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Halloween Altered Tins; New Halloween Papers & Trims!

Filed under Altered Tins, Halloween, Nichola Battilana

Oh, very nice! Let’s start this colorful newsletter with the new Dark Halloween 6×6 Paper Set! Lots of good prints for tiny Halloween projects. (It’s a custom set I picked out, too!)

Mid-weight cardstock; printed double-sided. From black cats to spider webs, skeletons… and candy corn!

6 sheets (12 prints). Printed in the USA.
 

TWO Halloween Tins by Nichola Battilana

I love these tins by Nichola, using altered Altoids Tins (now with a lower price)! Note: I made a new collection from her supply list — and put the group on Sale plus lots of bonus items, too!

I’m not a summer sort of person, but this summer was pretty damned glorious. I know that folks everywhere were battling with the heat and weather… but man oh man it was just about perfect here. I’m going to miss the lazy afternoons I spent on the deck, lounging in the sunshine. Then, just like that, summer left and the autumn winds swept through!

While I’ll miss the summer days, I can’t help but be excited about the cool autumn air, turning leaves, bonfires, sweater weather and, of course, Halloween.

Inside there’s the cutest little cemetery under a happy moon, with a cute little vintage girls under a glittery night sky.

Psst: you’ll need to look carefully to see there are 2 tins shown here, each with similar images inside but rearranged. You’ll just have to go visit Nichola’s blog post for more photos! But use this link for Nichola’s full supply list.

New Tiny Halloween Trims — and a FREE Gift!

Ooh… see that fun Tiny Halloween Embellishments Mix (below at far right)? It’s a mix of flat-back resin cabs and polymer clay slices. All the resin options are shown in the bottom of the photo (you’ll get about 5-6 in each vial — plus a ton of jack-o-lanterns, stars & swirly candy slices).

AND it’s also FREE with all orders placed today through Wednesday (ends at midnight August 20, 2025)!

NEW: Halloween Tins SALE

Bonus: The Gothic Tree & Fence Insert (shown at right inside a tin) was designed to mimic the mix of elements from Nichola’s tins (no, she didn’t use one of these inserts… they came later). I’ve added this insert to the sale!

Over 25 items are on sale, including:
all the new items,
– all the supplies from Nichola’s Halloween Tins and
– Even more bonus items (shown below)

There’s a new AUTOMATIC DISCOUNT for an extra 25% off the listed prices: you’ll see the discount in your cart — no code required!

The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, August 20th at midnight PST.

See the sale collection here!


Tombstone Trims

(for the flying bat on the first tin above)

Spring Green Lichen Mix

(for the moss inside the tins)

Flat-Back Bronze Star Studs

(for the fancy star on both covers)

Stitched Leaf Ribbon – Moss Green

(to replace the black leaf ribbon on the front cover shown above)

Tiny Iridescent Starburst Glitter

(for a teal glitter sky)

Halloween Altoids Tin Inserts Set

(surprise!)
  
Comments Off on Halloween Altered Tins; New Halloween Papers & Trims! Posted by Leslie, August 17th, 2025

Fun New Halloween Trims & Spooky Artworks!

Filed under Altered Tins, Halloween, Kristin Batsel, Rhonda Secrist Thomas

It’s definitely Halloween season around here! So I’m starting off this newsletter with a big mix of new and back-in-stock Halloweeny trims (plus a preview, at left, of TWO artworks below using the Haunted House & Tombstone Set — and all the supplies from both projects are also in today’s sale)!

Speaking of tombstones, at right is the new Set of Mini Resin Tombstones (5 shapes with etched details on both sides — very nice)!
 

31 Spook Street by Kristin Batsel

The first of our inspirations using the Haunted House & Tombstone Set is by Kristin Batsel. Believe it or not: that fun haunted house at right is the front of an altered tin! Check that smaller pic at left as proof (plus you can see the texture from Kristin’s clever use of cut-up egg cartons as cobblestones).

I love the way Kristin added rows of the Tiny Scalloped Shingles for dimension (and to separate the roof sections on one flat house shape).

More info about Kristin’s artwork is in the original post.

Here’s a link to her supplies (part of today’s sale)!

And a few picks from her supplies are shown below in the sale section.
 

Something Spooky by Rhonda Secrist
 


 

Rhonda used all of the different shapes from the Haunted House & Tombstone Set — shown sitting in the Tombstone Tray at far right (they can be taken out or rearranged) PLUS she used both of the related folding cards: the Mausoleum Pocket Card is shown above with 2 views of a black cat card in the pocket (and the Windows for Tall Houses gothic window over the cut-out window).

More info about Rhonda’s artwork is in the original post.

Here’s a link to her supplies (part of today’s sale)!

Another photo and a few picks from her supplies are directly below in the sale section.
 

Orange & Black & Spooky SALE

There’s another photo from Rhonda’s project: I love that creepy child with the oversized hands! Plus that group at right shows the variety of haunted houses & tombstones.

Over 60 items are on sale, including:
all the new & back-in-stock items,
– all the supplies from Kristin’s 31 Spook Street artwork and
– all the supplies from Rhonda’s Something Spooky artwork!
(those are links to each supply list + a mix of supplies from both projects are shown below)

There’s even a couple more back-in-stock items in the sale, like the 8″ size of the Creepy Trees at left! (Both sizes of the trees are in the sale as Rhonda used the 5″ size.)

There’s a new AUTOMATIC DISCOUNT for an extra 25% off the listed prices: you’ll see the discount in your cart — no code required!

The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, August 13th at midnight PST.

See the sale collection here!

  
Comments Off on Fun New Halloween Trims & Spooky Artworks! Posted by Leslie, August 10th, 2025

New Fortune Teller Hidden Drawer Books & SALE

Filed under Collage Sheets, Halloween, Miniatures

Short & sweet (and very cute)!

Two new sizes of Hidden Drawer Book Boxes, a new collage sheet with tons of options for Fortune Teller (Halloween-y) covers (and spines and faux page edges) AND a related new collage sheet for the Small Hidden Drawer Book Boxes!

That image at right is the new Small Hidden Drawer Book Fortune Teller Covers Collage Sheet. You can see it on the largest box in the trio at left. Front and back covers (and spines) that fit either of the Small Hidden Drawer Book Boxes (one with shelves and one without shelves inside). There are 2 extra covers and one extra spine (that can be used with the simpler back cover).

That collage sheet below has the same images in two sizes for the NEW Hidden Drawer Book Box – Tiny Size (1″ tall so good for 1:12 scale) AND Hidden Drawer Book Box – 2 Inch (plus a bajillion other cover designs)!

Bonus: ALL other sizes of hidden drawer book boxes are also in the new sale! More info below.
 

 
Fortune Teller Hidden Drawer Books SALE

In addition to the new collage sheets and book boxes mentioned above, I’ve added ALL other sizes of hidden drawer book boxes to the sale!

Psst: the first 2 book boxes below are the ones that fit the covers on the new Small Hidden Drawer Book Fortune Teller Covers Collage Sheet.

There’s a new AUTOMATIC DISCOUNT for an extra 25% off the listed prices! You’ll see the discount in your cart — no code required!

The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, August 6th at midnight PST.

See the sale collection here!

  
Comments Off on New Fortune Teller Hidden Drawer Books & SALE Posted by Leslie, August 3rd, 2025

New Christmas in July Artwork, Mini Displays & SALE!

Filed under Christmas, Connie Littell, New Furniture, Shadowbox/Room Box

Wow! I love this new Christmas in July artwork by Design Team Member Connie Littell! So bright and cheery (and filled with tons of tiny trinkets).

Here’s a bit of the text from Connie’s blog post to get this tour started:

The setting I used was a Simple Scene Box – Riser Base, which was the perfect size for this project. It was assembled using tacky glue. The walls were papered in red and white and the floor received a hardwood pattern.

I started with a Shallow 3D Fireplace. The interior of the fireplace was covered in dark brick paper which I glued in place prior to assembling it.

The exterior received a raised brick facade by applying modeling paste to a Small Brick Wall Stencil held in place with a bit of painter’s tape.

The Standing Tree Shelves is a brand new piece that gives you a great alternative to decorating a bottle brush tree. Its shelves can be staged with Christmas packages, ornaments, holiday figures, treats, whatever suits your fancy. I painted it a Wedgewood green with a brown base and topped it with one of the Flat Back Gold Star Studs. I think this shelf would also look darling in a child’s nursery setting painted a pastel color.

Read more (and see tons more photos) on Connie’s blog post. Here’s her supply list (all in today’s sale, too)! Now on to a few close-ups…
 

Starting with that new Standing Tree Shelves that Connie mentioned. See the wide photo below for some close-ups. TONS of little nooks to decorate. It stands 4-3/4″ tall. You could also put it on a small side table for a taller tree.

Oh, and that collage sheet at right? Connie enlarged one of the “Ho Ho HO!” images for her rug (in front of the fireplace)!
 

Moving on to the new Curio House (on top of the fireplace) AND tons of new metal miniatures (like the 3 candlesticks at right and the 2 goblets at left). Connie painted all 3 sizes of the candles and 1 of the goblets (see wide pic below). Plus she painted the new Cream & Sugar Set, rabbit, kitchen chair (with tiny cat) and Tiny Metal Flower Pot with Saucer (bright red)!

Connie made a tutorial on painting metal miniatures in her blog post!

Now back to that Curio House: A tiny little house-shaped shadowbox, cut from medium-weight chipboard. Stands approx. 2″ tall and 1/2″ deep (inside height of the bottom shelf is 3/4″ so keep that small size in mind for decorating). Plus Connie added red shingles!
 


 

 
Christmas in July SALE

Aw… Those 3 new quarter scale minis at right! Connie used that kitchen chair in her curio (painted black and with a tiny cat sitting on the chair). There’s also a square table and a rectangular kitchen table. And remember: Connie made a tutorial on painting metal miniatures!

Over 60 items are on sale, including:
all the new & back-in-stock items, and
– all the supplies from Connie’s Christmas in July artwork!

There’s a new AUTOMATIC DISCOUNT for an extra 25% off the listed prices! You’ll see the discount in your cart — no code required!

Notes for the highlights below: that first row are all new or back-in-stock and the other 2 rows are more from Connie’s supplies!

The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, July 30th at midnight PST.

See the sale collection here!

  
Comments Off on New Christmas in July Artwork, Mini Displays & SALE! Posted by Leslie, July 26th, 2025

New Holiday Ornaments Gift House Artwork & SALE!

Filed under Christmas, Gifts/Decorations, Rhonda Secrist Thomas, Shadowbox/Room Box

There’s a new Flying Santa Attic Silhouette for the House Shaped Shadowbox with Cover and Design Team Member Rhonda Secrist made a great gift with both of them called Santa’s Coming Tonight.

Beside a miniature scene on the bottom floor (inside the house… many more pics are below), she turned the top floor into a storage area for full-size ornaments (as gifts for the recipient to put on their own tree). Clever!

Here’s a bit of the text from Rhonda’s blog post:

There are three different sizes of ornaments used in the project. Tiny Ornament Frame Sets, 25mm Ornament frame Sets, and Small Ornament Frame Sets. Those last ones are my favorite because you can use the Small Clear Plastic Round Domes and add small items that can move around inside like 5mm White Snowflakes or Polymer Clay Slices.

AND there are 2 new ornament sets that Rhonda also used (the smaller as decor downstairs and the larger as part of the full size ornaments): 1 Inch Cookie Cutter Ornaments and 3 Inch Cookie Cutter Ornaments (more into about them farther below).
 


 

Nice! The photo at right is showing the inside of the house without the cover (see the first wide photo below for the cover hinged on, AND how the front door can open to show a preview of Santa in the chimney).

Speaking of chimney, that’s the Fireplace Overmantel (that Rhonda used as a shorter fireplace than the Shallow 3D Fireplace it was made to sit on). That Santa image is from the Hanging by the Chimney with Care Collage Sheet.

There’s all kinds of colorful Christmas decor around that fireplace:
Box of Christmas Decorations
1 Inch Decorated Green 3D Tree
1 Inch Christmas Gnome
Mini Box of Christmas Ornaments
Tiny Red & Green Resin Wrapped Christmas Gifts
8mm Resin Christmas Cookies and Brass Starburst Charm (decorations on the 4″ tree)

AND at the top of the “bottom floor” (above and behind the tree and fireplace): more info about that strip of light color paper from A Vintage Christmas 6×6 Paper Pad with tiny ornaments on it (bracketed by 2 strips of gold Dresden trim) in the next section…
 


 

New Cookie Cutter Ornaments

Aw… sweet (!) new sets of 2-layer ornaments. 1 Inch Cookie Cutter Ornaments and 3 Inch Cookie Cutter Ornaments both include a stocking, snowman, gingerbread man and Christmas tree shapes (each with a hole at top for hanging).

Rhonda used the larger ones as some of the full-size ornaments (the stocking is highlighted in the wide photo below — decorated with vintge buttons and clock parts, plus more of the 8mm Resin Christmas Cookies also used on the tree). That Santa image is from the Elves in Santa’s Workshop Collage Sheet.

The smaller set of cookie cutter ornaments are interspersed with Tiny Ornament Frame Sets on the strip above/behind the fireplace. Most of the images in all the tiny ornaments are from the Round Pendants Christmas Collage Sheet.
 


 

There’s a pic with all the gift ornaments spread out. All use papers from A Vintage Christmas 6×6 Paper Pad plus lots of ribbons & bows (and candy canes, pine fern, pine cones…).

The non-cookie cutter shapes are from the Small Ornament Frame Sets (star, round and bauble shapes). Shaker items inside the domes are 5mm White Snowflakes, Hello Christmas Polymer Clay Slice Mix, and Red & Green Peppermint Candy Polymer Clay Slices.

A few more collage sheet sources for these ornaments:
Gnomes & Birds Collage Sheet
Retro Snowmen for Medium Tins Half Sheet
Gnome Home Collage Sheet
Christmas Trees Collage Sheet

Whew! There’s the end of my tour. Read more (and see tons more photos) on Rhonda’s blog post. Here’s her supply list (all in today’s sale, too)!
 


 

Holiday Ornaments House SALE

Over 50 items are on sale, including:
the new chipboard items, and
– all the supplies from Rhonda’s Santa’s Coming Tonight artwork!

There’s a new AUTOMATIC DISCOUNT for an extra 25% off the listed prices! You’ll see the discount in your cart — no code required!

The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, July 23rd at midnight PST.

See the sale collection here!

  
Comments Off on New Holiday Ornaments Gift House Artwork & SALE! Posted by Leslie, July 20th, 2025

New 1:12 Seed Boxes & Seed Catalogs Collage Sheets SALE

Filed under Collage Sheets, Fairy Garden, Miniatures

Tiny little seed boxes in 2 sizes! (Both are 3/8″ tall; the one with 6 square cubbies is approx. 1-1/8″ x 1-5/8″; the one with 3 rectangular cubbies is approx. 3/4″ x 1-5/8″.)

Also shown at right with images from the new Seed Packets & Catalogs Collage Sheet (the seed packets were design to fit these heavy chipboard boxes).

Another new collage sheet: Seed Catalogs Tin Covers Collage Sheet. These images are sized for covers on the outside of a Blank Altoids Tin (with a bit of margin around the edges for showing background paper). They also fit the pages in the Altoids Tin Accordion Book (AND fit nicely behind the Gazebo or Ivy Corner Inserts).

And some back-in-stock cast metal minis are on sale, too, like the Quarter Scale Metal Garden Tools (perfect for a gardening scene…).

Bonus: all the Seed Catalogs Collage Sheets are also in the new sale! More info below.
 

 
Garden Seed Catalogs SALE

In addition to all the new/back-in-stock things mentioned above, I’ve added ALL the Seed Catalogs Collage Sheets to the sale! A few examples are shown below.

There’s a new AUTOMATIC DISCOUNT for an extra 25% off the listed prices! You’ll see the discount in your cart — no code required!

The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, July 16th at midnight PST.

See the sale collection here!

  
Comments Off on New 1:12 Seed Boxes & Seed Catalogs Collage Sheets SALE Posted by Leslie, July 13th, 2025

New Room Box & Furniture; Pretty Bird Bakery; Holiday SALE!

Filed under Connie Littell, Miniature Baking, New Furniture

Sitewide Holiday Sale continues!

Save an EXTRA 20% off EVERYTHING! That’s 20% above current sale prices! Even if the item is already marked down as a clearance item or is one of the new items below!

Use Promo Code: JULY2025 when checking out. The coupon discount SALE ends at midnight (PST) WEDNESDAY NIGHT, July 9, 2025!
 

Pretty Bird Bakery by Connie Littell

What a fantastic bakery scene! So many yummy breads and pastries in the Pretty Bird Bakery (and displayed in a variety of new and old pieces: a couple not mentioned in the text below are the new 1:12 Kitchen Cabinet (with the doors left off) and the Shop Counter as a check-out station).

Here’s a bit of the text from Connie’s blog post to get us started:

I love it when I get the opportunity to play with new products from Alpha Stamps and today’s project used quite a few. The new 10×8 Counter Room Box has a built in shelf across the rear wall that I turned into a bakery. I decided to go with a modern layout and decorated it using brick, wood and tile papers with craft sticks painted black for the trim.

This Counter Room Box comes with a 2.5 inch deep built-in shelf across the rear wall making it a terrific setting for all types of settings, particularly retail space.

I used two of the Arch Top Facade Bookcase – Short for storage on each side of another new piece — the Bread Rack. This display rack is the same width as the Arch Top Facade Bookcase so you could easily use 3 bookcases across the counter if you have no use for a bread display in your project.

The Bread Rack is like a bookcase with angled shelves as you can see here. What I love about this piece is it could be used in a setting like a farmer’s market or corner store as a standalone shelf to display all kinds of things.

A bakery display shelf obviously needs loaves of bread! All of the molds I used for this bakery project came from Alpha Stamps. A few of them are older ones I had on hand and a bunch are brand new, like the Mixed Bread & Croissant Silicone Mold. I started by filling every cavity of the mold with paper clay and let it dry. Once unmolded, I was able to select the ones I wanted to use and then made multiples of those.

The one set of treats I made using polymer clay instead of paper clay were the cupcakes. I made two flavors — lemon and chocolate. What’s great about these new Mini Silicone Cupcake Molds is that they can go right in the oven. The mold comes with cupcake liners and frosting. I added a layer of ‘cake’ using polymer clay textured with a toothbrush. They are displayed on Mini Cookie Sheets.

Read more (and see tons more photos) on Connie’s blog post (with more details about all the bread loaves she made — and the new 3-Tier Cupcake Stand)! Here’s her supply list (all in today’s sale, too)!
 

4th of July Holiday SALE!

Save an EXTRA 20% off EVERYTHING! That’s 20% above current sale prices! Even if the item is already marked down as a clearance item or is one of the new items above!

Use Promo Code: JULY2025 when checking out.

No minimum purchase required (excludes gift certificates/cards, shipping, taxes). May not be combined with another discount code.

The coupon discount SALE ends at midnight (PST) WEDNESDAY NIGHT, July 9, 2025!
 

A few more items from Connie’s supply list:

 
Now don’t forget: use Promo Code: JULY2025 when checking out for 20% off everything! Ends WEDNESDAY night, July 9th (and the clearance items are first come-first served so don’t miss out)!
 

  
Comments Off on New Room Box & Furniture; Pretty Bird Bakery; Holiday SALE! Posted by Leslie, July 5th, 2025

New Patio Furniture, Witchy Art, FREE Gift & Mystical CS Sale!

Filed under Fairy Garden, Halloween, New Furniture, Shannon Cooper

Such cute patio furniture (and in both 1:12 and 1:24 scales)! It’s July in 2 days (?!) and seems the time for hiding inside with the AC and dreaming up a cool miniature patio project.

First, about these new things: I started with an idea for a new Patio Chair to fit the Wrought Iron Patio Table (at right, under some of the tiny new half scale items). Which led to a wider bench. Then the chair and bench in half scale size… and winding my way back to a (simpler) patio table for the tiny chair!

Second: that larger patio table got me thinking about an adorable Halloween-themed project by Shannon Cooper, with a Chaise Lounge (with a step-by-step tutorial explaining how she upholstered it).

ALL of these new items PLUS all of the supplies from Shannon’s artwork are included in today’s sale (plus some extras I added — AND note the sale on ALL Mystical Collage Sheets, too)! More info below.

A Witchy Little Chaise by Shannon Cooper


How cute it that?! When I suggested the 1:12 scale Chaise Lounge to Shannon, she knew immediately how she wanted to decorate it. I, on the other hand, did not immediately think “Halloween”… sure glad I have the best Design Team in the world!

From Shannon’s blog post:

The miniature Wrought Iron Table looked nice along side the chaise, especially after it was given a furry edged table cover. The accessories like the vase of roses, a pewter candlestick, a set of keys, and a few other things helped, too.

The chaise is a cinch to assemble and decorate as it comes, but it is equally simple to upholster it, making it soft and squishy like a chaise should be.

The first thing you do is trace around the seat, back, and side pieces onto lightweight cardboard. I did this twice for two reasons. 1. In case I screwed up. 2. I wasn’t sure if I also wanted to lightly upholster additional pieces to add on the outside of the chaise, covering the entire thing in fabric. Can never be too prepared.

Read more of Shannon’s step-by-step tutorial (and to see lots more photos).

And here’s a link to Shannon’s supply list (part of today’s sale, too).

 
FREE Gift with All Orders

A custom B&W Halloween Slice Mix is FREE with all orders placed today through Wednesday (ends at midnight July 2, 2025)!

I was inspired by all tiny fabric prints in Shannon’s project. Plus some of these in a little bowl would look perfect on the top of that table.

This is a mix of old stock (no longer for sale) and some current things in the same color palette:
– Coffin Lid Polymer Clay Slices
Black & White Swirl Candy Polymer Clay Slices
Spider Webs Polymer Clay Slices
– Skulls from the Black & Orange Halloween Polymer Clay Slice Mix
– Black Ouija Board Planchette Polymer Clay Slices

The linked slices above are also included in the sale (in case you’d like to order more)!
 

Patio Furniture SALE

One more thing: I’ve added the Night Creatures Halloween Polymer Clay Slice Mix at right to the sale, too!

TWO collections are on sale; the first includes:
– all the new Patio Furniture,
– the supplies from Shannon’s A Witchy Little Chaise artwork (includes the 1:12 scale Patio Table!), and
– the polymer clay slice mixes in the free gift (and the set at right).

And a new Mystical Collage Sheets collection (inspired by the tarot cards in Shannon’s artwork; some highlights from that group are shown below)! A grand total of 80 items on sale!

There’s a new AUTOMATIC DISCOUNT for an extra 25% off the listed prices! You’ll see the discount in your cart — no code required!

The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, July 2nd at midnight PST.

See the artwork supplies sale collection here! (It also includes the new items.)

And don’t forget the separate Mystical Collage Sheets collection!

  
Comments Off on New Patio Furniture, Witchy Art, FREE Gift & Mystical CS Sale! Posted by Leslie, June 29th, 2025

New plant stands & fancy trims; Flower Shop & planters; 25% off SALE!

Filed under Laura Carson, Miniatures, New Furniture, Streets of Paris

Two new plant stands! These are based on a fancier version (in 1:12 scale) that we used to carry (these new designs are much less expensive). Laura Carson used the fancy version in her Victorian Conservatory (see the close-up at left).

The 1 Inch Tall Wooden Flower Pots (the larger pots in that sample) are back in stock (and shown along with the Set of Miscellaneous Flower Pots and Tiny Wooden Flower Pots in the photo at right).

Both sizes of the plant stands are an oval shape (wider than they are deep), which gives extra room for potted plants on the sides, but still shallow enough for a room box. The 1:12 version of the 3-Tier Plant Stand is 5″ tall x 4″ wide (but only 2″ deep).

Eek! How cute is that half-scale version! See the photo below with a bunch of tiny planters and a watering can (in the new sale, too)!
 

 
New Tudor Rose Trims

Inspired by another project by Laura with a garden scene…

Laura Carson’s L’Amour des Fleurs is so beautiful! There’s an outside vs inside comparison at right. The flower shop is in the center of the bottom floor of Laura’s Streets of Paris shops (the chocolate shop can’t be seen in the photos, but it’s just to the right of the flower shop). The Chocolate Shop post was fifth in a series about the shops… you might want to start at the beginning.

Laura used the (back-in-stock) Mini Tudor Rose Singles above the doorway (far right, showing the inside of the shop — above the Folding Screen Fretwork Insert as a wrought iron door). I kinda ran with that Tudor Rose motif and designed a new border and a new altoids tin insert (shown below). Plus that insert would work well as a stencil (and there are some tips about making it into a stencil on the insert page).

You can read more about the L’Amour des Fleurs project and see more photos on the original post and on Laura’s site. (Note: as Laura covered making the buildings for this project in an earlier post, those items are in a separate blog post.) Plus here’s Laura’s supply list for “just” the flower shop (also included in today’s sale — more info below)!
 

 
More New Gardening Supplies

Ooh… another tin insert (lattice, at left) — good as a garden trellis, too.

Beside the close-up at right, there’s another photo of Laura’s artwork below (down in the sale section): the back-in-stock Glass Microscope Slides make perfect little shelves (with bent Symmetrical Bronze Flourishes as brackets).

More about the photo at right: the cash register was painted black, and is sitting on a plant table (also painted).

And the new vase and watering can… perfect for this miniature project (there’s even a white vase inside Laura’s shop… above the cash register though outside the crop in this photo).
 

 
L’Amour des Fleurs
SALE

I love the painted thimbles as flower pots! Just look at those shelves full of them!

Over 50 items are on sale, including:
all the new & back-in-stock items,
– all the Tiny Planters shown in the Half Scale Plant Stand above, and
– all the supplies from Laura’s L’Amour des Fleurs artwork!

Bonus: I’ve added bunches of paper roses in the same pretty shades as in Laura’s Flower Shop. A couple examples are shown below. PLUS a few more items similar to Laura’s supplies:
Blue Ceramic Square Planter and Base
Mini Plastic Greenery Set
Micro Wheelbarrow
Green Turf Grass

There’s a new AUTOMATIC DISCOUNT for an extra 25% off the listed prices! You’ll see the discount in your cart — no code required!

The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, June 25th at midnight PST.

See the sale collection here!

  
Comments Off on New plant stands & fancy trims; Flower Shop & planters; 25% off SALE! Posted by Leslie, June 22nd, 2025

Moroccan-themed art, new related tin inserts & 25% off SALE!

Filed under Altered Tins, Bella Ayers, Moroccan Doorways Kit

I was inspired by the artwork and the related back-in-stock supplies… so there are THREE new tin inserts with a similar theme! Read on for more info…

I love all the color and textures in Kimberly Ayers’ Moroccan Nights project! That photo at right shows the inside when the piece is open (and note the depth from the niche on the right side, behind the Moonshine Frame). There’s also a niche behind the scene on the front cover!

Per the work-in-progress photos below, you can see how she hinged the main house pieces. For the front cover she built her own frame using one of the back-in-stock Onion Dome Frame Toppers on top. (See how the niches are offset in the side-view photo? The niche on the front cover is lower than the niche on the inside.)

Note: the first row of supply photos below show all 3 back-in-stock supplies in the artwork (including those Onion Dome Frame Toppers).

You can read more about the project and see more photos on her blog post. Plus here’s Kimberly’s supply list (also included in today’s sale — more info below)!
 

 
More Back-In-Stock Supplies

Not exactly Moroccan themed, but some popular items are back!

How sweet those pears are in the festive garland at right!

The Mini Silverware – Set of 12 shown at left is taller and fancier than the silverware in the Miniature Silverware – Set of 20. The knife is approx. 1″ tall. (A bit large for 1:12 scale… unless that’s a knife for cutting a cake?)
 

Moroccan Panels SALE

Over 20 items are on sale, including:
all the new & back-in-stock items, and
– all the supplies from Kimberly’s Moroccan Nights artwork!

Bonus: I’ve added 4 more items to the sale! At right and the first row below (that orange ribbon is a close match to the seam binding tied around the artwork… plus, Halloween is coming).

There’s a new AUTOMATIC DISCOUNT for an extra 25% off the listed prices! You’ll see the discount in your cart — no code required!

The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, June 18th at midnight PST.

See the sale collection here!

  
Comments Off on Moroccan-themed art, new related tin inserts & 25% off SALE! Posted by Leslie, June 15th, 2025