New project

Wow I did not realized its been so long since my last post. I have been working on the big house off and on. 

 I did start on a new project recently. I saw this little gazebo and just had to add it to my collection. Its just so cute! I had wanted to make a tower for Rapunzel and I thought this would be perfect. I got it from laserdollhouses.

It seems a little large to me for half scale, the chairs were really large for my half scale doll. I think its more like 3/4 scale; so I'm going with that. 

It's Done!

     I finished the roombox and took it to its new home.

     Trying to hide the ceiling wire didn't work out like I planned, because I put tape over the connected wires and made it  too bulky to fit into the groove on the side. 

         I wanted to keep the wire for the chandelier long enough so I could lift the top off if I needed too.

You can see the wire on the left side.

I am so glad I finally

 finished 

at least one of

 my

 mini projects!

Getting it Finished!

 I finally cut my trim for the top and bottom of the roombox. I always have a time cutting mitered corners; this was no exception. So I had to perfect them with a little bit of spackle. I glued them down and gave them a couple coats of white paint.

I made a groove in the top for the chandelier wire which came up through the ceiling. Added some spackle, sanded  it smooth then painted.

Once I got the chandelier hung, I could solder the wires to the tape wire. This was my first time with the soldering iron (other than the class) so I was excited to get it working.  I wound up having to take my original attempt apart cause the main cord was to close to the edge so I moved all the wires up.

When I was sure my lights were working I made a cover for the wiring.

Added a piece of Black felt to the bottom before I put everything in place.

The room needed a Party sign!

Recovered the chairs in AKA Green!

Philly Class

I just signed up for this mold making class
(http://www.philadelphiaminiaturia.com/workshops/17.htm ) at the Philadelphia Miniature Show this year. I had planned on taking it last year; but storm Sandy came and my plans got cancelled. So I am trying it again this year. I make plaster molds for my dolls and I really wanted to try making rubber molds and casting resin with a professional. I am so much better when I have someone show me than just following directions on my on. :)
         I wanna make some decorative trim for the outside of my house and maybe the windows; having a mold would definitely help me make duplicates. Now I just need to make up my original pieces. Got to get started, even though I have a month it will take me awhile between all of my other projects.

Dining Table

The table cloth was soaked in a glue and water mixture so that the fabric would drape over the table and hold its shape. After it dried I had to paint over the table cloth like the buffet table; the white lost its color after gluing it down.











    The charger plates were originally silver I painted them gold. The center piece is an AKA symbol which I reduced and printed.  Everything on the table is attached with wax. I thought about gluing them down but just incase I wanted to change them in the future, the wax was better.
    The tiny silverware kept sticking to my hands. It took me a long minute to attach those; but they are so cute!!! They have a lot of detail.

The table setting is all done!  The table napkins were made from gold tissue paper I had lying around. They're not as cute as I wanted them. I had some green beads which I was going to use as napkin rings but I couldn't get the paper rolled tight enough to go thru. I also had a time trying to glue some of those tiny glasses together that kept coming apart.

                                The chairs were recovered to match the pink and green theme.

    Now that I have the main pieces together I need to finish the room. I still have to put the trim around the bottom and top of the room box; do something about the exposed ceiling wire and practice my soldering. Oh and frame my photos and mirror.

Buffet Table

    When I cut the cabinet off the buffet I damaged the top so my plan was to cover it with a piece of wood. Instead I used a piece of card stock, glued it on then painted it to match.

     The table runner was made from a piece of white fabric which I pulled the threads to make the edges fringe. After gluing the fabric down the color didn't look so good so I decided to paint it with a coat of watered down white paint to see if that would help.

I think it looks much better!

     My food making skills are not that great, but I was determined to make the cake after I took Betsy Niederer's class  at a Philly show. She is a good teacher and her class was a lot of fun! The cake however went through many changes as I couldn't get the decorations to come out like I wanted them too. (Think I need more practice)

Ok this is what I finally came up with. I tried to camouflage the mistakes. I made everything from polymer clay except the roses; those I cut off of a polymer clay bouquet.

I purchased the ham, potatoes bread and peas at the Guild show last year. Not sure where I found the salad. The pink candle holders and cake plate I had in my stash. I also made the knobs to match the ones on the china cabinet. Arranging everything on the table was the fun part.

This cute glass pitcher of tea with lemons which I have had for at least 6 years finally was getting a home and I dropped it. :( Needless to say I was so disappointed. I couldn't even find all the pieces to glue it back together. My replacement was a couple bottles of wine.

The buffet table is now complete!

China Cabinet

So I started on my china cabinet. I had already spray painted the cabinet, table and the buffet a medium brown. I highlighted them all with a little bronze metallic paint. The original cabinet was wooden inside with wooden shelves. I wanted a mirrored look inside so I used a foiled paper. I tried a few papers and can't remember where I got this one from.

For my glass shelves I cut the clear plastic that's used for picture framing. It took a little finagling to get the shelves glued in, trying not to get the glue all over the foil paper.  The glue/shelves kept sliding down. 

The knobs on the doors are made from toothpicks.

I painted the ends the Metallic Bronze color then

cut them the length I needed and glued 

them on.

                                                    

                                                        

These are all the pieces I had to use to
  fill up the cabinet. After the shelves
     were dry I started to place everything,
       Mini wax is fast becoming
             my new best tool.

The Pink punch bowl is from Chrysbon, the wine glasses are real glass I got from a Philly show and the bowl and pitcher are part of a tea set (a great buy) I got from Hobby Lobby. The Hot Green decorative piece is a plastic bead.

Here is the cabinet all finished, just waiting for its place in the room!