tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67378377865922056412024-03-12T17:52:21.017+13:00mini amyA blog about creating and enjoying dollhouse miniatures.Amy Fletcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865041278939813503noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737837786592205641.post-17590675484595258452016-04-15T16:03:00.001+12:002016-04-15T16:05:52.317+12:00A Cyclone and a Spiral Staircase.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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As some of you may know, we had a really huge cyclone in Fiji in February. (Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Winston.) It was pretty intense and a large number of people lost their houses. We were fine at our place though, we hardly had any damage, just some leaking and a few inches of flooding from the bucket loads of rain. My dollhouse cottage was fine too. I wrapped in in a large black plastic rubbish bag and nestled it safely in my wardrobe.</div>
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This is one of the palm trees outside our house being blown around. I managed to snap this photo before the cyclone got to its worst.</div>
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After the cyclone, power was out everywhere. It was out at our place for two weeks. But we were lucky because we still had water. I was unable to continue work on my novel as I couldn't charge my laptop, so I had lots of time to work on my dollhouse cottage.</div>
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I got right into making the spiral staircase. I have to thank Mara who writes the dollhouse miniature blog <a href="http://pequeneces-maragverdugo.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Pequeneces</a>. Thanks Mara! She created a wonderful tutorial on how to make a spiral staircase in 1:12 scale and I used a lot of her ideas to help me make this staircase. To see Mara's tutorial, click <a href="http://pequeneces-maragverdugo.blogspot.com/p/diy-victorian-spiral-stairs.html#.VxBi42OO6Rs" target="_blank">here</a>. Maria makes lots of lovely creations in miniature and she very kindly explains all her processes.</div>
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This shows when I have stuck all the bits together and am nearly finished threading all the steps onto the kebab stick.</div>
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I tested the stairs in a few different positions. You can see in this one that the hole in the ceiling doesn't match up with the position of the stairs. This is the reason I hadn't put the floorboards in yet—just incase I wanted to make changes later.</div>
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This is the stairs matching up with the hole.</div>
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I decided I liked the stairs this way best.</div>
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This is what the stairs look like at the moment. I still need to make a railing and then paint them. </div>
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I cut the hole in the ceiling bigger so that I could align the stairs in the way I liked best.</div>
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Then I glued down the popsicle sticks for the floorboards. </div>
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And made a nice frame around the hole.</div>
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This is what the interior looks like at the moment. I will do the railing and painting for the stairs later.</div>
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I moved on to adding the other bit to the sides of the door to cover the join and to make the fretwork recessed.</div>
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As you can see, I don't have any small clamps in Fiji, so I make do with some wooden clothes pegs. </div>
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Here is the little roof over the door nearly finished—now it just needs tiles.</div>
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So this is where the cottage is up to now, inside and out.</div>
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Have a lovely day!</div>
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xo Amy</div>
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Amy Fletcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865041278939813503noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737837786592205641.post-31471058453654271322016-02-17T16:05:00.000+13:002016-02-17T16:05:00.122+13:00Progress on the Mini Cottage<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Steve and I went back home to New Zealand for a lovely long holiday over Christmas and New Year and <span style="text-align: left;">had a fantastic time. We spent time at home over Christmas, but also drove right up north to Rarawa Beach to camp over New Years with some lovely friends, and later we drove down to Taranaki which is very beautiful. The picture below is of Steve admiring the view there.</span></div>
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Since I've been back in Fiji, I've been working hard on doing the edits on my novel. I made some changes to character motivation, which in turn meant there was quite a bit of re-writing to do. But it is all part of the process. </div>
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Don't worry, I have also been working on my mini cottage. I managed to get the photos off the memory stick in the end, and I've also done tonnes more. </div>
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When I was part way through my construction, Caroline, the lovely blogger from Cinderella Moments did a series of posts about making your own custom dollhouse. The posts are wonderful reading (and so is her whole blog—I LOVE it!). If you are making your own dollhouse and you get stuck on how to do something, her fantastic tutorial might give you some great ideas. I got the idea for using concrete on the outside of my house from her. Her work always inspires me and her blog is outstanding (and so are her minis!) so click <a href="http://www.cinderellamoments.com/2015/07/dollhouse-custom-construction-tutorial.html" target="_blank">here</a> to head over and check out Cinderella Moments.</div>
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On to the update on cottage progress. I'll apologise in advance for the less-than-outstanding photos. It's pure laziness really! But hopefully they will give you an idea of how I did things. </div>
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I think this about what the cottage looked like last time you saw it...</div>
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So once I had the walls and door in place I started work on the bay window. I decided the size and shape I wanted, then made a top and bottom shape and glued them to the window hole.</div>
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Then I glued down the floorboards on the bottom floor. (There was no reason to do this next—I just wanted to!)</div>
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Following that, I cut out the shapes for the front of the bay window. I wanted to make the tops of each window curved so I made a template, then traced the shape, then cut the holes. </div>
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It looks so cute from the inside!</div>
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I used dressmakers pins again to add extra strength, but it is also glued together with white glue.</div>
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Next I painted the bay window and added the first floor. I cut out a hole where the stairs will go. Originally I'd planned for the stairs to be at the other end of the room, but I changed my mind, so I just flipped the cardboard over. </div>
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Here you can see what the hole looks like. And you can see the pins sticking up from the floor. I pushed some through from the bottom before I glued down the cardboard. The pins are for poking into the upstairs walls. When Steve first saw it sitting on the table before I attached it to the cottage, he thought I'd created some sort of torture card to skewer his hand on, haha.</div>
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Next the walls were added. I had to add on extra height to the foam core board that I used for the side walls, because the bits I had weren't quite big enough. That worked out fine though. You can't even see the seam now.</div>
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This is what the front wall is like. Later it will look better I promise!</div>
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And then I painted it all inside and out. This is just the first coat, but I did a few over time.</div>
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Next the roof went on the front. I wanted to make dormer windows. They were extremely tricky to work out. The the measuring took me ages!</div>
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Here you can see a close up of part way through the process. </div>
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I made sure that all the lower parts of the windows were right and matching up with the holes in the roof before I cut out the shapes where the dormer window roofs would meet the main roof.</div>
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I had to make a few adjustments as I worked. I used a piece of folded paper to help get the angle right. My Dad explained that there is a perfectly easy way to work it out with equations...but I decided to stick with the practical approach. </div>
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Then I added the dormer roofs. Here's what it looks like from the inside.</div>
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And here is what it looks like from the outside.</div>
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Our neighbour's ginger kitten came to try out the cottage and thought it was pretty nice.</div>
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That was where I got up to before Christmas.</div>
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When we got back, I set to work on adding a chimney.</div>
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I wanted a wonkyish old-school looking one, so I made it a bit uneven. </div>
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I made the window frames out of cardboard and carefully cut out all the holes with a craft knife. It took a very long time but I think it was worth it. They look so cute!</div>
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I love little details like that on a dollhouse.</div>
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Once they had all dried, I glued them on. I used Testors clear parts and window maker glue. I wanted to make sure that any glue that squeezed out onto the 'glass' didn't make it go all icky. </div>
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Don't they look adorable?</div>
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But I wanted something a little fancy. I drew a pattern for some lovely fretwork to add to the side. Then very carefully cut it out with a craft knife. (Luckily I had a good audio book to listen to while doing that otherwise I might have lost patience.)</div>
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Finally it was time to do the concrete. I was really looking forward to that bit. I didn't have any proper tools though, so I used a popsicle stick to put the concrete on the house, then smoothed it out with a thin bit of plastic that I cut from an old packet. I also didn't have any of the type of concrete that Caroline suggested, so I used regular builders concrete. I just mixed a bit of the concrete powder with a bit of water until the consistency seemed right.</div>
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Once it was all dry on the following day, I painted it all white. I had originally intended to leave it white, but now I've decided to paint it a different colour instead, because the windows don't stand out enough. I'm not sure what colour to paint it though. What do you think? My first thought was a light peachy coral colour, because it would make a nice contrast with the door. Steve thinks a bluey grey colour would look nicer. I think both would look nice in their different ways. I don't know if I'd add grey to the blue though. Do any of you have any suggestions?</div>
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This is where I'm up to on the inside. I've done a few more layers of paint. I need to make the staircase and fireplace next. And when the staircase is done, then I can do the floor upstairs.</div>
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Recently (well maybe it was a few months ago...) I started making a mini cottage. I was missing my dollhouse, which is in New Zealand, while I am in Fiji. So I thought I should make another one. I hadn't done so yet, mainly because of the lack of tools I have up here, and also the difficulty of getting materials. </div>
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I think sometimes I don't start things I have ideas for because I'm worried they won't work out perfectly. When I began to think about that, I decided to just get on with it, and start with what I had. Which were some sheets of cardboard I'd bought in Suva (the capital city of Fiji) and also some foam-core board. It had been quite difficult to find them—I'd traipsed from stationery shop to stationary shop looking for cardboard, and nowhere seemed to have it! I went back to the shop I finally found some in when I was in Suva last Saturday to get some more (not being able to find any in Nadi where I live, which is a little over 3 hours away) but they were closed! Darn. </div>
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Anyway, here is what I've done so far...<br />
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The Chrysnbon kits that I bought off eBay in Canada (and which took four months to arrive—but were probably in Fiji for at least three of those) were a bulk lot. I bought them for the chairs, but included was a kit for a door. I made this up to be the door of the cottage, and painted it in my favourite colour of the moment.<br />
I decided to make it quite small, so that it can be taken as carry on luggage. Each wall is the size of an A4 pice of paper laying on it's side. I plan to make it two stories.<br />
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This is the front wall. The big hole is going to be a bay window (because how cute are they!?)<br />
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For the floor, I stuck together two sheets of cardboard with white glue. That made them about 5mm thick. I painted it black so that any gaps in the floorboards would look more realistic. Then I cut some floorboards out of popsicle sticks. I didn't stick them down yet though. I wanted to connect the walls first. </div>
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This is one of the side walls. I made the window this size so that a set of shutters I have will be the right size to cover it if they were closed.</div>
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To connect the walls, I punched dress makers pins through the floor, then put white glue round the edges of the floor and slid the walls onto the pins. Some of the pins had to be adjusted. When I was pushing the pins through I had some black paint on my hands and I accidentally pushed a pin into my finger. It has healed now but I have a black dot in my finger!</div>
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I have done some more on the cottage, but I'll have to show you guys that on the next post, because I haven't been able to get the photos off my memory stick for some reason.<br />
I'm pretty happy with it so far though!<br />
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This is the little bookshelf I made a while ago. It turned out a bit rugged, but I like it. I made all the little books to go inside.<br />
There are still more to make. It took ages to glue all the pages together and to make the covers. But I got faster as I learnt how to do it. I'd never made books before.<br />
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So now onto the Chrysnbon kits.<br />
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This is the first chair. I wanted to do pastel colours so I made this a sunny yellow.<br />
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I had two kits for these blue chairs, so I made a matching set. I didn't like the black fabric that came with the kits, so I used a bit of this material that used to belong to my Mum. She did lots of quilting, and this was from her quilting supplies. It's cream with tiny light blue hearts on it.<br />
The little side table was from another kit, but I painted it cream to match the chairs.<br />
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This little table came with a bunch of other accessories. I painted it to look a bit worn.</div>
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Then I made up this chair. I think this is my favourite kind. I like the details on it. </div>
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Then there is an arrow backed rocking chair with a little stool. I painted tiny pansies on them.</div>
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And these are the other bits that are left over. I haven't decorated them yet. But I will get round to them eventually. I'm not sure what to do for the lanterns. I'll have to look on the internet for some inspiration for them I think. </div>
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Amy Fletcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865041278939813503noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737837786592205641.post-44689181210041697852015-03-28T17:35:00.000+13:002015-03-28T17:35:21.154+13:00Mini Paintings, Mini Flowers and Plants, and Mini Chrysnbon Cane-Seat Chair.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello everyone! Another long gap between posts I know. I have been working flat out on my novel. I've written over 78,000 words now. Go me! But as I have been putting so much effort into writing that, I haven't gotten around to blogging...</div>
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Anyway, now that my excuses are out of the way, I thought I'd update you on all the little projects I have been working on.</div>
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I've already shown you some of the mini paintings that I've made but have included them here too so everything is all neat and tidy.</div>
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Last week I was excited because I had a request (through <a href="https://www.etsy.com/nz/shop/SweetAsCreations?ref=hdr_shop_menu" target="_blank">my Etsy store</a>) for a custom miniature painting from a lovely lady in Texas. Here is what I came up with and I was so happy because she loved it. For anyone who is interested in purchasing any of the miniature artwork below, I'll add the links above each one to make things easy for you.</div>
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So! Here are all the little mini things I've made over the last year. Not that many all together, but I love each and every one of them.</div>
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I adore this little <a href="https://www.etsy.com/nz/listing/186143137/miniature-pansy-painting-for-your?ref=shop_home_active_12" target="_blank">pansy painting</a> I painted last year. I think it would look lovely just about anywhere in a dollhouse, but my pick would be a bedroom.</div>
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And these <a href="https://www.etsy.com/nz/listing/190545596/cottage-chic-dollhouse-miniature-rose?ref=shop_home_active_4" target="_blank">rose</a> ones are so sweet, it's hard to choose a favourite!</div>
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I think this little <a href="https://www.etsy.com/nz/listing/185724816/dollhouse-miniature-love-painting?ref=shop_home_active_3" target="_blank">love painting</a> would look cute in a nursery.</div>
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And maybe the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/nz/listing/185722248/dollhouse-miniature-pink-strawberry?ref=shop_home_active_8" target="_blank">strawberry</a> one would be good for a kitchen.</div>
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This <a href="https://www.etsy.com/nz/listing/201890836/rose-original-dollhouse-miniature?ref=shop_home_feat_2" target="_blank">rose</a> one is one of my favourites because I adore the colours and the little frame inside the frame is just lovely. </div>
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This <a href="https://www.etsy.com/nz/listing/201901233/cottage-chic-dollhouse-miniature-love?ref=shop_home_active_23" target="_blank">love</a> one makes me think of a sunny spot near the kitchen bench.</div>
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And maybe <a href="https://www.etsy.com/nz/listing/185727889/whimsical-dollhouse-miniature-flower?ref=shop_home_active_7" target="_blank">blue bells</a> in the bathroom would be nice!</div>
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I've also made some wooden bits of wall art using a combination of paints, scrapbooking papers and varnish.</div>
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And that is all the mini paintings to date. As well as the life sized water colours I've painted, I also painted my surfboard using Posca paint pens.</div>
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I made some mini peonies from a kit I bought off Esty from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/nz/shop/TheMiniatureGarden" target="_blank">The Miniature Garden</a>. Actually all the flowers and plants below are from there so if you want to try making any of these yourself, I highly recommend her lovely kits.</div>
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I love the dainty way the peonies tuned out. They look so delicate.</div>
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You might have seen the miniature poppies I made because I used them as the subject for the <a href="http://amyelizabethfletcher.blogspot.com/2014/06/how-to-take-photos-of-miniatures-7-tips_19.html" target="_blank">photography tips blog post</a>. But here they are again anyway because they are just so cute. </div>
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I also made some Californian Poppies. I have never seen this type of poppies before in real life but I adore the happy colour of them. </div>
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And then there is the wisteria kit. It really is a project all on it's own. It takes simply ages to make the flowers but they are very lovely. It's going to be so satisfying seeing it go up on the house. But who knows when that will ever get to come out of storage!</div>
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This is all the bits you get in the kit.</div>
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Here are the centres of the flowers made up.</div>
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And finally I made this delightful little fern. The leaves are laser cut and they look so realistic. My dollhouse is going to look so great with all these lovely plants in it!</div>
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I ordered this Chrysnbon kit online. It's the first plastic furniture kit I have made. Well actually, the first furniture kit full stop!</div>
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All the pieces come like this. Opening it reminded me of when I was little and used to get toys at Christmas (or my birthday - which is only 3 days apart from Christmas!) and they would have bits in them that you had to twist off the plastic like this. Oh the joy of it! I LOVE assembling toys. When something says "Some assembly required" my eyes light up.</div>
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It actually took quite a few attempts to get the chair to actually stay together because at first I didn't have the right glue. All I had was tacky glue, which was difficult to use and then, once the glue was dry, the chair would fall apart with the lightest touch.</div>
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I only have a push bike in Fiji to get around, but I peddled off down to the local store and they had some super glue, which was only FJD$1.50. So I thought I'd give that a go and luckily it worked. So probably after the fifth attempt, the chair stayed together. Hooray!</div>
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I painted it to look nice and shabby instead of using the stain that came with the kit.</div>
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And this is the finished piece. It looks quite grey in this picture but it is more turquoise/teal in real life. I'll have to include it in another photo in a later post with better lighting.</div>
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I liked making the mini chair so much I decided to order some more kits all the way from Canada (the first one was sold second hand from New Zealand). They haven't arrived yet but I'm hoping they will come soon because it's been over 5 weeks since they were shipped. I ordered something from Canada last year too, to get shipped to a friend in New Zealand and that took ages as well though so perhaps the postage from Canada is just slower than form anywhere else in the world...</div>
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Anyway, so I haven't been totally neglecting miniature making! And I have even been working on something else a little special too. But you will have to wait for a later post to hear about that as it's not finished yet!</div>
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Love and good wishes to you all!</div>
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As I have been taking lots of photos of my miniature paintings to put in <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/SweetAsCreations" target="_blank">my etsy store</a>, I thought that perhaps some of you may be interested in how to take photos of miniatures as it can be tricky.<br />
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There are lots of ways you can go about photographing miniatures, but here is what I do.<br />
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I use my digital SLR camera for taking photos of minis. I normally just leave it on auto setting with no flash. If the miniature is something very small, or I need a close up of something then I use magnifying filters. </div>
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These are a lot cheaper than buying a special macro lens (unless you can find a cheap one second hand). I have seen that you can also buy little macro lenses for your iPhone so if you don't have a digital SLR you could try that as alternative. </div>
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I think it cost me about NZ$45 for a set of 4 stacking filters. These come in a folding case and are in strengths of +1, +2, +4, +10. So you can stack them on the front of your lens and have anywhere from +1 to +17 magnification. I mostly use between +1 to +4 but the +10 can be useful for super close ups. </div>
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As you can see they look a lot like a magnifying glass.</div>
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<b>2. Magnification.</b></div>
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One thing you need to take into consideration is that the higher magnification you have, the shallower your depth of field. For those of you unfamiliar with that term, it just means that less of your photo will be in focus. I quite like the look of photos with a shallow depth of field as I think it makes the photos look more intimate. It also helps you to draw attention to what you want the viewer to look at or notice. </div>
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For instance, in this photo the flowers are in focus but the vase is not. </div>
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Try different magnifications. While the previous photo was taken with +2 magnification, the following photo is taken with +10 magnification. I also placed the flowers in direct sunlight to show the texture of the paper better. The bad thing about getting too much magnification is that you can see imperfections that are not noticeable to the naked eye. </div>
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I don't use any special lighting equipment but you can of course get more technical and look into that if you want. You can also play around with the settings on your camera to get different results.<br />
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Where the light is coming from is important. But so is the quality of light. </div>
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This photo is back-lit, but the light source is not in the photo and is not shining directly on the item - so the photo is slightly washed out, but not completely silhouetted.</div>
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This photo is lit from the front (but is not in direct sunlight) and therefore the colours are much brighter (although the focus is not in the right place). </div>
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And this photo is in direct sunlight. You can see it has a distracting shadow and the colours are less subtle. Overall it has a harsher look.</div>
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I also pay attention to the edges of the picture. Make sure you don't have distracting bits in the corners, or really crooked horizon lines. It's like when you take a picture of a person, you don't want to later discover they have a tree growing out of their head or something else distracting like that. You want the focus on the thing you are photographing and everything else should compliment that.</div>
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I know that many people use coins but the only trouble with them is that not everyone knows how big coins from different countries are exactly. </div>
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For example, I don't think I have ever seen a U.S. penny in real life. I have seen a euro 1c though and an old N.Z. 5c (which we don't have any more). The 1c and the 5c are both quite different sizes and I have no idea where the penny would fit into the scale. </div>
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Anyway, my point is, if you are wanting people from international destinations to be able to understand the scale of your item, while they may get the general idea from a small coin, you could use something that is internationally recognisable instead. I have been using a pencil. You want your pencil - or other thing you use for scale comparison - to compliment the item you are photographing. So don't use an ugly old chewed up one. Use a pretty one in similar or complimentary colours. If you want to use a ruler to show exact scale use one that fits in with the colours and composition of your image. </div>
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I think this is my favourite one. The focus is nice, the background colours are complementary, and the lighting shows the subtleties of colour in the item.</div>
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It's like doll house rooms. While each room may be different, a dollhouse looks best (in my opinion) if all the rooms look good together too. Because while you will be looking closely at each room individually, you also look at them all together when viewing the whole dollhouse.</div>
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<b>1. Equipment:</b> A digital SLR camera. Magnifying filters. Scrapbook paper. Item to show scale.</div>
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<b>2. Magnification: </b>Use magnification appropriate to what you want to show. The more magnification the less depth of field.</div>
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<b>3. Lighting:</b> Natural light. Diffused (not shining directly on item to be photographed). Front-lit.</div>
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<b>5. Composition:</b> Center item or use rule of thirds. Check edges for distractions. <b>Focus:</b> Focus on the part of the item you want to draw attention to.</div>
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Hello everyone! I am so sorry that I have not done any posts for such a very long time! Lots of things have been going on in my life. I resigned from my teaching job at the end of last year. I was finding it much too stressful as it is a job that really takes over your whole life. Plus I was having some health issues from a hypoactive thyroid which was not fun. I had no time or energy to put into my creations. </div>
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Then my boyfriend Steve got a job working in Fiji, so he went up to Fiji while I finished the last few months of the school year. After our New Years holiday (camping in Northland) we packed up our house and flew to Fiji. So I have been living up in Fiji for most of the year! And that is also why I have not done any more work on my doll house. :( Because it is in storage again! Our cat Bethell has gone to live with her cat-cousin Sirius and my lovely sister Sophie and her boyfriend Chris. I am excited that we are going home for a visit in a few weeks and we will get to see her. </div>
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Fiji is lovely. It's such a pleasure to be warm all the time! I have been doing lots of things that I love since I have been up here. As well as creating art and craft and writing, I have been doing lots of research into holistic health and nutrition and cooking lots of healthy food. </div>
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But don't worry, I have been making some minis too.<br />
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As you can imagine, I do not have too many supplies up here with me in Fiji. I would have brought more things with me but we originally thought we would only be here for a short while. </div>
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So the main things I have been making are miniature paintings. I have been putting them for sale in my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/nz/shop/SweetAsCreations" target="_blank">etsy</a> store.<br />
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I ordered some miniature flower kits from Georgie from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/nz/shop/TheMiniatureGarden" target="_blank">TheMiniatureGarden on etsy</a>. I have made one kit so far (poppies) and am very happy with the result. I wish my doll house was here so I could find a place to put them. :) One of the kits I bought is to make a wisteria. </div>
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This is what it will hopefully look like when complete.</div>
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I haven't started it yet. But it will eventually climb the outside of my doll house. </div>
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The inspiration for this project is the wisteria on our last house which I really loved. </div>
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Plus I adored seeing them all over houses everywhere in the French countryside! </div>
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I think my dollhouse is such a huge house, I feel like I will be adding things to it forever! But that is okay! I will be so pleased when I have finished all the construction. Now there is mostly just the shingles for the roof to go (all 4000 of them...) and the other finishing touches like some painting, door knobs, hinges, trim. Okay, that sounds like quite a lot really haha. </div>
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But when I am done I can really get stuck into the decoration.<br />
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If you are wondering where I got up to with building my Garfield Dollhouse, the photos below show pretty much where I am up to with the construction. All the weatherboards are complete and painted. The french doors are in. I also painted the roof after I took these photos as a test for what colour to have the shingles. I was thinking I would like them a terracotta colour. But I painted the roof that colour and it looked strange. But maybe it was because I used paint, maybe it won't look bad if the shingles are stained? I think when I eventually get my dollhouse back out of storage I will paint the roof a dark grey (so it is blackish between any cracks in the shingles) and then shingle it. If anyone has any tips on staining shingles. I'd be most appreciative. I am thinking terracotta or if not that, then a light grey. But I think the grey may make the blue of the house paint look too cool, whereas the terracotta makes it look warmer. Anyway, if you have an opinion or suggestion on the shingles, do let me know in the comments. :) I love hearing from you all!</div>
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In Fiji I have also been doing some designs for some metal doll house furniture. I have been learning to solder and plan to make some metal beds and outdoor furniture soon - some for my doll house and some for my etsy store. I'll post more about that when I get some things finished. </div>
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I have been doing life sized paintings too and will post them for sale in my etsy store too at some point. </div>
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I have tonnes of paintings to go on there back home, but they are all in storage at the moment as well!</div>
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The other creative thing I have been doing - and which has distracted me from blogging - is I am writing my novel (which I started a few years ago but kept getting stalled). It's a time travel romance novel. I have really been enjoying doing that is well. I love creating things!</div>
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Well, that is all for this catch up. But I will make an effort to blog more regularly again!</div>
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xoxox Amy<br />
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This post has been a long time coming. I have been so busy working on my dollhouse that I never quite get around to blogging...<br />
I've been adding some details to my dollhouse which has been fun!<br />
I also painted this painting to be the logo for my business of selling art and now dollhouse miniatures. I just love making them so much!</div>
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Other progress includes putting the corner boxes over the weatherboards.</div>
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Gluing on more weatherboards.</div>
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This is how I get the right angles in tight spaces. I just use a piece of paper and fold it in the correct shape for the angle.</div>
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When I had completed all the weatherboards except those that are above the porch roof I painted them with the blue paint.</div>
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Finally all was ready to paint the exterior of the doll house.</div>
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This is the colour I chose. It is called Bluish Water and is a Dulux paint bought from Mitre 10. I put on one coat in a kind of shabby way and intended to do another coat or two. But then I decided I liked the shabby look on the exterior. So I have left it like that for now. But I'm not sure if I should add another layer of not. Either another layer of the same colour or maybe a slightly more turquoisey one over top. </div>
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After that we moved house and the dollhouse had a journey in the back of the van.</div>
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When it arrived at the new house I decided it was time I finished off all the work I needed to do in the interior of the house. I needed to attach the door that goes in the master bedroom/bathroom partition.</div>
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First I had to cut off the bottom and side of the door so it would fit easily in the hole with the hinges.</div>
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I had bought a Dremel which is a rotary tool. I used a grinding kind of bit to sand it off as sanding by hand makes the edges curve up.</div>
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Then I attached it with the little teeny hinges.</div>
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I had been needing to repair the door that goes between the master bedroom and the stair hall since before we went away! But it was in one of the tricky to reach spots of the house and those teeny hinges are so fiddly. So I had been putting it off.</div>
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It took two tries to get it to stay fixed!</div>
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But in the end I managed it. Yay!</div>
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The next job was installing the rest of the skirting and scotia boards. That involved painting the popsicle sticks, cutting them to the correct length (using my new Dremel with a saw bit attached), and then filling all the gaps. I also filled in other gaps around the place.</div>
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One evening Steve helped me out by holding the tower bits in place while I glued them. It is a task that is a lot easier with someone helping you as it is really a four hand job! Last time the glue must not have been hot enough as it broke when we got it out of storage. This time I made sure that it was nice and hot.</div>
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Yay, the whimsical tower is back!</div>
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You can see in this photo I have also prepared the trim to go around the deck and am just waiting until I have attached all the exterior doors before I glue it up (I don't want to make things any fiddlier than they need to be).</div>
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And here is the completed interior. Yay!</div>
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The edge of the doors stick out past the edge of the deck. Which would mean that when the railing is on the doors would not be able to open completely. That would have annoyed me forever since I have put so much time and effort into this house. I had origionally attached them opening out as I thought that in real life houses french doors usually opened out.</div>
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I finished off the hutch and was quite pleased with the results.</div>
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So I installed it back into the kitchen. Where I think it looks quite lovely.</div>
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I also unpacked a few treasures from France that I bought when in Paris on our trip last year. They are just small things and didn't cost much (as I had to carry them around for quite some time). I think they are sweet though. It took me a while to choose (as I had never been in a miniatures store before; there are none near my house), my poor boyfriend Steve was not as excited as I was, but very patient.</div>
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There is this cute wee basket.</div>
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A little bed for mini Bethell and her friend.</div>
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And a little tea set.</div>
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I found a home for the tea set and basket in the kitchen.</div>
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Mini Bethell seems to like it though.</div>
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After I had finished playing with my treasures I got hard to work and spent a productive several hours putting up weatherboards; a lengthy but satisfying job.</div>
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I have been very excited to be able to o some more building on my doll house! I started out by taking some photos of it as it was when I had finished wiping it down inside.</div>
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The wall I had partially completed weather boarding.</div>
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Here is the whole right hand side of the house.</div>
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The master bedroom is on the left and the bathroom on the right.</div>
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And here is the lounge on the left and dining room on the right.</div>
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I had stored some of my doll house furniture in this box and a few others.</div>
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Firstly I finished putting up the weatherboards on the wall that I had partially completed.</div>
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First I had to pack out the bottom of the wall to make it the right length. I did this to the wall that is on the side of the lounge (the one you can see in the photo above) so that the weatherboards would line up nicely with the level of the deck so I had to do it again here so they would all be even. I used a bit of wood nearly the same thickness as the wall then added a strip of card to make it the same thickness. Next I added a narrow strip to the bottom of that to make the bottom weatherboard stick out on an angle like the rest of them would when overlapped.</div>
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I used my story rod to mark where the weatherboards would go. (Which I somehow messed up and then had to do again...)</div>
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For those of you who are unsure what I mean by story rod, it is basically a thing that measures the gap between weatherboards. I used a piece of paper with lines drawn across every 14mm. My weatherboards are about 20mm so that means they overlap by about 6mm.</div>
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So I changed to a new project; painting my hutch.</div>
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And this is with a few coats of the white added. I may add one more coat of white before I sand it but haven't decided yet.</div>
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Love Amy.</div>
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I'm back from overseas! We had an amazing adventure and our brains are now stocked full of lovely memories to take out and polish and admire.</div>
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It is nice to be home again but I haven't been able to work on my doll house because it is still in storage.</div>
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Bethell is living in our old house with Steve's sister Rachael who has been looking after her since we went away. Steve's parents Malcolm and Leanne are kindly letting us stay at their house with them so I have been taking Bethell for lots of walks and hanging out with her. (Our old house is just across the paddock from Steve's parents place.) </div>
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Here is Bethell enjoying one of our walks.</div>
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And here she is showing me how cute she is. </div>
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I want to make some crocheted mini afghans to go on the beds or maybe hang on the back of the couch (which doesn't exist yet...)</div>
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I hadn't done any crocheting before (only knitting of beanies and scarves in life size). I found a video on youtube that was quite good though (you can view it <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqca00LdmAc" target="_blank">here</a>) and had a try. </div>
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This is my first attempt.</div>
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I also decided to get adventurous with my polymer clay and found <a href="http://petitplatbysk.blogspot.com.au/2009/10/tutorial-lemon-cane-and-halved-lemons.html" target="_blank">this</a> excellent tutorial by Stephanie Kilgast on making miniature lemons (diameter about 6mm). They turned out okay for my first try I think but I have some things to perfect as the middle of the lemons are a bit wonky. I must have stretch/rolled the cane out funny. It took me ages to make the cane but I still have lots left so hopefully I have got some of it right. I'm not sure what to do with these now though...</div>
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Excitingly today Steve (my boyfriend) and Chris (our friend) moved my dollhouse out of storage and up to the little lounge at Malcolm and Leanne's! </div>
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Here they are just squeezing it through the door of the room we had it stored in. It almost didn't fit - the Garfield Dollhouse is quite wide. </div>
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Amy Fletcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865041278939813503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737837786592205641.post-49219241023813533262012-03-20T22:24:00.000+13:002012-03-20T22:24:13.815+13:00I'm on holiday!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;">Hello everyone! I'm on holiday until the end of the year and am traveling to Australia, Morocco, Western Europe, Great Britain, Scotland, Ireland, Greece, Indonesia, and South East Asia. So I'm just letting you all know that I won't be doing any updates on my Garfield dollhouse for a while sorry! But if any of you have suggestions of cool mini places around the world to visit please let me know! I'd love any suggestions of shops, markets, displays, or anything else mini worth visiting!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Welcome all my new followers! It's a pleasure to have you and I do hope you all keep me on your reading lists until I return!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">If you are interested in my travels feel free to have a look at my travel blog amyandstevensendlesssummer.blogspot.co.nz</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Love Amy.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And this picture shows the unfinished tower windows.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The bit that sticks out is a removable section to allow access to this side of the house.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the card that I used to make the weatherboards from.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This photo shows how I use my story rod. (A bit of paper with lines spaced 14mm apart.)</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Half the right wall completed.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I use a piece of paper to trace the window arches. Then I tape it to the building. After that I tape the weatherboard in place and trace around it and then finally cut it out.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have done a tiny bit more on this wall but there are still many weatherboards to go! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope you are all having a lovely weekend wherever you may be.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love Amy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Amy Fletcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865041278939813503noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737837786592205641.post-12015709507124032762012-02-02T12:09:00.000+13:002012-02-02T12:09:25.825+13:00Mini fireplaces, a cupboard, window seats, chairs, a mirror, and an update on the weather boards!<div style="text-align: center;">Hello everyone. Thanks to everyone who leaves me comments! I love reading your kind words. It is always such a lovely surprise to see that someone has written something! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks heaps!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have made some mini fireplaces, a corner cupboard, and some window seats for my dollhouse. They are the ones that came with the kit. I glued all the bits together and gave them an undercoat and two top coats and here are the results.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is the corner cupboard in the dining room. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a close up - as you can see I need to fill the little gap where it doesn't quite meet the ceiling. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's the window seat in the lounge.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And the window seat in the master bedroom. (Making some bedding for the bed is on my to-do list.)</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can see it a little better in this photo.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is one of the fireplaces. I didn't really want to put them against the stairwell (which is where they are on the picture that comes with the kit) but there is actually no walls that are wide enough to put them except the stairwell walls! (I didn't want to put them there because if it was a real house the smoke can't go anywhere.)</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now it is a nice cosy little reading area. I just need some books for the bookshelf, a nice rug, and maybe a cosy blanket!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the fireplace in the lounge. It is looking very bare in there at the moment. I really should finish off the skirting boards and scotia boards before I put any more furniture in the house though. I was part way through doing it when my glue gun died a fiery death and I went on to something else. I have a new one now though so I should finish that job off. (It's a bit boring though compared to doing other things!)</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">A few weeks ago my lovely friend Emily gave me a few bits of furniture from her childhood dollhouse. (Like the little white bench in the earlier post.) She gave me two sweet little chairs but they didn't quite match my shabby chic theme so I decided to do them up.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is what they looked like originally. I liked the gingham fabric but red isn't really in my colour scheme so I decided to reupholster them and give them a few coats of paint and a bit of a shabby up with sand paper.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ta-da! Here is the finished result. I am very pleased with them.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can see the fabric pattern a bit better in this picture.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I tried them out in the cosy reading area first.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But I think I like them best in the kitchen.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While I had the blue paint mixed up in such a nice shade I decided to paint a little mirror I bought a while ago and have been wanting to make shabby. It started off gold and here is the finished product.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So nice and shabby don't you think!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I haven't decided where I will put it yet.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lastly I have made some progress on the weather boards but I've made a bit of a mistake (they are not even on both sides of the bay windows) so I am going to have to cut some of them off again!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It looks cool though aye! I can't wait to paint it. (And you will get to find out what color I have chosen.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Amy Fletcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865041278939813503noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737837786592205641.post-50782567098586587712012-02-01T21:43:00.000+13:002012-02-02T11:29:01.005+13:00I made a basket!<div style="text-align: center;">I am proud of my basket making effort. A while ago I read In the Court of the Gypsies great tutorial about how to make a mini basket on her blog and have been looking for the little basket toilet deodorisers ever since. I finally found some in the $2 shop so I was excited to be able to try and follow the tutorial. You can read it <a href="http://courtofgypsiesminiatures.blogspot.co.nz/2011/07/humble-beginnings-dollhouse-miniature.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are the steps I took. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I got a basket from the toilet deodorisers. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then I wove some skinny string stuff (I bought it from the wool department of a craft store) around and around and around...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then cut off the extra sticks.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next I wrapped the string round the top and stuck it down with tacky glue. (This was difficult as everything kept sticking to my fingers rather than the basket top. Eventually (with some internal cursing) I got it done.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As you can see though the bottom of the basket is still ugly plastic.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can see the little tail I left when I started.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I thought it would look nice with some flowers in it.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I covered the bottom with fabric stuck to paper.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think it looks much better. Yay!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And it looks lovely with the flowers in I think!</div><br />
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</div>Amy Fletcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865041278939813503noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737837786592205641.post-50765589899225177872012-01-26T15:52:00.000+13:002012-01-26T15:52:56.322+13:00A whimsical tower and weather boards.<div style="text-align: center;">I built the tower roof the other day and it looks very whimsical now. I love the tower! It was a lot trickier to build than I anticipated however. </div><div style="text-align: center;">First I painted the inside of the pieces white.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This next bit was the most difficult because I had to get the angles of the bits of wood right. (Which took several attempts and a bit of annoyance.) </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After that I had to put the 2 bits at 90 degrees to the original 2 bits up. (Marginally less difficult than the first 2.)</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And lastly add in the other 4 pieces - which was a lot easier.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here it is on the house. How cute!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here you can see a lovely little bench than my friend Emily gave to me (it was from her childhood dollhouse). I gave it a coat of paint and think it looks quite nice on the deck for now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next job I did was to remove all the wooden weatherboards. I used my craft knife to pry them off. (There were only a few that resisted this treatment.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then I cut some more out of thick card. I used a guillotine (rotary trimmer) to cut them. I made them all 2cm wide. And when I stick each one on I measure 14mm above the board and mark where the next board should go. So that the bottom boards are on an angle too I glue a small strip of card along the bottom of each wall so the board has something to overlap.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am not sure what to do about the small gap between the tower windows...</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And that is the progress to date. I might even go do some more weatherboards now...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh yeah, and they are not staying white... but you will have to wait and see what colour I have chosen!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Have a splendid day wherever you are!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love Amy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Amy Fletcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865041278939813503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737837786592205641.post-57304347212556728552012-01-20T13:23:00.000+13:002012-01-20T13:40:45.770+13:00Treats from overseas.<div style="text-align: center;">Before Christmas I ordered some lovely bits of furniture for my dollhouse and since I received them I haven't had a chance to do any blogging at all.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The first things that arrived were some lovely items from Ireland. </div><div style="text-align: center;">These were made by Molly Sue Miniatures and you can buy them from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/Mollysueminiatures" target="_blank">her etsy store</a> or <a href="http://www.mollysueminiatures.com/" target="_blank">her website</a>. She also has a blog which you can view <a href="http://mollysueminiatures.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">They arrived wrapped up in brown paper.</div><div style="text-align: center;">There is something infinitely exciting about brown paper packages!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The first thing I unearthed was this divine shabby bed.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next thing out of the box was this lovely ornate bookshelf. I am going to make one of the room in the attic a reading area.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then came this super sweet little dresser. It will go in the children's bedroom.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A beautiful clock.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another beautiful clock.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some shabby word wall art.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A little letter holder including tiny mail.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And a gorgeous home sign with hooks and a key sign with keys!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Isn't she so clever! I love her work!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">6 days later I received another exciting package in the post!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This one came from Spain and was also filled with delightful goodies!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These ones are made by the talented Ana from Mundorosa. You can buy her stuff from her <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/Mundorosa" target="_blank">etsy shop</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The package arrived looking delightfully foreign with all the spanish writing adorning it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And it was filled with tiny things wrapped in soft pink tissue paper.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love this little seat. Isn't it adorable! And the fabric is so lovely and fresh!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This little chair is stunning. I have been moving it around the house trying to decide where it should live. At the moment it is by the bookshelf to be a reading chair.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And this little beauty is my new kitchen sink. I really do wish I could take my kitchen sink with me everywhere 'cause it is so so cute! I wish I had a real one like it in my real kitchen!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you Ana for your lovely work! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ana has a blog too. Click <a href="http://elmundoana.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">here</a> to have a look. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have been doing some work on my dollhouse as well. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I made a little mattress to go in the cot. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And I have done the deck.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It took AGES! But I think the results are worth it. The thing that was tricky was cutting all the angles. I had to do them with a craft knife which was time consuming.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the deck being laid. The hardest bit was where the straight bit of deck joined the tower part and getting all those angles right.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the balcony before the decking was put on it.</div><br />
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</div>Amy Fletcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865041278939813503noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737837786592205641.post-87823981301271581142011-11-30T21:29:00.000+13:002011-11-30T21:29:45.703+13:00A luscious little surprise.<div style="text-align: center;">I was fiddling around with my doll house the other day and I found a real little treat. I opened the little blue chest and saw a folded scarp of paper sitting inside it. (I nice wee piece of treasure.) Frowning slightly (as I didn't recall putting it there - and usually I have a very good memory), I tweaked it out and unfolded the crisp paper. On it was a sweet acrostic poem of my name. I realised that my lovely friend Alex who now lives in Australia but came to visit me the other week had secretly stashed it there some time while she was staying with me. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks Alex! It was a delightful surprise and made my day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Amy Fletcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865041278939813503noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737837786592205641.post-27624941008171724272011-11-20T17:20:00.000+13:002011-11-20T17:20:50.239+13:00Miniature roof.<div style="text-align: center;">Yay, I am back in blog land! I haven't blogged for ages, I have been busy building my doll house and writing school reports. (It takes a very VERY long time! - We worked out that for 25 reports you have to write about 14, 700 words!!!) Anyhow, they are nearly all done now - just the final proof read (4th person to check them including myself) and then any more editing and then done hooray!!! And only 4 more weeks to go until the Christmas holidays and I am so excited 'cause I LOVE Christmas and also next year I have taken a years leave from school to go traveling. No work for a year = super exciting! And we are not leaving till March so I will have time to make mini's and work on my novel (which so far has less words than my reports do by about 4000! ) </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">But to get back on track - I have made progress on my mini house. The floors look fantastic! I am so happy that I took the time to do them that way because I am very pleased with the results. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is a not-so-mini visitor in the doll house. She decided to come and 'help' me.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bethell even decided to take a tour around the stairs when I went to work on the other side of the house.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here she is sitting outside it - I can't believe how big it is! Real life is always so much bigger than what you think things will be from just measurements!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And the attic rooms.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And the tower.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is in the hall stair on the second floor.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is looking down the stairwell from the top floor (this view is later covered by roof so you can't see it.) </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here is the whole house once the floors have all been stained.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After completing the floors I began assembling the roof. This is the deck roof ceiling. (It is painted white on the underside.)</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As you can see it extends down the side of the house as well.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the little balcony extension which I will have to put flooring on and stain as well. I think I might do the decks white though so I'm wondering if I should sand the other two balconies back and paint them white as well or just leave them as they are...</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I began putting to roof on the main part of the house.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But I got so in to it that I forgot to keep taking photos. (If you enjoy smashing things with a hammer you would probably have enjoyed it too :) )</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So here is the result that I am up to so far. I still have some more bits to add on but I stopped here so I could add the skirting boards to all the tricky to reach parts and so I could seal the gaps with no-more-gaps, which I did yesterday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It looks more and more like a house all the time. It is so fun seeing the progress. I am addicted to Etsy at the moment too looking at all the goodies it could later contain.</div><br />
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</div>Amy Fletcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865041278939813503noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737837786592205641.post-28307923460557140952011-09-17T12:54:00.000+12:002011-09-17T12:54:20.911+12:00The first inhabitiants of the doll house.<div style="text-align: center;">I was very excited the other day when I recieved another lovely parcel in the post. (Don't you just love shopping on the internett?!) This one came from Ruta - all the way from Lithuania! And inside were two adorable little cats for my doll house. I asked Ruta to make me a mini Bethell and she did such a great job. And I bought a friend for Bethell too as I fell in love with this other brown cat from Ruta's Etsy shop - <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/RutaFelt">RutaFelt.</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here they are in the second story bedroom.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;">I've made some more progress on the house too but I'll do a seperate blog on that later.</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;">Love Amy.</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPUYli0eBEaLGVrj6Oq92r6wOj2-lBL11FRxLtzUjJjdGhkMa_6FbomcYYELl2dwu10wl2pucnHQ5ZOeG9hKzvZnGh3g9o3n0NMaR3KlvlnwnXgg3xP2pFLEP2BkcuHU2fYYWTNhPoLvc/s1600/.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="32px" rba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPUYli0eBEaLGVrj6Oq92r6wOj2-lBL11FRxLtzUjJjdGhkMa_6FbomcYYELl2dwu10wl2pucnHQ5ZOeG9hKzvZnGh3g9o3n0NMaR3KlvlnwnXgg3xP2pFLEP2BkcuHU2fYYWTNhPoLvc/s320/.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"></div>Amy Fletcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865041278939813503noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737837786592205641.post-58762924511902244022011-08-24T18:28:00.000+12:002011-08-24T18:28:18.601+12:00Other lovely things delivered to my door.<div style="text-align: center;">I got another exciting parcel today. Not wrapped in brown paper but rather in one of those yellow bubble bags. Still just as exciting. This one was another Etsy buy. It really is addictive buying things from Etsy! There are so many incredibly clever people selling lovely things. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I bought this cute wee doll to be a toy doll in my doll house. She is 1/4 inch size.</div><div style="text-align: center;">She is much much smaller than in this photo.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I bought her from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/PamelaJunksMinis">PamelaJunksMinis</a> and she even came with a free little doll house kit too.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I only just opened her when I got home from work tonight so I haven't made up the tiny doll house yet. I'll post a picture when I do.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope everyone is having a lovely week. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Love Amy.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Amy Fletcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865041278939813503noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737837786592205641.post-21219260263029120672011-08-18T21:44:00.000+12:002011-08-18T21:52:45.978+12:00Brown paper packages.<div style="text-align: center;">One of my favorite movies as a kid was The Sound Of Music and I have to admit that raindrops on roses, whiskers on kittens, and brown paper packages tied up with string are still among my favorite things. So I was quite excited when this package I had ordered from Etsy arrived today all the way from Milan Italy! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And when I unwrapped all that scrumptious brown paper I found all these cute as a button boxes inside tied up with ribbons. Such a nice touch!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Aren't they sweet?</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love opening parcels! </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And they each have a little logo on them.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's what was inside the wee boxes. I bought them from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/viliaminiature">viliaminiature's</a> shop on <a href="http://www.etsy.com/">Etsy</a>. These are all unfinished except for the trays. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A pretty little table and two adorable shabby trays.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A nice little hutch. It even has glass in the top cupboards.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And all the doors and draws open too. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A charming display cabinet. With a real glass window too.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And yes, the door opens.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Of course when I was trying to take the pictures for this blog entry Bethell remembered that brown paper is also one of her favorite things as well. (Whether it's on a package or not.)</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After several removals from my piece of paper I managed to relocate her to another piece. (Then as soon as I finished taking the pictures and went over to use the computer she moved as well to sleep next to me on the window seat!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the lovely bookshelf.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And the mini set of draws.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And the tiny trays up close.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Aren't they all so beautiful! I haven't decided how I will decorate them yet. You will have to wait and see!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Thank you Alma and Lia for the wonderful service and the outstanding miniatures.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a funny picture of Bethell to finish off with. I caught her mid-yawn...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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In my mini house I wanted to have real wooden floors. But I wanted to find a way of doing it cheaply that would still look realistic and pretty. I decided popsicle sticks would be about the right scale and they also have a small (realistic) sized grain so when they are stained they look like real floor boards. Like I said in my other post, Tim cut the ends off with his skill saw for me. I used P.V.A. glue to glue them down. (That is what we call it in New Zealand, but if you call it something else - it is just that normal white glue.) Then when it had dried I stained it (two coats).</div>
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This first picture shows the left cupboard in the second floor back bedroom. I did this bit cause I thought it would be a mission to do after the back wall was on. Then I decided to do the whole floor cause I realised it would be a lot easier too.</div>
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Once I had cut all the bits to the right length and glued them down I put books on them to keep them flat. The books weren't heavy enough so I put my boyfriends diving weight belt on top. That worked well. It was so heavy the floor was sagging! I had just dry fitted the back wall so I could get the boards right along that edge.</div>
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Here are some more weights keeping the balcony nice and flat.</div>
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And here is what the floor looks like without any stain on it. I was quite stoked with the results.</div>
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This is the view from the other side.</div>
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And through the back wall window.</div>
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This is what I used to stain it with. Bondall Monocel Interior/Exterior Stain and Varnish in Cedar. I got it from Mitre 10. (The people at Mitre 10 are always very helpful to me even though I'm only building a mini house.)</div>
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Here's the finished result! (You can see where I have put masking tape around the bottom of all the walls.) </div>
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After I had completed this level I realised I should really do the bottom floor too. So I did that next.</div>
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Here it is with all the boards glued down and the bay window masked in place.</div>
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This photo shows half way through the second coat of stain. You can see in the foreground that I have not done the floor in the bay window part. I will do this later as if I did it now I wouldn't have been able to remove the back wall anymore and I wanted to have easy access to paint most of the room. Next I need to paint a lot of popsicle sticks white for the skirting boards. (It is really expensive to buy proper doll house ones for a house this big.) </div>
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If you want a handy tip for cutting wood on an angle try this. Just get a piece of paper and place it by the angled wall. Fold the paper over so it follows the line of the wall. Next take the paper out and lay it down on your piece of wood. Now mark it along the angle you have folded and cut it. </div>
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You can also use a piece of paper if you need to measure in a small space that is hard to reach. Just put the paper in the place you want to measure, then fold it to the right length and take it out. Now you can easily measure the space just by measuring the piece of paper!</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Then I painted it blue. You will have to wait to see what I'm going to do next to it until another post though as I haven't done any more to it yet. Don't you just love surprises?</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">This next one is showing how I have marked where the holes should go through the hinge using a very fine tipped pen and am now using a pin to make a small stater hole for the tiny nail to go in.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Here's the first tiny hinge attached with tiny nails. That took me ages. This is before I lost my patience and began gluing the hinges first.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">There are no photos after that step as I was too busy trying to get everything put together. But here is the finished result! Yay! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Closed.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Open!</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's a close up of the door.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I love the cute little door handle. I made it from a pretty glass bead. I then pushed a jewelry pin through it and made a hole in the door with a pin. Next I pushed the jewelry pin through the hole and trimmed it. Then bent it over and I had a little door handle. </div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">This next set of doors took AGES! There are the two cupboards to do and then the two french doors. Mission. Anyhow, here they are finished. (There is now a 'crack' in one of the french doors where I accidentally sliced into it with my craft knife.)</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Yay, they work!</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Yay, these ones work too!</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Next I intalled the door between the bedroom and the hall on the second story. As you can see in the photo, there is a huge gap down the side of the door as I sanded it too much so now I have to make a new door. Sigh.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">You can see how bad it really is from this side.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And to finnish off with, here are the two removable bay windows that I made while I was waiting for the hinges to arrive. My boyfriend Steve really likes these.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">And that is all for today. I have done a few more things but I'll tell you about that next time. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Bye!</div>Amy Fletcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865041278939813503noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737837786592205641.post-58534344781511136302011-07-26T11:52:00.000+12:002011-07-26T11:57:33.765+12:00Progress<div style="text-align: center;">I have been very productive in the last week. I had been trying to decide if I would wallpaper or paint the house and had decided to wall paper. I chose out some papers I liked and then after all that decided to paint instead. So I did 3 coats of white paint on all the walls that had windows or doors in them. But the plywood just kept soaking up the paint and it didn't look that good. So then I sanded like a made person and it still didn't look that good. So I went and got some Gesso and painted them all with that and then sanded them all down and gave them two coats of paint and finally they were done. (After I had done the Gesso on all the walls I had originally started painting I realised that there were other bits that needed painting too so I then had to repeat the process for them. ) Here are some of the bits drying against the ranch slider, trying to soak up the afternoon sun.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And here are some of the tools I needed to paint the walls.<br />
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Here are most of the pieces when they are waiting for their last coat of paint.<br />
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And here they all are leaning up against the ranch slider drying. (It is now covered with little lines of white paint which I must scrape off. ) The tissues and the bowl of water are there to clean all the dust from the windows after the sanding dirtied them up.<br />
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Putting the first four walls up and the second floor.<br />
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Next you were supposed to install the staircase but I don't want to put it in until I have installed the door for the cupboard under the stairs. I can't do that yet as I am waiting on some hinges. I was going to make my own but changed my mind as I just wanted to get on with the house building.<br />
So next I put in the wall that has the kitchen entry door in it and realised that there were a few walls that I thought were exterior that are actually interior...<br />
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So I had to go through the painting process with them and they now look like this.<br />
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Next I installed the tower. There were a few walls that had to have their other sides pained for this part too as I didn't realise both sides were interior. I love the tower.<br />
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Here is what the second floor looks like inside.<br />
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And here is the first floor.<br />
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Next I went around the house and installed all the door frames that I couldn't figure out where they went before. That took quite a while. Here is the kitchen entry door. The next thing I decided to do was to go around all the doors with No More Gaps so that it wasn't so obvious that there were three bits of wood stuck together. So this photo is before.<br />
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And this one is after.<br />
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These photos are from this morning. Just to show where I am up to now.<br />
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This picture shows the cupboard in the back bedroom. I can't go on until I install the cupboard doors on this as it is not glued in yet and I think it will be too tricky to attach the doors when the next floor is on top of this.<br />
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This is the big space in between the cupboards and will be french doors. <br />
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I have glued down the floorboards that are inside the cupboard under the stairs so I could stain them before the stairs are put in. (They are Popsicle sticks that my friend Tim kindly cut the rounded ends off with his skill saw. I taped the sticks into stacks so lots could be cut at once.) These sticks I cut to the right length using a little saw and a small mitre box.<br />
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So now I am eagerly awaiting the delivery of my hinges so that I can keep building the house. There are a few little things I can do to keep me occupied until then though. <br />
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