Tureluur

Last weekend I visited the Dolls House Nederland Show in Apeldoorn. It was a bit crowded and warm but I managed to visit all the tables I had on my list and bought some beautiful miniatures. It was also nice to meet a few of my friends and have a little chat.





















Pottery by Elisabeth Causeret 











Glass by Gerd Felka
and toys by Reifendreherei Flatz.

My friend Karin and I, gave each other Christmas mini gifts this year. Karin found me all these beautiful items made from paper:

The On Line Mini Club organized a Christmas Swap and this is the gorgeous cardigan Els knitted for me (from an example of the one she made for her daughter many years ago).

... from my friend Marja: this 1" embroidery hoop and kit to make Santa stockings. Have you ever seen such a small (and working) hoop:

Made this for a swap....

Made by Jill Rothwell, William & Kate:

According to Bea's instructions, the outside walls should be made from air drying clay but with the problems I had with the base floor in mind I decided NO and tried to think of an alternative. I have been saving egg cartons the past years because I read you can make very realistic 1:12 stones from them so I thought, why not try this in quarter scale? I did and it worked, I must say I am really very pleased with the result.

In The Netherlands it is custom to drink 'pannenbier' (translated: roof tiles beer although this does not make sense LOL) when a house being built reaches the stage where it is time to add the roof tiles. I glued the house together this week and removed the rubber bands that held it together this morning. So now it is time for some pannenbier (or a nice cup of coffee in my case)!

Today I finished my ironing board (we made this with our Dutch On Line Mini Club, based on a workshop designed by Christine-Léa Frisoni).

This week I decorated the inside walls of the house and I was amazed what you can do with just paper and paint.

It took me two weeks to get where I am now: the two floors are finished and I am busy decorating the inside walls. I covered the base with air dry clay (DAS) and scored it, so it looks like it is tiled. It was difficult to get the clay even and after a few mishaps with the rolling pin I used the pasta machine and this worked. The base warped (did not think of sealing it first) but I managed to get it almost even again by sticking it under some books for a few days. Coloring the base was not easy, I used several colors and I am not totally pleased with the result. Making floor boards with paper on the other hand, was really fun to do and I am very pleased with the result of that.

I have nothing really to show you but a few bits and pieces and a booklet. The reason I do show you, is because I am afraid I will chicken out once I started building because this project is so small and I have never built anything smaller than 1" scale (1:12). These are the parts the Petite Properties kit 'The Corner Shop' consists out, it is 1/4" scale (1:48) and I am starting with this today:

I am sorry I have been so quiet the past months. Just busy with other things and not really made much worth mentioning so I decided to show you something 'old'. I made this little roombox 3 years ago as a present for my mother's 80th birthday.

Patricia Cabrera (Woolytales Miniatures) makes the most beautiful OOAK tiny animals from clay and felted wool. This small Papillon dog with it's cute pink bow arrived here last week and it is even prettier then on the photo.

In July, I made these tea trays. As tonight is 'opening night' I can finally show them to you:

I read on Debbie's blog about the Butterfly Effect; please read this post and learn more about this special project. Thank you Debbie, for sharing this.

The past weeks I have been working on this market stall. The stall is a kit from Lutjeboudel, all the items on it were made by me except the little knitted dresses and tiny socks.

This week I made this housemaids box from McQueenie Miniatures. The carpet sweeper
was a present, made by my friend Krin.

Last week I painted, altered and aged this baby cabinet. I decided not to make a small dolls house in it (so much work) but a linen closet:

I made this Jane Harrop kit a couple of weeks ago while vacationing in Austria. Just like the lavender basket workshop, my friend Karin joined me on line and because of the distance (normally 100 kilometers, now 1.000) that was very funny. My kit is 1:12 scale and Karin's kit is 1:24.

Two weeks ago, my friend Karin and I made Jane Harrop's Lavender Basket workshop. Karin made her basket in 1:24 scale, mine is 1:12 scale.

Remember the gardening magazines and packages of seed I made (last blog)? Today I got to open my gift bag and look what wonderful presents I got: