The hardest thing about her artistry is also what keeps her involved.

"I love the challenge of creating. It can be challenging to figure out how to make a real item like a pendulum (typically only about an inch long in full scale), and trying to figure out how to make it to scale. I typically make my items in 1/12 scale, though occasionally half scale. I have just started making my items in 1/6 scale. Barbie was a favorite toy of mine as a child and I used to make their clothes and accessories so it only seemed right to try this scale. Admittedly, I am enjoying having Barbie dolls again!"

Barbie wasn't her only experience with smaller scales. Leslie's first dollhouse was a Fisher Price house full of virtually indestructible plastic furniture as well as a few very destructible antique pieces and her own creations.