Peter Rabbit in Japan enjoying cherry blossoms

I brought my Peter Rabbit to Japan, I took him to Kitakami (北上) for the famous cherry blossom festival. 

 

Both me and Peter Rabbit were so excited to see so many flowers and fishes in the air!

Peter Rabbit loves the flowers in the park. I think the colors of the park match very well with his jacket.

Needle felted Peter Rabbit with Easter eggs

I love Peter Rabbit very much. I love all works by Beatrix Potter. 

 During the Easter holidays I created my version of Peter Rabbit using needle felted wool.

 

Together with my Easter eggs, it becomes a perfect display for Easter

Pansies and Easter eggs

Easter always makes me think of pansies, I think pansies match with Easter eggs perfectly. They look so lovely together.

These needle felted eggs with pansies motif are now available in www.nozomicrafts.etsy.com

Needle felted Easter eggs

Easter is just round the corner. Time to decorate my home with Easter eggs.

These are Easter eggs I've made recently. I think pansy motifs are perfect for Easter eggs.

Easter eggs look nice with a nest, I've made a nest which matches perfectly with my eggs. 

 

 Now needle felted Easter eggs are available in my shop : www.nozomicrafts.etsy.com

Here comes Mr. Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland

Finally it's spring! Flowers start to bloom, everywhere is filled of colors again.

Mr. Rabbit is checking the flowers in his wonderland.

Needle felted white rabbit bag charms are now in www.nozomicrafts.etsy.com

Hedgehog smiles

Hedgehogs are really special animals. 

Their bodies are full of spines, yet their faces look so docile.

Their movements and their looks are so cute, such adorable creatures!

This is the first time I tried to make a smiling hedgehog.

I'm really in love with this little guy.

Needle felted hedgehogs are now available in www.nozomicrafts.etsy.com

Harvest season for squirrels

It's September! Autumn is coming, I love the colors of the fall season.

Autumn always reminds me of woodland animals and pine cones.

So I started to make some needle felted squirrels lately.

Squirrels always look so cute with acorns or mushrooms or pine cones around.

Needle felted squirrel ornaments are now available in www.nozomicrafts.etsy.com

Miniature English cottage making beginner . Petite Properties cottage

This is my first challenge of making mini English cottage. 

I always fancy about thatched English cottages, they look so cute and magical. The first time for me to visit them was about 20 years ago in Stratford Upon Avon, home of Shakespeare. I know I never will have a chance to own one, but owning a mini version of it is possible.

 

 The kit I used is from Petite Properties Ltd.

It consists of ready cut wooden parts which seems quite easy to assemble, and it has an instruction sheet. I live in Hong Kong all of my life and English is a foreign language to me, but the instruction sheet is nicely written and easy to read so I have no difficulty in understanding it.

 Assembling the parts is not a problem for me. Painting and creating texture is challenging. I had no experience in making this kind of house models so I did study and made a lot of research on this topic.

The paint I used is also bought from Petite Properties Ltd. 

The most challenging part for me is making the roof. I worked according to the book from Petite Properties.
I had never done this before and cannot anticipate what results I can get.

 

 

Wrap clay on the roof, paint it with glue, sprinkle tiny fibers on top, then paint the whole roof.

  

The effect is not bad at all, it is better than I expected. I am satisfied with it.