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Updated Writing Room Book Nook, New Items, Sale & Free GIFT!

Filed under Book Nooks, Miniatures, Rhonda Secrist Thomas

Lots of cute items have arrived (mostly with a “mini art supplies” theme) which reminded me of the My Victorian Feminine Writing Room by Rhonda Thomas. So in addition to putting Rhonda’s original supply list on sale, I’ve added the new items, too (plus the items included in the related gift kit below)!

So I’m diving in with a few of the new things first (saving a couple biggies for farther below, shown with photos from Rhonda’s art as inspiration). And don’t forget to read to the bottom for the DISCOUNT code on the sale collection!

(Before I forget! With all the hubbub of FIVE newsletters in a row during the after-Christmas sale, I have not yet announced the winner of the French Bakery Sweets Giveaway: Mary!)

My Victorian Feminine Writing Room

I love Rhonda’s book nook (with many, many portraits — and the pretty swirly motif ceiling inserts and desk). And the inspired use of a vintage “Cray-Pas” oil pastels case to create a roof!

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

Welcome to my my little place to create and collect. Not only do I have this wonderful nook of a room on the top floor of my old home, I also have the attic space to store things and to use as a cozy reading area. You know what else I have? A sweet ghost who likes to make their presence known. 

Lucky for me, I’ve had a lot of experience with ghosts, so it just makes my little nook that much more welcoming. I feel like I have someone watching out for me. Maybe it is visiting, maybe it belongs to one of my antiques, or maybe they used to live here. 

All of the life-sized supplies featured came from my mom’s desk and my grandmother’s. My grandmother always used a fountain pen, and there are some of my mom’s powdered pigments and items from her “Suzuri Bako” Japanese brush set. 

More info and pics of some of the many items Rhonda mentions are below.

I’ve put ALL of Rhonda’s supply list in a new collection and created a discount code for 20% off those supplies! More info on the sale is below!

 
In the wide photos below, I’ve zoomed way in (to the painting on the easel and the shallow stairs (2 sets of them) that are in the back of the book nook.

Those stairs were designed for this book nook. Just enough depth (1″) for a plant or a small stack of books… the idea of the edge of a stairway.
 

 
Next up in this little tour: the desk and all the pretties on the top of the desk.

Beside the 3 items shown in the row below the wide photo, I spy scissors and a metal oil can in a filigree basket (and a coffee label on the metal paint can makes a perfect spot for pens & brushes). That Jane Austen cover is from the Miniature Antique Book Covers Collage Sheet.

See Rhonda’s blog post for tons more photos and tips (like how to hide LED lights, and how to make a working lamp and lamp shade).
 


 
FREE Gift with Orders

Inspired by that desktop photo above: A Silver Writing Room Charms Gift Kit is FREE with all orders placed today through Wednesday (ends at midnight January 10, 2024)!

This set includes 1 each of 5 items:
Antique Silver Pen Nib Charm (back in stock)
Mini Silver Envelope Charm (back in stock)
Tiny Antique Silver Key
Small Round Silver Teapot Charm
Mini Silver Resin Oval Frame
And all these items have been added to the sale collection! Some are on clearance already, so the discount coupon will give you an extra 20% off beyond the current sale price
 

 
Victorian Writing Room SALE

Whew! Beside all the beautiful supplies above, I snuck in one more new item in this section, so it’s included in today’s sale, too: Dart Board with Darts (note that the attic in Rhonda’s book nook is filled with antique toys).

Use coupon WRITING when checking out to get an additional 20% off on EVERYTHING in this collection! That’s 20% off beyond current sale prices! Over 60 items!

The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, January 10th at midnight PST.

See the sale collection here!

  
Comments Off on Updated Writing Room Book Nook, New Items, Sale & Free GIFT! Posted by Leslie, January 7th, 2024

French Bakery One-Day Sale! Clearance Sale Extended!

Filed under Cat's Away... 2023, Miniature Baking, Shadowbox/Room Box, Shannon Cooper

Holiday Closure & After-Christmas Sale

It’s Day FIVE (the final day) of this week of While the Cat’s Away Sales & Giveaways! (Can you believe it? This is the 16th Annual Cat’s Away Sale!)

Remember, the shipping staff are on vacation till January 3rd, but for sale prices and/or freebies, I think you’ll be able to wait. Shipping will BEGIN on January 3rd, so you’ll need to be patient if you’re ordering during this sale. More info on the sale and holiday schedule.

On to today’s goodies: TWO Sales and a Giveaway!
 

 
Sale #1: EVERYTHING on Clearance is now on Sale at 50% off!

This is HUGE (over 300 items from all themes) plus over 20 new items added today!

Extended! The extra mark-downs end WEDNESDAY night, January 3rd, 2024 or until sold out! I will merge orders (to save shipping) if you order multiple times during the sale.

Note: there will not be a newsletter tomorrow. The next regular newsletter will be on Sunday, January 7th, 2024!
 

Highlights from NEW Clearance Items with an French Bakery Theme!

Over 20 items just added, so just a few highlights shown below (and some of these will make more sense when you see the featured artwork below). See all the new French Bakery-themed mark-downs on Sale at 50% off.

 
Sale #2: ONE-DAY COUPON SALE on ALL Supplies from
La Petite Patisserie by Shannon Cooper


La Petite Patisserie is made out of a Storefront Room Box that is an ample 10″ tall x 10″ wide (and with the extra 2″ above the “room”, that facade will give you space to add signage or (like in Shannon’s cute artwork) an awning. This design includes a nice, big window, and a door with a window and a transom above it.

“Step into La Petite Patisserie for a croissant and un cafe, then enjoy them at the outdoor table with a little friend.

Looking through the window we see delicious breads, creme filled cookies, macaroons, and cake, and on the pretty scrolled table (that is actually a tiny plant stand), against the wall there are more cakes, creme puffs, and cookies. The white shelf got a trimming of Dresden (that came in handy for the cake stand edges and “baseboards”) before being topped with a plant, wee clock, and a metal teapot.

My favorite part of this project was the cake stands and cake sitting on the ornate cake table. (Well, that’s a toss-up as the silicone molds made making the bread quick and easy: Smash polymer clay into mold. Bake. Add coloring with soft pastel. Bam! Done.) But back to cake: Alpha Stamps has a Cake Stand Kit, and the cakes are miniature wooden cakes that have a bit of trim glued around the middle! How many times can one use cake in a paragraph? I need cake.”

Head on over to Shannon’s blog and see the cake decorating tutorial she’s put together, and more pictures!

Use coupon PETITE when checking out to get an additional 20% off beyond current sale prices on everything in Shannon’s Supply List! That includes a double discount on anything on clearance, too!

Note: I substituted quite a few things in the supply list (as exact sets of plates, for example, come and go — and this fab project by Shannon is almost 9 years old)! Here are a few of my additions (so on sale, too!):
Wrought Iron Patio Table (for the table outside under the tablecloth)
Plant Stand with Drawer (for the cart with cakes inside the bakery… near the open door)
1:12 Shelves – Set of 2 (for the shelf above the Welcome sign… just visible on the right of the photo, through the big window)
a few more smaller sub products are noted down in the Giveaway section.

BONUS: I added the TWO NEW 3mm Nonpareils Faux Candy Sets (and all the sweet treats shown in the photo at right) to this sale collection!

Those 3mm candies are shown in 2cm and 3cm Tall Glass Candy Jars. Plus there are a bunch of things I picked out for color (kind of a Valentine/Christmas mash-up). See all ELEVEN of them at this link (including the glass candy jars — all in the COUPON sale collection).

The sale ends TONIGHT, December 30th at midnight PST.
 

Highlights from the French Bakery Sale!

 
Hooray for the French Bakery Sweets Giveaway!

I picked out SEVEN items from Shannon’s supplies for today’s Giveaway (plus a bonus 8th item from the new clearance things):
Tiny Plant Table (the fancy table, photo above)
Mini Cake Stand Kit (used to make stands sitting on that plant table)
Mini Silicone Mold – Many Sizes Bundt Cakes

Four substitute items (now in the supply list so on sale):
Mini Oval Resin Basket w 1 Handle (like the little basket on the chair outside)
Tiny Tray with Handles
Blue Delft Plate Set (there’s a fancy plate on display next to the clock… on the shelf)
Cup of Tea (on the round table)

And from new clearance items: Set of Fancy Silverware

Don’t forget to use coupon PETITE when checking out to get an additional 20% off on EVERYTHING in the French Bakery Collection!

To enter the French Bakery Sweets Giveaway drawing all you have to do is leave a comment on this blog post TODAY ONLY (the deadline is 11:59 pm PST, Saturday Night, December 30, 2023).

Don’t forget to leave your (hello!) correct email address, too, so I can contact the winner; your email address does not need to be made public. Note: I’m offering free shipping, too, but only within the USA. International shipping will still apply.

The winner will be announced on Sunday, January 7th (in the next newsletter); but they will be notified via email sooner than the newsletter. Happy New Year!

Who won yesterday’s Through the Looking Glass Giveaway? That would be Madelyn! Check your email (early next week) for more info.


Mini Cake Stand Kit

Tiny Tray with Handles
(a couple trays are inside, against the window)

Blue Delft Plate Set
  
19 Comments » Posted by Leslie, December 30th, 2023

Through the Looking Glass One-Day Sale! New Mark-Downs 50% off!

Filed under Alice in Wonderland, Cat's Away... 2023, Guest Designers, Miniatures, Shadowbox/Room Box

Holiday Closure & After-Christmas Sale

It’s Day FOUR of this week of While the Cat’s Away Sales & Giveaways! (Can you believe it? This is the 16th Annual Cat’s Away Sale!)

Remember, the shipping staff are on vacation till January 3rd, but for sale prices and/or freebies, I think you’ll be able to wait. Shipping will BEGIN on January 3rd, so you’ll need to be patient if you’re ordering during this sale. More info on the sale and holiday schedule.

Before we get to today’s featured Alice in Wonderland Theme (!): these very cute (and very flexible) House Shrines with Doors in THREE sizes are back in stock! Each shrine has double doors, a deep drawer, and a facade with a faux peaked roof.

All 3 sizes are included in today’s sale! The artwork below uses the medium-sized shrine; there is also art by TWO Design Team Members using the smallest and the largest shrines if you’d like more inspiration.


 

 
Sale #1: EVERYTHING on Clearance is now on Sale at 50% off!

This is HUGE (over 300 items from all themes) plus new items added daily during the sale!

The extra mark-downs end MONDAY night, January 1st, 2024 or until sold out! I will merge orders (to save shipping) if you order multiple times during the sale.
 

Highlights from NEW Clearance Items with an Alice in Wonderland Theme!

20 items just added, so just a few highlights shown below (and some of these will make more sense when you see the featured artwork below). See all the new Alice-themed mark-downs on Sale at 50% off.

 
Sale #2: ONE-DAY COUPON SALE on ALL Supplies from the
Alice Through the Looking Glass Shrine by Connie Littell

I so LOVE this project! Connie used the medium size of the House Shrine with Doors as a structure. Then went to town (!) papering it and filling it with furnishing and tiny sweets! There are tutorial photos on her blog post, too, so you can see how she made some of the tarts and custom items. Oh, and beside the big photo at right (and a wide photo under this intro text) there’s another wide photo showing the a close-up of the table of treats at the bottom of this post.

Here’s some text from Connie’s blog post:

The base for this project is a House Shrine with Doors – Medium, the perfect vessel to set a Queen Alice scene inside.

Open the doors and you’ll see I used a Victorian Table Kit I set all kinds of goodies on and filled the walls and floor with as many tiny treasures as possible.

I fussy cut a few of the winged creatures from the Alice paper to display in a Mini Metal Shadowbox.

I placed a Plant with Pink and Fuchsia Flowers inside an Antique Garden Urn as decoration. Before I set it in place, I snipped a few of the flowers and dropped them inside a 1cm Clear Glass Globe that got mounted on a spiked cone brad. When finished, it looks like a little floral snow globe.

[Aside: I added the Mini Blossoms Mix – Fuchsia Pink to the sale, to make your own “puff ball” pink plant.]

Great job, Connie! What a beautiful project! More info is in Connie’s blog post.

Use coupon ALICE-2023 when checking out to get an additional 20% off beyond current sale prices on everything in Connie’s Supply List! That includes a double discount on anything on clearance, too!

BONUS: I added the NEW Croquet Set (and the Tiny 3D Hedgehogs shown with the set in the photo at right) to this sale collection!

I also added the other 2 sizes of house shrines to the sale:
House Shrine with Doors – Large
House Shrine with Doors – Tiny

And a couple more substitutes for sold out items:
Silver 3D Knight Chess Piece Charm (Connie used a set with a bronze version of this same chess piece)
Time for Tea Silver Charms Set (the set includes the same knight AND the tea cup Connie stacked on the table).

The sale ends TONIGHT, December 29th at midnight PST.
 


 

Highlights from the Through the Looking Glass Sale!

 
Sale #3: ONE-DAY COUPON SALE on ALL Alice in Wonderland Collage Sheets

Use the same ALICE-2023 coupon to get an additional 20% off anything from BOTH one-day sales. Over 60 collage sheets are in this second collection (with tons of options from tiny dollhouse miniatures to larger book covers)! See all the Alice in Wonderland Collage Sheets!

 
Hooray for the Through the Looking Glass Giveaway!

I picked out TEN items from Connie’s supplies for today’s Giveaway (mostly things on table):
House Shrine with Doors – Medium (ok… not on the table!)
Victorian Table Kit – Black
Transparent Teapot Charm
Pink Heart Cake with Roses
Tiny Brass Card Suits – Set of 4
AND five more items listed below that close-up showing all those cute things on the table!

Polymer Clay Playing Card Slices
Eat Me Cookies Polymer Clay Slices
Tiny Doilies – White – Set of 4
Tiny Antique Silver Keysnew on clearance
Ceramic Tea Set with Blue Patternnew on clearance, not in Connie’s art but perfect for a tea table

Don’t forget to use coupon ALICE-2023 when checking out to get an additional 20% off on EVERYTHING in both collections: Through the Looking Glass and Alice Collage Sheets!

To enter the Through the Looking Glass Giveaway drawing all you have to do is leave a comment on this blog post TODAY ONLY (the deadline is 11:59 pm PST, Friday Night, December 29, 2023).

Don’t forget to leave your (hello!) correct email address, too, so I can contact the winner; your email address does not need to be made public. Note: I’m offering free shipping, too, but only within the USA. International shipping will still apply.

The winner will be announced TOMORROW in the DAY FIVE Cat’s Away Newsletter (with a New Sale)!

Who won yesterday’s Alchemy Shrine Giveaway? That would be Beka! Check your email (early next week) for more info.

  
19 Comments » Posted by Leslie, December 29th, 2023

Alchemist Art & Glass Bottles One-Day Sale! New Mark-Downs 50% off!

Filed under Cat's Away... 2023, Lora Mahaffey

Holiday Closure & After-Christmas Sale

It’s Day THREE of this week of While the Cat’s Away Sales & Giveaways! (Can you believe it? This is the 16th Annual Cat’s Away Sale!)

Remember, the shipping staff are on vacation till January 3rd, but for sale prices and/or freebies, I think you’ll be able to wait. Shipping will BEGIN on January 3rd, so you’ll need to be patient if you’re ordering during this sale. More info on the sale and holiday schedule.

On to today’s goodies: TWO Sales and a Giveaway!
 

ONE: EVERYTHING on Clearance is now on Sale at 50% off!

This is HUGE (over 300 items from all themes) plus new items added daily during the sale!

The extra mark-downs end MONDAY night, January 1st, 2024 or until sold out! I will merge orders (to save shipping) if you order multiple times during the sale.
 

Highlights from NEW Clearance Items with an Alchemy Theme!

Over 20 items just added, so just a few highlights shown below. See all the new alchemy-themed mark-downs on Sale at 50% off.

 
TWO: ONE-DAY COUPON SALE on ALL Supplies from
The Alchemist’s Oracle by Lora Mahaffey

Wow! This is so beautiful! And so much thought and time went into all the little details. I’ll let Lora start off this intro (and scroll down a bit to see the wide photo showing more angles):

Oooh, this piece is kind of mysterious. In my mind the alchemist is using the oracle for calculating his transformational formulas. The planetary dials moving in sync with each other creating whispering harmonies, stopping at certain curvatures and creating patterns for the alchemist to study.

Or maybe… The mouse is the oracle. Sitting on his stool, interpreting the rotations like a fortune teller or a Tarot reader. [Aside: I subbed that grey mouse for the one Lora used.]

I drilled a hole in the back of the shadowbox (after gluing my chosen papers on the sides and back) to allow for the tea light flame to stick through.

Right after I did that I realized that the doors would not fit properly, so I decided not to use them. Too bad, because I had a fun thing I was going to do. Ah, well. Save it for next time!

After the final fussing was done in the interior and on the outside, the facade was glued on.

The runes are just completely made up. If they say anything it was an accident! (Or maybe I was channeling the mouse!)

Good work, Lora!! I particularly like the bent piece of filigree on top of the front as a holder for the (back in stock) Round Glass Dome. Note: I added the filigree grab bags to the sale collection as the remaining stock of the filigree Lora used are now in those grab bags.

Oh, one more thing: happy accident that those half scale bookcases fit on the sides to hold all of the bottles and whatnot!

Go visit Lora’s blog post for more photos and tips! Just don’t forget to come back for the sale!

Use coupon GLASS-2023 when checking out to get an additional 20% off beyond current sale prices on everything in Lora’s Supply List! That includes a double discount on anything on clearance, too!

BONUS: I added 3 extra NEW items AND the remainder of the Glass Bottles section to this sale collection!
Glass Mini Beaker Bottle with Cork New!

Mini Glass Test Tubes, Stand & 2 Flasks New!
Mini Books with Blank Covers New!

The sale ends TONIGHT, December 28th at midnight PST.
 

Highlights from the Alchemist Art & Glass Bottles Sale!

 
Hooray for the Alchemy Shrine Giveaway!

I picked out SEVEN items from Lora’s supplies for today’s Giveaway:
Simple Shrine
Stairstep Shrine Base Small – No Feet
6 Tiny Glass Bottles
Amber Even Tinier Bottles
AND three more items listed below that close-up showing all those bottles & potions on the side!

Little Potions Collage Sheet
Secret Spell Book Labels Collage Sheet
15mm Round Glass Globe Dome

Don’t forget to use coupon GLASS-2023 when checking out to get an additional 20% off on EVERYTHING in this collection!

To enter the Alchemy Shrine Giveaway drawing all you have to do is leave a comment on this blog post TODAY ONLY (the deadline is 11:59 pm PST, Thursday Night, December 28, 2023).

Don’t forget to leave your (hello!) correct email address, too, so I can contact the winner; your email address does not need to be made public. Note: I’m offering free shipping, too, but only within the USA. International shipping will still apply.

The winner will be announced TOMORROW in the DAY FOUR Cat’s Away Newsletter (with a New Sale)!

Oooo! Who won yesterday’s Garden Shed Giveaway? That would be Ginger Benedict! Check your email (early next week) for more info.

  
19 Comments » Posted by Leslie, December 28th, 2023

Mini Garden One-Day Sale! New Mark-Downs 50% off!

Filed under Cat's Away... 2023, Fairy Garden, Miniatures, Shadowbox/Room Box, Teri Calia

Holiday Closure & After-Christmas Sale

It’s Day TWO of this week of While the Cat’s Away Sales & Giveaways! (Can you believe it? This is the 16th Annual Cat’s Away Sale!)

Remember, the shipping staff are on vacation till January 3rd, but for sale prices and/or freebies, I think you’ll be able to wait. Shipping will BEGIN on January 3rd, so you’ll need to be patient if you’re ordering during this sale. More info on the sale and holiday schedule.

On to today’s goodies: TWO Sales and a Giveaway!
 

ONE: EVERYTHING on Clearance is now on Sale at 50% off!

This is HUGE (over 300 items from all themes) plus new items added daily during the sale!

The extra mark-downs end MONDAY night, January 1st, 2024 or until sold out! I will merge orders (to save shipping) if you order multiple times during the sale.
 

Highlights from NEW Clearance Items with a Garden Theme!

Over 30 items just added, so just a few highlights shown below. See all the new garden-themed mark-downs on Sale at 50% off.

 
TWO: ONE-DAY COUPON SALE on ALL Supplies from The Forgotten Garden by Teri Calia


The Forgotten Garden is a beautiful (and a bit strange) miniature creation by Teri. Strange as in mysterious, ghostly, weird and perhaps even a little unearthly. If you were to come upon it on a foggy morning, by yourself, out in the middle of the English countryside it may even unnerve you a bit.

Teri used 3 walls of the stall (but not the roof), perched on a 6x7x2 Platform Base. Clever girl: Teri didn’t use the roof, instead she used 1/4 Inch Square Wooden Dowels laid across the top of the shed walls.

The 6x7x2 Platform Base is sitting on top of another platform (Cottage Base – 9x9x1) with 2-Step Stairs (which were designed for the height of that taller platform).

Yes, that is a skeleton half-buried in overgrown grass you see to the left of the steps! I believe Teri thought of him/her as the long forgotten gardener or caretaker of the garden. (Aside: I love the dandelion that Teri made… growing out of the skeleton.)

As you approach the back of the building you may find yourself thinking, “Hmm… this place looks pretty dead but the roses certainly look like they’re taken care of.” Being a rose lover, you turn on the garden hose (that surprisingly looks quite new) and give the roses a quick drink. There is also a weedy windowbox, with Trellis Panels on either side as fancy shutters.

Inside the shed is a Workshop Table, covered with long-forgotten supplies (potting soil on old newspapers, a trowel and other hand tools, a flower pot on its side, a wooden crate under the table, and seed packets/gloves from a collage sheet Teri designed for this project).

Use coupon GARDEN-SHED when checking out to get an additional 20% off beyond current sale prices on everything in Teri’s Supply List! That includes a double discount on anything on clearance, too!

BONUS: I added 5 extra NEW or back-in-stock items with a garden theme to this sale collection!
Small Green Frogs New! and also included in the Giveaway so check below for a photo

Tiny Resin Bunny Rabbits (How cute! Also new!)
Dark Green Camouflage Foliage (back in stock, as are the next 2 items)
Green Foliage Bushes
Mini Flower Borders – Red (though all the colors are included in the sale)

The sale ends TONIGHT, December 27th at midnight PST.
 

Highlights from The Forgotten Garden Sale!

 
Hooray for the Garden Shed Giveaway!

I picked out EIGHT items from Teri’s supplies for today’s Giveaway:
Simple Market Stall (no better place to start than the structure)
Window Box with Gothic Facade (this is a substitute…it is a bit wider than the windows but as I’m including the panels Teri used as shutters, it works just fine)
Trellis Panels – Set of 2 (and see below for the windows, too)
White Sleeping Cat (who can be sleeping in your window box)
AND four more items listed below that art pic showing the window/shutters from the outside!

Bonus: I’m also including one of the new Small Green Frogs (not actually in this project… but could be)!

Don’t forget to use coupon GARDEN-SHED when checking out to get an additional 20% off on EVERYTHING in this collection!

To enter the Garden Shed Giveaway drawing all you have to do is leave a comment on this blog post TODAY ONLY (the deadline is 11:59 pm PST, Wednesday Night, December 27, 2023).

Don’t forget to leave your (hello!) correct email address, too, so I can contact the winner; your email address does not need to be made public. Note: I’m offering free shipping, too, but only within the USA. International shipping will still apply.

The winner will be announced TOMORROW in the DAY THREE Cat’s Away Newsletter (with a New Sale)!

Oooo! Who won yesterday’s Fruity Garland Giveaway? That would be Elizabeth Clark! Check your email (early next week) for more info.


Mini Snow Shovel
(also on clearance so double discount with the code!)

Mini Plastic Greenery Set

Windows 4 Panel Square
(they fit the windows in the stall)
  
17 Comments » Posted by Leslie, December 27th, 2023

Happy Holidays Room Box One-Day Sale! ALL Clearance 50% off!

Filed under Cat's Away... 2023, Christmas, Giveaways, Shadowbox/Room Box, Shannon Cooper

Holiday Closure & After-Christmas Sale

I hope you’ve stayed cozy and warm thus far in this holiday/Winter break and have had lots of yummy food with loved ones. In case Santa didn’t bring you your heart’s desire (or if you’re just looking for a good deal in prep for 2024 projects)… It’s the first day of this week of While the Cat’s Away Sales & Giveaways! (Can you believe it? This is the 16th Annual Cat’s Away Sale!)

Remember, the shipping staff are on vacation till January 3rd, but for sale prices and/or freebies, I think you’ll be able to wait. Shipping will BEGIN on January 3rd, so you’ll need to be patient if you’re ordering during this sale. More info on the sale and holiday schedule.

On to today’s goodies: TWO Sales and a Giveaway!
 

ONE: EVERYTHING on Clearance is now on Sale at 50% off!

This is HUGE (over 300 items from all themes) plus new items added daily during the sale!

The extra mark-downs end MONDAY night, January 1st, 2024 or until sold out! I will merge orders (to save shipping) if you order multiple times during the sale.

Highlights from the Clearance Sale! (first 2 rows are NEW mark-downs!)

 
TWO: ONE-DAY COUPON SALE on ALL Supplies from the Happy Holidays Room Box!

Wow! This is so beautiful! Design Team Member Shannon Cooper made the fireplace from the Fireplace Facade and a Deep Open Front 4.5 x 5.5 Shadowbox (and made that lovely garland decorating the mantelpiece, too)!

Here’s some text from Shannon’s blog post to get us started:

It is time to get ready for Christmas! I usually start hauling out the colossal collection of holiday decorations directly after Thanksgiving, mostly because it takes a solid week of deciding what items are going to be used, and where are they going to be placed, and…Jiminy Christmas, this year I’m demanding that the Harry Potter tree get placed in front of the window!

In preparation for the whole-house decorating, I decided to spend a little time making a 1:12 scale Christmas room box complete with a cozy fireplace. And a cat in the rocking chair. Can’t forget the cat.

The fireplace is a Deep Open Front 4.5 x 5.5 Shadowbox with a Fireplace Facade glued to the front. I added thin strips of lightweight card along the top, apron, bottom, and around the surround, then made a mantel from a rectangle of thin basswood. I painted the fireplace a nice pale eggnog color before adding glowing embers and a sprinkling of actual ash from our fire pit.

This is such a great project, Shannon! I love the colors and the whole vintage Christmas feeling!

Note: Shannon also added a mini-tutorial for making the fruit-filled garland on her blog post!

Go visit Shannon’s blog post for more photos and that tutorial!

Use coupon FRUITY when checking out to get an additional 20% off beyond current sale prices on everything in Shannon’s Supply List! That includes a double discount on anything on clearance, too!

BONUS: I added 4 extra items as substitutes for supplies no longer available (they are included in that supply link above, so also on sale):
Duxbury Chair Kit (not a rocker but does have a vintage curvy back)
Green Sisal Tree with Snow – 4 Inch (not quite as tall as the one Shannon used; you may want to put this one on a short table)
Decorated Mini Christmas Tree (who knows! maybe you’d like green trees in those canisters on the mantel)
Small Brick Wall Stencil (for the back wall inside the fireplace)

The sale ends TONIGHT, December 26th at midnight PST.
 

Highlights from the Happy Holidays Room Box Sale!

Highlights from NEW Clearance Items with a Christmas Theme!

Over 30 items just added, so just a few highlights shown below. See all the new Christmas-themed mark-downs on Sale at 50% off.

 
Hooray for the Fruity Garland Giveaway!

I picked out the supplies Shannon used to make that festive garland for today’s Giveaway:
Wired Pine Needle Stems (two of them)
Mini Pears
Mini Oranges
Red Apples – 1:12 Scale
Embroidery Silk – 1/8 Inch – Red (now on clearance!)

Bonus: I’m also including a set of the back-in-stock Red & White Mini Lollipops (not actually in this project… but could be)!

Don’t forget to use coupon FRUITY when checking out to get an additional 20% off on EVERYTHING in this collection!

Here’s another link to her blog post, as she included a tutorial on making the garland!

To enter the Fruity Garland Giveaway drawing all you have to do is leave a comment on this blog post TODAY ONLY (the deadline is 11:59 pm PST, Tuesday Night, December 26, 2023).

Don’t forget to leave your (hello!) correct email address, too, so I can contact the winner; your email address does not need to be made public. Note: I’m offering free shipping, too, but only within the USA. International shipping will still apply.

The winner will be announced TOMORROW in the DAY TWO Cat’s Away Newsletter (with a New Sale)!

  
17 Comments » Posted by Leslie, December 25th, 2023

Almost Christmas Sale & Holiday Hours

Filed under Announcements, Cat's Away... 2023, Christmas, Collage Sheets, Digital Images

I’ve posted info on the “While the Cat’s Away…” After-Christmas Sale. (Can you believe it? This is the 16th annual Cat’s Away sale!) The sale starts on Tuesday, December 26, 2023 — read all about it here.

Note: Our offices will be closed from December 22, 2023 through January 2, 2024. Even though our offices will be closed, orders for DIGITAL Collage Sheets and Digital Images will still be fulfilled in real time (plus physical items bought during the sale will start being shipped on January 3rd). More info is here.

Need a last-minute gift? Gift cards are a minute away.
 

ALL Collage Sheets & Digital Images on Sale!

ALL collage sheets and ALL digital images are included! That’s all themes — not only Christmas! Over 1400 items!

The sale ends SUNDAY NIGHT, December 24th at midnight PST. Grab some instant images for Winter artwork!

Wow! Bajillions of images on sale! ALL collage sheets are on sale (so that includes physical prints, too) but I cannot guarantee if you’ll receive your order before Christmas.

Note: since the digitals on already on sale, the extra 20% savings means they are at least 50% off!

Use discount code XMAS2023 when checking out for 20% off everything this collection!

A few highlights are below (From dollhouse miniatures to Halloween to Alice in Wonderland).

See the entire sale collection here! Merry Christmas!

  
Comments Off on Almost Christmas Sale & Holiday Hours Posted by Leslie, December 16th, 2023

“While the Cat’s Away…” 2023 After-Christmas Sale!

Filed under Announcements, Cat's Away... 2023
The sale is on! Click here to see the latest post.

Starting on Tuesday, December 26, 2023 (through Saturday, December 30th, 2023), I’ll post a NEW SALE and Giveaway on the blog every morning, and you’ll have until 11:59 pm PST to enter.

Can you believe it? This is the 16th annual Cat’s Away sale!

To enter all you’ll have to do is leave a comment on that day’s blog post (don’t forget to leave your email address, too, so I can contact the winners!)

After midnight I’ll randomly pick the previous day’s winner.

Remember, the shipping staff will be on vacation till January 3rd, but for sale pricing and/or free kits, I think you’ll be able to wait.*

So leave me a comment and tell your friends. (Leave comments starting on 12/26… and leave them on the daily posts starting that day — not on this page!)

 
*Our offices will be closed from December 22, 2023 through January 2, 2024. We will re-open January 3rd, at which time we will begin to respond to any orders or inquiries submitted while the office was closed. Note: If anything sells out, refunds will be sent as orders are shipped (starting 1/3/23).

p.s. Even though our offices will be closed, orders for DIGITAL Collage Sheets and Digital Images will still be fulfilled in real time!

  
Comments Off on “While the Cat’s Away…” 2023 After-Christmas Sale! Posted by Leslie, December 16th, 2023

Revisiting an Antiques Shop, with some new wares

Filed under Antique Shop, Beads, Filigree, Laura Carson, Miniatures, New Furniture

The stars have aligned for revisiting Laura Carson’s Antique Shop! Some items long out-of-stock have returned — plus many new things that fit in with the theme.

I’ve picked out 3 areas from Laura’s project to help me focus (there were THREE posts when Laura announced the Antique Shop — view them all here).
 

 
A Clever Desk!

Laura used the back-in-stock Unfinished 3-Drawer Table as the starting point for her desk (and as you can see, added height to it with fancy 3D embellishments by using the Architectural Flourishes Silicone Mold.

The table itself comes with round knobs for the 3 working drawers but Laura replaced them with a couple Mini Brass Cabinet Pulls and an Antique Brass Mini Oval Drop Handle.

Here’s the supply list link for this Desk plus most of the items on top, like:
– a pair of bronze candlesticks
– a metal urn (painted coppery)
back-in-stock 15mm Filigree Connector – Antique Bronze (a close substitute for the filigree added to the center of the back — between the silver lamp and the candlesticks in the photo)

I’ve also included the 2 lamps in today’s sale collection, too; here are the supply lists for the gold and silver lamps. (Read on for more info about the COUPON SALE on everything in this newsletter!)

See more photos and a video tutorial in Laura’s blog post. This is Laura’s post about furniture, so the next highlight below is also covered in this post.

 
An Amazing Sideboard!

That photo at left has a very varied group of items for sale at this dreamy shop. Starting with the Shop Counter that the suitcases (and many other items) are sitting on. AND the Vintage Decorative Panels Collage Sheet that Laura used to cover the Counter.

Here’s the link for the Sideboard with extra items on top and on the floor in front, like:
– a clever blue bowl, sitting on an upside-down crown and wrapped with filigree
maps rolled in a basket (note: I’ve added the back-in-stock Mini Faux Rattan Basket as a substitute)
– a Mini Venus Statue sitting on a Floor Pedestal

And the link for the Suitcases stacked on the left side, including little hardware (and the binoculars & telescopes, hurricane lamp and camera on top).

One more supply link! That hanging lantern above the suitcases (made with a glass dome and the back-in-stock Fancy Swirl Bead Caps).

 
A bit of the Wall Behind the Desk

That photo at left shows a couple examples from the Miniature Antique Paintings Collage Sheet.

The shelf above the paintings is actually a wooden Window Pediment, with plates (from the back-in-stock White Dishes & Silverware Place Setting and Set of Plain White Plates) and a tea set (decorated with plate patterns — hard to believe it’s the same tea set shown below in its raw, cast-metal color).

There’s no special supply list link for this mini-group, I think I’ve named each item and they are also included in the sale collection.

Read more (and see more photos and the video) in Laura’s blog post about the overall structure of the Shop.

 
New Tiny Hardware

I’m always on the look-out for new miniature hardware… so useful and sometimes hard to find.

That Mini Library Drawer Label Holder at left is shown on a Desktop Book Stand 1:12 for size (there are photos of all 3 of the new hardware items on the same book stand on each of their pages).
 

 
More New Wares for an Antique Shop

 
FREE Gift with Orders

An Antique Shop Filigree Gift Kit is FREE with all orders placed today through Wednesday (ends at midnight December 13, 2023)!

This set includes 1 each of 5 items:
Tiny Cake Plate Filigree (I made an odd little display stand out of one of these plus a new Tiny Round Serving Plate and a 10mm Wide Antique Silver Crown or Stand)
3/4 Inch Gold Star Filigree Base (it was used at the bottom of the gold lamp, on the left side of the desk)
Bronze Hand Mirror Charm (just seemed to fit into an antique shop!)
And the 2 items not already in the supply lists have been added to the sale collection!
 

 
Antiques Shop SALE

Whew! Beside all the beautiful antiques and components above, I snuck in a couple more back in stock items in this section, so they’re included in today’s sale, too!
Mini Umbrellas, Walking Stick & Bowler Hat Set
Set of 3 Frosted Christmas Cupcakes

AND a couple more substitutes:
Tan Faux Leather Paper (good for straps on tiny suitcases)
Mixed Mini Glassware Set (2 clear bowls are upside down on the top of the silver lamp)
White Plastic Mini Serving Dish Set

Use coupon ANTIQUES when checking out to get an additional 20% off on EVERYTHING in this collection! That’s 20% off beyond current sale prices! Over 60 items!

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

See the sale collection here!

  
Comments Off on Revisiting an Antiques Shop, with some new wares Posted by Leslie, December 10th, 2023

Gothic Windows… and doors… and deer

Filed under Book Nooks, Edgar Allan Poe, Laura Carson, Miniatures

Wow! Lots of cool windows (and accessories) today!

Starting with a revised version of the gothic windows sized for Laura Carson’s Gothic Windows Collage Sheet!

Now in heavy chipboard AND a set of 2. And keep reading for a smaller version…
 
 

 
Ah… the smaller set of gothic windows… the same size as the one Laura used to build a chair (using a Campaign Stool and Gothic Corners or Shelf Brackets as arm rests) for her Edgar Allan Poe Study Book Nook.

So (in addition to all the new things being announced today), I’ve also added the supplies from that table and chair (and the window it sat beneath in the original project — more info & pics of the window are down in the sale section) to today’s sale collection! More info below including the discount coupon!
 

 
More New Items (yes, more windows!)

Look at that tiny and cute threesome of wooden windows (at right)! Each is about 2″ tall. Here’s the link to all 3.

I love the new Die-Cut Ancient Doors Set (pic directly below)! Rustic doors with frames (each is 1 cut piece, aka: the doors are one piece with the frame). Set of 10 (all unique). Printed on heavy cardstock. Most are approx 2-1/2″ tall (an odd size even for half scale but super cute)!
 

 
FREE Gift with Orders

A Brass Filigree Gift Kit is FREE with all orders placed today through Wednesday (ends at midnight December 6, 2023)!

Ok… this will take a little explaining.

Scroll down a bit to see the tall photo of the window from Laura’s Poe Book Nook… Laura bent 2 pieces of Raw Brass Long Filigree as curtain tiebacks. That was the first item I wanted to include in this set (note that she also bent the same filigree to hold postcards & letters on the desk in that project — shown in the top left of the grid at right).

This set includes 1 piece each of:
Raw Brass Long Filigree
Raw Brass Fancy Fleur de Lys (continuing clockwise around the photo grid… and more info about those shoes is on the fancy fleur page)
Wide Brass Filigree Header (on an Altoids Tin as the base of a fireplace!)
Raw Brass Flourish (on table and chair legs… also from the same Georgian Ladies Parlor project as the wide filigree I just mentioned… more info)
And all 4 filigrees have been added to the sale collection, too!
 

 
Gothic Windows SALE

There’s that missing photo of the window that the table/chair sat beneath. And the supplies for the window (3D with lights inside)! More pics of some are below.

I snuck in a couple back in stock items in this section, so they’re included in today’s sale, too!
Large Amber Whiskey Bottle (the size is about right if not the timeframe for the table at right… is that correct? maybe the timing would be fine for Poe)
Mini Box of Christmas Ornaments

Use coupon GOTHIC-WINDOWS when checking out to get an additional 20% off on EVERYTHING in this collection! That’s 20% off beyond current sale prices! An even 30 items!

(What is at left? That tiny collage sheet includes the portrait of Annabelle Lee in the metal frame on the table.)

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

See the sale collection here!

  
Comments Off on Gothic Windows… and doors… and deer Posted by Leslie, December 3rd, 2023