New Arrivals September: Packaged candy range and more Rainbow food!

Hello Littlest Sweet Shoppers

September has passed us by so quickly! It may be the last day of the month but I think I managed to list quite a few things here today. There are still some which need photo taking so I will try my best to update them by next week.

I barricaded myself indoors these past few weeks and developed a new range of candy, complete with their packaging and displays. It has been a tremendous project and I worked really hard on this from designing the graphics on Adobe Illustrator to printing and assembling each miniature by hand. The reason I was rushing to finish off this project is because I knew that it would be the perfect miniature for Halloween.

Akiko loves shopping our selection of commercial sweets and treats

Each of the pre-packaged items are not meant to be opened but you can request an open pack and order the loose piece separately. Since I have created all of the artwork from scratch, you can also order them in 1:3 scale since I can just scale it up.

New Littlest Sweet Shop miniatures. Chocolate bars, bubble gum, packs of sweets and so much more

The first new item is 'Skittles' - the famous bite sized candy in fruit flavours like apple, orange, grape, lemon and orange. I managed to also model loose pieces of the fruit candy so they are completely uniform in size and 3D.

Bite-sized fruit candy loose pieces in 5 different flavours

Perfectly scaled and modelled for 1:6 scale dolls

All Littlest Sweet Shop products will have cute details even on the back!

M&Ms is probably the most famous pack of candy in the world. We don't offer the plain type but we made our own Peanut variant as it also happens to be my favourite.

Loose pieces comes in 6 colours

Have a pack of this candy as a treat when you are studying

The next one is for chocolate lovers. Smooth milk chocolate in a crisp chocolate shell - one of the most iconic pieces of candy.

Milk Chocolate balls

Another type of candy which is handy to have is a roll of mints. Loose pieces of the mint is also available with the tiniest hole in the middle.

Loose pieces of mint with tiny hole in the middle

Keep a roll of mint and gum handy in your doll's handbag

The last new piece of candy is a Japanese bubble gum from a company called Marukawa. It's the kind of gum which has a piece of temporary tattoo in every pack (but not available in miniature). It comes in Strawberry flavour although our Sweets Boutique also offers the loose pieces in any flavour you want. 

Japanese style strawberry bubble gum

You can also order an unwrapped piece with the foil, gum and paper

The only items missing are the Pop Rocks and 'Snickers'. I have only made the packaging, not the miniature loose pieces so hopefully it will be on the website by next month. If you are interested in ordering it first, let me know as it is available to commission.

All of the new candy is listed in our Sweets Boutique and we opened a new menu Chocolatier to separate chocolate products from the Sweets Boutique. 

There are also display boxes for each type of candy. Each display can be customised to fit your order but there will be a minimum size per box. Use these boxes to create your own candy aisle in a miniature supermarket. 

Display boxes so your dolls can see clearly what is on sale

There are 2 types of display boxes. The plain open box is the most basic box and available for smaller types of candy. The sides will have a cute graphic so it will be perfect to display on a counter top.

Details on the open boxes are cute graphics so you can display them with clear labels for each product

Boxes can be resized to fit your order. However there will be a minimum size

The other type of display is the premium type. It is larger and designed for bigger packages of candy. The display also have nice details printed on the sides and can be customised according to your order. 

Premium display boxes

Cute details on every box

I also designed a premium display box for our Bear Lollipops. This is made to fit 16 Bear Lollipops. 

This is a bigger display but required to display the chocolate bears individually

Combine all our different types of candy display to create your own sweet shop

Packs of Oreo cookies are now available in the Groceries menu (loose pieces available in the Cookie Shop menu). The package is also not designed to be opened but you can request an opened one with loose Oreo pieces. 

Mix and match items for your shop shelf

Now you have everything to create your perfect miniature store

This rainbow shaped cake is huge and makes a very cute centrepiece for any occasion. It is now available in our Cakes menu. The frosting and icing layers are made from a different modelling materials to make it look more realistic and delicious. The cake layers are brightly coloured but also look soft and airy. The top icing looks light and fluffy. It is decorated with rainbow dot sprinkles.

Decorated with rainbow dot sprinkles

6 layers of cream and cake. Realistic looking cream

Last but not least is version 2 of our Rainbow Bagel from the Bread menu. Version 1 followed the colours of the original Rainbow Bagel from America but I prefer these colours instead. They are also modelled like how they are made in Japan.

Rainbow bagel is perfect with coffee

That's all for now. I am currently doing a small commission and will be busy listing new items on Etsy next week for our Christmas shop. There will be a lot of new listings for ready made miniatures (limited amounts) so make sure you act fast! 

After that I will list the Snickers and Pop Rocks miniatures on the website and hopefully have the chance to take photos of the new dollhouse. I wanted to take photos of the house in the garden but it was so cold and windy that it had to be postponed to next month! I really wanted to show you my new dollhouse as soon as it was finished and if you followed me on social media there have been some sneak peaks.

There will also be a new YouTube tutorial where you can learn how to sculpt hollow Jack O' Lantern style pumpkins just in time for Halloween. OMG I am so busy this whole month of October! YIKES!

Bye!

New 'Tiny Little Doughnuts' range for 1:6 AND 1:12 scale!!

Greetings Littlest Sweet Shoppers!

It's a miracle to finally be able to post again after a whole summer of building a new dolls' house and having house guests. At first I wanted this month's post to be an exclusive 1:12 scale feature with 1:12 scale new food and also to premier the new 1:12 scale doll's house. However the doll's house still needs the front yard to be built so it will debut on our website next month instead.

Today's entry is still a special one since I will introduce you to our new Littlest Sweet Shop girl. Her name is Kokomi-chan and unlike the other girls, she's the only one in 1:12 scale! We never had a model for the 1:12 scale miniatures but now we do and I'm glad since I don't really like using my fingers or hands as a scale reference (because I have small hands and fingers).

I started out to create 23 new doughnut varieties in 1:12 scale and ended up creating new branding for the whole doughnut range. My husband got me a printer a year ago and I have been meaning to create more packaging for the miniatures so it will look even more realistic. 'Tiny Little Doughnuts' is our own exclusive brand which also includes take-away boxes and coffee cups to complete your doughnut order.

Our full range of 'Tiny Little Doughnuts'

Kokomi-chan will do the honours of introducing you to the new 1:12 scale range. She's only 14cm tall and can fit on my palm. She's an Azone doll from the Ex-Cute range (in Japanese it means extra cute). I got her for my birthday since I don't really buy many dolls but she's the first one in 1:12 scale that I really liked. Plus I was building a 1:12 scale doll's house so I knew that I had to get a resident for the new home. 

Kokomi-chan with a box of half-dozen doughnuts in 1:12 scale

We have made a total of 23 new doughnuts in 1:12 scale! Of course the designs are also available in 1:6 scale

The 1:12 scale doughnuts also works as a mini doughnut in 1:6 scale. Maya is enjoying a chocolate chip Puffy-O doughnut with coffee. Puffy O-s are light and fluffy baked doughnuts which comes in a mini size from a Japanese bakery called Komugi. 

1:12 scale sized doughnuts work as a mini doughnut in 1:6 scale

Puffy-Os. Light and fluffy doughnuts which are baked, not fried. Available in Strawberry, Chocolate-chip, Chocolate, Plain and Green Tea

1:12 scale doughnuts are really tiny! However we add in a lot of details to make them look yummy. Strawberry glaze and Rainbow ombré doughnuts in 1:12 scale

(Left)Peanut coated chocolate doughnut, Original glazed doughnuts in 1:12 scale
(Right)Rainbow stripes, Jam doughnuts in 1:12 scale

(Left)Chocolate and plain 'Old-fashioned' doughnuts in 1:12 scale
(Right)Birthday cake, 'Feathered' doughnuts in 1:12 scale 

(Left)The Simpsons special, Cookies'n Cream doughnuts in 1:12 scale
(Right)Caramel-filled and Chocolate ring with nuts in 1:12 scale 

(Left)Neapolitan Cruller sandwich and Neapolitan Pon-de-ring doughnuts in 1:12 scale
(Right) Mint chocolate and Double chocolate doughnuts in 1:12 scale

Kokomi-chan is enjoying a lot of yummy doughnuts

You can now order boxes to take-away the doughnuts you ordered. The half-dozen box comes in 2 sizes. The left one can fit normal sized doughnuts and the right one can fit up to 6 old-fashioned style doughnuts (it is a slightly bigger box)

Our boxes are perfectly made to scale with tiny readable fonts

Our 1:6 scale doughnuts have always been a best-seller but now you can even purchase exclusive  take-away boxes for them. We have two types of boxes - a box for half-dozen doughnuts and a box for a dozen doughnuts which also comes with a window. 

Naru will select which doughnuts that you would like to fill up the dozen box

The window is made from clear film

1:6 scale boxes have logos on the side of the boxes as well which are clear and readable

If you are ordering 6 doughnuts instead, we have boxes for that too

The half dozen box is smaller than the dozen box and does not come with a window

Select your doughnuts for takeaway

Remember that we have a huge selection of doughnuts including animal doughnuts and mini doughnuts from the 1:12 scale range

Doughnuts go really well with coffee, doesn't it? Why not complete your doughnut order with some take-away coffee from us? You can order empty paper cups for your cafe diorama or have it filled with realistic looking coffee or tea. You can also have cups with just the lids glued on or removable lids to see what your dolls are drinking. It is only available in 1:6 scale.

Our complete coffee range

The girls will write down your order on the side of the cup. We love the small details

Left to Right: Tea, Coffee with milk, Black Coffee

Sometimes your doll is in a hurry and would only like one doughnut and a coffee. The tiny paper-bag is made to fit a single doughnut. It is also small enough to fit 1:12 scale.

Maya is having a doughnut and coffee to-go!

Also fits 1:12 scale

Bags can be flattened for convenince

Last but not least, we also offer small serving trays for doughnut holes or just to serve 1:12 scale doughnuts.

Serving tray with 3 Chocolate Chip Puffy-Os 

The tray can fit up to 6 1:6 scale doughnut holes or 3 1:12 scale doughnuts

Okay that's all for today. Next month hopefully we are back to release a bunch of new miniatures since I finally have the time to develop them. Halloween is only 2 months away so I may create more new miniature sweets and candy. 

Do join me again next week where I will finally debut the new doll's house and why it took a whole year to complete. 

Bye!