Mini Watercolors

In Italy this past summer we found a tiny little studio with a tiny little lady who painted tiny little watercolors. I love miniatures so of course I had to try my hand at these small scale watercolors. In the end I created 9 mini watercolor book covers with pages inside to match. I made a box to hold the whole collection together. Here are the results:

 

Some work from the artist that inspired me:

Hot Air Balloon Mobile

I love papermatrix's woven paper hot air balloon mobile. 

Materials: colored paper, bamboo skewers, embroidery thread, glue, scissors. 

Process: print out design on the paper matrix website, cut out the design, weave the paper, glue, use paperclips to hold in place until dry [for mobile: cut bamboo skewers, tie strings of different lengths, glue in place, use a needle to thread into balloons]

I plan on giving this to my new baby cousin for her nursery.