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.... ;-)

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

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

“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?

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!! :)