Pieni kukkakioski - A teeny tiny flower kiosk

Sain lahjaksi pienen pieniä kukkia ja niiden myyjän. Skaala on 1:87, joten se on paljon pienempää kuin mitä yleensä teen. Otin lahjan haasteena ja tein pienen pienen kukkakioskin tulitikkulaatikkoon.

I was given this teeny tiny flower stand with a salesperson as a gift. Although I usually work with scale 1:12, this new scale 1:87 inspired me to make a teeny tiny flower kiosk in a matchbox measuring 5 (w) x 3 (h) x 1.5 (d) cm.

Iloista Wappua! - Happy May 1st!

Uusi lelu Leikkihuoneeseen - A new toy to the Children's playroom

Viimeisellä kerhokerralla tehtiin pieni lelukärry. Se sopi oikein hyvin Leikkihuoneeseen.

In this spring's last club meeting we built a tiny toy pull cart. It suits well in my Chidren's playroom.

Takka pahvista - Fireplace from cardboard

Mukava ilta takan rakentamisen merkeissä kerhossa. Pahvia, tapettia, maalia, liimaa, patterilla toimiva tuikku ja helmiä. Siinä tarvittavat aineet takan rakentamiseen minimaailmassa.

Cardboard, wallpaper, acrylic paints, brush, battery-operated tea light, and some beads. That is all it takes to build a fireplace in the miniature world.

Hyvää pääsiäistä! - A Happy Easter!

Noita on kai eksynyt matkalla Kyöpelinvuorelle tai muuten vain halusi ihmisten seuraan.

Last year and the year before our miniture club worked hard on photoshoots for a calendar that we wanted to create. It turned out well but of course, we have more images than we were able to use. This one below represents Easter.

What do witches and bonfires have to do with Easter? Before Christianity, it was believed that witches flew to a special mountain for a convention with the devil at Easter time. To protect the humans from evil spirits, bonfires were burned in western Finland. Eastern Finland, however, had a different Easter tradition: willow twig blessing. Today the two pre-Christian traditions have somewhat merged. Young children, often girls, dress up as Easter witches, donning colourful old clothes and painted freckles on their faces. “The little witches" then go from door to door, bringing willow twigs decorated with colourful feathers and crepe paper as blessings with a specific rhyme to drive away evil spirits, in return for treats. A bit like the Halloween tradition of trick-or-treating.

In the image below the witch that has apparently lost her way and landed in the wrong place. Instead of the mountain, she is now at someone's backyard and among the humans staring at the bonfire. She could be a kind witch, though.