Jack o Lanterns and Pumpkins!

These are traditional orange pumpkins in 1:12 scale. They come in 4 different sizes and two different faces. All listed on Etsy today :)

And in case you didn't catch my history lesson last time, here it is again...!
The old festival of All Hallows Eve (or its original Celtic name, 'Samhain') wouldn't be complete without goulish pumpkin faces sitting in the windows. The tradition is hundreds of years old. People believed that the spirits of the dead rose on this night, and some of these spirits were bad ones. People disguised themselves as demons and bad spirits (hence wearing costumes on this night) so that the bad spirits would think they were one of their own and leave them alone. They also make fake demon faces to put in the windows of their houses to keep bad spirits away (carved turnips into jack o lanterns).

Purple Warty Cane Toads

I had a fun commission from a lady called Janice who requested two Purple Warty Cane Toads in 1:12 scale for her Magical Menagerie after she saw my post about my chorus of singing cane toads (here).

So I made her two and thought I'd share them with you on here first.

Let me know what you think!
Caroline :)

Spooky Halloween Cake

Straight from the Pixie Dust witch's kitchen... here's a spooky Halloween Cake! It is quite a bit different to my Hummingbird Miniatures cake (which was decorated with chocolate and candy). This one is a bit witchier and more fitting for a witch than a miniature candy shop.

It is moist-looking chocolate cake with green sugar frosting, but it's topped off with a highly poisonous Banded Krait snake, sheep's eyeballs and finally rainbow sprinkles.

1:12 scale, polymer clay as usual.

I've only got three left and my Hummingbird Miniatures Halloween cakes sold out fast, so be quick if you'd like one! :)
Mini hugs,
Caroline
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Bubbling Iron Cauldrons

This was enormous fun to make as I've never worked with resin before and thought it was brilliant, although it did make my studio smell like chemicals for days so not necessarily recommended...!
Basically, I made battered old-looking iron cauldrons first out of polymer clay. Then I put weeds and a long handled silver spoon inside each. (The weeds were scenic foliage used in miniature railways). I mixed up some green resin and poured into the cauldrons and layered with a mixture of varied size glass balls to create the look of bubbles.

Great fun!

Hope you like them. They'll be on Etsy soon. Let me know what you think. :)
Caroline
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Glowing Jack O Lanterns

The old festival of All Hallows Eve (or its original Celtic name, 'Samhain') wouldn't be complete without goulish pumpkin faces sitting in the windows. The tradition is hundreds of years old. People believed that the spirits of the dead rose on this night, and some of these spirits were bad ones. People disguised themselves as demons and bad spirits (hence wearing costumes on this night) so that the bad spirits would think they were one of their own and leave them alone. They also make fake demon faces to put in the windows of their houses to keep bad spirits away (carved turnips into jack o lanterns).

Enough of the history lesson! These are white pumpkins in 1:12 scale which glow in the dark. They come in 4 different sizes and two different faces. Will be listed on Etsy in a few days...

Singing Cane Toad Chorus!

Remember that scene in 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban' with the chorus of singing cane toads? I went crazy for that scene - just loved those toad puppets! Got to hand it to creature effects genius Nick Dudman. Anyway, here are some in 1:12 scale made from polymer clay. Just in time for Halloween...!

Let me know what you think.
Caroline :)

Hummingbird Miniatures COMPETITION WINNER announced!

Hi everybody!
Thanks to everyone who entered my first Hummingbird Miniatures competition, and especial thanks to those that included my competition link on their blogs. You all wrote such nice things and I was really thrilled with the response. I've been in touch with the winner and looking forward to sending off her Pink Birthday Cake prize as soon as she gets back to me with her address.

I 'televised' the competition draw! You can watch it here on my Caro Home Crafts channel.

Multiple mini hugs,
Caroline
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