CDHM The Miniature Way iMag, Food Article, September 2010, Issue 8

CDHM The Miniature Way
September 2010, Issue 8
Foods In Miniature
Page 13

CDHM Writer, Linda Cummings IGMA Fellow, dollhouse miniature food articles for the dollhouse miniatures

Try some cool foods
for a hot summer's end
Linda Cummings, IGMA Fellow
Staff Writer

CDHM artisan and IGMA Fellow Kiva Atkinson makes 1:12 scale foods for the dollhouse miniature collector

Ok, so it's September now, the last of summer, and temperatures will soon be falling again as winter approaches. As I sit here in the cold North East of England with a hailstone shower battering the window panes and a north easterly wind cold enough to freeze you to the spot CDHM artisan Ann Fisher creates handmade polymer clay foods in 1/12 scale for dolls house miniature kitchen whistling down the chimney, it's pretty difficult to remember being outside in the garden soaking up the lovely hot summer sun's rays!

It is, of course, still summer as I'm writing this... deadlines have to be met... and, although not the height of summer, it should be much warmer than it is right now! Time for my imagination to kick into overdrive and picture foods to be enjoyed on the long, hot summer days and in the balmy evenings that seem to have deserted us! Not an easy task when all I really want right now is a hot and hearty winter stew!

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