Wednesday, 29 December 2010

Unique Miniatures - Naturally...

Everyone in northern Europe seems to be enduring snowy conditions but before it arrived in earnest, we had a day just before Christmas when there was a very light dusting of snow.  Maybe it was the fact that there was only a dusting which made them stand out...so I looked closer at the snowflakes.

And do you know what?  It was the first time that I had ever noticed the details in real snowflakes with my own eyes!  So I grabbed the camera...


C'est difficile à croire, mais jusqu'à la semaine dernière, je croyais que le coup des flocons de neige , c'était....TRES exagéré!

Je m'explique: bien sûr j'ai entendu dire que ces petites choses étaient d'une beauté étourdissante, et qu'ils étaient tous différents (ce qui laisse à réfléchir, j'avoue, avec rien qu'avec ceux qu'il ya devant chez nous ;-) mais je croyais que c'était au niveau MOLECULAIRE, pas que c'était visible à l'oeil nu!!!!!!
Comme si les flocons stylisés décoratifs que j'ai toujours connu et les vrais flocons qui tombent du ciel présentaient "la même différence" qu'Hello Kitty et ...un vrai chat!

So much detail in a couple of millimetres!  And all different!  It makes the mind boggle when you consider the quantity that have fallen recently :) 

It seems that nature can hold her own when it comes to making beautiful miniatures!


Voici donc quelques miniatures entièrement naturelles, rien que pour vos yeux :) (faut pas toucher, sinon ça fond...)


Comme quoi, il n'est jamais trop tard ;-)



Friday, 24 December 2010

Merry Christmas! Joyeux Noël !

The presents are wrapped, the turkey is in the oven and the foie gras is slowly coming up to room temperature, which leaves just one more thing to do before we start 'Le Réveillon de Noël"...


Les cadeaux sont emballés, la dinde est au four, le foie gras mi-cuit nous attend sagement, il n'y a plus qu'une chose à faire avant de commencer le réveillon.....

... and that is to wish you a....
....c'est à dire vous souhaiter.....

Christmas croquembouche by Emmaflam

Tuesday, 21 December 2010

Gift Certificates!

We now have gift certificates available in our Etsy store.  Available in $25, $50 and $75 denominations, they are in pdf format and emailed to you within a couple of hours (depending on the time of day!) ready for you to print out and give.

Other denominations available upon request.

So if you're still struggling to find that perfect last minute gift for the miniature-lover(s) in your life, maybe this will help!  We'll be able to send them out right up until Christmas Eve...

Click on the image below to find the listings which contain all the information you need about purchasing and redeeming.



Gift certificates for Etsy now available here

Thursday, 9 December 2010

Wintertime Miniatures and a Snowy French Village! / Ca caille!!

There's a bit of a wintertime snowy theme to today's new miniatures - cool colours, lots of snow and even a brand new stalactite stand!

Allez, on change de crémerie, rouge et vert, c'est bien gentil, mais aujourd'hui, on a décidé d'assortir les miniatures au paysage, c'est à dire un  joli camaïeu de blanc, transparent, glace bleutée et autre couleurs frigorifiées....comme nous!


It's not difficult to see why we're in a wintery mood when you see the view we woke up to this morning! :)

On dirait Narnia!


Wrap up warm!!

Allez les gens, un chocolat chaud et une gaufre, et au lit!

Wednesday, 8 December 2010

Christmas Miniatures...

We're well and truly snowed in!  So what should we do?  What about making some....Christmas minis?!  And muffins. Real ones.  And a beef Bourguignon.  Ditto.  At least we won't starve :)


Bon, cette fois ça ne rigole plus, on est officiellement bloqués chez nous par la neige....et on fait quoi pour s'occuper?! Ben des miniatures tiens!
...et la cuisine, des muffins choco-banane, du boeuf bourguignon, de la bonne vieille puré maison... mais du vrai, tout ça, du qui se mange, du qui réchauffe :)
Restez bien au chaud les gens!

Here are today's new additions to our Etsy store...

Festive meringue display on shabby chic stand

"Christmas in Paris" French chocolate display

Festive Christmas St Honoré

Christmas cappuccino

Sunday, 5 December 2010

New Christmas Miniatures and last chance to save 10%!

Just a reminder that our 10% saving on Etsy finishes at midnight tonight - remember to use the code "CHRISTMAS" in the promo coupon code box in our Etsy checkout to enjoy the reduction (in price, not quality!)

Why not use it to procure one of these brand new Christmas-related miniature goodies?!

Now in our Etsy store at: www.etsy.com/shop/parisminiatures


Remember that the savings are on everything in our store, not just Christmas items!

So think about gifts!  Or think about yourself!  Maybe it's the perfect time to treat yourself to a unique handpainted mini painting, fridge magnet, super fine earrings, pretty macaroon ring or other piece of jewellery!

Just make sure you choose before midnight tonight...!

Friday, 3 December 2010

American Miniaturist Christmas Issue 2010

It looks like we made it into the December issue of American Miniaturist!

The photos and the text for articles can often submitted weeks or months in advance so we'd forgotten all about it until a customer mentioned it yesterday.  So some of you will undoubtedly have seen it before us, but we're excited, even if it is old news!!

Ouais, on est contents, on est dans l'édition de Noel d'American Miniaturist :)

Les photos et autres articles sont généralement collectés des mois en avance, et ce sont le plus souvent des collectionneurs qui nous préviennent!

You might recognise the face on the Santa mug - he's currently decorating the background of our blog...

Si la petite tronche du père Noël vous dit quelque-chose, c'est normal, elle est en arrière plan du blog:)

Thursday, 2 December 2010

More Christmas Miniatures...

Here's a quick glimpse at the new miniatures that we finished today.

It's 100% Christmas today, so apologies if you're sick of Christmas all ready!  You'll find some tableware, a couple of cappuccino sets, more types of cookies than you could ever dream of and the first of this year's Christmas wreaths.  Phew!

Head over to the Christmas section of our Etsy store to see them all now...

Wednesday, 1 December 2010

Christmas Savings at Paris Miniatures!


Until Sunday at midnight, you can save 10% on everything in our Etsy store!

How?

Enter the code CHRISTMAS (in capitals) into the promotional coupon code box at the Etsy checkout and your discount will be applied.

Where?

In our Etsy store at www.etsy.com/shop/ParisMiniatures

When?

NOW!  With immediate effect until midnight (French time) on Sunday.

What?

ALL ITEMS!  Everything!  Not just Christmas items.  Even new items that will be listed over the next 4 days are eligible.  Yes, even items we haven't yet made will be eligible!!

Who?

You!  Your family!  Your friends!  Pets!  Share the love :)

Anything else?

The discount does not apply to shipping, nor to custom orders and can not be combined with any other offers.  Sorry but the discount cannot be back-dated to orders that have already passed through Etsy's checkout.

Youpi, les gens, c'est parti pour le shopping de Noël!!


Ca commence maintenant dans la boutique Etsy, ici:  www.etsy.com/shop/ParisMiniatures et c'est jusquà dimanche soir minuit.


Ca concerne TOUT ce qu'il y a dans la boutique, y compris les choses qui seront listées à partir de maintenant et jusqu'à la fin de la promo.


Il faut juste entrer le code secret (!!!) "CHRISTMAS" en majuscules dans la boîte "coupon code" au moment du checkout, et ça va tout faire tout seul....


Voili, voilou, en parlant de shopping de Noël, va falloir que je m'y colle, moi!...et vous les gens, vous êtes du genre "à la bourre", ou "je maîtrise,  j'ai commencé en Janvier"?!*


*Personnellement, j'ai VRAIMENT commencé en Janvier, mais il y a eu un trou de 11 mois et des brouettes..., et là, la panique monte!!!!

Monday, 29 November 2010

Christmas Stollen - Little & Large

This miniature Christmas stollen cake is one of the new Christmas miniatures that we've listed today.

On reste dans l'ambiance, maintenant que c'est parti, c'est Noël pour un bout de temps ;-)



And of course, if there's the full-sized equivalent lying around, there's only one thing to do (before eating it!). Photograph them together!

Ça alors , on a réussi à faire une photo des deux ensemble AVANT de tout manger!

(...euh, c'est surtout parce que c'était un pseudo stollen sans pâte d'amande qu'il en restait...SANS PATE D'AMANDE!!!!...N'IMPORTE QUOI!!!!!)

Miniature stollen with a real one
Here are some of the other new pieces from today...

They can be found in the Christmas section of our Etsy store


And yes, there's even a Christmas St Honoré!

Eh oui, j'ai osé...le Saint-Honoré "DE NOEL", je ne recule devant rien.... ;-)

Sunday, 28 November 2010

A closer look at the new Christmas miniatures / Les miniatures de Noêl

We teased you a couple of days ago with a single photo of some of our new Christmas minis, so now here's a better look at each of them.

I love the tiny gingerbread men on the cupcakes - which is your favourite?

Click here to see the current Christmas minis in our Etsy store.

Wrapped bonbons on shabby chic stand

Fantasia Christmas Cream Cake

Festive Christmas Cake

Bûche de Noêl (Yule log)

Cupcakes and tiny gingerbread men

Gingerbread cupcakes

Wintery blue ice snowman cupcakes

White cupcakes

Festive gift box of French Britanny galettes and caramels

Friday, 26 November 2010

New Christmas Miniatures

Hello!  It's been a while.  How have you been?  We're happy to let you know that after a couple of quiet weeks, we're ready to launch some brand new Christmas miniatures into the world!  Yay!

Here's a picture to tease you.  Go on, admit it - you love to be teased...


The Christmas booty will be listed later today in our Etsy store

UPDATE - It's all listed!  We've added a 'Christmas' section to our Etsy store - see it here

Thursday, 18 November 2010

“Le Beaujolais nouveau est arrivé!” / "It's Beaujolais Nouveau Time!"

This time last year we were in the center of Paris - the Beaujolais Nouveau had just arrived.  It was impossible to miss!   

It would be nice to think that this enormous bottle was filled with Beaujolais, but no such luck.  100% alcohol-free air...

L'an dernier sur les grands boulevards, il y avait une bouteille géante , c'est cool, nous on aime les trucs tout petits et les trucs géants :)


It's once again time to celebrate the arrival of "Beaujolais Nouveau"!  The bottles in Paris may be enormous (which is cool because as well as small things, we like too-big things!) but we've been working on something much, much smaller....

Une bouteille géante?! Le troisième jeudi de novembre?!!  Ouais, youpi, youhou, le beaujolais nouveau est arrivé!!!!....On s'en fout!!!  C'est pas bon!!!
Mais la charcutaille, c'est chouette, et tout ça en miniature, ça devient encore plus ...euh, petit!

1/12 scale  glass of Beaujolais with saucisson, olives and crisps.
The service is handpainted in a traditional provençal style:)
Un petit parfum de Provence format maison de poupée:
la vaiselle est peinte à la main, vous les entendez les cigales?
Provence set - available to buy here

With a miniature selection of charcuterie, cherry tomatoes and bread
Accompagné d'une assiette anglaise (ah oui, vraiment?
du rosbif saignant et du chorizo, et ça s'appelle une assiette anglaise?!)
French Country Kitchen Charcuterie Set - available to buy here

Ham baguette with butter, pickles and extra ham!
Jambon beurre/cornichons, la tuerie!
Et maintenant, même les poupées peuvent en avoir!
French Country Kitchen Ham Baguette Set - Sold

The three Beaujolais sets together
A table !!!

Which would be your favourite to accompany a glass of Beaujolais Nouveau....?

Alors les gens, c'est quoi, votre miniature préférée of Beaujolpif day??? et en vrai, vous mangeriez quoi, avec?



Monday, 15 November 2010

Chocolate - Paintings and Miniatures / Chocolat, je te veux!!!!

Another weekend has passed in a flash and here we are at the start of another week; a week that will see the following coming to our Etsy store...

I've been slipping back into painting recently and here are some of the mini paintings that I've finished.  Some formats are great for decorating miniature scenes and others are great for fridge magnets/mini tableaux in the "real world".  Our fridge is plastered in them as each new one turns out better than the previous - so I keep them :-p

Aahhhaaah, ça passe trop vite, encore une semaine de cuite!

Je continue de faire des minis tableaux/magnets, sauf que maintenant, ils ne sont aimantés que si on me le demande gentiment, c'est vrai, c'est plus facile de les coller après coup, que de les décoller, non?!

Alors voilà un petit tour dans la "galerie/pâtisserie" (de toute façon , le frigo est plein...enfin, l'extérieur du frigo  surtout (!))

Assortment of new miniature paintings - listed here
We're not abandoning miniatures though (who booed?!!).  These will hopefully be listed this evening if we can keep our eyes open long enough.  If not they will be on Etsy before lunchtime tomorrow...

Mais bien sûr, qui dit chocolat dit chocolat en miniature, c'est un petit avant goût de ce qui Vous attends, période de Noël oblige :)
A table!!!!
Cream and chocolate cake

Assorted French feuille (leaf) chocolates - listed here

Assorted chocolate treats and candy - listed here

Chocolates!

Left side

Right side
Hmmmm, je crois  que le VRAI moelleux au coeur coulant s'impose pour le Dessert, ce soir...la recette qui se fait plus vite que son ombre, c'est parti, j'y vais, j'en peux plus!!!!!!

Edit: 
Je (Neil) viens de lire ça - quelle jolie surprise!  En plus du plat anglais "bubble & squeak" qui m'attend ce soir (miam!), il y aura du gateau!! Si je termine ces listings, bien sûr....!  Au boulot!! :)


Thursday, 11 November 2010

Croissant, Cakes, Chocolate and Choux

It's the Remembrance Day 'Bank Holiday' in France today but it's business as usual at "Emmaflam Towers"!*  We've been battered with wind and rain all day so any thoughts about going outside have been well and truly quashed.

C'est le 11 novembre, il fait froid, nuit, et venteux, comme il se doit, et nous sommes habillés comme Joey quand il avait mis toutes les fringue de Chandler....  :)
Néanmoins, ce n'est pas une raison pour commencer à hiberner, on verra ça la semaine prochaine, voici donc quelques miniatures toutes fraîches à se mettre sous la dent, bon app' les gens!

Anyway, here's what we've finished up today - it's all on Etsy right now.

French breakfast

Chocolate pastries

Birthday cake

Chocolate and strawberry cake - available to buy here

French chocolates

Pastry swan

*There are no towers.  Emmaflam does not live in a chateau :-p

Monday, 8 November 2010

New! Vanilla St Honoré with Butterfly

We have a new addition to our French Pastry Collection!  It's a vanilla St Honoré decorated with a white sugar butterfly with caramel antennae.  Very romantic :)

Now available in our Etsy store - click here

Quand y en a plus, y en a encore, des parfums de Saint-Honoré ;-)
Celui-ci est à la vanille, et décoré d'un papillon en sucre, ou en pâte d'amande, en tout cas quelque chose qui se mange.... très "mariage" comme style...




Et le prochain parfum, les gens, ce sera quoi?! J'ai bien fait quelques essais "pistache et griotte", et de "café / noisette" mais rien encore de concluant....