Give a Witch a Pencil?

Big mistake!  This morning I made Tessie a yellow Ticonderoga  pencil, like the ones that we had in school when I was a kid...

I just carved it from a toothpick and colored it appropriately.

That was a mistake. She immediately zapped it and made it work. 

I had to tell her not to write on the books. Go find some paper...

 She disappeared.  I hunted her down where I knew she would look for paper.  Walter always has a lot of little sticky pads  on the desk.

She started using the paper and pencil.  I told her that she would have to go somewhere else to do her sketching.

She didn't object... Nothing to eat on the computer desk... So I had to start hunting her down again... The logical place to look was someplace with pizza. 

Yup. She was where there is always pizza.  In the kitchen of her old cottage. 

So far, she has plans for a fancy chair, table and couch. 

The only thing good about a Tessie sized pencil, is it will get sharpened about three times and then it will be out of led.

We are going to a movie a little later.  I am not going to be around when she runs out of pencil. 

She is going to have to fend for herself.  Or maybe she will just eat pizza until we get back.  Who knew that a five and a half inch witch could draw plans for her own furniture?  I didn't.  I thought she would just doodle until we returned.  Darn!  More furniture to make.  At least she doesn't have much paper. I hid the rest and locked the computer room door.

Back to getting ready to go to a movie... Without a tiny witch. 

See you tomorrow.

Give Me the Pencil!!!

 I started doing some sketches of how I want things to look last night...

First a triangular table for the kitchen.  The size will be the size of the triangle behind Spike...  It will have a carved corner base.  Not necessarily the exact same one that you see on the page.

I think I am on to something.  Two people can sit there, but they can still see each other and see out the window. 

Now all I have to do is figure out where to put an icebox, stove and sink... Still thinking...

Next, I went for the front door.  It will be a plank and bar type but a bit fancier.  It will have wrought iron hinges and face plate for the handle. 

The stonework around the edge is a speculation, but you know that I like a little stonework on cottages.

Daisy specified that she wanted a small window so that she could see the person outside.

Tessie immediately made the connection... "Hey!  Daisy must be about the same height as me.  Actually, when Tessie stood next to the door at the right level, she was right.  Oh No!  Two Tessies???

Then I made a BIG mistake....I left the pencil laying on the table, when I went to get more coffee.

I got sidetracked and did a bit of wandering around. 

When I returned, Tessie was sitting on the miter box with the green pencil in hand and a smug self-satisfied look on her face.

I had started a drawing of the outside of the kitchen bump out.  She was finishing it the way she thought it should look....

Stone work all around and a crenelated top....

We had a tug of war for the pencil.  I won.  I X-ed out the  top portion and told her, "One or the other.  Not both!"

This argument could go on for the rest of the day....I will leave you now.   I have to go hide every pencil in the house.  This could take a while...

See you tomorrow.

If All Else Fails....

I have a bunch of witches descending on me at 1:00 PM for a mini meeting.  So I am not going to have time for a lot of mini making.

I am still working on the rug.  I am well past the half way mark now.

It looks uneven because the weaving still has to be packed down some.  As I go, that will be taken care of.

Here's the front side.  I am liking the stripes that Tessie insisted upon.  The second bunch at the top will be the same as the bottom ones when finished.

A couple more days at the most.

I was looking around for something more to show you...

I did this several years ago.

If I ever give up minis, I am going into forgery... I did this from a sketch in a book.

I doubt that anybody would believe that Leonardo did this....He didn't have sketch pads or a mechanical pencil...

I am going to have to work on that part.

Anyway, I will be a penniless forger, but I will have fun doing it.

See you tomorrow.