Chocolate Teapots - Miniature 'Gift' Boxes

The English language has a great way of saying that something (or someone) is not very useful. They say they are "...as useful as a chocolate teapot...".

The Naked Scientists even went to the lengths of testing the theory for themselves by making a real chocolate teapot...

We made some miniature chocolate teapots.  Prettier than the one shown above...and hopefully more useful (especially for decorating your miniature scenes!).

They are in our Etsy store in dark, milk and white chocolate - click here to find them

Miniature Berlingot Boxes

We've updated our Etsy store today with the berlingot boxes that you may have seen in our SIMP Preview a few days ago.

You can find the listing for them here.

For those waiting for the spilled berlingot jars, we hope to have them ready very soon. Let us know if you want us to hold onto one for you.

Bonne Maman Open Cookie Boxes

Another one of the items that people regularly ask for is our boxes of Bonne Maman palets.  They have one side open with cookies spilling out.  And each cookie has 'Bonne Maman' etched into them, just like the real ones.

You can find them in our Etsy store.

You can choose to have the opening on the left....

...or you can have the opening on the right

Printed on all sides

True 12th scale using the original French box design

You can also find this pretty Bonne Maman cookie box with a tiny jar of Bonne Maman confiture.

SIMP Preview 2013 - Individual Pastries and a short video

Last minute preparations are under way for tomorrow's SIMP miniatures show in Paris.  We spent all morning putting our individual pastries together to take some photos because it's exceptional that we have so many ready all at the same time.  And everybody loves a family photo!  Here they are...

 On est en plein "boum" pour le SIMP demain - littéralement - je viens de faire tomber une boîte pleine de ...bruits?!...
Toute la matinée fût occupée à disposer les pâtisseries individuelles pour faire des photos avant l'expo, faut dire qu'on en a probablement jamais autant en une seule fois......(devinez les gens, même si ya a rien à gagner, juste pour le fun :)

We also made a budget movie to tease you all a little bit.  It's a bit like a Cheeto.  Short and cheesy.  Steven and Martin (Spielberg and Scorcese who else?!) watch out, next stop Hollywood for Paris Miniatures!

Get your popcorn ready!

Pour la peine, nous vous avons pondu un film à petit budget, rien que pour vous, ah ha, nous voilà Steven et Martin (Spielberg et Scorsese, je vais me gêner tiens!;-)

Allez les gens, on sort le pop-corn!

SIMP Preview 2013 - Berlingots Are GO!

Miniature Berlingots

 On our stand at the first show we did together a few years back, we had some jars of berlingots - a colourful stripy French candy with a distinctive tetrahedan shape.  In particular we had some 'spilt' jars.

It was one of the pieces that caught the eye of the owner of the Musée Miniature et Cinéma at Lyon who ordered some along with many other pieces to put on display. They're still there if you're ever visiting.

Ever since, at every show, we're asked if we have any for sale. "No, we haven't had time. Maybe at the next show...." we find ourselves replying. And it's the same story at the next show. And the next..  Thing is, they take ages to make, but this year, we're ready! BERLINGOTS ARE GO!!!!!

 

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Les berlingots et moi, ça fait un bail, et les berlingots renversés, c'est notre petit chouchou, c'est d'ailleurs une des pièces toujours au Musée Miniature et Cinéma :)

Sauf que c'est long à faire, les berlingots......Des années qu'on nous supplie, non seulement d'en faire, mais en plus de les renverser......je dis toujours "peut-être l'année prochaine", en y croyant moi même très fort, et tous les ans, j'ai l'air malin:  "ben, non, j'ai encore pas eu le temps!"

Mais trêve de désespoir, les gens, ça y est, y en a "re" des berlingots, et pas qu'un peu, visez moi ça!!!!
(ah ça, j'en fais pas souvent,mais quand je m'y colle,  mais j'en fais pour dix ans!!!)

Voilà, berlingots, go! j'espère que vous êtes contents, les gens, pasqueuh moi...oui! :)
Qu'est ce que je vous fais pour l'année prochaine?!

Assorted berlingots - including those much requested 'spilt' jars

 

Shown with a cutter for scale

How many in there?  No idea - lots!

SIMP Preview 2013 - From the workshop table

Next Sunday we'll be at the SIMP miniatures show in Paris (stand 52, centre alleyway if you're coming!).

We're still working on stock for the show and if it's anything like previous shows, we'll still be doing so at midnight next Saturday...

We thought we'd give you an early peek at some of the pieces we'll be showing there as they sit in our extended workshop (or "the kitchen" as it'll be known once the show is out of the way!)

Some of the pieces shown aren't finished so keep that in mind!

Fruit tarts

Cheesecakes

Individual pastries

Chocolate Cheesecake

Really happy with the way this turned out!

Click on the picture to see the large version (and that yummy looking chocolate sauce!)

Etsy Roundup

The end of another busy week is here and we thought it might be a good time to look back at some of our favourite pieces from the last 7 days.  All of these was listed in our Etsy store this past week.

Cakes first!

French chocolate gateau

Chocolate French pastries

This waffle breakfast plate had us drooling :)

Waffle breakfast with woodland fruit

Waffle breakfast with coffee

This cherry plate and cakestand are cute!

Handpainted cherry plate and cake stand

And something savoury - steak tartare, traditional French bistro fayre. Delicious (if raw meat is your thing!)

Steak tartare and chunky fries - traditional French bistro food!

It's been a while since we made any miniature vegetables.  Used to make lots before cakes took over.  In fact the wooden crate dates from 2005!  It's been waiting patiently in a drawer to be filled, so this was its moment to shine!

Vegetable crate

Vegetable crate

And we finished the week off with this 'Angels & Demons Cherubs' hutch.  You can see more pictures of the hutch in another post here.

Those are just our favourites. Let us know in the comments which pieces you preferred!

Remember to visit our Etsy store often so you don't miss the next series of goodies...