Amy's Miniature

Amy is one of my favorite artisans and also a senior instructor who has given courses of miniatures in Hong Kong since 1994. Before I started making mini food, I have noticed her fabulous works and they made me crazy. :D





More of her works:

I was pleased to have her messages and get more contact with her. I hope I will have opportunities to meet her and join her workshop this year. She is going to attend the Japan Dollhouse Exhibition in Tokyo on 12th and 13th Jun. Wish her good luck!

Amy's Miniature:
Web: http://www.amyminiature.com
Blogspot: http://amyminiature.blogspot.com/
Yahoo blog: http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/jw!hxUO7ZGTHQ6qGemuw9L9uu40ito-/index?l=f&id=5

Featured as the cover start in AIM Magazine Jun/ July 2010

I am honored and happy to be featured and appreciate that AIM gives me such glory. I believe there must be also many beautiful things to make for AIM.

Thank you too, Vicky, Bea and a secret friend!

Happy Mother's Day

After we install in the new house for a month, the Internet works finally since Friday evening. I am glad to access to the networks at home directly.

My parents-in-law come to the southern France since Tuesday for giving us some "training" because I am not good at tinkering at all. These days we all work together for repainting the shutters, the walls of the garage and for weeding in the garden. I am motivated and would like to know more techniques of house arrangement with them.

Before they arrived, I continued playing some caning at home but I don’t really make some new stuff. I will plan for the next collection soon.



Today is Mother’s Day in France; we prepare some cakes and champagne as the dessert and celebrate together at the lunchtime. Last week I wrote one brief story of mine for Mother’s Day and it’s published on Etsy.fr. We will read it with my parents-in-law this evening.



Since my husband and his dad are in front of the TV and watching Formula 1 now, my mother-in-law and me are able to access to Internet and do our own things. We both are very happy to get rid of the men for a while. :)

Create our own clay pantone

I have passed a period of time without Internet and TV in my life after the house move. I went shopping alone and read a new book that I ordered from Amazon.fr last week when my husband had business trip in US.

I was touched and so much inspired by this book: Polymer Clay COLOR INSPIRATION/ Lindly Haunani & Maggie Maggio
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It starts from the theories of Hue, Value and Saturation but there are also some very interesting techniques in this book.


I spent two days making three clay pantones. It's useful to get the formula of each color.
Here are also two inspirational videos on YouTube:
Color Scales in Polymer Clay
Color Scales II - Playing with Color Scales
Highly recommend!


When my husband was away, I made a new friend--- a gray cat. He came to see me all the week. When seeing him in the garden now, I just need to wave my hand and call him, and he jumps and runs to me immediately. What a lovely cat!:P

Tutorial of Strawberry Canes is featured in the front page of Pixnet.net

I made this tutorial before house move and I don’t even have time to make an English version.
Original link is http://oiseau.pixnet.net/blog/post/30804158

Pixnet is one base of Taiwan blogs; I choose it instead of Yahoo just because I prefer its style.

I believe this tutorial is more interesting for Asians since polymer clay is not that popular there and caning is more chic in Asia. I will continue practicing since it’s fun to challenge myself.

Okay, need to jump back to our house now; a lot of works wait for me. :D
Happy May!

House Move

Last Thursday was my birthday; on that day, I had my husband come home just before midnight and I also signed the final contract and got the keys of our new house. It was a great day for me.


The secret friend from UK sent me one pack of BD presents before the volcanic ash and what I got is: a cute birthday girl card, a cupcake (a tape measure <-- now I bring it with me to measure the sizes of furniture everyday), a lovely bookmark and the photos of my cat. She knows I don't have a printer at home yet and now I can bring my cat's photos with me. I am touched with everything she prepared for me!

This week we are on the way to move and tonight is the last evening to stay in the castle; it's almost time to say goodbye to the little apartment where stores a lot of beautiful memories. I believe our life is going to change and I expect to be back to the mini world soon.

À bientôt!