Here are some photos of my new craft materials. I spent only 11 Euros for 7 wooden birdhouses, 3 vintage metall ads and brushes in a "1 Euro-shop". 
In the diy-shop I found 2 paint testers for my French houses and also some wallpaper stripes. I will use the wallpaper for boxes or little suitcases.......

Have a great sunday,
Sonja

The quality of my house is not very good.... before I can start with the frames I have to fill the spaces between windows/door and the wall.....

For this job I have created a "pasty bag" (a plastic bag with a small hole in one of the corners) so it is easierer to put the wood glue into the spaces.....(and you have also clean fingers!). The hole of the bottle is to big!!

Fill all holes/spaces with wood glue and let dry. If you have some glue on your windows/wall clean it before it is dry (with a wet (not to wet) kitchen paper. Use a wooden coffee stir (in Germany we have wooden ones at McDonalds) as a palette-knife.

Have a great day
Sonja

Today I start with the window and door frames of my French house.....I use 1mm cardboard (for free from my local diy shop - flower department..).......
and for the windows I use the plastic package of IKEA x-mas ornaments.....the plastic is very strong..

I have also cardboard window and door frames in my baby boutique (photo 1).

Have a great day
Sonja

I have done some new toys for my shop. A giraffe and circus dogs with a trainer and a clown.
I really love all the vintage circus images. Now I have an elephant, a zebra, a camel.........

Have a great day
Sonja

Here is an update of my French house. Today I will paint the front door and the window frames.
Krin from the Netherlands was so kind to repair my blog! I am so happy!
Danke wel Krin.
Hug from Germany,
Sonja

Here are some photos of my windows (before & after). I hope to finish my paint job in 1-2 days. The window box with geraniums is for my Dutch canel house...

 Today I spent € 2,20 for "building" materials. 2 x woooden earnings (perfect wheels) for 50 cent/each, camee earings for 1 € and some broken x-mas ornaments for 20 cent (not all of them are damaged) for ceiling roses or for an iron fence/balcony.

 Now I use the new blogspot design and I have a lot of problems! I use the enter key but blogspot write everything without a blankline!! I have no idea what I can do now...the whole post looks terrible..sorry. Any ideas what I can do???

 Have a great weekend - Sonja

Here are the first photos of the facade. It was not so easy to find the right colour scheme. I used cinnamon, white and a light blue (DIY paint tester
2 Euros/each). I was afraid to plaster the facade. The house has
a plywood facade and it looks not so "stable".

On the 2. photo you can see one of the sidewalls after I used my "dark oak wax stain". I think it looks a little bit like plaster. I will wax the whole house later.

Have a great day,
Sonja

A photo of Livia Montand's bedroom..she is also the owner of the baby boutique....

I have to pimp the furniture.....

Minis for my hall/entry....pillow by Leen and coat racks by Chantal

A photo of Sylvia's bath and shower workshop kit

Sylvia's instruction for the bathroom workshop

Here are the plans and ideas for my French house.....

Have a great day,
Sonja

Today I start to paint my little French house.... I have nearly everything for this project (paint, wallpaper, a lot of furniture and accessories).

This is a job where I can work outside.....

Have a great sunday,
Sonja

This is my entry for Emily's giveaway contest:

a button display for my haberdashery shop

the display is 2,5 cm (a little bit less than 1 inch) wide.

here are the links for the display:
http://sweetlyscrappedart.blogspot.de/2011/10/free-printable-button-cards.html

http://sweetlyscrappedart.blogspot.de/2012/01/100-free-ephemera-for-you-to-use.html

Please visit her wonderful website with lots of printies....:

http://sweetlyscrappedart.blogspot.com

Have a great weekend
Sonja

I have finished my sideboard. I used a nail for some scratches so the sideboard looks older.
In each drawer are 4 different bolts of fabric.
Have a great day
Sonja

Here is an update of my sideboard. It is now "dirty-white" and I really like the glass (plastic) front.
For the sideboard I will do fabric bolts......

I am searching for some old photos of Paris. Do you have some tips where I can find some? I will do a window...

Have a great day
Sonja

I have a lot of old furniture in my storage. I will use them in my haberdashery shop. Counter and chest of drawers are from my old baby shop (they are cream). The table is for my lace pillow.

What do you think about this knitting case?

http://fuckyeahvictorians.tumblr.com/post/27635467119/thedailyvictorian-knitting-case-design-and

Maybe a project for my shop.

Have a great weekend
Sonja

Yesterday I received also tiny tiny buttons, an angel and kits by Artofmini (www.Artofmini.com). The kits are for my haberdashery shop, my x-mas shop and for my baby boutique.

The angel is also for my baby boutique.

I tried to do my own little boxes....the result was terrible and I lost so much time!

Janny thanks for the little gift
Hug
Sonja

Yesterday I received my DollshouseNederlands subscription gift! A little 1:144 dollshouse kit by Volker Arnold.
Hug
Sonja

On the net I found this fantastic link:

http://www.kerrfect.com/2011/07/free-printable-vintage-sewing-packaging/

I started with the needle cases..
Have a great day
Sonja

Here is the “September” link for Tinekes free children books:

http://members.tele2.nl/houdekerk/Leeskamer/Werkplaats19_files/september%20nieuw.pdf

and this is the link for the old books:

http://members.tele2.nl/houdekerk/Leeskamer/Miniatuur_Boekenkast_files/Sepetember%20oud.pdf

Please download the books directly. Every month she changes the links.

Enjoy,
Have a great day,
Sonja

I have done some new thread and button cards....for my haberdashery shop...
Today I will do some needle cases.
Have a great sunday
Sonja