. . I will add your email address to my newsletter list if you are not already on it. If you don't want to be on my newsletter list just let me know in the email.


Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Rustic Potion Table

New Rustic Potion Table I have been wanting to show. Was supposed to just be an "Herb Bench"
But in the end I think it looks more someone is concocting potions. All the pots are hand sculpted by me. Including the Mortar and Pestle bowls.




 Above a few more of my handmade potion pots. 
You can see better photos of them here.



 Haven't made any scrolls in it seems like years!!
They can be purchased here:



Sunday, June 9, 2013

Stary Night Celestial Instruments and Printed Miniature Books

Hello Everyone.. Wanted to share a few items with you. Been kind of slow updating my blog because I am pretty backed up on my commissions. But am now beginning to see the light. Have a small batch of pretty blue wizard celestial instruments and a small batch of legible books.

Because I am working on my web this weekend my front web page www.evminiatures.com maybe unavailable.
But you can view and buy the items below strait from these pages:



 



 








Sunday, April 28, 2013

Moving Celestial Orreries

Been practicing making moving orreries. Took me awhile to get a system down. But after a special order I was forced to learn:-) I liked how they turned out and have many new ideas to try now.
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 Crystal Ball Orrery
The arms do spin..




 


 Candle Orrery