Special Holiday Offer!

 Just a head up, I don't plan on being online much this week. Working on some handmade Christmas gifts, (would love to show you, but can't until I give them out-It's not a surprise if the people I'm giving them to see their gifts online first) a few other things, and of course-Thanksgiving. So until I post again, please enjoy this mild attempt at online advertising;

For Artisan Miniatures, Art Prints, Postcards, Ornaments, and Jewelry-Check out my Etsy Shop; https://www.etsy.com/shop/KyleLefort

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***Hey Holiday Shoppers!***

From now until December 4th, 2013, Take $1.00 off of your order! At checkout, Just enter coupon code,

HOLIDAYSHOPPER2013

And along with this offer, while supplies last;

Purchase any Digital Art print or postcard from my Etsy shop, and receive a postcard, as a free Thank You gift with your order.

OR

Purchase any miniature, jewelry piece, or ornament from my Etsy shop, and receive a small free mystery Thank You gift with your order. -Possible mystery gifts may include; a postcard, small crafting supplies, and miniatures, (items may be store bought or my own handmade creations not currently listed on Etsy)

(Offer expires on 12/4. Limit 1 per household, Thank you)

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For Artisan Miniatures, Art Prints, Postcards, Ornaments, and Jewelry-Check out my Etsy Shop; https://www.etsy.com/shop/KyleLefort

My Mini Halloween Scene - 2013

The big Halloween Challenge post will be up in a couple days, which means that it's time for me to post my Miniature Halloween Scene. ^_^

Didn't have a lot of free time this year, but I made a ton of real miniature leaves for local shows next year, so those became the inspiration for my scene. The Catrina and Octopus seem pretty happy dancing in the leaves, and I raided my Etsy Shop inventory for some pumpkins and Jack-O-Lanterns. Is it ever really Halloween without them?

Since I didn't even get a chance to make my scene until after my own deadline passed, I wouldn't be surprised if there are other people running late with their scenes too. If you had any interest in my, "Miniature Halloween Challenge!", I will be accepting late entries right up until I make the Challenge post on the 30th. If you already gave me your entry, it will be in the post, no worries.

Happy Halloween ^_^

Prizes From Jazzi!

Roughly a year ago, Jazzi sent Mini Jazzi on a trip around the world. Being a doll, you'd think decent travel accommodations would be tricky to come by, but thanks to a string of miniature/dollhouse-blogging hosts, Mini Jazzi seems to be having a wonderful adventure (She get's stuck in the mail sometimes, but other than it sounds like it's going well).

While I'm not one of the hosts, (I'm sure Mini Jazzi is seeing plenty of the U.S. for one trip), I have been following along. Some time ago Jazzi had a little contest to see who could guess which blogger would be hosting Mini Jazzi next, and by guessing that she'd be visiting Molly in Virginia next (who promptly whisked Mini Jazzi off to Africa, I think), I was one of the winners. ^_^

A few weeks later I received a package in the mail from Jazzi;

Jazzi, I was not expecting all of this, Thank you so much!

I don't know what it is with the mail lately, but I've had 3 packages clear customs in the past month and only 1 made it to my house without being,...my guess is that someone felt the need to beat my mail with a large mallet. U.S. customs sure has a weird screening process...Luckily, as you can see everything inside the package was fine. A+ for packing Jazzi.

Whenever I get miniatures in the mail I try to set up a quick scene, especially when it takes so long to blog about them. I didn't get everything into this one (there's so much to choose from), but so far I'd say everyone seems to like their new widescreen TV, Australia pillows (I should show them Australia on the map sometime), and teddy bear-Actually I think the Octopus is stealing that one.

It appears that a bunny has moved in now too.

Didn't have a TV stand of any kind, but the weird vintage dresser from upstairs fits in really well (and I never liked it upstairs anyway). The doll that lives here is out with a foot injury (his foot fell off-needs more glue), but he'd better get back soon, it's starting to look like a zoo in his house and he's missing all the cool stuff.

Thank you for the prizes Jazzi, I love them, and I look forward to seeing more on Mini Jazzi's travels.

My Prize From The Shopping Sherpa!

So a few posts back, I mentioned that I somehow managed to win two different blog giveaways in one week (Again-Such a lucky week-anyone know how I can do that again?).

I already made a post about my prize from Fabulously Small, so now it's time to talk about what I received from the Shopping Sherpa;

All the way from Australia,  Anna Maria sent me this lovely plastic kitchen set that she picked up at a recent show. You can read more about it, by clicking here to read her blog post.

The plan is to use these for Billy, a dollhouse I already have built and am in the middle of decorating, but recently I've been cleaning and it's turned into a catch-all. No really, there's even an octopus in there;

(just a side note, this little guy was a gift from an IRL friend. 

How awesome is it that someone sees a plastic octopus and thinks, 

"Kyle would love this"? ^_^ )

Ok, so now that you've heard my excuse for why my little house is such a mess, here is quick scene using the kitchen set, which I promise will look less disheveled after I finish cleaning up everything in my world (big & small);

If you're a regular reader, then you know where the plates and conveniently on hand "Fruit salad" came from. The penguin is also a regular, guess he lives here now. He's an adorable and top heavy creation I made out of Sculpey before I had any idea of what I was doing. XD The pretty green salad bowl is one of those paper pottery bowls I still have to do a tutorial on. I keep saying that I'll talk about that room divider I also made (I will, soon). Table/chairs are super old dollar store purchases. The sink unit is a mystery piece that was found inside a Strawberry Shortcake house (sadly no longer with us), that someone was throwing out.

Thank you again Anna Maria for the prize, I love this kitchen set, and am looking forward to finding more ways to use it in my mini scenes. ^_^

Thank You Project Supporters!

From April 4th to May 4th this year I ran a small campaign to help raise the funding I needed to continue on with my illustration work. 

Named, The Curious Concepts Project, after the title of my first solo art show, which gave me the opportunity to really develop my current illustration style. The goals of the project can be summed up by this promo video I made back at the start of the campaign; 
 

Thankfully for me and my ongoing work, this project was funded. ^_^  The past few weeks have been filled with ordering prints/packing material, and collecting project backer info, but now that all that is just about finished, it's time to get to the interesting parts.

First though, a long promised online Thank You post, to all of the wonderful people who made a pledge and funded my project. Thank you, honestly wouldn't be able to do any of this without you. 

Below are the names of everyone who backed my project. I  also made the offer to promote 1 website of each backer's choosing along with their names. The takers on that offer are listed first, followed by everyone else, in alphabetical order.

Thank You Everyone

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 Jennifer Smith  >>>> http://www.jsminiatures.co.uk <<<<

JS Miniatures  
I make finest quality dolls house miniatures and specialise in using LEDs in dolls house and model projects.  I have developed the first ever battery powered lighting kit for smaller scale houses using tiny LEDs for superior brightness but that are almost invisible!  I also make modern furniture and lighting along with other more traditional products.  With exceptional customer service and many returning customers it's well worth having a look at my site.

 Brandi >>>> https://www.facebook.com/wnyskydiving12 <<<<

WNYSkydiving is a full service skydiving training center conveniently located in Akron, NY, within easy driving distance of Buffalo, NY and Rochester, NY. WNYSkydiving is open year round, weather permitting. If the sky is clear, we can fly! Take Skydiving off your "Bucket List" and add it to your "Things To Do This Weekend List!" Call and book today! 716-597-7393

Patrick Garde >>>> http://plainseo.com <<<< 
PlainSEO  Plain SEO is an outsourcing SEO company based in the Philippines that offers effective search engine optimization services. Founded in 2012, the firm has provided SEO needs to various clients worldwide such as USA, Australia and Italy thanks to its founder, Patrick Garde, who has worked in the SEO field since 2009.


Andrea                                                   Brittany Zarbo                         Courtney Deuro

Darlene Morse                                      Devon McKernan                         Elizabeth

Ellen Lefort                                           Janine Benton                             Jenna Driver

Joshua Eliano                                          Mary Lynn                               Nathan Lefort

Neil Lefort                                           Samantha Clark                       Sarah Popadowski
                                     
Tanya                                                 Vittoria Procopio                         Wendy Riggins


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If you backed my project and would still like to promote your site, feel free to send me an email.
This post will not be deleted (by me anyway) as long as this blog exists, and throughout the creative part of this project, it will be linked to the, "Curious Concepts", banner in the sidebar so that people will continue to see it even after it falls off the first page.

Thanks again everyone. ^_^