Teeny Tiny Tuesday

I'm really enjoying going through my Re-ment collection for Teeny Tiny Tuesday. Today I selected the little Matryoshka spoon holder with matching spoons from the Kawaii Kitchen series, set eight. I have a soft spot for Russian dolls which is no doubt why this particular set appealed to me and it also comes with the sweetest Matryoshka cookies in varying sizes!

I really think this series has some very useful sets if you are building a Re-ment kitchen as there is a great mixing bowl set which comes with an ashtray weirdly enough. Set number seven is has some really fun cleaning supplies and tiny, tiny measuring spoons. They are the main reason I got set seven, if truth be told although the oven glove has such cute illustrations.

Lettice Armoire!

I'm having a bit of a panic on about the fact that I seem to be incapable of opening my etsy shop but I am determined that it will be very soon! Today, to spur me on I decided to take a picture of my beautiful Rouge Noir, Lettice wearing a little something I had made using my Dolly Dolly pattern books.

She has been pretty neglected lately but she photographs so beautifully and I knew it was time to show Lettice off on my blog when I made this bright red pleated skirt. I styled it with a sweet white blouse by Hilary Wagstaff and RDP's umbrella is a cute addition. Also, it looks like it's going to chuck it down here, so it's more than likely very necessary! She is also wearing gray and white stripey tights with white mary janes (not pictured).

Happy Pancake Day!

Seeing as it's Shrove Tuesday today I thought I'd do a special pancake edition of Teeny Tiny Tuesday! The only Re-ment pancakes I have belong in my Pineapple Airlines set which is part of the larger Puchi Airlines collection. Puchi Airlines is one of my favourite series and in case you haven't already guessed, Pineapple Airlines is my favouritist favourite! I featured the yellow cup in the My Top 5 Re-ment post and I could have easily included the plastic cutlery, the condiments for the pancakes and the fruit salad too.

I hope you all have a great pancake day and eat as many as you can!

The Enormous Crocodile

(Image: Wikipedia, heheh)

I loved The Enormous Crocodile when I was a little girl (I'm still little, but let's ignore that fact) and would sneakily read it when I was supposed to be in bed asleep. Well, I always thought I was being sneaky but I had my bedroom light on so it must have been fairly obvious to my mum and dad. I wasn't exactly a criminal mastermind.

I've always thought Quentin Blake's illustrations and Roald Dahl's stories go perfectly hand in hand and I assume it's the same for practically everyone in the English speaking world. With that in mind I spotted an Enormous Crocodile from across the shop as soon as I walked into Playlounge on Friday.

I have been being careful with my money lately so I gave him a pat on his head before I went off to see The Wizard of Oz (which was well good - amazing sets! Very funny too). It was a lovely surprise this morning when I woke up to find this very naughty chappie living in my house. Thank you Michael!

He is a bit wonk eyed but I think you would be too if you were hurtling towards the sun at an alarming rate!

Practice Makes Perfect Sense

I have been trying to improve my photography so I can take better shots of my illustration work and the things I like to make. My toy collection has definitely helped with this. Although I don't think today's picture is one of my best I am really happy that even when I don't feel like I've achieved all I can with my photography, I still have a shot I enjoy. When I look back on my older images whether through flickr or stored on my computer I can see how I've improved and that it is all down to practice. 

I feel like it's time to start trying to learn German again and all the other things I decided that were beyond me and I couldn't achieve. All it takes is a little time and patience and I might start to see an improvement. Have a happy Friday everyone.

My (Small) Pecanpals Collection

I thought it would be nice to show some of my treasure and tiny Pecanpals collection. Pecanpals are designed and brought to life by Noferin - a husband and wife duo who have created the world of Carrara Island and the Pecanpals who populate it. There are nine main characters who live on this island which you can see beautifully painted by Candy of Noferin. I am fortunate enough to own an original painting featuring one of fave characters Pandacake (on the left of the photo above). Luckkkkyyyy.

These characters and more have been produced in both plush and wood. My favourites are the wooden characters because of the slight flaws, that my ones at least, have. It gives them a lot more life in my opinion.

I have already mentioned Pandacake, the artist and now it's time to introduce Fanelli on the right. She is described as an adventurer. I would love to be more like her! I also have a soft spot for Periwinkle as she is a wildlife rescuer but she has never been produced in the wooden series.

There have been three series of the wooden characters: painted, plain wood and monochrome. I always admired the painted first series but from afar and by the time I decided to spend the money they had sold out. I haven't been so hesitant with the later series!

To close I thought I'd make my first animated gif. Hee hee.

Teeny Tiny Tuesday

So, here it is - Teeny Tiny Thursday is now Teeny Tiny Tuesday! I chose a piece from my small Hello Kitty collection. I have three sets from this series which I think is called 'I Love Cooking'.


This is one of my fave pieces partly, if not wholly, down to the super-kawaii ice cube tray. The ice cubes can all be removed from the tray individually and are shaped like Hello Kitty's face. It's the little details like this which makes me really love Re-ment. Look at the little decals on the glasses. I do wish they were watertight though. I may have had a (very tiny) accident trying that out! Another cool thing about the set is that the 'juice' can be removed from the blender, so if you had some tiny fruits or similar you could whizz up a smoothie. Obviously not literally but we're all imaginative here, right?


Here is the rest of this lovely set. I'm sure you'll agree it has some great pieces for your cute miniature kitchens.

(image: Closet Kawaii)