Crafting together - August (birthday swap)

Last week Jolinda and Monique came over for another afternoon of mini crafting :) And our group has now four members because Connie has decided to join us. It's also the month of Monique's birthday so Jolinda and I had made her something.
So before we started crafting, we exchanged gifts, enjoyed the cherry pie Monique had brought and chatted a bit to get to know Connie and visa versa.

For the birthday swap I've been inspired by the little painting we've made in June. I know Monique has made lots more so some art supplies and artists' materials would be a nice addition and fun to make.

With the finished painting I've made in June.

Jolinda has made two vases with beautiful flowers for Monique;

Monique's photo

Some links to the tutorials I used:

• Diy miniature paint brushes
• Diy miniature paint tubes
• Printable labels for the paint tubes

Long overdue update on the Italian project!

It's been months since I've shown you the progress on the Italian project. Even though I've met with the miniature club twice since February, and I've been working on it at home as well :')
So this is mainly a quick photo update, so I can move on to the next thing ;)

I finished the awning and then I could
finally put the front of the trattoria in place
(which wasn't as easy as it sounds ^^).

Next, the ballustrade got glued to
the mountain wall. Because of all
the tweaking on the front, it
didn't fit as well as when I made it.

So I filled the gap with a piece of card-
board that was left over from cutting the
door opening :)

I've made two table clothes and pinned the planter under the
window, just untill I've made flowers (a)

I've put together some bodyparts for
a waitress and got this wig from an-
other doll.

Started sewing the trousers.

Made an apron from the same fabric I used for
the awning. Then I made the bistro tables, so
now there's four bistro chairs on my to-do-list ;)

And of course a neat collar shirt :)

She's still a w.i.p. and need shoes, arms, a face
paint and a better fitting wig but I'm very happy
with the clothes! 

I've used this photo as a reference for the apron: click
This one for the bistro tables: click
For the shirt this tutorial by AkameruKawaii was very helpful: click