Tuesday, January 21, 2014

2nd Story Project Reveal and more!

Hello everyone and welcome back for another project reveal and a few new finds! I'm telling you I have went mad over this miniature hobby of mine! On my last post I featured my main level of my Olde Curiosity Shoppe, and if you would like to see that you can visit Maria Elena at her TUESDAYS AT OUR HOME party, she featured this post as the most viewed post of her party. Thank you Maria Elena!

Well, I still had extra minis that needed to go some where so I made a second story to my Olde Curiosity Shoppe and here it is!!



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I think I want to make this one look more like how this style of house would have originally looked in the 1800's, with the antique furniture. But then again, maybe not! It does look a little boring! So who knows!


AND THEN, there's this kit that I got for $10 at an estate sale before Christmas! I think I will eventually make this one into a haunted looking house.


Well that is it but as you can see I will be busy for a long time! 

I also want to show you a few things I have made lately, like this miniature hat box...


and this bakery is one I bought at a flea market over the Summer and redid it a bit by adding new lace for the curtains in the windows and door, adding the cat and the donuts to match the sign that was already there, and the gingerbread man. 



And that, my friend, is all for now! Thank you so much for taking the time to visit!
Have a great week!

I am joining the following parties...
TUESDAYS AT OUR HOME with Maria Elena
WE CALL IT OLDE with Dawn
HOME AND GARDEN THURSDAY with Kathy
TREASURE HUNT THURSDAY with Pamela
WHAT'S IT WEDNESDAY  with Paula
HOME SWEET HOME with Sherry
SHOW AND TELL FRIDAY with Cindy

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Miniature Project Reveal!

Hello and Happy New Year! I want to thank each one of you for reading my blog this past year and for leaving such nice comments. Even though I will probably never meet many of you face to face, I still consider each of you my friend. Thank you for that. May your New Year be a blessed one!

A while back I showed you all this photo of a miniature project that I would be working on...


A few of you made guesses of a general store, and that was pretty close. Here is the box after I wallpapered it and put in the hardwood flooring and added my shelving unit.


And here we go, the moment you've all been waiting for!! Drum roll please! *winks*


It is an "Olde Curiosity Shoppe"! Since I have so many minis that won't fit or go in my dollhouse, I decided this was the way to go. And I can even trade out stuff if I want to. How fun is that?!
Sorry the photos are a little dark. Here are some close ups of all the cuteness!
Notice the teeny tiny grey mouse on the front corner of the trunk, he's reading a teeny tiny newspaper!


The teeny antique porcelain doll is my very favorite!! The rocking chair and stool was a kit that I glued together, painted and added the decal.


Don't you just love the pretty shoppe keeper?


The little chair and white birdcage came from Hobby Lobby, in the Spring section. They have a whole row of fairy and gnome garden stuff! And  a lot of it works for this kind of thing.
Notice the cute little pelican below the gumball machine.


And the little basset hound peeking out from under the lady's dress. The cash register even has money in it, sorry I didn't have the drawer open so you could see it. On this corner of the counter is a little basket that I glued assorted tiny shells in and next to it is a little gold  case with a string of pearls in it and behind it is a Sailor's Valentine.


As you can see from the photos, I still have some shelf space for more stuff but my floor space is about all used up. I'm always adding stuff. I have been off for the past two weeks so you can guess where I've been. Searching flea markets and antique malls! I have two more identical boxes and have decided to stack them on this one for a three story shoppe. I have more furniture with no place to go, so it will go in there and maybe even have seasonal minis in there as well since I have so much of it.

Below is another project that I did recently. I got the little books at Michael's on clearance. I like the Victorian images on them.


I added all the stuff to make it look 3-D. I made the little candles for the tree, added the candy canes, gold beading and the toys on the one side, on the other side I added more beading, made the little white petaled flower, added the berries, leaves, pinecone and bow to match the picture that was behind it. And then I added the little house ornament.
My plan is to do something with the other two books as well.


Well that is it for my projects, I hope you enjoyed seeing them and I hope I didn't bore you too much.

I want to close by showing you a few icy weather photos and the Yule Log cake that my daughter and I made for Christmas day. I was a little lazy and didn't add any icing holly leaves or any color to it like I usually do.





Oh and I almost forgot little Livy dog in her New Year's Eve dress! Isn't she sweet? She wants to wish everyone a Happy New Year too!


I am joining the following parties this week, come and join in the fun.
DWELLINGS with Cindy
A RETURN TO LOVELINESS with Kathy
INSPIRE ME TUESDAY with Marty
TUESDAYS AT OUR HOME with Maria Elena
WE CALL IT OLDE with Dawn
HOME with Sandi
THE CHARM OF HOME with Sherry
SHOW AND TELL FRIDAY with Cindy
PINK SATURDAY with Beverly