A very late “Happy New Year”

I’m unorganized after such a long vacation since November. I was happy spending some time with my family in Taipei even though it was too difficult to say goodbye. Fortunately some gifts arrived and comforted me after I returned to France.

Carol (True2Scale) sent me several lovely Glitter House packs and a BEAUTIFUL basket that she did. I was inspired when seeing the details she made. In the very beginning I did not notice it because Carol left it inside a pill bottle. I always have difficulties to do the action “hold tab down & turn”. My husband opened it after we come back from Paris after Christmas.

Thank you Carol! I will try my own and share with you. For the packs of glitter house with very nice laser cut, I will keep them for this Christmas! :o)

Marie-Laure (Merline Minis) is the expert of ‘broderie’ and ‘point de croix’. We made a promise in Oct and said we would make some minis for each other.

The parcel arrived before 31st Dec. When I opened the box, I could not breathe. The first thing I saw was a little bird who sang ‘Joyeux Noël’ on the box; ‘Oiseau’ and the initial ‘PW’ are nicely embroidered on the apron. Merci, Meri Marie. It is a very special and touching Christmas present.

It was stunning to receiv Maria’s (Il Cucchiaino Magico) email and said I won her beautiful books when I was in Taiwan. I was really excited as if I were a LOTO winner!!

These two books arrived in my place last Thu. They both are nice and elegant; the layout of each page is neat and well organized. I believe Maria enjoys reading as much as making mini books. Because of this gift, I google ‘Sarah Bernhardt’ & ‘Eleonora Duse’ and know better these two famous actress! Thank you so much for the winderful gift, Maria!!

The latest gift is received on Saturday.
Mr. MyFrenchCuisine is like a magician; before lunch, I mentioned I was looking for a van which length was between 26-30cm, he went upstairs and brought a van which was very similar to Citröen HY. My eyes were twinkling (*3*) because it was exactly the dimention I have been looking for. He gave it to me directly and said it belonged to me. He made me a day!

I know it’s a little bit late to deliver my greetings from my blog but I still wish all the friends a happy and prosperous 2011.

AIM Artisans in Miniature Magazine December Issue is out now!

Great to find many interesting and useful porjects in the mag.Enjoy AIM Artisans in Miniature Magazine December Issue!

My dining room

I tried to build the scene of my dining room after I received this set of furniture last week.

During the time I did not make minis, I looked for some little things and collected some items from Internet.


I prefer modern dollhouse but I love Rococo style elements, like shells, leaves and flora patterms. I know it's very personal taste but do hope my tablecloth goes well with the wall paper.

I also made some sweets and savory food for Christmas; they are now available in my Etsy shop.

I am waiting for the kitchen set and expect to receive it before we go back to Asia. December is the month for family reunion. Hope everybody is happy and sound in this beautiful season! :o) A bientot!

BOO~ Halloween is coming!

It’s been a long time (2 months?) I have left the mini world; life gave us a good lesson after the robbery happened on 31st Aug. It was not just a shock for us; the heart was broken when seeing the house in disorder! Home is so fragile without intensive care and maintenance.

It takes a month to re-purchase our equipment, like the laptops, a camera, software and some tools. Mr. Oiseau ordered MANY alarms and sensor for monitoring the house; once thieves come again when we are away, we will be informed within 2 minutes.

Here I want to give a big hug to those friends who encouraged me when I felt devastated and down. I keep in mind what you did to me. Thank you so much!



We focus on our re-establishment during these two months but it seems endless the job and housework! We also accommodated my brother from Singapore and also went to the mountains with my in-laws. It’s a beautiful autumn except the incident that has left an unfading shadow on my heart.



I browsed miniature blogs from time to time and envied some artisans’ amazing crafts; I yearn to do my own miniature food too! Oh, I have joined AIM editorial team since I believe there are many things to learn there.



I make some little things and decoration to amuse myself while Mr. Oiseau is away.


Happy Halloween everybody!
Wish you happy and sound as always. :Q)

Gifts from Carol- New logo & cake box templates

I am pleased and am so lucky to know Carol since March or April. I like her and enjoy reading her posts because it’s interesting to know and learn different tricks of Photoshop from her. She is adorable and so kind to share with people.

In July, we discussed about swap gifts.She knows I love to make packages and what I received from her is awesome cake box templates and new versions of logo.

I have thought of new logo for a long time for my blog, some printable material for my miniatures and maybe my “future website”. I am so lucky to have Carol design for me. She applies my favorite elements, bird and lace to alphabet "O" of Oiseau. We discussed dozens of times and my logo comes out perfectly!

She also designs sevral different versions for me; I am thinking to apply these logos to the packages and labels in the coming projects!


I remember some friends noticed the pretty cake boxes going with “Charlotte de macarons aux fruits de la passion” when I post in July. Yeah, it’s also Carol who makes my request come true.



Carol is a very talented graphic designer and is so generous to people. I do appreciate her valuable help!

Do visit her blog True2scale---you will find many treasures and useful information there!

Gifts for Ira- Italian salami & Parma Ham

A very quick update since July!
We had some guests from Taiwan and Singapore two weeks ago and last week I decided to travel in a tearing hurry to Bordeaux, which is a port city on the Garonne River in southwest France cause my husband left again for US for 10 days.




So these three days I was busy some cute gift for Ira @ Merry Jingle Craft. Ira told me she was fond of Itlian food and I'd love to make some salamis and dry ham for her Toscana House.


It was so fun to make the meat. After I finished the Parma Ham and left them on the messy table, my husband and me look to each other and grinned. They come out so cute and this makes me more confident to make different food in the future.


Dearest Ira, hope you will also laugh when you see them in person!

It's time to cook again! I'd love to have more vegetable now cause I have ever had too much mini meat these days. ^_<>