I love your mini!! It's just so cute!! You did great for your first! I make lots of minis, make my own patterns and most of the time I stay away from PPing and piece instead on foundation pieces like muslin. This way I don't have to tear any paper out and secondly, it gives much needed stability to the little minis. With an ink pen or felt tip pen, I draw my patterns on muslin. Sometimes I use clothes dryer sheets to foundation piece on. This way I can leave them in and it's a time saver!!! Once in a while, I will use pages out of the phone book and draw my patterns on. The paper is very thin and works great for PPing! I noticed other countries use thin paper for their phone books too! You can try that as the paper is easier to remove than other types. Most quilters use tweezers to remove the papers so as to not weaken the threads. In the signature area of my avatar, there is a link for you to see all my minis and patterns I've done. Feel free to use them! Hope I've been of some help to you with PP! :D :thumbup: