Launched my new line of miniature crewel embroidery kits!

I attended the Molly Cromwell Sarasota(Florida) show this past weekend as a dealer. It was a great show, lots of people buying lots of goodies. I am thrilled with the response I got to my new miniature crewel kits which are now available for purchase through my blog. If you would like to purchase any of my kits, please contact me at cookiemax@aol.com. I accept U.S. checks or PayPal.

I have been very successfully using the McQueenie Miniature line of wooden furniture kits to compliment my crewel designs. You can view and order them at www.mcqueenieminiatures.co.uk/. The Aylesbury and Edencroft styles are suitable for pillows, cushions, or McQueenie's pole-type fire screens. The larger styles of Buckingham, Cambridge and Devonshire would make wonderful bench covers, fireplace screens, etc. They are all perfect for a tapestry frame showing either a needlework in progress, a finished embroidery still on the frame or may be framed as a wall hanging. Let your imagination be your guide!

Aylesbury Mini Crewel kit, measures 1 1/4" x 1 1/4" proposed for Workshops. Available for sale as a kit. Price: $18.00

Buckingham Mini Crewel Kit measures 1 3/4" high x 2" wide. Price: $16.00

Cambridge Miniature Crewel Kit, measures 1 1/4" x 1 1/4" Price: $22.00

Devonshire Crewel Kit, measures 2" x 2." Price: $22.00

Edencroft Crewel Kit measures 1 1/4" x 1 1/4" Price: $18.00

New business name, Artistry in Miniature

I am now trading under the name of Cookie Ziemba, Artistry in Miniature, so you will see that in show flyers, etc. The name just popped in my head one day and felt very comfortable for me as I love art in all its forms.

Just arranged to have my PayPal account work with me for this venture and hope it will help those who would like to purchase with credit cards. I have found them very easy to work with in the past when I want to purchase items in Europe. Way back when I would travel to England and buy something, it was difficult and expensive to exchange money, especially when I wanted to pay a bill from the U.S. This makes things so much easier, hooray for progress.

Please visit me at the following miniature shows where I will do a workshop on the Aylesbury Crewel Kit:

- February 12 & 13, 2011 at Molly Cromwells's Orlando (Florida) Festival at the Radisson Resort Orlando-Celebration. Preview Saturday evening and all day show on Sunday. Please go to Molly's web site for further information, www.mollycromwell.com.

- March 11, 2011 Workshop and March 12th Show at Boca Raton Community Center, Les Petites Collecteurs of South Florida Show.

- June 4 & 5, 2011 at Molly Cromwell's Sturbridge (Massachusetts) Miniatures Festival at the Host Hotel on Cedar Lake. Saturday workshop and Preview with the show all day on Sunday. Again, see wwww.mollycromwell.com for further information.

Looking forward to seeing you at one of these fairs!

Now accepting PayPal

I accept checks U.S. checks but you may order through PayPal, using the button below. For one kit, please send an additional $4.75 for shipping. For two, three or four kits, please send $5.50. More than that, please send $7.00 for shipping.

There is no problem ordering from outside of the United States using PayPal because they convert currencies. If you order from a country other than the United States, the shipping costs are the same as above, for anywhere in the world!

Please, be sure to click the down arrow to the right of the Aylesbury kit to see the other kit choices that you can order. Thanks so much, I appreciate your orders!

Miniature Crewel Kits

Aylesbury Kit $18.00 Buckingham Kit $16.00 Cambridge Kit $22.00 Devonshire Kit $22.00 Edencroft Kit $18.00

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Launched new line of Mini Crewel Kits!

I attended the Molly Cromwell Sarasota(Florida) show this past weekend as a dealer. It was a great show, lots of people buying lots of goodies.

I am thrilled with the response I got to my new crewel miniature kits which are now available for purchase through my blog. If you would like to purchase any of my kits, please contact me at cookiemax@aol.com. All kits contain the design printed on a fine fabric, needles, sufficient supply of threads, printed directions, a stitch diagram for placement of stitching and an enlarged color photo for reference. I accept checks or PayPal and prices are quoted in US Dollars (USD), shipping will be an additional cost, to be determined upon ordering.

Aylesbury Mini Crewel Kit measures 1 1/4" x 1 1/4". Price: $18.00. This is the design I use to teach Workshops at miniature shows, and is also available as a kit.

Buckingham Mini Crewel Kit measures 1 3/4" high x 2" wide. Price: $16.00.

Cambridge Mini Crewel Kit measures 1 1/4" x 1 1/4" Price: $22.00

Devonshire Mini Crewel Kit measures 1 3/4" high x 2" wide. Price: $22.00.

Edencroft Mini Crewel Kit measures 1 1/4" x 1 1/4". Price: $18.00.

Article on my Miniature Crewelwork in a Dutch magazine

I had a nice surprise last night. Elly de Kraker of The Netherlands kindly emailed me a copy of an article done by Dolls House Nederland magazine featuring my miniature crewel work. Along with it, she sent a "fractured" translation of the Dutch done by Google. Some of it was very amusing as Google seems to "think" I collect "Thumbnails" instead of miniatures. I had a good laugh over that one!

With my permission, the writer, Henny Christophersen, took photos from this blog to be used for the article and it looks wonderful. The interview was done via emailed questions and I think it came out very well, thank you Henny! I also want to thank Rika Van Nellestijn for publishing my work in her excellent magazine.

Nuremberg - style Kitchen

Wanted to share pictures of a project I did a long time ago.  I was antiquing in New Jersey and saw this great room box sitting out in the rain.  I bought it thinking my antique collecting miniature club members might like this and put it in my trunk.  The dealer said, "Wait a minute, I have an old stove for it."  Well, when I placed the stove in the middle of the box, I decided I had to keep it for myself!  I loved it! The stove was missing certain parts, and plumber happened to come over the next day, I showed it to him and he went out to his truck and came back with the curved "stovepipe" and gave it to me as a gift, as well as round copper caps that fit perfectly to support the pots on the stove.

Since it was so large, I felt I could decorate it in the antique manner, using all sizes of furnishings, and the heck with scale. I soon learned that purchasing the pieces at antique shows was a reasonable way to go as far as the cost.  I had so much fun furnishing it and enjoyed mixing the scales.