PetitPlat Handmade Miniature Food

Croissants and Pains au Chocolat

2012-01-26T19:39:00.002+01:00

What? 2 posts the same day? *fainting*
You might have noticed my slight obsession with breads and croissants... well the obsession stroke again.

You have the choice where to get them:
either you're Luke and you'll choose my online shop
or
you're Dark Vador and you choose Etsy
It's up to you :D

Quoi? 2 articles le même jour? *tombe dans les pommes*

Vous avez probablement remarqué ma vague obsession avec le pain et les croissants... et bien l'obsession a encore attaqué.

Vous avez le choix pour les acheter :

soit vous êtes Luke et vous allez dans mon magasin en ligne

vous êtes Dark Vador et vous allez sur Etsy

A vous de voir :D

xx
Stéphanie

Painted Plates

2012-01-26T18:45:00.002+01:00

I've been wanting to photograph these plates and sell them since eons.
Now I finally did!
Seeing the first red pictures kinda reminds me of Alice in Wonderland hmmm....
Anyway!
You can get the plates in my online shop :)

Je voulais prendre en photo et vendre ces assiettes depuis des lustres, voilà chose faite :)
D'ailleurs en voyant la première image, ça me fait penser à Alice au Pays des merveilles hmmm....
Bref!
Vous trouverez les assiettes dans mon magasin en ligne :)

Stéphanie
P.s.: Vii, si tu me lis, non je n'ai pas oublié ton e-mail! je m'y attèle ce WE :D

Chocolate Pralines, Choccies, Chocolates, Pralines... Did I Mention Chocolate?

2012-01-20T16:16:00.000+01:00

Ok, not much to say so:
Various chocolate pralines in boxes or on porcelain plates.
Dollhouse scale 1:12
Now hop and get some chocolate pralines in miniature.

Bon je n'ai pas grand chose à raconter du coup:

Pralines et chocolats en boîtes ou sur assiettes en porcelaine.

Miniatures de collection à l'échelle 1:12

Bon et maintenant hop, allez chercher les chocolats et pralines miniatures.

xx
Stéphanie

Preparing for Valentine's Day

2012-01-17T22:52:00.003+01:00

Hey!

I'm in the middle of horrid January, where my motivation hides somewhere below the ground.
BUT! I still (try) to do stuff for Valentine's day (which is pretty soon) and I have quite a few heart earrings for that occasion :)
Get some hearts on Etsy
Get some hearts on PetitPlat.fr

Je suis en mode janvier pourri, où ma motivation se cache farouchement quelque part sous terre.

MAIS! J'ai tout de même fait quelques trucs pour la St Valentin (oui c'est bientôt) et j'ai une petite collection de boucles d'oreilles pour cette occasion :)

Aller à la pêche de coeurs sur Etsy

Aller à la pêche de coeurs sur PetitPlat.fr

I also started a very few pralines boxes (I just have 2 so far ^^')
Here's a preview :)
Et j'ai même commencé des pralines, voici un petit avant goût ^^

xx
Stéphanie

New Project! Mad Hatter's Tea Table in Miniature :)

2012-01-11T19:07:00.004+01:00

Hey everyone!

Why would I do a miniature mad hatter's table now? I mean the film was last year, I don't think anything Alice related comes out this year (or does it? I'm such a freak I just don't know what's happening in the film world)
Anyway, I got inspired by... sims social. Yes. The FB version of sims. I should be ashamed. I am. Not enough to keep it for myself though.
(I'm also hooked on Castleville and Triple Town if you wanna know - I know you want to know, otherwise you would't be reading that, right?)

So be prepared, it's going to be a fun year! I feel all pastel and candy (like usual) and I have a project with a strawberry gal/guy/thingy you might have seen.

Oh and there's also the I'm a Giant Challenge.

So I should have enough to keep me occupied and motivated ^^

Aloooors, pourquoi une table miniature d'Alice maintenant? Le film était l'année dernière et y'a rien d'Alice cette année (ou si? je suis tellement nulle, je ne sais jamais ce qui sort au cinéma)

Bref, j'ai été inspiré par.... sims social. Oui. La version FB des sims. Je devrais avoir honte. J'ai honte. Mais pas assez pour ne pas le dire (oh et sinon je joue aussi à Castleville et Triple Town - passionnant je sais)

Bref, cette année va être amusante. Je suis en mode bonbons pastels (comme d'habitude) et j'ai aussi un projet pour la fraise ambulante que vous avez peut-être vue.

Oui et puis il y a aussi le I'm a Giant Challenge à terminer.

Bref, assez pour rester motivée et occupée ^^

xx
Stéphanie

I still LOVE my macro lens - today bread!

2012-01-06T19:13:00.001+01:00

Breeeeeead!
Isn't that macro lens amazing? I've been meaning to photograph these baskets for ages. So here there are and I even listed them.
Some in my Etsy Shop, some in my PetitPlat Shop

Du pain!

Mon objectif macro déchire, n'est-ce pas? Je voulais prendre des photos de ces paniers depuis belle lurette (ahaha pfff "belle lurette" muahhaa). Bref, voici les photos et hop les paniers sont dans mon Etsy Shop, et dans mon PetitPlat Shop.

xx
Stéphanie
P.s.: j'attire votre attention sur le fait que je fais l'effort de traduire en français! parfaitement!

I LOVE my macro lens

2012-01-04T18:59:00.001+01:00

Get those cute earrings here / disponible ici

Back to work is difficult.
And when I don't feel like working, I usually clean up, organize my room (and it needed some serious cleaning and organizing!) and take pics!
Yaay! So here just new pics of old and new minis ^^
Give me a camera and I'm a happy girl.
Funny knowing that I used to be uninterested in photography...

La reprise est dure.

Du coup, je range, j'organise et je prends des photos!

Voici donc des images de miniatures ^^

Donnez moi un appareil photo et je suis contente.

Particulièrement drôle si on sait qu'à la base, la photographie ne m'intéressait pas du tout....

xx
Stéphanie

Peppermint here / disponible ici

Get some fruit here / disponible ici

Hello 2012!

2012-01-01T15:40:00.000+01:00

yup I took that picture / ouais j'ai pris cette photo

2011 was another cool year:
- I was on DW-TV
- We moved in our first unfurnished flat which means...
- we bought our first furniture pieces!
- I got a reflex camera
- travelled to Amsterdam, London, Paris & Berlin (and yes I do have family in Berlin and Paris, but still, it's pretty cool :D)
- gave my first real life class (miniature fruit tarts ^^)

Now I wonder what 2012 will bring!

I wish you all a wonderful challenging new year, full of joy, ideas and good food!

Je vous souhaite une très bonne année 2012, pleine de joie, d'idées et de bons repas :)

xx
Stéphanie

PetitPlat on Television!!! DW-TV :) (click here to see the video)

2011-12-27T10:06:00.002+01:00

taaaaaaaaaadaaaaaaaaaaa!
I was filmed for Deutsche Welle TV!
It was waaay fun and waaay cool and I'm waaaaay happy :D

English version:

Deutsche Version:

(can't upload it right now, don't know why but I don't have the time to try so I'll try later again)

Now, if you'll excuse me, breakfast is waiting!

xx
Stéphanie

Merry Christmas - Joyeux Noël

2011-12-23T23:09:00.001+01:00

As you might see I got a macro lens! Yaay! It's way fun to take pictures with it and I'm utterly happy about it ^^
I got the Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM, after a lot of research on the web and the advice of a pro. I'm more than happy I took the time to choose this one. And it was quite cheap too. (well... cheap for a lens obviously... it still did cost an arm ^^')
The quality is fab even by low light. And the bokeh is perfection *___* I played around with Xmas decorations, but I need to improve on my macro "skills". I think I'm too monochrome so far, but hey, the pictures are pretty cool nonetheless (say yes huhu).

Comme vous pouvez le voir, j'ai acheté un objectif macro.
J'ai choisi le Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM, après beaucoup de recherches et l'avis d'un pro. Bref, je l'adore, il est parfait.
Evidemment, je dois un peu travailler mes compositions, c'est un poil trop monochrome pour l'instant, mais je me suis bien amusée et les photos sont assez jolies (dîtes oui!)

All that blabbing for a short message:
Tout ce blabla pour un message court:

Merry Christmas :)

Joyeux Noël :)

xx
Stéphanie

Christmas in the Air ... and other crappy stuff

2011-12-07T18:39:00.001+01:00

Just some mini crêpes that too me ages to finish. I need holidays. *yawns*

Hey!

Yeah well, I just discovered some moldy miniature baskets in my studio.
Now maybe it's because I'm overwhelmed with work, sick of the unending construction work in our flat (don't get me started on this). But now that might just be the drop too much.
Gosh I'd like to shout, scream and insult the stupid furniture.

Now, since we don't want to be negative (and hey it's no fun right?) I thought, hey I'm going to show you our Christmas Deco of this year.

So our Christmas tree is an unfinished forest of green paper triangles.
Yes it was fun and ooh so cheap and space saving. So yay! It might change place though, because we just ordered a dryer (the laundry just doesn't dry here and gets moldy, oh joy!) but well, I think it's fun. We might finish it in January though, since we're so slow. Hahaha, this isn't even a joke duuuh ^^'

Yeah and this is our dinner table, with some cookie boxes brought from London and 2 tiny Xmas trees, one is from my dollhouse and the other one, my Mum got me for my first year in Paris.

So yes, that's about it. Now if you'll excuse me I still have plenty of work and a solution to find regarding where to stock the miniature baskets. Oh yes and check if nothing else is moldy.

Crap.

Oh et pour ceux qui ne parlent pas anglais, hop google translate. Qui est nul hein, on est d'accord, va falloir se mettre à l'anglais, les coco :)

Stéphanie

Marché de Noël à Vannes

2011-12-07T11:16:00.000+01:00

Ma table à Londres sera ma table à Vannes

My booth in London will be my table in Vannes

Bretons, Bretonnes,

Je participe à un petit marché de Noël (10 créateurs) le samedi 10 décembre.
Ce marché est au chaud puisqu'il sera à l'intérieur du Bô'b'art. Donc pas la peine d'avoir peur d'être frigorifié en regardant les créations.
Venez nombreux, que je n'ai pas l'impression de venir pour rien ^^

I don't think there are many people speaking only English in Britanny, but!
I'll be at a tiny Xmas market (10 artisans) on the saturday 10 in le Bô'b'art.

Le Bô'b'Art
1 Place Maurice Marchais
(donnant sur l'hôtel de ville)
56000 Vannes
samedi 10
mercredi 14 (je ne viendrais pas le mercredi / I won't come on that day)
14h-19h

Stéphanie

Admirez ce travail de peinture exceptionnel et qui dépasse l'entendement, je suis sûre que vous n'avez jamais vu quelque chose d'aussi incroyablement rouge et avec un sapin si... vert. Et vous avez vu ces petites boules dorées? Je sais, ça vous coupe le souffle.

I'm A Giant Challenge - Update 4

2011-12-06T17:51:00.001+01:00

Hey everyone!

Some orders are baking in the oven so I thought it be the ideal moment to show you the progress on that particular challenge.
What can I say, someone already found what it's going to be. So yay for her. I'll get back to you when I'm in Berlin and have time.

Bon, bon, j'ai mis des miniatures dans le four, j'en profite pour montrer mon avancement.

Quelqu'un est tombé juste sur ce que ça allait être, du coup je m'occuperai de cette personne quand je serai à Berlin.

Challenge: Official Challenge Page

xx
Stéphanie

oooh look!

I used out dining table for that matter. Good thing we have some camping tables to eat ^^

Obviously Pia had quite a lot of fun ^^

1st December - Bring on the Advent Calendar

2011-12-01T09:41:00.001+01:00

Technically the first Advent was last Sunday.
Technically you should (yes should) have lighten the 1st of 4 candles on your decorated wreath.

Online Advent Calendar / Calendriers de l'Avent en ligne
Artisan In Miniature Advent Calendar - Day 1
Etsy France Calendrier de l'Avent - 1er Jour
Etsy Deutschland Adventskalender - Tag 1

1st December
I listed 4 gingerhouse pendants. :)

London

2011-11-30T21:57:00.001+01:00

St. Paul Cathedral

Hey everyone!

I went back form London on Monday but since I'm in the middle of a Xmas rush I jsut hadn't the time to post about my short but awesome trip :)

I'll let the pictures speak from themselves, I'm not a big writer anyway ^^

Je suis rentrée de Londres lundi, mais j'ai atteri dans un rush de Noël, du coup je n'ai pas vraiment eu le temps de parler de mon séjour court mais intense à Londres :)

Je laisse les images parler d'elles-même, je ne suis pas une grande écrivain de toutes manières ^^

xx
Stéphanie

Big Ben / Westminster Abbey

Royal National Theatre / The London Eye

British Museum / Telephone ahem box?

Gherkin by Lord Norman Foster / Tower Bridge

Liverpool Street Station / Chinatown

Tate Modern / Covent Garden

PetitPlat in Greece!

2011-11-22T10:53:00.001+01:00

petitplat in greece!, a photo by psarokokalo on Flickr.

Hey everyone!

A very quick post to let you know that my stuff is now in Greece too ^^
Here trapme.blogspot.com

The address:
trivonianou 56
11636 athens

Now please excuse me I have some waffle rings, a sushis pendant and some miniature pastries to finish.

xx
Stéphanie

Got Craft London in 1 Week

2011-11-19T13:00:00.000+01:00

Preparing the Got Craft Market in London.
Next week already! Yiikes!

Other than that I got an utterly cute glass ladybird from Kris @ Evihan :)

Short WE in Paris

2011-11-18T23:40:00.001+01:00

Eiffel Tower (obviously)

I'm assuming you like to see pictures of my trips. If not, shout and rant below ^^

I also went (as usual) to the Centre Pompidou (modern art museum) and I saw an Edward Munch exhibition. I did take some pictures of the art inside. If you really want to see those pictures, leave a comment ^^

From top to bottom, left to right:
pretty sky, hôtel de ville & carroussel
sea gull (yes sea gull),
Notre de Dame de Paris, outside and inside
Centre George Pompidou
Centre George Pompidou

Christmas Swap

2011-11-15T19:47:00.001+01:00

yes that's me :)

best

christmas

swap

ever!

My dear friend (and I mean friend, not that weird american way of calling everyone a friend even if you just talked once 10 years ago to ask for the salt) Inger send me that cute adorable perfect stripey shirt.
And I love it to bits!
The stripes are green and blue-purple. It doesn't quite show here, but the colors are beautiful *___*

Thank you sooo much :)

Voici un cadeau de Noël reçu à travers un swap anonyme.
Cet adorable haut a été fait par un très bonne amie Inger :)

xx
Stéphanie

Salon du Chocolat - Vannes

2011-11-11T12:57:00.001+01:00

We went to the "Salon du Chocolat" in Vannes and it was fun. We bought far too much chocolate and other treats (no macarons if you're wondering, we're not macarons fans) and I tried to shoot pictures in all possible white balance settings.
And well from what I tried, I think the auto-mode for the white balance seems to work best (although I'm not sure because I tried so many that I had so many different pictures and well, I'm just not too sure about it...).
Pictures have been post-edited for the white balance and the contrast a touch. Well I'm still learning to use the camera properly... also I might get a macro objective to get better bokeh effects (but hey I'm a noob sooo much to learn ^^)

I'm in Paris over the WE, going to see 30 Seconds to Mars on Saturday (btw it's going to be a white themed night huhu) and to try to sort out a problem I have with my social security (to be very brief I paid too much over 2 years)
I hope to be able to just stroll through Paris and take pictures. I really need to be quite perfect once I'm in London end of November.

That being said, I have orders to finish and to pack :)

xx
Stéphanie

I'm a Giant Challenge 3

2011-11-06T21:34:00.001+01:00

Oh boy, oh boy!

I'm soooo excited about this! I worked on it all WE, I even skipped yoga, just because I really wanted to finish the first part of my room box.

Guesses are open and you'll win something fun if you guess right.

Something fun = earrings or a ring or a cake, depending on what you prefer ^^

Here some pictures of the work in progress. Basically I used some plastic profiles and spray-painted them in black :)
Click on the pictures to see them bigger!

xx
Stéphanie

Parquet + Bricks

2011-11-05T21:08:00.004+01:00

Fooling around with my new camera and printed parquet and brick wall. I need more of that paper, the print comes out perfect.

Images might be a tat dark, but I'm getting used to NO post-editing yaaaay!

hint: I'm going to use that parquet and that brick wall for the I'm a Giant Challenge :)

Goodies : chairs are REAC, armchair a gift from my Mum, Kandinsky a gift from DalesDreams, white counter is french vintage, dark counter handmade by me, food tray handmade by me, books are a gift from Mercedes, Ceramics are from Elisabeth Causeret, Weasel is from Bernard Lefèbvre

I'm a Giant Challenge 2 - Building the Room

2011-11-05T15:25:00.001+01:00

Hey!

So well, you might remember that I said I was going to attend the I'm a Giant Challenge.
I finally managed to start to work on it last week.

You're not going to find out what I'm working on, so guesses are open.
And because guessing is fun, those who find out what I'm going to do, will get a gift (most likely something you can choose yourself) ^^

Guessing is open until I say it's closed (duuh) and I will show pictures of the process, so it might be easier to guess later.

No clue given, except the pictures :)

xx
Stéphanie
p.s.: rien à faire, le français, ça ne passe pas, du coup hop google translate ^^

Preparing the Got Craft Market in London + New Toy

2011-11-04T15:45:00.001+01:00

Many rings for the London Market

Hey Everyone!

Today is going to be a long post :-)

First thing first: I haaaaave a neeew cameraaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yaaay! I wanted to ask it for Xmas first, but hey, once I decide on something I turn into an impatient little girl. So I proudly present my Canon EOS 550D (with me in the bathroom, how classy, right? XD).

I made tons of pictures and tried out most of what was written in the manual, but I still need some time to adjust to the awesomeness of this camera ^^

Me and my new love ♥

I tried to capture water drops, but somehow the picture was so dark. So I put the ISO really high (1600 ttss) but still :/ I shot different pictures but none were bright enough. In the end I changed levels, luminosity and contrast on photoshop and here you go.

I don't know how to make it good. But maybe the lens I have is just not meant to shot that kind of pictures?

As you might know, I'll be in LONDON soon (did I mention that I love my life?) and will be at the craft market Got Craft?

Now that particular market hands out to the 30 first arrives a swag bag, and I'm going to spoil them rotten ^^

Swag bags - my participation

Just a few necklaces on a jewelry tree ^^

I also swapped quite a lot lately but didn't had the time to show you. In fact now that I'm writing I'm thinking I forgot a few things... ahem >< well next time maybe...
So anyway, I swapped with L♥valizious so my doll also have way too early Xmas gifts ^^

Just some new clothes for my dolls from L♥valizious

My dolls look so cool, right? :D

And I worked on better bread and bakery items. Well it's not really finished yet, but my new camera wanted to shot whatever was in the room XD
Unvarnished and unfinished, but hey bread nonetheless. I hopefully am going to finish those soon and make a proper miniature bread post about it :)

Bread!

Ooh and I got published in a few different things, Make Jewellery, and the Dawanda LoveBooks French Edition and English Edition :)

Actually I also started to work on the I'm a Giant Challenge (at last!) but no proper pictures since I'm still building the "room". Hopefully it'll get as awesome as I have it in head ^^'

Stéphanie

P.s.: euuh pour le français cf. google translate muhahahaha!

Croissant Earrings - Give-Away / Concours

2011-11-01T08:13:00.000+01:00

Hey!

You only have a few days left, but there's an on-going give away on this blog. To win a pair of croissant earrings. So be sure to hop over and leave a comment :)

Il ne reste que quelques jours mais il y a un concours pour gagner une paire de croissant sur ce blog.
Allez-y et laissez un commentaire :)

xx
Stéphanie