So, my miniature obsession lasted for about, uhm... 2 weeks.  I never actually MADE any miniatures, but I did search a lot on Amazon.com for Books on Dolls Houses and Miniatures.  I did search endlessly here in Panama for bass wood or any type of wood that would let me make roomboxes but I never took the actual step to START making one.

This is the reason it is so lovely to have a crafts site.  I LOVE crafts, but actually doing them can be daunting for me.  I don't really understand it, there are crafts I can teach myself, but some are just out of bounds for me (or maybe my brain does not think I can do them) carving wood is one of those things. True, I did not need to carve stuff to make tiny furniture, I could have very well made stuff from polymer clay, but NOOOO.. lil' miss crafts needs to carve furniture and dollhouses from scratch.

So now I have moved on to something I've always wanted to do, cake decorating.  I see so many beautiful cakes out there, but it has not been easy, I took a small course last week and learned to make gumpaste flowers and structures and this week I am learning about fondant. The thing is, this is something I could make a little money on, maybe pay the bills on time? I have been forcing myself to practice with the Wilton Course 1 book, but I never get the icing consistency just right...