Littlest Sweet Shop kitchen appliance debut - Nespresso machine

Hey guys!

I haven't written any entries for a while now. I've been busy with updating the new website, storefront, Etsy and developing new miniatures as well. I still haven't gotten the hang of juggling work and social media AND being a full-time housewife. 

Being away from blogging also means that my website is finally 90% complete (yay) and still able to produce Youtube tutorials as a way to encourage younger Littlest Sweet Shoppers to get into modelling miniatures. 

But today is a very significant time for me because it is the day that I am launching Littlest Sweet Shop's kitchen appliances! After 8 years I thought it would be nice to expand the range outside just food (but still keeping with a similar theme) and with the help of my husband who does 3D modelling in the computer, I can finally do this!

Presenting - the compact espresso machine in 1:6 scale!

These machines have been 3D modelled by my husband using the Nespresso machine as his reference so we can produce a perfectly scaled down model for dolly owners. 1:6 scale has always been a niche scale with kid's brands dominating most of the market. I thought it would be nice to bring a product into the 1:6 scale hobby for adult collectors for a change. The 1:12 scale market already has almost everything you can think of shrunken down to fit the size. 

The machines were 3D printed in resin and air-brush painted. Smaller details such as the raised buttons have been hand-painted. The handle (which works as the mechanism to create the espresso), capsule tray, water tank lid and coffee outlet are removable for extra play value. 

Since everything has been modelled based on the real thing, there are a lot of really cool details like the side vents, brand embossing and even perfectly formed tiny holes on the capsule tray. The handle has also been designed to fit in nicely into the machine so you can change the position over and over again.

Of course we also made the coffee capsules for the machines. The pods have been 3D modelled and printed in resin. These extremely tiny parts are airbrushed in gold and the tops are hand-painted in silver giving it the foil lid effect. 

We have also made espresso cups to capture all of that lovely coffee which will drip from the outlet. They are 3D modelled based on a real espresso cup, scaled down and printed in resin. Each cup is hand-painted in enamel paint. You can order empty cups or filled with really dark coffee! 

I also made some miniature almond biscotti to go with the coffee itself. They have the same crusty and hard texture like the real thing! Each biscotti has a generous amount of almonds and since each piece is hand-made, they are all unique. Make sure you have subscribed to my Youtube channel because I will be uploading the Biscotti tutorial by this weekend. 

Hope you enjoyed the debut of this small coffee machine. Me and my husband definitely plan to make more appliances in the future but for now this machine is available on Etsy. 

There is still so much to update such as a new 1:12 scale shop, new 1:12 scale dolls and even a new 1:6 scale diorama (featured in this post). But I will blog about that some other day :)

Bye!

Hello Littlest Sweet Shoppers

I'd like to announce that the Christmas store is now open! Just visit our Etsy page:

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LittlestSweetShopUK

New and exclusive items in the Etsy store includes new 1:6 scale Gingerbread Houses - each unique and one-of-a-kind. They are all maxed out in luxurious toppings and decorations. Everything was hand-made to create tasty perfection in playscale (suitable for fashion dolls such as Barbie).

2019 Littlest Sweet Shop Gingerbread Houses

Each house is fully decked not just on the front but also on the sides and at the back. Each detail such as Japanese style sprinkles and pole candy has been meticulously recreated to add realism.

Harumi-chan with her favourite Ice Cream House. A pastel and kawaii favourite

This is the Cabin Gingerbread House. It's a more traditional style candy house with red and white candy. The roof shingles are Necco Wafers which is a type of candy used in Gingerbread House making in America.

Cabin Gingerbread House. Trimmed with whipped cream and Christmas candy. Sits on top of a giant biscuit sandwich. Decorated with Japanese sprinkles, a mini Xmas wreath and peppermint candy

Chocolate bar windows and more peppermint candy. Red and green pole candy to keep it in holiday mood

Roof shingles using Necco wafers. Crowned with red and green gummy candies

Chocolate log house. Sits on top of a layer of chocolate cake and decorated with candy and cookies

Biscuit shingle roof. Crowned with icing, strawberry chocolates and chocolate balls

Tiny cookie windows and rainbow pole candy accents

Rainbow-theme classic Gingerbread House. Pink wafer door. Glittery green base. Trimmed with whipped cream and lace on the front of the roof

Chimney decorated with frosting and super tiny pieces of rainbow candy

6 colour rainbow candy tiled roof. Traditional icing decoration on sides

Candy 'Stained glass' window, chocolate windows, Japanese sprinkles along the roof

Super tiny rainbow candy in a row. All houses are made using our finest Gingerbread recipe

Ice cream house. Pink wafer house decorated in royal icing and candy. Sits on top of a cookie sandwich with scoops of pastel ice cream. A cute bow on the door and a biscuit tart on top

Marshmallow flump crowns this pastel house and over 400 rainbow sprinkles on the roof

Decorated with pastel pole candy, white chocolate bar windows and pastel marshmallow sweets

The Christmas store restocked best-sellers such as 1:12 scale donuts and the all popular packaged Twinkie. There are also exclusive Christmas miniature food for your dolls. Make sure to stock up now before the Christmas rush. I'm going to Paris this Friday and all orders after that will be shipped next Thursday 21st November. Hope you will order quickly especially if you are in America as Littlest Sweet Shop is located in the UK.

Bye!

New arrivals! Moon Pies and Mooncake Gift Boxes

Hello Littlest Sweet Shoppers!

Can't believe it's end of the month already! Here are some new arrivals for September. I went to the Lakes for a week so had little time to create any miniature this month.

Just like the Twinkies, I decided to make the miniature cakes to go into the Moon Pie boxes. I have to admit I have never eaten a Moon Pie and I think I made them more like Choco Pie instead (with fluffy cake). The wrapped ones are now available on our Etsy store but you can also commission Moon Pies with a bite taken off. Available to commission now from the Groceries menu.

Littlest Sweet Shop's Moon Pie/Choco Pie. Cake sandwich with marshmallow filling and coated in confectionery

Available in Chocolate

Chocolate wrapped Moon Pies. Perfect for shop fronts in miniature.

Strawberry Moon Pies

Banana Moon Pies

Made perfectly to scale for 1:6 dolls

Naru enjoys a chocolate Moon Pie with some tea

When I started making packaging for our products, I wanted to make packaging for all the other things I've made as well. Our Mooncakes have been around for several years but now you can also order a cute box for it! It can fit up to 4 pieces and I managed to debut them on the day of the Mid-Autumn festival on Instagram.

Littlest Sweet Shop's full Mooncake range

Cute gift-box in pastel colour theme. 

Can fit 4 mooncakes per box. The perfect gift! Graphic Designed by Freepik.

I have a few commissions running right now but there will be updated churros debuting this week on our social media channels so make sure you are there! I will try my best to get the Etsy Christmas shop up and running. There will be Christmas miniatures AND more new items so you can really shop 'til you drop!

Bye!

Commission Update: Candy inspired by Dylan's Candy Bar

Hi again Littlest Sweet Shoppers

Here is a commission I made for one of our most loyal client! She always requests new things that I haven't made and I try my best to develop them for her.

Commission for client in 1:6 scale. Excluding bowls. Edamame, Loose Cornflakes, Cornflakes box, Berry Candies and Dylan's Candy Bar Gold collection chocolate

The first candy she wanted were also known as Candy Berries which are traditionally made in red and black colours. However Dylan's Candy Bar sells them in 5 different colours/flavours! It's also our new Pick'n mix selection.

Candy Berries

Tiny gummy candy developed for client

These are almond coated chocolate made to look like tiny cocktail olives. Inspired by Dylan's Candy Bar's Gold Collection, they are literally gourmet miniature sweets! Remember, we can always re-create any of your favourite sweets.

Inspired by Dylan's Candy Bar creations.

Edamame beans are loose and you can order enough to fit a miniature bowl. They are tiny and simple but great for Japanese dining scenes. Also available now in our Japanese menu.

Edamame beans with other Littlest Sweet Shop Japanese food

That's all for now! I will post new arrivals for September tomorrow but there are only a few items. However no new miniature is too small to debut!

There will be many great things next month including a lot of new items for the Etsy store and even more new arrivals! Make sure you visit Littlest Sweet Shop again in October.

Bye!

August New arrivals: Bear Paw Ice cream, wafer ice cream and Milky Way candy bars

Hi Littlest Sweet Shoppers!!

It is finally the end of summer but my dolls are still enjoying our wide range of ice cream and sun! Since there are 2 new ice cream to debut I thought it would be nice to take photos with the new ice cream stand I got for Christmas.

Akiko and Yuffie enjoying some ice cream during their summer holidays

First new item is our Bear Paw popsicles! It is probably too big for little 10 year old Harumi-chan. However it's made from the creamiest ice cream making it irresistible AND cute! Choose from vanilla or chocolate with strawberry ice cream detail. 

Harumi buys 2 Bear Paw popsicles

Akiko is enjoying Neapolitan and pink popsicles

Yuffie is enjoying rainbow popsicles (Left: 2019 rainbow stripe edition)

We also have a new type of wafer sandwich. This has plain vanilla ice cream inside but has also been coated in chocolate for extra pleasure!

Littlest Sweet Shop's Vanilla ice cream wafer sandwich with chocolate

Last but not least - new candy bars!! This time in the style of Milky Way which is basically chocolate coated nougat. They are now available in the Etsy store or commission your individual bars which reveal the nougat inside!

Littlest Sweet Shop's version of Milky Way candy bars

Nougat coated in chocolate

Before signing off, just a reminder that there are still spaces for my CMW Miniatures workshop on 19th and 20th October. On the Saturday, you will be learning not 1, not 3 but 9 different coloured lollipops so you can make enough for your own little sweet shop! I will also be demonstrating how to make some simple sweets to fill up the jars. Please visit https://www.cmwminiaturesworkshops.co.uk/ for more information.

Learn 9 different lollipops in my upcoming workshop at the CMW 2019 in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

Thank you so much for still being here with us! Sorry for the lack of updates, I have to admit I have been enjoying my own summer holidays for this whole month but will finally be uploading a new YouTube video tonight.

Bye!

New in! Twinkies and Haagen Dazs ice cream

Good evening Littlest Sweet Shoppers!

Just a quick update before August arrives. I have to admit I haven't done much this month because I was entertaining guests for 2 weeks. However I managed to make some Twinkies and new ice cream tub design and they are all now listed in our Etsy store. 

I'm collecting the Zuru Mini Brands and really love the Twinkies box so I decided to make the Twinkies to fill up those boxes! For non-Americans, Twinkies is a soft sponge cake injected with cream filling. This makes it a tasty snack and I also made some packaged in clear plastic just like the original. The packaged Twinkies are great for picnics and lunch-boxes and now available to commission from the Groceries menu.

Packaged Twinkies

Light sponge cakes with a creamy filling

Light sponge with a creamy and light centre

Perfectly made to scale to 1:6 scale dolls and the Zuru Mini Brands box

I had a client requesting the ice cream tub inspired by Haagen Dazs in 1:12 scale. I made some extra ones in 1:6 scale to sell on Etsy. They also come with ice cream pre-packaged inside with swirls of dulce de leche. The print came out better than I expected in this tiny scale.

Littlest Sweet Shop's handmade ice cream tubs in 1:6 scale

1:6 scale and 1:12 scale ice cream tub size comparison. The smaller scaled ice cream makes a good mini ice cream cup in 1:6 scale.

1:6 scale features realistic ice cream inside

Kokomi-chan with 1:12 scale tub of ice cream

Dulce de leche ice cream in 1:12 scale as per client's request

1:12 scale ice cream tub

OK that's all for now. Wish I could say there are more upcoming items but unfortunately I'm busy house-sitting next week and will only return in mid-August. I will be uploading a new video when I'm away but I'm keeping the Etsy store open so you should still be able to buy your dolls a tasty treat!

Bye!