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Tiny Tuesday!

On this morning’s writing break, I searched through my patterns with an idea of what I wanted. It turned out to be the dress on the bottom right, which matches the design (in a bright print) of one I wrote for a character a book or two back.

Prep work.

Which kind of exploded later.

A little sewing using an old pair of jeans.

A little accessorizing.

A little fashion.

Boyfriend-approved. I made his shirt, too, but last week or the week before.

I was taking my advice as given in my previous post about writing breaks. When Mark asked me to “list the things!” I’d mentioned, I edited that post to include a list. =)

Tiny Tuesday!

I found this lovely box designed to look like a book. I can’t resist sunflowers.

Here, I shot it with a pencil inside to give you an idea of its dimensions and depth. Tiny!

I have no idea what will end up inside it, though I probably have some cards of one type or another that may find it a nice home.

Tiny Tuesday!

Dennis Carl Wilson
December 4, 1944 — December 28, 1983

Tiny trading cards.

Tiny Tuesday!

Every year, I vow I won’t buy more ornaments. We already have more than the tree can hold, to the point that I want to buy a couple more small artificial trees when the post-Christmas sales hit.

Every year, I break that vow. I haven’t bought a lot of them this year, but I couldn’t resist this little bird I found at AG Antiques in the Heights.

Tiny Tuesday!

Pretend this brooch is real and valuable, because today it makes quite an entrance in Chapter 4 of the fifth novel in the Neverending Saga. I’ve had this bit of costume jewelry for almost thirty years, but I didn’t see it coming into its own until today. I love it when characters surprise me.

ETA a correction: The brooch demands to appear in a later chapter. I will give in.

Tiny Tuesday!

Now everybody can play BB King thanks to Hallmark.

She’s entertaining them at the North Pole.

Tiny Tuesday!

I’ve had a pattern and a lot of T-shirts to cut up for fabric for quite a while to start making raglan sleeve jerseys for one doll in particular, but all my boy dolls can wear them. Decided to attempt to make the first one today only to realize the pattern might work for Barbie and maybe even the slender original Ken doll, but it’s way too small for my dude here.

While he puts away the toys of summer and starts writing some songs on his new dreadnought guitar (his early Christmas present), I’ll be trying to expand that pattern and make a few other alterations so this will be the 1:6 shirt I want it to be.

He’ll love his new wardrobe, because these shirts are all the character he’s based on wants to wear.

Tiny Tuesday!

I hope this is accurate. My memory sometimes plays tricks on me. Back in the 1970s, Lynne’s mother Elnora, and Lynne’s sister Liz (and maybe Lynne) had firing and painting ceramics as a hobby they enjoyed together. One year, Elnora gave Lynne a Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus workshop set she painted just for her.

As I got older, I’d become less of a Christmas person, but Lynne and Liz loved the holidays. When Elnora died in 1978, they decided I needed to learn how to better celebrate Christmas. So Liz made me a Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus workshop set like Lynne’s. I’ve been displaying it and adding to it almost every Christmas since. Even years we haven’t decorated for Christmas, I do try to put out the workshop because it’s full of good memories of a family I loved and who loved me.

I also know that Lynne is putting hers out and reliving some of those same memories. It connects us whether or not we’re living in the same place or far apart.

One of the critters I added in either 1979 or 1980 is this angelic little reindeer. He usually sits near Santa.

I was at my favorite antique mall and though I wasn’t looking for them, I spotted these salt and pepper shakers. I couldn’t resist them.

Now my little boy has some older siblings.

They’ve joined him in the workshop.

I’m pretty sure my heart grew at least a couple of sizes.

Tiny Tuesday!

That guitar is about 6.5 inches, so you know how tiny the movie projector is. SO cute.

Tiny Tuesday!

One of the fun parts of living inside a writer’s brain is the way random objects grouped together make sense. Past, present, future, distant future in one place. Physics/fiction: Who knows.